"Puff puff!"

"Ding-dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! ”

In the middle of the night, the sound of knocking on the door and the doorbell alternately, which shows how anxious the knocker is.

It was already three o'clock in the morning, but Zhou Hexuan didn't sleep, but sat on the sofa in the living room and smoked. Hearing the noise outside, Zhou Hexuan said to Pei Chen, "Invite people in." ”

Yu Peichen hurriedly got up and walked out to see that Zhang Jiluan had already entered the garden and was put in by the gatehouse of the Zhou Mansion in Shanghai.

"Mr. Zhang, is there anything urgent?" Yu Peichen asked curiously. She was still confused, and she didn't understand why Zhou Hexuan stayed awake all night, and asked her to sit in the living room and wait together.

Zhang Jiluan looked very flustered, and said as he walked: "The Japanese army has surrounded Wanping City!" ”

"Did the Japanese really do it?" Yu Peichen trembled in shock.

Wanping City is the gateway to Beiping, located in the West Fifth Ring Road of Beijing in later generations. If the peace is lost, the entire Beiping will be surrounded, and the strategic intentions of the Japanese army have been exposed.

The two came to the living room, and without waiting for Zhou Hexuan to speak, Zhang Jiluan said: "I just received a telegram that the Japanese army surrounded Wanping City, saying that a soldier was missing during the exercise, and asked to enter the city to find his whereabouts, and the 29th Army is urgently negotiating with the Japanese side. ”

"Sit down, drink tea first." Zhou Hexuan personally helped Zhang Jiluan make tea.

Zhang Jiluan said urgently: "When is it, how can you be in the mood to drink tea?" Mingcheng, do you think the Japanese army is really going to attack Beiping this time, or is it just a simple conflict? ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled helplessly: "Do you think there are really Japanese soldiers who are lost?" ”

"Even if a soldier gets lost, there is no reason to go into the city to find someone, it's obviously a cover for Little Japan!" Zhang Jiluan said.

Zhou Hexuan sneered and said: "It is exactly the same as the original 918 incident, first the exercise made excuses, and then the unreasonable dispatch of troops to attack. ”

"North China is in danger," Zhang Jiluan said in an uncomfortable mood, "you can write an editorial." ”

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, wait." ”

"What are you waiting for?" Zhang Jiluan asked.

"News of war." After Zhou Hexuan finished speaking, he closed his eyes and leaned back on the sofa to recuperate.

Zhang Jiluan said: "I have sent people to guard the telecommunications room, so that they can call at any time when they receive news. ”

With the spread of telegraph technology, telegraphs became cheaper and cheaper, so cheap that they could be purchased by slightly wealthier companies. In order to facilitate the transmission of news and information, newspapers such as "News", "Declaration", and "Ta Kung Pao", as well as some large news agencies, have set up their own telecommunications offices.

As the minutes ticked by, it was already white outside.

Zhang Jiluan was restless, Yu Peichen was undecided, and only Zhou Hexuan was lying on the sofa napping.

"Jingle bell!"

The phone rings.

Yu Peichen and Zhang Jiluan woke up at the same time and went to answer the phone in no particular order.

Yu Peichen smiled at Zhang Jiluan and withdrew his hand. Zhang Jiluan didn't care about nonsense, picked up the microphone and said, "Hey, I'm Zhang Jiluan!" ”

The other end of the phone said: "Editor-in-chief Zhang, something is wrong!" I just received news from Beiping that at about 5 o'clock this morning, the Japanese army suddenly launched an artillery bombardment, and the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion of the 219th Regiment of the 29th Army were defending Lugou Bridge and Wanping City! ”

Zhou Hexuan suddenly opened his eyes, spread his hands and said, "Give me the phone!" ”

At this time, the phone was very loud, as long as you stood not far away, others could hear it clearly, and there was no need for Zhang Jiluan to repeat the content of the call.

Zhou Hexuan took the telephone and said: "I am Zhou Hexuan, in my personal name, I will call the whole country: brothers, sisters, compatriots, the war has broken out, Pingjin is in danger, North China is in danger, and the Chinese nation has reached the most critical moment. We can't compromise and retreat, otherwise North China will become the second Northeast, and only the whole people persist in the War of Resistance is the way out! Yu pleaded with all parties and forces to let go of contradictions, let go of disputes, and unite with the outside world! ”

The shorthand on the other end of the phone was very strong, and after only a few seconds, he responded: "Mr. Zhou, I have written down everything you just said." Now repeat it and see if there are any mistakes or omissions: brothers, sisters, compatriots ......"

"There is no error, please power on as soon as possible." Zhou Hexuan said.

Hanging up the phone, Zhou Hexuan took out the manuscript from his pocket: "This is an editorial, you can take it and publish it." ”

"You expected that?" Zhang Jiluan exclaimed.

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "Half a month ago, this editorial was written. Since mid-June, the Japanese army has conducted many exercises at the Lugou Bridge and the Wanping Hetao, and its strategic intentions have been clearly revealed. Song Zheyuan and his subordinates should also be able to guess, but they are unwilling to accept the reality and still have a fluke mentality. ”

Zhang Jiluan was deeply impressed and said: "Then I will return to the museum, and I will also write two articles." ”

"Go ahead, don't waste time." Zhou Hexuan nodded and said.

Waiting for Zhang Jiluan to leave the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Hexuan collapsed on the sofa in a gloomy manner, and the 77 Incident finally came as scheduled.

Yu Peichen asked, "Sir, what should we do?" ”

"I can only watch," Zhou Hexuan said dejectedly, "I wrote everything that should be said in the editorial of Ta Kung Pao, and the rest is the matter of the government and the military." ”

……

At the same time that Zhou Hexuan sent telegrams to the whole country, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party successively sent telegrams.

Many small newspapers, which could not afford to set up their own telecommunications rooms, did not receive the news until mid-morning, and immediately panicked and prepared to send out the call.

The incident in the north shocked the whole country!

Chang Kaishen, who was in Lushan, urgently convened a military meeting, and immediately ordered Song Zheyuan: "Wanping City should be held and not retreated, and all must be mobilized in case the situation expands." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, the generals of various units of the Red Army sent a joint telegram to Chang Kaishen: "The officers and men of the Red Army are willing to serve the country and fight the enemy under the leadership of the Chairman of the National People's Congress in order to achieve the goal of protecting the land and defending the country." ”

In fact, on the 7th of July, Zhou Gong had already come to Shanghai, accompanied by Bo and Lin. He instructed the underground party members in July: "The all-out aggression of Japanese imperialism and the all-out war of resistance for the country are imperative and inevitable...... Soon, unexpected events will occur in Shanghai and Beiping, and the situation will change dramatically. We must be mentally prepared for this. ”

Zhou Gong's words came out, and less than 12 hours later, the Lugou Bridge Incident happened.

Immediately afterwards, in the name of watching a play, Zhou Gong borrowed the office of the Golden Theater to discuss with the cultural circles and united front personnel.

Since then, left-wing literati have set up patriotic salvation organizations, and turned the spearhead from class struggle to the war against Japan, with all kinds of patriotic salvation poems, essays, and dramas...... Mushrooming like mushrooms.

……

Shanghai, Public Concession.

Shao Xunmei and Xu Zhimo are busy preparing the editorial department of the "Spring Hope" poetry magazine. Shao Xunmei was in charge of printing and distribution, Xu Zhimo was in charge of collecting and editing manuscripts, Dai Wangshu was invited to be deputy editor-in-chief part-time, and the cover of the poetry magazine "Spring Wang" was specially designed by Liu Haisu.

After two or three days of hard work, the office location has been selected, and the layout design of the poetry magazine has been almost completed.

Zhang Jiazhu is in charge of the decoration of the editorial department, in fact, it is not so troublesome, just get some desks and chairs to come in, and even the walls do not need to be painted.

Xu Zhimo came to the editorial office early in the morning, and there was a lot of noise in the room, so he simply took the manuscript and ran to the balcony to read it.

"What bullshit is written!" Xu Zhimo threw the poem to the ground.

Dai Wangshu picked it up and looked at it, and immediately smiled: "You also throw Yu Dafu's poems, aren't you afraid that the poets of the Creation Society will trouble you?" ”

Xu Zhimo sneered: "He is also called a poem? ”

Dai Wangshu advised: "Mr. Zhou founded the poetry magazine "Spring Wang" to unite poets of all factions to save the world. The People's Creation Society responded positively, and Yu Dafu specially sent a poem manuscript from Fujian, so he had to give some face. ”

"I'm just talking about things, not taking revenge for personal gain." Xu Zhimo explained.

The Crescent Sect and the Creation Society used to fight pen battles.

Xu Zhimo insinuated that the Creation Society was a "bacterium in the literary world" and undermined the health and dignity of Chinese literature. The Creation Society ridiculed Xu Zhimo as a "clown", accused Hu Shi of being a "compromise idealist", and said that the Crescentists were comprador "gentlemen" who served the bourgeoisie.

Judging from the historical contradictions between the two factions, to be honest, Xu Zhimo served as the editor-in-chief of the poetry magazine "Spring Wang", and it was already very face-saving for the Creation Society to be willing to contribute.

Dai Wangshu continued to persuade: "Brother Shima, you should publish this poem by Yu Dafu." Yu Dafu is famous and has many readers, which is conducive to the situation of poetry magazines. ”

Xu Zhimo said excitedly: "No matter how famous he is, he must use his works to speak, you look at what he writes!" ”

The manuscript of the poem sent by Yu Dafu was written when he was hanging on the Qi Jiguang Temple in Fuzhou, called "Swimming in the Mountain Qi Gong Ancestral Hall": Qi Gong Ancestral Hall on the mountain range, the mighty spirit is still overflowing. However, the southern Xinjiang will be fierce, and the Japanese will not be taught to cross the river.

How to say this poem, say that it is good, the text is simple, elegant and vulgar, and the ugly is not written and the skills are clumsy.

It's strange to be able to enter Xu Zhimo's eyes.

Dai Wangshu saw that Xu Zhimo was dead and did not let go, so he suggested: "Why don't you choose the poem written by Yu Dafu last year?" ”

"Which one?" Xu Zhimo asked.

""Man Jianghong" is also based on Qi Jiguang." Dai Wangshu found a pen and paper and quickly wrote out Yu Dafu's work last year, and his memory is good enough.

Xu Zhimo tasted it carefully, nodded and said, "This one is still barely strong, so I chose this one." ”

"Man Jianghong": For three hundred years, I have been in China for a long time. There are several, such as public achievements, great achievements. Draw the sword and light to chill the gall, and point to the sky and the moon...... May the heroic soul be kept forever, and the golden ou will be flawless. The class teacher on the side of the stage is drunk with stones, and the thoughts on the side of the pavilion are sad and crying blood. To the sky, sprinkle tears and reward a thousand cups, Penglai Que.

Dai Wangshu asked again: "Does Mr. Zhou have any new works?" The inaugural issue of "Spring Hope" should publish a piece of his work. ”

"I haven't received it yet, he says it's in the works." Xu Zhimo said.

At this moment, the newsboy on the street downstairs ran wildly and shouted: "Outside! Extra! An incident occurred at Lugou Bridge, and the Japanese invaded Wanping City! Extra! Extra ......"

Xu Zhimo and Dai Wangshu glanced at each other, and both saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Dai Wangshu muttered: "It's all expected by Mr. Zhou, it really happened within a week." ”