During the Anti-Japanese War, there were three major theaters in Chongqing, but after the May 3rd and May Fourth bombings this year, only one Cathay Pacific Grand Theater was left - the other two had just been repaired and bombed.

By the beginning of next year, the Chongqing Sichuan Opera Actors Association was established, and the Sichuan Opera people collectively devoted themselves to the cause of the Anti-Japanese War. But they couldn't find a place to perform, so they could only put up the curtain on the streets, alleys, playgrounds, and yards to start the performance.

The domestic premiere of the documentary on the Nanjing Massacre is scheduled to be held at the Cathay Pacific Theater (near the Liberation Monument in later generations).

In the 21st century, Chongqing's most prosperous business district, Jiefangbei business district, was now in ruins, full of craters, debris and rubble. The crater in the yard of a family surnamed Zhou was the largest, so people filled in the crater, built a circle of flower beds around it, planted small trees and flowers, and planted a bomb-shaped building in the center of the crater.

The building was designed and built by artists from the props department of the China Film Studio, and is made from waste wood and cloth used in film sets. It was named "Spiritual Fortress" to warn the Chinese people to be self-reliant, persistent, and energetic.

The "spiritual fortress" has been under construction since the May Fourth bombing, and it was bombed twice along the way. Like an unyielding China, it was blown up again and again, rebuilt again and again, and it was not really completed until the end of 1941.

After the "spiritual fortress" was built, the "spiritual fortress" soon collapsed due to repeated bombings and unbearable wind and rain. People had to clear the ruins and erect a wooden pole on the pedestal instead, and that wooden pole became a new spiritual fortress in the war of resistance.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the wooden pole symbolizing the spiritual fortress became a standing monument to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and later the name was changed to "People's Liberation Monument".

This is the origin of the Chongqing Liberation Monument.

When Zhou Hexuan came by car, the spiritual fortress was still under construction. Beneath the ruins and ruins of the surrounding area are makeshift shacks. Some of the owners of these shacks were war refugees who had fled from other places, and some were natives whose homes had been bombed out.

The entire main urban area of Chongqing is like this, and almost every street has shacks. People go about their daily lives and work as usual, ready to run to the bomb shelter at any time, and live strong and industrious in the war years.

From time to time, student volunteers can be seen, with male students volunteering as firefighters, patrolmen, and porters. Female students serve as ambulance workers, and when medicines are scarce, most of them can only bring some spiritual comfort.

Drugs are really scarce, 90% of the medicines produced by Zhou Hexuan's pharmaceutical factory have been shipped to the front line, and it is difficult for ordinary civilians to buy and cannot afford them.

"Chairman Lin is here!"

Lin Sen was still so light and simple, and only took a driver out with him. As soon as he got off the bus, he was surrounded by students, and smiled very patiently and waved: "Students have worked hard, thank you here!" ”

"Chairman Lin, we don't work hard!" The students shouted.

After each Japanese bombing, more than half of the firefighters who rushed to the scene to fight the fire were male students. They have received simple firefighting training and use hand-pressure water cannons to extinguish fires, but they basically do not rush into the fire to save people, because the solid fuel in the bomb can burn for 15 minutes, and the people in the fire have already been burned to death.

The reporters took pictures of Lin Sen frantically, and then entered the theater to watch the movie together. In addition to officials and journalists, there are also many people from the cultural and educational circles who were invited by Zhou Hexuan to attend the premiere of the documentary.

Except for Zhou Hexuan and the people in the China Film Studio, today's audience doesn't know much about the film, and they all come to the theater for the sake of Zhou Hexuan's face.

Soon, there was a dead silence in the theater, and it was not until the ending song "My Motherland" sounded that people began to spit and curse.

Lin Sen's eyes were a little moist, he sighed, and left silently.

Zhou Hexuan, however, was surrounded by a group of reporters to be interviewed about the massacre, and he distributed the printed materials to the reporters.

The next day, more than three-quarters of Chongqing's newspapers reported on the Nanjing Massacre with righteous indignation. The Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang also cooperated, publicized the brutal and bestial nature of the Japanese army, and called on young and middle-aged people to enthusiastically serve the country in the army.

The cultural circles also responded, including Liang Shiqiu, who was sprayed to death some time ago, and also said in the article: "Witnessing the massacre documentary yesterday, I couldn't help but feel cold in my vest, I didn't think that human beings could be so tyrannical, how different is it from beasts? Japan is not only an enemy of China, but also a public enemy of all mankind. ”

At the same time, various propaganda groups in the literary and artistic circles also carried out propaganda on the front line and rear with materials related to the Nanjing Massacre, arousing the common hatred of all the people.

As for why Liang Shiqiu was scolded, it has to mention a pen battle during the Anti-Japanese War.

At the end of last year, Liang Shiqiu was the editor-in-chief of Pingming, a supplement to the Central Daily, and he said in the supplement: "Now the War of Resistance is above all else, so some people can't forget the War of Resistance when they put pen to paper." I have a slightly different opinion. Materials related to the Anti-Japanese War are most welcome, but materials that have nothing to do with the Anti-Japanese War, as long as they are true and smooth, are also good, and there is no need to reluctantly intercept the Anti-Japanese War. As for the empty Eight Stocks of the War of Resistance, it is not beneficial to anyone. ”

These words immediately aroused a unanimous eruption in the literary circles, with opponents saying: "In today's China, there is no 'truth' that has nothing to do with the War of Resistance, and everyone is closely related to the War of Resistance." ”

Lao She, Song Zhidi, Wei Mengke, Luo Sun, Zhang Hatshui, Ba Ren, Zhang Tianyi...... Whether it is a leftist literati or a liberal literati, they take turns writing articles and scolding Liang Shiqiu to the blood. After being scolded for more than four months, Liang Shiqiu finally couldn't resist the pressure and resigned from the supplement of "Pingming".

The documentary of the Nanjing Massacre quickly became a sensation in Sichuan, and the theater was crowded with moviegoers every day. This situation gradually spread to the southwest and northwest, and the propaganda department of the Central Military Commission specially sent copies to various military stations for screening.

At the beginning of August, an acquaintance suddenly visited Zhou's mansion, and it was Shen Drunk, who had saved Zhou Hexuan's life.

"Xiao Shen, are you still looking for me for business or private business?" Zhou Hexuan greeted warmly.

Shen Zui said: "On business, please Mr. Zhou come with me to the military command." ”

If an ordinary person is invited to go to the military command, he will probably be scared to pee his pants, but Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Director Dai invited me to tea?" ”

"You'll know when you go," Shen Zui suddenly whispered, "It's a very important matter, and I don't understand the specifics, because I'm not at that level yet." It was only because I had an old relationship with Mr. Zhou that the boss sent me to inform me. ”

Zhou Hexuan happily went, but as soon as he got in the car, he heard Shen drunk and said, "Mr. Zhou, I'm offended." ”

"What?" Zhou Hexuan didn't react.

Shen Zui took out a piece of black cloth and explained, "You need to be blindfolded. ”