Chapter 164: Brushing Past Each Other
As the incident of the fall of Lugou Bridge was being followed with attention by citizens in various major cities, on the Yuanping City side, Japanese troops had already launched encirclement operations from three directions, and the battle situation was extremely critical,
while Commander Song of the 29th Route Army still had not immediately dispatched large numbers of reinforcements to conduct support operations.
In response to this, Chairman Chang also cursed him out vehemently and instructed him to immediately lead troops to support Yuanping City and hold fast to Beiping City.
However, since Commander Song himself was not in the Yuanping City or Beiping City area at this moment but rather in a relatively distant place, he was temporarily unable to personally lead a large army to provide aid and could only have nearby 29th Route Army troops find a way to go provide support,
and moreover, he was continuously engaging in so-called peace negotiations with high-level Japanese Army officials,
a negotiation that would have no good result.
Meanwhile, inside Beiping City, the citizens were panic-stricken,
with many citizens worrying about what would happen if Yuanping City also fell under the Japanese Army’s offensive.
Of course, there were also some indifferent citizens observing,
and additionally, quite a few enthusiastic citizens who wanted to kill Japanese soldiers were continuously donating various supplies and money to support the 29th Route Army in resisting the Japanese Army’s invasion.
The remaining citizens and some famous schools were rapidly transferring locations, evacuating from Beiping to places without warfare and heading to the rear area.
Meanwhile, teachers and students from some other schools were observing whether they should also immediately leave Beiping for the rear area.
Normal Women’s University,
“Jiani! I heard that those famous schools like Tsinghua and Peking University have already begun transferring half of their teachers and students away from Beiping. Do you think our school will also follow them and prepare to transfer to the rear area to reestablish a new school?”
“Do you think those Japanese troops will defeat the 29th Route Army, then occupy Yuanping City as well, and afterward swing their army to attack our Beiping City here?”
“Lugou Bridge has already been lost, and I’m very worried!”
Female student Chen Xiyuan asked her roommate and good friend Xu Jiani.
Her face was full of worry, afraid that Beiping City would be occupied by the Japanese Army.
“Let’s wait for our principal’s instruction! We haven’t suspended classes yet, so maybe things aren’t as terrible as you imagine!”
“After all, the 29th Route Army once defeated Japanese troops in the Xifengkou Campaign, achieving a victory in killing Japanese soldiers, and at that time they used saber night raids on Japanese soldiers and frontal kills of Japanese soldiers to achieve victory!”
“So maybe this time they will also drive the Japanese Army out of Yuanping City and Lugou Bridge!”
“Let’s check the battle situation in Yuanping City! There’s a donation activity today—do you want to go with me to donate some money to the 29th Route Army? They’re currently in Yuanping City, engaged in combat operations against the Japanese Army!”
Regarding her good friend and female student Chen Xiyuan’s worries,
Xu Jiani shook her head and expressed her inner thoughts.
“Mm! Maybe you’re right!”
“Then let’s wait for our principal’s instruction! And let’s see what the subsequent battle situation in Yuanping City will be like!”
“I hope the 29th Route Army won’t disappoint us! I don’t want to leave home and go to a strange place and environment outside to start life anew!”
Hearing this, female student Chen Xiyuan also nodded in agreement.
Immediately afterward, the two of them prepared to go to the donation activity to donate money to support the 29th Route Army troops deployed in Yuanping City in resisting Japanese invaders.
But the two of them did not know that they had brushed past Zhou Wenhua.
