"Teacher, we were wrong." Boss Liu also understood where the problem was and said with a look of shame on his face.
"I arranged for you to disguise yourself as merchants, not to use your identity to find out information about the Chinese." The teacher's expression was serious, "There is only one purpose, to train you."
He looked at the two of them and said, "You must learn and become familiar with Chinese people's living habits and speaking habits, integrate into their lives, and regard yourselves as Chinese from the bottom of your heart."
The 'third child' raised his hand, "Teacher, I have received a letter from Ozawa. The most they do is to capture some Chinese people and take pictures together."
"Stupid." The teacher snorted, "A true smile from the heart, a smile between friends, is completely different from a smile forced by a bayonet or a gun."
"Hai."
"Hai."
"Okay, I'm going to rest." The teacher waved his hand, "Don't disturb me unless you have anything special to do."
‘Boss Liu’ and ‘Third Brother’ nodded in agreement.
"A little later, let Haruko come over." The teacher said.
"Hai."
After the two left, the teacher shook his head.
Mikio Ishigami's performance was barely passable, and his criticism of Ishigami was mostly due to his strict requirements.
However, Nakataniuchi's performance made him shake his head. Nakataniuchi's performance was far worse than that of his seniors.
Mikio Ishigami was not his student, he was just a courtesy to his disciple out of respect.
During this trip to Shanghai, the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs arranged for Mikio Ishigami and his former student Goichi Nakataniuchi to accompany him, not only to protect him, but also to ask him to help teach them.
Ishigami and Nakayanai have just joined the Empire's "Pen Force".
Nakayanuchi Goichi has just graduated and is still relatively immature.
Ishigami Mikio was relatively unfamiliar with the situation in China because he had mostly worked on the main island of the empire. What he needed was time. Fortunately, Ishigami spoke Chinese Shandong dialect very well, almost like a real Shandong native.
The establishment of the 'Pen Force' has something to do with him.
On the occasion of the 'Tianjang Festival', the Ministry of Culture, Science and Technology of the Imperial Cabinet convened many writers, experts and scholars to gather together.
He submitted a document stating that the empire should compete with Chinese newspapers for the right to speak, especially to show the European and American powers the beauty and progress the empire had brought to China and the Chinese people.
The cabinet attached great importance to his proposal, and soon this ‘pen army’ was born:
The empire sent a large number of writers from the mainland to China. The task of these writers was to write down the story of the peaceful coexistence between the empire and the Chinese people, and record this beauty in the form of words and photos.
In their writings, they will try their best to show that the imperial army is a "civilized" army, and that the people in the occupied areas and the Japanese army are enjoying themselves.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"who is it?"
"Father, it's me."
Haruko's voice came from outside, and a smile appeared on Hiroyuki Taniguchi's face. Haruko was his student and assistant. In order to avoid provoking words, the two called them father and daughter during the trip.
"come in."
The door opened and a woman with a delicate face came in. After closing the door, she bowed respectfully and said, "Teacher, you have been waiting for a long time."
"What is Yami doing?" Hiroyuki Taniguchi asked Haruko casually as he motioned for Haruko to massage his shoulders.
"Yama-kun said he went to the deck to enjoy the breeze," Haruko said.
Yamame Shoji is her fiancé, and both of them are students and assistants of Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
…
Maoshan.
Fang Muheng was dressed in the uniform of the New Fourth Army. He adjusted his military cap and the armed belt tied around his waist. He strode onto the podium in a heroic manner and saluted the students in the audience.
"Comrades and classmates, what I want to talk about today is related to the cultural aggression carried out by Japanese imperialism against our people."
"Cultural aggression, the most important thing is educational aggression."
"In terms of educational aggression, the Japanese took a two-step approach."
"This two-step approach is not about which step to take first and which step to take next, but is carried out simultaneously. It can also be understood as two aspects."
"First, they are using barbaric and inhumane means to destroy and destroy China's educational institutions, cultural relics and books."
“After the Anti-Japanese War broke out in Songhu, the Japanese army bombed the Commercial Press frantically.”
"Last year, before Japan occupied Tianjin, the Japanese army carried out crazy bombings on Tianjin for several hours."
"What is the focus of the Japanese bombing this time? It is not the military camp!"
"They bombed Nankai University first."
"Before the fall of Shanghai, the Japanese army also targeted university campuses such as Fudan University and Tongji University as key targets for bombing."
"The other part of the Japanese aggression in education is the promotion of colonial education."
"The Japanese army conducted so-called "spiritual education classes" in the Northeast, and they also brutally stipulated that these class hours should not be less than three-quarters of the total class time."
"What these courses promote is the so-called "kingly politics," advocating that Northeast China is not Chinese territory, advocating that Chinese culture comes from Japan, etc."
"The Japanese invaders also forced students to face the east every morning, bow to Japan's Amaterasu and their emperor, and recite the so-called "National Instructions."
"The Japanese also forcibly promoted Japanese language education in the occupied territories, stipulating that Japanese language teaching should account for one-third of the total school hours. If you fail in Japanese, you will not be able to graduate. If you learn Japanese well, you will have the opportunity to be recommended to study in Japan."
"What are they going to do? They want the people in the occupied areas, especially our next generation, to make the children forget that they are Chinese. The children don't know who their ancestors are, they don't know about the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, they don't know about Dayu's control of floods, they don't know
King Wu conquered Zhou, but he didn’t know about the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!”
"Their purpose is to make us forget our identity, forget that we are descendants of the Yan and Huang people, and regard ourselves as slaves of the Japanese from generation to generation!"
"Comrades, classmates!"
"Can we say yes?"
"cannot!"
"cannot!"
"Down with Japanese imperialism!"
"Drive the Japanese devils out of China!"
"Swear to the death and not be a slave to the country's subjugation!"
The entire venue erupted into impassioned slogans. No, this was a cry, a cry of grief, indignation and tragic! It was a fighting oath issued by those who did not want to be slaves!
The commander stood outside the venue, with his arms folded in front of him. His heart was surging when he heard this, and he nodded frequently.
"Comrade Mu Heng said it well." He applauded and said to his comrades around him.
"Well said!" Comrade Gu Ying applauded warmly and nodded happily. "We have only noticed the military aggression of Japanese imperialism against us before, but we have not paid much attention to the cultural aggression."
"Judging from Comrade Fang Muheng's speech, the Japanese's cultural aggression is more vicious than the bayonets they wield. It can be said that they kill without blood." Comrade Gu Ying said with a serious expression.
"You're right. This is exactly why we must resist resolutely. If we don't resist, our country will be destroyed." The commander also said with an extremely serious expression.
"Commander, I have a heartfelt request, but I don't know whether to say it or not." Comrade Gu Ying looked at the commander.
"Since it's an unkind invitation, then don't say it." The commander showed a 'sly' smile.
He and Comrade Gu Ying met in October of the 16th year of the Republic of China.
It was the first time that the 26-year-old Comrade Commander and the 20-year-old Comrade Gu Ying met in the evacuation team of the Nanchang Uprising in the mountainous area at the junction of Jiangxi and Guangdong.
At that time, Comrade Commander was the regiment instructor and Comrade Gu Ying was the guard squad leader. After that meeting, the two began a comradeship that lasted eleven years.
As soon as Comrade Gu Ying opened his mouth, he guessed his intention.
Having seen through his thoughts, Comrade Gu Ying simply pointed it out, "Comrade Commander, I am indeed in urgent need of propaganda talents like Comrade Fang Muheng."
"You are in need of people? Who is not in need of people?" Comrade Commander snorted, "Comrade Fang Muheng, don't worry about it. Look at the students who came to listen to the lecture today to see if there are any good ideas. I specially approve you to choose three first.
indivual."
"Not to Fang Muheng." Comrade Gu Ying glanced at Fang Muheng who was giving an impassioned speech, gritted his teeth, "Then give it to Comrade Liu Bo."
"Pen Troop?" Lu Dazhang looked surprised, "What kind of troop is this?"
It was also the first time for Lao Huang to hear the name "Pen Force" and he was equally surprised.
This was a special party group meeting in the French Concession in Shanghai organized by Comrade Huo Miao. The leader of the party group, Cheng Qianfan, mentioned an unfamiliar name to the two of them:
Pen troops.
"This 'pen unit' was the first time I heard about it from Hyōtaro Imamura when I went to 'visit' him yesterday," Cheng Qianfan said.
"Tell me something." Lu Dazhang took a sip of tea.
Lao Huang picked up a peanut, threw it into his mouth, waved his hands, and made a gesture of speaking quickly.
"Manchuria Film and Television Association, you should have heard of this, right?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
Both Lao Huang and Lu Dazhang nodded.
In August last year, the Japanese established the so-called "Manchuria Film Association" in the occupied areas of the four northeastern provinces.
This 'Manchuria Film Association' was nominally established voluntarily by film enthusiasts, but in fact it was jointly commanded and controlled by the 'Puppet Manchukuo' government and the 'Manchuria Railway', the largest Japanese enterprise in Northeast China.
"Man-screened" movies are divided into two categories. One type directly beautifies Japan's aggression and advocates "Japan-Manchu amity" and "harmony of the five ethnic groups."
The other is to focus on romance and try to weaken the Chinese people’s will to resist.
"The purpose of this 'pen unit' is the same as that of the Manchuria Film Association, which is to beautify the bloody aggression of the Japanese invaders." Cheng Qianfan said.
He took a sip of warm rice wine and continued, "In short, the Japanese government recruited a group of writers, scholars, and some traitorous literati who defected to Japan."
"These people write articles, news reports, take photos, etc., to promote the happy life that the Japanese brought to the Chinese people after they occupied our land." Cheng Qianfan finished speaking and sneered.
"Isn't this just a lie?" Lao Huang showed contempt, "They wrote the article, but most of the people who participated in the photo shoot were ordinary people who were forced to participate by the threat of bayonets."
"What is the purpose of the Japanese doing this?" Lu Dazhang cleared his throat, "Do they think this kind of fake writing can confuse the people?"
"The purpose of these actions by the Japanese should be to show foreigners." Cheng Qianfan said, "The atrocities of the Japanese army were spread and reported, which can be said to be an uproar throughout the world. The Japanese army hopes to deceive the world in this way and change them.
The image of brutality in Western eyes."
Lu Dazhang nodded, "This will have a negative impact on our efforts to win international support."
"Let me add something," Lao Huang said, "these words and photos are misleading."
He looked at the two of them and said sternly, "Even if we drive away the Japanese devils in the future, the Japanese may still use these words and photos to cause trouble one day in the future, and even some of our descendants will
Being deceived without knowing the truth.”
"What Lao Huang said is also very important." Cheng Qianfan nodded with a serious expression, "The blood of countless red soldiers and anti-Japanese comrades cannot be shed in vain, let alone be desecrated. Therefore, for the Japanese 'pen troops', we
Never underestimate the enemy."
"What do you mean?" Lu Dazhang asked.
"According to the information I received from Hyōtaro Imamura, the Japanese have mobilized members of the 'Pen Force' to arrive in Shanghai in the near future."
He looked at his two comrades in arms and said, "My top priority right now is the matter of Mei (Shen Ping) and Gao (Qing Wu), so I can't get away from it for the time being."
"Of course, there is another reason and the most important reason. During the period after Song Fuguo arrived in Shanghai, I would try my best to avoid organizational work to avoid Song Fuguo's vigilance and suspicion." He
continued.
"I agree." Lao Huang took a sip of wine and said, "Song Fuguo is an old spy of the Kuomintang. When facing this person, you can never be too careful."
"In this way, Lao Huang will go to see Comrade Dandelion about this matter and report it to him. Please let the organization decide how to deal with this matter." Cheng Qianfan said.
"Okay, I'll go see Comrade Dandelion." Lao Huang nodded.
Cheng Qianfan looked at Lu Dazhang again, "Lao Lu, you have many friends, so you secretly keep an eye on the 'Literary Friends Club' on Father Jin Road."
"You mean, the Japanese 'Pen Troops' will get together with these traitorous literati from Shanghai?" Lu Dazhang immediately understood what Cheng Qianfan meant.
"We are inseparable." Cheng Qianfan nodded, "For foreign monks who want to recite sutras well, the fastest way is to collude with these fake local monks."
"Leave it to me." Lu Dazhang nodded. He had a wide network of contacts and was involved in all religions and religions. It was best for him to secretly inquire about information without showing any trace.
"I have secretly arranged for people to keep an eye on the ship Song Fuguo is riding on. The latest news is that Song Fuguo will arrive tomorrow morning." Cheng Qianfan said, "So, after today's group meeting, I will temporarily stop organizing related work.
."
He looked at the two of them and said, "Lao Huang, Lao Lu, starting from tomorrow, if you have anything to do with me, or if you meet me by chance, you must be even more careful."
Lao Huang and Lu Dazhang both nodded. They were both experienced veterans, so they naturally knew that this matter was not trivial.
A veteran Kuomintang agent like Song Fuguo could never be too careful.
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