The Yellow Flooded Area faded from the public's view until the drought and locust plague in Henan in 1942 and 1943. Huayuankou and the Yellow Flooded Area once again attracted media attention. Not long after, it returned to silence. Based on the logic of war and the rules of propaganda, this was probably the inevitable result. On February 2,1943, Ta Kung Pao published an editorial written by Wang Yunwu,"Look at Chongqing, Think of the Central Plains," expressing deep sympathy for the disaster in Henan. At the same time, it sharply criticized Chongqing for "singing flowers across the river", as well as the government's improper disaster relief and price-fixing. In the end, he was ordered to stop publishing for three days. The temporary capital of Henan Province, Luoyang's Xingdu Daily, reprinted the article and was suspended for three days. In the same year, Bai Xiude, a reporter from Time magazine, entered the Yellow River flooded area and sent back the first report about the disaster by telegram. This attracted renewed international attention to the Yellow River flooded area and won some aid for the people here.
To this day, the memory of the disaster had not been erased by time. On May 27, 2002, when a water conservancy expert went to Fugou County to do a social survey, Zhang's mother, who was working in the county records office, could still clearly recall the situation of the Yellow River entering the village." The family did not escape because my father believed that it would pass soon. To be safe, he moved the valuable things to the village's highland. Three or four other families also moved there. However, the Yellow River was getting bigger and bigger. As a result, the entire village was flooded, and even this highland was completely surrounded. After they finished the cooked food and the fire source, they could only eat the grain. When the grain was finished, they dug up the wild vegetables on the highland to eat. When the wild vegetables were finished, they dug up the rats in the soil to eat. No matter day or night, no one dared to sleep, for fear of missing the opportunity to escape. People were speechless. Sometimes, their helpless gazes met, and even the children were speechless. A few days later, a patrol ship sent by the local government found them. However, the ship was too small, there were too many people, and it was far from a safe place. The key was that there were many large whirlpools around the high ground, so the ship did not dare to approach. Boats came and went, and everyone was in despair. After another two days, they found a boatman to pick them up in batches. However, when they reached a safe place, his father could not bear the hunger and psychological torture these days and passed away in a few days.”……
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