Zhao Zhenpeng did not know.
Although he had been answering the phone all day, helping Liu Chuan deal with various business matters and acting as Liu Chuan's agent, he had been very busy.
In fact, he was not Liu Chuan's agent. He had no right or authority to help Liu Chuan agree to anything.
He could only pass on the message!
However, Zhao Zhenpeng did not have the time to pass on the message.
The production team made a major discovery.
Because the camera captured a donation thank-you letter stored in the archives:
" Thank you, Comrade Liu Xiaofeng, for donating 50 fighter jets to our association…Thank you, 1942, March 2nd, National Aerospace Construction Association…"
In addition to the letterhead of the National Aerospace Construction Association, the thank-you letter also had the seal of the president, Principal Chang.
In addition, there was an appeal message beside it:
" Our Air Force has been committed to the National Revolution. We have been purely based on the people's military strength. We have been working hard day and night to save the country. When the national defense is tight, we have to think about expanding the Air Force to protect the country and the people. The government believes that the expansion of the Air Force is a top priority. However, due to the lack of manpower, we have to work together with the people to make it easier for everyone."
For a moment, the cameraman started to exclaim.
It also attracted everyone's attention.
Little Sa followed his gaze and his gaze turned heavy." Oh my god, your great-grandfather is so great! He donated 20 airplanes!"”
However, at this moment, the netizens in the live broadcast room had already started arguing.
"What the hell? Liu Xiaofeng died in 1941. Why did he donate planes to the country in 1942?”
"That's right, this can't be a historical story made up by Liu-shi, right?”
"If that's the case, Liu-shi is too hypocritical.”
"Compiling historical materials and deceiving the feelings of the people is too much.”
"There should be something hidden behind this. It wasn't easy for the Liu Corporation to establish its reputation.”
"Haven't such things happened many times in history?”
"That's right. There's nothing new under the sun!”
Anti-fans kept jumping out in the live broadcast room to question him.
The fans cursed,
"Idiot, what are you clamoring for? Don't use your own materials to defile the martyrs.”
"That's right. I beg you to read more books. Mr. Chen Jingxi has already explained this scene in her 'Splendid Lake'. If you don't understand, you can read more books.”
"That's right, don't come here to embarrass yourself!”
“……”
The netizens in the live broadcast room were already arguing about the authenticity of Liu Xiaofeng's donation of fighter jets.
Little Sa quickly asked the production team to control the comments. Then, she hurriedly asked," Liu Chuan, can you share this with us?" I feel that everyone is extremely eager to understand everything at this moment!”
Liu Chuan nodded." No problem. Speaking of donating airplanes, the Liu Corporation has donated quite a number of airplanes. All of this has to start from the 128th Incident and the Songhu War…"
The spirit of the bridge was moving.
However, the national team's air force was not as brave as it seemed.
It could be said that during the 128th Battle of Shanghai, the Chinese Air Force had no air defense at all. At that time, there were about 100 planes that did not participate in the battle and retreated to the distance to preserve.
Therefore, Lu Xun later described this battle in the newspaper:
"Those who have seen the posters of Sheng last year at this time will probably still remember that there was a fleet of planes coming to fight in Gusu. After that, the rest of the planes were "lost" midway. Only the one led by Martyr Yang 4 was left. He was outnumbered and was finally shot down by the Japanese plane. His mother was so tired that she came all the way from America. She cried bitterly and left with a few wreaths.」
This ironic scene happened during the 128th Battle of Shanghai.
It was also because of the 128th Songhu War.
Only then did the country set off a vigorous "air rescue" campaign.
The public also realized the importance of the Air Force and began to donate money to buy planes.
However, there were many non-governmental organizations in various places, and they had many opinions.
Some wanted to set up civil aviation, some wanted to build an air force, some advocated air defense, some wanted to donate money to make airplanes, and some didn't agree with airplanes but wanted to set up factories to make airplanes.
It was a mess.
Later on, the country came forward and the civil aviation associations from all over the country merged to form the National Aerospace Construction Association. The president was also Principal Chang.
They even held various promotional campaigns to save the country by air.
The famous patriotic general Cai Tingcuo sent a letter to the overseas Chinese saying," The territory of the four provinces has yet to be restored, and the Far East is filled with war clouds. In the future, the war zone will move from land to sea. Please encourage the overseas Chinese to save the country by air."
Even in 1935, after the famous pilot Sun Tonggang returned from studying in Italy, he went around preaching about saving the country by aviation.
"According to my great-grandmother's memories, when Sun Tonggang went to Gusu to save the country by air, there were more than 10,000 people from various agencies, business representatives, teachers and students from various technical secondary schools, and garrisons. They all lined up neatly at the airport to welcome them. The scene was very grand.
Sun's patriotic feat and speech left a deep impression on the people.
My great-grandfather was also inspired by this and had a dream of saving the country by air.
Almost the same year, he applied for the aviation school and became the tenth batch of students in the Central Aerospace School.
As a Gusu citizen, he was the closest to Shenghai and had the deepest feelings about the 128th Songhu War.
Back then, the Liu family also actively responded to the air rescue and donated 50 planes at once.
Later, after my great-grandfather passed away, the family donated 150 airplanes one after another.
All of them were donated in the name of his deceased great-grandfather.
If he flipped through the National Archives, he should be able to find this information.
If I remember correctly, my Liu family should be the family that donated the most planes during the Anti-Japanese War.
The message calling for donations was sent to the head of the Liu family by Zhang Huichang, the commander-in-chief of the Air Force at that time.
In order to save the country by air, the Liu family donated money. The main branch also sold their property. Many antiques and paintings were sold at that time.”
At this point, Liu Chuan paused for a moment and pointed to the newspaper on the display cabinet beside him.
"This is the newspaper from that time. It was reporting about my clan donating planes.”
Everyone went over.
The newspaper was written vertically in traditional Chinese characters:
"Thank you, Gusu Liu Clan, for donating 50 fighter planes…Now that our people have been bombarded by enemy planes, they have been awakened from their dreams! In the past few days, the voices of " saving the country by air " were really resounding through the clouds. What kind of aviation meeting was this! Air Salvation Promotion! Donate money to buy a computer! These were all signs of the people's enthusiasm for saving the country by air. It could also be said to be a relatively satisfying and exciting thing in this national disaster.”
Looking at these newspapers, everyone was moved.
Little Sa said," I didn't expect Madam Liu to pay so much for the war. Now that I'm fortunate enough to see these historical materials, I'm indeed greatly impacted.”
Liu Chuan continued," These historical materials are only stored in the archives of our clan. They are not open to the public, only to the internal world. We must always remind the descendants of our clan not to forget the sacrifices of our ancestors…"
"Over the years, the family has been recuperating. After we have some spare energy, in order to commemorate the sacrifices our ancestors made for the war, we have also bought back the paintings and antiques that were sold back then. However, less than ten percent of them are still alive."
Upon hearing this, Dan Qixiang sighed." Antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times. During troubled times, antiques and paintings are so valuable.”
Shan Qixiang, the former director of the Forbidden City, was the most touched by this.
" It was cheap to sell it back then, but it's not cheap to buy it back now."”
Liu Chuan said," Because some international speculators maliciously bid up the prices and manipulate the prices of ancient Chinese art, the auction prices of some collections have been high for many years. It's a long way to go to buy back the items sold by our ancestors.”
For a moment, everyone was silent.
No one would have thought that the Liu family had such an unknown history.
"Do you regret it?"
Little Sa asked.
He didn't question Liu-shi's intentions. He just wanted to use this opportunity to let Liu Chuan tell him more about everything that Liu-shi had done for the country.
Liu Chuan shook his head." Of course not. During the war, we donated our entire clan's strength. It was the responsibility of us Chinese citizens. In fact, for the war, my great-grandfather was not the only one in the Gusu Liu Clan who joined the army. Many outstanding youths in the clan joined the army, both in the air and sea. Among them, the air force was the most numerous.”
"In addition, many people from the overseas branches have joined the army. Our branch even established the Mani National Rescue Air Branch in the capital of the Philip Army and donated a total of 20 aircraft to the Air Force.”
At this point, he suddenly said," At that time, Liu Pengxia from Singapore, a branch of the Liu family, specially went to Shenghai to give a speech on aviation. Although she had a masculine name, she was actually a female pilot. She participated in the publicity as a female pilot at that time and even proposed a plan to develop the northwest through aviation. Her influence was huge. Every time she went to a school, all the teachers and students came out to welcome her. Her popularity was no less than that of today's celebrities.”
" There was even a female aviator named Liu Xiaqing from the North American branch of my race. She once demonstrated her flying skills at the Jinling Palace Museum's airport. The results were excellent, and it greatly encouraged the women to join the army and devote themselves to saving the country by air.”
"Other than our female pilots, there are also many male pilots from the overseas branches. More than 20 of our pilots died in the Flying Tigers led by Chennault.”
"It can be said that during the eight years of war, our clan went all out and sacrificed nearly a thousand people.”
In an instant, everyone's expressions changed drastically!
It was actually so tragic!
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