War of Faith 追风者 Episode 25

The Japanese frequently caused troubles in Shanghai, and war was about to break out. Shen Tunan convened a meeting of the Shanghai banking union giants and asked them to suspend operations indefinitely to fight against Japan. He also wanted to raise military pay for the 19th Route Army stationed in Shanghai. Yu Shiqing found various excuses to shirk the blame, believing that Japan would abide by its promise not to launch a war in the concession. Shen Tunan's attitude was firm and unquestionable.

Cannons were rumbling outside, and Yu Shiqing and others were trembling with fear. Shen Tunan took the opportunity to ask all major banks to go on strike for three days in protest, without making any concessions on the issue of military pay. The Japanese army carried out crazy bombings on Zhabei District, causing numerous casualties among citizens. Wei Ruolai, Aunt Zhou and Niu Chunmiao rescued the wounded. Awen used a rickshaw to transport the wounded to the hospital. The hospital was already overcrowded. Wei Ruolai wanted to take the surviving neighbors to the concession for a while. Zhou My aunt insisted on staying in Qibao Street to rescue the wounded.

Shen Jinzhen brought a large amount of first aid supplies and food and distributed them to injured citizens and their families. She gave Wei Ruolai a pistol for self-defense. The commanders and fighters of the 19th Route Army called on the citizens to fight against the Japanese through the radio. The citizens were excited, and even the prisoners in the prison shared the same hatred and asked to go out to fight against the Japanese. Lin Qiaosong applied to join the war, and he and the prisoners formed a death squad.

Wei Ruolai and Shen Tunan came to the concession and felt very unhappy when they saw the residents displaced. Shen Tunan raised a batch of supplies and wanted to send them to the 19th Route Army. Due to the fierce fighting, he was forced to stay at the port temporarily. Wei Ruolai took the initiative to request Escorting supplies to the front line, Shen Tunan was worried that Wei Ruolai was in danger. Wei Ruolai had already made up his mind, and he gave Wei Ruolai a thousand warnings.

Jiang Huhao heard that Wei Ruolai was going to deliver supplies to the front line, so he volunteered with his rickshaw brothers to help. Wei Ruolai was very moved. That night, Wei Ruolai and Jiang Huhao took their brothers to move the supplies from the concession port and risked their lives to send them to the Chinese border. They encountered Japanese troubles on the way and the two sides started a fierce fight. Lin Qiaosong and the members of the death squad arrived in time for reinforcements, killed all the Japanese, and covered Wei Ruolai and the others to the front line. Aunt Zhou called on the neighbors to wash clothes for the soldiers. They washed gauze day and night. Niu Chunmiao walked through the streets to wash clothes for the soldiers. The 19th Route Army raised funds.

Although Shen Tunan ran around and raised funds from various sources, the funds for the war against Japan were still far from enough. Wei Ruolai suggested the issuance of war bonds. Shen Tunan thought his idea was good, but the people lacked confidence in the government. The soldiers of the 19th Route Army fought bloody battles and finally drove away the Japanese troops. The two sides signed an armistice agreement, and citizens rushed to tell each other. Shen Tunan gritted his teeth in anger when he saw the armistice agreement that was humiliating and humiliating the country. Wei Ruolai felt sad when he thought of the neighbors who worked hard to fight against Japan.

The Ministry of Finance issued construction bonds and called on citizens to subscribe, but everyone was disappointed with the government and there were very few subscribers. The Ministry of Finance issued 8 million construction bonds to the central bank. Shen Tunan held a mobilization meeting. He announced in public that the construction bonds would be guaranteed by Guan Guan. He set an example and was the first to stand up and subscribe for 100,000. Others responded one after another. Mr. Song was full of praise for Shen Tunan's approach. Shen Tunan wanted to control the construction treasury bonds. Mr. Song supported his idea. Wen Biao recorded all the calls between Shen Tunan and Mr. Song through monitoring equipment and handed them over immediately. To Kang Shaojie.

On the first day when construction treasury bonds were issued on the stock market, citizens rushed to buy them. The stock price of the treasury bonds soared. Shen Tunan saw it all and asked Wei Ruolai to call the presidents of major banks and ask them to go to the central bank for a meeting in the afternoon. The presidents came to the meeting on time, and Shen Tunan assigned them tasks. After the meeting, Zhang Mingquan encouraged the presidents to sell off the construction bonds. This was carefully arranged by Yu Shiqing. He bought all the bonds sold by the presidents.

Aunt Zhou bought two construction bonds and made thirty yuan at once. She held a banquet for the neighbors to celebrate. Jiang Huhao, Awen and others were also eager to give it a try. Wei Ruolai was very optimistic about the construction bonds and supported their move.