Youth in the Flames of War 战火中的青春 Episode 1

In 1935, Cheng Jiashu was studying in the United States, while the motherland was suffering. At that time, the Japanese aggressors were loudly clamoring for the autonomy of the five provinces in North China, intending to fully control China. On December 9 of the same year, thousands of students in Peiping held an anti-Japanese demonstration, which set off a nationwide upsurge of antibodies to save the country. In May 1936, Japan began to increase its troops in North China, and the Japanese Garrison in North China stationed at Lugou Bridge. At the beginning of July 1937, Cheng Jiashu took a ship back to Peiping, where he had been away for six years. Seeing his parents and elder brother again, they were very happy with each other. On the other hand, the mother paid someone to make a suit of clothes for her daughter Lin Huajun, and asked her to wear this suit to watch Peking University and Tsinghua University's friendly basketball match, and invited Tsinghua's Ye Runming home for dinner. father

Cheng Daoxiang asked Cheng Jiashu to prepare well and stay in China to apply for Tsinghua University. It's not that Cheng Jiashu has to go back to the United States, but he just doesn't want his father to arrange his life. His brother Cheng Jiawen painstakingly said a few words to him, leaving Cheng Jiashu speechless. According to his father's request, Cheng Jiashu went to Tsinghua to visit his cousin Fang Yuerong who was a librarian in the library of Tsinghua University. At the same time, he went to visit his close friend Bi Yunxiao who was studying in the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University. He also watched a friendly basketball match between Tsinghua University and Peking University. . Bi Yunxiao fell, and Cheng Jiashu played for him, but before the game was over, a classmate hurried over to tell everyone that the Japanese army had turned the false-fire drill into a live-fire drill and had already opened fire at Changxindian.

On that day, the crowd was so angry that it was like a volcano erupting. Cheng Jiashu and his classmates from Tsinghua University and Peking University went to the street to distribute leaflets, went to the city government to petition, and had a fierce conflict with the police. Cheng Jiawen reassured his mother not to worry, he would go to the police station to find Chief Cao in a while. Zheng Tianting, associate professor of the Department of Chinese Literature and secretary-general of National Peking University, and Pei Yuanzhi, assistant professor of the Department of Chinese Literature of Peking University, went to negotiate with Director Cao, but returned without success, but he got back the list of detained students. Afterwards, Feng Youlan, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Department of National Tsinghua University, Pan Guangdan, Dean of Tsinghua University, and several professors including Zheng Tianting went to the police station to ask to see Director Cao. Feng Youlan said that the teacher will teach wherever the students are, half threats and half pleas, which eventually made Director Cao compromise and release all the detained students.

When she got home, Lin Huajun was told by her mother that it was fine if she didn't invite Ye Runming home for dinner, and went to the streets to make trouble. The mother applied medicine to the bruises on Cheng Jiashu's body, and suggested that after Cheng Daoxiang's 60th birthday, his son should return to the United States as soon as possible, but Cheng Jiashu changed his mind and decided to go to Peking University. On July 7, 1937, the Japanese invaders launched a heavy bombardment on Wanping City, and the Anti-Japanese War broke out in an all-round way. On the position of the 3rd Battalion of the 219th Regiment of the 37th Division of the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Bi Yunxiao was digging trenches hard while wearing a hat. His elder brother Bi Yunfeng told him to leave quickly. Bi Yunxiao was also very violent, and when he fought with his elder brother on the battlefield, Bi Yunxiao was like a reckless and stupid weakling. Against Bi Yunfeng, he seemed very vulnerable.

At this moment, the planes of the Japanese army flew over and dropped bombs one after another, blowing up the camp pits. Shuangxi was ordered to watch over Cheng Jiashu. After Cheng Jiawen came back from get off work, he told them about the situation outside and reminded his mother to stock up on more food. Cheng Jiashu jumped a tree and ran out of the house, startling Lin Huajun who had just left, and then the two went to the 29th Army to work together. When Cheng Jiashu saw the bloodied wounded being carried out of the car one by one, he couldn't help running aside and retching. He had never seen such a bloody scene, but seeing Ye Runming doing these things, Cheng Jiashu also stepped forward to help.

In the evening, Bi Baozhong, the deputy commander of the 37th Division of the 29th Army, came to see the students of the service regiment. Bi Yunxiao did not believe that the Japanese army could sit at the negotiating table and negotiate. He did this now to delay the transfer of troops, so he wanted to serve as a soldier and fight the Japanese army. Lin Huajun asked Bi Baozhong how long the battle would last. In fact, Bi Baozhong couldn't answer this question, but as long as there is one soldier in the 29th Army, it is not the students' business to hold a gun, but the students all want to fight for the War of Resistance. make an effort.