Youth in the Flames of War 战火中的青春 Episode 3

Seeing the news in the newspaper, Ye Runming was anxious to go to Tianjin to look for his sister, Cheng Jiashu and Lin Huajun happened to bring Ye Runqing back safe and sound. Ye Runqing cried and talked about the evil deeds of the Japanese army blowing up and burning Nankai, and everyone was extremely distressed. The Japanese army had already destroyed Nankai, and after the fall of Peking, how could Peking University and Tsinghua University survive. Bi Yunxiao looked at the watch his father gave him as a birthday gift, and burst into tears. He regretted it very much at this time. If he hadn't contradicted his father at that time, would he have walked away happily. Cheng Jiashu didn't speak, and silently listened to Bi Yunxiao's cry. They are students, but they are also passionate Chinese sons and daughters. Seeing their relatives leave and the country lost, they feel sad and resentful, and they have nothing to do.

Li Qun, head of the Beiping Provisional Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the student federation party group, told Pei Yuanzhi to guide the students well, protect their safety, and stop letting them hit the guns. Mei Yiqi appointed Feng Youlan and Ye Qisun to represent Tsinghua University's school affairs. Together with many teachers, they stick to the campus and protect Tsinghua University. On the other side, at Peking University, Zheng Tianting, an associate professor of the Department of Chinese Literature and secretary-general of the National Peking University, is temporarily handling Peking University affairs. If anyone is willing to stay and help him, he is grateful. If someone wants to leave but has no travel expenses, he can also apply for travel expenses with him. Pei Yuanzhi decided to stay. Cheng Daoxiang ordered Cheng Jiawen to close the factory and pay the workers a month's wages.

Cheng Jiashu returned home, disheveled, covered in vicissitudes and smoke. Until eating with his relatives at the table, Cheng Jiashu, a man of seven feet, couldn't help crying. On this trip to Tianjin, he saw too many brutal actions of the Japanese army. Considering that the current situation in Beiping is not peaceful, the mother plans to let the children buy tickets to go to the United States, and Cheng Daoxiang thinks that he is old, this is their root, they should not and will not leave. Ye Runming felt depressed, so he went to chat with Pei Yuanzhi, and Pei Yuanzhi reminded him not to get lost in the darkest moment, only the awakening of the people is the hope of the country. The Japanese Army Colonel took the lead in marching into the Tsinghua University, and asked Feng Youlan to replace all teaching materials with Japanese and Chinese, and to classify Japanese as a compulsory course.

Feng Youlan straightened her back and refused, pointing out the ugly deeds of the Japanese army word by word. The Japanese army claimed to come to maintain the safety of Tsinghua University not long after they bombed Nankai University. Even a fool would not believe it. Feng Youlan said a famous sentence of Confucius to the Japanese army commander, and asked them firmly to leave the Tsinghua campus. The reporters interviewed Zhang Boling, the president of Nankai University. Zhang Boling asserted that the Japanese army would not let go of any university in Pingjin. After destroying Nankai materially, the spirit of Nankai still exists. After the bombing incident, the Japanese army began to attack Tsinghua University and Peking University in a vain attempt to launch cultural aggression. Teachers and students of all schools launched self-help actions.

Pei Yuanzhi brought a few students from Peking University to help Tsinghua University carry ancient books and materials, and then he met Fang Yuerong. Feng Youlan planted a tree, took good care of it, watered it and pruned its branches, but she didn't know when the next time she would see this tree again. Wu Bangxian, a representative of the Ministry of Education of the Nationalist Government, presented the draft to the three presidents of Nankai University, Tsinghua University, and Peking University. The Ministry of Education decided to move the three schools to Changsha to form a temporary university, with the three presidents temporarily serving as the standing committee members of the preparatory committee. Fang Yuerong and Pei Yuanzhi met again at Li Qun's place. It turned out that both of them were underground party members. They both obeyed the organization's arrangement and left Peiping for Changsha, while Pei Yuanzhi needed to accept Fang Yuerong's leadership.

The Japanese army shamelessly forcibly took over Tsinghua University, allowing Japanese physicists to occupy the campus laboratories. Feng Youlan comforted the students, watched the documentary on the playground, and bid farewell to the campus.