sjar Chapter 372 Fundraising for Airplane Purchase
Chapter 372 Fundraising for Airplane Purchase
The reason why Li Shaoyi wanted to launch such a sneak attack was that he was afraid that the Air Force would not be able to fight on two fronts. Although Li Qiankun had made assurances several times, it was better to be cautious in some things. After all, this was a war, and it concerned the safety of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land.
Moreover, Li Shaoyi also learned the trick of sneak attack from the Japanese. If the Japanese had not launched a sneak attack on a naval base in the United States in the next few years, how could they have had such a great advantage in the early stages of the Pacific War?
So without waiting for the Japanese to do this, Li Shaoyi first destroyed the Japanese First Air Division. Whether you have ordinary aircraft or strengthen ground air defense firepower, this will require long-term sacrifice.
People from all walks of life in the country were also shocked by Li Shaoyi's huge move. First, he dealt with the foreign Hun cavalry that invaded Chahar, and then destroyed the Japanese First Air Division.
More than 380 aircraft of various types, 1,700 tons of fuel, and 3,950 Japanese soldiers were all reduced to ashes in this air raid.
When the newspaper published this battle result, it was accompanied by the 72nd Division's usual tradition, which was more than 30 photos of Liaoyuan Airport taken from various angles, as well as some pictures of Liaoyuan Airport that the Japanese army had previously used to promote. All of them were published in the newspaper, making the comparison more convenient.
In the original photo, Liaoyuan Airport can be said to be the largest aviation hub in the entire western region of the three northeastern provinces. The airport's ground handling construction is also at the forefront of the world. It is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the most advanced airports in Asia.
But now looking at the photos released by the 72nd Division, there is black smoke everywhere, and the original appearance of several buildings can be vaguely seen, but at that time the flames were soaring into the sky, and it was estimated that they had been burned beyond recognition.
Join the 72nd Division!
Follow Li Shaoyi to fight the Japanese!
It became the most mainstream propaganda in newspapers during this period, and many knowledgeable people were also preparing to join the 72nd Division.
They truly saw in Li Shaoyi the fundamental solution to the Japanese problem. No matter how the anti-Japanese and non-anti-Japanese factions within the National Government promoted it, it was basically just verbal battles and there was not much practical action.
But the situation was different for the 72nd Division. They first managed to defend Rehe under the siege of four Japanese divisions.
Through a surprise attack by the Air Force, most of the Japanese First Air Division was wiped out.
Such news was more shocking than directly destroying a reorganized Japanese division. After all, it was a war on land. If it was planned properly and a large number of troops were deployed, people would still be able to accept it.
But now, our relatively weak air force has directly blown up more than 300 Japanese planes and destroyed one of their advanced airports. It is said that the Japanese invested up to 9 million oceans in the entire airport, and now all of them have been blown away.
Students in major cities also took to the streets to raise funds for the 72nd Division so that it could purchase more aircraft and recapture the three northeastern provinces.
Officials from various governments have become invisible at this moment, including high-ranking officials of the Nanjing National Government. They don’t know how to talk about this matter. Whenever someone stands up to speak, they are immediately scolded.
You are fighting against Japan in words, but they are fighting against Japan in actual actions. We donated money to the 72nd Division not through the local government and various institutions, but directly through the 72nd Division's own recipient institutions.
Li Shaoyi knew that the people's hearts could be used in this era, so he had Li Sibei set up donation centers in major cities a long time ago.
And it was guaranteed that every penny donated by the people would be used for the war of resistance, and the local newspapers would publish where the money was used. Li Sibei did this before, up to 15 million in donations, all of which were listed clearly, so people were willing to donate money here.
Of course, some local governments were also jealous of these donations. They clearly guaranteed that these donations would be directly handed over to the 72nd Division. In many places where there were no donation receiving offices, officials from various places were still able to get a piece of the pie.
However, in big cities like Jinling, Pujiang, Yangcheng, and Chang'an, the 72nd Division has set up donation offices, so student organizations from all over the country directly hand over the money they receive to the authorized office. It is not easy for local governments to intervene at this time. After all, many reporters are watching. If you are jealous of a city's donations of over one million, you will probably be scolded and ruined soon.
The first batch of donations of 1.3 million oceans from Peking was sent over.
It was published in the Peking Daily that day. The 1.3 million yuan donation was exchanged for four BF109 fighter planes, which Li Shaoyi named Peking No. 1 and Peking No. 2...
Li Shaoyi can be said to have learned the art of psychology from modern sociology. He may be a nobody in the 21st century, but in today's era, it's like putting up a sign for the top guy.
When the wealthy people in Pujiang saw this, they immediately became excited. The first batch of donations reached 3 million, more than twice as much as that in Beijing.
Pujiang's plane was successfully ranked number eight. When Pujiang's plane number eight took off, the men and women of Pujiang straightened their backs in an instant.
Overseas Chinese donated the most, with the first batch reaching 6 million yuan.
Chinese No. 16 takes off in Peking!
In short, for every donation given to Li Shaoyi, Li Shaoyi would provide the corresponding plane within a few days.
Of course, there are exceptions. Li Shaoyi used the donations of one million oceans each from Shandong Province and Henan Province to expand Duolun Airport as a frontline position for operations in the north, which could accommodate 190 aircraft of various types.
Li Shaoyi used the donations of 800,000 yuan each from Sichuan and Fujian provinces to build the highway from Peking to Duolun.
Donations of 110 million yuan from Hong Kong and Macao were used to build telephone lines and repair railways in several northern provinces.
The donations from various provinces were used in the right places and were supervised by representatives sent by students from all over the country, who carefully checked every account and every batch of weapons purchased.
The Nanjing National Government understood what Li Shaoyi was doing, but was helpless.
The celebrities have all gone to Li Shaoyi. Although they are not satisfied, they don’t know how to stop it. All the transactions you can find are real transactions.
Take those planes for example, they all have unique numbers and are stationed at different airports. You are always welcome to take pictures. It is definitely not like what some bad people say, that one day it is sprayed with Peking No. 7 and tomorrow it will be Pujiang No. 7.
They allow you to take wide-angle photos of every plane. Can this row of more than a hundred planes be faked?