According to later official records.

Just two hours after the establishment of the donation site, the people in the concession donated 300,000 fiat currency, 200,000 silver dollars, more than 53,000 copper dollars, 30,000 clothes, and more than 1,000 pieces of dough.

The fiat currency and silver-yang are mainly voluntary pledges by Chinese chaebols located in the concession, and some of them are sympathetic to Chinese Western embassy officials and families like Edward reporters, as well as some businessmen who have been doing business in China for many years.

Although they are not Chinese, they have lived on this land for several years and have become friends with many local Chinese.

Over the past few months, they have seen countless Chinese refugees starving to death on the streets, and they are extremely disgusted with the suffering caused by the war.

But most of the copper coins and clothing belonging to change come from the civilians living in the concession, which are the few things they can take out.

After all, this is not the first time to raise funds. Hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring into the concession have no living materials and cannot find jobs. Relying on a few charitable organizations to distribute porridge and water relief is just a drop in the bucket.

More than a thousand pieces of bread were the lowest value of this round of donated materials, but it made Dan Tai Mingyue, who was visiting, burst into tears.

She wrote in the battlefield diary she carried with her in the sunset:

“I have been through so many touches during this day.

I was moved by the tenacious battles of the warehouse defenders. They were bathed in the fire of Japanese pirates and repelled the enemy's attacks again and again, and they created brilliant victories. They were the most heroic people of this era.

Perhaps every one of their names is not known to us, but I know that they are destined to become light and the light that our Chinese clan can still illuminate us in the darkness.

I was also moved by the people on the south bank of Suzhou River. They stood on the edge of hell at the risk of being involved in the war and cheered for victory. They were fighting.

I was also moved by the two ladies who sang on the drums for our soldiers. They were the fearlessness of the Japanese invaders that could shoot bullets at any time, which dispelled people's panic.

The war is in full swing, the drums are like thunder, the dancing is like flowers, and the singing is soaring into the sky, which is actually the most beautiful picture that the bright moon has seen in her life.

Mingyue volunteered to stay alone in Songhu, and believed that her temperament was quite tough, but the above all made Mingyue cry, but it made Mingyue cry over her face, but they were not them.

At the donation point, I saw the rich man who came to donate with a cash box. Mingyue bowed from afar to thank our soldiers; I also thanked the citizens who were carrying large bags of clothes; and I also gave them a thank you; and the children who took out their pocket money for unknown amounts... Please forgive me for not being able to write down their names one by one, because there are too many.

But when I saw an old lady with gray hair and worn clothes, she put a piece of cake at the donation point in shame, and turned around and left, it was really difficult for Mingyue to remain calm anymore.

Her face was haggard, and Mingyue could not judge her age at all, but Mingyue's only sure thing was that she was not a person in the concession with food and clothing, but should be one of the hundreds of thousands of people who entered the concession to take refuge in the past March.

The dough cake had already become cold and hard, and it had been at least one or two days. It should be the food that she refused to fill her stomach when she was hungry.

You can imagine how good she is to manage a housewife on her usual days. Even on extremely difficult days, she will leave her and her family with the last hope.

But at this time, she brought out her hopes or the whole family.

I am extremely sad, sad for my people, why are they so miserable? But I am also extremely proud, proud of my people, facing disasters, so far.

This is my country, my tribe. Although it is suffering now, I am extremely convinced at this moment that we will win this battle of defense."

Of course, what Dan Tai Mingyue saw at this time was just the tip of the iceberg.

There are more than one piece of bread, as many as a thousand pieces, which means that thousands of refugees donate their last property. For this reason, they may have to stay hungry for two or three days or even not persist in the next free food distribution.

But they still chose to do so.

For nothing else, the soldiers didn't even want their lives. What's the fear of hunger? At worst, they would accompany each other with their lives.

In addition to charitable organizations with official backgrounds, several organizations with great influence in Songhu are also taking action.

It’s just that they are more targeted, and the fundraising they are targeting is the defenders in the warehouse.

Food and medicine are the focus of their preparations. It is not difficult to obtain such supplies in wartime by their means. The most difficult thing is how to contact the defenders in the warehouse and send them in.

This is just in the concession on the edge of the battlefield, and the outside world's attention has actually begun to focus here.

Major Chinese newspapers frequently report on the small battlefield of Sihang Warehouse. The Central Daily News even published an article titled "One Inch of Mountains and Rivers, One Inch of Blood" for this, calling on passionate young people across the country to join the army and go to the national crisis together.

The News Chronicle, which is far away in the West, the Sun never sets, also published an article saying: The achievements of the Chinese army in Shanghai to resist the Japanese army are actually one of the most brave pages in any national record!

However, the Asahi Shimbun of Japan rarely showed off the war in Songhu on this day. It was just that the Imperial Army had occupied the entire territory of Songhu and was about to urge the army to point directly to the southeast of China to introduce the war that day.

During the daytime battle on October 27, China was excited, Japan was frustrated, and the West was surprised. I don’t know how many eyes were focused on this battlefield with a radius of less than one square kilometer.

But for the defenders of Sihang Warehouse, they could not think so much because they needed to deal with the next wave of attacks by the Japanese army.

The Japanese suspended their attack in the afternoon, but it does not mean that they were just silenced. It may be more difficult to bear at night than during the day.

As night fell, the people gathered on the south bank of Suzhou River were reluctant to leave for a long time. Until the sky was completely dark, the crowds of tens of thousands of people flocked to this place dispersed one after another, leaving only about a thousand people in the alleys everywhere.

The only field radio station in the building actually received a message from outside the division headquarters. The telegram content made the Army Lieutenant Colonel think for a long time and finally chose to believe it, because the password was newly established before coming to Sihang Warehouse, and no one knew about the non-war zone headquarters. Even if the Japanese army wanted to crack it, it would not be possible for only one day to work.

The reason why the Army Lieutenant Colonel chose to believe it is not just how confidential it is, but the name that is well-known in Songhu. He not only has the ability to do everything he said, but also did this during the Battle of Songhu five years ago.

Of course, the real reason why the Army Lieutenant Colonel is willing to take risks to make this choice is that if Sihang Warehouse wants to stay for a longer period of time, it not only depends on the courage of the officers and soldiers and not afraid of sacrifice, but also requires help from the outside world.

The warehouse needs more medicine, ammunition and food, and the two seriously injured people also need treatment urgently.

However, the Japanese army outside the warehouse must be eyeing it. It is easy to get in touch, but it is extremely difficult to get substantial contact.
Chapter completed!