Chapter 766: Unexpected Embarrassment

After Fan Wubing and Shen Ying left Beidaihe Resort. They took Route 6 to Qingdao. When they passed through Linqing, Shandong, Fan Wubing suddenly thought of something and asked Shen Ying, "What do you remember when you mention Linqing?"

"Linqing, Shandong?" Shen Ying tilted her head and thought for a while, then smiled and replied, "Oh, I remember. The stand-up comedy that Liu Baorui talked about before, Liansheng Sanji, right? The dog boy Zhang Haogu's family is from Linqing, Shandong, right?"

"You remember this-" Fan Wubing couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, and then said, "The dog boy Zhang Haogu is from Linqing, but there is another hero here who deserves respect."

"Who is it? Why don't I have an impression?" Shen Ying shook her head and couldn't remember that she remembered this matter.

"General Zhang Zizhong, the commander-in-chief of the 33rd Army during the Anti-Japanese War." Fan Wubing replied.

"I haven't heard of it. It seems that it is not written in the history textbook?" Shen Ying still said she didn't know.

Fan Wubing put his arm around Shen Ying's waist and said to her, "It makes sense, but we still need to understand some heroes, otherwise we would be a little ashamed of our ancestors."

General Zhang Zizhong, whose courtesy name is Xuchen, was from Linqing, Shandong. He was a lieutenant general of the 6th Army of the Republic of China and a general. After his death, he was posthumously awarded the rank of second-class general of the 6th Army. He was a famous anti-Japanese general, a national hero, and also the highest-ranking general of the Allies who died in World War II.

General Zhang Zizhong secretly joined the Tongmenghui while studying at the Tianjin Law and Politics School. Later, he joined the army and joined Feng Yuxiang's army. He served as battalion commander, regiment commander, brigade commander, division commander, army commander, and group army commander. He has been in the army for more than 30 years and has devoted his life to the cause. Since the Anti-Japanese War, his fate has been unpredictable. He was even accused of being a traitor and was criticized. He was determined to "only seek death". He fought in Feishui, Linyi, Xuzhou, and Sui-Zao-Yi. He finally returned home wrapped in horsehide and died as the commander-in-chief of the army group. He earned the word "loyalty" in his name with his lifelong practice.

After General Zhang Zizhong died in the battle, the Japanese found General Zhang's body, confirmed that it was correct, worshiped together, used good wood to bury him, and erected a wooden sign. The whole army saluted him. Even when his body was transported back to the rear, the Japanese army received the news and ordered the air force to stop air raids for one day to avoid hurting Zhang Zizhong's loyal body.

Chiang Kai-shek was shocked to hear that General Zhang Zizhong died for his country, and immediately ordered the Fifth War Zone to recapture his remains at any cost. More than 100 outstanding soldiers took back General Zhang's body. After inspection, General Zhang Zizhong had eight wounds, including two artillery wounds, one bayonet wound, and five bullet wounds. His skull was deformed and almost unrecognizable. When the coffin passed through Yichang, the whole city lowered the flag, and more than 100,000 people went to pay their respects. The whole city was shrouded in a solemn and tragic atmosphere. Enemy planes circled and roared in the sky, but no one avoided them, and no one fled. The Japanese army looked at this unprecedented scene without bombing, and the general fought to his death and failed to defeat the enemy. They were obviously shocked by the spirit of the general and the Chinese nation.

"This is a history that has been artificially cut off-" Fan Wubing wiped the car window on the side with his hand,

as if he wanted to see the scenery outside through the mist on the glass. He said solemnly to Shen Ying. "When General Zhang Zizhong died for his country, he was only 49 years old. After hearing the news, his wife, Ms. Li Minhui, died of hunger strike for seven days. The couple was buried together at the foot of Meihua Mountain in Chongqing. Even fewer people know this story."

Shen Ying nodded, and then she knew why the history textbooks didn't describe this section much. It turned out that it was a general of **. Vigorous publicity obviously did not conform to the actual situation.

"General Zhang Zizhong has a nickname, Zhang Bapi." Fan Wubing suddenly said.

"Ah?!" Shen Ying was stunned again. Why does a national hero have such a nickname? Is it the same as Zhou Bapi in the cock crows at midnight?

"Of course not." Fan Wubing replied with a smile.

In those days, most of the generals of the Northwest Army had nicknames, such as Song Zheyuan was called "Song Laoha", Ji Hongchang was called "Ji Dadan", Zhang Zhijiang was called "Zhang Shengjing", etc. But Zhang Zizhong's nickname is "Zhang Bapi", which is shocking at first, but in fact, he is different from "Zhou Bapi" and does not contain any derogatory meaning.

In those days, Feng Yuxiang led his troops to station in Nanyuan, Beijing, and Zhang Zizhong was the battalion commander of the training camp. The troops began winter training, and it happened to be snowing for several days, and the weather was cold and freezing, and many officers and soldiers were afraid of difficulties.

One day, Zhang Zizhong gathered all the officers and soldiers of the battalion and asked loudly, "What should we do if the enemy attacks on a snowy day?" The officers and soldiers answered, "Resist firmly!" Zhang Zizhong continued, "Now that it's snowing, you don't want to train, and what's the point of fighting? The first rule for us as soldiers is not to be afraid of hardship. Now. Please take off your cotton-padded clothes and run with me!" After saying that, he actually took off his cotton-padded clothes himself.

All the officers and soldiers of the battalion were stunned, and then they all took off their cotton-padded clothes and ran on the snow behind Zhang Zizhong.

From then on, the nickname "Zhang Bapi" spread like wildfire.

"So that's it, it's really scary to take the name literally. But what about you saying that he was once falsely accused of being a traitor?" Shen Ying nodded, and then couldn't help asking one more question.

"Oh, during the Lugou Bridge Incident, Song Zheyuan and others retreated to Baoding, leaving him alone in Beijing to take charge. Many people at the time didn't understand, so he took on this bad name. It was not until he died for his country that people realized that General Zhang was not a cowardly person who sold out his country for glory." Fan Wubing explained.

"It's a pity that such a hero was lost in history. Few people know about him." Shen Ying knew that Fan Wubing never spoke nonsense, so she said with some regret.

"But the situation is better now." Fan Wubing said, "The positive role of ** in the war of resistance has gradually been treated objectively in recent years, and it can also be reflected in film and television works."

After crossing the border of Shandong Province and arriving in Qingdao, the weather became better.

However, the temperature in Qingdao is 7 or 8 degrees lower than that in the inner 6. You have to wear a long-sleeved shirt here, and the temperature at night is even lower. It is indeed a summer resort.

However, Fan Wubing did not expect to meet an acquaintance here. It turned out to be a crew of New Silk Road Entertainment Company shooting here to shoot a film about the war of resistance.

Anti-Japanese War films have always been popular in China. As long as the idea is novel and not too fake or stupid, the ratings will not be low. They are much more popular than civil war films. Fan Wubing raised this issue when he discussed the development direction of the television industry with Xia Donghai and his wife.

He believes that if film and television companies want to expand their influence in the circle, they must occupy mainstream channels. The concept must be correct and the thinking must be advanced. If you just make non-mainstream romance films, there will be no future for development.

Based on this point, Xia Donghai also conducted market research seriously, so he convened a group of writers and held a selection of scripts on the theme of the Anti-Japanese War. Several excellent works were unearthed. At present, several crews are shooting related content separately.

The crew here in Qingdao is one of them, and the acquaintance they met is Ye Jiarong, who was signed by Fan Wubing from Yinghuang Company.

"No wonder you mentioned General Zhang Zizhong. It turns out that you have been planning to shoot a TV series about the War of Resistance Against Japan recently." Shen Ying saw the crew of New Silk Road Entertainment Company shooting at the beach, and suddenly realized.

Ye Jiarong, who was sitting on the side and reciting the lines, suddenly turned her head and saw Fan Wubing. She felt a little overjoyed, but soon saw Shen Ying next to Fan Wubing. The enthusiasm came and went quickly. She already knew that Fan Wubing was now a married man, and the girl next to him was naturally one of the most famous women in the domestic business world, Shen Ying, the descendant of Shen Wansan who created a series of business miracles.

Ye Jiarong felt a little sour, but still went over to say hello to Fan Wubing, but there was also a sense of helplessness in her tone, and even Shen Ying, who was standing next to her, felt the jealousy.

Fan Wubing also felt a little uncomfortable. In fact, there was really nothing fishy between him and Ye Jiarong. It was just a coincidence. In addition, he knew that the Eagle King was not honest, and he couldn't bear to see a very good girl gradually fall into that kind of quagmire, so he signed Ye Jiarong to his company.

Although the actresses in the New Silk Road Entertainment Company also had hookups with rich men, the company generally did not have the tradition of using actresses to achieve certain goals for itself. The actresses have their own autonomy in terms of emotions and private lives, which is probably unique in the dirty entertainment circles at home and abroad.

Shen Ying also noticed that there seemed to be a little bumpy feeling between Ye Jiarong and Fan Wubing in the eye contact, and couldn't help but secretly pinched Fan Wubing's arm to show his dissatisfaction.

Fan Wubing frowned when he was pinched. He almost hummed aloud, but fortunately the director over there had already discovered his whereabouts, and several main leaders of the crew came over, surrounding Fan Wubing and Shen Ying in the middle and asking about their lives, which was simply extremely enthusiastic.

"Well, very good, not bad, yeah." Fan Wubing nodded to deal with these employees, while looking at Shen Ying and Ye Jiarong who had gone to the side to chat, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Even though the two of them were talking and laughing now, who knows if there will be trouble later?

Girls' affairs are really hard to explain.

The lyrics are very clear, don't guess what a girl is thinking, it's useless to guess.