As soon as he said this, everyone in the room turned their attention to him. It turned out that the person who spoke was the young man who was the leader of the reporters that Ning Zhiheng had rescued and taken into the company earlier.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, the young man quickly stepped forward, came to Ning Zhiheng, bowed, and said, "I am Lu Chengfeng, a reporter from the United News Agency. Thank you, Mr. Fujiwara, for saving my life. If it weren't for you, my colleagues and I would have died in the chaos of war."
Ning Zhiheng realized that the person was not Japanese, but a Chinese reporter fluent in Japanese. Then, Lü Chengfeng gave a detailed account of the whole incident, and everyone finally understood the cause of the matter.
This morning, the editor-in-chief of the United Daily News asked Lü Chengfeng and several colleagues to go to the urban area of Nanjing to take photos of the Nanjing citizens holding a celebration parade and to report extensively on the event. This was originally an official task of the United Daily News, and Lü Chengfeng and his colleagues often did this kind of thing before.
When the reporters arrived at the scene, everything went smoothly at first. However, when the parade entered Gulou Street, they encountered a group of Japanese soldiers. These soldiers became agitated as they watched the parade chanting slogans, especially the flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan) held high. They rushed forward, scattered the parade, tore the flag in half, and set it on fire.
Immediately afterwards, one of the soldiers shouted a few words. It turned out that these soldiers were from the 106th Division, which had just been transferred back to Nanjing. They had been fighting on the front lines for a long time and had suffered heavy losses, so they were transferred back to Nanjing for rest and recuperation.
These Japanese soldiers had been entangled with the Chinese army for years and harbored deep resentment towards the Chinese. When they entered Nanjing and saw the streets filled with the flag of the Republic of China, they were all emotionally unstable. They were particularly sensitive to and hated this flag and harbored great animosity towards it.
They believed that the Japanese soldiers suffered heavy losses and paid a great price during their three years of bitter fighting in China, battling against the Chinese army waving the flag of the Republic of China.
Unexpectedly, overnight, the Kuomintang flag, which had been occupied for three years, was openly restored in Nanjing and hung all over the city. This led them to believe that the establishment of the puppet government was a betrayal of the Japanese military by the Japanese high command and a compromise with the Chinese government. Thus, under mutual encouragement, this sentiment quickly got out of control.
At first, they targeted the national flags hanging in front of shops and houses on both sides of the street, and only tore them up, but soon the situation got out of control.
With so many national flags hanging, the soldiers simply returned to their barracks and gathered many more comrades. Whenever they saw a shop or residence with a national flag, they would tear down the flag and then rush in to vandalize it.
But soon the situation changed completely. The vandalism turned into looting. At first, they only looted shops that were displaying the flag of the Republic of China. Later, it turned into a large-scale riot where everything was looted indiscriminately. If anyone resisted, they were immediately shot.
As more and more soldiers saw an opportunity, they joined in, and the situation completely collapsed and escalated, plunging the entire East District into chaos.
Lu Chengfeng and several reporters had been taking photos and documenting the entire incident, and were very familiar with the cause and effect. Now, upon hearing Ning Zhiheng's inquiry, they quickly provided a detailed account of the situation.
"So that's how it is!"
Everyone then realized what was happening. Ning Zhiheng bowed slightly to Yasuda Kanan and said gratefully, "Yasuda-kun, thank you so much for your timely rescue this time. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would have died in the chaos of battle without even knowing why!"
Yasuda Kanan hurriedly bowed in return. He was well-informed and naturally knew who this Chairman Fujiwara was. He was secretly excited that he had managed to save this powerful figure in time.
"Mr. Fujiwara, you're too kind. It's my honor to serve the Fujiwara family. If you need anything in the future, please feel free to ask me. Yasuda will do his best and will never let you down!"
These words sounded sincere, and Ning Zhiheng's eyes lit up. This Yasuda Kanan was indeed a thoughtful person. It seemed that he could put in some effort in the future. If he could take this opportunity to further strengthen their relationship, then it would not have been in vain that he had taken this risk!
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