Word: jehol
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...Eight hours before you arrived," said War Lord Tang, impassively, "my wife died. . . . Jehol can be defended and must and will be defended. . . . Japan and Manchukuo cannot control Jehol without taking my Capital and we are certain we can hold out here for at least six months. . . . Airplanes never capture any objective and we shall be able to hurl back the Japanese infantry. Tanks, armored cars and all such things will be useless in Jehol which is mostly without highways and mountainous...
...hearten War Lord Tang last week, young Marshal Chang and famed Chinese Finance Minister T. V. Soong who is now "Acting Premier" made the unprecedented move (for Chinese statesmen) of venturing into the threatened province, Jehol. Bumping out from Peiping, risking a Japanese bombing raid on their way, they entered Chengteh through a triumphal arch provided by War Lord Tang...
...Soong, who knows the value of excitement, harangued a Jehol mass meeting of soldiers & civilians thus: "Because a map has been published at Tokyo showing the so-called Manchukuo with Jehol included, Japan claims title to this province. You must now color this map with your heart's blood to show the world that Jehol is Chinese territory...
...behalf of the Central Government, I pledge you that we will never give up the northeast, we will never give up Jehol. The enemy may blockade our ports, they may even capture Nanking, but there will be no one to sign terms of surrender...
Even as Dr. Soong spoke "the enemy" were pouring some 50,000 mixed Japanese and Manchukuoan troops across the frontier of Jehol. The Chinese claimed to have taken Chinchow, Japanese concentration point between Shanhaikwan and Mukden. Heavy Japanese fire began at Chaoyang near the border. But it will be many weeks before they can scale the mountain passes (defended by 150,000 Chinese) leading to Chengteh...