Day and night, global news media were divided into two factions and reported on two major events.

Western news media represented by NN focus on reporting on the "wave of nationalism" in the Republic.

The positive attitude of the people of the Republic not only surprised Wang Yuanqing, but also shocked the Western news media.

College students went to Beijing to pray for the frontline soldiers and made a great stir, and the practical actions of the people of the Republic were even more eye-catching.

On the afternoon of the 24th, hundreds of mainland merchants and Taiwanese merchants including + Yanbo, Li Chengwen, Wang Yuanshan gathered in Suzhou and raised a total of 166.6 billion yuan in donations at the "National Rise and Fall Fundraising Party" held that night. All of this donations will be donated to the central government of the Republic, specifically for war expenses!

Wang Yuanqing received the news at dinner, and he was also shocked.

Although for the amazing modern struggle, more than 100 million yuan is for the front-line combat troops to consume at most a week, the performance of the Republic's merchants is enough to shock any leader.

But this is just the beginning.

As early as the morning of the 23rd, netizens launched a "patriotic fundraising" activity on the Internet, shouting the slogan "One person pays one yuan, support the army to move forward in a big stride."

On the morning of the 24th, three large domestic stations opened fundraising channels, set up a list of fundraisingers in conspicuous locations, and provide netizens with fundraising inquiry methods.

In less than 12 hours, the three major websites received a total of about 500 billion donations from Internet users!

A netizen called "Love Me China" donated 1. A netizen called "Yanhuang Descendants 9527" donated 1.

Donations are not important. The key is patriotism.

The fundraising campaign in the Internet community cannot create small "troubles" for the government. On the day of the 24th alone, the civil affairs departments in various parts of the country received more than 2 million consultation calls. Many people were asking whether online fundraising was deceptive. They said that the government should set up a special fundraising account to manage fundraising activities.

In other words, many people are willing to donate but do not trust private fundraising.

It is precisely this how the Western media yelled that the Republic had thrown out a "wave of nationalism."

Western media have hyped up the Republic's "nationalism" with the purpose of creating the "China threat theory". Although this argument has long been outdated, there is still a certain market.

What can the Republic not do to bomb Japan's civilian nuclear facilities without issuing any warning?

In the comments of Western media, when a republic with four people is controlled by nationalist sentiment, it is not only Japan but the entire world.

n The invited special commentator also boldly mentioned that the purpose of the war between Wako and the country was to annex Japan.

Regardless of whether the starting point of this argument is correct, that is, whether Japan or the Republic is launching the war, the argument itself is established. The Republic has about 600 million elderly people. Will it annex another aging country? Besides, Japan is seriously polluted, will the Republic annex a "garbage country"?

Of course |Most Westerners do not look at facts.

The Republic did bomb Japan's civil nuclear facilities, and the Republic did gain the upper hand after the outbreak of the war. In the eyes of Westerners, it was evidence that the Republic initiated a war and that of the Republic's intention to annex Japan.

Wang Yuanqing does not attach importance to comments from Western news media because public opinion that distorts facts cannot change the facts.

But Wang Yuanqing had to consider domestic stability.

After weighing the pros and cons, Wang Yuanqing called Jiang Yuan, Vice Premier of the State Council, who was in charge of civil affairs, and actively guided the people's patriotic enthusiasm, controlled prices in various places, and prevented the war from causing serious negative impacts on the domestic economic environment. Most importantly, Wang Yuanqing clearly asked Jiang Yuan to issue central documents as soon as possible, and told the people across the country through news media and other channels that the central government has enough financial resources to support the war and does not hope that the quality of life of the people will be reduced due to the war.

In other words, Wang Yuanqing disincentives the people to raise funds through spontaneous wars.

Wang Yuanqing has no choice but to pay attention to the funds that have been raised or if someone does want to raise funds. After all, the people have the right to decide how to use their wealth, and they cannot deprive them of their own property.

But there are many things that even Wang Yuanqing could not expect.

After Jiang Yuan went to CCTV for an interview and called on the people to provide support to the frontline soldiers through active work, hard study, and consciously maintaining social stability. He did not encourage people to use necessary funds for production and life to raise funds, domestic fundraising activities not only did not stop, but became more and more intense.

By the end of the year, the funds raised by all parties exceeded 15,000!

Public opinion is unstoppable, and the government has to adjust its policies to allow the news media to actively report on the fundraising situation in all sectors of society.

Donations are not divided into many, and patriotism is not divided into young and old!

Among the people who spontaneously raised funds, there were white-haired veterans who once joined the army, participated in the Liberation War and the Korean War, some middle-aged workers who were the pillars of the family, some were energetic young people who had not completed their college studies, some were childish, and many children in school uniforms donated pocket money!

The reporters picked up people of these age groups respectively

A 1c 7-year-old man said to reporters after donating his savings for many years, "When I was young, I picked up my swords and guns to participate in the Anti-Japanese War to defend my country. When I was old, I couldn't walk anymore, so I could only pay some money to buy more guns and bullets for my great-grandson and those soldiers who fought bloodyly on the front line, so that they could teach the Japanese devils a lesson for me!"

Later, the reporter learned that the old man’s five great-grandchildren were all serving in the army, and two of them were on the front line!

After donating the salary I just received, an IT technician who took his daughter who was still in elementary school to raise funds, he told reporters, "When I was in college, I was always an angry young man from Japan. He once vowed not to buy a Japanese product. Back then, the saying that buying a Japanese product provided many bullets to the Japanese army was popular on the Internet. Now I can finally use my meager income to buy a few more bullets for the soldiers of the Republic to help them defeat dog days!"

After the father donated, the girl, who was only aged 1 year old, donated a total of 2,232 yuan in pocket money she had saved.

Later, the reporter learned that this father participated in the "anti-Japanese demonstration" when he was in college.

A college student donated 5,000 yuan. During the interview, he said, "This is the living expenses I saved for the next semester as a tutor during the summer vacation. When the war begins, I will wait for the country to issue a conscription order to join the army and hold a gun to fight the dog days."

Later, the reporter said that the college student had already completed the leave of absence and went to the civil affairs department to fill out his military application.

Another father took his son in middle school to a donation center opened by the Nanjing Municipal Government to donate millions. During an interview with reporters, the father only said, "If the war is fought two years later, I will let my boy join the army and go to the battlefield to teach the Japanese devils a lesson!"

Later, the reporter learned that his father and son were descendants of survivors of the Nanjing Massacre.

Donations are the main way for most Republicans to support the country, but for another group of people, it is only one way.

By the end of the year, more than 15 million citizens registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Armed Forces to participate in the volunteer service!

Among them, 16-year-old boys who have just reached the age of joining the army are also middle-aged people who are about to exceed the age of joining the army. Of course, most of the people who require joining the army are young people between the ages of 18 and 24.

For this matter, Ye Zhisheng found Wang Yuanqing many times and proposed to recruit soldiers in advance.

Wang Yuanqing did not agree with Ye Zhisheng's suggestion, because the reason was very simple. Modern warfare is not about winning by more people.

Modern warfare is fighting for comprehensive national strength, especially economic and technological strength. Military strength is only a concrete manifestation of economic and technological strength in war. In other words, workers working in factories, scientists working in scientific research institutions, engineers working in design institutes, and even farmers working in fields, make contributions to the war no less than soldiers fighting bloody battles on the frontline.

The aging problem in the Republic has reached its peak. All walks of life need labor, so there is no need to recruit too many soldiers.

The most important thing is that Wang Yuanqing does not intend to expand the scale of the war arbitrarily and hopes to end the war as soon as possible. Even if he recruits young people to serve immediately, it will take several months to train alone. What the war will be like at that time is still unclear. Even if he needs to recruit more soldiers, the first thing he considers is not inexperienced social personnel, but retired soldiers within 5 years. Retired soldiers can quickly adapt to military life, have much smaller training volume, and can be engaged in battle in time. According to the statistics of the Ministry of National Defense, the retired soldiers can be recruited between 500,000 and 600,000. As long as these personnel are recruited, let alone defeat Japan, it is more than enough to occupy Japan.

Judging from the attitudes of the citizens of the Republic towards leading war, the "worries" of Western news media are not groundless.

Of course, these are all later stories.

While Western news media were trying hard to "vilify" the Republic, many news media led by the Republic's State Television, International Television, and Al Jazeera reported on the battle that started again on the night of the 24th.

After a day off, the Republic Air Force adjusted its troop deployment and the Japanese Air Force also recovered.

It has to be admitted that Japan's war preparations are very well prepared.

Although the Republic Air Force destroyed almost all the large bases of the Japanese Air Force during the first day of the battle, on the night of the 24th, hundreds of fighter jets took off to fight, competing with the Republic Air Force for air supremacy.

According to the report provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau, Japan built a large number of field airports and underground military facilities during peacetime.

Needless to say, Japan has been preparing for the war!

That night, in addition to continuing to bomb Japan's mainland and expanding its targets to military industrial facilities and heavy industrial facilities, the Republic's Air Force also dispatched shore-based combat aircraft of the Navy's aviation forces to carry out full bombing of Japanese military bases on the Ryukyu Islands, including Naha Port, Futenma Airport, and Kadena Air Base.

The battle was very fierce, and both sides tried their best.

In the middle of the night, Wang Yuanqing was called out from the bed by Jiao Bashan, and left the head of state under the escort of the head of state guard and headed to the strategic command center. (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!