"A generation of scholars has a mission." Ren, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Southeast University, said. The departure of westward migration 80 years ago was the departure of intellectuals in the war of resistance and the departure of university spirit. "Re-take the road to the west, remember history and carry forward the indomitable spirit of the war of resistance".
1July, 937, the national war of resistance broke out. The Japanese army approached Nanjing, and the National Central University was attacked four times. Luo Jialun, president of CUHK, took precautions and chose Chongqing as the base. In June+10, 5438, he moved the school ferry westward, becoming the fastest and most comprehensive university among the universities that moved in at that time. The westward movement of Zhong Da University maintained the foundation of China University. Later, more than 100 teachers and students became academicians of China Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering, ranking first among universities in China.
There is also a special team struggling on the way to the west. Eighty years ago, Wang Youting, the director of the school livestock farm, gave up the boat ticket and resolutely called 15 employees to lead 1000 more precious livestock and poultry that could not be evacuated and set foot on the unknown road of moving to Chongqing.
1937 65438+On February 9th, Nanjing was surrounded by Japanese troops on three sides. Wang De, the son of Wang Youting, recalled that his father took people across the river to transport livestock and poultry that night and rushed to Anhui overnight. When moving westward, only one pair of each kind of livestock and poultry is selected, and the rest cannot be taken away. Luo Jialun once told Wang Youting that he could give it away or give it up. Wang Youting made an unexpected decision: move livestock and poultry to Chongqing.
It is dangerous for the animal army to be robbed and bombed all the way and pay the price of their lives. Once, four players were discovered by the Japanese. In order to cover the evacuation of large troops, four men contained the enemy, and three of them were killed. Wang Youting never gave up. They span Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces with a journey of more than 2,000 kilometers. They had a narrow escape and arrived in Chongqing a year later.
Dongda teachers and students are divided into two roads, all the way through Quanjiao, Hefei, Lu 'an, Xinyang, Wuhan and Yichang to Chongqing, and borrow soil along the way; On the other hand, I came all the way to Chengdu and brought my hometown, the former Medical College of National Central University, to Chongqing. Teachers and students reached a consensus and moved to the west again, which is not only a "heritage journey" to carry forward the fine tradition of running schools, but also a "discovery journey" to experience the fruits of reform and development, and a "construction journey" to boost morale.