Lu Zuofu himself took the lead in making donations and mobilized employees of Minsheng Company to donate enthusiastically. Driven by Lu Zuofu, patriotic enthusiasts from all walks of life in Chongqing

Lu Zuofu himself took the lead in making donations and mobilized employees of Minsheng Company to donate enthusiastically. Driven by Lu Zuofu, patriotic enthusiasts from all walks of life in Chongqing donated generously, and the donation points at Bank of China, Juxingcheng Bank, Meifeng Bank, Chuankang Bank and Minsheng Company were flooded with people. The funds raised were promptly remitted to Shanghai to support the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. While Japan was invading and occupying China, it also stepped up its economic aggression against China, dumping Japanese goods in China and suppressing Chinese goods in an attempt to strangle China's economy. In the face of Japan's economic aggression, Lu Zuofu stood at the height of patriotism and resisting Japan and saving the nation. He published an article criticizing Japan's economic aggression and emphasized that promoting domestic products was the basis for China to resist economic aggression. As a patriotic industrialist, Lu Zuofu often went to Chongqing to give speeches at the introduction of Chinese domestic products, promoting domestic products and stimulating the people's national indignation and patriotic enthusiasm. He also played a very good role in publicity and education in advocating domestic products and boycotting Japanese products. In order to resist Japan's economic aggression, Lu Zuofu combined the promotion of domestic products with the goal of saving the nation, and took the lead in setting an example. He clearly stipulated that the ships of the Minsheng Company would not carry Japanese goods, and stated that "Chinese people will not board foreign ships" and "Chinese ships will not Slogans such as "Chinese goods will not be loaded on foreign ships" and "Chinese goods will not be loaded on foreign ships" encourage the public to promote domestic products and boycott Japanese goods. Lu Zuofu's propaganda and agitation had a wide-ranging social impact on promoting the domestic product movement in Chongqing and resisting Japan's economic aggression. The activities of the Chongqing National Salvation Association were short-lived and ceased in 1934 for some reason. Although the activities of the Chongqing National Salvation Association were short-lived, the historical facts of the activities of the Chongqing National Salvation Association showed from one aspect Lu Zuofu's magnificent life of resisting Japan and saving the nation, and reflected the patriotic feelings and spiritual pursuits of a generation of outstanding people. Lu Zuofu is indeed an outstanding social activist and a loyal patriot. Source: (Chongqing CPPCC News)Lu Zuofu established the Beibei Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Volunteer Army

Lu Zuofu is a loyal patriot, and his patriotism has always been throughout his life and has become the spirit of his life. pillar. After the "September 18th" Incident broke out, the Chinese nation was facing life and death. Lu Zuofu stepped forward and actively participated in the torrent of anti-Japanese and national salvation. He campaigned for the survival of the nation and loudly called for an end to the civil war and a unified resistance to Japan. In order to "rush to the front enemy, attack the country and save the country" and as anti-Japanese support, Lu Zuofu established the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Volunteer Army in Beibei, which reflected the patriotic feelings and spiritual pursuit of a generation of benevolent people who were responsible for the rise and fall of the country and the responsibility of every man. In the spring of 1930, Lu Zuofu led a delegation to inspect the Northeast. He witnessed with his own eyes the various actions of the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Northeast. He was keenly aware of the Japanese imperialists' ambitions to covet the Northeast and had a premonition that the Northeast would face an urgent crisis. The crisis is approaching, but the Chinese people are not yet alert, and Lu Zuofu is deeply worried. After returning from the inspection, Lu Zuofu, who had a strong sense of urgency, gave a speech on his impressions of the inspection to the employees of Minsheng Company and the teachers and students of Ruishan School in Hechuan, exposing Japan's wolfish ambition to subjugate China, and expressing his anger and unwillingness to be a slave to the subjugation of the country. Later, Lu Zuofu published "Travel Notes to the Northeast", which recorded his observations and impressions, into a volume and distributed it to officials, dignitaries, celebrities, relatives and friends, and serialized it in Chongqing's "Xingcha" weekly and "Youth World" magazines, in order to attract attention People are paying attention to the Northeast issue and hope that the Chinese people will be wary of Japan's aggressive ambitions. On September 18, 1931, Japan brazenly launched the "September 18th" Incident, which shocked China and the rest of the world. Japanese imperialism's ambition to invade China was clearly revealed, and Lu Zuofu's premonition became a nightmare reality. Japan's acts of aggression aroused strong indignation among the Chinese people. Lu Zuofu felt deeply for the loss of his country and was filled with ardent patriotic passion. He campaigned for national salvation and actively carried out anti-Japanese and national salvation activities. Just over a month after the incident broke out, Lu Zuofu reprinted "Travels to the Northeast" and gave it to people from all walks of life. He also wrote a preface for the reprinted "Travels to the Northeast", reflecting deeply on the reasons for the fall of the Northeast. His grief and indignation were beyond words: "Once the Northeast was destroyed by the Japanese army, then The whole country is shocked and it is too late to seek relief; and despite the frenzy, there is still no way to deal with it. Is this not just a problem in Northeast China? It is actually a fundamental problem for the country.

” In order to seek ways to deal with the crisis, explore strategies to save the nation and arouse people’s great attention to the Northeast issue, Lu Zuofu initiated the establishment of the Northeast Issue Research Association in Beibei, organizing personnel from various agencies, groups, enterprises and institutions of the Gorge Defense Bureau to systematically study the history of Japan’s invasion of the Northeast. The "Jialingjiang Daily" published research results in Beibei, exposing Japan's ambition to conquer China and helping people understand the aggressive nature of Japanese imperialism. In order to pay attention to the occupied Northeast and not forget the national humiliation, Lu Zuofu invited the famous patriot Du Chongyuan to come to Beibei to give an anti-Japanese speech. After the fall of Northeast China, calls for the National Government to defend its sovereignty and send troops to resist Japan became increasingly louder. In early January 1932, Lu Zuofu initiated the establishment of the Beibei Anti-Japanese National Salvation Volunteer Army. The "Declaration of the Establishment of the Beibei Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Volunteer Army" was issued in the name of various agencies, organizations, enterprises and institutions in Beibei. On the same day, the Beibei Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Volunteer Army was established. Lu Zuofu appointed himself as the commander-in-chief of the Beibei Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Volunteer Army and organized the staff of the Youth Volunteer Team and the Gorge Defense Bureau. The first and second teams of the Volunteer Army concentrated on military training to provide anti-Japanese support, so that if China and Japan declared war, the well-trained volunteers could go to the front line to fight against the Japanese invaders. Lu Zuofu formulated 8 regulations for the Volunteer Army, stipulating the conduct of the team members: "Carry out military training in your spare time"; "Work hard to resist Japan and save the country"; "When war is declared against Japan, you have the obligation to apply for duty"; "You are not allowed to buy Japanese products, only domestic products." The volunteers uniformly wear "Don't forget." "Northeast" armband, and the four characters "Sleeping on fuel and tasting gall" were printed on the blankets in the training camp, always warning not to Don't forget the national humiliation. The national humiliation has not yet abated, and new hatreds have been added. After the outbreak of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War on "January 28" in 1932, Lu Zuofu personally The Beibei Anti-Japanese National Salvation Volunteer Army drafted nine anti-Japanese propaganda slogans: “…The Japanese have forcibly occupied our three eastern provinces… We will fight against Japan quickly! ...", "...We vow to retake Shanghai with iron blood, destroy Japanese ships, defeat Japanese pirates, and avoid future troubles forever. ","...We must unite as one! ... To save the nation is to save the country; to save others is to save the country and oneself. ", "We the people should rise up quickly! Organize an anti-Japanese and national salvation volunteer army: rush to the front enemy to save the country, and don’t survive if you cannot defeat Japan! ", "... among our 480 million compatriots: there is no room for one person to remain in peace; there is no room for one person to be ignorant of the country's danger; there is no room for one person to hope that everyone will work hard to stay safe. ...", "Japan's poisonous plan: ...to conquer China by occupying Northeast China. Our countermeasures: If we want to save China, we must save Northeast China;...", "I hope that mass organizations from all over Sichuan will immediately rise up to petition the military authorities. Train volunteers to serve as backup for the military authorities. Accumulate cash to pay for soldiers. ...", "We are determined to fight against Japan! Victory will be ours. ...The Nineteenth Route Army defeated the Japanese navy, army and air force in Shanghai. This is ironclad proof. ", "...Unite all countries in the world and work together to extinguish the public enemy that destroys world peace - Japan. ... We fought for ten years and won the final victory. Long live the Chinese nation! Long live world peace! "Through the lines of the slogan, Lu Zuofu was full of anger when he accused Japan of the crimes of aggression, called for the unity of the anti-Japanese revolutionaries to serve the country, and expressed the firm belief that the war of salvation and victory must be won. After Lu Zuofu established the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Volunteer Army in Beibei, he sent people's livelihood The company's ships transported young student petitioners to Chongqing, where they asked Liu Xiang to join the war and go to the front to fight the enemy. During the anti-Japanese and national salvation activities, Lu Zuofu used his personal influence and role to actively urge Sichuan Province to unify and called on the various factions of the Sichuan army to stop their disputes. , united and went to the national disaster, in order to finally achieve the unification of Sichuan and form a situation of unity and resistance against Japan. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Lu Zuofu was indispensable. On the front line, they fought bravely and bloody battles against the Japanese aggressors, and made immortal achievements in the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War. Source: (Chongqing CPPCC News)