生当战乱,闻炮多矣。其中有两次把我从睡梦中惊醒。第一次是一九三七年七月七日清晨日本侵略者在芦沟桥打响的炮声。那时我正被集中在北平西苑兵营接受军事训练。从一九三五年一二九运动以来,北平学生一直对日本侵略者在华北不断生事的挑衅行为和国民党政府的不抵抗主义感到不安。北平当局决定在一九三七年 Health and war, smell more gun carry on. Twice woke me up from my sleep. The first was the sound of a gunfire started by the Japanese invaders at Lugou Bridge in the early hours of July 7, 1937. At that time I was being concentrated in Beiping Xiyuan barracks for military training. Since the January 29 Movement in 1935, Peking students have been disturbed by the constant provocations of the Japanese invaders in North China and the non-resistanceism of the Kuomintang government. Peiping authorities decided in 1937