“芦沟桥的炮声打碎了一切”。 “七七”事变后,日本侵略者的铁蹄践踏了华北的大半山河。青岛的形势骤然紧急。“号外”的叫卖声遍及街头巷尾,从早到晚,不绝于耳。所载文讯,如加急电报,报告着陷城失地,虽三言两语,也令人心神不定;日本报纸的号外更是到处张贴,朱墨圈点处,或攻城,或侵地,都给国人大难将临的感觉。 老舍的心情非常焦躁,北平沦陷,他惦着老母的生活与安全。事变之后,他曾想与王统照一同赴上海,但妻子临产,未能成行。 “Lugou bridge guns smashed everything.” After the “Seventy-Seven Incident”, the Japanese invaders’ trek trampled most of the mountains and rivers in northern China. The situation in Qingdao is suddenly urgent. The number “outside” the cries over the streets, from morning to night, endless. The texts contained in the telegraph, for example, an expedited telegram, reported that the city had fallen to the ground. Although it was a few words, it was disturbing. The names of Japanese newspapers were posted everywhere. Unforgiving feeling. Lao She’s mood is very anxious, Peking fell, he was wearing a mother’s life and safety. After the incident, he wanted to go to Shanghai together with Wang Tongzhao, but his wife failed to make a living because of the abortion.