抗日战争全面爆发,日本侵略者沿沪宁线一路狂轰滥炸到南京,国民党的中央机关陆续向汉口撤迁。江苏省会镇江也遭空袭,以陈果夫为首一伙胆小怕死的文官,也作好把省府各厅处机关西逃汉口的准备。蒋介石为推行以军人治理省政的战时体制,再度任命顾祝同为江苏省政府主席。陈果夫立即电促顾接交,委托他的民政厅长余井塘代办 The war of resistance against Japan broke out in an all-round manner. The Japanese invaders bombarded Nanjing along the Huning Line and the Central Government organs of the Kuomintang gradually moved to Hankou. Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, was also hit by an air raid in Chen Guofu led by a group of timid civilians, but also make preparations for the provincial government agencies offices fled Hankou west. Chiang Kai-shek re-appointed Gu Zhu-tong as chairman of the Jiangsu provincial government for the promotion of the wartime system of military administration and administration. Chen Guofu immediately urged to patronize the commission, commissioned by his Minister of Civil Affairs Yujing Tong charge d’affaires