Zhang Guohua took the telegram disapprovingly, glanced at the contents of the telegram, suddenly laughed, and said: "No wonder Lao Gu is so happy, if it were me, I would be like him!" ”

"There's really no way to take you two!" Hong Yu tilted his head and stared at Zhang Guohua, then sighed, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, lit it and smoked it slowly.

After about half an hour, Gu Zhenghai returned to the regiment headquarters. Hong Yu and Zhang Guohua saw that Gu Zhenghai's face was wrong, the two glanced at each other, and Zhang Guohua asked, "Old Gu, what's wrong with you?!" ”

Gu Zhenghai took out a telegram from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Guohua, saying, "You will know it when you read it!" ”

Zhang Guohua took the telegram, read the contents of the telegram, and handed the telegram to Hong Yu casually. Hong Yu took the telegram and quickly glanced at the contents of the telegram, suddenly laughed, and said, "Since the superiors are going to send a team of inspection teams, let them come." We are not afraid of shadows. I'm afraid that they will come up with some tricks. ”

Zhang Guohua, who had experienced the Su District, rectification movement, heard Hong Yu's words, and said with a worried expression on his face: "I'm afraid that they will pick bones in eggs." ”

Hong Yu smiled and said, "We are not eggs in the first place. We are a piece of meat, a piece of big fat. If they want to pick the bones, let them pick them. Saying that, Hong Yu put down the telegram, and then said: "Lao Gu, Lao Zhang, how to receive them, you two are responsible." I'm not going to get involved. But there is one thing I want to warn you of. No matter what they say, no rights in the troops can be given to them. They can't just say whatever they want, they want to use the radio, and they have to sign three of the five members of our regiment and party committee. ”

When Gu Zhenghai and Zhang Guohua heard Hong Yu's words, their originally dim eyes instantly lit up. The two glanced at each other, and Gu Zhenghai was dim: "Hong Yu, this kid, is a good brain." It seems that this time it was able to escape. ”

As the days passed, when the five US pilots, under the protection of two groups of fighters of the special task force, arrived at the station of the Independent Regiment, Gu Zhenghai received the news that the patrol group had been attacked by the Japanese army on the way and all of them had been captured.

"Hong Yu, the inspection team was captured by devils, what do you think of this matter?!" Gu Zhenghai asked with a worried face.

Hong Yu smiled and said, "Isn't this obvious?!" Only a few people from the inspection team know about our visit. There is no leak on our side, then only the headquarters side has a leak. Perhaps some people are not accustomed to the style of these inspection teams and deliberately leak the news. ”

Zhang Guohua asked, "Hong Yu, should we send someone to rescue them?!" ”

Hong Yu asked rhetorically: "How to save it?!" Sighing slightly, Hong Yu continued: "Even if we want to save them, we can't save them." Because we don't know where they are. Even if we knew, it would be difficult to rule out whether this was a trap set by the devils, deliberately waiting for us to take the bait. ”

"That's just as well!" Gu Zhenghai muttered, suddenly laughed, and said, "Now the surname Rao is estimated to have a headache!" ”

Just as Gu Zhenghai expected, Rao Shushi Shi, who was bent on squeezing Commander Chen away, turned ugly when he heard the news that the inspection team sent down had been ambushed by devils and all the members of the inspection team had been captured. After discussing with the people in the military department, Rao Shushi prepared to send a telegram to the Independent Regiment, and asked the Independent Regiment to send people to Jiujiang to save people. But they were still a step late, because just as they were discussing, the news that the members of the inspection team had been escorted to Nanjing reached the military headquarters. In desperation, they had to find another way to rescue the captives.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the Spring Festival of 1943. After walking around the stations of the various departments, Hong Yu returned to the regiment headquarters. As soon as he sat down, Gu Zhenghai walked in from outside.

Hong Yu asked with a smile: "Lao Gu, you went around the villages, are the villagers okay?!" As he spoke, Hong Yu took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case and handed one to Gu Zhenghai. Gu Zhenghai took the cigarette and said: "Although all the villages around our station have had a bumper harvest, there are many victims from Henan. ”

Hong Yu nodded slightly and said, "There is a big drought in Henan this year, and the grain is basically gone. Now that they have come to us. Nor can we ignore it. We can't keep them hungry even if we have a bite to eat. ”

"Don't worry! I've already let Lao Zhang deal with this matter! Saying that, Gu Zhenghai picked up the kettle placed on the stove and poured a bowl of water, but he didn't have time to drink it. Zhang Guohua ran in panting. Gu Zhenghai immediately handed over the bowl and said, "Come, drink saliva!" ”

"Thank you!" Zhang Guohua took the bowl with a smile, blew the hot air, took two sips, and said, "Fortunately, we have enough food reserves." Otherwise, there would be so many refugees at once, and we really wouldn't have been able to resettle them. ”

Hong Yu asked, "Where are you going to place them now?!" ”

Zhang Guohua replied: "There are six abandoned villages in our defense area, and I asked the soldiers to renovate all these six places, and now all those refugees are settled there." ”

Hong Yu said: "It is better to give a man a fish than to give a man a fish." No matter how much food we have, we can't afford them to eat like this. It just so happened that there was barren land in those places, and we measured the land, divided it among them, and then gave him tools and food. It also allows them to make use of the wasteland, and it also gives them hope. It's a good thing for them! ”

Gu Zhenghai nodded and agreed: "I think what Hong Yu said is right, we not only have to take them in, but also think about their livelihood in the future." ”

Zhang Guohua said: "Leave this matter to me!" After the New Year, I will arrange it. ”……

In the blink of an eye, the New Year is over. At this time, the whole of Europe was filled with gunsmoke. In the Asian theater, because of the incompetence of the Anglo-Indian coalition forces to retreat without a fight, the Chinese expeditionary force fell into a desperate situation, and suffered successive defeats against Japan, so it had to withdraw from Burma. In order to implement the policy of holding back the Japanese army, General Stilwell, chief of staff of the Allied Chinese battlefield, proposed to Lao Chiang the request to train 100,000 new troops for the recovery of Burma. But Chiang was so angry about his previous defeat in Burma that he ignored Stilwell's requests. In desperation, Stilwell pinned his hopes on the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in despair.

United States, White House, Office of the President.

"Mr. President, General Marshall is here!"

Roosevelt smiled and replied, "Please let him in!" With that, Roosevelt turned off the intercom. It didn't take long for the office door to open. Marshall walked in from the outside. Roosevelt smiled and asked, "My chief of staff, why are you here?!" Then he motioned for Marshall to sit down.

Marshall sat down and said, "Have you read Stilwell's report?!" ”

Roosevelt said, "I've seen it. But the Nationalist Government is the current legitimate government of China. If Stilwell had helped the Communist forces in Yan'an to train 100,000 troops, would you think Lao Chiang, the current supreme commander of China, would agree?! ”

"I don't think there's anything impossible in the world," Marshall said. It just so happens that Lao Chiang's wife is in the United States. We can use her to find out Lao Jiang's attitude. ”

Roosevelt thought for a moment and said, "That's fine." ”

"Then I'll go right away!" With that, Marshall hurriedly left Roosevelt's office.

At about ten o'clock the next morning, while Roosevelt was having morning tea, Marshall came. Roosevelt beckoned Marshall to sit down, asked the secretary to pour Marshall a cup of tea, and said, "How are you communicating?!" ”

Marshall said: "Lao Chiang did not agree with us to help the Chinese Communist Party to organize and train the troops, but agreed to hand over a part of the troops and integrate them into the expeditionary force after training. But how to do it exactly, we also need to send a special envoy to China to coordinate. ”

Roosevelt asked, "Who do you think would be more appropriate to go to China?!" ”

"I think Colonel Hawkes, who has just returned from China on leave, is a very good fit," Marshall said. ”

"Alright! Just let him go! Roosevelt agreed with Marshall's opinion and decided to send Colonel Hawkes to China to reconcile the two parties, and to bring him a new counteroffensive plan.

As the saying goes, good things are grinding. Colonel Hawkes's plane was targeted by Japanese fighters on the way to Yan'an. In order to avoid the pursuit of the Japanese fighters, the pilot continued to make various evasive maneuvers in the air, but the plane on which Hawkes was flying was shot down in the area where Hunan and Hubei meet.

"Report to the commander, I just received a report from the Air Force that the plane on which US Special Envoy Hawkes was traveling was shot down by our Air Force at the junction of Hunan and Hubei!"

"Nani?!" The commander of the 11th Army, Isamu Yokoyama, heard the report of the vice minister of intelligence, immediately stood up, walked quickly to the map, and asked, "Where is it?!" ”

The undersecretary of intelligence immediately indicated on the map where the plane was shot down. Isamu Yokoyama looked at the map and asked, "Where is that unit of ours?!" ”

The Vice-Minister of Intelligence replied, "The 13th Division is stationed in Shashi, not far from there. ”

"Roar!" Isamu Yokoyama said: "To live to see people, to die to see corpses!" Let the 13th Division search there immediately, and make sure to find the wreckage of the plane before the support man! ”

"Hey!" The Undersecretary of Intelligence replied and walked away quickly.

Just as the Vice Minister of Intelligence walked out of Isamu Yokoyama's office, the chief of staff, Major General Kojie, walked into Isamu Yokoyama's office and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I just received information from the Special High School. The purpose of US special envoy Hawkes' visit to China this time is not only to reconcile the contradictions between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. It also carried a counteroffensive plan drawn up by the US Department of Defense. ”

Isamu Yokoyama said: "I have asked the 13th Division to find the wreckage of the plane as soon as possible. ”

The mountainous area where Hunan and Hubei meet.

Mars, the orderly, was the first to wake up from his coma. Looking around, Mars staggered to his feet. Seeing Colonel Hawkes lying not far away, he immediately walked over and shouted while pushing Hawkes: "Colonel! Captain! ”