Hongyanzui is located in the suburbs of Chongqing City, near the Longqiao Farm, backed by the Hutouyan Pingding Mountains, facing the Haohao Jialing River Hongyanzui Gate Fang not far from standing a Huang Ge tree that occupies a unique geographical location, the right side of the Huang Ge tree road up to the Eighth Route Army in Chongqing Office, the left side of the road down to the National Participation Council Building, this Huang Ge tree is also called "Yin Yang Tree".

Ms. Rao Guomo, the owner of Dayou Farm, is the sister of Rao Guoliang, one of the 72 martyrs of Huanghuagang, the Minister of Labor of the Chongqing Fu Women's Comfort Labor Association, and a famous female industrialist in Chongqing. Her daughter and two sons both went to Xi'an to work in Xi'an.

The office of the Eighth Route Army, which was originally located at No. 70 Jifang Street, was blown up in May by Japanese planes, and the office of the Eighth Route Army, with the consent of Rao Guomo, rented a building that Rao Guomo was building on the northwest slope of Hongyanzui on the west bank of the Jialing River and moved to work here.

This dark gray building covers an area of 800 square meters, with two floors on the outside, but actually three floors, with a total of 54 rooms, where all the offices of the Eighth Route Army Office and the Southern Bureau work. It's just that the office of the Eighth Route Army is in the light, and the southern bureau is in the dark.

Qian Zhiguang, director of the Major General of the Eighth Route Army Office in Chongqing, gave Ms. Rao Guomo a part of the silver dollar as rent, and Rao Guomo waved his hand: "I won't take your money, take it quickly." I only take the rent of those below. ”

The following people refer to the senior officials in the building of the National Participation Council, where the residence of Wang Shijie, chairman of the National Participation Council, is located, and like the office building of the National Council, it is also the rented house of Rao Guomo.

At this time, North China became a pot of porridge, and Chongqing was also surging. The change in the official residence was not dealt with, Kong Xiangxi, He Guoguang and others were busy mediating with the generals of the Northeast Army, the wine glasses were clattering, and the money bags were also rattling. That's not all, due to the Linyi incident, the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has also become tense, and there are many more spies around the office of the Eighth Route Army than usual.

Early in the morning of November 14, Vice Chairman Zhou and Sister Deng walked out of the building and met Ms. Rao Guomo. Rao Guomo asked, "Mr. Zhou, are you going out?" ”

Vice Chairman Zhou smiled and said, "Comrade Rao Guomo, hello, is there anything wrong?" ”

Although the Eighth Route Army Office moved here in the autumn, Rao Guomo and Zhou Enlai are both very sociable people and are already very familiar with each other. Rao Guomo's husband is called Liu Guohua, it stands to reason that Vice Chairman Zhou should call her Mrs. Liu, or Minister Rao, General Manager Rao, this is called "Comrade Rao Guomo", Rao Guomo was stunned when she boarded, she didn't think of the leader, Zhou Enlai, who was famous in China, actually called her comrade!

Rao Guomo was stunned for a long time, and said happily: "Mr. Zhou, there are a lot of people in Hongyanzui these days, you should pay attention to safety when you go out." ”

Just next to the Huangge tree at the foot of the mountain, Rao Guomo built a thatched house to sell some daily groceries such as foreign fires, cigarettes, and fruits, which were actually to show the way to the young people who came to Hongyanzui, so as not to stray into the political council, Wang Shijie's mansion, or the Song Ziwen mansion on the west side of the Eighth Route Army office, where there were spies. It's dangerous to go the wrong way.

Vice Chairman Zhou is a gentle gentleman, and when he heard this, he smiled and said to Rao Guomo: "Don't worry, there will be nothing." ”

After speaking, Vice Chairman Zhou and Sister Deng made a farewell national model, got into the car, and galloped towards Chongqing Coral Dam Airport, and Qian Zhiguang led the security personnel of the office to accompany the protection in a truck. http://

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At this time, Chongqing has a total of Guangyangba Airport, Coral Dam Airport, Baishiyi Airport, Liangshan Airport, Zhongba Airport five airports, except for Coral Dam Airport is a civil airport, the other four airports are all military airports, Zhongba Airport is also a temporary military airport. Among them, Guangyangba Airport, Coral Dam Airport, and Liangshan Airport were all built by Liu Xiang, and Baishiyi Airport and Zhongba Airport were built after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.

This Coral Dam Airport is the first civil aviation airport in the history of Chongqing, located on a small island called Coral Dam in the Yangtze River. The coral dam is a natural gravel island formed by the siltation of the Yangtze River. In 1933, when China Airlines opened the Chongqing-Chengdu route, it decided to build a land airport in Coral Dam because Guangyangba Airport was too far away from the city and it was inconvenient to travel back and forth. With a total area of hectares, a runway 750 meters long and 46 meters wide, the construction period of the airport took only 50 days. In order to facilitate passengers to take the plane and load and unload goods, a pontoon bridge was built between the coral dam and the riverbank of the urban area, and an aircraft dock was built. Passengers go ashore from the pontoon bridge and climb 322 steps to reach the road. The only regret is that Coral Dam Airport is a seasonal xing airport, every year when the flood season comes, when the Yangtze River is at high tide, Coral Dam Airport will be out of use, and the buildings on the dam will also be demolished, so the airport's office and waiting area are composed of dozens of simple bamboo sheds.

Vice Chairman Zhou and Sister Deng went to the Coral Dam Airport to greet Ni Hua, the wife of Liu Yimin, commander of the Shandong Military Region of the Shandong Bureau of the Shandong Bureau, and vice president of the General Hospital of the Eighth Route Army.

When he arrived at the airport, he saw that the three Song sisters and Wang Chonghui, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, were there, and the airport was heavily guarded, Deng Yingchao whispered to Zhou En worriedly: "Enlai, what he and Liu Yimin mean is to take Ni Hua directly back to the Eighth Route Army Office, and return to Xi'an by plane after two days of rest." But looking at this posture, it seems that Song Meiling has been prepared, will she let Ni Hua give birth in Chongqing? ”

Vice Chairman Zhou's brows furrowed, and after thinking for a while, he walked forward quickly and greeted Song Qingling, Song Meiling, Song Ailing, Wang Chonghui and others.

Song Qingling has a special identity, and he naturally respects Zhou Enlai. Song Ailing was not polite, and said directly: "Mr. Enlai, Ni Hua has made a great contribution to the United States this time, and Chairman Jiang wants us to come to greet him on his behalf, and a banquet will be held at noon to catch her and wash the dust." This is our family banquet, and Chairman Chiang, Humble Husband, and Ziwen will all attend, and you and your wife are welcome to attend. ”

Song Ailing said that she welcomed Zhou Enlai's husband to participate, and she bit the word family banquet very hard, making it clear that Zhou Enlai's husband was not welcome to welcome Ni Hua, which meant that she wanted to drive Zhou Enlai's husband to leave.

Vice Chairman Zhou smiled and said, "Thank you Mrs. Kong for the invitation, Xiaochao and I will definitely accompany Mrs. Liu to attend on time." Speaking of which, we are not outsiders, not to mention the unity of the two parties in the War of Resistance, we are also in-laws. Mrs. Kong may not know that Liu Yimin and Ni Hua are not only comrades and comrades-in-arms in the hearts of me, Mr. Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu, but we treat them as children. We are looking forward to Ni Hua coming back and reuniting with Comrade Liu Yimin every day. This time, I came to greet Comrade Ni Hua on behalf of our party and the 18th Group Army, and at the same time to welcome Mrs. Liu's return to China on behalf of Comrade Liu Yimin. If it weren't for the little devils who launched a heavy army to sweep the DNG in North China, Comrade Liu Yimin would have flown to Chongqing to pick up his wife and return to Shandong. As the saying goes, when it comes to marrying a husband, we should first pick up the dust for Mrs. Liu, and then let Xiaochao accompany her to visit the three ladies. Our arrangement was to have dinner with the comrades at the office of the 18th Group Army after the morning break, and to have Xiaochao accompany Mrs. Liu to visit the three ladies after the afternoon break and report to Chairman Chiang on the work in the United States. Dinner can be eaten at your place, and after the meal, return to the office of the 18th Army to rest. ”

Song Ailing didn't like to listen to it, so she opened her mouth and said: "Mr. Enlai, if I'm not mistaken, your newspaper still reflected that some time ago someone was not resolute after marrying Song Meiling's cousin, it seems that Liu Yimin should not marry Ni Hua." Why are you so affectionately called Mrs. Liu on the left and Mrs. Liu on the right? When did you become so human? ”

Vice Chairman Zhou said tepidly: "Is it normal for comrades to have discussions? Just like some people support Chairman Chiang and some people criticize Chairman Chiang, is it normal? This is democracy, freedom of speech, everyone can say anything! When you say it, your opinion will be on the table, so that it is easy to discuss! ”

Song Meiling didn't speak all the time, and at this time she spoke: "Mr. Enlai, thank you for coming to greet our little cousin." Don't fight over words, the plane is about to arrive, so let's take Ni Hua to me first, let her rest for a while, and then ask the doctor to check it out to see how her body is. After Ni Hua rested for a few days, he went to the office of the 18th Group Army. The Eighteenth Group is also a sequence, and it must also carry out Chairman Chiang's orders, so there is no need to fight anymore. ”

At this time, Rao is Zhou Enlai was as wise as the sea, and he couldn't imagine that Chiang Kai-shek had already made up his mind and did not plan to let Ni Hua return to Liu Yimin. Therefore, Zhou Enlai felt that it might be that the three Song sisters wanted to stay with Ni Hua for a few more days out of family affection, so he didn't say more.

The plane finally arrived at Coral Dam Airport, and after the cabin door opened, Ni Hua and Han Qing appeared at the cabin with Han Qing, accompanied by Hu Shi, and began to wave to the three Song sisters and Vice Chairman Zhou who were waiting on the tarmac.

Seeing Ni Hua dragging his bulky body and his face haggard, Song Qingling was distressed and rushed forward.

arrived, and finally returned to the land of the motherland. Ni Hua was full of joy, and walked down the escalator with the support of Han Qing, wanting to throw himself into Song Qingling's arms, but his body was inconvenient, so he could only stand there, and said while crying: "Big cousin, second cousin, third cousin, I want to kill you!" ”

Song Qingling stepped forward to hug Ni Hua and said lovingly: "Silly girl, it's good to come back, it's good to come back!" ”

At this moment, Song Meiling and Song Ailing were both moved by the tears on Ni Hua's face, and they hugged each other again, and asked for warmth. In that way, is it clearly the joy and joy of the reunion of sisters after a long absence?

Ni Hua and his cousins hugged each other, crying and laughing, tossing for more than ten minutes, this time Song Meiling, Song Qingling, Song Ailing three people, walked to Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, shouted Vice Chairman Zhou, Sister Deng, about to raise their hands to salute, panicked Deng Yingchao hurriedly stepped forward, hugged her, and asked how long she had been flying, tired, and asked if there were any adverse reactions, nausea, or dizziness, it was completely a big sister posture.

Vice Chairman Zhou has a high level of cultivation, and he didn't talk so much, but he just kept saying: "Comrade Ni Hua, welcome you back!" ”

After the greetings, Ni Hua glanced around the airport with a little disappointment and asked Vice Chairman Zhou if he had any news about Liu Yimin.

Before Ni Hua set off from the United States, the central government had already given her the password to Liu Yi's system, but Liu Yimin was in the middle of a ji-war, and the radio was turned off at any time to prevent the Japanese army from flying signals to carry out air raids, but the two did not get in touch.

Vice Chairman Zhou smiled and said, "Don't worry, Liu Yimin is fine!" The main force of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army has just been eliminated, and it is now in a hidden recuperation. I will inform him as soon as possible and let him know that you have arrived in Chongqing safely. ”

Ni Hua said sweetly: "Thank you, Vice Chairman Zhou. Please tell him that everything is fine with me, and there is no need to worry about it. ”

Ni Hua's trip to the United States has gained too much. In addition to the abolition of the Japan-US trade treaty and the $25 million purchase of Chinese silver and a $25 million loan in August, with the joint efforts of Ni Hua and the US Embassy, in October, the United States again loaned $40 million to the Nationalist Government, and the money was for the purchase of agricultural and forestry products, and in fact the United States did not restrict China from purchasing military supplies in the United States. Moreover, the US side, through the military attache of the US Embassy in the Republic of China, has begun to discuss the issue of military cooperation with the squadron. Chiang Kai-shek praised Ni Hua in front of Song Meiling several times, saying that one Ni Hua was worth several first-class masters.

Of course, the greater Ni Hua's achievements in the United States, the more reluctant Chiang Kai-shek was to let her go back to Liu Yimin. One is to control Ni Hua and tie up Liu Yimin, and the other is unwilling to let too many contacts with the United States.

Although all the assistance provided by the US Government to the Nationalist Government, Ni Hua's visit to the United States also made contributions to our Party and our army. The greatest contribution was Roosevelt's understanding that the Route Army was an important anti-Japanese force in China, and that the Eighth Route Army's base behind enemy lines was resisting most of the forces of the invading Japanese army. If you want to defeat, you can't do without the cooperation and support of the road army. The second is that Ni Hua has set up a recruitment office in New Jersey to aid China's anti-Japanese volunteers, which has achieved great results, recruiting 1,000 American engineers and technicians, as well as 120 retired US air force and navy personnel. The third is to use the funds raised in the United States to purchase medicines, steel, and other materials and some equipment urgently needed by the Eighth Route Army, and with the support of President Roosevelt and General Marshall, they have bought back several sets of radar equipment components, which can be put into use after being shipped back and assembled.

Ni Hua has already reported these things to the central government, and the fleet is also heading for Hong Kong.

After talking to Vice Chairman Zhou and Sister Deng, Song Meiling came over and took Ni Hua's hand, got out of the airport, got into her special car, and drove towards Chiang Kai-shek's official residence.

Han Qing wanted to go with him, Song Ailing replied that there was no need, there were service staff in the official residence, Han Qing had worked hard all the way, go back early to rest, and then go to the official residence to accompany Ni Hua after the jet lag.

Seeing Song Meiling's car drive away, Vice Chairman Zhou frowned a few times, walked lightly to Song Qingling's car, and said in a low voice: "Mrs. Sun, if Ni Hua has any discomfort, please try to inform me immediately!" ”！