Seeing that the emotions of the American aid personnel had been thoroughly mobilized, Liu Yimin let the meal open.

During the war years, everything was based on the principle of economy, each table was six dishes and one soup, and the staple food was all steamed buns. Americans don't know how to use chopsticks, and the dining room is filled with the sound of spoons, knives, forks colliding with plates and bowls.

Among the people Ni Hua brought back this time, in addition to the 20 press corps, there are six small medical teams to aid China, which are composed of Ni Hua's alumni; There are also 30 pilots, led by an overseas Chinese son named Xue Junmin. The rest are engineers and mechanics in the military, metallurgy, and electric power sectors.

Liu Yimin held the pale beer produced after the small-scale resumption of production in the Qingdao factory of Dayueben Beer Wine Co., Ltd., and together with Ni Hua, interspersed between the tables, introduced each other one by one, clinked glasses and blessings, and pushed the party to ** again and again.

Xue Junmin had long known from Ni Hua that the Eighth Route Army had an air team, and there were six retired flight instructors of the US Army in it, who had made meritorious contributions many times. As soon as I heard Liu Yimin say it just now, I knew that what Ni Hua said was true. Therefore, when Liu Yimin came to toast, Xue Junmin pestered and asked where the plane was, where the airport was, and when it could take off to fight.

Liu Yimin told him with a smile that the Eighth Route Army Air Force was training in Shaanxi, and there were no fighters in Shandong at the moment. But where are the devils with more planes, as long as there are pilots, there will be planes soon. Let him be patient.

Others asked if there were Sundays at work, if they could take a shower, if they had any allowances for overtime, and a few reporters pestered them to ask questions.

After dinner, Liu Yimin listened to a report by the Seventh Brigade on the situation of checking the counterfeit assets after the capture of Qingdao.

Through the efforts of the Germans and the righteous people, Qingdao has a very high level of industry and trade. In 1936, there were more than 300 large-scale factories in Qingdao, with a total industrial production value of 150 million yuan. Among them, the textile industry ranks second in the country and is the pillar industry of Qingdao, with 10 yarn mills, 568,400 spindles, 9,286 looms, with a total output value of 42.96 million yuan for cotton yarn and 42.825 million yuan for cotton cloth. The tobacco industry is also very powerful, with large companies such as Anglo-American Yizhong Tobacco Company, Shandong Tobacco Company, and Laoshan Tobacco Company, with a total output value of 33.356 million yuan. There are 10 factories in the match industry, with an annual output of 179881 boxes of matches, with a total value of 2.968 million yuan. The flour industry has an annual output of 25,844 tons of flour, with a total value of 4.249 million yuan, accounting for about 43% of Qingdao's consumption. In addition, the electrical industry, machinery industry, dyeing and weaving industry, rubber industry, salt industry is also the backbone industry of Qingdao, and the rest of the sugar industry, needle nails, bricks and tiles, knitting, soap, tanning, buttons, electricity, ironware, bicycles, rickshaws, hardware appliances, gas, printing, stone, building materials, mills, dim sum, clothing and other industries, can be described as a complete category.

On December 18, 1937, at the same time that the army issued an order to capture Jinan, Qingdao Mayor Shen Honglie, in accordance with the instructions of the Nanjing National Political Axe, ordered the Qingdao security team to start using explosives to blow up the nine major yarn factories, Qingdao Brewery, Suzuki Silk Factory, Toyota Iron Factory, Sun Rubber Factory, Xinhe Rubber Factory, Sifang Power Station, Baisha River and Licun River water sources, cranes, docks and other major facilities and factories in Qingdao, from Sifang and Cangkou to Qingdao City, stretching for more than 20 miles, and the fire was soaring. The explosions continued.

Shen Honglie, a person who had a good official reputation when he was in charge of Qingdao, ordered the blowing up of the Yuezi enterprises, which was also a helpless move in the scorched earth anti-Japanese war. Even several warships and seaborne freighters of the naval fleet were ordered by Shen Honglie to be loaded with sand and gravel and sunk in the harbor channel. However, he was measured, and he bombed all the backbone enterprises in Qingdao, and American, British, German, and other foreign enterprises, companies, and national industries were not affected. It was precisely because of Shen Honglie's strong measures in Qingdao that Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to retreat at his own discretion. Of course, Shen Honglie was bent on resisting at this time, and the Qingdao Marine Corps, Security Corps, and Police Corps led by him all participated in the defense of Linyi, spilling their blood on the land of Lunan and making great achievements. He himself was appointed chairman of Shandong Province by Chiang Kai-shek.

At this time, due to the second capture of Qingdao by the Yue army, more than 20,000 expatriates who had withdrawn to Qingdao returned to Qingdao. As soon as the Eighth Route Army captured Qingdao, the equipment and products of these foreign-funded enterprises naturally became trophies.

After listening to the report, Liu Yimin was extremely happy, because he made a lot of money from this attack on Qingdao.

In addition to the infantry weapons and equipment of the two divisions, the naval munitions reserves of the Chinese army in Qingdao, as well as poison gas bombs and gas masks, all fell into the hands of our army.

In addition to the Qingdao branch of the United Reserve Bank, which was opened by the puppet provisional government of the Republic of China, all major banks in Qingdao have branches, and the Zhengjin Bank had a deposit balance of more than 10 million yuan as early as the early 20 s. Before the second capture of Qingdao, the Kuomintang authorities were confused under the pretext of not bombing Qingdao, so that they agreed to evacuate the overseas Chinese, but in fact mainly to evacuate financial assets. Now, these financial devils have returned, and they have begun to plunder even more viciously, such as Qingdao Customs, Jiaoji Railway, these institutions with the largest income have been invaded by the army, especially the Jiaoji Railway, I have not been evacuated, and the annual profit is more than 15 million yuan. Now, how much money they have has has become the military expenses of the Eighth Route Army.

Third, they destroyed the puppet ruling organs, such as the Qingdao Municipal Maintenance Chairman, the Headquarters of the Imperial Headquarters, the Military Special Service Agency, the Military Police, and the Military Propaganda and Restoration Class, all of which did not slip through the net.

Fourth, a large number of Yue overseas Chinese were captured, and except for a few who did not know each other and tried to resist, more than 23,000 people were captured, and most of these people came to Qingdao to do business and run enterprises, and some of them made a fortune as early as when the Yue army first captured Qingdao, and turned the real estate, real estate, money, and goods of the Chinese into theirs. It's time for them to spit out.

Fifth, it is possible to purchase military supplies on a large scale in Qingdao. For example, the oil stocks of the Asia Oil Company, the Mobil Oil Company, and the Texaco Oil Company are strategic materials urgently needed by our army. Among them, on the basis of the original three storage tanks with a total capacity of 9,500 tons, Asia Oil Company has built a new 4,000-ton gasoline storage tank, and although Mobil Oil Company and Texaco Oil Company do not have more oil than Asia Oil Company, the storage tank capacity is also more than 8,000 tons. Of course, it is impossible for them to be fully filled with gasoline, but the sum of the three must be several thousand tons, otherwise how can they meet the needs of Qingdao's ships and vehicles? These gasolines are rare materials in the whole of China, and Liu Yimin naturally will not leave them to the army.

Sixth, it is possible to evacuate a part of the national industry. Xiangli Pig Iron Factory, there are 40 lathes, can produce all kinds of machine tools, this factory moved to the base area, plus the equipment brought back from Tianjin, can build a very large machinery factory, the production of all kinds of equipment, repair a cannon, guns, is simply a piece of cake. There are also national financial institutions such as the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications, which will soon be swallowed up by the army if they stay in Qingdao.

It's a pity that the army's Liuting Airport is under construction at this time, otherwise the results of the battle will be even greater.

After listening to the report, Liu Yimin completely dispelled the slightest luck he still had, that is, he dreamed of relying on the mediation of various countries to turn Qingdao into an international free trade port, or he could win two to three months in Qingdao.

Liu Yimin now completely understands that this Qingdao is too important to him. Far more important than Tianjin.

In the past, Liu Yimin only knew about Qingdao from books, and all he knew was some historical knowledge. Now that I think about it, it took eight years for Ben to occupy Qingdao for the first time, and he had long regarded Qingdao as a base for their attack on China. Even after the political axe of the Republic of China took back the sovereignty of Qingdao, he himself has always occupied the Jiaoji Railway and made a fortune in Qingdao, and the import and export volume of their ships to Qingdao alone accounted for more than 20 percent of the total ship import and export volume of Qingdao Port. In Qingdao, there are dozens of enterprises and trading companies with a capital of more than 500,000 yuan, and as many as 300 at the most. Not to mention anything else, the mere fact that he has built a crematorium in Qingdao can show how far-reaching his plans are for Qingdao. It is no wonder that there is a source that in the later period of the Anti-Japanese War, Qingdao's financial capital not only controlled the economy of the war zone, but even controlled the economy of the war. In the past, I didn't understand this point, but now I understand it completely after reading the industrial base in Qingdao.

In such an important place, I will never let myself stop and control. They have not yet attacked Qingdao, and they should have been fooled by themselves, fearing that their relations with the United States would be affected. But in a few days, he himself will immediately figure out the ins and outs of the matter, whether it is the United States or the United Kingdom, it is impossible for anyone to turn against Yue Ben for the sake of China. At this time, the industrial and commercial circles of the United States were still complacent about the huge trade volume with Japan! It is not clear that the troops reinforcing Qingdao have already joined up with the Fourth Fleet, and they may be able to launch an attack anytime and anywhere.

After thinking through and understanding it, Liu Yimin categorically ordered to teach the Seventh Brigade to quickly mobilize all the transportation forces and masses in Qingdao, Jiaoxian, and Jimo, speed up the transfer of materials, and completely evacuate Qingdao. He also asked Chen Dayong, in the name of the acting mayor of Qingdao, to announce the confiscation of all the property of Yue Zi and Yue Qiao, to recover all the land in Qingdao occupied by the institute, and to order all national enterprises and state-owned capital in Qingdao to immediately withdraw to the mountainous areas with the army. The above work must be completed within seven days.

As for the personnel and materials brought back by Ni Hua to aid China, not to mention, except for the four small medical teams that went to meet with the field hospital, the other personnel set off overnight with the supplies and went to the Yimeng Central Base Area to meet Wu Zheng.

In view of the fact that there are now sufficient weapons and that a major war is coming, Liu Yimin directly ordered in Qingdao to order the base areas in Luxi, Hebei, Lubian, southwest, southeast, Luzhong, Qinghe, Jiaolai, Jiaodong, and Taixi to immediately carry out mobilization, fortify the walls and clear the wilderness in advance, and quickly retrain the guerrilla forces.

Considering that the Shandong uprising troops had not really completed their reorganization, Liu Yimin ordered the Jiaodong Reading Li Regiment changed by the Third Detachment of the Third Army as the basis, plus eight detachments, to be reorganized into the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, with brigade commander Gao Jinchun, political commissar Song Cheng, chief of staff Zhao Xichun, and director of the Political Department Song Zhuting. Based on the Fifth Army, it was reorganized into the Qinghe Garrison Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, with brigade commander Liao Rongbiao, political commissar Yao Zhongming, director of the Political Department Huo Shilian, and chief of staff Ma Yaonan. At the same time, it was ordered to set up artillery battalions of the 7th and 8th Brigades on the basis of the 7th and 8th Brigades, and to use the artillery from the reserve ammunition of the Japanese army captured in Qingdao to form the Artillery Regiment of the 7th and 8th Brigades. For the time being, the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade and the Qinghe Garrison Brigade were not assigned combat tasks, but concentrated on reorganizing and training, and the weapons that were missing were deployed by Guo Hongtao from the Luzhong Campaign. After the formation of the 7th Brigade and the 8th Brigade Artillery Regiment, they quickly engaged in actual combat training and strived to be able to achieve combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Considering that Qingdao would inevitably be captured by the Yue army, that our army in the eastern part of the country must be under unified command, and that it was impossible for him to be able to do everything because he did not have the skills to do so, Liu Yimin then ordered the establishment of the Ludong Command Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, with Zeng Zhongsheng, chief of staff of the division, as the commander-in-chief, Tan Zheng, deputy political commissar of the division, as the political commissar, Chen Dayong, commander of the Seventh Brigade, as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Guo Huaruo, political commissar of the Third Garrison Regiment of the Southwest Luxi Garrison Brigade, as the deputy chief of staff, to unify the command of the party, government, and army in the Jiaolai and Jiaodong districts in the struggle against the enemy. Bao Hui was transferred to the political commissar of the Third Garrison Regiment of the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade.

Liu Yimin demanded that Zeng Zhongsheng immediately form a headquarters and enter Jiaoxian, and ordered Tan Zheng, who was far away in the central base area of Yimeng, and Guo Huaruo, who was in southwest Lu, to quickly go north and join Zeng Zhongsheng.

After making all these arrangements, Liu Yimin instructed Liu Yi, political commissar of the Seventh Brigade, to contact the consuls of various countries in Qingdao and the newspapers and radio stations in Qingdao, and to hold a press conference tomorrow morning and meet with the consuls of various countries in the evening.

After Chen Dayong and the others left, Liu Yimin wanted to take Ni Hua to Qingdao at night, but Li Chengyi categorically refused. The reason is that the situation in Qingdao is complicated, the city is so big, and the population is so large, it is impossible for our army to arrest all the Han and Yueben spies, and if they are discovered by the spies, it is very likely that there will be an accident.

Since he couldn't go out, Liu Yimin had to stay in the room with Ni Hua honestly.

After a day of fighting, the two of them were relatively calm at this time. Ni Hua began to ask about Liu Yimin's experience after farewell.

Liu Yimin is also honest, and basically explained clearly how Ni Hua launched the Battle of Baoji, the construction of the base area in the west of Zhanxi, and the battles since he went north to resist the Japanese Dynasty. Ni Hua was also stunned when he heard it, and let out an exclamation from time to time. When it came to the time when he stuck to the end in Tianjin and attracted the old devil to Shou Yishang in the temple, Ni Hua couldn't help but hug Liu Yimin, kissed him on the forehead and kept kissing, kissing and saying: "I don't allow you to take risks, I don't allow you to do stupid things again!" ”

Liu Yimin was hugging the beauty at this time, and he was also a young man's surname, so he picked up Ni Hua and spun around directly in the room, making Ni Hua giggle.

When the madness was over, the two sat down and chatted while drinking water.

Chatting and chatting, Ni Hua asked him to tell him what it was like to marry Tang Xingying.

Liu Yimin was most worried about this, but he couldn't hide from it, so he had to explain it honestly. After explaining, he said: "Ni Hua, after you leave, I think that you will probably not come back, this is a war era, sacrifice may happen at any time, even if you come back, I may not be able to live." Tang Xingying was in love with me, and the comrades were in a hurry, so I got married to Tang Xingying and had children. Now He'er is two years old, very well-behaved and smart, you will definitely like it when you see it. ”

After Ni Hua listened, he didn't speak for a long time. Liu Yimin knew that she was uncomfortable, so he hurriedly got up and poured a glass of water and asked her to take a sip to calm her mood.

After a while, it seemed that Ni Hua's mood calmed down, and he slowly said to Liu Yimin: "I think about you every day in the United States, but I can't imagine that you are still married and have children with others." When I heard the news, I sat alone in Central Park for a whole day. Originally, I planned not to come back in this life, and I would never see you again. But when the War of Resistance broke out, and I read in the newspaper that you led your troops to eliminate four brigades of devils, I thought, my lover and comrades-in-arms are fighting with devils, and I have to go back and fight with them. Remembering the task you gave me when I left, I held a press conference in New York in the name of your wife. There are two meanings in the name of your wife, one is that I am your first woman, and I was originally your wife, but there was no wedding. If you don't admit it, I'll only be a poor single woman in the United States for the rest of my life. Second, in the name of your wife, you can expand your influence and facilitate my publicity and fundraising in the United States. At that time, I sent a report to the country, and the country did not say that I was not allowed to use your wife's name. I thought, maybe the chief and his comrades have agreed to the marriage of the two of us. Now, I've come all the way back, and you say, what should I be? ”

Liu Yimin didn't think about it, and said directly: "You are my wife, wife, wife." ”

"What about Tang Xingying?" Ni Hua asked again.

Liu Yimin knew that the trouble was here, so he touched a cigarette and took a few puffs before saying, "Ni Hua, you also know the matter of the two of us, it's very complicated." Tang Xingying is also a good girl, she is not wrong, she also loves me wholeheartedly, and she is the mother of my children. I think so, since everyone is turning a blind eye to this matter, can we blur it. There is a saying that a marriage without love is an immoral marriage. Conversely, as long as there is true love, it doesn't matter what form it takes. Things have come to this point, I want to discuss with you, can you admit the fact that Tang Xingying is also my wife, you can get along well. After we have defeated the devils, established New China, and the law is sound, we will talk about this matter again. Do you think it's okay! ”

Ni Hua raised his head suddenly, and looked directly at Liu Yimin with his eyes, "Do you want to have two wives at the same time?" ”

Liu Yimin also had a headache about this matter, stood up and walked to the window, looked at the dark sea, and said softly: "Ni Hua, you have to understand, it's not that I want to, but that I made things to this point." Think about it, Tang Xingying is pregnant now, if I divorce her, then what will I become? You abandoned everything and returned to me for the sake of resistance, for our love, if I don't want you, then what kind of person have I become. Now that the devils are very rampant, the next step is likely to be to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress us, let's not think about so many personal matters, and drive the devils out wholeheartedly. When the victory comes, it's easy to say anything, it's a big deal that I will disarm and return to the field, and stay with you wholeheartedly. ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't see any reaction from Ni Hua, Liu Yimin felt strange, and when he looked back, he saw Ni Hua sitting on the sofa, his eyes straight, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

Liu Yimin was distressed, so he hurriedly ran over, picked up Ni Hua, gently wiped away his tears with his hands, and shouted in a low voice: "Ni Hua, Ni Hua!" ”

After a long time, Ni Hua reacted, threw himself into Liu Yimin's arms and cried.

After crying enough, Ni Hua went to wash his face and said to Liu Yimin: "You go!" I came back and saw you too, which is considered to be the end of a few years of lovesickness. I don't agree with what you say, and I can't agree to it. Don't be silent, listen to me. Since I met you in Chengdu, I know that you are my man in this life, God favors you, and the two of us are in love. I figured out that if you had been brave enough to ask for your regimental commander, perhaps the chief and comrades would have agreed to our marriage. You want to kill the enemy so much, and I'm too stupid, but the result is that I am gone, and you are married to someone else. Now that I'm back, you actually said that you want me to be your wife with someone else, I don't know how embarrassed you can say such things! Are you still the one I love? You're insulting me, insulting my education! I don't want to force you to divorce, but I don't want to be a big wife or a little wife! I only want to love my lover with all my heart. I beg your pardon, I said it too seriously, but this is what I said from my heart, and if I don't say it, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand it. Let's go, fight the devil well! I will go to the field hospital and fulfill my duty to serve the soldiers. When you think clearly, when you can propose to me, and you can make me your wife for real, come back to me. Otherwise, don't disturb me, let me quietly do my duty for the war of resistance. Don't worry, if you don't come to me, I hate you and hate you in my heart, and it won't affect my work. ”

After speaking, Ni Hua went to open the door and pushed Liu Yimin out.

Liu Yimin never thought that things would come to such a point, during the day he was still affectionate and gentle, but now it is such an ending, so he had to be driven out in disgrace.

I couldn't sleep after a night of tossing and turning. When he got up in the morning, Huang Wenhu came in and reported that Ni Hua had taken a car to the field hospital with the medical team last night, and left a letter when he left.

Liu Yimin took the letter and looked at it, only to see that the letter was written in English: "I love you, but I can't abandon my personality and dignity!" ”

Liu Yimin folded the letter, stuffed it into his pocket, sat on the sofa alone, drooped his head, and smoked one cigarette at a time, how pitiful and pitiful it looked like that!

(To be continued)