Qingdao is located at the easternmost tip of the Shandong Peninsula and faces the vast ocean. Due to its proximity to the sea, it is relatively cold and warmer than inland, despite being the season of nine cold days. The inland monsoon winds blow to the ocean, the momentum is fading, and people are already smelling the breath of spring. Last year, due to the severe drought in the Central Plains, a large number of refugees fled to the Shandong Peninsula, and at this time, the wave of refugees in Qingdao is still emerging. Most of these refugees dragged their families with their families, looking for a glimmer of life in the city of Qingdao, and filling their stomachs became their only luxury.

In front of a Japanese-owned restaurant, a middle-aged man wearing a top hat and a robe and a horse coat stopped in front of the door in a rickshaw. The middle-aged man got out of the car, glanced up at the door of the store and walked in. The person who came was called Li Delin, and he was a member of Gao Guoying's right-hand man. At the beginning of last year, he was sent to Qingdao by Gao Guoying to secretly implement the Natuna Islands immigration plan. After Li Delin arrived in Qingdao, he met a businessman in Osaka, Japan, whose name was Hatoyama Ichiro.

This Japanese businessman named Ichiro Hatoyama has a very deep background, and it is said that this person has ties to the imperial family. According to Gao Guoying's instructions, Li Delin did what he liked, and made a lot of urgently needed materials from Nanjing, which were transported to Qingdao through Hatoyama Ichiro. Several businesses made Hatoyama Ichiro make a lot of money. With a successful transaction, Li Delin not only gained a firm foothold in Qingdao, but was also deeply appreciated by Ichiro Hatoyama. In the middle of last year, Li Delin lobbied Ichiro Hatoyama to develop Natuna Island, and said that planting rubber plantations on Natuna Island would be a huge profit. Li Delin vowed to develop Natuna Island without Hatoyama Ichiro paying a penny.

Li Delin was solely responsible for the early development and recruitment of labor, and Hatoyama Ichiro was only responsible for operating the upper deck and providing the ships, and all the expenses were borne by Li Delin. In the future, the output of the rubber plantation on Natuna Island, Hatoyama Ichiro received 6% of the profit, and Li Delin only got 4% of the profit. Merchants are profit-seeking, and Japanese businessmen are no exception. This is a profit-seeking business, and even if the development of the rubber plantation fails, he will not lose a single hair. In particular, in the process of cooperation between the two sides, Hatoyama Ichiro learned about Li Delin's background in Wang's puppet regime and also saw his economic strength, so the two sides hit it off.

Today, Li Delin met with Hatoyama Ichiro to send him a batch of goods, and at the same time to determine the itinerary of the last two freighters to Natuna Island. Walking into a Japanese restaurant, a Japanese woman wearing a kimono and stepping on clogs greeted me reverently. Li Delin asked Mr. Hatoyama Ichiro in Japanese if he had arrived? The Japanese hostess said that Mr. Ichiro Hatoyama was already waiting in the room. The hostess led Li Delin through the narrow corridor, and soon came to a sliding door.

The hostess opened the sliding door with a smile on her face, and saw a small table on the kang in the pocket room, and Hatoyama Ichiro was sitting cross-legged with a red face, and a few side dishes and a pot of sake were placed on the table. "Hatoyama Taijun has kept you waiting!" "Li Sang, what good news did you bring me this time?" The two sides apparently took what they needed. Li Delin took off his courtesy, took off his long coat and said: "Taijun Hatoyama, the goods you want arrived in the middle of the night today and are moored at the No. 2 military wharf, this is the bill of lading." "Li Sang is worthy of great powers, and it is my blessing to know you." After Hatoyama Ichiro took the bill of lading and confirmed, he personally poured wine for Li Delin.

"Li Sang, I have prepared your two freighters, docked at Pier 16, and the departure time is the morning after tomorrow. It's been a lot of wind lately, so you have to hurry. "With the protection of the Imperial Japanese Army, what am I afraid of?" "Li Sang, tungsten ore and sand are very scarce, how much you want, I hope you will help, you and I will make a fortune." "Don't worry, Hatoyama Taijun, I will go all out when I come back from Nanyang in February, please rest assured!" In fact, Li Delin knew in his heart that he would not be able to come back at all when he went to Natuna Island this time.

Gao Guoying has already sent news that the last trip to Natuna Island was the last to transport migrants to Natuna Island a year ago, and after that, the transportation route from the mainland to the South Seas with the counterattack will be cut off. After Li Delin and Hatoyama Ichiro broke up, they got into a rickshaw and circled the street a few times to make sure that no one was following them and turned into a secluded alleyway. It was his own person who pulled the rickshaw, and he stopped in front of a black-painted gate. Li Delin got out of the car and glanced left and right, then knocked on the door to the code. Soon, the door opened and a big man stuck his head out.

Dahan led Li Delin into the living room of the main house, and at this time, three middle-aged men in the living room got up to greet him. One of them said: "Comrade Lao Li, let me introduce to you, this is Wang Fei, the captain of the special operation team sent by the Shandong Military Region, and this is Ma Tianxiang, the political commissar of the action team. This is Comrade Li Delin, the person in charge of this special operation. The person in charge of the Qingdao underground organization introduced the two sides. Wang Fei said: "The Shandong Military Sub-district asked us to form a special task force and select 30 men and 20 women, what special tasks do we perform?" ”

"Captain Wang, the superiors of this special mission require absolute secrecy, and I will tell you when I arrive at the destination. The next morning you dress up as refugees and gather at Pier 16, where someone will take you aboard. Don't go out on the streets for these two days, lest you get out of the way. Then Li Delin told him to leave.

On the same day, Li Delin returned home and asked his wife and children to pack up, and Dark Arrow was responsible for sending them to the Dabie Mountain base area. He did not tell his wife that he was going to carry out a difficult task, but lightly told him that he would soon go to the base area and tell her not to worry.

On that day, two Japanese freighters anchored at Pier 16, and a large number of refugees dragged their children and daughters in a long queue to board the ship. In order to eat enough and not be starved to death, they did not complain even if they went to the ends of the earth. Wang Fei and Ma Tianxiang were mixed in the refugee queue to get on the boat, and the Japanese sentries checked one by one meticulously. "Political commissar, we are on a Japanese freighter, and it is difficult to cross the ocean. Most of the people who got on the boat dragged their children with them, and they were not laborers at all, but like immigrants. Wang Fei muttered softly. It is possible for us to go to Nanyang, and I heard that the Japanese have recently transported a large number of refugees to Nanyang! ”

"But what are we going to Nanyang for? What special tasks are performed? "Okay, don't guess, you'll know when you get there." Two hours later, two Japanese freighters, carrying nearly 2,000 people, set sail with a whistle. Li Delin was wearing a suit, his hair was waxed, he looked like a "traitor", and he had a hot fight with the Japanese captain. Faye Wong and Ma Tianxiang were both selected from the combat unit, and they were very unhappy to see Li Delin and the Japanese fighting hotly, but they couldn't get to know Li Delin on the ship.

After an hour of sailing, Li Delin's subordinates carried out baskets of bread and distributed dry food to the refugees. Ma Tianxiang and Wang Fei continued to discuss while eating dry food on the deck: "It seems that these refugees are the migration actions organized by us, so why don't we go to Nanyang to start a guerrilla war?" "Faye Wong seems to have figured it out." It's possible, but what does it mean to select 20 lesbians? Since guerrilla warfare is to be waged, it is impossible to explain that experienced soldiers should be selected who can fight well. The two analyzed and analyzed, and fell into confusion again.

The sea in winter is like a mirror, and the calm is refreshing. As the cargo ship sails south, the temperature gradually rises. Due to the large number of people, the journey is not boring, the cargo ship is like a light boat on the sea, and the sea and sky are endless as far as the eye can see, attracting many young people to stay on the deck to watch the scenery. After sailing for 4 consecutive days, Wang Fei and Ma Tianxiang confirmed that they were going to the South Seas, and it was unknown where the destination was. This morning, Wang Fei and Ma Tianxiang were watching the scenery by the railing, and a man in a strong suit came to the front and said, "Mr. Li asked the two of you to clean the room!" ”

Wang Fei and Ma Tianxiang realized that their destination was almost there. The two walked into Li Delin's room, and Li Delin smiled: "It's hard for you, there's no way, how are you feeling?" "Lao Li, can everyone be confused? The 20 girls, in particular, often wept and felt homesick. "Lao Li, now can you tell us what mission to perform?" Li Delin put away his smile and said seriously: "Our destination is the Natuna Islands, and our task is to organize refugees to reclaim the land to build rubber plantations!" "What kind of special mission is this?" Ran to a deserted island in the South Ocean to build a rubber plantation. I ask you if you are building a rubber plantation for the Japanese? Wang Fei's eyes widened.

"Suffice it to say, according to the instructions of our superiors, we want to take root in the Natuna Islands, and I don't know what the purpose is. Your mission is to covertly organize the refugees and train them in military skills. "But we don't have weapons!" "There is no need for weapons for the time being, the superiors instructed: as soon as the time is ripe, the weapons will be delivered. A squadron of Japanese troops is stationed on Natuna Island, and if weapons are discovered, our mission will be lost. I think you were ordered before you came, and you are absolutely obedient to my command! ”

Although Wang Fei and Ma Tianxiang were a little depressed, obeying orders was the duty of soldiers and had to accept it. In the middle of the night, the Japanese freighter arrived on the island of Natuna, and Li Delin went ashore in the Japanese garrison, and after a squadron leader handed over, he ordered everyone to disembark. Since the start of the resettlement program in August last year, about 10,000 refugees have been transported to Natuna Island by January of the following year. The refugees who came first had already begun to work and reclaimed land for other crops such as rubber and rice, creating resettlement conditions for those who came later.

The next day, Li Delin instructed Hatoyama Ichiro to send a report that the freighter had successfully arrived on Natuna Island and would return in the near future. Li Delin used a commercial radio station, and he knew that after the Qingdao underground organization intercepted the telegram, it would soon notify the Chongqing side, which meant that Ouyang Jian would get the news as soon as possible. The secret immigration on Natuna Island was completely planned by Ouyang Jian.

The night in Chongqing was cold, and Ouyang Jian stood in front of the window and pondered. Mrs. Mei Fang walked to his side and casually draped her clothes on his body and said with concern: "Ouyang, what did Gong Nan say to you, it is mysterious." ”

"It's all about work, nothing!" Ouyang Jian pretended to be nothing, he would not tell Mei Fang about the Natuna Islands. "Don't stand in front of the window for too long, I'm worried about catching a cold, I'll go to sleep first." After Mei Fang left, Ouyang Jian fell into deep thought again. The layout on Natuna Island has finally come to an end, and it is difficult to say how it will blossom and bear fruit. In fact, Ouyang Jian was more concerned about the pocket fleet, which was about to set off from the east coast of the United States, cross the Atlantic Ocean again, and bypass the Cape of Good Hope to Karachi through the Indian Ocean.

The pocket fleet is important, but the people on board the fleet are even more important. Those characters who are related to the future fate of the motherland, how to reach Karachi safely, really makes Ouyang Jian worried. Tao Yong can be trusted, but the road is so far away, anything can happen. At this time, Gong Nan gently pushed the door and walked in: "Chief of the General Staff, General Stilwell's adjutant called, saying that he would inspect the Fujian Air Force Base tomorrow and invite you to go with him!" "Call back, I'll be at the airport on time tomorrow!"