In April, the ice and snow begin to melt.
"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, Wang Zhaoming announced the establishment of the National Government in Nanjing and fought against Chongqing..."
Wang Zhaoming's surrender to the enemy undoubtedly dropped a huge bomb on China's cause of the War of Resistance. Especially for the capitulationists, this was simply a carnival.
Even the authorities of the Puppet Manchukuo Ice City held a series of celebrations. As for the Japanese, they regarded it as a major victory.
Another force in the Japanese military has always been to support the occupation of China by force to achieve a once and for all effect. It is mainly young and fanatical officers in the middle and lower classes, but some people at the top have other considerations.
They just support different routes on how to solve China's problems. One is violent occupation, and the other is boiling frogs in warm water. There is essentially no difference.
A "plague" ended silently. After time passed, no one cared about those dead people anymore.
No one has seriously pursued and investigated the true source of this "plague".
But history cannot be erased artificially. This debt must be repaid sooner or later. At least there are still people who know the truth.
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Xinglong Muhegou is the location of the Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese War.
The reason why Ai Qingshan was in a hurry to leave was to rush to the Third Route Army station to attend the military meeting and listen to the spirit of the instructions of the first "Kali Khabarov Conference".
This meeting is for the Anti-Japanese Alliance to summarize the military struggle experience of the past year and formulate the next development and struggle strategies.
Although Ai Qingshan's Thirteen Flying Eagles team is not directly affiliated with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Thirteen Flying Eagles often cooperate with the Third Route Army in the anti-Japanese and puppet expedition team, and they are already considered friendly forces.
Moreover, Thirteen Flying Eagles has been organized and developed for a long time, and now they just use this brand name, which is more flexible and convenient.
After the meeting.
Ai Qingshan was retained by the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army and had to interview him alone, which would affect the future fate of Thirteen Flying Eagles, and of course Ai Qingshan himself.
"Comrade Qingshan, I am leaving you alone for this interview because there is an important task that you need to do."
"Comrade Commander-in-Chief, what is the mission?" Ai Qingshan was surprised. The Commander-in-Chief had just returned from a meeting in Khabarovsk and personally assigned himself a mission. This mission must be very important. This is the trust placed in him by the organization.
"Go back to Ice City and establish an intelligence line."
"Ah?" Ai Qingshan opened his mouth wide when he heard this.
"You can bring up any difficulties you have. If the organization can find a solution, we will definitely find a solution for you. If there is really no solution, you will have to find a solution yourself." Commander Li said with a smile.
Ai Qingshan's heart skipped a beat. He had the intention to refuse this task, but as a party member, he must obey the organization's decision and cannot bargain.
This is discipline.
"Comrade Commander-in-Chief, why me?" Ai Qingshan asked in confusion.
"First of all, you are familiar with Ice City and you should have friends there, so that you can carry out your work easily. Secondly, this is what you did in Thirteen Flying Eagles. You have experience in this field and have also worked underground for a short time. Training, this is very important, and thirdly, you have nothing to do with the original Ice City Special Committee system, which makes it easier for you to hide and carry out your work." Commander Li gave three reasons in one breath.
"However, I have been away from Bingcheng for five or six years. Even if there are familiar people there, there are not many."
"Have you, Thirteen Flying Eagles, recently been in contact with someone who claims to be 'Mr. Ming'?" Commander Li smiled slightly.
"You all know this?" Ai Qingshan was a little surprised. Commander Li went to Khabarovsk at the end of last year and just came back now. How did he know about Thirteen Flying Eagles and "Mr. Ming".
Of course, he didn't mean to hide it. In fact, he was not the one responsible for liaison with the Third Route Army. Even if he wanted to report, he couldn't find anyone.
"You came from Bingcheng this time to meet this 'Mr. Ming', right?" Commander Li asked.
"I didn't see 'Mr. Ming'."
"You haven't seen Mr. Ming?" Commander Li asked in surprise.
"Mr. Ming is not a person, he may be an organization. I only saw one person in charge of them."
"Do you think this 'Mr. Ming' can cooperate?" Commander Li asked after a slight pause.
"Three Flying Eagles have benefited greatly from the several cooperations with him so far, and we have almost no losses."
"You benefited unilaterally, right?"
"Basically, yes, we were able to survive this winter and even live quite comfortably. It's all thanks to Mr. Ming."
"It seems that this is a man with great supernatural powers. He helps you so much without asking for anything in return?" Commander Li asked.
Ai Qingshan hesitated to speak. He knew that "Mr. Ming" was his junior sister Bai Yulan. However, as far as he knew about the entire Thirteen Flying Eagles, no one else knew about it, and naturally it was impossible to report it to the organization.
"We want to get in touch with this 'Mr. Ming' and even cooperate further, if he is willing to help us. This is why we chose you to go to Ice City this time." Commander Li said.
"Yes, Comrade Ai Qingshan, you were chosen by us. The underground party organizations in Bingcheng have been destroyed one after another, and the reconstruction work has not been smooth. We urgently need to understand the enemy's movements. This will have a great influence on our next steps. Survival is crucial." Political Commissar Feng on the side also said helpfully.
This raised the issue to the level of survival in the Anti-Japanese War. Ai Qingshan couldn't help but look awe-inspiring, feeling as if a stone had been pressed on his chest, a heavy feeling.
"Political Commissar, when you say this, I become even more nervous. If anything goes wrong in such an important task, I will never redeem myself."
"Qingshan, you are also an old party member. You should know what it means to face difficulties. If I didn't trust your ability, how could I give you this task?" Commander Li said.
"Thank you to the commander-in-chief and the political commissar for trusting me. Although I don't have much confidence in this task, as long as it is a task assigned to me by the organization, I will do my best to complete it!" Ai Qingshan said solemnly.
"Have confidence in yourself, we all believe that you are the best candidate for this task!" Political Commissar Feng said with a smile.
“So in what capacity do I work?”
"In what capacity do you want to work?" Commander Li and Political Commissar Feng asked, both looking at Ai Qingshan.
This confused Ai Qingshan. He had done many jobs, including lumberjack, boiler burner, bricklayer, and charlatan...
But if you really want to go to Ice City to lurk, you can't just pick up an identity as you like, you have to have an identity and a fixed job.
Otherwise, try to be a businessman who purchases medicinal materials.
Ai Qingshan couldn't help but think of the business Zhou Sen told him about asking him to help search for medicinal materials.
It is not impossible to return to Ice City as a businessman.
"I want to go to Ice City as a merchant of medicinal materials. In this way, I can be in Ice City part of the time and go out part of the time without arousing suspicion. Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar, what do you think?"
Commander Li and Political Commissar Feng looked at each other, then nodded in unison: "Okay!"
