What a beautiful white lotus

The war between the Japanese army and the Sichuan army did not last long. Half a month later, the Sichuan army withdrew from the Guabangshan and Taohuajian areas.Just as Ye Rongqiu said, the Sichuan Army is not Chiang Kai-shek’s direct line army. Although this time it has obtained a new batch of arms, it is after all eliminated by the direct line army. Using these to fight the Japanese army to the death, Wang Ling, the head of the No.30 Army, can’t pay. afford such a price.What's more, the central government's strategic focus is not on the southern Hubei region, and will not give them more assistance, so Wang Ling simply led the army to retreat and continue to preserve its strength.

As soon as the national army left, the New Fourth Army immediately advanced, established new positions, vigorously developed the local masses and united the gentry groups to participate in the work of the anti-Japanese revolution.

In the blink of an eye, 1942 passed.Since the Sichuan army gave up its position at the end of the year, and the encirclement and suppression campaign against the Communist Party was also suspended, the New Fourth Army developed smoothly this year, and its team has grown a lot.

1943 was a year of major changes in the world situation. The World Anti-Fascist War shifted from strategic defense to strategic offensive. In order to save the defeat in China and the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese army formulated a "new policy towards China" to open up the Ping-Han line, The purpose of the Guangdong-Han line is to ensure the occupied area, vigorously support the Wang puppet regime, promote the confluence of Wang and Jiang, and turn China into its strategic rear in the Pacific War to save its failure.

This made the situation of China's Anti-Japanese War in the enemy's rear more severe and the environment more difficult.In the Central Plains, especially in southern Hubei, the Japanese troops stationed in Hubei strengthened their control over water and land transportation lines in order to implement the strategic intention of the Japanese army base camp. The number of ships cruising on the river increased and the number of strongholds along the highway increased.The Japanese army also intensified the "mopping up", "clearing the countryside" and "cannibalizing" the Communist base areas.

Since the last time he was separated from the black dog, Ye Rongqiu had been looking for an opportunity to enter Wuchang City again, but because the situation became more and more tense due to the transfer of positions with the troops and the multiple raids launched by the Japanese army, he never found an opportunity.

On this day, Ye Rongqiu went to the regiment headquarters to look for Huang Mu, but before he entered the door, he heard arguing inside.

"No, absolutely not! Go find someone else!"

"If it wasn't for the very important task this time, why would the higher-ups choose him? If you don't let him go, you should find me a suitable person."

"Is there no suitable person? Go find Kang Qi."

"Who is Kang Qi?"

"It's also from the arsenal, and it's the apprentice he taught by hand, no worse than him!"

When Ye Rongqiu heard them mention Kang Qi and Arsenal, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and quickly stuck to the door to listen more carefully.The voice that had been objecting was Huang Mu's. The voice of the other person who was talking to him, Ye Rongqiu, couldn't be heard, it was a little strange, and he didn't seem to be from the Fifth Independent Regiment.

"Captain Huang, this mission is really important. If the assassination of Okamoto succeeds, our situation in southern Hubei will be greatly improved."

"Okay, okay, I understand, I'll go find Kang Qilai for you."

Ye Rongqiu heard the sound of footsteps in the room, and quickly backed away, but it was too late for him to dodge at this time.

The door of the room was opened, Huang Mu and a soldier wearing the rank of colonel stood at the door, and they happened to bump into Ye Rongqiu.

Ye Rongqiu was very embarrassed, and quickly saluted the two: "Leader, Colonel."

Huang Mu was startled: "Commissioner Ye? Why are you here?"

The eyes of the colonel beside him lit up, he bypassed Huang Mu and stepped forward, stood in front of Ye Rongqiu and looked him up and down: "Political Commissar Ye? Are you Ye Rongqiu?"

Huang Mu showed a frustrated expression, gritted his teeth and gave Ye Rongqiu a look, stepped forward and pushed him: "Go, go, go back and do your work, what are you doing here!"

But the colonel grabbed Ye Rongqiu's arm: "Hey, don't go."

Ye Rongqiu was pushed and pulled by them, making his face bewildered.

"Captain Huang." The colonel let go of Ye Rongqiu, straightened his clothes, and said unhurriedly, with an officer's demeanor, "You're not doing well. Political commissar Ye is here, why don't you introduce him?"

Huang Mu showed reluctance, hesitated for a moment, and pointed to the colonel at Ye Rongqiu: "Here, the secretary of the chief of staff, Comrade Xu Shaofang." He pointed at Ye Rongqiu, "Commissioner Ye of our regiment."

Ye Rongqiu saluted again: "Hello, Chief."

Xu Shaofang returned the salute, stretched out his hand to Ye Rongqiu, and said with a smile: "I have long admired your name, Comrade Xiaoye."

Ye Rongqiu hurriedly held his hand.

"You came just in time." Xu Shaofang hugged Ye Rongqiu's shoulders, "Head Huang and I are about to send someone to find you, let's go, let's go into the room and talk."

Ye Rongqiu was still confused.Looking for him?Didn't you mean to find Kang Qi?Could it be that the "he" they mentioned just now refers to themselves?

Huang Mu became anxious: "No, no, I'll find Kang Qi for you now, he can't do it!"

Xu Shaofang cast a majestic glance at Huang Mu, and emphasized his tone: "This is the meaning of the chief of staff."

Huang Mu jumped anxiously: "The chief of staff said that Ye Rongqiu must be needed? Isn't it just a military expert? You can choose anyone in our arsenal. I don't mind if you take away seven or eight, but he can't do it! "

Ye Rongqiu understood a little now.Xu Shaofang came here probably because he wanted to find a military expert to set out a mission, and he came here for himself. I'm afraid this mission is dangerous to a certain extent, so Huang Mu disagreed with him to take him away. Kang Qi and others are on top.

"Captain Huang, you are too domineering." Xu Shaofang said, "At least listen to Political Commissar Ye's own opinion."

Huang Mu rolled his eyes, walked to Ye Rongqiu's side and took his hand secretly: "Didn't you say that you were not in good health two days ago and planned to rest for a few days? Did you come here to ask me for leave?"

This is Huang Mu's intentional guidance.Ye Rongqiu never said that he wanted to rest, but he complained to someone a few days ago that he had a bit of a headache recently.It was a minor problem, but it's almost gone now.

"What mission?" Ye Rongqiu asked.

Xu Shaofang was already very unhappy with Huang Mu's obstruction: "Captain Huang, do you have to say it here? Do you want everyone to know?"

Huang Mu was so embarrassed that he had no choice but to reluctantly get out of the way and signaled Ye Rongqiu to enter the room.

The three walked into the room, Xu Shaofang smiled and pointed to the stool next to him to signal Ye Rongqiu: "Sit down first."

Ye Rongqiu sat down a little awkwardly.

Xu Shaofang said unhurriedly: "This time I came to the Independent Fifth Regiment, and I'm actually here for you. That's it, we got the news..."

"They are planning to send someone to assassinate the devil's chief, and they need a military expert." Huang Mu interrupted Xu Shaofang before he could finish speaking. "Tell me, can you do this? You're just loading up your guns. For things like assassination, you'll be the first to be killed by devils!"

Ye Rongqiu froze for a moment.He originally thought that there was something wrong with the weapons in the army and needed repairs, and he might have to go to the front line, so Huang Mu didn't want him to go.It was actually an assassination... Although Huang Mu said this because he deliberately didn't want him to go, but he was right, he was indeed not very good at this kind of work.

Xu Shaofang glared at Huang Mu, then cleared his throat: "Well, that's probably the case, but they need the assistance of a military expert, and you won't do the assassination yourself."

Ye Rongqiu hesitated for a while, then asked softly, "Where is it?"

Huang Mu's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and he was about to say something, but Xu Shaofang was faster than him, and spit out two words: "Wuchang."

As soon as these two words came out, the room fell silent for an instant.

Huang Mu closed his eyes and turned his head, with a finished expression on his face.Ye Rongqiu's eyes lit up instantly, as if he had heard something great.

"Wuchang? In Wuchang City?" Ye Rongqiu reconfirmed.

"Well, Wuchang City is heavily guarded, and it is difficult for outsiders to get in, so we can't send many people in. We can only find a way to send the elites in, and cooperate with comrades in Wuchang City to complete this operation."

Ye Rongqiu stood up suddenly: "Chief, please send me, I will try my best to complete this mission!"