Forty

  They observed from behind a small mound outside the northern airport for half an hour and didn't see any Japanese planes taking off or landing. Yan Wei and Wu Hanhuai were both in plain clothes this time they entered the city, and they didn't have binoculars to observe the situation inside the airport carefully. Moreover, the terrain here was open, and there wasn't even a place that could provide cover for close reconnaissance. So Yan Wei discussed with Wu Hanhuai that they would withdraw first, and he would immediately send his own scouts over with binoculars to continue monitoring, in order to understand the specific operation and defense situation of this airport.

  Wu Han Hua was about to move his body, but unexpectedly, after lying behind this small mound for a long time, he had numbed an entire leg. When he moved again, he found that his right foot had even cramped up!

  Yan Wei helped him turn over and lean his upper body against a small mound, saying: "Wen Xi brother, you've been living too comfortably in your luxurious bed with warm pillows for too long, haven't you? It's only been a short while and look at the state you're in! Take Commander Fu Zhi for example, he's not much younger than you, but he looks so much stronger!"

  Fu Daojun also teased Wu Hanhuai, saying: "Director Wu, this is the result of exhausting his body with wine, women, wealth and anger! When I was a young soldier, I could lie down like this for a whole day without moving!"

  Wu Hanhuai used his arms to support his body, making his upper body slightly straighten up and find a more comfortable posture. Frowning, he felt the inexplicable pain coming from his right foot: "Commander Fu taught that after years of being outside for the party and country, even without my wife by my side, I was ruined by those little demons!"

  Wu Hanhuai looked up at the two of them and sighed, "It seems that our luck has never been very good!" He pointed to the airport behind the small mound with his right hand, "Don't look at this airport's scale, it's not very big, but there are all sorts of fighter planes, reconnaissance planes, bombers...". He paused for a moment and looked at the two puzzled people waiting for him, "It's just that there are no transport planes!"

  Wu Han said that Yan Wei had already begun to plan how to respond. Fu Daojun, however, asked: "What's the big deal?"

  "Wu Han looked at him and said: 'Isn't it obvious? Without a transport plane, how can so many of us ride together?'"

  "Can't all of you fit in those planes? I see two planes that aren't very big! You'll have to squeeze together and make do, maybe you can all get in." Fu Daojun said, pointing towards the airport.

  Yan Wei looked at Fu Daojun with a smile and explained: "This plane thing, sometimes you look far away and it's quite big, but when you really get in, there's not much space to accommodate people. The purpose of the plane is different, just like those two big guys you mentioned should be Japanese bombers..."

  "It's the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21 '97' heavy bomber." Wu Hanhuai, being a pilot under him, added to Yan Wei's words.

  "Look, Old Wu is still professional after all. Take this plane for example, its purpose is a bomber, don't look at its small size, if we adults and children all squeeze in desperately, just talking about the load it can't bear! Our dozens of people weigh four or five tons together! If it weren't for a professional transport plane, there wouldn't even be this carrying capacity, let alone take off!"

  Yan Wei said, also looking at the airport and sighed.

  After returning to the Chu Jiang Gang's headquarters, Chu Lian Tian felt that their luck was not good after listening to Yan Wei's account of the Japanese military airport. So he comforted Yan Wei and Wu Han Hui by saying: "Since we can't enter heaven or earth, let's take the water route instead. I don't believe those Japanese ironclad warships can blockade the Yangtze River day and night! You all go back and bring your subordinates' children to me first, this is our Chinese territory, why bother competing with the Japanese for a temporary advantage? We're not doing anything now! Let's disperse the children among my Chu Jiang Gang brothers' homes, and let them live well. I guarantee that not a single hair will be lost! You all take off your military uniforms and just enjoy good food and drink in Jingzhou City, all expenses will be borne by me, Chu Jiang Gang! We'll just drag it out with those Japanese! Let's see who can outlast whom! Once they can't hold on anymore and their guard is down, this Yangtze River will still be under my control! When the time comes, taking the water route to enter Sichuan will be as easy as eating a bowl of vegetables!"

  After listening to Chu Lian Tian's passionate and sincere speech, Yan Wei and Wu Han Hui couldn't help but be moved, and they both stood up to salute him with a fist. Wu Han Hui said: "Chu Da Dang Jia's words are full of patriotism and loyalty! I, on behalf of the party and country, sincerely thank Chu Da Dang Jia for his nationalistic sentiments! However, our mission this time has some inconvenient truths that cannot be spoken directly to people. We hope that Chu Da Dang Jia will understand and tolerate us. In short, this mission cannot be delayed!"

  Yan Wei also knew that Hua Ming, Xiaohua's father, was anxiously waiting for news of his son on the other side of the ocean. The US military would not wait indefinitely for the Nationalist government to take action on this matter. Moreover, with the Nationalist government suffering consecutive defeats and retreating in its war against Japan, it urgently needed American aid materials! And the key factor that determined all of this was now Xiaohua himself!

  He is now directly related to the development of Sino-US-Japan cooperation in the future! And it's not just the National Government that urgently needs to cooperate with others to get aid, the American big brothers are also facing a complex and changing international situation, and they need to cooperate with Mr. Hua Ming, Faraway's father, to get his technical assistance! And the cooperation between the US government and Mr. Hua Ming is directly dependent on Faraway's life safety!

  Without Little Hua's safe arrival in the United States, Huaming would not cooperate with the US government! And if Mr. Huaming did not cooperate with the US government, then the US government would not cooperate with the National Government! If we cannot smoothly conduct strategic cooperation with the US government, it is hard to say how long the National Government can hold on in this war against Japan! If the Chinese government collapses at this time, it is also hard to say how long the entire anti-fascist camp can hold on! Now everything seems no longer just a simple ordinary mission that Yan Wei and Wu Hanhuai are shouldering! The future trend of the whole world now seems to be focused on an ordinary province, an ordinary city in this largest country in Asia! It seems that everything depends on the success or failure of Yan Wei and Wu Hanhuai's actions this time! Yan Wei and Wu Hanhuai can even be said to be shouldering the fate of all humanity at this moment!

  "Chu Dahan's family, didn't Captain Fu Zhi's team already return to their base? Once my scouts receive my orders, they will continue to reconnoiter the Japanese airfield. After we figure out the operating rules and specific situation of the Japanese airfield, we will take action! We have decided to resolutely utilize the Japanese planes to transport some of our mission objectives back to Chongqing first! After all, it's a big deal if one child can return safely. Once some of the children are sent away safely, the rest of us can follow Chu Dahan's words and engage in a war of attrition with the Japanese here! Just don't blame us for not leaving and eating for free at that time!"

  Chu Lian Tian scolds the wind and clouds, laughing proudly in Jiangling. So many years have passed, it's not like he's a foolish cow or a wooden horse, a confused person! Seeing Yan Wei and Wu Hanhui, he knew that what they were doing was impossible, but they did it anyway! They had to attack the Japanese airport with all their might, even if it meant sacrificing themselves, just to escort some of the children back to Chongqing first. He knew that among their targets this time, there must be important figures in their party and military, including their own children! Eight out of ten chances are that they're illegitimate kids! What's all this nonsense about doing it for the nation, for the people's children? It's all just a bunch of lies to fool ghosts!

  However, Chu Lian Tian thought again, if Yan Wei and Wu Han Hui's motives were really like that, then why would they lead a large group of children on a perilous journey to fight against the Japanese army? It seems that the essence of the problem is not quite right! But these two National Army officers are indeed the most admired and kind-hearted good men in our Jianghu! They must be unwilling to abandon this large group of ordinary civilians' children to die, and they would rather die to live up to the true national army spirit represented by their military badges!

  Thinking of this, Chu Lian Tian's respect for the two men couldn't help but rise again! The gradually warming and boiling hot blood made him realize that since he joined the gang at the age of 12, he had done almost all the bad things like killing, arson, robbery, and destroying families. After taking over as the leader and expanding his territory, he had also done almost everything he was supposed to do! However, it seemed that there wasn't a single thing that he could proudly say was for the country or for the nation. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but close his eyes tightly and make up his mind, determined that this time, Chu Jiang Gang would go all out to support these two military officers and not disappoint their mission!

  Through Yan Wei's subordinates Jiang Chen and Yu Tian, they continuously monitored and scouted the airport's perimeter for two days, basically determining the operational capacity and defensive strength of the Japanese military airport!

  This afternoon, with the help of Chu Lian Tian's deeply rooted forces in Jingzhou City, Fu Daojun personally led the team to escort the soldiers and children of both sides, Yan Wei and Wu Han Hua, who were safely transferred into the headquarters of the Chu Jiang Gang!

  Fang Lan, who hadn't seen Yan Wei for several days, threw away the constraints of thousands of years of Chinese culture as soon as she saw him and ran towards him from afar, embracing him tightly and refusing to let go again!

  It may not be pure love! Maybe there are some other elements mixed in besides love! This is an era that can move people! An era that will make people feel moved at any time and anywhere! This era has all the factors that can move people! We should also be moved by this great war, this great espionage era!

  The love in this era is so rich and colorful! A loving couple can embrace and kiss each other in the gap between the roar of bombers overhead, bullets flying like snowflakes behind them, and the deafening cannons in front, letting the dignity and romance of love shock this turbulent world where heroes contend for dominance!

  Love in this era is simple. No excessive entanglement with money and material goods! No excessive plotting for status and position! In this era of war, people can no longer afford to spend their limited time and exhausted energy on these things! People must forget the fear that war has brought upon themselves and love each other while they still can, own life!

  In this era, a pair of men and women on the road to escape disaster may establish a 50-year-long relationship through mutual support. A pair of people with the same fate who have fled to an unfamiliar city can spark love through a warm encouragement. A kind of reverence for national iron-blooded soldiers can make a woman from a prominent family resolutely find a soldier she thinks is still pleasing to her eyes, and use her own body to embody his respect for national dignity.

  This is a touching era that can infinitely magnify the most authentic side of human nature!

  Let's feel together the unique charm of that era!

  Looking at Fang Lan's tight embrace of Yan Wei, Chu Lian Tian smiled and looked at Yan Wei with his eyes: "I said, our great captain Yan, this is almost enough, it's been half a day now, how can you let us all wait like this? Everyone is surrounding you, afraid that you will say we are desecrating your great love! If not, you two are standing in the center of the hall, this doesn't seem right either!

  Actually, Yan Wei had long felt the helplessness and embarrassment of being a rare animal in the zoo! It's just that now he is unwilling to desecrate Fang Lan's sincere and great love. The understanding of love and the most primitive release of human nature are forever different between men and women!

  Yan Wei can face the enemy's dagger head-on for Fang Lan, but at this moment, Fang Lan only wants to hold Yan Wei tightly and never let go! For her, she has already crossed into another space with Yan Wei, a desolate space where there is only her and Yan Wei. For her, doing so at this moment is the best interpretation of how much she loves Yan Wei!

  In this era of war, every day is stimulating our nerves! At this time, we need love more to comfort our national trauma!

  Yan Wei patted Fang Lan's waist with his right hand, reminding her that it was almost enough! There were over a hundred people standing in the hall watching, including the future of the country! This behavior seemed to be a shame and would corrupt the next generation! If they didn't stop soon, they would lose control and wouldn't have the face to see anyone afterwards! As the regiment commander of the national central army, he couldn't afford to lose face here today. He estimated that for the next three to five years, his name would be the subject of gossip in the military's tea breaks.

  It's clear that Fang Lan is not willing to let go of the longing she has endured for these few days! After all, she can be considered as having received advanced cultural knowledge from a foreign school, but perhaps it's also her downfall. However, Fang Lan temporarily suppressed the volcanic eruption-like emotions and looked at Yan Wei with eyes that could make rabbits believe that big grey wolves never eat meat: "I will never leave you again."

  Yan Wei, also a romantic at heart, couldn't resist the genuine emotions that could melt the entire Southeast Asia. He grasped Fang Lan's shoulders with both hands and said: "Once we get back, I'll report to our commander to get married! If he doesn't give me a month's leave, I'll quit!"

  "Good! This couple is a model of our party's and country's talented youth, a beautiful love story!" As soon as Wu Hanhuai said this, Yan Wei was convinced that he hadn't misjudged his friend - at the critical moment, he really could resolve the situation and take responsibility!

  Yan Wei seized the opportunity to hastily introduce himself and explain how he met Fang Lan and what role she played in this operation, so as not to be misunderstood by others that National Army officers had to bring their wives on a mission!

  "On the day of Captain Yan's grand wedding, if Captain Yan doesn't despise us, Chu Jiang Gang, a local folk gang, being invited to attend, all members of our gang will definitely be present to witness and congratulate! Chu Lian Tian obviously had no experience with true love, as he was busy with the underworld all day, thinking that women's only role was in bed at night! At this moment, he was also deeply moved by the two people's sincere emotions, looking quite excited!"

  "You're the head of the household, and you're saying this, clearly wanting to get out of giving a gift!" Yan Wei cherished this rare warmth before the big war, looking at the innocent smiles of the children, Yan Wei was even more determined that what he did was no less than devouring an entire Japanese division!

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