Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle was sent to Yuncheng on the 23rd day.
Li Yunlong was originally planning to discuss with him about leaving some pilots when he received Doolittle. Unexpectedly, Doolittle told Sun Erwei just after arriving in Yuncheng: "I need to rest. There is a bed for me to sleep on."
Do you sleep?"
"Of course, Lieutenant Colonel!" Sun Erwei replied, and then took Doolittle to his dormitory, and then prepared some bread and cakes for him.
These breads and cakes were made by the chef brought by Sun Erwei.
Because Sun Erwei had several experiences of cooperating with the Eighth Route Army, he knew that the life of the Eighth Route Army was difficult. In order to adapt to the life here, one of the correspondents he brought with him had worked as a cook.
As for the ingredients for making bread and cakes, they are actually flour and eggs. With US dollars in funding, they certainly have no shortage of these things.
Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle thanked Sun Erwei with a "wow", devoured his food, and then fell on the bed and fell asleep.
Li Yunlong was surprised when he saw this scene. He asked the guerrillas escorting Doolittle: "What's wrong with you? Are you starving the pilot Yingjiang like this?"
The guerrillas replied helplessly: "Commander, there is nothing we can do. We don't know that the foreign devils are not used to sweet potatoes, and this is the only thing we have!"
As he spoke, he took out a few dried sweet potatoes from his arms, sniffed, picked up one, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and said, "It tastes pretty good. Can you try it, Captain?"
After saying that, he actually handed it to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong didn't know what to say. It was no wonder that Doolittle and the other pilots were so tired. It would be strange to let these pampered Eagle Soldiers chew dried sweet potatoes for more than 20 days without getting upset.
Li Yunlong was really right about this. Although the Yingjiang pilots had no accidents along the way, each one of them almost collapsed on the way.
In fact, this is not the fault of the guerrillas.
You must know that these are guerrillas who came out of enemy-occupied areas.
Needless to say, what is the situation in enemy-occupied areas? Not only do they have to perform heavy labor, but all their food and pasta are robbed by the Japanese. They eat "Gonghe noodles" distributed by the Japanese and wear "rehabilitation cloth"...
…There are a few sweet potatoes that are dried and turned into sweet potatoes for dry food. They are secretly grown in the mountains, which can be considered a delicacy for the guerrillas.
But for the Eagle Sauce Pilot, it wasn’t just beef bread that was served deliciously. It was fine after eating dried sweet potatoes for a day or two. I did this every day for more than 20 days, and drank raw water on the road, which made me feel upset.
That's just common sense.
It was not until noon the next day that Doolittle woke up. By this time, more than ten pilots had gathered in Yuncheng.
After Doolittle ate something more, he asked Sun Erwei: "How many people survived?"
"There are about thirty people we know so far!" Sun Erwei replied.
"Oh!" Doolittle was a little surprised and asked, "Were they all rescued by the Eighth Route Army?"
"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!" Sun Erwei replied: "The area where we made an emergency landing is an enemy-occupied area, and the stubborn troops are regular Chinese troops. They cannot play a role in this area."
"But..." Doolittle still couldn't believe it: "Why are the Eighth Route Army people everywhere in enemy-occupied areas?"
Sun Erwei laughed: "They are everywhere, Lieutenant Colonel! If you stay here for a while, you will soon understand what is going on!"
Du Lite nodded, vaguely aware of some of the Eighth Route Army's resilience.
At this time, Li Yunlong came in with Wang Xuexin and Zhao Gang.
Although Zhao Gang was in charge of the weaving factory in Xiaobeiling, the weaving factory was already on the right track at this time, and the matter of the Yingjiang pilot here required his participation as a political commissar, so he rushed back from Xiaobeiling.
As soon as Li Yunlong entered the door, he held Doolittle's hand with a smile and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, welcome to your arrival. You have worked hard during this period. We have not treated you well with this condition!"
Sun Erwei translated Li Yunlong's words to Doolittle, who immediately replied: "Comrade commander, I should thank you! Your army has made great efforts and sacrifices to rescue us from the enemy! On my behalf
The Eagle Sauce Government would like to express its gratitude to you!"
Then Doolittle added: "I will give a detailed report to my superiors regarding your army's losses this time. I believe our government will try its best to compensate you! This is a good example of our cooperation in the war of resistance."
The beginning of it, isn’t it?”
"Of course, of course!" Li Yunlong replied with a smile, and then changed the topic and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, can I make a few requests regarding this compensation?"
Before Doolittle could reply, Li Yunlong waved his hand again and said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not bargaining with you. Let's work together to fight the Japanese, right? What we give each other should be what others are in urgent need of, like me.
There is no shortage of sweet potatoes, so it would be inappropriate for you to force them on us as compensation!"
Wang Xuexin was convinced after hearing this. Li Yunlong actually used sweet potatoes as a metaphor. Isn't this Doolittle who ate dried sweet potatoes for more than 20 days because he was deliberately disgusting?
Sure enough, the haggard-looking Doolittle's expression changed, as if he wanted to spit out the bread he had just eaten.
However, this is not a rough statement. Cooperation during war should indeed focus on efficiency and "each gets what he needs."
So Doolittle nodded and said: "So, what do you need? I will write them in my report and try my best to fight for you!"
"Plane!" Li Yunlong replied without thinking: "Of course there are pilots!"
Doolittle was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Sorry, Commander Li. It's not that I don't want to write your request in the report, but I don't think our government will agree to your request. Yours
I can understand the mood, but airplanes... they can't simply take off, and forming an air force is not as simple as you think!"
Li Yunlong winked at Wang Xuexin behind him, and Wang Xuexin stepped forward and said, "We know this, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle!"
Wang Xuexin took out a document from his backpack and handed it to Doolittle: "So we have a complete set of plans, including airport construction, supporting radar, and the introduction of pilots, etc.!"
Doolittle took the report and opened it, and was surprised to find that it was in English.
This report was drafted by Wang Xuexin, and then he sent correspondents to three stores for Su Xin to translate it, and then sent it back.
Wang Xuexin originally planned to let Sun Erwei do this, but when he asked, he found out that Sun Erwei could not read Chinese...
This is what he said: "Although I can speak Chinese, the Chinese characters are all different and strange. It is really difficult to remember them! Sorry, I can't help you!"
Therefore, Wang Xuexin had no choice but to let Su Xin do this.
It is said that Su Xin lost her temper when she received the document. She said to the correspondent: "Why doesn't Xiao Dongbei come by himself? He didn't send it in person, so he won't turn it over!"