Near Jishan Hall, Cao Yun quickly stepped into the alley. He knew that this was the liaison station of the underground party.
"Tuk tuk, tuk tuk!"
"who?"
"Old Xu, the mountain goods seller."
The door creaked open, Brother Shan leaned out, looked outside, and let Cao Yunfei into the house.
Pei Shaoshi walked out of the back room. He was also here for the guerrillas and was going to ask Brother Shan to go out and contact Cao Yunfei.
Brother Shan made the introduction and said: "Captain Cao, this is Comrade Woodcutter."
Pei Shaoshi stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically: "Hello, Captain Cao, I knew your name earlier, but I finally met you today!"
Cao Yunfei did not shake his hand. He stared at Pei Shaoshi for a long time and said, "Are you the woodcutter?"
Pei Shaoshi: "Yes, I am the woodcutter."
Cao Yunfei said angrily: "Your information has caused me great harm!"
Pei Shaoshi stopped his hand in mid-air and said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect the enemy to carry poison gas bombs, so... alas, anyway, it was indeed my work error!"
Cao Yunfei picked up the water glass on the table and took a big sip, and said, "I lost more than forty brothers because of your work mistakes!"
Brother Shan said from the side: "Captain Cao, how can you talk like this? We work underground, we can't think of everything, right?"
Pei Shaoshi stopped Brother Shan from talking and said, "I will ask the organization for punishment regarding this matter. However, Captain Cao, let's go back to our own code. This rescue operation of yours is really too reckless!"
"...I can't just watch my brothers being shot to death by the Japanese!"
"War is like this. Bloodshed and sacrifice are always inevitable, but we cannot make unnecessary sacrifices!"
Cao Yunfei remained silent. He knew how dangerous this operation was. If someone hadn't been secretly helping him, he might have been annihilated!
Seeing that Cao Yunfei was not as irritable as when he first came in, Pei Shaoshi also softened his tone and said, "What brings you to the liaison station?"
"What else can happen? I can't get out of the city. I came to you to find a solution!"
"How many more of you are there?"
"Exactly forty people."
"Where are they now?"
"In the woods north of Russia City... Oh, by the way, help me prepare some food, the brothers are all hungry!"
Pei Shaoshi said to Brother Shan: "How much food does the family have?"
"About seven or eight kilograms of stick noodles, and a few kilograms of sweet potatoes."
"enough."
Cao Yunfei couldn't help but said: "How can I bring so many things back? I almost bumped into a patrol several times on the way here!"
Pei Shaoshi: "Don't worry about it, we have a solution."
Cao Yunfei: "Eating is a trivial matter. We can survive even two hungry meals. The most important thing is to arrange for us to leave the city as soon as possible. Many of my brothers do not have good citizen certificates. If they are found out by the Japanese, something will happen!"
Brother Shan: "Captain Cao, you know you are anxious now, haven't you thought about how to get out of the city after saving people? You haven't thought about..."
Pei Shaoshi interrupted him and said, "Laoshan, go pack the food and let Fugui deliver it later."
Brother Shan agreed and walked into the back room.
Cao Yunfei was a rough man. Even though he heard Brother Shan's dissatisfaction, he didn't take it seriously. Instead, he felt that what he said was reasonable and that he really did not consider things well.
"Hey, Comrade Woodcutter, actually I also know that I am not very bright-minded. The higher-ups should really send me a political commissar so that I can have someone to discuss anything if something goes wrong. Otherwise, what can I say about those big bosses under my command?
What are they listening to!"
Pei Shaoshi nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will report to the superiors and try to send you a political commissar as soon as possible. As for sending you out of the city, I have already made arrangements."
Cao Yunfei said happily: "Has it been arranged? Tell me quickly, how was it arranged?"
"I got a few sets of Japanese military uniforms. You arrange for those who are not injured to wear them. The others pretend to be civilians and go to build fortifications outside the city."
"When I entered the city, I saw a lot of migrant workers digging trenches outside the city... But none of us can speak Japanese. When the city gate guard asked, didn't the secrets be revealed immediately?"
"I can speak Japanese."
"You're also pretending to be a devil?"
"right."
"It's very dangerous, what if..."
"There is no other way. In Yanjin's underground organization, I am the only one who can speak Japanese, and no one else can help."
More than half of the employees of Bank of Manchuria are Japanese, and most of the Chinese working there can speak a few words of Japanese.
Cao Yunfei was a little touched. Not only did the woodcutter not mind his attitude just now, but he also personally escorted him out of the city. This kind of magnanimity was impressive.
"Comrade Qiao, thank you so much. Just now... Well, I am a rough man and can't speak. Don't take it offence..."
Pei Shaoshi: "Captain Cao, we are revolutionary comrades, don't say anything offensive."
Cao Yunfei said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we are revolutionary comrades, not cuckold friends..."
Pei Shaoshi thought that after this incident was over, he really wanted his superiors to appoint political commissars to the guerrillas as soon as possible. Captain Cao's ideological realm was still at the level of loyalty, and something big would happen sooner or later if this continued!
Cao Yunfei sighed and said: "Fortunately, someone is helping secretly this time, otherwise we would really suffer a big loss!"
Pei Shaoshi was stunned when he heard this and said, "Is there anyone who can help? Please tell me in detail what is going on."
Cao Yunfei recounted what happened and finally said: "Actually, Brother Shan is right. When I entered the city this time, I had no intention of going back alive, so I didn't consider leaving the city."
Pei Shaoshi pondered for a long time and murmured: "Who could it be? Why would he help us?"
Cao Yunfei waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter what he does, as long as he can fight the Japanese, he is one of our own!"
Pei Shaoshi knew well that he could hit the machine gunner with a shot from such a long distance, and judging from Cao Yunfei's story, the smoke bomb was obviously self-made. This man was not an ordinary person. He had at least received strict agent training!
After Cao Yunfei left, Brother Shan said angrily: "No wonder this Cao Yunfei is a bandit. He is simply unorganized and undisciplined. He acted recklessly and even made rude remarks!"
Pei Shaoshi: "Although Cao Yunfei is a little reckless, judging from his past performance, this comrade has a very firm revolutionary will. This is the most valuable quality!"
"I'm complaining on your behalf. The incident with the plainclothes team was an accident. He took advantage of it to no end..."
"Okay, don't say any more, that thing was indeed my fault!"
Brother Shan thought for a moment and said, "Comrade Shaoshi, the person who secretly helped Cao Yunfei, could he be from Chongqing?"
Pei Shaoshi's heart moved, and it seemed that this was the most reasonable possibility. However, would people in Chongqing be willing to take such a big risk to do such a thing?