In 1944, Ye Fei, the commander of the First Division of the New Fourth Army, came to a dental clinic for dental treatment.
Just as Ye Fei was sitting in line, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a painting hanging on the wall, and his heart immediately became vigilant.
When he returned to the camp, he immediately gave the order: arrest the dentist!
However, it was his move that led to a great victory in the Battle of Cheqiao.
Why did Ye Fei arrest the dentist? What's wrong with that painting?
Mixed-race Red Army soldiers
The hero of the story is Ye Fei, the only founding general in the mainland with dual nationality. His father is from Fujian, China, and his mother is Filipino.
Ye Fei was born in the Philippines, but because of his father's teachings, he has never forgotten his roots.
When Ye Fei was 5 years old, his father sent him back to China. Although the situation was turbulent at that time, his father still hoped that Ye Fei could be educated in China.
Since then, Ye Fei has been separated from his biological parents and settled in Fujian. Ye Fei has a bright mind and loves learning, and was soon admitted to Xiamen Zhongshan Middle School.
When the country was in danger, Ye Fei, like other patriotic youths, threw himself into the torrent of revolution.
Due to Ye Fei's outstanding ability, he foiled the Kuomintang's conspiracy many times, and soon became the leader of the revolutionary workers in Fujian.
But it also made him a thorn in the eyes of the Kuomintang. Later, during a mission, Ye Fei's identity was exposed and he was arrested by the Kuomintang.
When her mother, who was far away in the Philippines, found out, she was very anxious. After many turnarounds, she finally got in touch with the Kuomintang and asked them to release Ye Fei on the grounds that Ye Fei was Filipino.
After discussion, the Kuomintang finally decided to release Ye Fei.
As soon as Ye Fei returned home, he received a letter from his mother, who sternly demanded that he no longer engage in revolutionary work and that he should immediately return to the Philippines by plane.
But Ye Fei was not intimidated by the power of the Kuomintang, and he directly wrote a letter to his mother: "I am Chinese, China needs me now, I will not go anywhere." ”
When the parents saw that their son had already made his own opinions, they knew that they could no longer persuade them. I can only tell him to pay attention to safety.
Without worries, Ye Fei put all his energy into the revolutionary cause.
In 1933, Ye Fei organized and participated in the Workers' and Peasants' Self-Defense Forces in the area of Huotong Town.
At that time, the people of Huotong Town were deeply oppressed by the landlord class. So after the team was established, Ye Fei began to plan to launch a riot in Huo Tong Town and uproot the evil forces in the town.
The combat goal is determined, but everyone encounters a problem, where to find combat weapons?
At that time, there was a militia team in the town, which was dedicated to collecting money and rent for the landlord class, and often did evil in the town. They each had an American spear.
And the workers' and peasants' corps had just been established, and with only a few machetes in the ranks, they would certainly not be able to defeat the enemy.
Ye Fei proposed a plan: snatch the enemy's weapons.
It would definitely not work to rush directly into the enemy camp to rob it, Ye Fei decided to outwit it.
After investigation, Ye Fei learned that there was a person named Liao Anhui in the militia group, who was born as a farmer. Liao An was exploited by the landlord all the year round when he returned home, and his parents sold him to the landlord as a militiaman because he couldn't pay off the debt.
Every time someone else wantonly bullied and whipped the people, Liao Anhui would step forward to stop it. As a result, Liao Anhui was often ostracized from within the militia group.
Ye Fei thinks that this operation can start with Liao Anhui. So two days later, Ye Fei secretly found Liao Anhui, told him the team's plan, and hoped that Liao Anhui could help them get the guns of the militia.
Liao Anhui had long hated the landlord and happily agreed to Ye Fei's proposal.
The next night happened to be the day when Liao An returned to stand guard. After everyone fell asleep, Liao Anhui immediately put Ye Fei into the courtyard and led them into the munitions store.
The landlord, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up from his dream, and was just about to sit up, when he noticed a machete shining with silver light across his neck, and was immediately frightened and did not dare to move.
Huo Tong's riot was completely launched, and Ye Fei led his team to eliminate more than a dozen landlords and slaves in this battle. The people of the town finally saw the light of day.
Ye Fei became famous in Huo Tong Town. The common people praised Ye Fei as a living bodhisattva, and came to Ye Fei's house to thank him.
Tasting the joy of victory for the first time, Ye Fei was very excited, not noticing that danger was quietly coming.
The landlords and tyrants are gone, the Kuomintang's money is gone, and Ye Fei was once again targeted by the Kuomintang.
Just when Ye Fei went to the organization to report the results of this operation, an accident happened.
When Ye Fei passed through a narrow alley, he bumped into three people in black clothes and black hats. The three of them looked suspicious, and Ye Fei couldn't help but slow down.
Just as a few people passed by, one of them suddenly pressed Ye Fei's shoulder, and the other two directly fired a few shots at Ye Fei.
Someone nearby heard the movement and hurriedly came over to check. Seeing that Ye Fei had fallen, the three of them hid directly into the dark alley.
Ye Fei was taken to the hospital, where he had several holes in his body, and his head and chest were pierced by bullets. But fortunately, he was not hit by the vital point, and Ye Fei was successfully rescued.
After the superiors saw that he was in good health, they seriously criticized him, if Ye Fei was not too careless and leaked his whereabouts, how could the enemy have a chance.
Then he instructed Ye Fei to be very careful in his future affairs.
Ye Fei had just escaped death, and he was a little scared in his heart, so he nodded and agreed.
After this incident, Ye Fei became more cautious. Due to the increasing improvement of reconnaissance ability, Ye Fei was often keenly aware of the enemy lurking in the shadows.
The secret in the painting
In 1944, the Japanese army had reached the point of survival, but even so, they tried in vain to make a final struggle.
Ye Fei was the commander of the First Division of the New Fourth Army at the time. He received an order from his superiors: to stop the Japanese army from moving south and cooperate with the local army to fight!
After Ye Fei received the task, he led the army to station in a small mountain village and observed the whereabouts of the Japanese army every day.
One day, when Ye Fei was training the army, his hand behind his back was suddenly patted. Ye Fei turned around and found that it was a seven or eight-year-old girl.
The little girl stretched out her hand and stretched it out in front of Ye Fei. Ye Fei took a closer look and found that it was a candy wrapped in red paper.
Ye Fei smiled and asked, "This is for me?" ”
The little girl nodded. Since Ye Fei's army arrived in the village, the Japanese army no longer dared to set foot in the village. Looking at this resolute team, the people felt a sense of security in their hearts for the first time.
From time to time, old people and children came to deliver corn and steamed buns to the New Fourth Army, but Ye Fei never accepted them.
Looking at the simple little girl in front of him, Ye Fei was no longer surprised, he touched her head and said, "You can eat it, I don't like to eat sugar." ”
When the little girl saw Ye Fei's refusal, she ate it herself. Ye Fei looked at it and saw that something was wrong.
He took the candy wrapper over and looked at it closely, then frowned.
He had only seen such sugar in the city, how could there be such a remote mountain village?
He asked the little girl where the candy came from. The little girl replied that it was sent by the dentist at the entrance of the village.
"Dentist?" Ye Fei's brows furrowed even deeper, and he thought, "How can a dentist give a child candy?" ”
Ye Fei felt strange, and asked the little girl what the dentist had said and done to her.
Seeing that Ye Fei's face became serious, the little girl said timidly, the dentist only asked her a few questions: how many people are in the army here, what is the name of the commander, and what does it look like.
Ye Fei suddenly felt bad, and he immediately sent someone to find out the details of this dentist.
Just when Ye Fei confirmed that this dentist was the enemy's meticulous work, the person who went to investigate came back: he didn't find anything suspicious.
The dentist stayed here before they arrived, and he usually only treated the villagers and rarely went out.
Could it be that he is overthinking? After thinking about it, Ye Fei decided to go and see it for himself.
Ye Fei dressed up in disguise, he covered his teeth, pretended to be in unbearable pain, and came to the dentist's office.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw the old doctor in the middle of the room, who was standing at the table and pulling out a patient's tooth. When he saw someone coming in, he hurriedly glanced at the door: "Let's wait by for a while." ”
There were still a few people in the clinic, and Ye Fei sat aside. He waited quietly as he looked around.
It's a very ordinary room, and there is nothing else but medical equipment.
At this moment, Ye Fei saw a painting hanging on the wall. This painting depicts a portrait of a person, Ye Tianshi, a famous medical scientist in the Qing Dynasty.
Speaking of Ye Tianshi, Ye Fei is too familiar. When he was a child, his father taught him to write Chinese characters every day in order not to make him forget that he was half Chinese.
In order to let him learn to write his own name, Ye's father took out Ye Tianshi's portrait and pointed to the painting to tell him that he and the famous medical scientist have the same surname.
As a result, Ye Fei had a very deep memory of Ye Tianshi.
After waiting for Ye Fei, Ye Fei chatted with the old doctor and observed the old doctor's reaction.
The old doctor thought that he was afraid of pain and wanted to distract him, so he kept talking to him.
Suddenly, Ye Fei pointed to the words on the wall and asked, "Who are you painting here?" He doesn't look like a doctor. ”
The old doctor paused, thought for a while before replying: "It's a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, named Ye ...... Ye Tianshi. ”
Ye Fei nodded, and never said a word after that.
After Ye Fei returned to the camp, he immediately sent an order: immediately arrest the dentist at the entrance of the village, he is the enemy's meticulous work!
Everyone wondered, this doctor is so old, how can it be a meticulous work? But since the commander gave the order, they could only do it.
The fighters broke into the clinic and took the dentist under control. After everyone rummaged through the cabinets in his house, they actually found a few letters written in Japanese, as well as a radio station.
Everyone couldn't help but admire: Master Ye is really like a god!
How did Ye Fei find out? It turned out that the old doctor said the wrong thing, Ye Tianshi was not from the Ming Dynasty, but from the Qing Dynasty.
Even Ye Fei, who doesn't study medicine, knows common sense, but the old doctor doesn't know.
This old doctor is really not a dentist, he was threatened by the Japanese army, so he had to lurk in the village, waiting for the arrival of the army.
Seeing that everyone was clamoring for him to be executed on the spot, the old doctor cried and begged Ye Fei to spare him.
Ye Fei pondered for a while and decided to let the old doctor go.
Not long ago, he had just received the news that his superiors had sent him to attack Cheqiao, and he happened to use the old doctor to convey false news to the Japanese army to make a move to divert the tiger from the mountain.
He asked the old doctor to deliver the news to the Japanese army: the New Fourth Army was going to attack Jingkou.
In order to survive, the old doctor had no choice but to agree to the request of the New Fourth Army.
The Japanese army got the letter, and sure enough, the whole army set off towards Jingkou. The bridge was unguarded and was broken by Ye Fei and his people in one fell swoop.
Ye Fei relied on his wit to put the Japanese army in a position without much effort, and this matter spread in the army for a while.
Since then, Ye Fei has been cautious and has made great contributions to the revolutionary cause.