Chapter 162: Takeshita Shun And Zhou Weiguo’s Farewell Upon Returning Home
At the Berlin Military Academy, after military training ended, Zhou Weiguo received dual telegrams from the Central Military Academy and the Military Commission back home, ordering him to immediately return to Shanghai to receive new operation orders, because war had already broken out at Lugou Bridge, so he had to rejoin his unit and prepare for deployment in the Shanghai Operation.
“Finally going back to Shanghai? I wonder how my family is doing now? Father, brother, and little brother, and how is Chen Yi and the others?”
“And Xiao Ya!”
As soon as he received the dual telegrams from the Central Military Academy and the Military Commission,
Zhou Weiguo was also emotional and excited, looking forward to meeting his longed-for family as soon as possible,
including the two women he had liked,
Then, he decisively bid farewell to the instructors at the Special Forces Training Camp, and also said goodbye one by one to the teammates he was familiar with.
At this time, Takeshita Shun also learned of the order for Zhou Weiguo to return immediately,
In fact, he had also received an order from Imperial General Headquarters to return to the Japanese Homeland immediately and await the next operation orders.
Takeshita Shun, who graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, met Zhou Weiguo at the Berlin Military Academy, became good friends, and had predicted that the war between the Japanese Army and the National Revolutionary Army would end with the defeat of the Japanese Army, also came to Zhou Weiguo’s side without hesitation to bid him farewell.
“I heard you received orders to return home?”
As soon as they met,
Takeshita Shun got straight to the point and said to Zhou Weiguo.
“Yes! Isn’t it because your troops have started a war again in our country, invading Lugou Bridge? Otherwise, I wouldn’t be returning home so quickly!”
In response to Takeshita Shun’s inquiry, Zhou Weiguo replied in an unkind tone, speaking coldly.
“Regarding this matter, I’m very sorry, but it’s not something my personal power can control!”
“I’m here today just to say farewell to you!”
“And I’m the same as you, I’ve received orders to return home!”
“Maybe after we part today, we’ll never have a chance to meet again!”
“During the time we knew each other and trained at the Berlin Military Academy, I’ve already considered you my best friend and rival! So I hope if we have the chance, we can still keep in contact!”
“Weiguo!”
Regarding Zhou Weiguo’s cold attitude,
Takeshita Shun responded frankly, somewhat embarrassed.
Takeshita Shun had taken the initiative to greet Zhou Weiguo in the library at the Berlin Military Academy, and that’s how they got to know each other,
At the beginning, Zhou Weiguo thought he was his compatriot, so he responded enthusiastically, but when he learned that Takeshita Shun was Japanese, Zhou Weiguo’s attitude immediately turned cold.
So Takeshita Shun was already accustomed to the situation where his identity as a person from the Japanese Homeland caused his relationship with Zhou Weiguo to often change,
Embarrassment was also commonplace.
“Contact is fine, but I still say the same thing: if you set foot in my country and lead troops to kill my citizens, I absolutely won’t show you mercy!”
“So I hope you won’t participate in war!”
“Otherwise, our friendship will be severed!”
Zhou Weiguo reminded Takeshita Shun firmly.
“I’ll remember what you said!”
Takeshita Shun nodded and replied with a smile.
Although he himself had no confidence deep down about whether he would participate in war in the future,
But at this moment, in order to have a normal farewell with Zhou Weiguo, he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
“Mm!”
“Then tonight, the two of us drink a little and eat something!”
“Just like you said, maybe after we part tonight, we’ll really be separated forever!”
“Even if we meet on the battlefield in the future, we’ll only be mortal enemies! The kind that won’t rest until one dies!”
However, the response from Zhou Weiguo completely caught Takeshita Shun off guard: he actually invited him to have dinner together.
“Ah! This…”
Takeshita Shun was surprised and delighted at the same time.
“What’s wrong? Unwilling?”
“If you’re unwilling, forget it. Anyway, I’m leaving here early tomorrow morning!”
“A bit reluctant to leave the Berlin Military Academy! I don’t know if I’ll have a chance to come back here in my lifetime!”
Seeing Takeshita Shun shocked by his proposal,
Zhou Weiguo said very directly.
“No! I’m willing! Let’s go, I’ll treat!”
Seeing this, Takeshita Shun immediately agreed without hesitation,
He was worried that Zhou Weiguo would leave right away, without even a farewell dinner party.
As Zhou Weiguo said, after bidding farewell tonight, they might never see each other again, and even if they met on the battlefield in the future, they would only be enemies to the death.
So he also cherished this evening dinner party,
He even wanted to invite his instructor to join the dinner party.
However, just before the dinner party,
Zhou Weiguo also called Zhou Wenhua, hoping he could arrange for him to take a plane or cruise ship back to Shanghai early the next morning.
He didn’t want to follow the arrangements of the Military Academy and the Military Commission to take those ordinary steamboats back to Shanghai.
