Chapter 126: Zhou Weiguo’s Shock And The 29th Route Army’s Preparations For A Gratitude Banquet
When Division Commander Liu of the 129th Division was astonished by the supplies, hand grenades, rifles, and other weaponry sent by Zhou Wenhua’s personnel, Zhou Wenhua had already brought his bodyguard team to the outskirts of Beiping City, to a small steel factory he had established there.
As for Zhou Weiguo, he was at that moment continuing his special training as a special forces soldier in Berlin.
It was January in Berlin, the cold winter, with heavy snow falling.
Zhou Weiguo, having just finished training, received telegrams from his sworn elder brother Liu Yuan and sworn brother Liu Zhihui, both asking if he was coming home for the New Year or inquiring about his recent life.
“I’m afraid I won’t be able to go home for the New Year this year!”
“Unless I’m summoned back by the military headquarters for operations or a gathering, I probably won’t be able to go home!”
“Spending the New Year in this foreign land will probably be my third time!”
“I wonder how Father’s health has been recently?”
“Has that kid Liu Zhihui been taking good care of him!”
“And Elder Brother Liu Yuan, how has he been lately? I heard he also ran into some trouble!”
“Damn it! How could things turn out like this?”
“In just a few short years! So many unexpected things have happened!”
After reading the telegrams from his two sworn brothers, Zhou Weiguo
muttered to himself with a heavy and complicated mood.
“Zhou Weiguo! Someone is looking for you outside! Go out for a moment!”
Just then, a gatekeeper named Perkins from the special forces training camp suddenly approached Zhou Weiguo and said.
“Hmm! Someone is looking for me here?”
“Who is it? Isn’t it strictly forbidden for outsiders to visit here?”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Weiguo asked back with a face full of confusion.
“You’re right, visitors aren’t usually allowed, but the person accompanying him is our special operations expert, Officer Otto Skorzeny, who brought him personally!”
“And our commanders, Vokes and Schiepp, also personally made phone calls to approve their visit!”
“That’s why I came to ask you to go out and meet the visitor!”
Schiepp, with a strange expression, gazed at Zhou Weiguo, whose yellow skin he had always looked down upon,
and explained with great envy.
Because he also didn’t expect that Zhou Weiguo had already managed to get close to so many high-ranking officers in the special forces,
so at this moment, he had changed his arrogant attitude towards Zhou Weiguo, whom he had never paid much attention to.
“What!”
After hearing this,
Zhou Weiguo exclaimed in shock.
He was more shocked by this news than anyone else.
However, after his shock,
he quickly followed the gatekeeper Perkins to meet the visitors.
Soon, he saw who it was that Officer Otto Skorzeny, the German special operations expert, had personally driven to bring,
it was someone he didn’t recognize at all.
“May I ask who you are?”
After the visitor left Officer Otto Skorzeny and walked up to Zhou Weiguo,
Zhou Weiguo, with a puzzled expression, asked the person directly.
“My name is Wang Jianfei!”
“I was sent by your cousin Zhou Wenhua!”
“According to the intelligence we’ve collected, the Japanese Army will launch a war in Beiping in July this year, and even simultaneously in Shanghai. You will receive an order to return home then, so I’m here to inform you in advance so you can prepare!”
“Also, this is a New Year’s gift from our boss to you!”
“It’s a set of individual combat military uniforms and weaponry, along with some food and winter clothing!”
After introducing himself, the visitor responded directly.
“.”
Zhou Weiguo
He was so surprised that he didn’t know what to say in response for a moment.
However, he quickly took the suitcase that Wang Jianfei handed him.
Then, he bid farewell to the other person,
and stared blankly as Wang Jianfei got into Officer Otto Skorzeny’s car and drove away.
The conversation between the two sides was brief, but the news it conveyed to Zhou Weiguo was astonishing, leaving his heart unsettled for a long time.
And at the same time,
Zhou Wenhua was visiting his small steel factory,
and inquiring about the secret location in Beiping where he had stored weaponry and supplies, how much weaponry and ammunition had been stored, and preparing to deal with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident that would break out in July.
As for within Beiping City,
Division Commander Zhao of the 132nd Division and Division Commander Zhang of the 38th Division of the 29th Army, along with Deputy Army Commander Tong and Army Commander Song and other high-ranking officials, were preparing a banquet for Zhou Wenhua’s arrival.
They made the banquet very welcoming,
lively, and even invited some opera troupes to perform for Zhou Wenhua, to thank him for the large sums of money and supplies he had donated to the 29th Army over the years.
It can be said that for this banquet,
the high-ranking officials of the 29th Army had spared no effort to prepare in gratitude to Zhou Wenhua.
