Chapter 185: The Night Zhou Weiguo Equips With German Weaponry
Yuanping City, the sky was overcast, a drizzle began to fall, the city gate had already been breached by the Japanese Army, everywhere was filled with the smoke after the warfare, ruins, and bodies strewn across the field, including those of the 29th Route Army and the Japanese Army, while the Japanese Army troops had no one remaining in this city that had already been abandoned by the 29th Route Army.
Because the Japanese Army attacking here was pursuing Brigadier General Zhao, who was the Division Commander and Brigade Commander of the 132nd Division who had broken out, as well as Deputy Army Commander Tong, and the few remnants around them,
As for Division Commander Feng of the 37th Division, he had broken out early on orders.
And the troops that protected and rescued Brigadier General Zhao, as well as Deputy Army Commander Tong, were Zhou Wenhua’s clone troops.
Otherwise, these two 29th Route Army officers would have long been completely captured alive or killed by the Japanese Army that had breached the city gate.
“Thank you for saving us!”
“I don’t know which troops your noble army belongs to?”
“Is it the Central Army’s German-equipped division troops?”
“Has the Central Army come to intervene and support us in resisting the Japanese invaders?”
After Zhou Wenhua’s clone troops rescued them,
After escorting them to a safe place,
Deputy Army Commander Tong, whose left leg was injured, also expressed sincere gratitude.
“Sorry! We are secret troops acting on orders and cannot tell you our designation!”
“Now that we have sent you to a safe place, we must leave as soon as possible. You should also quickly stay away from Beiping!”
“Because earlier, while the Japanese Army was conducting fake negotiations with your Commander Song and other high-level personnel, they had already dispatched large numbers of Kwantung Army troops, as well as troops transferred from the homeland, converging on Beiping, Tianjin, and Fengtai, these three important strongholds. Now they have also begun dispatching reinforcements to Yuanping City!”
“Their ultimate goal is to capture Beiping. With the current state and strength of Beiping’s defending troops, they are completely unable to engage in operations against the menacing Japanese Army. Even according to the intelligence we received, when the Japanese Army launches the siege operation, Beiping’s defending troops will probably have already begun evacuating Beiping!”
“At that time, it will just be an ordinary city with no troops stationed there. The ones who will suffer are the civilians who remain there, unaware of anything!”
Regarding Deputy Army Commander’s Tong gratitude,
Clone Officer Chen Jiayao calmly advised the other party to quickly leave the Beiping area, go to the rear area’s safe zone, reorganize the troops, and prepare for subsequent operations to resist the Japanese invaders.
“What! The 29th Route Army troops in Beiping City will evacuate?”
“What are they doing? Are they afraid of the Japanese invaders?”
“These bastards, who issued the evacuation order?”
“Don’t they know how important Beiping City is? How can they learn from the Northeastern Army and become fleeing troops?”
“I absolutely will not forgive these bastard guys who abandoned the city and fled!”
After hearing this,
Deputy Army Commander Tong was immediately stunned,
Then, he changed from shock to furious, roaring repeatedly.
And Brigadier General Zhao beside him, who was also injured, was equally angry,
“That’s an internal matter for your 29th Army, I won’t comment. Now I hope you can quickly reach the rear area, reorganize, rectify the troops, and in the subsequent battles, kill more Japanese invaders!”
“We’re withdrawing now! We have other combat missions to handle!”
Regarding the fury of these two rescued officers,
Clone Officer Chen Jiayao ignored their moods and decisively said farewell.
“Mm! Alright!”
“Regardless, thank you for the rescue!”
“And the information you provided!”
Seeing Clone Officer Chen Jiayao’s decisive intention to withdraw immediately,
Deputy Army Commander Tong stopped cursing and thanked them again.
And also bid farewell to the departure of these clone troops,
“Where are we going now?”
After Zhou Wenhua’s clone troops had gone far away,
Brigadier General Zhao immediately said to Deputy Army Commander Tong.
“Listen to that German weaponry officer’s opinion, go to the rear area to reorganize the troops!”
“In the subsequent battles, we must fight back!”
“The shame of Yuanping City, we must avenge it from the Japanese invaders!”
Deputy Army Commander Tong decisively responded.
Brigadier General Zhao also nodded in agreement after hearing this.
Thus, the two of them, despite their injuries, mounted their horses, led their remnants, and withdrew toward the rear area’s safe zone.
At the same time,
That night,
Zhou Weiguo had also already brought his troops,
The entire 583rd Regiment, a reinforced regiment of over 1500 soldiers, was receiving the car convoy dispatched by Zhou Wenhua, preparing to change to German weaponry.
Regarding the matter of changing equipment at night,
All the soldiers in the regiment had already heard about it and were full of anticipation,
Even Battalion Commander Yao Ziqing, who usually showed little emotional response, had an expectant expression while waiting for the first change to German weaponry equipment.
As soldiers, who doesn’t like their troops, or even themselves, to have excellent weapons for operations, to kill Japanese invaders to defend the homeland?
For them, excellent weapons were talismans that could save lives on the battlefield.
They were also the source of confidence and courage for resisting the Japanese invaders.
