Chapter 187: Panic In The City
Although they were rejected by Division Commander Xia when inquiring with Zhou Weiguo about the source of German Weaponry equipment and why they were given such fine equipment, all of the 98th Division began to turn their attention to Zhou Weiguo’s side, to conduct inquiries and try to connect with his handler to make purchases.
However, regarding these officers’ enthusiastic visits for help, Zhou Weiguo impatiently refused them.
Moreover, he himself was not a production merchant or sales merchant of German Weaponry equipment, so Zhou Weiguo very frankly refused these visiting officers.
And although these officers were not very happy about Zhou Weiguo’s cold refusal, none of them offended him. First, Zhou Weiguo’s background was not something they could challenge alone. Second, they were still persistent, feeling that as long as they built a good relationship with Zhou Weiguo, they might be able to obtain channels for German Weaponry equipment from him in the future. Moreover, they were still officers in the same troops, and even if they did not obtain German Weaponry equipment, they would still need to support each other in operations on the battlefield in the future.
It was also because of these reasons that after being rejected, not many of the 98th Division’s officers truly resented Zhou Weiguo.
After driving away these 98th Division officers,
the battalion commander of the artillery battalion in Zhou Weiguo’s regiment also hurriedly came over anxiously.
“Hmm? What’s wrong?”
Looking at Artillery Battalion Commander Li Yunjie with a face full of anxious expression, he asked puzzledly.
“It’s like this, Regiment Commander. Our entire regiment has already been equipped with German Weaponry equipment!”
“But most of it is light weaponry equipment. As for artillery and field guns, our entire regiment doesn’t have many!”
“Our entire regiment’s artillery now only has 6 domestically produced 82mm mortars!”
“And it’s also relatively lacking in cannonball supply!”
“So I came this time hoping to see if the Regiment Commander could get some German Weaponry artillery or field guns for our entire regiment—even just a few would be good! Of course, even German Weaponry mortars would work!”
“Especially in terms of cannonball supply, the more the better. Otherwise, I, this so-called artillery battalion commander, would just be an empty title!”
Regarding Zhou Weiguo’s inquiry,
Artillery Battalion Commander Li Yunjie was embarrassed for a moment,
then hesitantly told him all the thoughts about why he came here.
“Alright! I’ll think of a way for you. Without a certain number of artillery for support operation, it would be a dangerous factor for our entire regiment, especially if we face Japanese Troops later—it would put us even more at a disadvantage!”
Facing the anxious and nervous Artillery Battalion Commander Li Yunjie,
Zhou Weiguo agreed without thinking.
Because these were his own troops under his command, he was very willing to obtain more fine weaponry equipment and sufficient ammunition supply for operations, especially heavy firepower weaponry equipment.
As long as they had sufficient heavy firepower weaponry equipment, they would not be at a disadvantage in future operations against Japanese Troops.
“Thank you! Regiment Commander!”
As soon as he saw that Zhou Weiguo had agreed to the conditions he proposed,
Artillery Battalion Commander Li Yunjie immediately became ecstatic and hurriedly expressed his thanks.
Zhou Weiguo then smiled and told him to go back to the artillery battalion and wait for good news.
Then, he prepared to go to the communication room to send a telegram to Zhou Weiguo’s handler, inquiring if he could provide him with some fine German Weaponry artillery.
And at this moment,
in Beiping City, all the citizens of the whole city had fallen into great panic.
Because the news of Yuanping falling under the edge of the army of the Japanese Army,
had quickly spread throughout the entire Beiping City.
It scared the citizens who were already worried about the safety of Beiping City and the defense battle of Yuanping City into extreme anxiety.
There were even quite a few people who became panic-stricken.
As for citizens fleeing the disaster, some had already appeared, leaving with their families.
Of course, there were still quite a few citizens remaining in Beiping City.
As for the troops guarding the city, they were also discussing whether to immediately evacuate the city.
