Chapter 84: Everything Follows The Boss’s Instructions
Under the command of First Expeditionary Fleet Commander Shiozawa Koichi, 2000 Japanese Marines also quickly boarded the fleet, preparing to set off for Shanghai, thousands of miles away, to throw themselves into the battlefield, to expand territory for their Empire, or to become cannon fodder and be killed in action in a foreign land.
This was a hellish campaign,
Superior Private Kono Keita sat in the cabin, eating his dry rations while recalling the events before his departure,
His father was gravely ill in bed,
So the people seeing him off at the train were only his elderly mother and his wife Nono Yuri,
His mother said to him: “This is a very important expedition; even with money, one may not be able to buy an expedition quota. It is also a good opportunity for you to achieve success and establish a career. I have four sons; even if you are killed in action, you do not need to worry about the family situation. But if you achieve success and establish a career, it will be the glory of our entire family!”
“So you must seize this expedition quota well and make a contribution to our family!”
“As for your wife and children, we will take good care of them!”
“But if you are unfortunately captured by the Chinese Army, then you should take your own life!”
“I absolutely will not allow you to surrender to the Chinese Army or do anything shameful that would bring disgrace to our entire family!”
“I do not want to go out on the street and be pointed at and cursed and ridiculed behind my back by everyone!”
“I believe you do not want your family to suffer such a humiliating fate either!”
This was the important speech his mother gave to Superior Private Kono Keita on the eve of his expedition.
As for his personal life and death, his mother did not care at all,
She only cared about the fate and glory of the entire family.
As for his wife Nono Yuri,
She was running around in the sea of people in the farewell crowd, trying to find his figure, but did not find him right away,
However, Superior Private Kono Keita spotted Nono Yuri from the train window and kept waving his hand and shouting loudly to her,
But because the entire farewell train station platform was full of crowds at the time,
His beloved wife did not see his shouts right away,
“Woo woo woo—”
Until a series of whistle sounds rang out,
His beloved wife Nono Yuri finally saw Superior Private Kono Keita’s figure,
In the end, both were tearful, waving and shouting farewell to each other.
That moment of parting scene immediately made Superior Private Kono Keita’s eyes red for the first time, and he sobbed softly.
He missed his beloved wife and his young children,
In fact, his enthusiasm for war was not very high,
He even did not want to go to Shanghai to participate in operations,
But he was selected by his mother, who valued family reputation, to serve in the Navy, and she obtained a combat quota for him.
Regarding this,
Superior Private Kono Keita felt full of resentment toward his mother when he thought of this,
Because his mother had taken away his happy life.
“Damn war, and those Chinese Army!”
This was after Superior Private Kono Keita finished eating the dry rations in his hand,
He complained with a face full of anger.
But he did not complain about his country’s Army and Navy,
Which were the ultimate culprits behind starting the war.
And on the Japanese fleet, there were many Japanese Marines like Superior Private Kono Keita who were lost in memories,
It was just that the things they recalled were all different.
And at this time, Zhou Wenhua brought his security team to the area of the first rubber plantation,
That was the rubber plantations in Zhanjiang, Maoming, Yangjiang, and other areas in the Western Guangdong Region on the Yangcheng side,
There, the planting area of natural rubber was only 3000 hectares.
The average planting density of the rubber forest was 495 trees per hectare, which was too dense and not conducive to the growth of other understory plants.
If reasonably densely planted and the planting density of rubber trees reduced, it would allow other wild animals and plants to have living space,
And also improve the biodiversity and disease resistance of the rubber forest, playing a role in intercepting fog water and conserving water sources.
However, Zhou Wenhua came to inspect these rubber plantations,
It was not just simply to check the situation of the rubber plantations,
But to check the training situation of the security team he deployed at the plantations,
And the recruiting situation,
And after handling matters for Zhou Wenhua,
Naval Officer Ren Lianjie, who had escaped from Shanghai, suddenly arrived here early from the rubber plantation on the Yunnan side, and according to Zhou Wenhua’s instructions, was supervising the training of the security team here,
“Boss! You finally came here to inspect!”
“I have been waiting for you for a long time!”
“The recruiting and military training matters you instructed me to handle have all been taken care of; you can inspect them anytime!”
Upon seeing Zhou Wenhua appear,
Ren Lianjie also came out from one of the rubber plantations with a group of security team to welcome him,
“Hahaha! That’s good!”
“Because the Japanese have already started provoking war in Shanghai; I’m afraid in a few days, large-scale war will break out in Shanghai!”
“At that time, I hope the new recruits you trained for me can participate in this Battle of Shanghai to hone their combat capability!”
“What do you think?”
Facing the beaming Ren Lianjie, Zhou Wenhua was in a great mood and responded,
“Everything according to Boss’s instructions!”
“But maybe not every security guard dares to participate in actual combat; we can select the best through survival of the fittest!”
Ren Lianjie nodded in agreement.
“Yes! Fine!”
“I will!”
“I won’t hide it from you; the reason I had you and other management I trust do recruiting to form our security team is to kill Japanese soldiers! Defend the country!”
“Not entirely just to protect my plantations and factories and such industries!”
“Nor for other uses!”
Seeing Ren Lianjie who was very obedient to his instructions, Zhou Wenhua nodded very satisfied and said frankly.
“Yes! I will definitely follow you, Boss, to conquer north and south!”
“Anyway, after that day, I am no longer a Navy officer; I have made up my mind to follow you for life!”
“Of course, if you do not want me, then I will need to find another way to survive!”
Ren Lianjie also said frankly.
“You are already one of my direct subordinates, so unless I die, or your character changes and you do bad things or betray me, I will not abandon you, my direct subordinate!”
“Of course, or if I am assassinated by the Japanese, then there is no way!”
Zhou Wenhua promised.
And he extended his right hand and shook hands with Ren Lianjie, expressing his trust and reaching cooperation.
Seeing this, Ren Lianjie also smiled and shook hands with Zhou Wenhua.
