"Don't worry about what others say. They are just jealous of you. Why did Yoshibe Kazuma choose you as his son-in-law instead of those who are jealous of you? This already shows how outstanding you are!" Zhou Zhengqing replied with a smile.

After hearing what Zhou Zhengqing said, Shigeno Taro's eyes became a little wet.

This is an affirmation from a great noble!

Even Captain Takazaki, who was born into a noble family, praised me! I am so honored!

"Hi! Thank you for your affirmation!" After saying that, Shigeno Taro bowed again and lowered his body very low.

Just two sentences were enough to move a lieutenant colonel to the point of almost crying. It also shows how the ordinary Japanese of that era treated the great nobles with awe.

"Lieutenant Colonel Shigeno, are all the cannons ready? And are the thirteen Type 92s all deployed?"

Zhou Zhengqing was very satisfied with Shigeno Taro's attitude. He turned his head and looked at the cannon in front of him and asked.

"Everything is ready. I have left two hundred professional artillerymen here. They can definitely fire all the shells I brought within two hours.

I also sent people to take the thirteen Type 92s, divided them into four groups and deployed them in four directions. Together with mortars and machine guns, they can block off a large area."

"Yo!" Zhou Zhengqing first praised him, then said with a smile: "I heard that Lieutenant Colonel Shigeno is also from Osaka. It just so happens that this Ogura Daichi next to me is also from Osaka. You can get closer to him in the future." As he said that, Zhou Zhengqing pointed to Ogura Daichi behind him.

"Haha, Ogura-kun and I already know each other and we are already good friends!" Shigeno Taro glanced at Ogura Daichi behind Zhou Zhengqing and said with a smile.

Good friends! Good friends are good! Zhou Zhengqing looked at the "eye contact" between Shigeno Taro and Ogura Daichi strangely.

"Nakamura-kun, now that everything is ready, then..."

Just as Zhou Zhengqing was about to give an order, a military policeman came running over and reported loudly, "Captain, Colonel Asano Daigo from the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department is here, but he was stopped outside. He said he has something urgent to discuss with you."

As soon as Zhou Zhengqing heard this, he knew what was going on and sighed to himself that Asano Daigo was destined to be an errand boy.

"Let him come here!"

"Hi Yi!"

At this time, Nakagawa Ken came over and complained, "Captain, why do you let me lead the reserve team? I want to fight in the front. Mitsuda Shoma and the others can go to the front! Can you give me a replacement?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengqing looked at this stubborn man speechlessly.

I was not afraid that you would die, and it would be difficult to explain to your family! Now you are blaming me for not letting you fight!

"Baga! Just do whatever I tell you to do! Why are you talking so much nonsense? If you keep on talking, just switch with Yusuke Ichijo and go back to guard the house!" Zhou Zhengqing scolded.

"Well, then I'll lead the reserve team." Ken Nakagawa shrank his neck, said in a low voice, then stepped aside and stared blankly.

While Zhou Zhengqing was speaking, he had already arrived next to a cannon and saw a dozen Japanese soldiers waiting quietly there.

Zhou Zhengqing approached an artilleryman holding a rope and asked curiously, "Is this rope used for firing the cannon?"

When the soldier heard Zhou Zhengqing's question, he quickly stood up, put his legs together, bowed and said loudly: "Report to the commander, this is the gun rope, pull it and the gun will fire."

"Oh! Are the shells loaded now?" Zhou Zhengqing's eyes lit up as he stared at the iron thing in front of him. Although the barrel didn't look thick, this was the first time Zhou Zhengqing had actually seen the real thing with his own eyes and he was still very excited.

"Report to the commander, it has not been loaded yet, and the commander's order is needed!"

"What are you waiting for! Try it out and let me see!" Zhou Zhengqing turned his head and said to Shigeno Taro.

"Hi!" Shigeno Taro responded, then nodded slightly to a Japanese soldier.

The second lieutenant suddenly drew out his command knife and shouted a series of professional terms in Japanese that Zhou Zhengqing could not quite understand.

Then the artillerymen next to the ten cannons began to move, some operated the cannons to make some fine adjustments, and others carried artillery shells over from the side.

Then the soldier in charge of inserting the shell opened the gun barrel and inserted a shell. . . .

Zhou Zhengqing looked at the quick movements of these Japanese soldiers and couldn't help but sigh that the Japanese army was well-trained at that time. No wonder they were able to achieve quick results at the beginning of the War of Resistance.

Soon, the cannon was loaded.

Zhou Zhengqing excitedly took the gun rope from the soldier and asked, "If I pull this now, will it fire? Can it hit a place five kilometers away?"

"Report to the commander, the target has been checked, and we can hit the target by pulling the gun rope."

“Yoshi!” Zhou Zhengqing smiled and turned around to look at the people around him: “Then let me fire the first shot. Once my shot goes off, we’ll start the action! Hehehe.”

"Hi!" Everyone obeyed.

"Captain Yingzaki!... There is an order from the headquarters!" Just when Zhou Zhengqing was about to try out what it felt like to fire a cannon himself, a shout suddenly came from a distance.

It was Daigo Asano's voice. He finally arrived.

Everyone made way, and Zhou Zhengqing saw Asano Daigo and his adjutant Harada running towards this side in a hurry.

Asano Daigo ran while waving the telegram in his hand.

Maybe he was in too much of a hurry and tripped while running, and immediately fell to the ground.

Harada, who was following behind him, quickly stepped forward and helped Asano Daigo up.

Seeing Asano Daigo standing up and quickly coming over here, Zhou Zhengqing looked at Itai Yudai with disdain and said, "Hey! Did you see that? He just fell down and nothing happened to him! But you, you knocked out your teeth when you fell down! Shame on you!"

Itai Yudai laughed twice, but when he thought that his teeth would show if he laughed, he quickly shut his mouth.

"Captain Takazaki! Urgent telegram from headquarters!" Daigo Asano came over breathlessly and quickly handed the telegram to Zhou Zhengqing.

"When did Colonel Asano become a messenger?" Zhou Zhengqing said as he took the telegram and glanced at it. Then he threw the telegram to Itai Yudai who was standing aside.

"Captain Takazaki! The headquarters sent a telegram to your gendarmerie, why didn't you receive it?" Daigo Asano said as he bent over and gasped, complaining.

"Oh. Our telegraph machine is broken."

"It's broken!" Asano Daigo didn't believe such a ridiculous reason, but now was not the time to dwell on it. He continued, "The headquarters ordered you to stop attacking the Togo troops! You have read the order, shouldn't you tell the soldiers to stop! And... uh..."

It was only at this time that Daigo Asano noticed the ten iron weapons lined up around him. When he just came over, he thought these were the Type 92 rifles that were used to bombard the National Police Agency before.

But now, when I look at it, my eyes suddenly become straight...

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