At noon on April 2, 1932, Zhou Wen followed the military train of the Fifth Army headquarters and came to Nanjing Railway Station again.
Before the train stopped, Zhou Wen saw a large welcoming crowd on the platform in the carriage. Among them were two high-ranking officials wearing the rank of general. One of them was Chief Qian, Qian’s eldest brother, whom Zhou Wen was familiar with. It seemed that He came to greet the Fifth Army on behalf of the principal. In addition to many military officers, there was also a large group of celebrities who looked like they represented all walks of life.
Judging from the welcome specifications, the Military Commission should be very satisfied with the performance of the Fifth Army in the Songhu War of Resistance. This welcome formation is comparable to welcoming a triumphant division that has won a war.
Commander Zhang looked at Zhou Wen and nodded, then got off the train with his generals and walked towards the welcoming crowd amidst the cheerful and warm military music.
Zhou Wen did not follow Chief Zhang to attend the welcome ceremony. Instead, he got off the car with a major adjutant named Liu after Chief Zhang got off the car for a while, then quietly left the group from the back of the team, and then walked through a side door of the platform. After walking out, he got into a car from the Central Military Academy and disappeared at the end of the road.
Zhou Wen didn't want to join in the fun at the welcome ceremony, and he didn't want to attract attention because of his identity. As for Brother Qian, there would be many opportunities to meet him in the future, so he didn't care about this moment.
Before that, Zhou Wen had declined Chief Zhang's proposal to see the principal. Zhou Wen knew in his heart that under the current situation, it was better to keep a certain distance from the principal. Otherwise, if that person couldn't help but solicit in person, would you agree? So it is better not to see each other now. There are some things that both parties actually understand in their hearts.
Zhou Wen kept talking to Adjutant Liu in the car. He had no intention of browsing the ancient city of Jinling. Instead, he began to think about various matters in Shanghai and Nanjing.
Before Zhou Wen left Shanghai, he gave a detailed explanation of the follow-up matters in Shanghai. Internally, before Miaohua and Zhang Xiaoping fully recovered, the task Zhou Wen now gave to the brothers in the mercenary group was to familiarize themselves with the environment in Shanghai as soon as possible, including Different from the previous way of life and the streets and alleys in the city, even those crisscrossing lanes and alleys need to be understood clearly.
There are only two external tasks. One is the relationship with the Youth Gang. This matter is taken over by the Zhao Ying siblings.
The second is the preparations for Henry to set up a security company. In the past few days, he has been in contact with a military attache from the U.S. Consulate, but before that he still has to prepare a large number of written applications and plans, and at the same time recruit a certain number of people. American employees. All of the above takes a lot of time.
The freight company cannot be rushed yet. Zhou Wen still needs to go to Nanjing to do a series of preliminary work.
As for the work in Nanjing, of course, the first thing is to do his job well. Zhou Wen should try his best to teach the cadets in the military academy the experience and tactics he knows and has experienced in fighting against Japan. This is not very difficult, and the teaching materials are all ready-made. Yes, just take out what was explained to Zhao Changshu’s officers.
In fact, Zhou Wen was eager to teach him all the tactics and experiences he knew about fighting the Japanese army. If not for anything else, just because throughout the history of the All-out War of Resistance, more than 90% of the nearly 100,000 cadets who walked out of this military academy died on the battlefield of this Great Patriotic War, and Zhou Wen It is the hope that through their own efforts, more people can survive the war and enjoy the glory of victory that belongs to them.
In addition, it is indispensable to deal with the Central Party Headquarters. After all, Zhou Wen and the mercenary group are still nominally under the management of the Central Party Headquarters, not to mention the establishment of a freight company in the name of the Central Party Headquarters. But how to discuss these details, Zhou Wen is now I still have no clue, so I have to play it by ear.
Zhou Wen's top priority is to rent a private house to live near the military academy as soon as possible. Zhou Wen does not plan to live in the instructors' dormitory of the military academy arranged by Chief Zhang because Ti Jing and Tieniu are driving a newly purchased Buick Bridge at this time. I drove over from Shanghai. It would be too conspicuous and public if I stayed in the school, so I would have more freedom outside.
Zhou Wen still has a lot of things to do in Nanjing this time. It is very inconvenient not to have a car. Among other things, the Central Party Headquarters must report frequently. At least he must show respect to his superiors, right? Chief Qian and Chief Gu also need to travel more frequently. The most important thing is that he also brought a radio station to maintain smooth communication with Shanghai and Shanxi.
But what Zhou Wen didn't expect was that the car he was riding in was stopped by the guard as soon as it arrived at the gate of the school. While Adjutant Liu was negotiating with the guard, Zhou Wen got out of the car and stood at the gate of the military school, looking at the building with interest. A famous military academy in history.
The Central Army Military Academy is located in Xiaoying, Nanjing. The gate is a high square gate made of cement, which can accommodate two trucks side by side. There are two brick guard booths on each side of the gate. Iron fence walls extend along both sides of the gate, and outside the wall is a low pine forest. It does not affect the sight of the sentry, but adds a bit of softness to this slightly upright and solemn building complex.
Looking in from outside the gate, the main building of the office building opposite the gate is a 3-story square building with 2-story office buildings extending on both sides. Behind the office building, a huge playground was vaguely visible. Zhou Wen could see many students in military uniforms training on the playground.
When Adjutant Liu came over, Zhou Wen realized that it was the Central Party Headquarters who knew that he had arrived in Nanjing today and specifically asked him to report to the Central Party Headquarters as soon as possible. The car was already waiting at the school.
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An hour later, a black car from the Central Party Headquarters took Zhou Wen to a large courtyard near Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing. The courtyard covered a very large area. Passing through a central flower terrace, a French palace-style building came into view. From what Zhou Wen saw, this building was the largest foreign-style building Zhou Wen had ever seen in this period. Although there are only two floors, it looks particularly solemn and simple, with some traces of historical vicissitudes.
The front roof design is even more unique. A bell tower-style top reminds people of the architectural features of the Louvre in France. There is a projecting porch at the central entrance of the facade.
At this time, a person standing at the entrance of the porch diverted Zhou Wen's attention from admiring the scenery. He did not expect that the person who greeted him at the door was Liu Ruoshui, with a fat face that looked particularly friendly, and the glasses he wore showed through. glow with joy.
