Chapter 223: The Reunion of the Old Man (Part 3)

On the big pier outside the south gate, the small steamer that was slowly berthing had not yet stopped, and it was guarded by the soldiers of the three regiments guarding the pier. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Han Zixu, Kevin and Luo Dongyuan on the deck saw dozens of long and short guns pointed at them, and the muzzles of the heavy machine guns in the fortifications above the dock side also turned around, and they immediately shouted loudly, "We are reporters, and we are field reporters who have been approved by the provincial government of Jiangxi Province and the garrisons in various places."

Duan Xuan, the head of the third regiment who arrived in a hurry, was very surprised to see a tall foreigner among the three, but he was only slightly stunned, so he ordered loudly:

"Listen, the people on the ship hand over all their weapons, whoever dares to refuse to obey orders, or hide their weapons and ammunition, will be severely punished!"

The officers and soldiers of the Ji'an Security Regiment who escorted the three reporters all the way had already changed into civilian clothes and the rifles they brought with them were also left in Ganzhou City, but three of them hid three shell guns around their waists for safety.

I didn't expect the Communist officer's eyes to be so powerful, and he could see the abnormality from a distance of more than ten meters.

In desperation, the three of them could only honestly take out the pistols hidden in their clothes and hand them to the five instructor officers and soldiers who were holding machine guns and quickly approaching.

Amid the stern warnings of the instructor's officers and soldiers, the three reporters and the officers and men of the Ji'an Security Regiment who escorted them raised their hands and boarded the gangplank and walked onto the heavily guarded pier together with all the boatmen and five members of the security regiment from Ganzhou.

Han Zixu and Kevin were very worried that someone would go wrong, and after boarding the dock, they still repeated what they had just said loudly, indicating their identity as reporters.

Luo Dongyuan followed closely behind Han Zixu and Kevin, although his whole body had already changed from a military uniform to a suit and leather shoes, wearing a Western-style top hat on his head, the skin on his face and body had become white after months of recuperation, and his upper lip had a beautiful mustache, and his whole temperament had changed a lot, but he was still worried about being recognized by a familiar officer and soldier.

Duan Xuan did not embarrass anyone, nor did he recognize Luo Dongyuan, who had trained under him for three months, and when the brothers under his command boarded the ship and searched for it, Zheng Yi and Wang Huchen arrived on horseback.

The sound of the horse's hooves hitting the bluestone slab was crisp and pleasant, Duan Xuan dazzled, and immediately gave an order: "Put away your weapons, stand by in place, and stand upright-"

Zheng Yi stopped and looked carefully at Kevin, who stopped explaining and looked at him, and Luo Dongyuan, who was hiding behind Kevin and blinking his eyes and continuing to pretend to be his grandson.

At this time, Kevin couldn't recognize Zheng Yi, whose temperament had changed greatly after four years of separation, and saw Zheng Yi riding on a horse looking at him with a smile, so he had to put away his temper and stop protesting.

When Han Zixu, who was next to Kevin, was a guest at Zheng Xuan's house, he saw a photo of Zheng Yi wearing a military uniform, so he recognized Zheng Yi at a glance, immediately smiled, and bowed politely.

Under the gaze of hundreds of soldiers and civilians, Zheng Yi turned over and dismounted, strode forward to meet him, came to Kevin, who was full of unhappiness, and greeted him in fluent English:

"Dear Kevin, I really didn't expect to see you in this place, I am very surprised and very happy, is Irini okay?"

Kevin was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to react, patting his chest and saying, "Oh, my God......"

"Old friends have been separated for four years, should we hug when we meet again?" Zheng Yi said as he opened his arms and walked towards Kevin, who was very excited.

Kevin immediately pounced on him and hugged Zheng Yi tightly: "It's shocking to me!" Praise God, let me see you again......"

"Dear Zheng, you don't know how much Irini and I miss you, after returning to our hometown in Belgium, we talked about you more than once for three years, wrote several letters to the address you left us, and never received a reply from you."

"If it weren't for the fact that Irini had just given birth to our first baby this time, oh yes, she was a lovely little princess like her mother, Irini would have returned to the East with me again!"

Zheng Yi laughed and gently pushed away Kevin, who was so excited that his face was red and chattering: "I'll invite you to drink later, but let me meet the other two reporters first." ā€

"I beg your pardon, I'm so excited."

Kevin hurriedly took a step back and introduced Han Zixu and Luo Dongyuan to Zheng Yi: "This is a famous current affairs reporter, Mr. Han Zixu from Singapore, he is a lone ranger, and he is also a columnist for The Times and the New York Times, and he is very famous in the journalist industry. ā€

"As for this one, he is Mr. Luo Dongyuan, a reporter from Huhai Oriental News Agency, he is a native of Nanchang, who contacted us along the way, pointed out the way, introduced us to a lot of historical allusions and local folk customs, and gave us great help, which is very good."

Zheng Yi shook hands with Han Zixu and greeted: "Welcome, friend from Nanyang!" ā€

Han Zixu said with a smile: "Thank you, General!" Thank you for your kind attention. ā€

Zheng Yi nodded, turned to Luo Dongyuan, and stretched out his big hand: "The Oriental News newspaper is a good newspaper, welcome Mr. Luo to come for an interview." ā€

Luo Dongyuan held back the excitement in his heart, stretched out his hands and shook Zheng Yi tightly: "Thank you, General!" It is my greatest honor to meet the general and so many outstanding soldiers! ā€

Wang Huchen finally recognized Luo Dongyuan at this time, a rare smile appeared on his tense poker face, and under Zheng Yi's introduction, he stepped forward to greet Kevin and Han Zixu, and Zheng Yi introduced Duan Xuan to the guests, and then welcomed the guests into the city gate, talked while walking, and returned to the county government in the city together.

After returning to the county hall and sitting down humbly, Zheng Yi truthfully answered the question raised by Han Zixu on the road: "That's right, General Yang Chisheng did send me a letter, and it was precisely because I saw this letter that I rushed to the dock to meet you." ā€

"As for Mr. Han's question about prisoners of war, we have responded to General Yang Chisheng and agreed to release all the captured Yunnan officers and soldiers."

"Since these more than 530 Yunnan officers and soldiers were captured by our army when they attacked the county seat of Ningdu, and are currently being held in Xingguo County, which is more than 100 kilometers to the north, it will take three to five days to be escorted over."

Han Zixu groaned for a while, and continued to ask: "According to General Yang Chisheng, there are two regiments of the Yunnan army stationed in Ningdu, with a total of more than 3,200 officers and soldiers, can I think so, except for the more than 530 Yunnan officers and soldiers captured by your army, the rest of the officers and soldiers have all been killed?" ā€

Li Zhao, the political commissar of the instructor, and Wang Huchen, the chief of staff, who had rushed back not long ago, immediately looked at Zheng Yi, and the staff officers around him were also nervous.

Everyone knows that the battle of Ningdu was fought very tragically, because it was a night battle, in order to reduce their own casualties, all regiments and battalions showed no mercy, and almost fought when they saw people, resulting in nearly a thousand stubborn enemy troops jumping into the river in despair, and hundreds of people were burned to death during the fire attack.

If Zheng Yi doesn't answer well, it is likely to cause a lot of unexpected trouble.

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