afterglow

Chapter 191 Are you still suspicious of others?
A mid-level military officer is recuperating alone in a foreign country. This is not to say that it is impossible, but it must not be taken lightly, especially with the incident of Chai Guoyi not long ago.

The military attachés of the embassy had a heated discussion about this—this group of people engaged in intelligence obviously paid more attention to it.

"How can this allow him to recuperate alone?"

"Indeed, if something goes wrong, who will take the responsibility? You and I? It's a joke."

Everyone was arguing endlessly about this, which made Wei Jingyun, who happened to pass by this room, stop in his tracks.

After he traveled from China to Geneva to participate in the League of Nations Congress, he turned to Paris to take over the post of Ming's ambassador to France.

After hearing this, he said quite dissatisfied: "You are also surprised that many military information of European countries have not been collected and sorted out, and instead of worrying about their own duties, they have become suspicious of others."

A lieutenant colonel hesitated and said: "But he is out alone, if he is bribed..."

Wei Jingyun laughed angrily, and he replied angrily:

"Buying? Will a young man with such a bright future be bought? Let alone the righteousness of the society. What can foreigners give him to make him tempted? Money? Beauty? If he wants it, will he lack it? How ridiculous."

"You guys, since I took office, I have been dissatisfied with you and others. It's not easy to do things. In ten days, I hang out on the Champs Elysees with my arms around the foreign girl for three days, and take a bath for two days. The real work How many days?"

"Also beware of others, what is the use of your thoughts? Doubt this, doubt that, resources are limited, and should be used wisely. The data of the new fighter jet of Devatina Company has not been figured out yet. On the contrary Be suspicious of your own people. If you continue to eat vegetarian meals like this, this old man should be impeached."

What he said hit the weak spot of several military officers present, and everyone fell silent for a while, and could only say yes repeatedly.

Many people really regard going overseas to work as a disguised vacation. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there is no supervision from the censors and scientific officials in the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the Minister has said so, why bother, why bother.

Thinking about it, Zhou made a lot of noise in Batavia. If someone came to solicit bribes, he might feel that he was humiliating himself and killed him on the spot in a fit of anger.

In the evening of that day, Zhou Changfeng returned to the embassy to prepare for the next trip.

Wei Jingyun also specially came over, and he asked, "Xiao Zhou, it is said that you were attacked over there?"

Zhou Changfeng took two steps back to keep the distance, and then said helplessly: "Yes, I fell into the trap of the Italian Intervention Army by mistake during the frontline inspection."

He didn't talk about it, so it must have been reported by Chen Guangyun after he returned to Barcelona.

Thoughtful Wei Jingyun thought for a while, then pondered: "Is there anything to make things difficult for you?"

"There were verbal humiliation, and they threatened us to reveal the military situation to the captured local people. I didn't say anything, and they shot and killed them face to face." Zhou Changfeng replied.

"It doesn't damage the country's dignity." Wei Jingyun nodded, and then said disdainfully: "As for Italy, it's just a country that bullies the weak and fears the hard. It's just a laughingstock."

Because there are still business matters that have not been dealt with, he did not talk to Zhou Changfeng, but before leaving, he said, "The situation in Spain, the civil strife will not stop for a year or so, you can rest at ease and return to your original job when you recover. Don't worry. .”

Yes, it is true that we have to go back and forth for several years, and when it is over, the Iberian Peninsula will be devastated by the flames of war.

It is inevitable for Spain to fall into this situation, and the backlog of countless contradictions is irreversible and overwhelming.

Although his actions were objectively wrong, Zhou Changfeng thought he was still on the side of his own country.

The internal affairs of other countries have nothing to do with him. It is only one aspect to show sympathy to the civilians affected by the war;

He has a little guilty conscience about his experience in commanding troops in combat. In his previous life, he was just a lieutenant. After a short period of adaptation after crossing, commanding battalion-level units is not super class.

But I am already the leader of the regiment now, if according to what Zhu Lingjing said, maybe I will have to lead the regiment before the future war begins.

It's not that he belittled himself or felt that he was incompetent, but that his lack of experience made Zhou Changfeng a little guilty, and he might make mistakes on the battlefield in the future.

As the military chief officer of a campaign-level combat unit, he made a mistake, and he couldn't accept this.

So in order to avoid it as much as possible, the temptation of practical experience that can't be met is too great for him.

Moreover, if it is more explicit, he will not feel too distressed when he pays the price when he accumulates actual combat experience in Spain.However, Zhou Changfeng was sure that he would never admit this factor.

"But in the final analysis, my selfishness is also a good thing for this country..." Before boarding the train to Toulouse, he stood on the platform and breathed a sigh of relief.

three days later.

After transferring from Toulouse, Zhou Changfeng and three volunteers arrived at Erne, a small border town in southeastern France.

Because of his status, a mid-level officer like him received special care, and because of the small number of people, it was easier to "pack" and cross the border.

Ordinary volunteers are not so easy, because the national border has been blocked, they have to go to the border quietly, overcome various difficulties, and cross the Pyrenees Mountains, so that they can enter Spain from France.

The three volunteers who accompanied Zhou Changfeng were British Brett, Frenchman Chretien, and Norwegian Roald. All three were middle-aged people in their thirties, and Zhou Changfeng, who was young but was a lieutenant colonel, They seemed a little out of place among them.

Brett is a retired British Army captain. His left eye was injured during the European War. Although he can't see the problem now, he has almost no vision in that eye.He has the unique arrogance of the British, a gentleman, and he is extremely anti-public tide.

Chretien is also a retired officer who served in the French Artillery Corps and was also a captain when he retired.He is a public figure, and he is quite kind. His image is often wearing a beret and talking with a cigar in his mouth.

Roald is a major in the Norwegian Reserve Army. His job is a dentist. He has blond hair and blue eyes. He is not good at speaking, reticent, and has no political affiliation. He left Norway for Spain this time specifically for the reason of traveling abroad.

Due to the strong appeal and universality of anti-ism, the International Brigade is worthy of the word "international". It pulls all kinds of people who are hostile to each other under one banner, abandons prejudices, and fights against each other.

This can be described as out of date.

For example, Brett and Chretien were arguing about politics before, but when the topic was brought up by Zhou Changfeng to "how to deal with the enemy", the two discussed it again with great interest, as if The previous unhappiness didn't exist at all.

When passing through the Erne border checkpoint, the border inspector routinely asked: "Why do you guys go to this dangerous place?"

Roald took out the certificate from the Red Cross and replied word by word: "Because we are going to save people, many people."

(End of this chapter)