Chapter 1693: Preparing to Build a House 1
Coincidentally, Lao Zhenhua’s comrade-in-arms is Colonel Gu Tian, who is also Dr. Gu’s elder nephew.
Although they initially achieved victory against Zhan Nanyue, many follow-up tasks require the senior commanders of the South Sea Fleet to handle. They had to assign troops to garrison the islands that hadn’t been seized by the enemy, guard against further territorial encroachments, and plan how to reclaim other islands that had been occupied. Gu Tian, the chief colonel, was nearly the highest-ranking officer at the Harbor City naval base.
Deputy Commander Wu was the deputy commander of the Southeast Military Region, but in effect, he was the actual commander of the South Sea Fleet.
The South Sea Fleet was stationed in Harbor City, but it wasn’t the only naval base there.
This was also what Feng Qingxue learned from Dr. Gu and his wife. After being there for about twenty days, no one had told her the specifics about the South Sea Fleet, so naturally, she only half understood.
The more one experiences, the more one understands the feeling of encountering familiar comrades everywhere in the world.
Since Feng Qingxue arrived on the island, Gu Tian had been busy until now. He finally managed to find some time to return home and learned that the person Lao Zhenhua asked him to look after was actually his uncle Guo Ming’s student, with deep ties to his aunt. He had intended to visit personally, but some trouble arose at the border, so he had his aide send over many tickets and items.
The tickets had been collected from comrades without family obligations when he was entrusted by Lao Zhenhua. Their daily tickets often went unused, and those household items were specially prepared by his wife, both for the sake of Lao Zhenhua and Dr. Gu.
The aide strictly followed the orders, and Feng Qingxue had no way to refuse as she didn’t get to see Gu Tian himself.
After she accepted them, the aide quickly took his leave, departing briskly.