Episode 44
Zhou Jixian was taken to the tower. Liu Yuan, Zhou Weiguo and Liu Zhihui all knelt on the ground after seeing their father under the tower.Zhou Jixian said that he was very proud to have their three sons. He told Zhou Weiguo and others not to cry, to defend the country, and to expel the Japanese troops from China.Zhou Jixian stood on the tower and shouted to drive away the Japanese pirates. When my son returned home, he jumped down head first.No one expected that Zhou Jixian would commit suicide. Zhou Weiguo shot at the Japanese army like crazy. Since the Japanese army shot down from a high point, the soldiers led by Liu Zhihui and the soldiers led by Zhou Weiguo were injured one after another. Liu Yuan advised Zhou Weiguo to calm down.Return to the base first, otherwise more brothers in the army will lose their lives if this continues.Zhou Weiguo and others failed to take away Zhou Jixian's body. The Japanese army commander hung the body on the tower in Laiyang and told everyone that Zhou Jixian was Zhou Weiguo's father. This was the consequence of betraying the Japanese army.Takeshita Jun persuaded the chief to put down Zhou Jixian's body so as not to anger Zhou Weiguo, but the chief arrogantly stated that he could directly annihilate Zhou Weiguo.
After Zhou Weiguo learned that his father's body was hung on the city tower, he led his troops dressed in Japanese clothes and first raided Guo Town in the middle of the night. Guo Town was wiped out overnight.Afterwards, Zhou Weiguo came to the tower in Laiyang. He first assassinated the Japanese soldier guarding the tower, and then pulled up Zhou Jixian's body with one hand. Zhou Weiguo cried and touched Zhou Jixian's face very sadly.The next day, Zhou Weiguo and others held a funeral for Zhou Jixian. The three brothers of the Zhou family knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the tombstone. Afterwards, the National Army and the Eighth Route Army fired guns in memory of Zhou Jixian.Zhu Ziming asked Li Dejiu to help him check Chen Yi's whereabouts. Li Dejiu discovered that Takeshita Jun asked Kobayashi Keiko to take care of Chen Yi. He told Zhu Ziming Chen Yi's specific address and said that Chen Yi had not suffered in Laiyang.Before Zhang Renjie died, he finally realized that he owed Zhou Weiguo a lot, and it was all because of him that Zhou Jixian died.A row of Japanese soldiers stood together, raised their guns together, and shot Zhang Renjie.Liu Zhihui contacted Zhu Ziming to ask him about Chen Yi's whereabouts. Zhu Ziming and he decided to go to Laiyang to rescue Chen Yi, which would also be regarded as helping Zhou Weiguo.
