Chapter 426: Reaction from All Sides
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Do you still find it embarrassing?
Remedy?
Howto remedy it?
Do you know time reversal spells?” In the company office, Fu Wei’s scolding could be heard constantly.
Outside, some third platoon soldiers who had just fully armed now looked at each other.
“Let’s go, let’s go down first!”
“Yes, don’t listen!” Someone whispered.
No matter what the situation was with the company commander, their platoon leader had given them the order to assemble downstairs, so for now, they could only go down first.
“No, Commander, while it’s still early, let’s go again. Maybe we can salvage some face and ease the leader’s anger a bit!” The third platoon leader still insisted on his opinion.
But…
“Nonsense, you need to understand the situation!”
Fu Wei looked at him with a grim face and said, “We’re not in a confrontation exercise right now. The essence of this matter is just a new recruit training activity that we’re helping with. Your idea, besides giving people one more reason to laugh at us for not being able to take a loss, I don’t see any other purpose!”
“But…”
The third platoon leader wanted to persist for a moment, but Fu Wei directly interrupted him, saying, “There’s no ‘but.’ Let your people go back to sleep!”
The company commander didn’t mention that he was still worried that the third platoon might also have a mishap if they went down.
In fact, the likelihood of this happening will be quite high.
Because he was very clear that on the side of the new recruits’ platoon, the originally separate sentries had definitely turned into double sentries by now.
Double sentries with no blind spots, unless this batch of new recruits is truly beyond redemption after just facing such a situation, they should all be able to close their eyes and sleep on their posts now.
Otherwise, in this situation, only by taking real action and not counting casualties would there be a better chance of completing the mission.
But this is not real combat, so there’s no way to avoid casualties.
Although the new recruits are just starting their military careers, many things, let alone understanding, they haven’t even begun to touch.
But new recruits are still human.
Individual abilities of veteran soldiers are better than those of new recruits, and their personal reconnaissance abilities are even more unmatched by ordinary new recruits.
But so what?
Even if reconnaissance soldiers are skilled, they don’t have superpowers to turn invisible.
It can be said that there is only one method now when the third platoon goes over.
To use extreme means, like using smoke or sleep-inducing powder and the like.
But even these methods are not foolproof.
In case the other side becomes somewhat vigilant and senses something is wrong, shouts out before falling, then the third platoon would be offering themselves up for ridicule once again.
Naturally, this risk is extremely high, but for something with almost no payoff, even though Fu Wei is burning with anger right now, he wouldn’t dare to do it.
“Ding ding-”
Suddenly, the phone on the table rang.
The still grim-faced company commander, the third platoon leader, and the instructor all looked over.
The company commander didn’t move, and the third platoon leader naturally couldn’t answer the platoon’s phone call. The instructor glanced at the company commander, hesitated for a moment, and then walked over.
“Leader!”
The first address the instructor used when picking up the phone made the company commander’s already unpleasant expression even more grim.
He turned his head.
Even though it was through the phone, he didn’t dare to look at the receiver right now.
Too embarrassing.
“Leader, it’s not an excuse, but we were originally just helping with training and couldn’t use extreme methods. Moreover, that soldier is genuinely outstanding. He has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and his physical reactions are different from ordinary people. In the last 400-meter obstacle course test, he was the only one in the entire company to finish it in under two minutes…
Yes, I know that’s not an excuse!
Yes, we have embarrassed you…”
The instructor explained and apologized with a stiff tone.
The Chief of Staff didn’t choose to go back to sleep tonight and even voluntarily changed shifts, waiting in the duty room. After all, the Criminal Investigation Company was his direct unit, representing his reputation.
However, after waiting for half the night and past the time for action, he still hadn’t received a call from Fu Wei, and he was getting increasingly anxious.
Finally, unable to wait any longer, he decided to make the call himself.
And now, in the operations duty room at the regimental headquarters, the Chief of Staff had the phone in one hand and was clutching his chest with the other.
He was afraid he might suddenly lose his breath.
His speculation had come true!
“Bang!”
After hanging up the phone, the Chief of Staff lit a cigarette and couldn’t help but slam his fist on the desk.
However, when such incidents occurred only once a year, the Chief of Staff didn’t really mind. He might appear angry on the surface, punish them with extra training, but deep down, he would be pleased.
Because it meant good soldiers.
Bringing them over represented an increase in his unit’s strength, and he could have higher expectations for the future.
Just like last year when they had a mishap, he rushed to the main gate to wait for the regimental commander.
But this year was different.
Two consecutive years of failure.
Yes, this soldier sounds very outstanding, with a strong foundation in martial arts training since childhood.
But you have to consider how others will perceive it!
One year of failure, others might just chuckle about it. Aside from the embarrassment, it doesn’t really have any substantial impact. For example, Tian, the platoon leader, can still be a platoon leader this year.
But two years in a row! Two consecutive times!
In such a situation, others would subconsciously think that their reconnaissance soldiers are too useless, and there’s something wrong with the training methods of the Criminal Investigation Company’s reconnaissance platoon.
Even if you provide reasons, others might believe that you’re intentionally making excuses for the failures.
“Exhale-”
Taking a deep breath, the Chief of Staff glanced at the other duty personnel in the operations duty room, his face stern. He walked straight towards the door.
He needed to step outside for a breath of fresh air, maybe go to the rooftop to feel the wind.
He had to think carefully about how to clean up this mess.
At this moment, compared to the Chief of Staff and others in the regiment who were currently sleepless and preoccupied, Wang Ye at the new recruits’ platoon was sleeping soundly.
He had actually considered whether the reconnaissance soldiers would take it as a challenge and try again in frustration.
But even if they tried again, Wang Ye remained completely unfazed. Whether they managed to flip the situation or even if they launched another attack and succeeded, it didn’t bother him.
Afterwards, when he saw them, he could still pass by with a smile.
“Beep beep-”
At 5:4.0 AM, the duty officer outside the tent blew the whistle right on time.
Wang Ye woke up with a smile.
Another beautiful day had begun.
Of course, it was a beautiful day for Wang Ye.
For the new recruits in the new recruits’ platoon, it was another day of hardship.
At the same time, for the Chief of Staff sitting in the operations duty room at the regimental headquarters, who had already smoked a pack of cigarettes, and for the company commander of the Criminal Investigation Company, this day was going to be extremely troublesome.
“Instructor, can 1 borrow your phone for a moment?”
After the new recruits in the new recruits’ platoon resumed their journey, Wang Ye quietly approached the instructor and asked.
During the new recruits’ training, he, as the platoon leader, wasn’t allowed to carry a phone. Only the company commander and the instructor were allowed to have phones for convenience and emergencies.
So now, Wang Ye had to approach one of them if he wanted to use a phone.
Should he approach Jiang Huai?
That was impossible. After all, he was the deputy platoon leader of the Criminal Investigation Company.
In fact, Wang Ye had wanted to make the call last night, but Jiang Huai and the instructor were in the same bed, and he didn’t want to approach the instructor in front of Jiang Huai. So he had to wait until now to find an opportunity to ask the instructor.
This instructor was not from the Criminal Investigation Company; he was the deputy instructor of the Third Regiment’s artillery platoon.
“Are you calling your company commander?” The instructor wasn’t a fool. When he heard Wang Ye asking to borrow a phone and saw Wang Ye’s gaze shift towards Jiang Huai in the front of the formation, he smiled and asked.
“Yes!” Wang Ye nodded with a smile.
There was no need to hide his intentions; they were quite clear. Just like last year when he had flipped the reconnaissance soldiers, Wu Jianfeng had urgently sought out the company commander.
If he had access to a phone, he would have woken up Wu Jianfeng from his bed last night after the incident.
Li Jun, he was the one designated to go to the Fourth Platoon.
He was a promising talent, and Wang Ye couldn’t let the Chief of Staff take him away.
Sure, here you go!”
The instructor readily agreed and handed him a basic keypad phone.
“Thanks!”
Wang Ye thanked the instructor and took the phone. He intentionally lagged behind the formation while dialing the number for the company headquarters duty room.
“Hello, it’s Wang Ye… Yes, Wang Ye from the Fourth Platoon. I’m looking for my company commander, but if the Regiment commander is available, I can talk to him too!”
In theory, Wang Ye should have reported the situation step by step. He should have first contacted Zheng Ke, the acting platoon leader of the Fourth Platoon.
However, reaching out to Zheng Ke wouldn’t be of much use. In the end, he had to talk to Wu Jianfeng. Even contacting Wu Jianfeng might not help; to play against the Chief of Staff, he needed to talk to the Regiment commander.
So Wang Ye chose to go directly to the top.
As for Zheng Ke, once he got in touch with Wu Jianfeng, he could inform him. This matter had already been delayed for half the night, and it was urgent.
“Hello, Wang Ye, this is Lin Hai!”
After waiting for about a minute and not hearing from Wu Jianfeng, the company commander came on the line.
“Regiment Commander!”
Wang Ye greeted with a smile while holding the phone.
“Hehe, what can I do for you?” Lin Hai chuckled.
He was still quite polite to Wang Ye.
In fact, when he heard the announcement from the duty officer earlier, he had rushed straight from the company commander’s office.
“Well… it’s like this.” Wang Ye didn’t beat around the bush and explained the situation right away.
At this moment, inside the company headquarters duty room, Lin Hai, holding the phone, widened his eyes.
But then…
“Haha! Well done, Wang Ye, you did it beautifully! Too beautifully!” The company commander’s laughter was hearty.
To be honest, he hadn’t even dared to think that the reconnaissance soldiers would fail in their attack this year. After all, the chances of such a thing happening were low from the beginning.
The training syllabus included this training subject to train new recruits as sentries and reinforce everyone’s sentry duties, rather than to test the reconnaissance soldiers.
But unexpectedly, Wang Ye had given him another pleasant surprise this year.
The special forces soldiers capsized again.
And they were his soldiers again.
Yes… At this moment, he already considered Li Jun as his own soldier, after all, Wang Ye trained him.
“Haha, alright, Wang Ye, I got it. I’ll take care of this from here!” With a hearty laugh, the company commander hung up the phone.
“Company Commander, why are you so happy about it?” In the duty room, a nearby duty officer asked with a smile.
“Haha, it’s good news!”
The company commander laughed heartily but didn’t explain.
There was no time to explain now.
He needed to go out urgently..