Chapter 297 - 236: Why Can You Be The Squad Leader?

Fang Huai stood in front of the formation, his expression solemn.

"At ease!"

"Sing a song!"

"Unity, ready... sing!"

As usual, it was still the song "Unity is Strength." The troops only had this one song, and when starting the song, they only needed to cue with the word "Unity"; for all others, a whole line was required.

Moreover, every unit could sing the standard version, accelerated version, and insanely accelerated version. The speed of the singing could reveal how urgently the soldiers wanted to eat.

But today, although everyone was eager to finish their meals and take a rest, they still sang with clear enunciation and full voice.

That was because there were new comrades joining.

"Uni! ty, is strength! Uni! ty..."

The momentum was like a rainbow.

There was a somewhat inexplicable sense of superiority mixed in.

Because an ordinary squadron in the whole corps basically consisted of only about a dozen people, only large squadrons like Special Duty could have so many soldiers, and the vigor of the singing would be more robust.

Everyone had a bit of a "let them see what we’ve got" mentality.

It wasn’t just Zhang Tianwang and Wang Peng who harbored comparative thoughts; in fact, everyone did, but the importance of this matter was several priorities lower than weekend rest.

However, Fang Huai wasn’t planning to let them get their wish.

After the Ding-dong songs, Fang Huai looked at Cao Yi:

"Instructor Cao, how about you do the talking?"

Those brats, if I ask them to sacrifice their rest time to tidy up their Internal Affairs, they’re sure to curse me under their breath, Fang Huai thought, and decided it was better for an associate to meet their fate than himself.

Cao Yi gave Fang Huai an annoyed look, stepped out of the formation, and turned around to say:

"Um, listen up!

Starting tomorrow morning, there will be unscheduled Internal Affairs Inspections! Strict checks!"

"What??"

The "what" from everyone carried across three different tones, a reaction that was just like that of students when the teacher in school announces that the holidays will have supplementary classes.

Cao Yi glared: "What do you mean ’what’? Next Thursday is May Day! We’re already being kind to you by not having you work through the weekend!

I’m telling you! There are only three working days next week, and the training intensity must be higher than last week..."

Once Old Cao lost his temper, the topic immediately veered off course and went back to his most concerned subject: training.

This damn "training is everything" mindset was flawed from the root.

Fang Huai’s mouth twitched.

Then: "Ahem!"

He reminded Old Cao.

Cao Yi realized he was off topic and steered the conversation back: "About Internal Affairs! Go and check your blankets and cabinets!

"What a mess!

"Those blankets, a lot of you, still keep two blankets stacked, but even with semi-permanent Korean-style surgery, it needs to be periodically patched up, doesn’t it?

"Let me ask you, what’s the difference between the blanket you put on your bed and the one you cover yourself with? All crooked!"

Fang Huai coughed again.

Cao Yi then changed his tune again: "And, having two blankets piled up is not allowed in the first place!

"Starting tomorrow morning! Straighten up your blankets! The planks you put under the blankets, remove them all!

"Don’t even think about making do with just a blanket during your time as a soldier! Every day, you must spend 20 minutes fixing it before it can go on the bed!

"During the Internal Affairs Inspection, I’m going to toss the blankets, and if you don’t want to pick them up from the ground, you’d better put in some hard work!

"Moreover, the internal affairs cabinets, winter and summer clothes, long sleeves, short sleeves, shirts, camouflage - hang them up in order! The lower cabinets, starting today, you can’t lock them, and you may only keep books and notebooks in them, arranged neatly! Other items, put them all in the storage room!

"I hope you learn from new comrades like Zhang Tianwang, Qin Hongjun, and Zhou Tiannu. After meals, don’t just race to the Microcomputer Room; take a good look at their Internal Affairs!

"Also, after May Day, there will be queuing action training every week, come rain or shine! The Squadron activity on the morning of May Day will start with raising the flag and a complete individual hand-to-hand queuing action, including squad queuing!"

At the end of his speech, everyone was utterly dumbfounded.

At this moment, Zhang Tianwang spoke up from the formation:

"Instructor, the Internal Affairs of the new comrade Wang Peng isn’t inferior to ours, we should all learn from him."

Cao Yi’s eyebrows twitched.

But he didn’t respond.

It was fine to let these old soldiers learn from you newbies, but by bringing up a new comrade, didn’t that put the old soldiers’ faces in the dirt?

Fang Huai also coughed, not letting this low EQ remark fall to the ground:

"Right, I took a look at Wang Peng’s Internal Affairs today, and it was done very well. Truly befitting of this year’s exemplary Fifth Company recruit. We who are in our first year should really learn from him.

"After dinner, everyone should arrange their Internal Affairs as the Instructor ordered. Time for dinner!"

As the crowd dispersed, everyone murmured quietly among themselves.

Hao Chengbin even came forward and grabbed Fang Huai.

"What’s going on? Inspections, drills, how come I don’t know about it? You didn’t give me a heads-up?"

"Sudden incident, sudden incident," Fang Huai said with an embarrassed smile:

"When I went up to the Microcomputer Room, I saw you took two kills with Na Jia, you were really getting into it, I didn’t want to interrupt your enjoyment.

"How about that, the Na Jia I taught you, with dual blades, killing feels great, right?"

"Heh." Hao Chengbin was pleased upon hearing this:

"First Squadron was still blustering, thinking they could beat us! Tonight, we’ve already scheduled with First Squadron to set up a room on the Haofang platform and have a match!

"The Special Service Cup Dota competition for this month is set for tonight!"

"They said you shouldn’t compete but be the referee, but I overruled that!"

Hu Hongzhi also gathered around: "Haha! Fang Huai’s coming too? You and I on the bottom lane, aren’t we going to slay them?"

The few people nearby, ready to complain about tidying up Internal Affairs tomorrow morning, perked up when they heard this and joined the conversation, chattering as they entered the cafeteria.