Chapter 511

On the other side, Zhou Kaidong and the others were also happily eating fried chicken in the dormitory.

Chief of Staff, you're really kind, even buying us KFC to eat.

I've been craving this for a long time, but the family bucket is too expensive; I usually go to Macau or eat wheat-scented chicken, which is cheaper there.

It's different; you get what you pay for, but KFC still tastes the best.

Wuu... wuu... wuu...

Suddenly, a sound of sobbing came over.

Zhou Kaidong and the others followed the sound and saw that Kang Changyi's eyes were misty as he ate.

Ding Tengfei exclaimed in surprise: 'Come on, no matter how tasty this is, it couldn't possibly make someone cry from eating it, could it?'

Chen Panpan: 'Is it because I snatched your little bun?'

Wu Sida: 'It must be because the Chief of Staff earlier said he'd give us merit, making us happy—this is tears of joy!'

Before Kang Changyi could even swallow what he was chewing, tears and snot streamed down: 'What the heck? I haven't provoked anyone, yet he says punish then punish, reward then reward, changing his face like flipping a page—this is utterly unreasonable!'

Who likes his fried chicken, treating us like kids—who hasn't eaten it before?

My butt, my poor butt, didn't suffer for nothing—I got a brutal beating for no reason!

Zhou Kaidong almost laughed out loud: 'Who said earlier that beating is affection, scolding is love, and not beating or scolding is indulgence?'

Kang Changyi felt awful: 'That also can't be just punishing me alone—it's totally unreasonable!'

'If there's a next time, you'll fight back, right?'

'He's a unit leader—do you think I dare?'

'Then you should strive, put in extra effort, and try to climb above him as soon as possible.'

'Exactly!' Kang Changyi wiped his face with his sleeve, indignant, and said: 'Once I become brigade commander, I'll point at his nose and scold him every day, and he won't dare to utter a sound!'

'When he's old and lying in a hospital bed, with his son not around, I'll go over and pull out his oxygen tube!'

'Pushing his wheelchair like roller skates, skating on concrete at seventy kilometers per hour, to scare him into wetting his pants!'

'Then I'll introduce him to my aunt as a handsome old man, and every day push him out to watch my aunt dance with other elders in the square, making him anxious!'

The scene suddenly fell silent; the others who had been laughing just moments ago lowered their heads, even their chewing sounds becoming very faint.

Kang Changyi's sturdy frame shuddered, and he suddenly felt a chill down his back.

He turned around and saw a smiling man standing at the doorway.

'Chief of Staff, you—when did you arrive?'

'I've been here since you became brigade commander.'

Gloop...

Kang Changyi's throat let out a deafening gulp.

'Come on, step out with me for a moment; I want to brief you on work.'

'Chief of Staff, Kang Changyi was just joking; he definitely didn't mean to ride on your head.'

Ding Tengfei hurriedly added fuel to the fire, reporting the 'one-arrow grudge' from the classroom.

The others were also being nasty, each trying to 'mediate'.

Some said he spoke without malice, yet every word came from the heart; others said he didn't mean it, just being naturally rebellious.

Seeing Xiong Yao already starting to undo his belt, Kang Changyi dodged aside, cursing that you guys were underhanded, then bolted out the door.

Xiong Yao snorted coldly: 'Raptor Team, hear my orders!'

'Present!'

Everyone stood up.

Xiong Yao: 'Kang Changyi, you disrespect superiors and speak nonsense; once caught, you'll be hung on the horizontal bar as a sandbag to serve as a warning!'

'Yes!'

Figures swooshed out one after another.

In no time, they had completed the encirclement of Kang Changyi, binding him tightly with backpack straps.

Lu Yang stood on the steps of the company entrance, eating his hand-held original-flavor fried chicken, watching a vaguely familiar scene in the distance, feeling an inexplicable sense of refreshment.

'Indeed, watching punishment from the sidelines is more interesting.'

At the same time, while everyone else had gone out to watch the spectacle,

Wanbaoshan, Kong Long, and QiDelong—three of them—covered their faces, tiptoed, following the scent of fried chicken, sneaked in furtively to steal.

When they returned, they saw only a pile of chicken bones left in the bucket, and Zhou Kaidong's group went ballistic.

'Who did this!'

'Who on earth did this?!'

'Is there still any law, any justice?!'

In the evening, Section Chief Li's banner arrived first.

The four large characters 'Bomb Disposal Hero' were specially sent to Lu Yang.

Thus, their meritorious deeds abroad finally became known to everyone.

Gao Feng, Ma Qing'an and the others were stunned by this sudden joy; they spent the whole night in foolish delight.

As the first honor upon joining the Navy, for this unit and all the soldiers, its significance is immense.

Thus, at evening roll call, everyone was filled with excitement, looking as if they'd been injected with chicken blood.

Lu Yang also seized the moment: 'Seeing everyone so happy, I doubt we'll be able to sleep after bed; how about a ten-kilometer cross-country run and a five-kilometer swim to celebrate?'

'Good!'

'Everyone, turn right and run!'

Under the moonlight, there was a group of young people running hard.

After about half a year, they finally saw the harvest.

Although this honor was won back by Lu Yang and a few others, they still followed behind and shared in the glory.

After this, who would dare say they are a 'blank slate' unit, claiming they buy honor with honor and have no merit?

Late at night, inside the headquarters dormitory of the Second Brigade.

Brigade Commander Feng Ming lay on the bed, staring with wide eyes, fixed on the ceiling.

The alarm clock on the bedside table ticked, and his heartbeat kept the same rhythm, tick-tock.

He tried to close his eyes to rest, but as soon as he did, all he saw was the news he had heard at headquarters that day.

The Third Brigade had just been formed when it earned such a great merit; the municipal bureau, provincial department, and navy headquarters were all stirred.

Especially, when he inadvertently learned that on the day of the incident, the explosive ordnance disposal battalion had once asked someone to contact their brigade's engineer company, inquiring whether there was a solution.

As a result, the engineer company commander, lacking the ability, could not defuse the aerial bomb, and thus politely refused over the phone......

Zheng Chengfeng used to be merely the deputy brigade commander of the Second Brigade, just Feng Ming's second-in-command.

When he was first transferred away, he still had the mindset of waiting to watch a good show, and thought this matter would not succeed.

How could a new unit be so easily organized? No money, no equipment—how could it possibly succeed? In the blink of an eye, he was slapped in the face.

Seeing that Army Day was approaching, all units vied to produce results, offering gifts for this exclusive military holiday.

On our side we had no achievements, yet he, once our subordinate, got there first—how could he sleep?

The minute hand went round and round, Feng Ming tossed and turned, staying awake until four in the morning.

He opened his bloodshot eyes and suddenly sat up.

"Clerk, clerk!"

"Brigade Commander, I'm here!"

Next door, the clerk jumped out of bed at once and hurried over.

Feng Ming said anxiously: "Notify all units to come to the brigade headquarters for a meeting immediately, especially the Night Tiger Reconnaissance Battalion!"

The clerk looked at the pitch-black sky outside and was dumbfounded: "Brigade Commander, it's only just past four; isn't that too early?"

"What early?" Feng Ming threw off the covers and jumped out of bed: "Those who came later have run ahead of us by nothing!"

"Not one of them has a sense of urgency; if we don't tighten up, we won't even get to eat hot food!"

"Tell the engineer company commander of the Third Regiment to come over right now, immediately!"