Chapter 33: The Company Commander

The group found Staff Zhang Ganshi in a dilapidated drainage ditch at the bottom of the slope.

He was lying inside, his body folded up, with three or four scars on his face.

His mouth, in particular, was red, swollen, and festering, as if it had been bitten by pliers.

"What an eyesore. Drag him up!"

He Hongtao's expression was incredibly ugly.

Staff Zhang Ganshi was thrown onto the vehicle.

"Sanduo, come on, get in the vehicle with me. I'll take you to report to the regimental headquarters."

Feng Yuxiu's expression was somewhat stiff, his gaze shifting to the side toward the honest and simple Lao Ma.

"Sanduo, perform well when you get there. With your strength, you will surely shine. The Fifth Squad is just a passerby in your life."

Lao Ma revealed a genuinely happy smile.

"Squad Leader, take care."

Feng Yuxiu turned and got into the vehicle.

He Hongtao didn't spare another glance at this group of decadent soldiers from the Fifth Squad.

The vehicle rolled away, kicking up dust.

"Squad Leader, Staff Zhang Ganshi doesn't look like he just fell, does he?" Lao Wei said, his hands tucked into his sleeves.

Lao Ma's eyes widened. "If he didn't fall, are you saying you pushed him down? Shut your mouth and go back!"

Watching Lao Ma's back.

Lao Wei rubbed his brow. "This guy is really vengeful. Didn't Staff Zhang Ganshi just speak a bit harshly last night? He took action in the middle of the night."

Li Meng narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

Inside the dormitory, Lao Ma looked at the three people chasing and playing outside and sighed slightly.

He turned and walked to his bunk, touched his chest, and his expression changed slightly.

As if sensing something, his right hand reached under his pillow.

That discharge report was as wrinkled as his life.

"Wuwuwu..."

This veteran covered his face with both hands, forcibly suppressing the bitterness in his heart to vent his reluctance to leave.

……

……

The vehicle stopped at the regimental headquarters.

He Hongtao looked at the unconscious Staff Zhang Ganshi with a half-smile, then looked at Feng Yuxiu.

"Sanduo, we're here. Get down. Your squad leader is waiting for you outside."

Feng Yuxiu was slightly stunned. Could it be that Lao Ma followed him here too?

After getting out of the vehicle, he saw Shi Jin standing tall and straight, revealing a standard, good-natured smile.

"Xu Sanduo, you're here. Let's go. The Regimental Commander specifically named you. You are the Soldier King who broke two all-army records."

Feng Yuxiu paused and spoke silently, "Lao Ma is going to be discharged."

Shi Jin was stunned. "Impossible. His Third Class Merit is solid. How could he be discharged? I, Wu Liu Yi, and many excellent squad leaders were all trained by him. How could he be discharged? Where did you hear that?"

Feng Yuxiu's expression was indifferent. "Last night, I saw his discharge report."

Shi Jin's expression turned ugly. "Why would he be discharged? The army needs him, why..."

He suddenly paused. "I probably know why. Let's go, let's solve your matter first."

The soldiers here were meticulous, their behavior and manners were all model soldiers.

"Xu Sanduo, our regiment is the 702nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the 84th Group Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The Regimental Commander is named Wang Qingrui. Remember that!"

The two stood at the entrance. Feng Yuxiu looked up and saw five characters written in gold lacquer regular script.

Regimental Commander's Office.

Feng Yuxiu stood straight, and Shi Jin was shooed away.

Wang Qingrui was bowing his head, writing something at his desk.

He seemed not to have noticed that someone had entered at all.

The two remained in a stalemate like this.

Until an hour had passed.

"Do you know?" Wang Qingrui said while still looking at the documents, so Feng Yuxiu didn't feel like he was talking to him, but there was no one else in the room. "I've worn this uniform for so many years, and I really haven't seen many standard 'attention' postures."

Feng Yuxiu frowned; he didn't think his military posture was wrong.

Wang Qingrui finally put down the documents in his hand and looked at him directly. "Many people stand at attention when they first come out of the recruit company, but soon they forget what a real 'attention' posture looks like. I believe it now; you are the one who accomplished what a whole platoon of mine couldn't do back then."

Wang Qingrui seemed to want to end this uninteresting conversation. "Alright. I've met someone stronger than I was back then. I hope to transfer you to a different post. What are you good at?"

Feng Yuxiu didn't say a word. Wang Qingrui looked at him in surprise. "You can say anything you're good at, even if it's molding clay figures. Little Zhang from the Propaganda Section came to the regimental headquarters because he could mold clay figures."

"I am good at running."

Wang Qingrui was somewhat stunned and lit a cigarette. "No rush, think carefully. Being good at running is not a skill, for example, something else."

"Does fighting count?" Facing someone at the level of the regimental headquarters, Feng Yuxiu slightly restrained his cold, dead-man face.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Wang Qingrui was almost choked to death by a puff of smoke and hurriedly waved his hand. "You broke two all-army physical fitness records; there is no doubt about that. I pretty much know where you should go."

He wanted to laugh, but realized he should maintain his usual seriousness in front of a recruit.

"That brat has been asking for you, asking for you since two months ago, he's almost annoyed me to death. You should go report to the Steel Seventh Company."

Feng Yuxiu frowned. "Regimental Commander, after the recruit company ended, I wasn't selected."

Wang Qingrui was stunned. "What do you mean?"

"Those who despise me, I don't care to go to. Anywhere except the Steel Seventh Company is fine."

The trace of weariness hidden deep in Wang Qingrui's eyes finally turned into interest.

That weariness was the pressure brought by the person behind Gao Cheng.

He had to give that second-generation military officer some face.

Now, Feng Yuxiu's words made him interested.

He extinguished the cigarette butt, stood up from his seat, and walked to Feng Yuxiu's side.

"Why, do you intend to stay at the regimental headquarters? How about being my guard?"

Feng Yuxiu pondered for a moment and nodded. "That's fine."

"Staff Bai Qianshi, come in!"

Wang Qingrui said lightly.

It seemed like an ear was installed outside the door, and it was pushed open immediately.

Staff Bai Qianshi stood cautiously to the side, his eyes revealing shrewd sophistication.

"It's like this, this soldier will be my guard."

Staff Bai Qianshi was stunned. "Regimental Commander, he was specifically requested by Company Commander Gao Cheng, and the application to report has already reached the division headquarters."

"Don't I know that? Is being my guard something dishonorable?"

Wang Qingrui's words made cold sweat break out on Staff Bai Qianshi's cheeks instantly.

"Then a guard it is, I'll go handle it right away."

"Go, Xu Sanduo, you go out too."

Wang Qingrui waved his hand.

After the two went out.

The weariness in Wang Qingrui's eyes reappeared.

Who likes a subordinate company commander who has no sense of propriety?

The only regiment in the entire army.

He is the boss of the seven company commanders in the regiment.

Unhappy!

Very unhappy!

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"Shi Jin? Third Squad Leader? Third Brother? You're back?"

At the Steel Seventh Company headquarters, Gao Cheng was almost pressed against Shi Jin.

That aggressive gaze made Shi Jin's lips twitch.

"Company Commander, I don't know what the Regimental Commander means either, he just told me to go back."

Gao Cheng rubbed his brow, took out a cigarette, bit it in his mouth, and gave a cold laugh.

"I told you to bring someone back, and you couldn't... I'll go myself!"

After speaking, he threw away the cigarette and stormed out angrily.

Shi Jin was speechless. "A recruit from the countryside, is it worth it?"

Gao Cheng pushed open the door to the Regimental Commander's dormitory with a cold face.

Two gazes met in mid-air.

"Get out!" ===== CHAPTER 34 =====