Chapter 429: End of Field Training, Acting Scouting Platoon Leader (2)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Be sure to handle it with care when wiping, and for those who are toasting, know your limit when it cos to alcohol, don’t get drunk!”
In the cetery, Wang Ye walked past one tombstone after another, quietly reminding so of the young soldiers who couldn’t contain their emotions and were secretly toasting to the fallen heroes.
Last year, he was a rookie and had a job assignnt, so he couldn’t wander through the entire garden.
But now, a year later, Wang Ye had the ti, so he deliberately started from the first tombstone.
He wanted to get to know all the fallen heroes.
He was also a mber of the Iron Bones Hero Regint, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, he wouldn’t be able to co here for at least four more years.
Before leaving, he wanted to take a good look at the heroes of his regint and rember their faces.
Zhang Xiaohu, from 1965 to 1986…
Li Sanwa, from 1968 to 1986…
Nas and smiling faces were engraved in Wang Ye’s mind.
It weighed heavily on his heart.
Many of them were younger than him; the youngest among them was only seventeen years old.
At this age, in the normal world, they hadn’t even finished their schooling or t the requirents for enlistnt, but here, they had already made the ultimate sacrifice.
Under the dusk sky, vehicles clanged as they traveled along the road.
Wang Ye sat at the back of the car, letting the wind blow through his hair as he observed the occasional residential areas along the way, watched the people working in the fields, and saw children playing by the roadside. His heavy heart gradually eased.
Isn’t this the day the fallen heroes fought for?
Children could grow up carefree, and fellow villagers could lead happy and stable lives.
“Ugh- Ugh!”
Beside him, a soldier, despite the wind blowing, was continuously covering his mouth with a familiar bag and vomiting.
The sll of alcohol was strong, indicating that this was clearly soone who had secretly drunk a lot of alcohol within the cetery.
Otherwise, that last small cup wouldn’t have such a strong alcohol scent.
“You can’t handle that much drinking. Be careful when you vomit; don’t let it out!”
Wang Ye said to him.
“Platoon Leader, I… 1 didn’t drink alcohol. It’s the ride in this car!”
Holding the bag, this rookie said with a bitter expression.
“Haha, just get used to it with ti, sitting like this. You’ll get used to it!”
Seeing him like this, Wang Ye’s originally heavy heart felt a lot lighter.
The sky grew darker, and when they returned to the new recruits’ company at night after dinner, Wang Ye was summoned.
Jiang Huai inford him that the regint commander had called and wanted him to go to the regintal headquarters.
“Report!”
At the regintal headquarters, Wang Ye stood at the door of the regintal commander’s office.
The door was open, and from outside, Wang Ye could see the regintal commander leaning back in his office chair, closing his eyes to rest.
Upon hearing Wang Ye’s voice, the regintal commander straightened up, opened his eyes, and looked over.
“Co on in!” The regintal commander said with a hint of a smile.
“Yes, sir!” Wang Ye replied and walked in.
“Find a place to sit, wherever you like,” the regintal commander said.
“Hehe, sir, I’ll just stand!” Wang Ye declined with a smile.
“Suit yourself!” The regintal commander smiled and reached for a Yuxi cigarette on his desk, lighting one for himself.
After taking a look at Wang Ye, he pulled out another one. “Here!”
“Hehe, thanks!” Wang Ye took a few steps forward, smiling, and accepted the offered cigarette.
“Snap!”
The regintal commander lit his own cigarette and then tossed the lighter from the desk towards Wang Ye.
Wang Ye understood and lit his cigarette.
Wang Ye experienced for the first ti the act of smoking the regintal commander’s cigarettes in the regintal commander’s office.
“What do you think of the combat effectiveness of our reconnaissance troops, Sergeant?”
Wang Ye had just lit his cigarette when the regintal commander posed the question.
Wang Ye quickly put down the cigarette between his fingers and looked at the regintal commander. He hesitated for a mont before responding, “Sir, I can’t make a fair assessnt, and I haven’t had much interaction with them.”
The regintal commander chuckled, watching Wang Ye, and said, “You’ve suffered heavy losses under your command twice, and you still can’t make an assessnt? Are you afraid to tell the truth?”
“Hehe, that’s not it!” Wang Ye feigned innocence. “Sir, it’s not boasting, but losing to under my command isn’t a disgrace. You see, the special forces in our army were all wiped out by three to one, and even the division reconnaissance troops wouldn’t dare claim they could beat . So, asuring combat effectiveness by losses under my command isn’t accurate!”
The regintal commander was a bit taken aback.
Looking at Wang Ye, he suddenly chuckled. “Well, you’re quite the little oddball!”
After a pause, the regintal commander spoke again, “But this ti, it wasn’t you personally involved, right? He was one of your soldiers, wasn’t he?”
Wang Ye continued, “That’s right, he could only blow a whistle. In fact, he was pinned down by soone and had no chance to blow the whistle in a real combat situation. He was as good as dead the mont he turned back.” Wang Ye was speaking the truth.
Reconnaissance soldiers, whether it’s two of them within a four to five-ter range, can easily silently stab soone to death with a dagger or a throwing knife.
A knife through your throat and windpipe, what can you even shout?
Even the sound of a falling body could be caught by them as they rushed forward.
“Don’t defend them!” The regintal commander chuckled and said, “Yes, the reasons you ntioned can’t be ignored. However, two experienced reconnaissance veterans, sneaking up on a new recruit’s post, and the fact that this new recruit isn’t under your command but still managed to blow the whistle – this itself suggests that their combat effectiveness is questionable!”
Wang Ye listened silently without uttering a word.
At this mont, the regintal commander, after finishing his statent, looked at Wang Ye once again.
Suddenly, the regintal commander said sothing Wang Ye hadn’t expected: “If 1 assign the reconnaissance platoon to you, can you improve their combat effectiveness within three months?”
“Uh…” Wang Ye was taken aback.
“Can you?” the regintal commander asked again.
Wang Ye remained silent.
He was pondering the regintal commander’s words.
Could he?
In Wang Ye’s view, the two failures of the reconnaissance soldiers were sowhat justified.
They hadn’t perford the duties of a reconnaissance soldier properly.
Or perhaps, they hadn’t sorted out their mindset.
They were too self-assured and even arrogant.
Last year, they launched their attack on the first night and ran into Wang Ye’s unit.
And Wang Ye belonged to the strongest batch from last year.
In reality, they could have gathered so intelligence and avoided running into him.
And this year, Li Jun was also one of the best in the entire company.
Yet they still ssed up when they encountered his unit.
Yes, Wang Ye had put himself in their shoes, calculated their timing, and arranged for the best soldiers to be on duty.
But Wang Ye was sure that reconnaissance soldiers could observe the changing of guards among the new recruits.
If they had gathered intelligence or had a more balanced mindset, they could have easily avoided Li Jun’s shift.
But they didn’t.
Wang Ye didn’t know what their commander was thinking, but he felt that their biggest problem was their leadership.
Looking up at the regintal commander, Wang Ye said seriously, “Sir, I may not know much about our regint’s reconnaissance soldiers, but 1 believe they are very self-assured and confident. If you let lead them, I can guarantee that 1’11 straighten out this bad habit of theirs. At the very least, if I’m in charge, I dare say we can take down the new recruits’ company!”
The regintal commander smiled, quite satisfied with Wang Ye’s response.
Wang Ye didn’t imdiately say he could.
If Wang Ye had agreed outright, the regintal commander would have asked for more details. If Wang Ye couldn’t co up with a reasonable thod to improve the reconnaissance soldiers’ combat effectiveness, he would have been disappointed in Wang Ye.
But now, the regintal commander was quite satisfied with Wang Ye’s response.
“Alright then, when the new recruits move to the company in a couple of days, report to the Criminal Investigation Company temporarily as the acting second platoon leader!”
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