Volume 1: The Fierce Tiger Leaves Its Leash Chapter 23: Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea (Part 1)

  When the domestic "Jingqi" sedan chair carrying Wang Jie and US Ambassador Schurman entered the camp, it was already late in the evening. The officers and soldiers in the camp were doing their last drill before dinner. At Schurman's request, this was a temporary visit, so there was no welcoming ceremony arranged. Under the escort of several military vehicles, the sedan chair drove directly into the camp and stopped outside the cafeteria. Wang Jie accompanied Schurman out of the car.

  Mr. Wang, according to the information provided by your country, there are only about 120 people stationed here, but this cafeteria is quite large.

  "Are you referring to the cafeteria?" Wang Yilin made a please gesture, leading Skray into the cafeteria. "In recent years, your country has always thought that our country's defense spending growth rate is too fast. In fact, almost all of the increased defense spending has been used to improve the lives of soldiers. This cafeteria was just built recently and can accommodate at least 500 people for meals, and it's also divided into separate dining halls for soldiers and officers. To improve food quality, we've adopted the world's most advanced food processing technology and preservation technology. Additionally, there are also perfect entertainment facilities here, on holidays, this is a dance floor for military personnel to entertain and socialize. I believe that after Your Excellency sees it with your own eyes, you will have a deeper understanding of our military, and if in the future your country still thinks that our increase in defense spending is a threat, I believe Your Excellency can speak up for us."

  "I'm just an ordinary ambassador." Schreiber was taken aback, "So according to Mr. Wang's words, is your army planning to expand the scale of special forces?"

  "Of course not, as one of the special forces with the highest combat readiness in our army," Wang Yilin said, leading Skray out of the cafeteria. "In order to strengthen the combat readiness of the troops, we will often conduct joint training exercises with other brother units. At that time, there will be more soldiers here, and the cafeteria will be expanded, which will naturally be much more convenient. I believe your army is the same, right?"

  Schkrae nodded reluctantly, he wasn't a military man and couldn't understand these issues at all, and his purpose in coming here was not to visit the luxurious dining hall of the "Snow Leopard" unit.

  "So, Your Excellency, where would you like to go next?"

  "Mr. Wang, it seems that your army's training is indeed very strict." Schkrae stopped in his tracks and looked at the officers and soldiers who were still practicing.

  Wang Yilin burst out laughing. Americans are always like this, never saying what they mean directly, but instead beating around the bush as if they have done something wrong. He nodded to his secretary who had been following behind him. The secretary immediately went to find Gu Weimin, who was in charge of organizing the training.

  "General Assembly—"

  As soon as Gu Weimin gave the order, the team members who were training immediately stopped and stood in two square arrays in front of him. Each array had six rows, with 10 people in each row, except for the first row on the left side, which only had nine people. The team members all stood upright with their chests out, their faces stern, and their formation neat and uniform, without a single mistake. Even Schreiber, who didn't understand military affairs, was shocked by this sight. In his impression, no US military unit had such a neat formation. Although lining up is just a very small action, but from this small matter of lining up, you can see the spiritual appearance of an army, you can see the morale of an army, and you can see the combat effectiveness of an army.

  "From left to right, report in!" Gu Weimin's voice was extremely loud and seemed to shake the mountains.

  "The voices of the team members grew louder as they counted '1... 2... 3...', almost causing the ground to shake."

  After the roll call was finished, Gu Weimin made a standard about-face and ran to Wang Yilin's front. "Reporting to the leader, 'Snow Leopard' detachment should have 120 people, but actually there are 119 people."

  Wang Yilin nodded slightly, letting Gu Weimin return to the team, while he paid attention to Skray's expression. It was clear that after discovering that someone was missing, Skray showed a complacent look, as if he had caught someone's weakness.

  "Mr. Wang, why are there only 119 people? Shouldn't it be 120?"

  "I also find it strange." Wang Yilin pretended to be surprised, beckoning Gu Weimin over. "Colonel, your troops should be 120 people, why are there only 119?"

  "Reporting to the superior, team member No. 074 is currently undergoing disciplinary action for violating discipline and did not participate in training." This was a well-rehearsed phrase, and Gu Weimin, who was not good at lying, said it as if it were true.

  "Who is he?" Schreiber hastily asked, but immediately realized that he had broken the rules. He couldn't directly talk to a military personnel, so he turned to Wang Yilin and said, "Mr. Wang, would you happen to know who this 074 is?"

  "This... " Wang Yilin's face turned difficult, "Your Excellency, you also know that the 'Snow Leopard' Brigade is a strictly confidential unit. Each member's name is strictly confidential, and even their appearance is strictly confidential. This time, allowing you to visit the brigade is already an exception. If..."

  "So, can you take me to see him?" Schley also knew the rules. "I mean, I'd like to know how you punish soldiers who break discipline. This can also deepen our mutual understanding and trust, Mr. Wang, don't you think?"

  Wang Yilin looked at Gu Weimin and nodded, then said to Schkler: "Since Your Excellency has made such a request, I don't want to refuse. However, I hope that you won't speak of what you've seen today. After all, every country's military has its own rules. As we say, 'no rules, no square'. Please understand."

  "Of course, this is of course." Shu Kui also counts as a Hua Xia Tong, and he still understands this kind of colloquialism.

  "Well then, Colonel, would you lead the way? I'd also like to know how you punish those who violate military discipline."

  Gu Weimin led Wang Yilin and others to the confinement room. The so-called confinement room was actually a completely sealed, only connected with a ventilation pipe, an area of less than 2 square meters small room. After closing the door, the room was pitch black, without any light. Normally, people who were locked in such a room would definitely become mentally abnormal within three days. This was where the military punished those officers and soldiers who seriously violated military discipline. And Ling Tianxiang could also be considered a frequent visitor here, among the 24 missions he had previously carried out, there were 6 times when he was locked up for violating military discipline, this was already the seventh time.