Chapter 3 (4)

  Wan Ba Tian rushed in with a group of Standing Committee members and saw Vice Commander Xin speaking, so he hastily bowed his head and stood respectfully to one side.

  Xin Deputy Commander continued: "I really want to see which of your two battalions can beat the other, it seems that today is not possible."

  Xin Deputy Commander stood up and walked out, Wan Ba Tian hurried to follow him, saying: "Please don't be angry, Chief, I will definitely deal with them seriously."

  Xin, the deputy commander, turned around and said: "What am I angry about? If I wanted to be angry, I would have been angry at Marx long ago. I came down here just to understand what's going on with the grassroots troops, which is great. You should investigate and understand the specific situation clearly, don't rush to handle it seriously."

  "Yes, sir."

  Deputy Commander Xin said: "You don't have to follow me, just do what you need to do. I'll go visit other troops and who knows, maybe there will be more surprises."

  Wan Ba Tian stopped in his tracks, waiting for Xin Deputy Commander and his entourage to walk far away. He turned around and roared at Zhao Tie Long: "What the hell are you? Look at your troops, what a mess! Like a stir-fry of chicken feathers and scallions, all mixed up."

  Zhao Tielong lowered his head and didn't say a word. In the Wild Wolf Regiment, only Wan Ba Tian could scold Zhao Tielong's mother. There was no way around it, when Wan Ba Tian was the commander of the first battalion, Zhao Tielong was just the deputy commander of the first company, and his seniority was already established, so he had to obey.

  "Bring back the troops," Wan continued, "and have your battalion and company commanders run to my office."

  Wan Ba Tian finished speaking and stormed off in a rage.

  Zhao Tielong scolded the two dazed men, Xiao Hei and Liu Yibao: "You two numbskulls, what are you still standing there for? Didn't you hear Old Man Wan's words?"

  Zhao Tielong then ordered the two companies: "The duty platoon leader of each company, take your troops back and stay in your company honestly. Whoever dares to cause trouble again will be dealt with by me!"

  Zhao Tielong was really anxious this time. As the battalion commander for many years, it was the first time he encountered two companies under his command fighting each other. Unfortunately, Xing Deputy Commander happened to run into them. If things didn't go well, his position as battalion commander would be at stake.

  Zhao Tielong went out to the east and west. The duty platoon leaders of two battalions came out to assemble the troops.

  Xiao Hei glared at Liu Yibao, pulled out the "dead second" hat from his pocket, and said in a low voice: "Today you're lucky, Vice Commander Xin saved you. Remember, one day I'll put this hat on your head."

  Liu Yi Bao proudly raised his head and said disdainfully: "I'll accompany you to the end!"

  Two men followed Zhao Tiedong out, one in front and one behind, looking as if they were going to receive an award rather than being scolded.

  Logically speaking, Liu Yibao is an old squad leader and should be experienced in handling such matters.

  He also wanted to let it go, but he couldn't stand the arrogant attitude of Xiao Hei. Since you're showing off, I'll thoroughly beat you until you can't show off anymore.

  At that time, Xiao Hei gathered the second company and rushed to the gate of the first company with righteous indignation. He held the "dead old two" hat in one hand and a boxing glove in the other, bursting into the first company's barracks.

  Liu Yibao and instructor Wang Youcai were discussing work in the house. Xiao Hei suddenly threw his hat onto the table, pointing at Liu Yibao and saying: "Today, if you have the guts, let's practice together with our two teams. If you don't have the nerve, then get out and put on this hat in front of my comrades."

  Liu Yibao took a glance at the hat, suddenly stood up and pointed at Xiao Hei: "You surname Wang, you're too arrogant, even picking quarrels in my company!"

  Xiao Hei said: "It's not me who provoked trouble, it was your squad that started the trouble first. Today, no matter what, you must give our second squad an explanation."

  Wang Youcai hastily stood up and blocked the two of them. In his anxiety, he stuttered as he spoke.

  "King... King Lianchang, don't get so angry, we can talk things over. We're in the army... a place where politics is highly emphasized. You say it's training, but isn't it just fighting? What's the difference between us and those local rascals? We need to be political... you know that?"

  Xiao Hei pushed away Wang Youcai's hand. "You'd better not talk to me about politics. Look at what's written on this hat! It's you people who don't know how to do politics, you're even worse than rascals!"