Chapter Forty-Seven: Another Selection

  For those assigned to the Bald Eagle Brigade, Sha Hu members did not have much resistance. There is an old saying in the army: "Iron-clad barracks, flowing water soldiers", which means that revolution is fast-paced and you go where you are needed. Anyway, being a soldier, wherever you are, it's all the same, as long as you're not kicked out of the army.

  Xie Xiaoshuai was still quite happy about this, after all, he grew up here and liked the environment very much. He could also often go home to visit his mother, so why not be happy?

  The Desert Fox squad quickly integrated into the Bald Eagles and got along well with other comrades. Although the Bald Eagles were once annihilated by the Desert Fox squad, that was based on real skills. In this strong team where strength is respected, they are still quite respectable.

  Ren Tianqi sent someone to bring over all the deceased members' personal belongings of the Sha Huo team. The Sha Huo team people exclaimed that Lao Pao was indeed a righteous and loyal person, as he personally took care of these small matters. Although the Sha Huo team had become someone else's backing, Ren Tianqi still showed his magnanimity.

  The instructor position of the Desert Fox Team is now vacant again, and Xie Xiaoshuai made a report to Xie Pingyang, hoping that he would dispatch a capable person to take over, rather than letting someone hold multiple positions like in the case of the Rattlesnake, which would still leave the Desert Fox Team short-handed.

  The instructor was dispatched, and it turned out to be an acquaintance: Duan Ge. Xie Pingyang let Duan Ge hand over all the tasks in his hands and put all his energy into the Sha Hu squad. This moved Xie Xiaojuan very much, letting the original ace striker of the Bald Eagle team take charge as the instructor of the Sha Hu team, how much does this show that they value the Sha Hu team!

  Duan Ge, the bold and generous brother, quickly blended in with the Sha Hu Xiao Dui team. Everyone cooperated well with Duan Ge's work, and soon after his joining, the combat power of the Sha Hu Xiao Dui reached a new level again.

  Xie Xiaoshuai made a special report to Xie Pingyang about Li Gang and Caihua Snake Liu Yuxin's matter, seeking his father's opinion, and told his father about the confusion in his heart. Xie Pingyang only replied with one sentence: "If the two of them are really together, on the day they submit their marriage report, then one of them must be transferred out of the squad." This was Xie Pingyang's bottom line, no other way.

  Xie Pingyang gave Xie Xiaoshuai a very loose bottom line, but on the other hand, he also insisted on his principles. He solved Xie Xiaoshuai's temporary troubles and at least for the next few years, he won't have to worry about this matter. Both of them are still young, and getting married is not something that will happen in a year or two.

  Xie Xiaoshuai was also very concerned about his brothers, and he applied for promotion quotas for several soldiers in the team (Li Gang was already a corporal). Although Xie Pingyang valued the Sha Hu Xiao team, it was indeed impossible to satisfy Xie Xiaoshuai's request for four promotions at once, so he had to take a compromise - two per year. After promotion, they would enter military school for study, and then arrange time later. This way, Xie Xiaoshuai solved the future of all members of the Sha Hu Xiao team, and also gave his brothers an account.

  The Desert Fox squad received their first mission after joining the Bald Eagles: selecting new special warfare team members.

  It was this kind of task again, and Xie Xiao Shuai was very unwilling. However, thinking of Xie Ping Yang's preferential treatment of Sha Hu, Xie Xiao Shuai couldn't refuse.

  However, since it was Xiao Shuai who was in charge of this selection, all the power was in his hands. He decided that if he couldn't push it away, then this selection would be done his way.

  Apart from the candidates recommended by the units, Xie Xiaoshuai asked Xie Pingyang to report to the military region for application, and they themselves also went to various branches including the navy and air force to select the elites. The military region attached great importance to the report of the Bald Eagles and gave it high support, directly issuing a circular and fully supporting Xie Xiaoshuai's selection.

  Xie Xiaoshuai and Duan Ge ran for a period of time, running through all the units in the military region, selecting many people who Xie Xiaoshuai thought were suitable but were not recommended due to their comprehensive quality not meeting the standards, including several female soldiers. They had been questioned by the leadership of this department before. Xie Xiaoshuai just threw out a sentence saying that selection is necessary and ran away with Duan Ge.

  Xie Xiaoshuai and his team returned to the Bald Eagle's training camp in less than two days, all the candidates had arrived. These people saw Xie Xiaoshuai and his team fully armed to greet them, they were very excited, many of them had been yearning for special forces for a long time, prepared for a long time without coming to sign up, the purpose was to make a fortune, pass the selection in one go, and join the dream special forces.

  Facing some excited team members in the queue, Xie Xiaoshuai did not take the old routine of coming down with a horse whip. Instead, he gave a gesture to the Sahara Fox team, and the people from the Sahara Fox team immediately rushed into the shooting range and came up with a team coordinated shooting.

  The contestants were in an uproar, watching the Sahara Fox team's standard tactical movements, shooting cleanly and neatly, without even aiming much, the bullets flying towards the target's head like they had eyes.

  Is this the special forces? Is this the place I've been dreaming of entering? This is where a soldier should be! So cool. In just these few dozen seconds, the Sha Hu squad's performance pushed the crowd's ambition to its peak, and everyone silently vowed that they must enter the special forces, enter that sacred temple in their hearts.

  "Have you all seen that? That's the special forces. Actually, there's no need to envy them, if you can join their ranks, then in the future you'll be just like them. However, first you have to pass the selection, pass our test. If you can't endure the hardships of the selection process, then everything is just empty talk." Xie Xiaoshuai began his mobilization speech combined with the performance from earlier, and when he saw that everyone's enthusiasm had been stirred up, Xie Xiaoshuai and the others started the formal selection process.

  After the performance, it was time to show off. A group of rookies were rushed to a 20-kilometer cross-country run in full gear, while Xie Xiaoshuai returned to the monitoring room and watched their performance on the big screen.

  This time Gong Mao learned his lesson, seeing that the female soldiers were basically in a state of lagging behind, he didn't use his usual trick of "destroying flowers with one hand". Instead, he rode a four-wheeled motorcycle beside them and encouraged them with all his might, leaving a very good impression on these female soldiers.

  At night, those people dragged their tired bodies back to the dormitory to rest. How to deal with them, Xie Xiaoshuai didn't worry about it, he took out the modified mobile phone of Yin Zhilin and dialed Lu Xue's phone number, it had been more than a month since they last spoke, and he really missed Lu Xue.

  "Hello, who is it?" came a familiar voice from the phone, Lu Xue's.

  Xie Xiaoshuai was playful and mischievous, wanting to tease Lu Xue, so he changed his voice: "Guess."

  "Don't guess, who are you? Don't say and I'll hang up the phone." Along with Lu Xue's voice on the phone was the sound of rapid keyboard typing, apparently very busy.

  "You forgot about me so quickly? It's not easy for me to call you." Xie Xiao Shuai returned to his normal voice.

  "Ah! It's you, handsome guy." Lu Xue was delighted to hear Xie Xiao Shuai's voice and put down what she was doing.

  "Uh, don't call me that, I'm not good-looking enough to be called a handsome guy."

  "Oh, so it's all right with you now, young man?"

  A bead of sweat rolled down Xie Xiaoshuai's forehead: "I give up, can't you call me that way? It sounds weird to me."

  "Are you called Xie Xiaoshuai? I'm calling you that, aren't I? Hehe..." Lu Xue teased Xie Xiaoshuai back.

  "Never mind, let's not talk about this. I've been transferred to work in the Southern Xinjiang Military Region, near Tacheng."

  "Really? That's great, I'm also around here, tell me your location, I'll go see you tomorrow."

  "My current location is inconvenient for me to tell you, and the main reason I called you today is to tell you this."

  "Alright. Since it's like this then forget it, by the way, where did you get that phone? Didn't they say your troops can't make calls?"

  "Heh heh! It's a secret, anyway it doesn't break the rules. If you need to find me in the future, you can call this number. If it's turned off, it means we're on a mission and no one will answer. If no one answers, I'll call you back later."

  "Alright, got it. It's like this for now, I'm still very busy on my end, let's talk later." Lu Xue said before hanging up the phone.