Chapter 5: My Name is Steve (Vote and Collect)

  Hughs sent the aircraft shape for wind tunnel testing and brought the prepared contract documents, Sun Xiang's ID card and a letter of enlistment notice to him. He also told him to find Colonel Ralph after arriving at the military camp, saying that he was his good friend and had already talked about Sun Xiang's affairs. Sun Xiang carefully examined the documents, ID cards and other items, and found no obvious flaws. He then asked Fang Tou to help him forge a real land deed, property certificate, birth certificate and so on, which were simply trivial matters for Fang Tou. After two weeks of getting along, Sun Xiang set foot on his journey again, this time with the target directly pointing to the Washington Bolling Air Force Base.

  Pauline Base: After Sun Xiang showed his enlistment notice, he walked into the US military camp under the strange gaze of two soldiers. It was already a month past the enlistment deadline.

  "Colonel Ralph, I'm Steve, reporting for duty." As Sun Xiang saluted, he observed Colonel Ralph, who was over 40 but had a face that exuded charm and masculinity.

  Ralph replied, "It was Howard Hughes who recommended you to me, I don't know what kind of relationship you have with him, but that's not important. What's important is that now that you're in my camp, you'll do everything according to the rules here. Do you understand, Corporal?"

  "Yes, sir!" Sun Xiang replied loudly.

  "Alright, fine. You go attend the new recruit training then. I heard from Hughes that you're quite good at flying planes. Get ready, I'll be watching your flight performance later." Turning to the tall black man, "Lieutenant Charles! Take him to the airport."

  "Yes, Colonel." The black lieutenant named Charles led Sun Xiang towards the airport.

  "Is Square Head there?"

  "Please speak, host."

  "Quickly look up information on F2A fighter planes for me"

  The Brewster F2A Buffalo was the United States Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft and is considered one of the worst fighters of World War II. However, there may be some bias in this assessment, as Buffalos serving with the Commonwealth, Dutch and American forces achieved some successes against Japanese fighters in the early stages of the Pacific War. The Buffalo was comparable to the Mitsubishi A6M Zero in performance and firepower, but outclassed by the Zero in maneuverability.

  Sun Xiang said to Fang Nao, "Got it, thanks." After spending some time together, Sun Xiang always treated Fang Nao as one of his own friends, probably because they were connected in the same way.

  "Steve, this is the command tower of our Washington Bolling Air Force Base." Sun Xiang looked in the direction Charles pointed, it was an all-white control tower, opposite a large row of aprons, all the planes were parked around a small apron in a ring shape, next to the apron was a straight runway, on which could be seen planes taking off and landing continuously.

  At this time, Charles said to Sun Xiang: "That's your plane, go ahead, Lieutenant." Sun Xiang then saw the F2A parked in front of him, with a short and stout body and a clumsy big head. "Yes, Lieutenant," Sun replied.

  He climbed onto the plane, sat down, fastened his seatbelt, and then Sun Xiang was stunned. Everything looked unfamiliar to him, the internal structure of the plane was vastly different from those in his time. The only things he recognized were the control stick and the machine gun button. Cold sweat began to trickle down his face. The airport's signal flags had already started waving, and Sun Xiang had no choice but to use all his knowledge to match the mechanical parts in front of him with those of modern planes. After nearly 5 minutes, he finally managed to get the plane off the ground, albeit with great difficulty. Due to his unfamiliarity with the controls, the F2A took off like a drunken fly, stumbling and staggering in the sky. The people on the scene couldn't help but hold their breath for him.

  Colonel Ralph in the airport control tower frowned at Sun Xiang's performance. Hughes was a man who never lied, but this guy looked like he could only fly a plane and nothing else? Ralph's mind was filled with doubts.

  Charles, standing in the square, couldn't help but laugh and bend his waist. What's all this? Is this kid out of his mind?!

  Most of the soldiers in training also found out about this "fly" flying in the sky. In just a short while, Sun Xiang, this new recruit, became the laughing stock of the entire boot camp and even the whole airport.

  After a short while, Ralph's tightly furrowed eyebrows slowly relaxed. By this time, Sun Xiang in the sky had become familiar with the aircraft's components and his flying skills had improved dramatically. After about 20 minutes, Sun Xiang's plane landed steadily on the airport runway.

  As soon as Sun Xiang got off the plane, he saw Charles with a big smile on his face. Charles said to him, "Haha, Sergeant Steve, your flight performance was fantastic! I'm sure your name is already spreading throughout the entire camp."

  After hearing Charles' words, Sun Xiang wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into, his face had turned red all the way to the base of his neck. He was, after all, a first-class pilot born and raised under the red flag. Thinking back to when he first flew the MiG-27, he had also undergone an intense month-long training beforehand, it was just nervousness, but he had never lost face like this in front of so many people before. All he could do was say to Charles: "I've let you down, Lieutenant, but I'll learn how to use the plane well."

  Charles smiled and said to Sun Xiang, "Don't worry, new recruits now are just learning theoretical flight, you're much stronger than them. Come on, follow me, I think Captain is eager to see you." After finishing speaking, he led the way towards the command tower. Charles knocked on the door and then pushed it open and walked in. Sun Xiang followed him into the command tower with a curious face, and he was more interested in the command system at this time compared to the aircraft of World War II.

  Ralph put down his work and turned sideways to face Charles and Sun Xiang after seeing them enter the door.

  "Your flying performance I've seen, have you ever operated an airplane alone before?" Ralph asked.

  "Yes, Colonel, I and my father learned to fly, but it was a short time." Sun replied, thinking of his father who was far away in the past century, his eyes slightly sour.

  "Then your father must have been a great pilot, I can tell by the way you fly, this is your first time in an F2A and you've quickly grasped the plane's performance, you could make a fine pilot, my boy," Ralph said.

  "Thank you for your praise, Colonel. I will work hard to serve the country." Of course, the name of that country is China, Sun Xiang added in his heart.

  Ralph: "Alright, from now on you're a sergeant. Go get familiar with your team, Charles, take him around."

  "Yes! Colonel!" Sun Xiang replied loudly. Charles led Sun Xiang away from the command tower after saluting.

  "Corporal Steve!" Charles said seriously, "From today on, you are a member of our Polin Air Force Base. Here is the new recruit manual, please read it carefully." He handed over a small booklet.

  "Understood, Lieutenant. I'll take a close look at it." Sun Xiang took over the booklet and flipped through it.

  "Alright, this is the new barracks area. Room 026 is your quarters, you can go in yourself. Take me to see your superior." With that, Charles left.

  Sun Xiang took a good look around the environment, standard garden-style barracks. There is a soldier activity field, and now there are many soldiers exercising. At this time, a commotion came over, many soldiers surrounded together, shouting loudly.

  "Oh! John, don't go easy on him! Beat the hell out of this son of a bitch!" a tall white man yelled.

  "Richie! Richie! Get up! Don't give up."

  "Go, go, go! Left hook, left hook!"

  "...such shouts rose and fell, instantly piquing Sun Xiang's interest. He slung his backpack behind him and walked into the crowd, his powerful physique evident as he easily squeezed to the front row. Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a martial arts competition."

  In the arena, a tall white man with over 190 cm in height, with solid muscles all over his body, was fiercely attacking his opponent.

  Another black man was noticeably shorter, but more agile and muscular, however, not long after the smaller one was punched in the shoulder by the bigger one, his body swayed instantly, the bigger one kicked him again with a heavy leg, the smaller one immediately lost balance, fell to the ground, the bigger one quickly turned over and pressed on top of him, continuing to attack him non-stop, the smaller one had no choice but to hold his head with both hands, tightly protecting his head.

  "What's going on?" Sun Xiang asked the soldier next to him. He took a look and found out it was the guy who had given that little rascal Li Qi gasoline.

  "Oh my god!" Seeing the little guy fall to the ground again, he turned his head and said to Sun Xiang: "John and his gang rely on their height and strength to bully some new recruits. They were in our previous batch of enlistment, they are 9th period students, we are 10th period, my name is Dick." After finishing speaking, he immediately turned his head again, with a tense expression, paying close attention to the situation on the field.

  At this time, the little guy tried several times to knock down the big guy but failed. The big guy beat and scolded: "You damn woman, you don't agree with me rubbing your back, you damn black-skinned monkey..." As he spoke, another fist heavily smashed towards the little guy.

  Sun Xiang couldn't take it anymore, so he shoved the bag into Dick's arms and quickly walked towards the center of the field. Dick looked at Sun Xiang's back in surprise. Everyone saw that another person was walking onto the field, and the scene immediately quieted down. A white man with a scar on his face came out from John's side and blocked Sun Xiang's path.

  "Hey! Kid, get back to your boot camp, this isn't a place for a little white face like you." The surrounding soldiers burst into laughter.

  Hahaha

  "Hey kid! What's so funny?"

  "Big guy! You want to make fun of me, I'll play along!" After that, he muttered in a small voice that everyone could hear: "Is my face really whiter than his? It seems like I need to get some sun soon, or else I won't be able to show my face in the future if I'm as dark as him."

  Suddenly, everyone in the entire camp burst out laughing together.

  Dàobāo's face suddenly felt like all the blood in his body was rushing to his face, the blue veins on his neck were bulging and jumping, and he directly jumped up and pounced on Sūn Xiáng.

  Sun Xiang was fully focused on his movements, when he suddenly saw him jump up and pounce towards himself. Sun Xiang, who had been prepared, quickly dodged to the side and lightly stretched out his foot towards Knife Scar's foot, then everyone in the audience saw Knife Scar's tall body fall to the ground like a sack of flour with a loud "thud". The whole audience erupted into an even louder cheer after another moment of silence. Almost all the new recruits were cheering for Sun Xiang.

  Scarface was knocked to the ground for half a day and was afraid of not getting up. At this time, John had let go of Richie who was lying on the ground, and several 9th-grade students ran out from behind him, pulling Scarface out of the center of the field. John walked towards Sun Xiang, and the scene suddenly became tense again. John carefully sized up Sun Xiang: 180 cm tall, handsome face, well-proportioned limbs, looking very agile. His eyes were a bit lazy, not looking like a difficult opponent to deal with.

  At the same time, Sun Xiang began to warm up and didn't even glance at John, exercising his joints by himself, making a series of cracking sounds. Upon hearing the noise, John's breathing caught in his throat. Looks like he really has met a master.

  After understanding, John quickly adjusted his state and watched Sun Xiang vigilantly. Sun Xiang slowly walked towards John, using his aura to suppress John. John finally couldn't bear it and took the initiative to attack, pouncing forward with a left-handed thrusting punch at Sun Xiang. Because Sun Xiang was more than 10 centimeters shorter than John, John's thrusting punch struck downwards, its speed even more fierce. Sun Xiang remained calm and unhurried, dodging John's thrusting punch by lowering his body, using his speed to rush into John's embrace, borrowing the momentum to take a step forward with his knee raised, then suddenly bursting out with a heavy right-handed fist that struck John's abdomen, before flashing away. John fell to his knees on the ground, and the scene was silent as a tomb.

  John realized something was wrong after the punch, but he didn't expect Sun Xiang to rush into his arms so quickly. He felt like he had been hit by a train in the abdomen, and his internal organs were churning. John struggled to get up and looked at Sun Xiang standing not far away. Sun Xiang thought to himself that these white people's physical quality was really good, they could withstand his punch and kick and still get up so quickly. John spat at him and said, "Come on, you pig!" and charged at him again. Sun Xiang saw John's movement and also lowered his body to charge at John. The two met quickly, with John's right fist hitting first. Sun Xiang used his left hand to block John's punch, and his right hand grabbed the arm that had just swung out, turning around to throw John over his shoulder using John's own momentum and weight, knocking him unconscious to the ground.

  John's gang was a bit uneasy, Scarface had recovered and now walked up to Sun Xiang, menacingly saying: "This is our business, you'd best not interfere. If you know what's good for you, get out of here."

  Sun Xiang looked up at him, and the scar-faced man immediately took a few steps back. Then several more people stood out to challenge Sun Xiang, who glanced at them with disdain before turning to the scar-faced man and saying: "You guys come on together, I still have to go ask my superior how his afternoon is going."

  Several people who came out were furious. One of them said, "You scum! Let's take him down together." The three people behind them stirred restlessly. Sun Xiang saw the situation and knew that if he didn't subdue this group today, they would continue to cause trouble for him. This time, he took the initiative to attack, rushing into the midst of the four people, charging towards the one who looked the weakest. With a single move, "Double Wind Piercing Ears," he struck out, and the skinny guy had never seen such a move before. Seeing Sun Xiang's attack, he hastily stretched out his hands to block him. Sun Xiang's momentum didn't decrease, but his hand withdrew, and his foot followed with a straight kick to the opponent's abdomen. The skinny guy fell to the ground without even touching Sun Xiang. The remaining three people saw this and rushed over together. (Everyone knows that when fighting in a group, if multiple opponents charge from one direction, they will involuntarily split up into a disorderly sequence, becoming chaotic before the fight even begins.) Sun Xiang immediately retreated two steps back.

  The three of them thought Sun Xiang was afraid, and they rushed towards him in a flurry. As soon as the first person attacked, Sun Xiang immediately countered with a shoulder throw, sending the first person crashing to the ground. The second and third people also charged forward, but Sun Xiang used his Taekwondo skills to take them down with a three-segment kick, sending the second person flying. The third person saw the state of the first two and lost his will to fight, trying to turn around and escape. But Sun Xiang wouldn't give him that chance, chasing after him and delivering a flying kick to his back. The few people who had just stood up were also knocked to the ground. It may seem like a long story, but it all happened in an instant. The 9th and 10th batch of students watching from the sidelines had never seen such a visually stunning fight scene before, and they were all shocked by Sun Xiang's skills. The only sound left on the scene was the groaning of the people who had been knocked to the ground.

  Sun Xiang turned around to look for Dick's figure, and found him standing in the crowd of new recruits, staring at himself in surprise. He walked over and took back his backpack from Dick's hand, then turned around and solemnly said to the people present: "A soldier's battlefield is the war zone, the opponent is the enemy, not a comrade!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and left. Scarface looked at Sun Xiang's back for a while, then loudly shouted at Sun Xiang: "Hey! My name is Bao Wen Ai Er, what's yours?" "My name is Steve!"

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