Chapter 76 – Pa.s.s Along with Blood and Fire
Most of the garrisoned troops in the Nanjing military region received this transfer order, and all of the soldiers that received it were very excited whether they were commanders or normal soldiers. Yet, there were also a group of people didn’t find out what this means from their direct chiefs, so they could only report in with confusion.
The next morning, Chen Yang and Long Ye actually partic.i.p.ated in the fully armed 10km off-road training once in a blue moon. This made their company commander and comrades very confused. They no longer remembered how long these two brats haven’t partic.i.p.ated in training for. Their company commander, Qian Jin, raised his head and looked towards the sky while muttering, “The sun didn’t rise up from the west, did these two brats take the wrong meds this morning?”
The deputy company commander, Gu Tao, smiled and said, “Old Qian, perhaps these two brats had a sudden interest.”
What they didn’t know what was Chen Yang and Long Ye had changed because of what Ye Tianming had said to them the previous day, and they were also waiting for Ye Tianming’s arrival.
During the afternoon, Chen Yang and Long Ye received Ye Tianming’s orders to immediately go and gather in the field. There was another person, that n.o.body expected to, that received the orders, it was Tan Chao.
After receiving the orders, Xu Guoliang patted his shoulders and said, “Tan Chao, your chance has come. If you can make it through this time, you won’t have to be demobilized.”
Tan Chao said in confusion, “Squad Leader, what’s going on?”
Xu Guoliang said sincerely, “Go quickly, you’ll know then. Take good care of this chance.”
Ye Tianming and Feng Zhen stood on the field in front of armored cars and helicopters. Opposite them was a tidy troop. Chen Yang, Long Ye and Tan Chao looked pa.s.sionately at Ye Tianming, and the colonel uniform that he was wearing. They knew that something unexpected was going to happen today.
As they expected, Ye Tianming looked at the military watch, then said to Feng Zhen, “Roll call. Eliminate the ones that are late.”
Feng Zhen nodded, then started taking the roll call.”
“Report, captain. 138 people should have reported in, and 138 people arrived. Please give your instructions,” Feng Zhen said with a salute.
Ye Tianming put away his slovenly appearance and said, “Take a brief break!”
“When you guys received those transfer orders, perhaps you already knew the reason. However, I still want to say it. In the current era, special forces have become indispensable troops in any battle. Some politicians in the western countries predict proudly that we, China, will fall at the third or fourth generation. This is very similar to our saying of “Riches do not last past the third generation”.
“Their prediction is very accurate. With the effects of the waves of reformation, some people think that being a soldier is no longer a dedication, no longer a responsibility, and instead, is a chance to get rich and powerful.
“Yes, I have to admit that it has become a trend, it is a shortcut for some of the sons of influential officials towards their bright future. Soldiers like that are just going to die on the battlefield, and I don’t need these sorts of soldiers.”
The entire field was silent as they listened on to Ye Tianming’s speech.
“Fortunately, the Chinese military still has you, people that are elites. This also made me feel a bit better. I have asked you to come today to train you into real war machines. I want you to become elite among elites within the Chinese military. I want to show our enemies that look down on us, regardless of our generation, or the next, or even the one after that, we will not be eliminated. We will make the military soul of us Chinese soldiers exist forever, and will pa.s.s it along our descents with blood and fire.