The front-line command position of the Lao-Mexican coalition forces.
After receiving the transfer order, Xing Yao did not dare to waste time. He put on a clean school uniform and came to the tent where Fei Pingsheng was, bringing the chief of staff Lao Qian, who was also promoted.
After coming in, Xing Yao saw Fei Pingsheng sitting in the battalion commander's seat. He saluted him in a proper manner and said loudly: "Report to the Chief of General Staff, the Fourth Reinforced Brigade of the Renmin Army, Brigade Commander Xing Yao, come to report!"
Old Qian also saluted immediately: "Chief of Staff Qian Yu of the 4th Reinforced Brigade of the Renmin Army is reporting in!"
"You've all worked hard." Fei Pingsheng looked at the two best partners, smiled, and then turned to Xing Yao and asked, "Young man, you look much more energetic in this big school uniform."
Hearing this, Xing Yao very familiarly picked up a pack of cigarettes from Fei Pingsheng's desk, lit one, took a deep puff and said, "To be honest, Chief of General Staff, I am more energetic now than smoking a cigarette. A brigade was organized, but I was assigned a total of 2,000 people, 800 of whom were wounded and are now lying in the field hospital. Another 500 are new recruits from Longcheng. The rest are all old veterans, and they are very difficult to manage."
Xing Yao sighed deeply, "Now, I have to train the new recruits, comfort the old veterans, and go to the hospital when I have nothing to do. I go to four or five places on average every day. Oh, my mental state is so bad!"
Although Xing Yao was promoted four levels due to his meritorious service last time, and was promoted to the rank of brigade commander, he received a formal rank, and the unit he led was changed to the Fourth Reinforced Brigade of the People's Min Army. However, the scale and quality of the entire troop increase are hard to describe...
Xing Yao had met Fei Pingsheng before. After all, they were both in the Renmin Army and had a good relationship with each other.
Although he complained like this, Xing Yao knew in his heart that it was not that the higher-ups were unwilling to fulfill their promise, but that there were simply no soldiers. The entire team was fighting, and new soldiers could not be recruited, so the number of soldiers kept decreasing.
Fei Pingsheng looked at him with a smile and said, "You're complaining to me again, right? Well, this time, I'll replenish your lack of troops all at once."
"Fill up?" Xing Yao looked at him in surprise and couldn't help asking, "Where are you going to find people? In this life, it's too late?"
Fei Pingsheng said seriously, "You can pick anyone from the Renmin Army. Including the 101st Independent Regiment where you served before. Even if you want to bring your old regiment commander back, that's fine. He still has to be under your command. So, pick whoever you like, and you can get as many soldiers as you want, and you can choose the weapons and equipment as you want."
When Xing Yao heard this, he felt that he was not joking. He quickly exchanged glances with Lao Qian who was sitting next to him, and then asked Fei Pingsheng with some concern: "Chief of General Staff, tell me the truth, do the higher-ups regret having me as the brigade commander? If they really regret it, I will go back to being a small battalion commander. I am really scared by your tricks!"
Fei Pingsheng thought for a moment, then slowly said to him: "Not only you, I'll go too."
Xing Yao and Lao Qian were both stunned.
Fei Pingsheng reached out his hand and patted his shoulder: "You and I are both honored to be chosen by the upper echelons to serve as the elite troops of the hundreds of thousands of troops in Longcheng and Laomo area."
Xing Yao held the cigarette in his hand, stared at him and asked, "Tell me, what is the mission?"
Fei Pingsheng took out the plan that Su Tianyu had prepared earlier from the drawer and handed it to Xing Yao.
Lao Qian came over and watched with him.
Xing Yao remained silent, smoking a cigarette while flipping through the plan. His movements were quick and he was very sensitive to key information.
Fei Pingsheng didn't disturb him and just sat aside.
After a while, Xing Yao finished reading the plan, and his head buzzed. After thinking for a long time, he no longer had a smile on his face, and said solemnly: "This is a mission that you can't return from... Even if we can really complete it, it will be difficult to withdraw in the end."
Fei Pingsheng looked at him with a very calm expression, and said slowly: "No matter how difficult the task is, someone has to carry it out. And the people who carry it out just happen to be us."
“Sizzle…”
Xing Yao took a deep puff of his cigarette, thought for a long time, and finally put out the cigarette butt, sighing: "I... regret having performed this merit... After I performed the merit, my right eyelid started twitching wildly... Damn, it finally happened!"
Lao Qian also sat there, silent.
Fei Pingsheng glanced at the two of them, and finally his gaze fell on Xing Yao, and asked softly: "You're already feeling weak before the battle even begins?"
Xing Yao immediately replied, "You've already gone, so why should I be so weak? It's too late to say that you have cancer now! Chief of Staff, can you really just pick people casually?"
Fei Pingsheng nodded, "Yes! Within the Renmin Army, anyone you nominate will follow you. But the selection must be dispersed, and you can't fleece one sheep, and keep it confidential. Also, we are going to be dispersed, and you must arrange officers at all levels in advance. They must be reliable and trustworthy. If there is a problem, our trip... will really be a one-way trip."
Xing Yao nodded solemnly: "Okay, I understand!"
…
Four hours later, in the camp of the 101st Independent Regiment of the Renmin Army.
Xing Yao was sitting at a table in the tent, smoking a cigarette, bragging to a dozen of his comrades.
These comrades were all officers of the same rank as him. They all laughed and listened to his boasting.
After a while, the door curtain of the tent was lifted, and the commander of the 101st Independent Regiment limped in with his stiff right leg.
"Hello, Captain!"
Seeing him come in, everyone stood up in a hurry. Xing Yao also jumped down from the table, put his legs together, and saluted the former head of the group.
The regiment commander looked at him, raised his leg, kicked him on the buttocks, and cursed with a smile: "Fuck you, you are so successful now, wearing a school uniform, and you come to my army to pick people! Can you pick me too?"
Xing Yao grinned and said, "Haha, your legs and feet are not very good, and your eyes are not very good either, what do I need you for?"
“Bang!”
The head of the group was so angry that he stretched out his hand and patted Xing Yao on the back of his head: "Fuck, you are still angry, and you even dare to tease me?"
The battalion commanders around couldn't help laughing when they saw this.
The team leader paused for a moment, then asked Xing Yao: "Tell me, what is the mission?"
Xing Yao smiled and said, "I can't say that."
The head of the regiment did not ask any more questions. He nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead. I have prepared all the soldiers for you."
Xing Yao waved his hands at the familiar group of comrades in the room: "Okay, I won't brag to you anymore, I'm leaving!"
After saying that, he turned and walked out the door.
The team leader looked at his back and suddenly called out, "Xiao Xing!"
"What's wrong, Captain?" Xing Yao turned around and glanced at him.
The captain's expression suddenly turned serious, and he said to him, "Put on your school uniform, and come back alive!"
Xing Yao was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Of course I must. I must let people see me wearing a general's uniform in my lifetime!"
After saying that, he turned around and left the tent.
"I usually teach you to keep a low profile..." The regiment commander looked a little sad. He turned to look at the battalion commanders and sighed, "Alas... Being too prominent is not a good thing..."