Hamid stood outside the door as he watched Tian Xing Jian walk away. Only then did he enter the room and ask with doubt, “Respectable Al-Ghafar, his answer was the same as mine from before.”
Russell shook his head: “Both your answers are different. What I want is not the right answer, but rather, it’s the way you made your decision.”
Raising his head up from the map, Russell said to Hamid, “Firstly, he knew that this location conceals a trap. The red side’s military power is much less than the blue side’s, so essentially, all they could try and occupy would merely be this front part of the shore. This is not a cost-effective battle for them, so he chose to remain taciturn. And you, you had unhesitantly took the initiative of attacking this location without considering the casualty rates and the possibility of a trap, and neither did you consider the big picture. You only wanted to complete the mission.”
Hamid mumbled to himself, “But he still chose to forcibly attack this location in the end!”
Russell laughed: “It’s different. Before making this strategy, he gave his argument for why he would attack this location, and that’s how he is different from you—he knows why he should attack and when he should attack! He also knew that this is a trap not only to themselves but also to the enemies. If the enemies can make use of it, then so can we.”
Russell sighed as he looked at the map: “Originally, I thought that he would not decisively choose to forcibly attack that location since it would be too huge of a sacrifice. It seems that he has already settled that issue of confusion he had. In this chaotic world, I’m not sure if this is his fortune or not.”
Laughing at himself, Russell looked towards Hamid: “I understand his deduction. His strategy deployment and military usage might still be lacking, but judging on this point where he could see through the opponent’s scheme, he isn’t that weak when compared to me. It’s just that he hasn’t formulated his own combat ideology. If he is willing, he could certainly become a military expert that’s even more outstanding than me Thus, Hamid, you must respect him just as you respect me.”
Hamid lowered his head in agreement.
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When Tian Xing Jian reached back home, An Lei was already chatting with Mother An on the sofa. The moment she saw him, An Lei waved her hand: “Why did you only come back now? Darling Tian, quickly come over. I have something to ask you.”
Fatty indignantly replied, “I beg of you, please don’t use ‘Darling Tian’ to call me, alright?”
An Lei bit her lips and shook her head before gurgling in laughter: “No way!”
Mother An rebuked her by lightly hitting her and laughed: “This lass, don’t call Xiao Jian as such. He is already a first lieutenant. If other people heard you call him, it wouldn’t be good.”
An Lei merely smiled and did not promise.
These days of staying together day and night had made the relationship between An Lei and Tian Xing Jian from the past silently return. Fatty had even felt that he and An Lei were just like a husband and wife who came back after arguing, ones that became even more endearing to each other after all the smoke and clouds dissipated.
An Lei understood Mother An’s personality. Since young, she had always protected him, so she decided to fan and incite the flames: “So what if he is a first lieutenant? I am already a major and he still has to salute me when meeting me outside. When I call him over, it is regarded as an order.”
Mother An pulled Fatty with her to the dining hall and rolled her eyes at An Lei: “Xiao Jian, ignore this lass. You should eat something fast. Whatever she wants to ask can wait until she comes over and asks. Don’t care about her. What major or old officer [1]? She is still the youngest in this house.”
Fatty took the chance when Mother An wasn’t paying attention to turn around and give An Lei an inciteful raise of his eyebrows, angering An Lei so much that she threw a cushion over.
The daughter and mother of the An family had already eaten their meals. After bringing the dishes and rice over for Fatty, Mother An went back up to rest, leaving behind An Lei and Fatty on the first floor.
The dining hall and living room were linked, with one big and one small. From Fatty’s angle, he could completely see An Lei.
The An Lei who was curled up on the sofa watching television felt quite pleasing to his eyes. Even though she was wearing a set of pajamas that was too big for her, that shapely figure could still be seen; those that should be round were round and those that should be straight were straight. Her pajamas had stuck to her waist and buttocks, drawing the outline of a frightening arc.
She languidly changed the channel on the television periodically. A pair of fair and delicate feet was jade-like, sparkling, and pure. Her perfectly straight and glossy calf felt like silk. She was truly emitting the feeling of a female. This was a result of her dance classes taken during primary school.
Wherever she went, An Lei would be the focus of all the male’s attention. From the start of middle school, this fresh flower grew before finally blossoming with a tender and lovely figure, one that was fresh and beautiful. And from then on, she was indubitably the school’s flower all the way until university.
Only Fatty knew that An Lei’s most attractive characteristic wasn’t her pretty face and neither was it her moving figure. Instead, it was that gentle, water-like temperament and the scent emitting from her body that gave her the scent of a female, which made others want to protect and pity her.
How could such an outstanding female be pulled up by him? It seemed that familiarity breeding fondness was something most people follow, especially so when they fell in love for the first time, making them unable to forget that experience.
Tian Xing Jian had a surplus excretion of hormones today and could not hold on to the stimulation. Seeing An Lei curled up delicately like water on the sofa, he could not help but imagine that moving figure of hers when she was bathing. Truly wanting his life… Fatty quickly turned over to finish his meal.
After he buried himself into eating, the next moment Fatty raised his head, he could see An Lei currently lying on the table as she stared at him eating.
“What are you doing!?” Fatty screamed like a pervert molesting an ugly woman—it could not be said if it was a voice of terror or happiness.
An Lei smiled: “I’ve heard that you are highly despised by other people in the combat planning department. I have a friend there who said that you are so despicable and shameless that it occupies 99% of you.”
Fatty indifferently stood up and prepared to go and wash the plates, only to discover that this was an angle he could use to look into the neckline of An Lei. Without hesitation, he stuck his feet, entered a horse stance, and was not in a rush to leave. Laughing, he said, “What about you? Aren’t you going to help me explain to them what’s the matter?”
An Lei had not come around as she was puzzled why Fatty would be in such a weird stance. Without caring about it, she said, “Why would I need to explain? Hmph, everyone doesn’t look up to you. Ai, aren’t you tired from this?”
“Never!” An Lei heard the staunch reply from Fatty.
Looking up, she saw Fatty’s wretched eyes staring down into her chest as if he wanted to place his eyeballs into it. Feeling resentful and humiliated while kind of happy, she thought of how this person had still remained the same after all these years! With a kick to his leg, she said with annoyance, “Damned fatty, if you continue staring, I’ll gouge out your eyeballs!”
How could An Lei baring her fangs and brandishing her claw look threatening at all? Fatty merely ignored it and sighed regretfully as he went to wash his plates. While on the way there, he mentioned, “It’s not as if I have never seen it before. From young until now, which part of your body have I not seen before?”
An Lei was, after all, still a girl, so how could she bear with this person taking liberties with her? With a stomp, she leapt onto Fatty’s back, clawing and hitting him; the two of them were tangled up together.
[1] It’s a word play here - 什么少校老校,这家里她最小 (少校 - Major) (老校 - 老 refers to old, and 校 refers to the meaning of high-ranking officer)
The international scene was turning more tense; the friction between the several big nations increased, and the confrontation between two ultra-big nations had become more serious as well. Every single nation was preparing themselves for war! When did this happen was a question nobody truly knew the answer to; the only thing they knew was that the entire human race was moving towards an unspoken panic as everyone was none the wiser as to when that single sound of gunshot would start the cosmic war.
Miracolo Planet’s military power was assembled, and various preparations before the battle were proceeding as planned. The Leray Federation’s economy was currently showing its strength, as more than 70% of their corporations were placing additional effort into manufacturing more military goods. Many orders were made by the military and were transformed into actual weaponry and equipment that would be placed in the hands of the soldiers.
Jialipalan Military Academy was also right smack in this huge era as it shouldered on its mission.
The Leray Federation’s military academies were administered by the military themselves. Every single cadet, regardless of what their background, was previously either a soldier who had been on hundreds of battlefields or a brat who still smelled of milk from their mother that had yet to dry. As long as they could pass the admission into the military academy, they would be trained as officers, and once they passed their graduation tests, then that would be when they would truly become a fundamental level commanding officer of the military.
The instructors teaching in the academy were even more varied; there were ordinary professors teaching culture, there were military-established researchers, there were also fundamental level officers acting as instructors, and as well as generals with sky-high statuses.
The reconstructed Jialipalan Military Academy let out a heavyweight bomb as they announced the release of modules like 《Military Commander Study》 and 《Theory of Strategic Deployment》. These two modules would be taught by the famous General Russell, and this single piece of news had made every single cadet wild with joy.
Borrowing this opportunity, the military had not only requested for all previous instructors back, but they had even assigned several instructors from other academies over so as to increase the number of instructors. They were indeed placing all their efforts into establishing a cradle of military experts that were dazzling with a great wealth of experience!
When the war had started previously, many outstanding military experts who were teaching had actually been assigned to commanding officers of various levels in the actual military units; there were many officers of various ranks and ones who even ranked as high as Colonel. Currently, as they were requested to return and continue teaching, these people, who had a wealth in actual combat experience and an established military identity, had qualifications which instructors from other academies could not compare with.
Taking the words of a few cadets, when these instructors taught, even if they took a side role in the battlefield as materials to boast, it would still let students feel enchanted from their stories.
Those registering for the examination into Jialipalan Military Academy were like carps trying to cross the river; there was a batch of the most outstanding young teenagers or fundamental level officers who would be re-starting their entire education, while another batch were those outstanding cadets or fundamental officers transferring here from other academies. These cadets were actually students who were almost finished with their studies, and several of them had even obtained the required credits for graduation. As for the fundamental level officers, no explanations were needed. Most of them were graduates of other military academies from the last few years, though they were specially chosen by the military to be brought over to be moulded in Jialipalan so as to form the backbone of fundamental commanders in the upcoming war in Galileo Galaxy.
Tian Xing Jian’s responsibility in the cadet training had not only included the new students but also the old soldiers. This batch of cadets would in turn become Jialipalan’s most complex but also one of the highest quality in its entire history.
Standing in 9th training ground where the machinery maintenance training camp would be taking place, Fatty could not help but rejoice inwardly that he was only responsible for teaching an area of machinery maintenance, while other fundamental trainings would be conducted by a major by the name Hanks.
The difference in military rank had clearly demarcated their responsibility in this training camp. Fatty was extremely delighted to withdraw back to the second line of duty. When the cadets were carrying out their routine drills, he would just sit by the side, watching those from the special forces conduct drills in the same training ground.
Jialipalan had a total of more than 10 training grounds and over 20 fields—both big and small—and gyms, yet they could not satisfy the requirements of training these cadets. The 9th training ground was huge and was stipulated to the regulations of being split up for different purposes. The special forces training camp and the machinery maintenance training camp had been arranged to be together on the same ground.
These training camps in the academies were different from those in the military. Primarily, they were not meant to choose talents in these areas and were instead meant to match with the curriculum of the various modules. Thus, the maintenance training camp did not consist of all who would be suitable for machinery maintenance, and in the special forces camp, not all would be suited to be part of the special forces.
Fatty was currently laughing.
Amongst those cadets currently training, there were clearly a few who were from the special forces. When they trained, it was light and relaxing for them; instead, it was those newcomer cadets who were suffering the most. Unlike the cadets who were from the special forces, they were just like a group of ducks being chased up the rack.
This group of special forces cadet ran past Fatty askew, with each individual holding onto a weapon and their field packs loosely slacking behind their butt, slapping it again and again as they ran. All of their faces were pale and their lips cracking. A majority had even fallen down into a paralyzed position.
The pants of several chaps had almost dropped as they slipped down whilst running. There were even a few cadets that had their shirts turn one round as the equipment belt on their body became a mess. There were even a few who tied their weapon sling akin to a queen’s ribbon, bundling up with a method that was entirely to the standards of SM; however they strangled themselves would be however they tied.
Fatty agonizingly wiped those tears in his eyes. He had totally forgotten those days when he had been training in the special scouts camp. Right now when he thought back, he still felt a kind of reminiscing over those days as a trainee.
These cadets who did not know how high the skies were and how thick the grounds were brought forth the feeling of romanticism with a mentality of wanting to become heroes. Special forces—that was such a proud group of soldiers. For them to complete the training in this training camp would give them the qualifications to put on the emblem of the special forces. That was enough to turn these green young boys into heroes in front of those similarly green young girls.
However, the expressions on this group of heroes were truly enough to make others cry. Most likely, they did not finish making their preparation for being an excellent soldier. There was nobody who would be able to attain the glory and admiration without placing in efforts. Behind the emblem of special forces was tens of thousands of harsh training.
What made Fatty overjoyed the most was actually a group of female cadets. It was not the fact that there had been no female special forces, just that their training methods were quite different from those of the male special forces. This academy had only opened the course for male special forces camp, yet these female cadets, for some unfathomable reasons, had actually participated in this camp. In reality, it did not bring them any benefits and would only be wasting their motor and electricity.
The instructors did not care if you were a male or female; they would just follow a set of prepared procedures and train them to their deaths.
These females clearly did not know that the training would be so cruel. They would cry as they ran, making a scene in the entire group as their melodious sounds of weeping rose up and down. Those special forces instructors by the sides had their heads covered in sweat after seeing this group of female cadets crying, but they hardened their hearts and chose to train them until they fainted. That way, they would not cry anymore.
Fatty was just on the floor, holding his stomach in cramps; he was struggling so hard not to die in laughter.
The hatred of mankind was easily directed. The special forces instructors were originally feeling unease, and seeing a first lieutenant from the maintenance training camp laughing so much until he began thrashing on the ground, they did not know whether to laugh or cry. Gritting their teeth, they decided to betray their comrades instead and shouted out to the cadets, “See that!? Others are just laughing at you all! We, as humans, only have a single face to live with [1]! Buck up!”
Having successfully redirected the hatred, countless eyes angrily stared at this fatty who was just like a fish, rolling here and there on the floor.
The male and females were all cursing in their heart, ‘Damned fatty! We’ll show you!’
[1] Referring to their reputation. Once they lost their face, then their reputation is gone.
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