Bab 189: Chapter 147, Taking the Initiative to Attack (6k Subscription Request!)_3

But now is a special moment, there's no more commanding to be done. What the soldiers lack is not strategy, not tactics, but courage.

What's needed is for senior officers to lead by example, to put themselves at the front.

While leading the guard company, the battalion commander pressed forward and encountered a unit that was fighting while retreating.

Meisheke was furious. He grabbed the unit commander by the collar and screamed, "The military order given to you was to advance! Advance! Advance again! Who gave you the order to retreat?!"

"I... " The company commander's face turned pale, unable to speak.

Meisheke kicked him in the stomach, knocking him down, and raised his pistol to his head:

"Disobeying orders and showing cowardice in battle is seen as desertion. As an officer, your crimes are even greater!"

"No, no..." The company commander was still trying to argue his case, and the battalion commander standing beside Meisheke also wanted to say something to persuade him.