Chapter 218: Hyped Up To The Max!!
Tuo Yonggang became the first cadet to leave, casting a shadow over all the cadets. It turned out that what Yuan Lang said was all true.
Going against him would result in elimination.
Little did they know, a brand new path had already opened up for them from this moment.
When Tuo Yonggang, who was deeply struck both mentally and physically, returned to the dormitory dejectedly, preparing to pack his things and roll up his bedding to go home.
The moment he pushed open the dormitory door, Tuo Yonggang, who was a bit distracted, was startled and shivered.
There was actually a figure in the dormitory!
It was just after five o’clock, and the sky wasn’t fully bright yet. The dormitory was even dimmer inside. Suddenly seeing a dark figure sitting there upon entering was indeed quite scary.
Tuo Yonggang looked closely and realized it was Chen Jun.
His heart, which had almost jumped out from fright, finally settled back down.
Thinking that Chen Jun was usually good to the cadets, Tuo Yonggang, in low spirits, mustered some energy and forced out a smile uglier than crying, saying, “Assistant Instructor Chen, why are you here? Are you looking for numbers forty-one and forty-two?”
Chen Jun, Cheng Cai, Wu Liu Yi, and Xu Sanduo all came from one company. Everyone in the entire training camp knew that.
“No!”
Chen Jun shook his head, extended his index finger, pointed at Tuo Yonggang, and smiled, “I’m here specifically for you. I think you’re an excellent talent, and I want to chat with you.”
“Excellent? Talent? Heh.”
Tuo Yonggang gave a bitter laugh and said mockingly, “Beaten until my nose is bruised and face swollen, completely defeated, the first talent to be eliminated?”
“Being eliminated doesn’t mean you’re no good. It just means this path isn’t suitable for you. You took a wrong path. Only by finding the right path for you can you truly display your abilities.” Chen Jun hinted.
“Do I have any other path to take? Heh, I’m done for, completely done for.”
Just thinking about how he had left with glory, carrying the company’s blessings and his comrades’ envy, only to be the first one sent back to his old company, Tuo Yonggang couldn’t help but rub his face vigorously.
He just felt it was too embarrassing and humiliating, his face burning hot in waves.
It burned right into his heart!
“If you hadn’t run into me, you really wouldn’t have any other path. Your future wouldn’t just be over; it would at least be shrouded in dark clouds. You’d probably live the rest of your life under today’s shadow, living amid others’ mockery. But…”
Chen Jun deliberately made his words sound very serious, then abruptly changed direction mid-sentence.
“But you’re extremely lucky to have met me, giving you a second path to choose, an opportunity to turn your life around.”
“You have a second path?”
Tuo Yonggang suddenly lifted his head, looking at Chen Jun with eyes full of surprise, saying, “Assistant Instructor Chen, this is A Brigade. It’s one of a kind nationwide. Does a second path comparable to it really exist?”
Tuo Yonggang’s starting point was already very high. Parachute soldier wasn’t something just anyone could be.
He really looked down on units outside of special forces.
The pride in Tuo Yonggang’s heart wouldn’t allow him to go to grassroots units as a “local king” and show off superiority to a bunch of people inferior to him.
He wanted to challenge himself and improve himself, so he came to A Brigade.
“Nothing in the world is absolute. If I say it exists, then it definitely does. Whether you can seize this opportunity depends on you.”
Chen Jun spoke profoundly, then asked with a very serious expression, “But before I tell you, I want to ask you a few questions. Is that okay?”
“Ask away.”
Tuo Yonggang was at the end of his rope and could only treat a dead horse as a live one, so he was quite cooperative.
“What was your purpose in coming to A Brigade? You were doing well in the parachute troops with great development prospects. Why come to this place to be abused?” Chen Jun asked.
“Hahaha.”
Tuo Yonggang suddenly laughed bitterly and said, “I didn’t originally want to come here, but A Brigade’s captain personally talked to me, saying this is where the Soldier King should come, that here I could become even more excellent.
But now I realize the people here do have some real skills, but they don’t treat people as humans. It’s not the place I want to stay.
So what if I get stronger? If I have to abandon dignity, what’s the point?”
From Tuo Yonggang’s words, it was clear he didn’t deny A Brigade’s great strength. Yuan Lang’s display had completely convinced him.
But he simply couldn’t accept A Brigade’s training methods.
Even though he had lost now and been eliminated.
He still didn’t acknowledge it in his heart!
“Want to get stronger? Want to become even more excellent?”
Chen Jun deliberately latched onto this key point, then directly revealed his background, saying, “Then join Steel Seventh Company. There, you can achieve satisfaction.”
“Steel Seventh Company? The combined arms company that numbers forty-one and forty-two mentioned?” Tuo Yonggang asked with a frown.
As an Air Force eagle soaring in the sky, he had a sense of superiority from that pride. Transferring to Army grassroots units wasn’t an ideal choice for him.
“Yes, the entire army’s first combined arms company, now preparing for expansion into a combined arms battalion with limitless future prospects. This is the second path you can choose. I guarantee that if you come to our Steel Seventh Company, you’ll definitely become stronger than at A Brigade.” Chen Jun said confidently.
“A Brigade is special forces, now the army’s strongest experimental Blue Army unit. You’re that confident?” Tuo Yonggang really didn’t quite believe it.
This wasn’t Tuo Yonggang’s fault!
A Brigade was the real deal. In exercises, they had caught his unit and beaten them soundly, convincing his entire unit.
Whereas everything about Steel Seventh Company was just hearsay to him so far.
Without seeing it with his own eyes, he naturally had doubts.
Plus, Steel Seventh Company was just a grassroots unit with no major fame in the entire army, making the gap with A Brigade too vast.
It was like a village boxing king compared to a national boxing champion.
Not in the same league at all!
Chen Jun had anticipated this and prepared sufficient rhetoric.
“My confidence comes from strength, from planning for future development. I dare compare Steel Seventh Company to A Brigade because I have absolute confidence.”
Chen Jun was full of confidence, then cited an example, “In last year’s series of exercises, your unit must have participated.
And if I’m not mistaken, you were definitely beaten black and blue by A Brigade.”
Tuo Yonggang didn’t speak upon hearing this, because the battle record back then was indeed embarrassing. Even after a year, thinking about it still made his face burn.
Chen Jun continued, “I don’t need to describe how strong A Brigade is.
But this extremely strong A Brigade that none of you could beat—in the exercise clash with our Steel Seventh Company, they suffered a big loss.
Our combat loss ratio with them was one to three. One of our warriors could take out three special forces soldiers. That’s strength; it says it all.
Now if I say Steel Seventh Company is no worse than A Brigade, you shouldn’t object, right.”
“What number forty-one said is true? You even captured over a dozen old A’s and stripped them naked?” Tuo Yonggang stared in disbelief.
“Yes, all true.”
Chen Jun nodded affirmatively and added, “And I personally commanded it. If you don’t believe me, you can check with anyone anytime.”
“Impressive, really impressive. I’m convinced.”
Tuo Yonggang was straightforward and bluntly expressed his conviction.
Seeing Tuo Yonggang starting to waver, Chen Jun pressed the advantage, saying, “When I say I can make you stronger, I’m absolutely not bluffing.
If I didn’t have real skills, would A Brigade have invited me to be an instructor?
I can come to A Brigade to train troops; even old A’s have to learn from me. Surely I can’t train you, Tuo Yonggang?”
“Uh…”
Tuo Yonggang thought about it and it made sense. He awkwardly smiled fawningly and scratched his head.
“Moreover…”
Chen Jun had fully taken control and continued with even weightier proof, “Just now at the shooting range, you heard the results.
Your best among the others was only three shots three hits.
But warriors from my Steel Seventh Company, one of them tops three of yours. The most got ten hits—strength far superior to yours. You witnessed it yourself.”
Tuo Yonggang recalled that during this training camp, Cheng Cai, Wu Liu Yi, and Xu Sanduo had always led, excelling in every aspect.
He said convinced, “They’re indeed strong. I really can’t match their stamina.”
“What if I tell you I personally trained all three of them? In less than two years, I turned ordinary grassroots soldiers into top Soldier Kings. Would that surprise you?” Chen Jun continued to guide with words.
“That’s already clear. Do I need to say it?” Tuo Yonggang said with a bitter smile.
“They were just ordinary soldiers, and I turned them into excellent Soldier Kings. You’re already a Soldier King, an Air Force parachute eagle. Give me two more years—do you think I can train you to be stronger than the old A’s here?”
Tuo Yonggang was already caught in Chen Jun’s rhetoric. Hearing he could become stronger than the old A’s here, his eyes widened like copper bells.
Full of anticipation, he asked, “Really? Stronger than that vicious guy?”
Recalling Yuan Lang’s godlike display at the shooting range earlier—if he could learn that too, Tuo Yonggang couldn’t contain his inner excitement; his heart was pounding.
If he had a chance to beat Yuan Lang and recover his lost face.
Just thinking about it…
Tuo Yonggang was so excited his fingers trembled!
“Of course.”
Chen Jun answered decisively and added, “Not only stronger than him—as long as you join Steel Seventh Company, you’ll have a great chance to thrash him soundly on the exercise field.
In the victor’s stance, let him know who’s the most excellent warrior, and personally reclaim the face you lost today.”
Thrash him… personally reclaim…
Tuo Yonggang was full of anger toward Yuan Lang. Hearing these explosively stimulating words, his adrenaline started surging.
His sun-darkened face from parachuting turned pig-liver red from excitement.
Seeing Tuo Yonggang immersed in the super big pie he had painted, Chen Jun pressed the advantage with the final killer move.
“If you go back to your old company now, in everyone’s eyes, you’re a failure, an eliminated one, with no face to show.
But if you choose to join Steel Seventh Company and later squarely beat A Brigade in confrontation.
Then your status will be different. You can confidently tell everyone you didn’t acknowledge A Brigade’s training methods, so you left on your own.
Joining Steel Seventh Company to build combined arms units is the military career path that best fits you.”
Chen Jun was masterful at persuasion. This entire set from start to finish hit Tuo Yonggang squarely, reversing his emotions.
From dejected upon entering to now boiling with hot blood.
“Alright, Assistant Instructor Chen, I’ll follow you. I’ll join Steel Seventh Company.” Tuo Yonggang, completely convinced, spoke with excitement.
He was just short of throwing his head back and howling.
“Welcome, welcome to Steel Seventh Company.”
Chen Jun extended his right hand proactively, saying, “You won’t regret today’s decision. This decision will determine new heights in your life.”
“I don’t care how high the new height is. Right now I just have one thought: soon in an exercise, thrash them soundly, vent today’s anger, and prove Tuo Yonggang is no worse than old A’s.”
Tuo Yonggang excitedly yearned, then thought of a key issue.
“But Steel Seventh Company is just grassroots Army. I’m Air Force. Can you really transfer me across services?”
Cross-service transfers are very difficult, so no wonder Tuo Yonggang was worried.
Chen Jun had considered this long ago, so when negotiating terms with Yuan Lang initially, he had specifically mentioned this requirement.
He calmly explained, “Before coming to A Brigade, you were Air Force, but now you’re just Army.
Your personal file came with you and was transferred to A Brigade. I just need to coordinate with A Brigade to solve your issue.”
“Really? You can coordinate with A Brigade?” Tuo Yonggang said in surprise.
To him, Chen Jun was just a captain, while A Brigade was a standard regimental-level unit, with several major ranks in between.
For Chen Jun to have a say in A Brigade was truly unbelievable.
“My influence exceeds your imagination.”
Chen Jun smiled mysteriously without explaining, just saying generally, “Pack your things now and wait for A Brigade to send you to Steel Seventh Company. You don’t need to worry about the rest.”
“Alright, I trust you.”
Tuo Yonggang didn’t know why, but he had such trust in Chen Jun, who only had one more star than him.
“We’ll soon be comrades. I’m going to talk to the captain about you now. Wait for my good news. See you later.”
Chen Jun patted Tuo Yonggang’s shoulder, then headed out of the dormitory.
Just as Chen Jun came down from the Pumpkin Building, preparing to find the captain, Yuan Lang had already arrived first in the captain’s office.
