Chapter 335: Return, Good News


    Trantor: Dragon Boat Trantion Editor: Dragon Boat Trantion


    “Don’t be like this, it’s just a joke, everyone,e on, you two actually did quite well!”


    At the yground, after the awards ceremony, everyone began to line up and exit in an orderly manner.


    Everyone was going back.


    At this moment, Wang Ye and his ninepanions, along with Kang Hua, were already on the bus, and a few soldiers from the fifth toon had also boarded.


    But the first artillery toon and the Heavy Machine Gun toon hadn’t boarded yet.


    So, Wu Jianfeng ran up to them, found them, and urged them to get on the bus.


    “We can afford to lose, let’s just walk back!” The toon leader of the artillery toon said with a stern face.


    “That’s right, we said we’d walk back, and we won’t go back on our word. And don’t smirk like that, it’s making me ufortable!” The toon leader of the Heavy Machine Gun toon added with a serious expression.


    He could swear now that if they said they were going to walk back, they would genuinely have noints.


    In the artillery toon, one soldier had won a banner in the individual marksmanshippetition.


    But in his Heavy Machine Gun toon, they had truly achieved nothing this time.


    What would he do when they sat on a bus and watched these bastards use banners as nkets?


    He had no doubt that this bastard could do something like that.


    Just look at how arrogant he was yesterday after the individual marksmanshippetition.


    The whole team of eleven people paraded with their banners, as if they were afraid that others wouldn’t see that they had won so many banners.


    Now, he was going back with them?


    Unthinkable.


    It’s better to walk back, it’s a good opportunity for military training, and it would remind these guys in his toon that in the army, being unreliable leads to this kind of situation.


    “Hehe, why bother? We’re all brothers from the same regiment, and you guys aren’t like the Second Regiment, sending out challenge letters. We’re just making a joke!” Wu Jianfengughed heartily, but this remark made the nearby Second Regimenttoon leader, who was also standing there with a stern face, scowl.


    But he didn’t say anything.


    At this moment, in fact, the Second Regiment members who followed the Second Regiment toon leader were also looking over, curious about what was going on.


    Why were the Heavy Artillery and Heavy Machine Gun toons from their own battalion also nning to walk back?


    “Why are you all still standing there? Aren’t you nning to go back?” At this point, seeing that the Heavy Artillery and Heavy Machine Gun toons were still outside the bus, the First Regimentmander ran over with a stern face and shouted.


    Private bets were naturally not something to be talked about everywhere.


    In such matters, whoever lost would be the most embarrassed in the end.


    And now, it was clear that the Heavy Artillery and Heavy Machine Gun toons were the ones in an awkward position.


    But, awkwardness had to be faced now.


    The toon leader of the artillery toon immediately looked at hispanymander and said, “Report to thepanymander, when we came here, we made a bet with the Fourth Regiment. We bet on the team’s performance in thepetition. The loser has to walk back!”


    “Hmm?” Thepanymander of the First Regiment was taken aback.


    At this point, Wu Jianfengughed again and said, “Company Commander Liu, it’s just a joke, just a joke. They took it seriously. I came to invite them to get on the bus. We’re all brothers in the same regiment, how can we take it seriously?”


    Thepanymander of the First Regiment looked at Wu Jianfeng but didn’t say anything. He then turned his gaze to the toon leader of the Heavy Machine Gun toon.


    “Did you also make a bet?”


    “Yes!”


    “Very well, since you want to walk back, let’s depart now!” After saying this, he looked at the Second Regiment and said, “Don’t just stand there, aren’t you nning to walk back? Go!”


    With that, thepanymander of the First Regiment turned and walked away.


    He was going to talk to the regimentalmander.


    He, too, was going to walk back.


    Onepany, five toons, and three toons were actually nning to walk back. Adding thispetition, the entire First Regiment had only one banner.


    He felt embarrassed as well.


    So, he decided to voluntarily ept the punishment.


    “How did it go? Couldn’t convince them, huh?” Wu Jianfeng returned alone and sat at the back of the bus. Kang Hua, sitting there, smiled and softly asked.


    “Hehe, if they can’t be convinced, they can’t be convinced. We still got what we wanted, though!” Wu Jianfeng chuckled and got on the bus.


    Their toon leader actually had an off-road vehicle to ride, but this time he nned to ride the truck together with the members of the Fourth Regiment.


    “Hey, where the others? They’re not here?” He looked at the seats where the other soldiers from the Fifth Regiment were supposed to be sitting.


    Right now, their toon leader and both squad leaders were absent.


    Looking at the private soldier from the Fifth Regiment, Wu Jianfeng gave a direct order, “Go, call your toon leader over. Our bus has plenty of space; you can bring the whole toon over so that he doesn’t need to ride the off-road vehicle alone. Tell him to save himself the trouble!”


    “Hehe, Fourth Regiment Commander, our toon leader said, he doesn’t want to ride with you unless you switch to the off-road vehicle. Otherwise, he told us to tell you to save it!” A private from the Fifth Regiment said with a mischievous smile.


    With this statement, Wang Ye and the others couldn’t help but stifle theirughter, while Wu Jianfeng rolled his eyes.


    “That ass, he’s no fun at all!”


    Wu Jianfeng pursed his lips and sat down on the bus.


    “Vroom vroom-”


    Soon, the transport vehicle started moving.


    In the afternoon, at around four o’clock, the vehicle returned to the regimental base area. From a distance, Wang Ye and the others inside the vehicle could hear the sound of drums and gongs.


    The Iron Bone Heroes Regiment had performed very well this time.


    In the individualpetitions, with nine eventsbined with the teampetition, the entire regiment won eighteen banners. Although Wang Ye alone won ten of them, and the remaining eight included five for shooting full scores, it couldn’t be denied that Wang Ye was also a member of the Iron Bone Heroes Regiment.


    His honors were also honors for the regiment.


    The number of eighteen banners waspletely unmatched by the other four regiments.


    In fact, the other four regiments didn’t even have ten banners, let alone eighteen. The highest was six banners, and the lowest was the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, which had only two banners.


    If Wang Ye hadn’t appeared, the Direct Reconnaissance Company of the division would have been the biggest winner in thispetition.


    But in reality, there are no “ifs.”


    Eighteen banners, plus a second-ss merit, such achievements would definitely be recognized upon their return.


    Of course, this recognition wouldn’t involve receiving more awards. Instead, there would be a division-wide meeting to give verbal praise and report the results of thepetition to the entire division.


    Naturally, once again, Wang Ye would steal the spotlight.


    Standing on the stage, the regimentalmander praised him for seven or eight minutes in front of all the officers and soldiers of the regiment, except for the border defense toon, which had a mission.


    Of course, this performance was not without a cost. All the banners that Wang Ye had personally won were taken by the regimentalmander.


    The regimentalmander said they would be disyed in the regiment’s honor room.


    Before, Wu Jianfeng had worried that there might not be enough space to hang them, but now, it was different. The Fourth Regiment had only one banner left, the one for the tenth ce in the teampetition, “Strong Army Cup Top Ten.”


    When Wang Ye stepped down from the stage, he immediately noticed the frustrated and resentful look on Wu Jianfeng’s face.


    He had wanted to hang the two banners he had won for breaking the district and division records in thepany’s honor room.


    Now, all of them were gone, not a single one left.


    However, despite his frustration, there was nothing he could say. After all, the regimentalmander was in charge; what could he say?


    Fortunately, the regimentalmander did offerpensation. The logistical farm at the regimental headquarters sent over two pigs for the Fourth Regiment.


    They would be used for an extra meal for the Fourth Regiment tonight.


    And tonight, the Fourth Regiment was allowed to drink alcohol.


    “What? You’ve earned merits again?”


    In the office of the Fourth Regiment, Wang Ye held the phone.


    At this moment, on the other end of the phone, Wang’s mother’s voice suddenly became louder.


    Receiving a call from Wang Ye was quite unexpected and pleasant for her because today wasn’t a weekend, and logically, her son wouldn’t have called.


    But now, her son had called.


    However, before she could chat with Wang Ye, he quickly said, “Mom, let me tell you, I’ve earned merits again. The military will call youter, don’t be too surprised!”


    This caught Xu Xiaofeng off guard, and she couldn’t stay calm anymore.


    Son… you… tell Mom honestly, what have you done again?” Xu Xiaofeng’s voice trembled slightly.


    Wang Ye hadn’t told them about thepetition before, so now, hearing this suddenly, Wang Ye’s mother was very worried that her son had done something dangerous again.


    “Hehe, Mom, don’t worry!” Wang Ye could sense the worry in his mother’s words and quickly reassured her, “1 haven’t done anything dangerous. The military organized apetition, and I broke a record, so they awarded me a second-ss merit!”


    “What? Another second-ss merit?” His mother was surprised.


    “Son, you swear you’re not lying to Mom? Second… second-ss merits aren’t easy toe by!” Xu Xiaofeng was a bit skeptical. After her son joined the army, especially after he earned merits, she had diligently studied military knowledge.


    Wang Ye smiled, “Really, Mom. 1 broke the district’s record. You know, my 400-meter obstacle course time broke the record in our regiment before, and this time 1 broke the district’s record, so they directly awarded me a second-ss merit!”


    Wang Ye didn’t mention the division’s record or anything else, so his mother could digest the news. After all, the mention of earning merits was already enough.


    “Is that… really true?” His mother still found it hard to believe.


    She felt that her son was earning merits too frequently.


    When he finished basic training, she knew he had already earned two third-ss merits.


    Then, he earned a second-ss merit for the flood relief mission, and now he had another second-ss merit.


    How long had her son been in the military?


    It had only been a little over half a year, and he had earned so many merits. It felt surreal.


    “Hehe, it’s true, Mom. I’m calling to share the good news with you. We just finished thepetition and returned to thepany today. We’ll have a celebration tonight.”


    Wang Ye chatted with his mother on the phone for more than ten minutes. After the call ended, he thought about calling his father, but the phone showed that he was already on another call.


    There was no need to say more; his mother must have acted faster.


    He smiled and didn’t dwell on it.


    He handed the phone back to thepany clerk.


    “Finished your call? Want to make another call? Today, you can make as many calls as you want. You’re a hero, and you haven’t even eaten yet!” Thepany clerk smiled.


    Wang Ye also smiled, “No need to make another call. Just telling the family is enough!”


    As he spoke, Wang Ye took out a cigarette from his pocket, gave one to thepany clerk, exchanged a few more words, and then left the room..