The men of the second squad had never been so grateful for the presence of Mo Shangjun as they were now.
A signal to “assemble,” like a royal pardon, saw the neatly formed three columns of troops surge toward them.
In the blink of an eye, the 36 warriors of the second squad stood in three columns, and even though many were gasping for breath from exhaustion, each of them kept their spine ramrod straight.
Standing at the front of the formation, Mo Shangjun’s face was expressionless as her gaze swept over them one by one.
Most were at the limit of their physical strength, so much so that even standing was unsteady, supported solely by sheer willpower.
Lin Qi stood at the end of the first row, his gaze fixed coldly on Mo Shangjun.
“Dismissed!”
Just two words from Mo Shangjun’s mouth set the entire second squad free.
However, faced with such welcome news, the men of the second squad stared in disbelief.
Could it be that Deputy Company Commander Mo, who subjected them to brutal beatings, was releasing them from the torment under Company Commander Lin, under whose hands they were suffering to the point of death?
But after a few seconds of stunned silence, seeing that Mo Shangjun showed no signs of changing her mind, they finally reacted.
They quickly dispersed and left the training field at a brisk pace.
“Company Commander Lin, you stay.”
Mo Shangjun’s tone was cool, her gaze fixed on the ashen-faced Lin Qi.
Lin Qi’s eyes turned frosty as he stepped directly in front of her.
“Deputy Company Commander Mo, we were just doing some extra training on our own. It shouldn’t be an inconvenience to you, right?”
With a cold face, Lin Qi’s words carried a hint of anger.
“I trust you know what ‘extra training’ means,” Mo Shangjun said casually, not taking his anger to heart.
Lin Qi’s expression was dark, “Compared to your methods, this is nothing.”
In her view, Mo Shangjun’s training methods were harsher, involving not only physical torment but also mental attack.
What she conducted was merely appropriate collective extra training and nothing excessive.
She had reason to suspect that Mo Shangjun was targeting her.
“Company Commander Lin, in all things, one must not exceed their capacity,” Mo Shangjun said softly frowning, her tone several degrees cooler, “Otherwise, it will only backfire.”
“I don’t think so,” Lin Qi replied coldly.
“Suit yourself,” Mo Shangjun said indifferently as the cold wind hit her face, stimulating the skin.
She placed her hands in her pockets, “But remember, I’m the deputy company commander and you have to follow my commands. Unless you convince the company commander and the battalion commander, all your grievances amount to nothing.”
Having said that, she glanced at Lin Qi’s gloomy face and turned to walk back.
She probably knew what Lin Qi was thinking. This story is hosted at g.com.
Intensifying the training was for the good of the second squad, but the level of intensity she was adding might be within her capacity to endure, while certainly, a portion of the second squad would not be able to handle it.
Mo Shangjun now oversaw the entire company’s training and had already pushed it to a critical point.
If Lin Qi added more training, the only result would be most men of the second squad reaching their breaking point and failing to keep up in the trainings that followed.
“Lai Liang!”
Seeing a figure walking straight ahead without diverting his eyes, Mo Shangjun raised her voice and called out.
“Here!”
Lai Liang immediately came to a halt, standing at attention.
“Come here!” Mo Shangjun ordered with a frown.
“Yes!” Lai Liang responded loudly.
He turned right, stepped forward in standard military fashion, prim and proper.
Finally, he stopped in front of Mo Shangjun, his face expressionless and his demeanor serious.
“Two things,” Mo Shangjun said tersely.
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Tell the recruits that I will be conducting ideological work with them at 8.”
Lai Liang mentally repeated Mo Shangjun’s words three times, sensing that something was amiss.
Was it really so straightforward to talk about conducting ideological work?
“Yes, sir!”
After contemplating for a while, Lai Liang still didn’t utter any complaints and decisively responded.
“The second matter, I want to ask you about Lin Qi.” Mo Shangjun continued.
“Reporting,” Lai Liang stood ramrod straight, seriously addressing Mo Shangjun, “Discussing someone behind their back like this despicable act, I cannot do!”
His words were direct, implying that he found Mo Shangjun’s behavior of inquiring about others quite contemptible.
Mo Shangjun frowned with a headache, “The deputy company commander is quite concerned about the comrades’ physical and mental health, asking about the second squad is not too much, is it?”
“Reporting, it is not!”
“Alright,” Mo Shangjun shrugged, “Before I came here, did the second squad also have extra training like this?”
“Reporting, yes, sir!”
“No objections from the people of the second squad?”
His gaze flickered, and after a slight pause, Lai Liang shouted, “Reporting, I don’t know!”
“Squad Leader Lai, covering for your comrades, that’s a good starting point,” Mo Shangjun’s eyebrows quirked, the eyes half-closed, faintly flashing a threat, but the tone was as if gently persuading, “However, as a squad leader, you have to think about your own squad. Don’t make me focus my attention on the third squad.”
Lai Liang’s eyebrows immediately tightened.
He had never seen someone so insidious!
After pondering for a moment, Lai Liang’s expression became quite unpleasant, “What do you want to ask.”
“Objections.” Mo Shangjun went back to the previous question.
“There were at first, but Squad Leader Lin suppressed them with her strength,” Lai Liang answered truthfully.
When Lin Qi first arrived, she was treated almost as Mo Shangjun was, but their approaches were different.
Lin Qi overwhelmed the members of the second squad with her superior strength on the training field, gaining their respect without verbal violence that would cause dissatisfaction, nor did she incur any animosity.
At the beginning when Lin Qi wanted to add extra training, the second squad indeed had some complaints and protests, but Lin Qi would lead by example and train with them, even more than they did. This chapter was copied from novelping . com without permission.
The men of the second squad had no choice but to resignedly follow her in training.
After all, they were all grown men, completely suppressed by a woman, which was hard for them to swallow pridefully.
In this regard, her way of training was not too different from Mo Shangjun’s.
“Her goal.”
“The next assessment,” Lai Liang said with a furrowed brow.
The quarterly assessments were definitely a major concern for the reconnaissance second company.
Lin Qi was not the type to accept defeat and was unwilling to let the second company languish at the bottom, so she put great effort into making the second squad stronger.
With a shift in thoughts, Mo Shangjun hooked her lips into a smile.
“Go ahead and notify,” Mo Shangjun said to Lai Liang.
Lai Liang hesitated for a moment but didn’t rush off.
Instead, he looked intensely at Mo Shangjun and called out, “Reporting!”
“Hurry up and go,” Mo Shangjun raised an eyebrow in irritation.
He was dilly-dallying, definitely wanting to plead for Lin Qi.
This guy just knows how to talk his way around things; I really can’t be bothered to discuss the art of living and acting with him!
“…”
The will to speak up for Lin Qi, full in his heart, was thwarted by Mo Shangjun’s three words.
His expression stiffened as Mo Shangjun stepped around him.
Lai Liang hesitated and just as he tried to follow Mo Shangjun, he received a warning glance and had to stop right there.
He probably understood that Mo Shangjun knew what he wanted to say; she didn’t allow him to speak, perhaps because she didn’t want to listen, or perhaps because speaking would be pointless.
…
At eight o’clock, Mo Shangjun, with a detailed plan for “ideological work” in hand, arrived at the fourth floor of the dormitory building.
All the members of the second company were arranged on the fourth floor.
With the intention of interacting and bonding with the warriors, Mo Shangjun’s attitude was relatively casual, but as she approached the first dormitory, she felt a serious and tense atmosphere that completely shattered her relaxed mood.