Soldiers Assault: Starting from the 7th Steel Company

Chapter 119 Captain, I Want to Be Demobilized

Unable to resist Yuan Lang's persistent pleas, the railway finally agreed.

However, he said that the final decision would depend on the doctor. If the hospital did not agree to his discharge, Yuan Lang would have to stay there until he was fully recovered.

Yuan Lang grinned mischievously. Chen Jiang knew that his captain was not a peaceful person at all; most people would rest for a long time after being shot.

But Yuan Lang couldn't stay idle; he would go crazy if he stayed in a boring hospital room.

The railway probably knew his temperament, but fortunately the medical and sanitary conditions at the base were quite good, so even if Yuan Lang went back to recuperate, basic conditions could still be guaranteed.

Sure enough, not long after, Yuan Lang returned to the A Team base in a jeep. If it weren't for the doctor's advice to avoid moving his shoulder, which is why his arm was bandaged, no one would have been able to tell that he was injured.

Whether Yuan Lang is there or not makes little difference, because the training continues every day without any reduction, even though he performed a fairly good task recently.

Qi Huan was in charge of the daily training. Yuan Lang kept his word and stayed in the dormitory at the base. The medic would change his dressings regularly, and then he would go to the hospital for a check-up as prescribed by the doctor.

A few days later, he was in good spirits, and Xu Sanduo came to see him.

"what's up?"

Yuan Lang valued Xu Sanduo highly. Although Xu Sanduo had messed up in the previous mission, Yuan Lang overruled objections and protected him because he saw an extremely valuable quality in Xu Sanduo: that he could grow from a bad soldier to the best of the best in the 702nd Regiment, never abandoning or giving up on him!
Things will only get better in Old A.

What's most remarkable is that once such a soldier is trained, he will become a warrior with an unwavering will like a rock. So Yuan Lang is very much looking forward to seeing how far such a soldier can go.
"Captain, I...I'm sorry about what happened that day."

Xu Sanduo hesitated for a moment.

"What day was that? I don't remember."

"that is."

Yuan Lang waved his hand to interrupt, "Xu Sanduo, let's not talk about this anymore, okay? Let bygones be bygones, let's look forward!"

Xu Sanduo had probably prepared a lot to say, but Yuan Lang's magnanimity left him somewhat at a loss for words.

He was never a good talker, and he had been very annoyed these past few days. It wasn't because he had been criticized by the captain, but because he felt lost and didn't understand what the purpose of all the heavy and arduous training he underwent every day was.

Did he train himself to be a top soldier just to kill people?

Once he felt lost, he was particularly prone to making mistakes during training. He even began to doubt whether he was suitable to be a special forces soldier and whether he was suitable to continue serving in the military.

"Captain, I...I want to be discharged and go home."

Xu Sanduo didn't know why he said those words, but as soon as he said them, he noticed that Yuan Lang's expression froze, and he himself was also at a loss.

Yuan Lang really didn't expect Xu Sanduo to talk about being discharged and going home. In his opinion, Xu Sanduo would at most ask a few silly questions, and then he would adjust his thinking appropriately and the matter would be over.

With more training and missions to hone his skills, he will eventually be forged into a true special forces king.

Xu Sanduo's announcement of his demobilization has completely baffled him. So many people want to join Team A but can't, and this kid, who finally got to stay, doesn't appreciate it.

At that moment, Yuan Lang felt an urge to curse, and wanted to open his mouth and say something...
"Get out! Get the hell out of here!"

But he still restrained himself because he had learned about each of his soldiers in detail. Xu Sanduo did sometimes act unpredictably, which is why he was not well-liked by the people of Gaocheng and the Seventh Company at first, but he made a name for himself in the Fifth Platoon on the grassland and eventually got to where he is today step by step.

You need to be patient and tolerant with soldiers like this!
"Why do you want to be discharged? Are the people here treating you badly?" Yuan Lang tried his best to communicate with him in the most peaceful tone.

Xu Sanduo felt somewhat ashamed. He was truly not good with words, and he didn't know how to answer Yuan Lang's question.

The people here are actually quite nice to him. Qi Huan was only a bit harsh when he was eliminating people at the beginning, but after they became roommates, they took special care of him.

Chen Jiang, Yuan Lang, and others also treated him very well.
"No, the people here are all very kind to me."

"Then why should I be demobilized? I need you to give me a reason!" Yuan Lang stretched out his hand, hoping that the reason would be convincing and substantial enough.

"Because, because I feel that my presence here is meaningless."

Xu Sanduo could only come up with such a lame excuse, which might not even be considered an excuse at all.

Yuan Lang fell silent.
He knew Xu Sanduo's philosophy of life: "Live well and do meaningful things."

Now that he feels there's no point in staying here, he naturally wants to leave.

Continuing to discuss this topic with him would easily kill the conversation, so Yuan Lang was looking for a way to persuade him or solve the problem.

Unfortunately, he failed.
He had no way to persuade a soldier who wanted to leave to stay.

Even if they came from the renowned A-team.

"Sanduo, if you go back, what do you want to do?" Yuan Lang sighed.

"I don't know, maybe I'll farm with my dad." Xu Sanduo spoke the truth. He had no other skills or great ambitions, otherwise he wouldn't have joined the army in the first place.

Upon hearing his words, Yuan Lang suddenly had an idea.
"Sanduo, how about this? I'll give you a month's leave. You can go wherever you want and do whatever you want. Of course, you can't do anything illegal or disorderly. After a month, if you still want to be discharged, come back to complete the procedures, and I'll sign off on it for you. I'll definitely let you go! How about that?"

"Captain, a month's leave?"

Xu Sanduo could hardly believe his ears. In Team A, a day or even half a day off was extremely rare, let alone a month. This time, the captain had given everyone a month off? What kind of operation was this?
"What? You think it's not enough? I'm sorry, this is all the leave I can give you, and I have to negotiate with the captain for it." Yuan Lang smiled confidently. He was certain that Xu Sanduo would find out when he got back that he couldn't do anything except hold a gun. He would be back obediently admitting his mistakes a month later.

It's true that the army is a great melting pot; it can melt away most of the bad habits in every soldier and forge you into a piece of fine steel.

But good steel, when placed elsewhere, will seem so out of place.

(End of this chapter)