When you're in the Wolf Pack, your ability to obey orders becomes stronger.

Chapter 108: I'll make sure you walk sideways in the Sixth Company!
There wasn't anything particularly important about the company assembly; it was just a matter of having the company officers come up and introduce themselves to the new recruits.

After the company commander, the three platoon leaders, and the quartermaster each said a few words of welcome, Political Instructor Jiang Da recounted the glorious history of the Sixth Company. Then, the clerk and the communications officer came over with cameras and mobile phones to take photos and videos.

To Xu Ge's surprise, Luo Shan, the third platoon leader, was promoted from second lieutenant to lieutenant and also took on the role of deputy company commander.

The welcoming ceremony ended after 4 p.m., and Liu Guoping then had the veterans from each squad lead the new recruits on a tour of the camp.

The old company's barracks was not large to begin with; it was just a courtyard with a training field and basketball court in the middle, a canteen directly opposite the gate, and an equipment field and drying room next to it.

The dormitory building is simpler; most of the rooms on the first to third floors are dormitories, while the fourth floor houses the honor room, study room, and entertainment room.

"Let me tell you, do you know how many people want to come to our Class 9 but can't?" Niu Sanxian said as he climbed the stairs. "You three are really lucky!"

Li Dongshui asked curiously, "Class monitor, why does everyone want to come to Class 9?"

Niu San didn't answer first, but stopped and asked, "Do you know what the first thing you have to learn when you come to Class Nine?"

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui both shook their heads.

"Kaiyoumu, you tell them both!"

"The first thing we need to learn is how to say our old deputy squad leader's name!" Kaiyoumu whispered.
"If you are bullied or arrested by the police outside, you should shout 'My old squad leader is Guo Yuanshuai' as soon as possible. In most cases, you can get away with it."

"Kaiyoumu, your expression is too arrogant. You need to be more low-key!" Niu Sanxian corrected him. "We can't make enemies for the old squad leader outside, can we?"

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui: ? ? ?
The three followed Niu Sanxian up to the fourth floor and took a quick look around, mainly to see the Hall of Fame.

The room is filled with various certificates and trophies, and the walls are covered with photos.

Some new recruits exclaimed in surprise when they saw photos of their own platoon's veterans, while the veterans smugly enjoyed the new recruits' praise and admiration.

Niu Sanxian seemed uninterested in this, and kept leaning against the corridor window looking down.

The thumping sound of basketballs being bounced can already be heard on the playground.

"We're one short! We're one short! Is anyone else coming?" one of the veterans shouted from below. "Father and son game!"

"Me! Me! Wait, I'll change and come down right now!"

Niu San shouted something down below, then said towards the Hall of Honor, "You three take a look yourselves, and come find me on the playground when you're done!"

At this moment, another squad leader cursed, "Niu Sanxian, aren't you supposed to be sick? You still dare to play basketball? Be careful the instructor doesn't mess with you!"

"I was sick last week, and this week I'm unlucky enough to be the class monitor. What's wrong with playing some ball?" After saying that, he ran away without looking back.

As Kaiyoumu was introducing the names of the people in the photos on the wall to Xu Ge and Li Dongshui, someone came over and called him away, saying that the deputy company commander was looking for him.

After Kaiyoumu left, Xu Ge and Li Dongshui wandered around by themselves.

Now that I've come to the Sixth Company, I definitely need to learn more about its history.

"Xu Ge, look!"

Li Dongshui suddenly pointed to the wall, "Niu Sanxian was a hero of our regiment last year!"

Xu Ge looked over and, sure enough, saw Niu Sanxian's photo in the Warriors' roster over the years.

"Let's see if anyone else is on the list."

The two looked at the Warriors' roster from previous years and soon spotted Liu Senlin and Wang Lin's names.

"Damn, Kaiyoumu was right, the veterans in our class are awesome!" Li Dongshui exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right, they're all ruthless. The most formidable is our old deputy squad leader, who was ranked first in the entire brigade for seven consecutive years. I can't even imagine how awesome he must have been back then!"

Xu Ge nodded and continued looking around.
"I didn't see Su Liujun's name, but that's normal, it's impossible for everyone in the class to be... Holy crap! A warrior?!"

The list of "Heroes of the Year" was already small, but Xu Ge immediately spotted Su Liujun's photo, who was the brigade's "Heroes of the Year" winner from two years ago.

"What are you two doing making such a racket over there?" Kaiyoumu's voice came from behind. "Are you done watching? Go down and stretch your legs. Dinner will be served soon."

"Finished watching... Holy crap?" Xu Ge turned around and froze when he saw Kaiyoumu.

The crutch on this guy's shoulder had been replaced with a brand new first-class sergeant rank!
Li Dongshui stared in disbelief: "Deputy squad leader, what's going on?"

"Stop calling him 'Deputy Class Leader'. From now on, Class 9 will only have one Deputy Class Leader."

Kaiyu winked at the two of them, "I'm a second-time enlister, so what's the big deal about being directly awarded the rank of corporal upon joining the company?"

Xu Ge immediately felt uneasy: "So, that means that out of the eight people in our class, everyone except the two of us is a non-commissioned officer?"

. . .

. . .

On the playground, a fierce basketball game was underway, with shouts rising and falling.

Dozens of new recruits watched from the sidelines, occasionally cheering on the veterans in their platoons.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui saw Zhou Meng shouting the loudest and were about to go over to say hello when, whoosh! The basketball flew out of bounds and headed straight for the two of them.

Snapped!
Li Dongshui subconsciously reached out to catch it and looked into the arena.

Niu Huanxi stood under the basket and waved: "Li Dongshui, throw the ball over here!"

Perhaps it was itching to throw it, Li Dongshui held the ball with both hands, raised it above his head, and threw it with all his might.

brush!
The basketball flew in a big arc and swished through the net!
The entire playground was quiet for a moment, then erupted into a commotion.

"Wow!"

Niu Sanxian was also stunned for a moment. He picked up the ball from under the basket, raised his hand and threw it back, shouting, "Come on, try throwing it again?"

Snapped!
Li Dongshui caught the ball with both hands, thought for a moment, and then handed it to Xu Ge: "Xu Ge, you take it. You're strong. I think I twisted my arm just now."

Xu Ge took the ball and, under everyone's watchful eyes, tossed it over with one hand.

This distance is equivalent to outside the midfield, but with his current physical level, throwing it over with one hand is effortless.

Boom!
brush!
The basketball slammed heavily onto the backboard and bounced precisely into the net.

"Fuck!!!"

The entire playground erupted in cheers.

The veterans inquired about which squad the two new recruits were in and what their names were.

"Wa hahaha!"

Niu San first hugged the basketball and laughed loudly, then pointed around and said, "Truly, fortunes change every thirty years! You dogs, listen up!"

"On behalf of Class 9, I hereby declare that from this day forward, Class 9 must participate in the weekly basketball game! Hahaha!"

Some of the veterans' faces turned grim. Damn it, the Ninth Platoon got incredibly lucky! How did they get two such freakish recruits?

At this moment, Zhou Meng also saw Xu Ge and Li Dongshui and ran over to greet them: "You two have been assigned to Class 9?"

"Um, which class are you in?" Li Dongshui asked.

Zhou Meng: "Hehe, Zhang Haoyu and I are both in Class 1. I heard from our class monitor that everyone in Class 9 is..."

"Xu Ge!" someone called out from behind.

Xu Ge turned around and saw that it was Wang Lin coming over.

Upon seeing a sergeant arrive, Zhou Meng immediately stood at attention and shouted, "Greetings, squad leader!"

Wang Lin frowned: "What are you shouting about? You're the class monitor, your whole family are class monitors!"

Zhou Meng was completely dumbfounded, standing there at a loss after being bombarded with criticism.

As a new recruit who had just joined the company, he naturally did not understand the special nature of the position of squad leader of the ninth squad.

Seeing that Wang Lin reacted even more strongly to the word "squad leader" than Su Liujun, Xu Ge couldn't help but chuckle and asked, "What do you want?"

"Come on, let's talk over there."

Wang Lin pulled Xu Ge aside and whispered, "Is your girlfriend really at our military hospital, and a major at that?"

Xu Ge sighed, "Sergeant Wang Lin, Dr. Lin is really not my girlfriend!"

"Still pretending? The platoon leader said that when we were having lunch at the Thirty Mile Barracks today, they even arranged for someone to bring you fruit."

Wang Lin put his arm around Xu Ge and said, "What's wrong with just admitting it openly? Don't worry, no one will try to take it from you!"

"No, she's my doctor, she just treats my illness..."

"Tell me, has the spark between you two friends died down yet?" Wang Lin interrupted Xu Ge.

Xu Ge was taken aback: "No, that's not the case."

"Isn't it over then?"

Wang Lin immediately changed his form of address, "Uncle Xu, could you help me get a hospital admission slip?"

Xu Ge asked, puzzled, "What hospitalization form?"

Wang Lin: "It's that form that allows me to be hospitalized, you know. I'm a patient, isn't it normal for me to be hospitalized at a military hospital?"

Xu Ge looked him up and down for a moment, his lips twitching: "But you really don't look sick."

"Why would I lie to you? I have a grade 2 tear of the anterior talofibular ligament in my left leg. When I was discharged from the military, I would have been eligible for at least a level 10 disability rating!"

"real or fake?"

"If I were lying, you'd be my own father!"

Wang Lin said seriously, "I was injured during climbing training. I had surgery at the hospital and am currently recuperating."

Xu Ge: "Why don't you just continue to rest and recuperate?"

"I think the food in our company is bad, and the nutrition is inadequate..."

Snapped!
Before Wang Lin could finish speaking, he was slapped on the head.

"I was wondering why you came down so early today. So you were trying to trick Xu Ge into giving you preferential treatment, weren't you?"

Guo Yuanshuai arrived at some point, followed by Su Liujun and Liu Senlin, both of whom wore gloating expressions.

Wang Lin shrank back, not daring to utter a sound.

"On their first day as new recruits, instead of showing them care and concern, you're telling them to find their girlfriends to help them get jobs. Aren't you deliberately trying to break them up?"

Guo Yuanshuai grew angrier as he spoke, and made a move to step forward and attack again.

"Who in our class isn't sick? My back hurts so much I can't sleep all night."

"You son of a bitch, medical resources are so strained right now, you have to wait one or two weeks just to get a check-up, and I haven't even gotten one yet, and you want to just check into the hospital?"

Guo Yuanshuai tried to attack, but Wang Lin dodged, and the two of them circled around Xu Ge.

Xu Ge reached out to stop Guo Yuanshuai: "Squad leader, calm down. Wang Lin is indeed injured."

"Get out of the way. Who isn't injured? Liu Senlin just broke his leg not long ago, and Su Liujun still hasn't had surgery for his varicocele. And he's thinking of going to the hospital with just a sprained ankle?"

“Squad leader, how about I ask Dr. Lin if there’s still a shortage of seats at the military hospital?” Xu Ge quickly said.

brush!
Guo Yuanshuai and Wang Lin stopped moving at the same time.

"Xu Ge, won't this affect your relationship?" Guo Yuanshuai asked with concern.

Xu Ge: ? ? ?
He suddenly had a feeling that he had been tricked.

However, since he had already said it, he didn't really care.

"Deputy squad leader, Dr. Lin and I are just ordinary friends. Asking shouldn't be a problem."

Liu Senlin and Su Liujun rushed over, each taking one of Xu Ge's arms: "Dad Xu, come on, we'll take you for a walk around the playground."

Xu Ge was taken aback: "Why are you spinning around?"

"You'll see later. I guarantee you'll be able to walk sideways after the Sixth Company!" Su Liujun winked.

Then, a strange scene unfolded during the time before the meal.

A new recruit who had just joined the company was being led around in circles on the parade ground by four or five corporals and sergeants, with the veteran squad leader Guo Yuanshuai following behind with his hands behind his back.

Even Niu Sanxian from the basketball court ran over and joined the group, whispering in Xu Ge's ear, "Dad Xu, could you ask me later how many days it takes to get out of bed and move around freely after a circumcision at the military hospital?"

Xu Ge: ...

"Squad leader, I really don't know how to ask you about this!"

"Dad Xu, you're still young, you don't know that these kinds of topics can actually strengthen a couple's relationship! Ask away..."

Snapped!
Guo Yuanshuai slapped Niu Sanxian on the head: "Get lost! Go play your ball!"

Xu Ge gradually realized that wherever he went, all the veterans looked at him with new respect.

Several squad leaders even began whispering instructions to the new recruits in their squads:
"What was that recruit from the ninth squad's name again? Xu Ge, right? Don't mess with him in the future!"

(End of this chapter)