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

Chapter 251 If they make an exception, so can we!

In the lathe room of the Wolf Brigade's repair company, Guo Yuanshuai was wearing goggles and cutting something, sparks flying everywhere.

Tang Xiaoxing was holding Li Dongshui's 202mm high-precision sniper rifle and waiting nearby.

The two were planning to make a recoil adjustment device for the stock. With this device, even when firing modified armor-piercing rounds, the shooter would not be affected by the huge recoil in terms of rate of fire and body balance.

"Sigh, the younger they are, the more they get pampered!"

Tang Xiaoxing sighed from the side, "Squad leader, do you still remember when we were together? Forget about modifying guns, you wouldn't even help me adjust a compound bow..."

"You fucking adjusting your bow to shoot my fellow villager's chickens, do you think I don't know?" Guo Yuanshuai cursed without even looking up.

A voice came from the doorway: "Squad leader, Tang Xiaoxing still used his slingshot to shoot a chicken later. The villager even came to our door with the chicken. He secretly paid for it himself and begged us not to tell you!"

Tang Xiaoxing turned around and grabbed a screwdriver: "Do you believe I'll gouge out your eye too? Damn, you still remember things from eight hundred years ago so clearly!"

Guo Yuanshuai also looked up, his face dark: "What are you doing here again?"

Old Wang shook the bag he was carrying: "Squad leader, I've brought you some wine!"

Guo Yuanshuai wasn't buying it at all: "Spit it out if you have something to say, or get lost!"

"Let me check if White Legs' gun has been modified yet," Old Wang said shamelessly as he approached.

Tang Xiaoxing unceremoniously snatched the bag from Lao Wang's hand, took out some cigarettes, and stuffed them into his own pocket.

Guo Yuanshuai stopped what he was doing: "I've finished half of it. I'll have Dongshui come and pick it up tomorrow. I'll have him help me test out the new equipment."

Old Wang's eyes lit up: "Squad leader, what great thing have you come up with this time?"

"none of your business!"

Tang Xiaoxing lit a cigarette for Guo Yuanshuai, pointed to the door, looked at Old Wang, and said, "Get out!"

Old Wang was so angry he laughed: "Damn it, if you're so tough, then don't smoke my cigarettes!"

"What exactly do you want?" Guo Yuanshuai saw that Lao Wang had no intention of leaving and knew that the guy had something to ask him.

"Squad leader, the brigade commander wants the two of us to go over there," Old Wang said.

Guo Yuanshuai was taken aback: "Now?"

"Ah."

"Okay, I got it. I'll be there after I change my clothes."

After Guo Yuanshuai finished changing his clothes, he found that Lao Wang was still waiting in the same spot, and asked in surprise, "Why haven't you left yet?"

"Hey, class monitor, I'll go with you, let's chat on the way."

"Let's go then."

On the way from the repair company to the brigade headquarters, Guo Yuanshuai asked, "Is there something you have to say to me alone, that you have to avoid even Xiaoxing?"

Old Wang immediately started complaining: "Squad leader, could you call Niu San first and ask him to spend less money in the future?"

Guo Yuanshuai wanted to laugh, and glanced at Lao Wang: "What, you can't even afford to support a field agent now? If you can't afford it, then don't send them over. I'll just call San'er back."

"Squad leader, do you know how much Niu Sanxian spent in a month? More than 8! And that's in US dollars!"

Old Wang was heartbroken, "He single-handedly spent a year's worth of other fieldwork expenses!"

Guo Yuanshuai: "Just tell me directly whether San'er has helped you get any intelligence?"

Old Wang: "Yes..."

"Can that kind of intelligence be bought with money?"

"Can't buy it..."

"That settles it then?" Guo Yuanshuai continued walking forward.

Seeing that the other party refused to come forward, Old Wang's last remaining eye darted around, and he chased after them, whispering, "Squad leader, ever since Niu Sanxian went to do fieldwork, he's completely let himself go!"

Guo Yuanshuai stopped in his tracks: "What do you mean?"

"He changes girlfriends three or four times a month on average, every single month, class monitor! That's how all the funds are spent!"

Old Wang began to complain, "That's not even the worst part. The worst part is that when he was asked to investigate the target, he actually slept with the target!"

"Wouldn't sleeping with him allow for better intelligence gathering? It seems San'er has some advantages in certain areas; it's a waste of his talents for him to be a soldier..."

"Squad leader, our target this time is Bhutto!"

Even Guo Yuanshuai, who was fiercely protective of his own, couldn't help but change his expression upon hearing these words.

He had been to Stanford, so of course he knew who Bhutto was.

Old Wang's words revealed a lot of information, and Guo Yuanshuai immediately realized: "You mean, the mastermind behind that incident last time was Bhutto?"

"We're investigating right now. I was thinking of having you call Niu San first and warn him not to play with fire. I feel like this guy's gotten a bit carried away!" Old Wang said.

"I understand." Guo Yuanshuai nodded, then asked, "Did the squad leader call me over for this?"

Old Wang shook his head: "It shouldn't be, he didn't say that on the phone."

. . .

. . .

When the two entered the office, Zhang Fengxue was writing something.

"Have a seat first, let me finish this." Zhang Fengxue didn't even look up. "Little Shuai, pour yourself some tea."

"Yes!"

Guo Yuanshuai immediately poured tea into Zhang Fengxue's cup, and then made himself a cup as well.

Old Wang watched longingly, not daring to ask for it.

Inside this room, Wolf Head, who usually commands the Wolf Brigade, looks no different from a greenhorn.

When Guo Yuanshuai had drunk almost half of his cup of tea, Zhang Fengxue also finished her work and looked up: "I called you here to talk about Xu Ge."

Guo Yuanshuai quickly asked, "Squad leader, I was just about to ask you, why hasn't Xu Ge's transfer order come down yet?"

Zhang Fengxue rubbed her temples and said with a hint of helplessness, "There's a little problem now."

Guo Yuanshuai and Lao Wang's expressions both changed: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Fengxue: "Deputy Luo called me personally and said that the headquarters still wanted Xu Ge to go to the special operations brigade."

"Huh? How could this be?" Guo Yuanshuai exclaimed in surprise. "Even Elder Lin's words are no longer effective?"

Old Wang frowned and said, "Old Lin only made the suggestion in his personal capacity. To put it bluntly, it depends on whether the headquarters will give him face. It involves personnel transfers within the army group, and the military headquarters actually has no right to interfere!"

Guo Yuanshuai immediately asked, "Doesn't your Tianlang have priority selection rights? Every year you can select from across the entire army..."

“Xiao Shuai, priority selection rights and personnel transfers are two different things,” Zhang Fengxue explained. “Wang Lai and his group can be selected from across the entire army, but the prerequisite is that the other party must be willing to come.”

Guo Yuanshuai was taken aback: "Squad leader, what do you mean by that? Xu Ge doesn't want to come?"

“When Vice President Luo called me, he made it very clear that if Xu Ge was really determined to come back, he would naturally not stop him.”

After Zhang Fengxue finished speaking, Guo Yuanshuai and Lao Wang immediately understood what she meant.

“Since Deputy Luo said that, it means he thinks Xu Ge won’t come back.” Old Wang pondered. “Did they offer Xu Ge an exorbitant price?” Zhang Fengxue smiled bitterly: “Their army group can definitely offer much more than our Wolf Brigade. Deputy Luo didn’t say exactly, but it must be a condition that he thinks will definitely sway Xu Ge.”

"Damn! They really know how to pick their timing!" Guo Yuanshuai cursed.

Xu Ge has now gone to the training camp for the major competition, where he is under complete closed management, and his mobile phone has definitely been handed over.

Old Wang looked puzzled: "Brigade Commander, after Elder Lin made the phone call last time, the army group was quite agreeable, wasn't it? Why did they suddenly change their minds?"

"This matter... can only be described as an unexpected situation."

Zhang Fengxue was both amused and exasperated. "Xu Ge's transfer order was supposed to come down before the big competition, but who knew that this kid did something big a few days ago, and it immediately reached Vice Director Luo's ears!"

"What's the big deal?" Guo Yuanshuai and Lao Wang asked in unison.

"The army group finally managed to recruit a deputy battalion commander for the special operations brigade. Xiao Shuai knows this guy; his name is Chen Tao. He won first place in the army-wide competition."

“Yes, I was Chen Tao’s mentor when he was a recruit. He even called me two years ago.” Guo Yuanshuai looked at Zhang Fengxue. “Squad leader, please continue!”

Zhang Fengxue: "Maybe the special operations brigade wanted to use our Wolf Brigade's players as stepping stones. I don't know the specifics, but I guess that's pretty much the reason. The two sides started arguing."

Then Xu Ge stepped in and defeated Chen Tao, also breaking the army's record for rapid-fire shooting!

Guo Yuanshuai: ...

Old Wang: ...

"Is that why Vice Chairman Luo is unwilling to release them?" Guo Yuanshuai asked.

Zhang Fengxue looked troubled: "You can probably guess what the special operations brigade is for. I heard that the headquarters promised to promote Chen Tao out of turn in order to poach him!"

Now that someone like Xu Ge has emerged, a mere private first class who has already defeated Chen Tao and broken the entire army's record, would you release him if you were in his shoes?

Old Wang shook his head: "If I were Deputy Luo, I definitely wouldn't release him. Not only would I not release him, I would also send Xu Ge to compete in every single competition across the entire army..."

Guo Yuanshuai got anxious and pointed at Lao Wang, cursing, "Damn it, why did Xu Ge go to the martial arts competition? Wasn't it to get your Hidden Wolves' selection qualification!"

Old Wang: ...

"Squad leader, I had no idea Xu Ge was so formidable these days!"

Old Wang didn't dare to talk back after being scolded, and explained in a low voice, "Besides, it's a strict rule that you have to achieve a top-three finish in the army group's competition to be eligible for selection..."

"fart!"

Guo Yuanshuai grew angrier as he spoke, "While you're still using regulations to block people, the headquarters has already started promoting people without regard to seniority! Damn it, if I were Xu Ge, I wouldn't come here either!"

"If they make exceptions for us, we can make exceptions for them too!"

Zhang Fengxue suddenly said, "It's a bit unreasonable to let Xu Ge join the Hidden Wolves directly, but we can let him participate in the selection! With the strength he has shown so far, he is fully qualified."

"Squad leader, isn't it a bit late for you to say this now?" Guo Yuanshuai said irritably.

He was the only one in the entire Wolf Brigade who dared to speak to Zhang Fengxue in such a tone.

“It’s not too late. I called you two over so that one of you could go to Night City and find Xu Ge directly to see what he’s really thinking.”

Zhang Fengxue looked at Lao Wang and Guo Yuanshuai and said, "He's still young and doesn't see things clearly. Putting aside my identity as the commander of the Wolf Brigade, as an elder, I still think it's better for Xu Ge to come back to the Wolf Brigade than to go to the Special Operations Brigade!"

Guo Yuanshuai looked at Lao Wang: "You're the one who started this whole thing! I need to go back and modify the gun; the materials for the parts can't be delayed. When you see Xu Ge, give me a call, and I'll come over and say a few words to him!"

Old Wang stood up: "Okay, then I'll set off now!"

Guo Yuanshuai then reminded him, "When you get to Night City, go find Lin Wan first and bring her with you."

Old Wang's eyes lit up: "That's right! I almost forgot!"

. . .

. . .

4:30 PM, at the main gate of the base.

After registering at the gate, Xu Ge got into the back seat of the car and naturally took Lin Wan's hand.

"It's so hard to get leave approved here. I only have half a day, and I have to be back before lights out."

"What, you still want to stay out overnight?" Lin Wan's face flushed slightly, then she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I've been very busy lately and haven't had time to come see you."

"It's okay, I understand!"

Xu Ge said with a smile, "I'll have a vacation after I get promoted, so you should make your vacation plans in advance."

As he spoke, he moved closer to Lin Wan, making the other woman's ears turn red.

Old Wang, who was standing in front, couldn't stand it anymore: "Hey, hey, hey! What's going on? Isn't there someone here yet?"

Xu Ge was already incredibly annoyed by this third wheel, and said irritably, "Just drive your car properly, you only have one eye left and you still won't behave!"

Old Wang: I'm so...

Xu Ge looked at Lin Wan: "Where are we going?"

Lin Wan: "First, we'll go to the city to buy some things, and then we'll go to the Martyrs' Cemetery."

Xu Ge nodded: "Okay, it's been a long time since I've visited Kaiyoumu."

Old Wang drove the car to the flower shop, and Lin Wan got out and bought two large bouquets of flowers, while Old Wang went to the side and bought some wine and fruit.

"Why did you buy so many flowers?" Xu Ge asked, somewhat puzzled.

Lin Wan's expression was somewhat complicated: "You'll find out soon enough."

Xu Ge was stunned for a moment, and a bad feeling suddenly came to his heart.

The car continued along the national highway and arrived at the Kangxiwa Martyrs' Cemetery before dark.

Old Wang didn't say anything, picked up his things and went inside first.

When Xu Ge entered, he found the cemetery to be very clean. Each tombstone had been carefully cleaned, and there were many flowers and offerings placed next to it.

It's early spring now, and more and more tourists are coming and going on this road. Many passersby will spontaneously come to pay their respects.

The three arrived at Kaiyoumu's tombstone, placed flowers and fruit, and Lao Wang poured a glass of wine and put it on the ground, shouting loudly: "Salute to the most outstanding member of the Sirius Commando, martyr Kaiyoumu!"

Xu Ge and Lin Wan simultaneously raised their right arms in a military salute.

"The ceremony is over!"

Old Wang lowered his arm, squatted down, wiped Kaiyoumu's photo with his sleeve, and whispered, "Good brother, you are the best Sirius warrior!"

Xu Ge remained silent throughout the entire process.

He still finds it hard to let go.

Old Wang stood up, took the wine, walked to the blank tombstone behind him, squatted down, and began to pour the wine.

Lin Wan also walked over with flowers in her hands and gently placed them in front of the tombstone.

Xu Ge's expression changed, and he quickly walked over, asking, "Who is this?"

Lin Wan's eyes immediately reddened: "Xu Ge, this is Brother Face!"

Xu Ge was struck dumb: "Impossible!"

(End of this chapter)