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

Chapter 337 I'm the man who will command thousands of troops!
After showering and changing into clean everyday clothes, Xu Ge, carrying several kilograms of manuscript paper, left the solitary confinement cell without a second thought.

It was 6:40 p.m., and the military assembly was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. There were already quite a few people in the auditorium.

As soon as Xu Ge entered the room, everyone's eyes turned to him, mainly to the stack of manuscripts in his arms.

The members of the Sirius team were all sitting on the left. Chen Wei and Wang Long, who were familiar with Xu Ge, winked and made faces at him.

Everyone knew he was put in solitary confinement as soon as he returned, but no one made fun of him.

The members of the attack team were less polite and started making jokes.

"Hey! You've gotten so fat, Goubao! Looks like solitary confinement really does nourish people!" 619 said cheekily.

Ao Xiang nodded: "That's right, even though you don't go out every day, your skin is still fair and rosy."

The old man chuckled and remarked, "Your face has gotten so round!"

"roll roll roll!"

Xu Ge bared his teeth, "If anyone keeps nagging me, I'll bite them!"

"Wow! I'm so scared!"

"Hey, can you please stop biting my thigh? I'm afraid you'll accidentally hurt my brother!"

Xu Ge was too lazy to argue with these people anymore, so he grabbed his manuscript and walked straight to the podium.

Old Wang was arranging for people to set up the venue when he saw Xu Ge arrive. He first glanced at the stack of papers in Xu Ge's arms and asked, "Have you finished writing all of this?"

"It's finished!"

Xu Ge slammed a thick stack of manuscript paper onto the podium. "Check it!"

Old Wang casually flipped through a few pages, waved his hand, and said, "Alright, you can join the line first. You can come up and read your self-criticism when the punishment is announced later."

Xu Ge's face darkened: "Is it alright if we don't have to read it?"

"What, now you realize how embarrassing it is?" Old Wang glanced at him sideways.

"Fifty thousand words, how long will it take to finish reading them?"

"You have to keep reading until lights out! Get out!"

Xu Ge came down with a dark face and found his seat next to Hidden Wolf.

Thor turned his head: "I heard from the boss that you're going to participate in the Warriors Tournament?"

"Yup!"

"What, you want to sit in my seat now?"

Thor laughed, "Aren't you in a bit of a rush, cousin? The boss's been fighting with Commander Fu Xiao lately, you should wait until he clears out his position before you make any moves, right?"

Xu Ge didn't understand: "What do you mean? Why is Lao Wang fighting with the regimental commander?"

"Didn't you know? The brigade commander is going to be awarded a rank this year, and it seems he'll be going to serve as the chief of staff of the group army either at the end of this year or next year!" Thor explained.

"Holy crap! The brigade commander is going to be promoted to general?!" Xu Ge exclaimed, his mouth agape.

For someone of Zhang Fengxue's rank, the conferment of a rank is different from that of an ordinary officer; it's a promotion that happens every time!
Xu Ge immediately understood Thor's meaning: with Zhang Fengxue's promotion, the position of brigade commander would naturally become vacant.

However, he still had some doubts: "Cousin, according to the rank, it doesn't seem like it's up to Lao Wang and his rank of regimental commander, right? Our brigade headquarters also has deputy brigade commanders like the chief of staff! Besides, didn't the Wolf Brigade expand to a division-level organization? Lao Wang and his comrades are even less qualified!"

"Don't you understand this?"

Thor whispered, "When a brigade commander is promoted, he'll definitely take some men with him to headquarters. Also, during expansions, there are exceptions for promotions. Our leader is a full regimental commander, but he can temporarily act as brigade commander. After a couple of years, once he's accumulated enough seniority, it'll be a natural progression to a two-bar four-arm brigade commander, right?"

Xu Ge understood; in other words, Lao Wang was now competing with the regimental commander for this position.

He looked at Thor and asked, "Cousin, is Old Wang's promotion process normal or an exception?"

"It's definitely an exception. If it weren't for this expansion, the boss would have had to endure at least another four years! He's basically skipped a level... Hey? Cousin, you seem quite interested in this?"

"Just want to find out beforehand, haha!"

Thor chuckled: "What, you know you're getting promoted, huh? You're already dreaming of becoming a general?"

"I don't like hearing that!" Xu Ge said sternly. "What do you mean by 'dream'? I'm a man who commands thousands of troops!"

Thor nodded: "Okay! I'll listen carefully when you go up and read your self-criticism later, just to get a feel for it beforehand."

Xu Ge: ...

"By the way, cousin, I heard from White Legs that we both received second-class merit awards?"

Xu Ge promptly changed the subject, "Didn't I get punished for this operation? How can I possibly be credited with merit?"

Thor: "The merit was the hostage rescue, the punishment was for Stan this time."

"So that's how it is. We didn't achieve anything this time with Stan?"

"No."

After exchanging only a few words, Yang Shaojie, the deputy captain of Tianlang, stepped forward to organize the troops and count the number of people. The military assembly began.

Neither Zhang Fengxue nor anyone from the brigade headquarters attended this meeting, so it must have been an internal meeting of the Tianlang organization.

Having been reinstated, Lao Wang, as the person in charge, naturally had full control over the pace of the meeting.

Without wasting time, he announced the meeting agenda and immediately began announcing the military's first order.

On [Date], a serious violent terrorist attack occurred in [Region]. Six members of the Hidden Wolf Attack Team were ordered to participate in the operation to search for and capture the terrorists and rescue the hostages!
Faced with the harsh environment of high altitude, low oxygen, steep cliffs, and deep ravines, and the real tests of overloaded operations and high-risk combat, the comrades remained loyal to their mission, brave and tenacious, unafraid of difficulties, dangers, or even bloodshed and sacrifice.

"After deliberation by the military headquarters, the following comrades are hereby awarded a second-class merit..."

Amidst thunderous applause, Thor waved his hand and led Xu Ge and his group onto the stage.

Old Face, 619, and Clip remained seated, but no one envied them; after all, everyone was covered in medals.

With no outsiders present, Old Wang kept things simple. After giving each of the six men a medal and a certificate, he shook hands and saluted, and that was the end of the awards ceremony.

Xu Ge and Lei Shen received second-class merit awards, while the other four received third-class merit awards.

Even after the medal was pinned to his chest, Xu Ge still hadn't received any system reward notification. He realized that the reward for his meritorious service had most likely been overturned by the disciplinary action.

The meeting then proceeded to its second agenda item: announcing the awards and commendations for the actions in Stan and the disciplinary actions taken against individual comrades.

This time, apart from Number Two, everyone in the security team received a third-class merit award. However, since the five members, including the nanny, were out for assessments, Old Wang only sent one representative to give a token tribute.

Then, Xu Ge heard his name called. "...Unorganized, unrecorded, and acting without authorization! Gou Bao's behavior is extremely egregious and must be resolutely curbed! Severely punished! Absolutely no leniency!"

Old Wang spoke sternly on stage, while the auditorium fell silent.

Thor and the others were all trying to hold back their laughter, and they looked like they were having a hard time suppressing it.

Xu Ge rolled his eyes in anger. Judging from Lao Wang's clenched teeth, anyone who didn't know better would think this was a special meeting to crack down on organized crime!
"Now, let Goubao come up here and give a profound self-criticism in front of everyone!" Old Wang finally finished criticizing him.

Xu Ge silently walked onto the stage under the gaze of thousands of eyes, first saluting the audience below, and then looking at Lao Wang.

Old Wang: "Why are you looking at me? Just read it!"

"Yes!"

Xu Ge picked up a stack of manuscript papers, cleared his throat, and began to read aloud in a low voice.

"Respected leaders, dear comrades, good afternoon!"

"At this moment, with immense excitement... no, with deep regret, I write this letter of self-criticism."

. . .

Ten minutes later.

"I now deeply realize that everything I have done has not only let down the trust of my leaders and comrades, but also failed my parents' earnest expectations!"

"I couldn't help but think back to two years ago, before I joined the army, it was a summer afternoon."

"Cicadas chirped outside the window, and the electric fan whirred in the room."

"When I woke up, I found an enlistment notice and a university admission letter on the table. Without hesitation, I chose to join the army..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Old Wang couldn't take it anymore. "Are you reading from your memoirs? What's the point of writing all this stuff in your self-criticism? Just read the important parts!"

"Yes!"

Wow!
Xu Ge started flipping through the manuscript paper. After flipping through more than a dozen pages, Old Wang, unable to bear it any longer, snatched it away and cursed, "What kind of crap is this? Fine, the self-criticism section ends here!"

"Yes!"

Xu Ge stood at attention, saluted, and turned to leave the stage.

"Wait a moment!"

Old Wang gestured for Xu Ge to stand aside, then looked at Yang Shaojie and asked, "Captain Yang, how many people from Tianlang have signed up for the Warrior Competition this year?"

The soldiers below the stage, who were almost hypnotized and falling asleep by Xu Ge, immediately perked up and looked at the stage, wondering why Wolf Head was asking this.

Yang Shaojie shouted back, "Report, there are 24 people in total!"

Old Wang nodded: "Then let's add one more, and report Goubao as well."

hum!
The entire auditorium immediately erupted in commotion, and everyone's gaze towards Xu Ge changed completely.

As members of the Sky Wolf organization, they naturally understood what it meant for Xu Ge, a formal member of the Hidden Wolf team, to participate in the Warriors Tournament.

"Yes!"

Yang Shaojie readily agreed, saying with a smile, "Our Tianlang hasn't won the title of First Warrior for several years. This year, it's time to show the other units what we're made of!"

Old Wang then looked at Xu Ge, a half-smile on his face: "Goubao, since everyone's here today, why don't you make a pledge to everyone to liven things up?"

Xu Ge was shocked.

No, the system didn't even make me sign a pledge, and you're doing this to me?
"What do you all think?" Old Wang began to rally the crowd.

The soldiers, naturally eager for a good show, shouted in unison, "Good!"

Old Wang smiled and looked at Xu Ge: "What are you waiting for?"

Xu Ge sneered inwardly, then stood solemnly in the middle of the platform and shouted, "I, Xu Ge, hereby solemnly declare that I guarantee to win the title of this year's number one warrior. If I fail to do so, all entertainment activities of the entire Tianlang team will be canceled for the entire year!"

brush!
Silence fell.

Everyone: Holy crap???
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Drop drop!
After the military conference ended, Xu Ge was being beaten by his teammates outside the auditorium when a military vehicle with its lights on and horn blaring drove straight towards them.

Old Wang, who had been watching Xu Ge get beaten up with great interest, was nearly blinded by the car headlights when he immediately started cursing, "Who the hell is that? How do you drive like that? Where are the sentries? How did this car get in?"

squeak!
The car came to a stop, and Niu Sanxian's head popped out of the window: "It's me. What's wrong? You won't let me in?"

"What the hell are you doing running around like this in the middle of the night? The lights are about to go out!" Old Wang said irritably.

Niu San first pointed at Xu Ge: "Is Gou Bao out of confinement? I've come to take him out for some fresh air."

Xu Ge was taken aback: "Pick me up?"

Old Wang was so angry he laughed: "What do you think Hidden Wolf is, taking him out for some fresh air? Don't even mention you, even the Heavenly King himself would have to defer to me..."

"Oh, it's because the squad leader misses Goubao. Let him go and catch up with the old comrade," Niu Sanxian said casually.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Old Wang almost choked. "Hey, Goubao, you'd better come back soon. We didn't let you out this time to play around. You need to know your place!"

Xu Ge suppressed a laugh: "Yes!"

Niu Sanxian then pointed to Li Dongshui and Ao Xiang: "And the two of them."

When Old Wang saw the three people Niu Sanxian had called out, he vaguely guessed what was going on and nodded: "Alright, let's go together!"

"Thank you, boss!"

Li Dongshui and Ao Xiang immediately got into the car, which then turned around and headed straight for the brigade's repair company from the Hidden Wolf Base.

"San'er, what does the squad leader want us to do at this time?" Xu Ge asked curiously.

Niu Sanxian said mysteriously, "You'll find out when you get there!"

(End of this chapter)