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

Chapter 352 Taking Control

"The following is a list of 55 people who have won the title of 'Warrior' in this year's Warrior Competition, listed in no particular order!"

"An Hongli, Bai Xiaojun, Chen Wei, Chen Liangping, Cai Kun... Wang Long, Yuan Chuan, Zheng Tiannan."

On the podium, Zhang Fengxue personally read out the list of heroes, while Gu Yefei and Luo Jian, along with several other bigwigs, led the applause with smiles.

This year is a special case, with the number of places increased from 50 to 55.

As Xu Ge listened to each name, he discovered that all of Tianlang's members were selected. In addition, he also heard the names of two familiar faces from the Sixth Company of the First Regiment.

As expected, Zou Jun was not selected.

"Now, please welcome our brave warriors to the stage to receive their awards!"

Wow!
Amid applause and cheers, 55 new brave warriors stepped forward and, led by Zheng Tiannan, walked onto the stage one by one.

A group of bigwigs stood in a row, holding flowers, medals, and certificates, all with gratified expressions.

Click, click, click!
The sound of camera shutters clicking all around me never stopped.

"Fengxue, I feel that the Wolf Brigade's annual Mighty Warrior Competition this year is of very high quality, almost comparable to the Group Army's annual grand competition!" Gu Yefei said with emotion.

"General Manager Gu, we've expanded this year, and several new units have joined. Everyone's really eager to make a name for themselves!"

Zhang Fengxue explained with a smile, "This put a lot of pressure on those old units. Tianlang even sent more than 20 people to participate."

Gu Yefei laughed even harder: "Great! Great! I love this competitive atmosphere! It seems the expansion is going very well!"

Amidst laughter and conversation, the new warriors arrived on the stage.

Next came the awards ceremony and group photo session.

The 55 people were divided into 5 groups. Xu Ge was the first to go on stage. As soon as he came up, Zhang Fengxue, Gu Yefei and Luo Jian all came over with flowers.

"Who has Xiao Xu's medal?" Gu Yefei asked directly.

Zhang Fengxue reluctantly took it out: "President Gu, according to the rules, the title of 'First Warrior' should belong to me, the brigade commander..."

"Give it to me! What? I'm not qualified to present this award?" Gu Yefei snatched the medal of the First Warrior.

What else could Zhang Fengxue say? She couldn't very well compete with her boss, could she?
"Hello, Chief!"

Xu Ge stood at attention, saluted, and greeted them loudly.

"Hahaha! Good, good!"

Gu Yefei handed over the flowers, hung the medal around Xu Ge's neck, shook hands with him warmly, and said with a smile, "Little Xu, I just heard your brigade commander say that you're going to be promoted to officer soon?"

"Yes, sir!"

"What are your plans after graduation...?"

Zhang Fengxue quickly came over to interrupt: "President Gu, let's save some time, the others are waiting! Hey you, Xiao Shuai, you guys come over here quickly and help President Gu take a group photo with the soldiers!"

Click, click, click!
Guo Yuanshuai and his group immediately moved their cameras over and started snapping away.

Gu Yefei and Luo Jian originally wanted to say something, but faced with the constantly flashing cameras, they could only smile and nod.

"Alright! Next group, come up!"

Chief of Staff Liu Li immediately waved his hand, and the second group of warriors began to take the stage.

Seeing that Xu Ge was still standing in front of Gu Yefei, Zhang Fengxue stepped forward, grabbed his arm, and pulled him off the stage.

"What are you doing standing here? Get down here!"

“Brigade Commander, look!” Xu Ge held up the gold medal around his neck. “The First Warrior!”

"I'm not blind! So what?" Zhang Fengxue said irritably.

Xu Ge: "Didn't you say it yourself, Brigade Commander? Everyone who wins the 'First Warrior' award gets a first-class merit!"

"When did I ever say that..."

Zhang Fengxue instinctively prepared to curse, but seeing Gu Yefei and Luo Jian staring expectantly in their direction, she immediately pushed Xu Ge off the stage forcefully, while whispering:
"Do you think a first-class merit is as easy as cabbage, something you can just give away like that? General Manager Gu and the others still have to go back to the army group for a meeting to discuss this! Get the hell out of here!"

"Oh!"

Xu Ge stepped down reluctantly.

Yang Shaojie, Zheng Tiannan, and the others looked at him strangely: "Goubao, it looks to me like the brigade commander shot you down?"

Xu Ge said speechlessly, "Who says otherwise? They won't even let me give an acceptance speech!"

A short while later, Wang Long and Yuan Chuan, the second group to go on stage, came down.

"Captain, the brigade commander said to bring our Sky Wolf men back immediately; they don't need to attend the post-match debriefing meeting," Wang Long reported.

Yang Shaojie was taken aback: "Why? Is there a new mission? Wolf Head didn't notify me!"

Xu Ge knew the reason, and curled his lip: "Is it really necessary? You're treating President Gu like a thief..."

. . .

. . .

Twenty minutes later, the military truck stopped at the gate of the Sirius Camp.

After taking a few group photos with the others, Xu Ge rode his electric motorcycle back to the Hidden Wolf base.

It was lunchtime, and everyone was out on the playground. As soon as they saw Xu Ge return, they all gathered around him.

"Hey! Goubao even brought back flowers!"

"Holy crap! A gold medal!"

"Wow, Goubao! You really got the first Warrior title!"

"Wow! These flowers are quite pretty, can I have them?" "Sure."

Xu Ge nodded, parked his motorcycle, handed the flowers to Xu Can, then took off the medal and twirled it on his finger, looking at everyone, "Who said they were coming to cheer me on this afternoon? Why isn't anyone here?"

"Hey hey hey!"

The team members all gave awkward smiles.

"Damn! Do you guys know how close this competition was? I almost lost!"

Xu Ge jumped onto the nanny's neck with a disgruntled look, looked around, and said, "Damn it, none of you really came! Sister Qing, cousin, didn't you two say you were going to bring your medals to support me?"

The nanny smiled helplessly: "Cousin, we originally wanted to go, but the boss said there were a lot of reporters at the exercise base today, and he was afraid we might accidentally take pictures, so he wouldn't let us go!"

"It's all an excuse! Do you think the reporters on the military channel don't know what they should and shouldn't film? It's clearly Old Wang doing this on purpose..."

Beep!
The whistle blew, signaling dinner time.

The team members immediately lined up at the entrance of the canteen, with Xu Ge deliberately hanging the gold medal around his neck and standing at the very front.

Old Wang, standing on the stage, glanced at it and said, "Look at that conspicuous bag of yours? What, trying to show off in front of me?"

Xu Ge: "Report, I'd like to ask, what are the rewards for bringing back the title of First Warrior?"

"5000 in cash. You can collect it from the quartermaster yourself later," Old Wang said casually.

Xu Ge was amused and exasperated: "No, boss, this 5000 yuan was a brigade award, right? Are you trying to use it to curry favor?"

"So what do you want? Do you want me to help you get a military merit award?"

"At least a few days off is possible, right?"

All told, Xu Ge hadn't taken a vacation for two whole months, and he felt that his request wasn't unreasonable.

"Tomorrow is August 1st, and a high-ranking official will be coming to offer his condolences. We'll talk about it after the holiday."

Old Wang remained noncommittal, then looked at everyone and said, "I have two things to say before we start eating!"

Everyone immediately looked over.

"First thing, Goubao, Baitui, and Dushen are going to military academy. The brigade commander means they'll be there for at least six months. Thor, your combat group's tactical training needs to be adjusted, and personnel positions need to be reassigned!"

Thor: "Yes!"

With Xu Ge and the other two gone, the combat team is down to six people. Old Wang says they're not planning to recruit any new members for the time being.

"The second thing is that after the Wolf Brigade expands, according to the brigade headquarters' instructions, the Sirius Commando will also add two companies. The personnel will mainly be drawn from the other three regiments. You will all need to go there to help assess the new recruits."

Old Wang paused here and asked, "With two more squadrons, there will be two more vacancies for squadron leader. Does anyone have any ideas?"

The team members looked at each other, but no one said a word.

Apart from Xu Ge and two others who were about to be promoted to officer, everyone else was a military officer.

"What, nobody wants to go?" Old Wang laughed.

Thor said, "Boss, both the healer and I are battalion commanders, and we're about to be promoted to deputy regimental commanders. We can't just send the two of us, can we?"

Old Wang then looked at the other veteran team members: "What about you guys? Don't you want to experience what it's like to be a commander?"

Jiazi said, "Boss, I really have absolutely no interest in leading troops!"

The old man's face was succinct: "I'm not going."

The security team members all shook their heads.

Wu Xiaoyong will only be promoted to lieutenant next year, so his rank is not high enough yet.

"619, you're the only one left. Want to go exercise?"

"Boss, have you forgotten that I'm a deputy battalion-level captain? Let's give the opportunity to someone else." 619 pouted.

"Ah? Oh, I really forgot. I thought you were a company commander!"

Old Wang was a little embarrassed, but he waved his hand and said, "That's settled then, let's eat! After we finish eating, Goubao, the three of you, come to my office."

Around 6:30 p.m., Xu Ge, Li Dongshui, and Ao Xiang arrived at Lao Wang's office.

"Sit down, fill out that form first, and then put it in the file folder," Old Wang said, pointing to the desk.

Xu Ge and the other two sat down side by side, each with their own file folder in front of them, and a form on it.

Old Wang: "Your files and organizational affiliation will be temporarily transferred to the Information Engineering University. The form will only show two semesters. However, White Legs and God of Gamblers, you two can come back as interns in six months."

Xu Ge was taken aback: "What about me?"

"That depends on you!"

Old Wang smiled enigmatically. "Didn't we agree back then that if you wanted to stay at Hidden Wolf or Sky Wolf, you could come back with them? If you wanted to take a different path, you'd have to stay at the school for at least a year, provided that a company was willing to accept you?"

"What do you mean? I can't go back to Wolf Pack?"

"If you want to come back to the Hidden Wolf like White Legs and God of Gamblers, that's fine. But if you want to return to the Wolf Brigade as a junior officer or come to the headquarters as a staff officer, then of course you'll need our brigade headquarters' approval to accept you."

As he spoke, Old Wang lit a cigarette and gestured for the three of them to quickly organize the files.

"Our brigade headquarters?"

Xu Ge glanced at Lao Wang, somewhat surprised, "Boss, judging from your tone... you're not going to be promoted to brigade commander, are you?"

A rare hint of arrogance appeared on Old Wang's face: "Just an acting brigade commander."

Xu Ge: ...

I wipe?

If we go back to Wolf Pack, won't we be at this guy's mercy?
(End of this chapter)