If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

This duel further enhanced Zong Ze's reputation. Now, you can no longer hear anyone calling Zong Ze an idiot in any corner of the capital. Instead, you hear him as the pride of the Luen Empire! Indeed, as a level two martial artist, he cleanly and decisively defeated a level five martial artist in just two moves in the dueling arena. Moreover, his opponent was the third prince of the Longteng Empire. Coupled with the Zong family's background, this has elevated Zong Ze to a new level!

However, Zong Ze was not idle at this time. Instead, he was sitting in the main hall of the Shenji Battalion with a smile, watching his five battalion commanders argue!

"This operation should be carried out by our First Battalion. Since it's a bandit suppression operation, and the enemy is hiding on islands and in the mountains, it's naturally the best test for our air strike force. My boys have been training for three years, it's time to put them to the test. This will also be an excellent reference for future large-scale wars. Besides..."

Before Battalion Commander Camor could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Battalion Commander Aishua: "Bullshit! This isn't some war, it's just bandit suppression. What good is your air force? If the enemy hides in the sea or the forest, what's the point of your air force? Bandit suppression is naturally the responsibility of the ground forces. General, let our 3rd Special Forces Battalion go! I guarantee we'll wipe out these bandits completely!"

"Ahem! I say, Camor, Aishua! Don't you two have any shame?" Fourth Battalion Commander Kazari also spoke up: "This bandit suppression operation involves two locations. The first is in the mountains and forests on the border of the Empire, and the other is on three islands in the sea area of ​​my Luen Empire. Do your two battalions have any specific tasks assigned to you?"

“Exactly, exactly!” Battalion Commander Stutan immediately chimed in, “Gazari is right. Neither of these places is suitable for your training. On the contrary, Gazari and I are perfect for it. My airborne battalion can eliminate the bandits in the mountains, while Gazari’s battalion has trained for a year in amphibious operations under the general’s guidance! If you ask me, Gazari’s battalion should be responsible for eliminating the bandits at sea, and my airborne battalion should be responsible for the bandits in the mountains!”

"Get lost!" Camor protested. "Damn it, why do you two get all the good stuff? You two took advantage of me and Aishua the other night, you even won half a year's salary from me, and now you want to take it from us?"

Kazari immediately retorted, "Go to hell! You lost to me and Stutan the day before yesterday because you were simply not skilled enough. Graphite was the referee for our fight bet back then. If you're not satisfied, you can ask Graphite if we didn't cheat. If we didn't cheat, why should we give it to you today?"

"I don't care, we're the First Battalion!"

"Second Battalion, advance!"

"third……"

"fourth……"

"General, on behalf of the ten thousand soldiers of the First Battalion, I volunteer for battle!"

"General, my Second Battalion is ready!"

"General, my Third Battalion is ready to depart at any time, just give the word!"

"General, our 4th Battalion was the one you proposed to train for amphibious operations. This is truly a great opportunity!"

After a lot of arguing, the ball was finally passed to Zong Ze, who was watching the show with a smile!

"Huh!" Zong Ze was also curious at this moment, because he noticed that it was the four battalion commanders who were arguing back and forth, but Shi Mo, the commander of the fifth battalion, was standing aside and watching the show with a smile, just like him. He didn't seem to be eager to fight at all. This was completely different from the Shi Mo that Zong Ze knew!

“Graphite!” Zong Ze asked, “Why are Camor and the others arguing so fiercely, but you’re not arguing? Don’t you want to use this opportunity to really train your battalion?”

"How dare he argue?"

Unexpectedly, before Shi Mo could even speak, the other four battalion commanders chimed in, "If he tries to compete with us, we'll curse him to death!"

"Hehe!" Shi Mo scratched his head and laughed sheepishly, "General, as you know, our Fifth Battalion is mainly responsible for ground support work. Even if I compete, I definitely can't beat the four older brothers, so I won't compete. I'll let them have it. I think there will be plenty of opportunities in the future!"

"Damn it!" Upon hearing what Graphite said, Stanto's eyes widened. "Graphite, you little brat, how dare you talk to the General like that? Giving us the opportunity? I think you have nothing to worry about at all!"

"Yes!" Camor, Aishua, and Kazari nodded in unison! Then, Aishua said to Zong Ze, "General, don't be fooled by that kid Shi Mo. That guy has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. We've fallen for his tricks many times. No matter what, he'll go to the battlefield this time, which is why he's not fighting!"

"Oh?" Zong Ze had a deep affection for this little guy who had almost lost his family. Hearing the other battalion commanders' evaluation of Shi Mo, Zong Ze immediately became interested: "How did he lie to you? Tell me!"

"General, as you know, our Shenji Battalion has been training for three years. Do you remember? At the beginning of this third year, you proposed a plan to train our soldiers through live-fire exercises?" Upon hearing Zong Ze's question, Stutan, the regimental commander of the Second Battalion, looked indignant!

"I'll remember what I suggested!" Zong Ze nodded.

"This is the live-fire exercise!" Stutan said angrily. "That kid Graphite said they're just ground crew, responsible for all the logistics of our air force. But hot air balloons are much faster than our soldiers, so he ordered their ground crew to take our hot air balloons and parachute into the target area first to provide logistical support for our subsequent battle!"

“That’s right!” Zong Ze nodded. “Didn’t we divide the work like this when we first started training? You can’t expect the ground crew to run around on the ground to reach the destination and then provide logistical support to everyone!”

“That’s right!” Stantu said, “But this kid is really unfair! During training, his soldiers train with our soldiers, and the training subjects and content are exactly the same! As a result, after his ground crew landed, he didn’t provide logistical support to everyone!”

“Exactly!” Camor chimed in, “That kid is too cunning! Originally, it was a battle between my Second Battalion and Stantu’s, with each battalion sending 1000 men, and Graphite’s ground crew also sending 1000! At the time, I was on guard against Stantu’s special forces! But Graphite only left 100 men to support Stantu’s logistics, and the remaining 900 launched a surprise attack on me!”

"And then?" Zong Ze laughed!

"And then!" Stantu glared at Graphite: "When my special forces were ready, we discovered that Camor's entire army had been wiped out, and even Camor himself had been captured alive by Graphite!"