Chapter 464: The Innocent Youngster
The 7th Army Headquarters.
Guan Shan hurriedly lifted the curtain of the central army tent and walked into the headquarters.
He had just arrived at the front line to report, and before he had a few words with his comrades in Class 197, he was notified to attend the senior officers' meeting of the headquarters.
As soon as he entered the meeting room, a muffled voice entered Guan Shan's ears.
"On the first day of reporting, you didn't even come to the headquarters to walk around, but you were in a hurry to find those troublemakers in the vanguard camp."
"Are all of you military academy graduates so ignorant of the rules?"
The speaker was a middle-aged man with a big belly.
He sat on the left side of the chief of the long table, his bulging belly almost broke the buttons on his military uniform, and his big back hair was combed neatly, without even a speck of dust.
On his fat nose, he wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses without any degree, purely to make people think that he was a graceful Confucian general.
"Hey, Lao Kang, Guan Shan is a graduate of Class 197. It's understandable that he came to the front line and reminisced with his old classmates."
"He is still young after all, and we will get familiar with each other slowly."
The man sitting at the head waved his hand nonchalantly, smiled at Guan Shan, and said softly, "Hello, Guan Shan, I am Guo Siyuan, the newly appointed deputy commander of the Seventh Corps."
"He is my deputy, Kang Kai."
"I arrived one day earlier than you. From now on, we will be superiors and subordinates. I am your direct leader. We must cooperate well to do a good job of the work of the superiors."
Guo Siyuan is of medium build, dressed neatly and decently, and every wrinkle on his military uniform seems to tell of his demanding attention to details.
The few strands of hair that were inadvertently scattered on his forehead were casually brushed back by him. Like Kang Kai, he was as neat as an artist preparing to attend a press conference.
There were several glittering medals hanging on his military uniform, and as if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, he strictly followed the color, size, style, and symmetry.
Guan Shan, who knew the military medals well, could not recognize even one of them.
It was probably made by someone else to deceive those who didn't know anything about it.
Guan Shan nodded slightly to his fellow officers around him, and without even looking at Kang Kai and Guo Siyuan, he found his seat and sat down.
Guan Shan saw through Guo Siyuan and Kang Kai's trick of playing the good cop and the bad cop.
Neither of them was a good guy.
"What do you mean?" Kang Kai slapped the long table in front of him heavily, staring at Guan Shan and yelled.
Before attending the meeting, he had already received Guo Siyuan's instructions to find a leader today to establish his authority.
As airborne officers, the two of them had no foundation in the Seventh Corps. Although they also knew some information about the other generals, they had not figured out their depth and status in the army.
But Guan Shan in front of them was different.
As a new airborne officer, the risk of dealing with him was obviously much smaller.
He was a perfect target for establishing authority.
"The commander of the Seventh Corps is not here, and Deputy Commander Guo is the highest commander in the army. What is your attitude?"
"Is this how the officers training camp teaches students?"
"How did you graduate?"
Kang Kai stared at Guan Shan with wide eyes and roared with full energy.
Seeing the officers around him change their faces in unison, all looking at Guan Shan and then at himself.
Kang Kai felt that everyone must have been shocked by his momentum just now.
He couldn't help but feel secretly proud in his heart.
"Don't you know me?" Guan Shan ignored Kang Kai's incompetent roar, and pointed at himself with some amusement.
He was the apprentice of that adult, which was no longer a secret in the army.
Especially the comrades who participated in the Monster Tide War, all of them saw Guan Shan, Gu Jia, and Er Gouzi take that adult home.
Although Guan Shan never used this identity to get any special treatment, all the generals in the army, from the top to the bottom, respected him very much.
The four masters and apprentices of Changsheng Hall fought to the last moment in the Monster Tide War. They were upright warriors.
They are true heroes of the human race.
"Guan Shan, a graduate of the 197th class of the military academy, was specially selected to enter the officer training camp for his military merits in the Monster Tide War. He graduated this year and joined the Seventh Corps as the commander of the front army."
Kang Kai picked up a document at hand and read it out loud.
"I've seen a lot of young people like you. You think you can ignore others because you are young and successful."
"You are just being willful and have no rules at all!"
Kang Kai threw the document in his hand with a self-important look and said coldly, "Without the support of your superiors, do you really think you can gain a foothold in the army?"
"Can you survive in the Seventh Corps?"
"Let's figure out who has the final say in the Seventh Corps now!"
Puff——
One of the officers was having a hard time holding back his laughter and couldn't help laughing out loud. In order not to make himself too conspicuous, he had to turn his head away quickly and didn't dare to look at the two young men sitting at the head.
The rest of the people were not much better. They all pursed their lips and tried to put on a serious expression.
They were all waiting to see the good show of these two idiots.
You said it's understandable that you want to establish your authority, but at least pick a soft persimmon to squeeze.
Why do you pick the hardest bone to chew right away?
Do you have such a good tooth?
All the officers moved their butts quietly, trying to stay away from Guo Siyuan and Kang Kai, to express their attitude to Guan Shan - we are really unfamiliar with those two idiots!
Guan Shan didn't want to pay attention to these two idiots who didn't understand the situation, but if they let these two troublemakers drag their feet, their Seventh Corps might be left far behind by other brother troops and become a joke of the Northern Expedition Army.
Guan Shan put his hands in front of him, looked at Kang Kai coldly and said, "You two, this should be your first time to the front line, right?"
Kang Kai was obviously stunned.
Just when he was about to refute, he was interrupted by Guan Shan mercilessly.
"Our troops fighting on the front line are not like you who like to build relationships and make friends. They have to pay their respects to the embassy every time they arrive at a place."
"Our Seventh Legion has only one goal, which is to wipe out the remaining demons."
"If you are willing to fight side by side with us, then I welcome you to join us."
"If you are thinking about fighting for power and gaining power in the name of the Northern Expedition..."
Guan Shan's tone sank, and his momentum suddenly changed.
The cold murderous intent emanated from his body, lowering the temperature of the entire command center by several degrees.
"The front line is very dangerous..."
"Even if it is a deputy regiment-level officer, it is not uncommon to die on the battlefield."
"In addition..." Guan Shan paused, pointed at the heads of the two and said coldly, "I advise you not to cover your hair with hair wax on the front line. If blood splashes on it, it will be difficult to wash it off."
"By then...you will die ugly."
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