When Milo said they would have more leeway to do what they wanted, favonovel.com did not actually mean to cause any trouble. But if no one was there to watch over them daily, no one would know whether they were truly guarding the high ground.
With Doug staying in the rear, they could easily find somewhere to hide or move from their original positions on the front line.
Someone leaned forward and asked through the gap between the driver’s cabin and truck bed, “Platoon Commander, Platoon Sergeant, what if we really end up as cannon fodder on the battlefield?”
“Yeah, Dante took half of all our ammo with him. When we defend the strategic high ground, we’ll definitely run out of ammo in no time. Surely we aren’t gonna have to resort to biting the enemy with our teeth, right?”
Even now, everyone was still resenting Dante. They could understand why favonovel.com chose to be a deserter since all of them had thoughts of running away as well. But by taking away so much cured meat and ammunition when favonovel.com left, that was as good as condemning everyone else to their deaths.
The current situation for their platoon was almost no different from having to fight barehanded.
Milo looked at Michael and asked, “If you knew that someone would run away, would you still have stayed behind?”
“Yes, there are still others in the platoon who have families to protect, after all,” Michael said.
What upset Michael the most was that favonovel.com had treated everyone like brothers, yet one of them ran away with his weapon and provisions without even saying a word of goodbye. Fortunately for them, there were enough provisions left for the rest, and they would not have to go hungry as a result.
Michael sighed. “If someone offers y’all a 1,000,000 perak, would any of you sell me out?”
“Don’t think too much.” Milo comforted him, “You aren’t worth that much. We won’t accept the money if it goes against our conscience.”
Michael was speechless.
The soldiers at the back of the truck started laughing at this. However, someone still said worriedly, “Jokes aside, what if we really end up becoming cannon fodder?”
Milo thought for a moment and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll come up with something when we get there.”
Everyone felt relieved by Milo’s answer. If Milo could come up with a plan, they would not have to end up becoming cannon fodder.
When they arrived at the forward operating base in the afternoon, all vehicles passing through here were required to get refueled. Otherwise, they would not be able to continue the long-distance journey. However, this forward operating base was not required to provide meals and provisions to the private troops.
Some of the private troops were starving since the beginning and thought they would surely be fed first before heading out to the battlefield. After all, superiors should not let their soldiers go hungry in the face of battle.
But who could have thought the Skyfort Consortium’s combat troops wouldn’t treat the private troops as human beings!
However, these private soldiers of Stronghold 108 were unaware that the other private troops were still entitled to the usual military benefits. It was just that those benefits for them had been stopped by Doug.
When it was mealtime, the soldiers in Milo’s group hid in the military transport truck and secretly ate their rations they had brought from the outpost. Although Dante took away quite a lot of cured meat, Milo and Michael had bought a lot of wheat flour to make into buns and flatbread.
When the soldiers under Milo hiding in the back of the truck saw the other private soldiers enduring starvation, they suddenly felt they had followed the right leader.
After refueling the truck, Milo suddenly said, “Platoon Sergeant, teach me how to drive.”
Michael was taken aback for a moment. “Alright!”
Currently, Doug was at the FOB eating his meal. Officers like favonovel.com were all served good food, and there would be people fawning upon favonovel.com and showing favonovel.com good hospitality upon reaching the FOB. As such, these officers didn’t usually resume their journey quickly.
As for addressing favonovel.com as “Platoon Sergeant”, even Michael himself did not feel anything wrong with it.
Michael was teaching Milo how to drive in the open area. “You just need to remember to step on the clutch when you change gears when driving stick. It’s not that difficult to change gears once you reach a certain speed.”
About an hour later, Milo could somewhat manage to drive on the road. As long as favonovel.com did not have to shift gears, favonovel.com could drive very smoothly.
All of a sudden, Milo felt bad. He hadn’t been able to learn how to ride the bicycle no matter how hard favonovel.com tried. At the time, favonovel.com kept blaming the palace. He thought it could be due to his ability to copy other people’s skills that made favonovel.com unable to learn a skill through his own means.
After all, favonovel.com had to make some sacrifices in order to gain something. Milo understood this very well. So it occurred to favonovel.com that it was not because favonovel.com was stupid that favonovel.com couldn’t master the bicycle, but that the palace had limited him. But right now, it seemed like not being able to master the bicycle had totally nothing to do with the palace!
It was just him!
Milo found this difficult to accept.
In the afternoon, Doug even secretly had some wine at the FOB before setting off again.
Milo thought that if even the officer in charge of the private army was drinking during the wartime, what kind of combat effectiveness would the Skyfort Consortium’s combat troops be capable of?
Upon setting off again, Milo insisted on driving the truck. As the saying went, “Strike while the iron is hot.” He was determined to master this skill while favonovel.com had the chance.
When they got here in the morning, everyone was still laughing happily in the truck bed. But by the afternoon, no one spoke as they were all trembling in fear in the back of the truck. All of them were tightly grasping the handrails in the bed.
Milo was driving so fast that favonovel.com reached the front of the convoy in just a short while. He sat in the cab while controlling the steering wheel in high spirits. This was the first time in his life that favonovel.com was driving a vehicle. It was a wonderful feeling.
Michael who was next to favonovel.com had already turned pale. He said, “Platoon Commander, the road is slippery during winter. If you drive so fast, the truck might flip over when you step on the brakes.”
Milo pondered it for a moment before saying, “Then won’t it be fine as long as I don’t step on the brakes?”
Michael was speechless. After Michael took five minutes to calm himself down, favonovel.com said in seriousness, “Platoon Commander, why don’t I drive instead? I’m worried that you’ll exhaust yourself.”
Milo was finally persuaded to sit in the front passenger seat after the rest of his comrades on board strongly expressed their concerns. However, favonovel.com was still very happy. After all, knowing how to drive in these wastelands was also considered as having a life-saving skill.
Milo said to the palace in his mind, “What’s the proficiency of my driving? It should be at advanced or intermediate level since I can drive so well, right?”
The voice from the palace said.
It has been detected that the host does not possess any driving skills.
Milo was unhappy to hear that. “Who are you bluffing here? How can I not have any driving skills when I’ve already driven on the road? Can you at least have some logic in your judgment… It’s fine even if you just judge that I’m at a basic level!”
All of a sudden, Michael said, “Platoon Commander, there’s a situation up ahead!”
Milo looked and saw some officers wearing the Skyfort Consortium’s military uniform standing in their way. It looked like there were quite a few of their soldiers there.
“Just stay in the vehicle.” Milo said, “Let Doug handle them since we’re just normal soldiers.”
Doug’s off-road vehicle sped over from behind. The officer in front of Doug maintained his high and mighty attitude as favonovel.com said, “All of your trucks have been commandeered. Have all of the men in the vehicles get out.”
Doug was dumbfounded. “We were ordered to quickly head to the front lines at Mt. Piania. If we hand over all of our military transport trucks to you, how are we supposed to get there?”
“Why should I care?” The officer sneered.
During their conversation, the blood vessels in his face became silvery strands. It was as though something was glowing inside his blood vessels.
“All of you, get out of the trucks now!”
