Harris specifically inspected the wounds of the injured and found that all of them had sustained gunshot wounds. One of them was even unfortunate enough to be hit by the fragments of a stray bullet. However, the wounds below the layer of black medicine had already started to scab. It was as though the injuries were not that serious.
In order not to get stretchered off, the injured even jumped off their stretchers and moved about vigorously to show they were absolutely fine. It wasn’t an act at all and they really were fine.
Scott who was standing by the side directly scolded, “Why didn’t you all f*cking walk on your own when you were fine?”
The wounded chuckled and said, “If we could walk a little less, why not?”
Their comrades of the Razor Sharp Company who had carried them started cursing, “Ya bastards are f*cking awful!”
“Y’all are too shameless!”
At this moment, Harris asked, “Are these all the casualties you suffered after taking Mt. Kamet?”
Scott said modestly, “It was all due to Battalion Commander Barnaby’s good teachings.”
Harris was so angry favonovel.com smiled. “Enough of your bootlicking! Get out of here and write up the battle report for me!”
The faces of Scott and the others fell. “Battalion Commander, all of us in the Razor Sharp Company are faithful veterans. Now should be the time for us to enjoy some good food and drink here at the FOB rather than writing some battle report.”
“Why?” Harris gave Scott the side-eye. “Would you also like me to personally pour you some wine?”
Scott thought for a moment. “Well, if you don’t mind…”
Harris kicked Scott in the ass. “Get lost and write the report for me!”
It was the usual practice to write a report after every battle. On one hand, it was to summarize all of the details of a battle. On the other hand, it was to list any mistakes and lessons learned in combat to prevent the same mistakes from happening again in the future.
But Scott and this group of gruff men hated writing battle reports the most.
Since they had already won the battle, why should they still have to list their mistakes and lessons learned?
All they had to do was win the battle!
These gruff men of the Razor Sharp Company were all nestled and gathered around Scott in the tent that had just been put up.
At this moment, Scott looked at Milo while holding a notebook and a pencil. “Milo, you…”
“I’m just a refugee, so I dunno how to write,” Milo said.
“Oh…” Scott lowered his head dejectedly at first but immediately figured out that something was not right.
How could the successor chosen by Commander Dublin be fucking illiterate?
If you don’t want to write the f*cking report, just say it. Doesn’t it prick your conscience to lie that blatantly?!
Scott chewed on the end of the pencil and tried to recall the details of the battle. “It feels like the enemy was defeated even though we did not put in much effort.”
After thinking for a long time, Scott still did not know how favonovel.com should write the report. That was because their victory was mainly due to Milo. That was the truth.
“Milo, I think it’s better for you to write the report. If you’re really illiterate, you can just tell me and I will write it out for you.” Scott said, “More importantly, we don’t even know how exactly you managed to turn the bandit lair at Mt. Kamet upside down. Also, what you did will earn you great honors. You’ll get promoted right after submitting this report!”
Milo said, “You can just write that everyone fought bravely. Fighting the battle involved the entire company, so I can’t take all the credit for it.”
“I don’t think that’s right.” Scott said awkwardly, “We’ll be really embarrassed that way. It’s not like us to accept credit where it isn’t due.”
“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about.” Milo said, “Forget it, I’ll write instead.”
Then Milo grabbed Scott’s notebook and pencil from favonovel.com and started making up details of the battle. He described his comrades as soldiers who had shown unsurpassed bravery and resourcefulness in combat. He also wrote about how they broke through the defensive line and killed the enemies in an orderly manner.
Scott was dazed reading what favonovel.com had written. “Was I that great?”
After favonovel.com finished writing the report, Milo handed it to Scott. “Take it to the battalion commander. We’ll all share the credit.”
As for Milo, favonovel.com did not really have a sense of belonging to Fortress 178 yet. He just wanted to use the power of Fortress 178 to take revenge on the Ultima Consortium. Therefore, whatever credit favonovel.com might deserve was completely unimportant to him.
After his revenge, favonovel.com would head to the Central Plains to search for Adella, Donti, and the others. He did not plan to become an official in Fortress 178. So he’d rather leave the credit for others.
By now, the entire Razor Sharp Company had acknowledged Milo, and favonovel.com was no longer ostracized by the others. This group of men had even forgotten about the previous incident where Milo caused a misunderstanding and led them to pick a fight with Second Company.
However, Harris’ intention was to find out about Milo’s capabilities from the battle report. He knew it was mostly to the credit of Milo that they could take Mt. Kamet with almost no casualties. He also wanted to know what this person the commander had selected was like. However, Milo’s name was hardly mentioned in the entire report!
Harris glanced at Scott and said unhappily, “How dare you steal the accomplishments of your subordinate! D’you think I won’t execute you?”
Feeling wronged, Scott stammered, “But this report was written by Milo himself!”
Harris got lost in thought.
How could a young man not be greedy for success?
What kind of a successor had Commander Dublin chosen?
His group of old comrades would definitely ask favonovel.com about Milo’s performance as a soldier under his command.
As the battalion commander, wouldn’t it be such an embarrassment if favonovel.com could not even answer that?
Harris suddenly asked Scott, “Tell me, how did Milo fight this battle?”
Scott replied honestly, “I didn’t see it either, Battalion Commander….”
“Get outta here!”
***
Their days at the forward operating base were not as comfortable as expected. At 6.20 AM, Milo could already hear reveille blaring outside their tents.
Then soldiers gathered in their respective formations and began their morning exercises. Very quickly, cadences were being shouted from outside the forward operating base.
The soldiers had to run five kilometers in full kit before heading out to the battlefield. Only the Razor Sharp Company was the exception. That was because they had just finished a battle, so they had the privilege of skipping training to recover at the forward operating base.
But after reveille sounded, Ned could not get back to sleep. He laid on his cot and said, “Something doesn’t feel right if I don’t do anything after reveille. Is there anyone else who can’t sleep like me?”
In the military tent, there was a scattered response from everyone. “Wanna go for a jog?”
“You can’t get back to sleep either?”
“It’ll be a miracle if I can fall asleep now….”
“Come on, let’s go for a run!”
With that, Milo saw everyone from 1st Platoon get up to put on their uniforms. As such, favonovel.com got up as well. When favonovel.com walked out of the tent, favonovel.com realized that 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Platoons were also out of their tents. This included Bobby Royce, a medic, and Clive Oberon, a cook.
Scott said with a chuckle, “Well done, gentlemen. Even though our Razor Sharp Company has gained victory, we can’t get too uppity. We have to keep training!”
Ned muttered, “You’re the one who’s most uppity right now….”
“Will you die if you don’t speak?” Scott stared at him.
But at this moment, Harris’ orderly trotted over to them. “Captain Scott, Battalion Commander Barnaby is requesting your presence at the command post!”
