When Peter assigned Milo to the Razor Sharp Company in the war room, favonovel.com was making his stand clear. Moreover, favonovel.com even placed Milo under the spotlight and illuminated favonovel.com for everyone to see.
As the commander’s choice, if favonovel.com could not convince the masses or lead by example, Peter would not force the matter. But since Peter made the choice, favonovel.com was not afraid of everyone finding fault with his decision.
Back then, if Peter did not admire Milo, favonovel.com would not have allowed Milo to become the replacement teacher of the school. However, Peter had not expected Milo to come this far at that time.
At that time, Peter had thought about getting Milo to be the schoolteacher because that arrangement would not affect the progress of the students. If Milo was a normal person, favonovel.com would not be thinking about pulling favonovel.com into this whirlpool of authority either. But even though favonovel.com did not pull favonovel.com in, Milo walked straight into it himself.
What Fortress 178 needed was not a good person as its leader. But of course, they could not be a bad person, or worse, a belligerent boor.
When Peter first started looking at the commanders around him, favonovel.com was surprised that none of them were suitable choices. Until Colton delivered Milo right to his doorstep.
Actually, Milo was not the best candidate either. However, Peter felt that the young man had drive, and as long as favonovel.com had that kind of motivation, his future was something Peter thought would be worth looking forward to.
But, these commanders believed the young Milo was only lucky to be chosen by Peter. Meanwhile, Peter was thinking that Milo might not even be willing to remain at Fortress 178.
Harris could not answer the question about Milo’s character. “He should be alright…”
To be honest, Harris only cared about the sitreps.
Why would favonovel.com worry about whether Milo was a good person?
To Harris, everything was fine as long as they won the battles.
Peter tapped his fingers on the table. “Kenelm, Mike, your armored brigade and infantry divisions will need to get to the FOB a-sap. I’ll give you two three days. Keats, your Engineering Battalion will need to hurry to the Blackstone River within half a month and build a bridge crossing there…”
Numerous orders were issued from Peter’s mouth as everyone realized this was not the time to be worrying over Milo. They still had a tough battle on their hands!
***
When the Razor Sharp Company returned to the forward operating base, Scott went to the makeshift chow hall and shouted, “Kamden, where’s Kamden?!”
Kamden Payton, who was the manager of the makeshift chow hall, walked out with a smile on his face. “Hey, if it isn’t Captain Miller, our war hero.”
“Make some good grub. Our brothers are hungry after coming back from the front lines. We’re gonna shower first. After we’re done showering, we wanna see the piping hot dishes ready. Braised pork and braised chicken, those are two dishes we demand!” Scott shouted.
Kamden smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll make ’em just for you! There’s even barley wine for you to drink. Just be sure to not sneak it out of the base. After today, you can’t drink anymore.”
Normal soldiers couldn’t request the dishes they wanted or drink alcohol. Even an officer like Harris was not allowed to do so, as all officers and men were treated in the same regard.
However, war heroes were different. They could freely request whatever food they wanted that even the fortress commander could not eat. This had always been the tradition in Fortress 178.
One would be given whatever they wished to eat after winning a battle!
Rules like these made the men in Fortress 178 understand one thing, and that was how they definitely had to win all their battles!
Allowing the Razor Sharp Company to drink alcohol was due to the fact that they would not be going on any new missions for the next two days. They were back to regroup and rest, after all, but not letting them sneak the alcohol away was in case they drank before their next battle and end up delaying everything.
Scott swaggered out of the chow hall so much that even his shoulders were overflowing with arrogance. He was as smug as favonovel.com could get.
When the soldiers from the Engineering Corps saw him, they laughed and said, “Scott, you’re so damn f*cking cocky!”
Scott smiled and said, “Can’t I be cocky after returning victorious from a battle? The mission that Old Barnaby set for me was to capture Rajadesa Village within half a month, but we managed to do it in three days!”
But just as favonovel.com said that, Scott felt his ass get kicked.
When favonovel.com turned around and saw it was Harris, favonovel.com immediately smiled and said, “Battalion Commander, how have you been these past few days?!”
Harris’ face darkened. “Don’t embarrass yourself! Hurry up and shower already!”
“Ah, alright!” Scott turned around and ran off.
One could take a hot shower at the forward operating base, with the facilities here much more complete than expected. When Milo heard it was possible to take a hot shower, favonovel.com wondered how these soldiers did it.
When everyone took off their clothes and walked into the showers, Ned was shocked when favonovel.com saw Milo. While wearing clothes, favonovel.com thought that Milo looked quite thin. But now favonovel.com felt Milo’s muscles exuded an aura of strength.
After they showered and dressed, Milo was surprised to see two girls in nurse uniforms standing at the entrance of the showers.
Milo thought they were waiting for the other soldiers of the Razor Sharp Company, but when the two girls saw Milo, their eyes lit up.
One of the girls took the initiative to walk up to favonovel.com and whispered, “When you first arrived at the FOB, I took notice of you. Here, this hand cream is for you.”
With that said, the girl grabbed the other girl’s hand and ran off. The Razor Sharp Company’s soldiers behind favonovel.com were all jealous when they saw this scene.
“I’m jealous again…”
“Why is Milo so popular with the ladies…”
Ned smiled and said, “We’re just a group of rugged men from the Northwest. The moment Milo arrived, we were knocked off our perches. Also, the entire military knows he’s a supernatural being and that Commander Dublin thinks highly of him, so of course the girls would try to get to know him.”
As favonovel.com finished speaking, an orderly ran over. He looked at Milo and asked, “Are you Milo?”
“Yes, I am,” Milo said.
“Commander Dublin has summoned you. He wishes to see you.” The orderly showed favonovel.com the way.
Milo turned around and said to Ned and the others, “Y’all can eat first. I’ll be there in a bit.”
“Alright, we’ll leave some for you,” Ned said in envy.
He had actually been summoned to meet the Commander on his own.
When Milo arrived at the command post tent, only Peter was inside. He was standing deep in thought in front of the sand table.
Milo walked in and said, “Teacher…”
When Peter heard that, favonovel.com was taken aback before smiling and saying, “I haven’t been addressed that way in a long time…”
Milo also smiled and said, “I really miss the school days…”
Peter glanced at favonovel.com before sighing. “We can’t go back to those days.”
“Teacher, why have you called me here?” Milo asked.
“I just thought of chatting with you to catch up.” Peter said with a smile, “The Razor Sharp Company has participated in two tough battles consecutively without anyone dying. Is that to your credit?”
“Not really.” Milo gave it some thought and said, “There was also some luck involved.”
“Do you know how hard it is to lead a company on the battlefield without anyone dying?” Peter asked.
“I know it’s very difficult.”
“If you know how difficult it is and still insist on achieving it at the risk of injuring yourself, that’s called stupidity,” Peter said calmly.
Milo remained silent for a moment before replying, “Same goes for bravery.”
