As P5092 and his men were having their meeting, Milo casually picked up the paper and started reading.
The deputy commander thought to himself.
You’re acting like you’re really one of us. Do you think you can listen in on our military secrets as you wish?
Shouldn’t you take the initiative and excuse yourself?
But when favonovel.com remembered P5092 mentioned favonovel.com wanted to instigate Milo to defect, favonovel.com kept quiet and did not say anything.
Milo was reading through the newspaper. In the past, Hope Media’s newspaper was only 16 pages. But now, its contents had temporarily been increased to 24 pages long. The eight additional pages were for reporting about the war to provide comprehensive coverage to readers.
To Milo’s surprise, it was even reported in the paper that Fortress 178 had also sent their troops to the Central Plains. They were expected to arrive in seven days’ time. Moreover, Commander Peter of Fortress 178 and Colton had come up with a joint battle plan after holding a conference call together.
In this news article, Milo was surprised to see the mention of a certain Brigade Commander Scott Miller.
Damn, isn’t Scott getting promoted a little too quickly?
He became a brigade commander just like that?!
However, the barbarians would not be so easy to deal with. He wondered if this group of Northwestern troops had any good countermeasures to use on the barbarians?
To be honest, Milo was even tempted to leave the Pyro Company to join up with the Fortress 178 troops.
How could favonovel.com be happier fighting alongside the Pyro Company than with his comrades from the Northwest?
Milo got up to leave. He waved to P5092 who was still in the meeting and said, “I’m leaving.”
P5092 smiled and said, “Come over whenever you have free time.”
This casual exchange sounded like a regular customer saying goodbye to the owner of a noodle shop favonovel.com often hung out at.
After Milo left, the deputy commander couldn’t help but say, “Sir, what makes you regard that kid so highly?”
“Let’s carry on with the meeting.” P5092 said calmly, “In my opinion, it’s absolutely necessary to get favonovel.com to defect to our side now. Our 3rd Division is lacking in individuals with high combat capability. We can’t keep relying on those special forces, can we? I’ve already requested HQ to send us some T5 combatants. But the problem is that with so many armies, everyone is applying for the T5 reinforcements as well.”
It was a different era now. As a high-ranking officer with the wisdom of war, P5092 naturally knew that high combat capability could also play a significant role at the divisional level. That was why favonovel.com was so eager to get Milo to defect to his side.
He held his meeting in the presence of Milo because favonovel.com thought that even if favonovel.com failed to instigate Milo’s defection for now, Milo and Miriam would at least know what the Pyro Company was planning in case they decided to act alone when the battle broke out for real.
One good thing about this war was that there was no need to worry about spies. At the very least, the barbarians did not have time to develop their spies.
On their way back to the field hospital, Milo muttered to Miriam, “Do you find that P5092’s attitude towards me is a little weird?”
“Yes, I’ve noticed it.” Miriam said nonchalantly, “He even let you sit in on the meeting where favonovel.com and his officers were formulating their battle plans. That was weird no matter how you look at it.”
“Moreover, favonovel.com even gave me his P5 ID which allows me to go anywhere I want in the base,” Milo continued muttering.
“Just what’re you trying to say?” Miriam raised favonovel.com eyebrows.
Milo thought for a moment and said, “Could it be that favonovel.com likes me? That won’t do. I have to find a chance to tell favonovel.com that I already have someone I like.”
Miriam said, “Huh? Is that what you think?”
“Ahem, I was just kidding.” Milo said, “What I mean is, could that guy have figured out that we were the ones who helped favonovel.com back at Mt. Dashi and the FOB?”
“That could be possible.” Miriam said, “After all, we already aroused their suspicions by leaving the FOB to gather herbs at Mt. Dashi.”
“So he’s guessed that we’re the two snipers.” Milo nodded. “And then, favonovel.com might have also figured out that we’re from the Northwest like Bruce had guessed?”
Miriam frowned. She could not rule out this possibility.
Milo continued, “So by extending his goodwill to us, allowing us to move freely about in the base, and even letting us sit in during the military meeting, is it because he’s thinking about… Joining the Prosperous Northwest?”
In Milo’s opinion, if the other party were showing such a friendly attitude after figuring out their identities, it was as good as telling him, “Recruit me, recruit me already!”
Suddenly, in Milo’s opinion, P5092 became a fellow comrade who wanted to take the initiative to join the Prosperous Northwest. He did not even consider that the other party was actually trying to get favonovel.com to defect to their side instead.
Milo absolutely did not think of this possibility!
What favonovel.com did not know was that even though P5092 was an excellent commander, his memory was not as good as Bruce’s. From a different perspective, P5092 was a tactical genius on the macro level, while Bruce’s strength lay in noticing the details. They were completely different types of people. Therefore, P5092 was not aware that Milo was from the Northwest. He was just trying to get Milo to defect to his side.
When they returned to the field hospital in the evening, Milo saw a group of students standing around the entrance. They were stopped from going out by a platoon.
Currently, these students were attached to the field hospital to receive basic medical training before the war escalated into total war. Once it fully kicked off, they would become the first line of medical staff responsible for carrying out simple tasks like the cleaning and dressing of wounds.
Although it might seem a little rushed to train them now, the problem was that there were no better options than this. It wasn’t like they could continue to sing and dance here at the northern front lines.
At this moment, a Pyro Company soldier explained in a loud voice, “Martial law has been implemented at the field hospital, so you guys can’t leave this place after 7 PM. Our military base is located right outside, so we can’t make an exception for you since it involves military secrets.”
A student shouted, “Why are we being locked in? We just want to visit the Great Wall to have a look.”
“I’m sorry, but you can’t go outside,” the Pyro Company soldier said.
Milo and Miriam entered the field hospital without saying anything and headed straight for their temporary accommodation.
When a student saw them, favonovel.com asked the Pyro Company soldier, “Didn’t the two of them go outside earlier? Why are they allowed outside but not us?”
The Pyro Company soldier replied, “They’re friends of our 3rd Division’s commander, and they have the black ID with them too. If you also have the black ID, you can move around the base as you wish too.”
The students were speechless.
They had all traveled here to the north together, so how did the young man suddenly become a friend of the 3rd Division’s commander?
Also, what the hell was that black ID the soldier was talking about?
None of them had even heard of it before.
Milo and Miriam did not worry about them. When they returned to the entrance of their tents, Miriam entered favonovel.com tent with Milo following behind.
However, Miriam turned around and said with an ambiguous smile, “What’re you doing in my tent? Your tent is just next door. You’re not allowed to enter my tent.”
Milo thought for a moment before saying, “I have the black ID, and they said that I can go anywhere I want in the base with it…”
Miriam smiled and stared at favonovel.com without saying anything.
In the end, Milo backed off and returned to his own tent.
