Chapter 874 - Seamless Integration (1/2)
At 6 o’clock in the morning, reveille trumpeted across the entire military base. Even though the Pyro Company troops were in the middle of a war, they did not slack off on drilling.
The soldiers of the 3rd Division who were not on duty on top of the Great Wall got started with their simple exercise routine. As P5092 put it, “Self-discipline should be a habit that is maintained at all times.”
At 6:30 AM, the soldiers simply jogged around the barracks. When Ren Xiaosu passed through the base bustling with activity, some of the jogging platoons immediately changed their routes to avoid him.
Ren Xiaosu headed straight to the command center. At this moment, P5092 was standing at the sand table and had already started formulating a battle strategy. Across the sand table, the south of the Great Wall was filled entirely with red flags while blue flags littered the area to the north of it.
But there were purple flags on it as well. Ren Xiaosu did not quite understand what they represented, so he asked, “What do the purple flags represent?”
P5092 looked up at Ren Xiaosu and explained with a smile, “Those are the unknown areas we haven’t explored fully yet. The expeditionary army’s main forces might or might not be hiding in those locations.”
“Oh.” Ren Xiaosu nodded as he sat down at a table off to the side and picked up the day’s Hope Media newspaper. When he saw the news of Zhang Xiaoman in the newspaper, he suddenly asked, “What do you think of the Northwest?”
P5092 was stunned. “Are you referring to the people and the regional culture of the Northwest or Fortress 178?”
“Fortress 178.” Ren Xiaosu said, “See this? They’re also coming to participate in this war.”
P5092 said in seriousness, “I’ve always quite admired Fortress 178. As you know, they’ve been protecting the Central Plains civilization for at least as long as our Pyro Company has. Although both our parties protect the Central Plains in different ways, our end goal is the same.”
Ren Xiaosu was amused when he heard this. He thought to himself that it was no wonder P5092 was acting so friendly towards him. It looked like he was indeed keen on joining the Prosperous Northwest. He had just expressed his interest, right?
P5092 looked at Ren Xiaosu’s expression and wondered, “Why are you suddenly smiling blankly?”
“Ahem, it’s nothing.” Ren Xiaosu said, “Um… can you have your orderly deliver breakfast directly here? I’ll have breakfast while reading the newspaper.”
P5092 did not know whether to laugh or cry. “You’re treating this like your own home.”
Ren Xiaosu blinked at him. “We’re gonna be one family soon, so why the need to be so formal?”
P5092 was overjoyed. He was starting to wonder if this young man had understood his friendly intentions and was thinking of joining the Pyro Company.
So that was why Ren Xiaosu said they were going to be one family soon!
Initially, P5092 thought there was still much left to be done to get Ren Xiaosu to defect to his side. He was planning to encourage him slowly, but he didn’t expect it would be this easy!
Thinking of this, P5092 was very happy. He called the orderly over. “Go and get some food. My friend and I are going to eat here in the command center.”
Ren Xiaosu said, “But we still have to wait until your Pyro Company wins the war before discussing this matter further.”
In Ren Xiaosu’s opinion, although he was very eager to poach P5092 to his side, he could not cause the 3rd Division to have to appoint a new commander right before they faced the barbarians, right? If that happened, it might lead to a disaster for them.
There were only six armies like the 3rd Division in the entire Pyro Company, so not just anyone could replace such a high-ranking commander like P5092. If P5092 were to defect now, it would probably lead to the potential failure of this war.