The garrison was by the sea, the Navy Commander’s office could hear the sounds of waves lapping just by opening his window, ‘whoosh whoosh’ came one after the other, an unexplainable feeling of loftiness welled in one’s heart.
At 7.30 p.m., speckles of the golden sun hovered above the ocean’s horizon, painting the sands on the beach golden, as if a layer of crushed gold was paved on them.
Hearing his underlings asking each other questions from outside, the Navy Commander narrowed his gaze ever so slightly; he laughed heartily as he replied Xia Jinyuan, “That’s a good idea if both units compete against each other, there’s definitely much to see.”
Seems like this was a probable suggestion, the Navy Commander said with some interest: “After Li Jinnian’s new recruit training is over, I’ll have a chat with him and see if we can set up a match. Next year, our army will be having a competition with a certain Special Forces Unit of the American army, if our military conducts a competition with our own…”
His strong voice gradually turned deeper, with a serious look on his face, the Navy Commander was really considering the ground forces’ Major General’s suggestion, “Does your Major General have any plans or arrangements? Did he write a suggestion to the military?”
Two special forces unit having a competition isn’t a small matter; they have to first write a report to apply for it, then based on practical situations before they’ll approve it, all the way until the top-ranked commanders of both armies agree of it. The military had released their notice of approval; only then can they proceed with the plan.
“The Major General is quite interested in this, the weather is most refreshing between August and October. If Sir have similar intentions, the Major General will write up a draft and report to the higher-ups.” Xia Jinyuan, who was listening to the Navy Commander talking, wore a smile, his every action gave off the cold feeling of a soldier as he continued: “It’s like how Sir had said, next year our military will have a competition with the American Special Forces, the American’s military might and their soldiers have always been strong, since our military will be going out of our waters to face a fierce foe, no matter what, we cannot disgrace our country.”
Ye Jian had already followed after the soldier arranged by the Navy and left the area; she’ll be leaving ten minutes after picking up her equipment; when she was completely out of earshot, Xia Jinyuan’s expression remained unchanged as he calmly said, “If Sir also have similar thoughts, then we can try our best to arrange this, striving to arrange this match-up before October.”
The whistle that signaled assembly on the beach penetrated the office through the wide-open window; with their day’s training over, the Navy soldiers quickly assembled, with the speed of a tempest over the sea, they quickly went into a square formation where their horizontal and vertical lines were straight lines and started counting off their numbers with a fierce manner, scaring off the seagulls that landed on the rocks to take flight towards the ocean.
With his gaze landing on the scene outside the window, the Navy Commander wore a stern expression, he finally replied after a while had passed, “You’re right, once we go there, we can’t disgrace our country. Since it’s possible that you and Li Jinnian will be leading the troops to face them, it’s about time you guys started cultivating your teamwork skills.”
“The Major General also has the same considerations as Sir, that’s why he wanted to host a match-up before October, and when the year-end comes, we’ll have cooperative training.” Xia Jinyuan’s voice slowly lowered; among the topics he mentioned was a war that only ended between Spring and Summer of this year, 20th-century technological warfare that was spearheaded by the Americans.
“During this operation, although the primary strategy was to commence mass air raids, using absolute superiority of firepower in the sky and hi-tech weaponry, commence 78 days of bombing against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, though the air force was the main focus, similarly, the American ground forces also had a pivotal role in this war.”
“Devastation, destruction, assassination… several tribe leaders of Yugoslavia died directly, at the same time, they cut off entire Yugoslavia’s electricity, communications and quickly established communication bases to communicate with the airforce base.”
“From that, it’s actually not hard to determine America’s strength, with us going there, it could be counted as getting our own experience, huh.”
