Chapter VIII. There will always be people who are dissatisfied when there is a change of power
The young marine's hoarse roar of grief and anger changed Smoker's opinion of them, and he could hear the deep grief and reluctance in them, although they failed to eliminate the pirates on the island, they definitely did their best. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Well, I probably know what's going on." Smoker nodded, straightened his clothes, walked up to the elderly colonel, and bowed deeply: "I'm sorry! It was I who was too conceited to find you guilty of dereliction of duty without a serious investigation, and I apologize to you. ”
Ahh Looking at his virtue, I thought he would survive to the death, but Smoke's refreshing admission of mistakes really impressed Jace, and his impression of his cold and impersonal feelings also changed a lot.
As a commander, he can face up to his own problems raised by his subordinates, and admit his mistakes and correct them without hesitation, which is something that most people can't do, after all, in the eyes of normal people, being forced to apologize to his subordinates, even if it is the right thing to do, it is also a very humiliating thing, Jace asked himself if it was replaced by himself, it would be impossible to do this.
"Eh, sir, ......" The old colonel was a little flattered, with his age and experience, he naturally knew how difficult it was to make Smoker soft, a young man like him who could be promoted to colonel at a young age either had an extremely strong background or had the same strength as his identity, and it was not an exaggeration to call this kind of person the pride of the sky.
What's more, the Navy Headquarters directly parachuted him into the top prefect of this town guard, which means that the headquarters has strong confidence in the young major in front of them, believing that his ability is enough to clean up the mess in Rogue Town.
Smoker said lightly: "Okay, I've been humble about my mistakes, so let's return to the normal relationship between superiors and subordinates now, is there a problem?" ”
"There is no problem, Colonel Smoker, from now on you are the supreme commander of our naval base in Rogue Town!" The elderly colonel immediately took a stand.
The remaining officers, you look at me, I see you have studied it, but in the end they still didn't say anything against it, after all, Smoker had an appointment document issued by his headquarters, and they couldn't find a reason to oppose it at all.
Smoker took out two cigars and lit them and took a few puffs, looking satisfied with their answer.
"Since you have no doubts about my identity as the new colonel of the town guard, then wait a moment to gather the navy in the town guard mansion and gather in the playground for a simple handover ceremony, and let the navy below know me as the new commander.
By the way, move quickly, I'll give you half an hour to gather your men, and I hope that all the people in this town guard will show up on the playground, and I have something to tell you. ”
"Yes, sir!" The elderly colonel once again took the lead, and he stared at the officers with a flickering expression with unkind eyes, and secretly warned them not to make any small moves.
Ultra is 56 years old this year, and he feels like an old man in the One Piece world, he has been in the Navy since he was 14 years old, and then until now, he has been through ups and downs for so many years, what have you never seen? Can he still understand the little thoughts of the officers under him? It's nothing more than hoping that one day he will be promoted to colonel and replace himself as the supreme commander in the base.
It's a pity that at this juncture when he is about to retire, Smoker directly parachuted down to take his place, and those officers who have lost hope will naturally have some resentment in their hearts, in case they do something out of the ordinary in the heat of their brains, it will be bad, and the consequences are definitely not something they can bear.
From his point of view, Smoker is a very principled person, and he will never allow anyone to touch his bottom line.
That's why Ott has to deter these old subordinates of his and prevent them from doing anything stupid, otherwise even if Smoker is forced to take action against them for the time being, but after Smoker has gained a foothold in Rogge Town, if he reckons afterwards, his old subordinates will definitely not be able to eat and walk around!
And Jace on the side once again refreshed his understanding of Smoker, this guy, quite a means, this performance, is definitely a model of being able to bend and stretch, after realizing his mistakes, he did not hesitate to admit his mistakes and apologize, and there was no reluctance and embarrassment on his face, not only giving people a feeling that he was sincerely apologizing, but also showed his strength and courage by the way.
After passing the humility, this guy took advantage of the full cooperation of the old colonel Ott, and directly subdued the few snake officers in one breath, almost semi-forcing everyone to agree with his command and the identity of the supreme commander here, everything is interlocked, one after another, it is hard to believe that this is just Smoker's on-the-spot performance.
Smoker is very satisfied with the current situation, the power of Rogue Town is now in his hands, although there must be people who don't care about themselves in their hearts, just perfunctory in words, but just verbal recognition is enough, what he wants is just a superficial attitude of the officer level, as for what they think in their hearts, he doesn't care, even if they want to disobey the yang and the yin, these people only dare to make a small move in a place that he can't see, and it can't affect anything.
Half an hour later, Smoker arrived at the playground on time, at this time there were not many navies gathered in the playground, there were probably only more than two hundred, and nearly one-third of the navy did not arrive, which was obviously deliberate, someone deliberately wanted to embarrass Smoker.
Smoker frowned, and a hint of annoyance flashed in his eyes: "Colonel Ott, I remember that there are more than these people in the town guard mansion. ”
Ott's eyelids jumped when he saw this scene, and he secretly scolded in his heart, these boys actually didn't care about the overall situation at all.
Damn it! Who is it, I have obviously warned them, and they still make such a moth out, haven't you heard the proverb that the new official takes office with three fires? The new officials haven't done it yet, so you will start first, and I don't want to think about it, you will still be on an errand under others in the future, you have slapped other people's faces now, and you still want to have a good life in the future?!
Alas... Ott sighed lightly, after all, he was his old subordinate, and he was also a person who was about to retire, so he simply gave up this old face to say a few good words for the troublemaker, first stabilized Smoker, and then found the kid who made trouble and scolded him severely.....
He accompanied the smiling face, and just as he wanted to say something, he saw Smoker's blue eyes, his eyes were very indifferent, and there was no trace of fluctuation at all, as if he had expected such a scene to happen.
Boom, old Ott's heart was beating, Colonel Smoker had already guessed that something like this would happen, maybe this was exactly what he wanted!!
Ott coldly glanced at the few old subordinates who were following him, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" Why is Seymour not there, and those more than a hundred navies, who knows where they are now. ”
"Colonel, we don't know where Seymour is now."
Jace glanced at Smoker playfully, thinking that it was not a big deal to see the excitement, and taunted Smoker on the spot.
"Yo, old smoking gun, it seems that some people are dissatisfied, disobey your orders, and deliberately give you a dismount at this time, so many navies are watching, and you don't show your majesty and ability, if you don't handle it well, you can't do it anymore."
Smoker didn't care, and asked lightly: "Then what do you think I should do?" ”
Jace didn't think it was a big deal, and said directly: "It's simple, whoever disobeys the order will be arrested, of course, the ordinary navy will be forgotten, and you can take care of the rest yourself."
Punish someone as a warning to others! Smoker had already gotten angry with Jace and said his thoughts, since some officers saw that they were unhappy and didn't want to cooperate with him, then just let me cooperate with him, as long as the other party didn't obey the military order, he would have a reason to make trouble, and no one would be able to say that he wasn't at that time, in the One Piece world, fists are the last word.
Smoker smiled, turned to look at Ultra and the gang, and said, "What do you think of this approach?" ”
An unknown Humpty Fat Captain immediately objected: "Well, Colonel Smog, Lieutenant Colonel Seymour is the instructor in the base, most of the navy in the base was trained by him, and his reputation in the navy is extremely high, and if you punish him rashly, I am afraid that the impact will not be good..."
"Oh? That's right. Smoker nodded in understanding, "But how do I feel like you're threatening me?" ”
Hearing Smoker's undisguised questioning, the old man Ott twitched, and helped Seymour cover up with a bitter face: "Colonel Smoker, you are too careful, we don't mean this, that's right, Seymour is an instructor, and he is also the officer who is most familiar with the lower-level navy, so I sent him to gather the navy scattered all over the town, wait a while, calculate the time and they should come back." ”
Of course, Ott didn't expect such a statement to fool Smoker, he just wanted to find a step back so that both sides could take a step back and not fall out on the spot.
"Yes, Instructor Seymour is very busy, after all, he is the instructor in charge of managing the navy, and he is a powerful person in the town's guard, so it's normal that he can't come when he has something to do." The stocky captain said disapprehantly.
Smoker narrowed his eyes and said word by word, "But I remember that my order at that time was to have all the navy of the town guard come to the playground and join me in the handover ceremony." ”
The corners of Captain Humpty Dumpty's mouth twitched, revealing a slightly mocking smile: "Didn't you say it, Instructor Simon is still responsible for managing the more than 300 navies in the base, and he will definitely not be able to come today." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present changed color, which was a naked disdain not to take Smoker in his eyes!
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