After the air cylinder failure incident, Su Qiubai was no longer as defenseless against the people around him as before, not because he was afraid that those people could really hurt him, but because he wanted to find out who wanted to kill him.

The three-month sea training was finally over, although the sea training was much more difficult than the land training, but Su Qiubai liked this kind of training very much, because the land training was too boring for him.

Soon after the end of the sea exercise, the news of frequent battles came from the front line, the pirates of Weihai have always been rampant, in recent months, I don't know where I learned that the Weihai Naval District has just changed a new commander, knowing that the army is unstable at this time, and the Su Po army will inevitably not be able to convince the public, so it will be more intensified to attack Weihai. Recently, he has frequently harassed coastal fishermen, and even crossed the naval defense line and landed ashore to plunder, which attracted the attention of the central government, and ordered Su Pojun to lead the army to suppress it.

Originally, recruits did not need to participate in the war in the first year of enlistment, but at this time, the situation was special, the front-line war was tight, and the strength was inevitably insufficient.

On the eve of the expedition, Su Pojun called Su Qiubai to his home in the military region for dinner, and at the dinner table, he suddenly asked Su Qiubai: "Do you know why pirates have been so rampant recently?" ”

Su Qiubai was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

Su Pojun sneered and said: "As far as I know, it was General Hu Dingrong who originally guarded the sea, he stayed here for a total of five years, and he guarded the sea impenetrable for the first four years, but in the fifth year, he suddenly couldn't stop the pirates' attacks, and he was transferred out of the Weihai Naval District and demoted to Yinwan as a deputy commander." If it weren't for the fact that the pirates suddenly had some reinforcements, the only explanation was that there was an internal ghost in our army. ”

Su Qiubai frowned and said, "Inner ghost? Those pirates are all outlaws who kill people without blinking, why should I join forces with the pirates of the regular army of Huaxia Kingdom? ”

Su Pojun smiled and said, "What else can it be?" It is nothing more than for fame and fortune, although the status of a soldier is glorious, it does not bring them much benefit, and those pirates only need to promise it with benefits, and they may be able to buy greedy people. The selection of talents in the army is based on ability, but after all, it is difficult to be comprehensive in terms of character, and it is normal to have individual scum. ”

"Do you have any suspicions in your heart?" Su Qiubai asked.

Su Pojun shook his head and said, "I've only been here for a short time, and the situation in the Wei Naval Region hasn't been figured out yet, where can this matter be found out in a while?" ”

Su Qiubai thought for a while and said: "Being able to secretly convey information to pirates without being noticed, this person is either in a high position, or has some special talents, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with." ”

Su Pojun nodded and said, "Yes, if you want to find out this person, it will be a protracted battle." However, the most important thing at the moment is not to investigate the ghosts, but to do my best to be in the army, so that the officers and soldiers can recognize me as the commander-in-chief, and this soldier can be brought down. ”

Su Qiubai heard the meaning of his words, so he suddenly asked, "You suddenly called me today, you should already have a way to deal with them, right?" ”

Su Pojun laughed when he heard this, and said, "You kid, I can't call you home for a meal if I'm fine?" ”

Su Qiubai looked at him meaningfully, it had been half a year since he had been in the army, and it was the first time he had called himself to eat, although it was to avoid suspicion, it became more and more obvious that his motive for calling himself to eat this time was not pure.

"Alright, don't look at me like that. I did ask you to come here for something to tell you, and it may not be safe to say in the office, so I had to call you to come to the house. Su Pojun reluctantly admitted.

Su Qiubai glanced at the direction of the door and said, "Can you guarantee that you will be safe at home?" ”

Su Pojun saw what he meant, so he said: "Don't worry, the inner ghost doesn't dare to extend his tentacles to my house, as for my orderlies, they are all brought from Yahai, and they are all trustworthy people." ”

Su Qiubai nodded and said, "Then you say, what tasks do you want to give me?" ”

Seeing that he finally got to the point, Su Pojun put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said seriously: "Although I have been here for half a year, there are not half of the people here who really obey me, although they usually obey my command, but in their hearts they are still their old generals, and even a battalion commander may have more weight than me in their hearts." So, I don't expect them to fight pirates and inner ghosts anymore. And the biggest trump card in my hand is you. ”

"Me?" Su Qiubai was a little surprised, "Didn't you always say that the army is not a place to talk about individual heroism, and no matter how strong a person's strength is, it can't make any difference?" ”

Su Pojun suddenly laughed narrowly: "That's just the rhetoric I have always used to make soldiers cultivate a sense of unity, not to mention, the personal strength of ordinary people may not be nothing, but you are not an ordinary person, so naturally it is not the same." ”

Su Qiubai also agrees with this, with his individual combat ability, although he doesn't know how many troops one person can fight against, but he can take it in the chaos. There is absolutely no problem with the head, and even the dragon hunting commandos may not be able to complete it lightly.

"This inner ghost doesn't know what means are used, but before every war with pirates, he can accurately obtain our battle plan, in this case, how do you say we will win? And those pirates are perennial at sea, proficient in naval warfare strategy, if we suppress with firepower, they will run, and as soon as the firepower stops, they will come back, in short, it is a hooligan strategy that can be fought and run, which is more difficult to fight than the confrontation of the same military force, which is really irritating. Su Pojun complained.

"And how can I change this situation alone?" Su Qiubai asked.

Su Pojun tapped his fingers on the table, and said slowly: "You should already know the battle plan this time, we are going to attack a small island called Damos, and that is one of the sea strongholds of this group of pirates. Although the destruction of this stronghold will not deal any fatal blow to the pirates, it will be a great opportunity for you and me to establish their authority. After enduring it for so long, it's time to give them a little deterrence, I want to let them know that I, Su Pojun, am not so easy to bully! ”

Su Qiubai was also infected by his affection, and asked, "Dad, what are you going to let me do?" ”

Su Pojun got up and took a file bag, put it in front of Su Qiubai, and said, "You take a look at this first." ”

Su Qiubai took the file bag and found that there was a word "secret" written on it, indicating that this was a confidential text and could not be read casually.

Su Pojun saw his hesitant look and said, "Don't worry, the things in here are for you." ”

Only then did Su Qiubai open the file bag with confidence, and took out the text inside to take a look, but it was a secret order, which said that when necessary, Su Qiubai could disobey the orders of the superior officer. On the battlefield, he was free to make any decision, and the consequences were borne by Su Pojun.

In this way, Su Pojun gave him a lot of power, he can play freely on the battlefield, without any restrictions on military discipline, if someone wants to punish him, with this secret order, he is also innocent, because the Wei Navy is the final word of Su Pojun, if he directly obeys Su Pojun's orders, then he can indeed bypass the orders of his immediate superiors.

"The reason why I say that you are my trump card is because you are an unknown figure for my strategic layout, even I don't know what you will do on the battlefield, and it is even more impossible for the enemy and the ghost to know, plus your extraordinary ability, I believe that this battle will not disappoint me." Su Pojun said to Su Qiubai confidently.

"So you're not going to give me a task?" Su Qiubai asked suspiciously.

Su Pojun nodded and said, "Yes, the task I gave you is to play freely, with the purpose of destroying pirate strongholds, no matter what means you use!" ”

Su Qiubai was also quite pleasantly surprised when he heard this, what he didn't like the most was all kinds of discipline in the army, even fighting had to be disciplined, and it was difficult to show his true strength. At this time, with Dad's words, he can completely let go of his hands and feet, and he feels excited to think about it.

"Dad, don't worry, I won't let you down!" Su Qiubai said seriously.

Su Pojun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, I have confidence in you." Let's eat first, the food is cold. ”

Back at the barracks, Su Qiubai saw Zhao Yi waiting for him at the door of the dormitory. Since the two entered different military departments, this was the first time they had met, and it happened that Su Qiubai also had some questions to ask him.

Seeing Su Qiubai coming back, Zhao Yi hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Brother Su, you are back, I have been waiting for you here for an hour!" ”

Su Qiubai asked strangely, "I heard that the training task of your sniper team is also quite heavy, why do you have time to come to me?" ”

Zhao Yi said excitedly: "This is a big deal, I have to share it with you!" I'm going to fight tomorrow, it's something I've always dreamed of! Brother Su, I didn't disappoint you! ”

Su Qiubai was also a little surprised when he heard this, because not all recruits could participate in this battle, and Zhao Yi was able to participate in the battle, which showed that his usual training performance was still very good.

"That's great, maybe we'll have to take care of each other on the battlefield when the time comes!" Su Qiubai was also sincerely happy for him.

Zhao Yi nodded vigorously and said, "That's natural, if Brother Su wants me to do anything, I will complete it for you even if I put down my task!" ”

Su Qiubai's heart suddenly moved when he heard this, but he didn't say his thoughts, but said: "You still have to obey orders on the battlefield, otherwise the crime of disobeying military orders is not light." ”

Zhao Yi scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "That's the same, but I will do my best to assist you without disobeying the military order!" ”

Su Qiubai heard this, and was even more sure of what he had just thought, with Zhao Yi here, his certainty of victory this time was much greater.

The two chatted for a long time and talked about the old days, and Zhao Yi hurriedly went back to his military camp.