These soldiers are all from various military bases, their positions have just been replaced by the second phase of soldiers, and they have all heard the grapevine that they are about to be retired, so they are at the lowest ebb of morale.\\

But even so, these soldiers were more disciplined than ordinary soldiers, there was no sadness, no angry scolding, these soldiers just obeyed orders, stood in neat 6 rows, and waited motionlessly for the officer's order.

At this time, there were only a few people on the scene, including a few "employees" brought by Hargrave, and there were also 3 officers from the military on the scene. One of them is also featured in the movie.

It was a middle-aged man with the rank of captain, and he was the direct commander of one of the men, and Todd had previously served under his command. The military assigned him the responsibility for handing over the soldiers.

"Do you like these soldiers?" The captain asked. There is both expectation and reluctance in the tone. He and Hargrave were standing in front of the queue to inspect the soldiers.

From his tone and expression, it was clear that he was one of the few officers in the army who treated these soldiers as human beings. Unlike other officers, these veterans are only used as unaware war planes.

"I need to check ......" Hargrave didn't answer him immediately, he first glanced at the thick paper in his hand to make sure everyone looked like.

He then went with the captain to check all the soldiers one by one to make sure they were genuine first-stage soldiers. And asked the captain to command them to complete some basic skills and tactics demonstrations.

Shooting, stamina, climbing...... They did some basic tests so that Hargrave could confirm their physical condition. The identities of the soldiers were confirmed.

"Are you satisfied now?" After the inspection, the captain asked again.

"Of course. They are all very good soldiers. I'll make sure they play to their strengths elsewhere......" After making sure everyone was a true Phase 1 soldier, Hargrave signed his name on the final handover document.

After signing it, he handed the document to the captain next to him, and the captain also signed the same document. From now on, the legal document has been signed.

From this point on, these soldiers were officially retired from the active force system, and they regained their civilian status. All of them have signed a 15-year service agreement with Hargrave.

What, when did the soldiers sign the text? That was two hours earlier, when several officers sent the last page of their employment contracts to the veterans and ordered them to sign their names.

It's that simple. There was no explanation, no introduction, they mechanically handed over the orders to the soldiers as usual, and the soldiers obeyed as usual without objection and without reservation.

In this way, legally speaking, these soldiers are employees of Hargrave's company. But that's not all, they still need a handover ceremony.

They needed a formal military handover ceremony to hand over command of the men to Hargrave. That's the only way to go. These soldiers, who regard obedience as their duty, will really hand over to each other.

"Attention all soldiers. From now on, you are out of the federal army sequence......"

The captain in charge of the handover announced loudly in front of the queue the arrangements for the soldiers. Tell them that from now on they will all leave the federal army and become employees of the old man in front of them.

He explained in detail the cause and process of the incident, including the fact that the original positions of these soldiers had been replaced by the soldiers of the second phase, and the documents they signed...... He explained to the loyal soldiers why they had been abandoned.

The soldiers in front of him still stood there when they heard his words, all staring at the captain and Hargrave beside him. The information in their eyes is very complex, some are angry, some are happy, and more are incredible.

They are also human beings with feelings, but not as sentimental as ordinary people. Years of training and warfare have turned them into perfect fighters, and they are extremely numb to the pain and emotions that are not conducive to combat.

But even so, even though their minds were already as strong as iron and as weak as clouds, they still couldn't believe the captain after hearing his words. They don't understand why they're abandoned.

They have been trained and have won all the battles they have fought since their official service, and each has completed countless dangerous missions. With countless medals...... They are the strongest force in the Union Army.

"This is an order for the decommissioning signed by the Chief of the General Staff, if you guys still have any doubts. Just ask this gentleman, who is now your commander. The captain ended with these words.

He gave the order to Hargrave, the narrator, so that the soldiers could come to him for another matter. In this way, he was officially handed over command. Theoretically. Until Hargrave takes command again, the men will follow his orders.

After doing this, the captain stepped forward and gave a final salute to the soldiers in front of him, and then he left with a few other officers, not wanting to see Hargrave's reception behind.

As previously agreed, Hargrave has one hour from now to take the retired soldiers out of the barracks, and two buses are ready outside the training room.

After the officers left, three figures stepped out of a black limousine next to the bus outside the training ground. The stretch car was Hargrave's car, but he wasn't here alone. It was Shen Chao, Alice, and Todd who got out of the car.

That's right, it's Todd. Two days ago, on the day he was expelled by the civilians, he was recruited by Shen Chao, and the whole process was a mess, and after Shen Chao found him, he agreed before he had time to explain all the conditions.

However, he has one request, and that is to first kill the Phase 2 soldier named Kane to avenge his comrades before joining again, and to give them a choice when recruiting other soldiers! Shen Chao agreed to these two conditions and brought him back to Earth yesterday.

At this time, Todd was wearing a brand-new military uniform and followed Shen Chao to the training room nearby, where his soldiers and brothers were inside, but his expression was very entangled.

Just now, when the captain was announcing the order, he also heard it through the bugging device in the car, and as the most outstanding person in the first phase of the army and the person with the highest actual rank, his pain was unimaginable to ordinary people.

After experiencing civilian life, he hated the Union Army that had robbed him of his previous life, but it was the only hometown he could remember, and the other soldiers were his only family.

But now, after 20 years of loyal service and the lives of hundreds of brothers, the federal army has kicked them all out of the military system......

"Don't be sad, Todd. You have a new life now, let's liberate your compatriots......" Shen Chao patted the other party's shoulder and persuaded him. Todd was just silent in response to his comfort.

At this time, in the large training room, the soldiers were passing the previous order to remove them from their duties, and Greif had just handed this order to the soldiers.

They didn't talk to each other, they just quickly read the commands on paper and passed them on to the next person when they were done.

There are only 2 pages of the text, and each soldier just glances at the text and gives it to the next person, and at most stays in the hands of one soldier for 2 to 3 seconds before it reaches the next person.

They are not looking around, all the soldiers have received a good education, and they are all at the top level in terms of intelligence, and with their education level, at least there is no problem at all in entering a world-class university in the main plane.

The reason why they flip through it so quickly is because their short-term memory has been trained for a long time, and they can write down everything in it with a glance at a text or a map.

In this way, they can remember the information very clearly within a few minutes, as if they had taken a photo, so they just quickly wrote down the contents so that the people behind them could see the text earlier.

In fact, the reason why they still need 3 to 5 seconds to scan the text is mainly because they all carefully check the final stamp and signature of the text. Otherwise, at their speed, they will be able to read the text in their hands in a maximum of 2 seconds.

Now, the soldiers who had seen Wen Jiàn were very sure of their situation, and they stood up straight, tensing the muscles on their faces to hide their emotional fluctuations. They understand that they are no longer federal soldiers.

Fear began to swirl in everyone's mind, because they had never left the army in the past few decades. For decades, no matter where they went to war, their home was always a barracks.

No matter what the battle was like on the ground or in space, they knew how to get home, but now, for them, there was no home......

Just when the order was almost delivered, Shen Chao and the others came in. As soon as Todd entered the training room, there were countless concerned looks. All the soldiers of Phase 1 are familiar with him.

Todd walked to the front of the queue and saluted everyone, and then all the soldiers in the queue returned the salute in a neat manner, acting as if they were one person.

"Good job" Shen Chao walked to Hargrave's side and shook hands with the old man, the old man completed this branch task half a month earlier than planned, and he may not be able to come so quickly.

While they were talking, Todd calmed the soldiers in front of him and took them to the two buses outside. In fact, he basically didn't speak, just a few gestures, and these soldiers understood his order and carried it out.

In this way, they left this military base in a big bus and according to the plan. In the warehouse outside the city, they will complete the crossing and bring all the soldiers back to the main plane.

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