The frontline command post of the Laomo Allied Forces.

After receiving the transfer order, Xing Yao didn't dare delay. He put on his clean Senior Colonel uniform and, along with Chief of Staff Lao Qian, who had also been promoted, went to Fei Pingsheng's tent.

Upon entering, Xing Yao saw Fei Pingsheng sitting inside. He smartly saluted him and said loudly, "Report to Chief of General Staff! Xing Yao, Brigade Commander of the Fourth Strengthened Brigade of the Renmin Army, reporting for duty!"

Lao Qian also saluted closely behind him: "Qian Yu, Chief of Staff of the Fourth Strengthened Brigade of the Renmin Army, reporting for duty!"

"You've both worked hard." Fei Pingsheng looked at the two partners and smiled. He then turned to Xing Yao and asked, "Young man, you look much more spirited in that Senior Colonel uniform."

Hearing this, Xing Yao familiarly took a pack of cigarettes from Fei Pingsheng's desk, lit one, and took a deep drag, saying, "To be honest, Chief of General Staff, I feel more energetic than if I'd smoked weed. They gave me the organization of a brigade, but in the end, they only transferred two thousand people to me, eight hundred of whom are wounded soldiers lying in the field hospital. Five hundred are recruits from Dragon City. The rest are all seasoned veterans, too difficult to manage."

As he spoke, Xing Yao sighed deeply: "Now I have to train the recruits, appease the veterans, and visit the hospital regularly. I run around to four or five places a day. Sigh, my mental state is… wonderful!"

Although Xing Yao had been promoted four ranks for his previous meritorious service, becoming a Senior Colonel Brigade Commander and receiving a formal appointment, and the unit he led had also been renamed the Fourth Strengthened Brigade of the Renmin Army, the increase in troops and their quality was, to put it mildly, unsatisfactory…

Xing Yao had met Fei Pingsheng before, after all, they were both within the Renmin Army and were quite familiar with each other.

Although he complained so much, Xing Yao knew in his heart that it wasn't that the higher-ups were unwilling to honor their promises, but that there simply weren't enough soldiers. The entire army was at war, new recruits couldn't be drafted, and the number of people was dwindling.

Fei Pingsheng looked at him with a smile and said, "You're complaining to me again, huh? Alright, this time, I'll replenish all the troops you're missing at once."

"Replenish?" Xing Yao looked at him in surprise and couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going to find people? Even if you recruit now, it's too late, isn't it?"

Fei Pingsheng said seriously, "You can choose anyone you want from within the Renmin Army. Including your former 101st Independent Regiment, even if you want to bring your old regimental commander over, that's no problem. He'll still have to take your orders. To put it this way, choose whoever you fancy. We'll max out your troop numbers, and you can choose whatever weapons and equipment you want."

Hearing this, Xing Yao realized he wasn't joking. He quickly exchanged glances with Lao Qian, who was sitting next to him, and then asked Fei Pingsheng with some concern, "Chief of General Staff, tell me the truth, are the higher-ups having second thoughts about me being the brigade commander? If you really regret it, I'll go back to being my little battalion commander. I'm getting nervous about all this!"

Fei Pingsheng thought for a moment and slowly said to him, "It's not just you, I'm going too."

Xing Yao and Lao Qian were both stunned.

Fei Pingsheng reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "You and I are both very honored to have been selected by the upper echelons to serve as the elite forces of the Dragon City and Laomo region's hundreds of thousands of troops."

Xing Yao held his cigarette and stared at him, asking, "Tell me, what's the mission?"

Fei Pingsheng took out the plan that Su Tianyu had made earlier from his drawer and handed it to Xing Yao.

Lao Qian leaned over to look at it with him.

Xing Yao remained silent, smoking his cigarette while quickly flipping through the plan, his movements were swift, and he was sensitive to key information.

Fei Pingsheng didn't interrupt and sat aside with his hands clasped.

After a while, Xing Yao finished reading the plan, and his mind buzzed. After thinking for a long time, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said solemnly, "This is a one-way trip… Even if we can complete it, it will be difficult to withdraw in the end."

Fei Pingsheng looked at him with a very calm expression and said slowly, "No matter how difficult the mission is, someone has to carry it out. And it just so happens that we are the ones."

"Zzzzzz…"

Xing Yao took a deep drag of his cigarette, thought for a long time, and finally put it out, sighing, "I… regret getting this merit… My right eyelid twitched like crazy after I got it… Damn, it really came!"

Lao Qian also sat there, silent.

Fei Pingsheng glanced at the two of them, and finally his eyes fell on Xing Yao, and he asked softly, "Losing your nerve before the battle?"

Xing Yao immediately replied, "You're going, what do I have to be nervous about! It's too late to say I have cancer now! Chief of Staff, can I really pick anyone I want?"

Fei Pingsheng nodded: "Yes! Anyone within the Renmin Army, as long as you name them, will go with you. But you have to spread out the selection of people, you can't fleece a single sheep, and pay attention to secrecy. Also, we are infiltrating separately, you have to arrange the officers at all levels in advance, they must be reliable, trustworthy people, because once there is a problem, this trip of ours… will really be a one-way trip."

Xing Yao nodded solemnly: "Okay, I understand!"

…

Four hours later, inside the Renmin Army 101st Independent Regiment's camp area.

Xing Yao, with a cigarette in his mouth, sat at a table in the camp, chatting with more than a dozen comrades.

These comrades were all officers who had been at the same level as him. Everyone smiled and listened to him bragging.

After a while, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and the commander of the 101st Independent Regiment, with a stiff right leg, limped in.

"Hello, Commander!"

Seeing him come in, everyone hurriedly stood up. Xing Yao also jumped down from the table with a whoosh, straightened his legs, and saluted his former commander.

The commander looked at him, raised his leg, kicked him in the butt, and cursed with a smile, "Damn, you little brat are doing well now, wearing a Senior Colonel uniform, and you've come to my unit to pick people! Why don't you just pick me too?"

Xing Yao grinned and said, "Hehe, your legs and feet are not nimble, and your eyes are not very good, what would I want you for?"

"Pa!"

The commander was so angry that he reached out and slapped Xing Yao on the back of the head: "Damn, you little brat, you're getting temperamental, you dare to tease me now?"

The surrounding battalion commanders couldn't help laughing when they saw this.

The commander paused, then asked Xing Yao, "Tell me, what's the mission?"

Xing Yao smiled: "I can't say."

The commander didn't ask any more questions, nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead, I've prepared the soldiers for you."

Xing Yao waved his hand to the familiar comrades in the room: "Alright, I won't brag to you anymore, I'm leaving!"

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the door.

The commander looked at his back and suddenly called out, "Xiao Xing!" (Little Xing)

"What's wrong, Commander?" Xing Yao turned his head and glanced at him.

The commander's face had become serious at some point, and he said to him, "You're wearing a Senior Colonel uniform now, come back alive for me!"

Xing Yao was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's a must, in my lifetime, I have to let you see me wear a General's uniform!"

After saying that, he turned and left the camp.

"I usually teach you all to keep a low profile…" The commander's expression was a little dim, he turned to look at the battalion commanders, and sighed, "Alas… being too prominent isn't always a good thing…"