The four brigade commanders who participated in the meeting today are: Mo Cheng, Peng Guangyuan, Wu Hongyi, and Jiang Xiaozhe.

Peng Guangyuan and Mo Cheng had a good relationship and both belonged to Commander Zhou's faction. Even though he knew that Mo Cheng was favoring his son-in-law, Peng Guangyuan still raised his hand.

As for Wu Hongyi and Jiang Xiaozhe, Wu Hongyi is neither on good terms with Mo Cheng nor on bad terms with him; they are still observing the situation.

Jiang Xiaozhe snorted coldly when Mo Cheng and Peng Guangyuan raised their hands.

He disliked Mo Cheng's style the most.

It's one thing to give your own son-in-law tasks, but today's nomination is also an exceptional one. It's like they're treating the military like their own home!

"Second place, Wang Hao. Please raise your hand if you support him."

This time, there was only sporadic activity.

In stark contrast to the "grand" scene of people supporting Liu Dekai earlier, only a handful of people raised their hands.

Liu Dekai became even more smug.

The next few people will probably only face the same situation; they simply won't be able to defeat him.

Wang Hao took two steps back, his eyes filled with disappointment.

He wasn't surprised by the result, but seeing it happen with his own eyes still made him feel uncomfortable.

It wouldn't matter if it were anyone else, but it had to be Liu Dekai.

Many people in the army envied Liu Dekai. They all spoke well of him to his face, but behind his back, everyone called him a "nepotism benefactor."

Liu Dekai himself was well aware of this, but he didn't care.

So what if those people call him a "connected person"?

Would you dare say a single word about him to his face?

Zhang Yufeng was also observing the situation on the field. Seeing this, he couldn't help but worry for his brother and tugged at Lu Zhengjun.

"Why haven't you voted yet? Didn't we say we couldn't let him get elected? I think he has the most votes right now, and I'm afraid the other deputy battalion commanders can't beat him!"

Lu Zhengjun smiled.

If he initially thought Liu Dekai was somewhat competitive, now it's clear he was overthinking it.

Based on the voting patterns in the previous rounds, he had already figured out what was wrong.

Initially, when everyone was voting for Liu Dekai, Lu Zhengjun secretly observed the situation.

Liu Dekai's votes exceeded one-third of the number of people present, meaning he received one-third of the valid votes.

Based on the voting patterns in the first two rounds—the promotion of deputy regimental commander to regimental commander and the promotion of battalion commander to deputy regimental commander—this data is indeed very reliable.

But more important than the numerical information revealed by the ticket patterns, Lu Zhengjun discovered that there were also clear factional issues among these division commanders and brigade commanders.

In short, each person will vote for someone from their own faction.

In the first two rounds, a third of the votes was considered relatively safe because the nominated soldiers were all fairly well-known in the military and had similar levels of merit, so a third of the votes was considered a high number.

However, the candidates for promotion from deputy battalion commander to battalion commander are not evenly matched.

Liu Dekai was forcibly dragged up by his father-in-law, and his merits were only at the passing grade. There were some people here who had much higher merits than Liu Dekai.

“Look at that person.” Lu Zhengjun nodded towards the last candidate among the nominees.

"What's wrong with him?" Zhang Yufeng asked, puzzled.

If it weren't for his good brother's unwavering composure, he would have jumped up in anxiety.

"When Commander Zhou introduced him earlier, he said his name was Tan Yongjie," Lu Zhengjun reminded him.

“So what if his name is Tan Yongjie? What does that have to do with Liu Dekai’s impending election…” Zhang Yufeng’s voice trailed off.

He remembered!

"He is Tan Yongjie!"

This name has recently become somewhat famous in the military.

A while ago, there was a task that was thankless and dangerous, with a high degree of difficulty in succeeding, and it came very urgently.

At that time, several deputy regimental commanders and battalion commanders were on missions outside the area and there was no time to assign them tasks. Even those who were able to take on the tasks backed out because of their difficulty.

Thus, Tan Yongjie, who had no background, was pushed forward at this time.

Unexpectedly, Tan Yongjie made a name for himself, not only completing the task quickly but also receiving a reward from his superiors.

With this favorable wind, he was actually the most likely person to be promoted today, but he ran into Liu Dekai...

“Logically speaking, Tan Yongjie is indeed more likely to be elected than Liu Dekai, but he doesn’t have a father-in-law who is the brigade commander to carry the vote. It’s not impossible that he might lose by just a few votes.” Zhang Yufeng was still worried.

"Didn't you notice just now? On the division commander's side, only Division Commander Zhou has expressed his opinion, as have Brigade Commander Mo and Brigade Commander Peng. So far, they are the fourth candidates. The other division and brigade commanders have not yet expressed their opinions."

Even if Zhang Yufeng were a fool, he would understand what was being said at this point.

"So, the other division commanders and brigade commanders will unite to support Tan Yongjie in the end?" Zhang Yufeng asked excitedly.

If that's really the case, then it will definitely surpass Liu Dekai's votes by a third!

"I can't guarantee it, but it's possible."

Lu Zhengjun didn't rule out the possibility of a definitive answer.

That is indeed the case.

For example, Liu Yuying and Lu Anguo. Lu Zhengjun was certain that they would vote for Tan Yongjie. Qiao Shouyan's connections would also support Tan Yongjie. After all, everyone is smart. The fact that they didn't distribute their votes to others in the early stages shows that they had already seen through the situation.

In addition, there were the votes from him and his close friends.

There are four other brigade commanders. Mo Cheng and Peng Guangyuan have already expressed their opinions, but Wu Hongyi and Jiang Xiaozhe are both upright people and may also be observing.

What remained were the loose tickets.

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