Chapter 266 Shifting Responsibility First Place Qiao Lin stretched out her finger and pointed directly at Bai Wei, whose face was deathly pale.

"It's all her fault! Bai Wei! She insisted on taking the initiative, she insisted on stealing the credit! Now look what's happened, so many people have died, are you satisfied now?!"

She shifted all the blame onto Bai Wei, as if she were the biggest victim.

Bai Wei reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly bristling with anger.

She retorted, "Qiao Lin, what right do you have to talk to me like that? Who was it that told the commander to launch some kind of pincer attack? Who was it that said we should take point C?"

"I...I was just cooperating with you!" Qiao Lin choked for a moment. "I was just feinting. It was you! It was you who insisted on leading the men into the open!"

Bai Wei, having experienced Qiao Lin's unreasonable behavior firsthand, laughed in anger, "Li Si advised you to scout ahead first, did you listen? Not only did you not listen, but you also called him a coward! Now that Li Si is 'dead'! And you're turning around and accusing me? Are you possessed by a ghost, Miss Qiao?!"

"You're spouting nonsense!" Qiao Lin's eyes were red. "It was your men who lost their composure. When they saw our squad being attacked, instead of thinking of providing flank support, they turned and ran! You coward! You killed everyone!"

The two squad leaders, who had just been "fighting side by side," were now tearing each other apart like two mad dogs, exposing all their ugliness and depravity.

"It's because your Class Two rushed too fast!"

"Bullshit! It was Class One who ran away first!"

The entire camp was in complete chaos.

"Shut the fuck up!"

A thunderous roar instantly drowned out all the cries and arguments.

Gao Kai's eyes were bloodshot, his chest heaving violently. He kicked an empty ammunition box with a loud bang.

The entire No. 3 Battalion fell silent instantly.

Everyone was stunned by the terrifying aura emanating from him.

Gao Kai listened to the whole thing and couldn't hold back any longer.

His gaze, sharp as a knife, fell upon Bai Wei and Qiao Lin, who were still hurling insults at each other.

"Stop arguing! You still have the nerve to argue here?! What's the point of arguing now? Can you bring our 'dead' brothers back to life? Can you drive away the men of Battalion Number Two?"

"Back then! What did Comrade Su An say at the meeting back then?!"

"She said point C is a trap! She said we should fight a guerrilla war and abandon a head-on confrontation! Did you guys listen to her?!"

"You wouldn't listen! You all treated her like a madwoman, like a fool! You laughed at her, called her a coward! And now?!"

"Now look what's happened! The Second Battalion has set up an ambush at point C, just waiting for us bunch of idiots to walk right into it! Are you satisfied now? We used the 'life' of ten brothers to prove that Comrade Su An's judgment was absolutely correct! Isn't that a big enough price to pay?!"

Gao Kai's words were like a series of resounding slaps to Bai Wei and Qiao Lin's faces, instantly turning their expressions even more ashen than those of the dead.

"Gao Kai! You...you stop talking nonsense!" Qiao Lin was hit where it hurt and immediately screamed, "Who do you think you are? You're just a common soldier, how dare you lecture me?"

Bai Wei sneered, "That sounds nice, but would you dare lead the team? If you did, even more people might have died! Now that we've lost the battle, you're jumping out to play the Monday morning quarterback! When we were choosing commanders, why didn't you dare utter a single word?"

"When I lead the team, at least I won't be stupid enough to lead the brothers to charge into open ground!" Gao Kai took a step forward, his imposing aura causing the two women to instinctively step back. "When I lead the team, at least I know to listen to different opinions! Unlike you two idiots, who treat everyone's lives like a game just to claim credit!"

Who are you calling an idiot?!

Say it again!

It looked like the internal strife was about to escalate into a full-blown brawl.

"Enough!"

Jiang Yan came out of the tent and stopped the three of them from their farce. Behind him were Xu Gaogui and Su Tang.

He slowly walked to the center of the field, his gaze turning to Bai Wei and Qiao Lin.

"You two, you still have the nerve to argue?"

Jiang Yan's voice was eerily calm.

"Thirty men, less than an hour later, a third of them were lost. Two strongholds were lost without even a trace. Now, the enemy is only five kilometers away and could launch a general attack on our base at any moment."

With each word he spoke, Bai Wei and Qiao Lin's faces paled a little more.

"And you, as the commanders of this operation, instead of reflecting on your mistakes, thinking about how to reverse the defeat, or how to avenge your fallen comrades, are here acting like two shrewish women, shirking responsibility from each other?"

Jiang Yan's temples throbbed with disappointment as he looked at the two class leaders he had personally chosen.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and made a decision: "From now on, Bai Wei is relieved of her post as class monitor of Class 2 and Qiao Lin is relieved of her post as class monitor of Class 1."

Bai Wei and Qiao Lin were struck dumb.

"Commander! You can't do this!" Jolin couldn't believe her ears. "I..."

Jiang Yan coldly interrupted her, "If you feel my decision is unfair, you can appeal to Instructor Lei or Vice Minister Zheng after the exercise."

Bai Wei wanted to say something, but under Jiang Yan's icy gaze, she couldn't utter a single word.

They were dismissed from their positions as squad leaders in front of everyone before they even had a chance to warm up their seats. From then on, they completely lost face in the camp.

Jiang Yan didn't look at them again, but instead looked at the crowd.

"Now, I am reappointing the class leaders of Class One and Class Two!"

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