Chapter 281 You'd better watch yourself. Jiang Yan strode out of the command tent and headed straight for Qiao Lin.
His tall figure carried an oppressive aura, as if a storm was brewing. Wherever he passed, the soldiers who had been whispering and talking amongst themselves instantly shut their mouths and instinctively straightened their backs.
The three male soldiers all hung their heads, their faces filled with shame and lingering fear, and dared not look at anyone.
Qiao Lin's hair was disheveled, and she no longer looked like a young lady; she looked like a wronged wife.
She looked up at Jiang Yan with teary eyes, her voice choked with grievance and confusion.
"Jiang Yan... Commander-in-Chief... What are you doing? We just... we just wanted to scout out from the flank, gather intelligence, and relieve some pressure on the main force! We want to be heroes, not deserters! How could you... how could you eliminate us without even asking what happened?"
She wept bitterly, as if her sincere loyalty had been ruthlessly trampled upon.
Qiao Lin was speaking enthusiastically when she suddenly felt the surroundings quiet down. When she looked up, she met Jiang Yan's eyes, which seemed to be filled with ice.
Seeing this, her heart skipped a beat, and the words of her lament stuck in her throat.
Jiang Yan ignored everyone else and walked straight to Qiao Lin, with less than half a meter between them.
He spoke in a calm yet chilling tone: "I remember, at the operational meeting, I had already clearly defined the battle plan. My order was for everyone to hold their ground, feign a rout, and keep the enemy's main force firmly at the front of headquarters. Now, where are you and your men headed?"
"I..." Qiao Lin was a little breathless under his powerful aura, but she still managed to refute him, "I didn't do anything! I just think that the current plan is too humiliating! We are disgracing Battalion No. 3!"
"Disgraceful?" Jiang Yan took a step closer, his voice suddenly turning cold. "Then tell me, what is face? Is it when you act rashly, leading a few brothers out to their deaths, exposing our entire plan, and wiping out the entire raiding squad deep behind enemy lines? Is that what you call having face?"
"Or is it that you, as a soldier, openly spread discontent, undermine morale, and disrupt our internal unity after the commander-in-chief has already given the order? Is that what you call having any shame?"
Jiang Yan's voice wasn't loud, but every word was piercing, like heavy hammers striking Qiao Lin and the wavering soldiers around her.
"I didn't!" Qiao Lin's face turned deathly pale instantly. She was most afraid of being accused of this. "I just... I was just stating the facts!"
"Let's stick to the facts?" Jiang Yan's lips curled into a cold smile. "Fine, then let's stick to the facts. If you think my plan is wrong, you can reserve your opinion. After the exercise, you can go to Instructor Lei and complain about my mismanagement. But on the battlefield, at this moment when the order has been given, the only thing you have to do is execute it!"
"This is discipline! It's something that should be ingrained in your bones from the very first day you put on this uniform!"
"You don't even understand this most basic principle, so what are you talking to me about regarding face? What are you talking about regarding heroes?"
"Comrade Qiao Lin, let me tell you something else. On a real battlefield, your behavior isn't called having ideas, it's not called being brave. What is it called, do you know?"
Qiao Lin trembled all over, her lips quivered, and she couldn't utter a single word.
"That's called desertion in the face of battle, that's called mutiny, that's called collusion with the enemy!"
“There is only one way to deal with this.” Jiang Yan’s voice was as light as a breeze, yet it carried the chilling weight of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. “No trial is needed, no report is needed. Your superior will draw his gun, point it at the back of your head, and shoot you dead on the spot.”
"Do you still think that Zhuoyue wronged you by eliminating you? Let me tell you, I will tell Instructor Lei everything you did today. You'd better watch yourself!"
boom!
Qiao Lin's mind went blank.
Killed...
Shot dead on the spot...
These two words, like two invisible hands, gripped her throat tightly, suffocating her instantly.
She grew up in a military compound, where she heard countless heroic stories and read countless military regulations, but she never imagined that the words "battlefield discipline" would befall her in such a cold and cruel way.
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