Everyone has dispersed, so there is no need to continue this meeting.
Shen Xiao left the meeting room with a cold face and saw his three company commanders craning their necks waiting.
"Captain, we have been waiting for you for so long that we finally have you back."
Jiang Sen ran the fastest to Shen Xiao, took out a cigarette from his pocket and pretended to light it for him.
Shen Xiao blocked the cigarette that was handed to him and glared at Jiang Sen unkindly.
Jiang Sen looked at Shen Xiao who had an unhappy expression and immediately put away his playful smile. He immediately stood still and raised his hand to salute.
"Report!"
Shen Xiao ignored him, walked past Jiang Sen with a sullen face, and walked quickly towards the third battalion.
The company commanders of the seventh, eighth and ninth companies followed Shen Xiao with heavy steps.
The news that Shen Xiao had returned from the capital had already spread throughout the corps.
The people in the third battalion were waiting for Shen Xiao anxiously. They had all heard the news that the corps was about to be disbanded.
There are many different opinions about this news. Everyone is confused about the future and doesn't know what to do.
Shen Xiao returned to the barracks as everyone was eagerly waiting, and called the company commanders, instructors, and platoon leaders of each company to a meeting.
First, the platoon leaders reported on their work, and then Shen Xiao clearly pointed out their respective problems. Then the company commanders explained, accused, and passed the buck, and finally they were scolded by Shen Xiao one by one.
This meeting lasted from dawn to dusk, and there was no sign of it ending.
The head of the kitchen team wanted to welcome Shen Xiao, but he looked at the large bowl of cold pork stewed with vermicelli and felt very worried.
"Squad leader, why don't I go to the family compound and ask my sister-in-law to come over."
Someone came up with a bad idea to go to the family compound to ask for help, and this idea was immediately appreciated by the squad leader of the kitchen squad.
"Okay, okay, a short absence is better than a new marriage. Our battalion commander has been holding back his anger for so long, so he should go home and vent it."
A few old men exchanged ambiguous glances and sent people to the family compound to look for Qiao Baozhu.
The young soldier who went to the family compound asked around and found out that Qiao Baozhu had not returned at all.
When asking several sisters-in-law about Qiao Baozhu's whereabouts, a few curious people began to imagine things.
The young soldier ran back and told everyone the new rumor about the family compound.
The kitchen squad leader had a gloomy face: "It's terrible, the cancellation is true. Our battalion commander can't keep his uniform, and his wife is so angry that she doesn't want to live with him anymore."
Good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels far and wide.
The hungry soldiers of the third battalion heard this rumor again. Morale dropped sharply, and some people even cried in despair.
"Bang, bang, bang."
Someone knocked on the door. Jiang Sen opened the door and glared at the ignorant soldier, "What are you knocking for? What are you knocking for? Do you still have any discipline? Don't you know how to report?"
Didn't they see that the battalion commander was scolding them? Instead, they were still making trouble without any eyesight.
Jiang Sen looked at the young soldier in front of him, then turned around and vented his anger on Li Mao, the captain of the ninth company: "Captain Li, what's wrong with your soldiers?!"
Li Mao gritted his teeth and secretly hated Jiang Sen, the old man, for being so dishonest.
The battalion commander appointed him as the acting company commander of the seventh company in order to promote him. This old guy is so focused on the widow that the company is in a mess. The battalion commander was a veteran of reconnaissance and had already understood the situation in the battalion clearly. He was scolded because it was his own fault, but he still tried to make trouble for himself. How shameless.
Li Mao wanted Jiang Sen to be put in solitary confinement immediately, but he could only keep it to himself. The person at the door was indeed his soldier. He would not have come here if nothing happened in the company.
"What happened in the company?"
Li Mao walked to the door and listened to the sounds in the yard with his ears perked up.
"Why is it so chaotic? Who is crying?"
The young soldier didn't dare to look into the house, and said with his eyes downcast: "Wang Dading from the first squad climbed up to the roof and wanted to jump off the building, saying that the army asked him to go home and he would die."
Li Mao was so angry that he was shaking all over, and he screamed with a ferocious face: "A man's spit is a nail, if he wants to die, he should die quickly. If he doesn't jump down today, I will throw him down."
If something like this happened, if it were Shen Xiao's previous temper, he would have dealt with the person long ago. The soldiers were dealt with and the squad leaders, platoon leaders and company commanders were held accountable. We rectified the work style from top to bottom and conducted intensive training for three months.
But during this period, the soldiers heard rumors and their morale dropped sharply. If we continue to handle the situation as we did in the past, not only will it fail to appease people's hearts, it will probably lead to even greater riots.
"Let's go and take a look together."
Shen Xiao glanced at Instructor Duan unhappily, and Instructor Duan felt his face burning with embarrassment.
He is an instructor, mainly responsible for ideological work. Before Shen Xiao went to Beijing, he handed over all the brothers in the battalion to him, and he made such a mess.
Instructor Duan felt guilty and ashamed, and did not dare to look up at Shen Xiao.
Sharing the same mood was Deputy Battalion Commander Gu, who was the acting battalion commander and was in charge of the daily work of the battalion.
What Shen Xiao said just now is right. As a soldier, as long as you are in uniform, you must hold yourself to the standards of a soldier. We should have basic judgment ability about rumors outside, and not just follow the crowd and lose our composure.
If this happened on the front line, the enemy could just spread some false information and disintegrate the army from within without firing a single shot.
Whose responsibility is this?
If one soldier is incompetent, the whole group of generals will be incompetent as well. This is the leader's responsibility.
Shen Xiao at least gave Instructor Duan a look, but he simply ignored Captain Gu, as if he didn't exist.
Deputy Battalion Commander Gu felt extremely upset, but he dared not say anything. He followed Shen Xiao to watch the soldiers making trouble.
Shen Xiao was on his own against three people. He just glanced at the young soldier and said nothing. The young soldier immediately walked down from the roof.
Shen Xiao knew that everyone hadn't eaten yet at this time, so he paid for an extra meat dish for the kitchen staff out of his own pocket.
He took the opportunity to hold a mobilization meeting for everyone, carefully explained the policy of the Corps' reform, and revealed to everyone an inside information that only he knew.
The lights-out signal was sounded in other companies, and Shen Xiao came out of the camp.
He walked side by side with Instructor Duan towards the family quarters, and neither of them spoke on the way.
Shen Xiao talked a lot today, and he was too tired to speak anymore. Instructor Duan felt guilty and embarrassed to face Shen Xiao.
"I'm here, Battalion Commander, you should also go to bed early."
Not far from the family compound was Instructor Duan’s home. He said a few polite words to Shen Xiao and left.
Shen Xiao walked towards his own courtyard with an expressionless face. As he walked, he narrowed his eyes.
Under the bright moonlight, a man stood in front of the door of his house, stamping his feet and breathing heavily.
"Who's there?"
Shen Xiao had excellent night vision and recognized Bai Hongmei at a glance.
He spoke loudly on purpose so that the patrol could hear him.
It's dark, a man and a woman are alone together, who knows what outrageous rumors will spread tomorrow.
Shen Xiao had a stern face, and without waiting for Bai Hongmei to speak, he turned and walked towards the patrol team.
"There's a woman over there, go check out what's going on."
Shen Xiao gave an order and the patrol team rushed over immediately.
"Don't move, put your hands up, or I'll shoot you if you run again."
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