Chapter 59: Open and secret battle

After everyone sat down, as usual, a leader should have come out to speak. Wu Yanfeng is no longer the one in our company. And this time he was saying goodbye to him, so of course he could not speak. Lin Feng, who was sitting next to me, pushed me and signaled that I should get up and say a few words.

I thought about it and stood up. Just as I was about to speak, I found that Wei Jinyan also stood up at the same time. The scene was very awkward. We were all the leaders of the company, and everyone said it was the same. But standing up at the same time meant that someone had to sit down. Wei Jinyan and I were not very co-starring. Everyone knew that, so the canteen immediately became quiet and everyone looked at us intently.

Wei Jinyan stared at me, and had no intention of sitting down. I was also very annoyed. I had just been in office for a few hours, but I thought about it and saw Wu Yanfeng off today. Wei Jinyan could pull down his face, but I absolutely cannot. I don’t want to disturb Wu Yanfeng’s interest because of such a small thing.

So I said with a smile:

"Next, please give instructions to everyone!"

After saying that, I sat down with a smile. Wu Yanfeng looked at me with admiration and said nothing. He was an outsider now, and he would definitely not talk too much about what he shouldn't have said.

Wei Jinyan glanced at me proudly, cleared his throat, and began his long speech. Three-quarters of the words were about his "resentment of office" and he vowed to lead everyone to create a new glory for a company. It seemed that my tolerance this time meant that the company was already his world, but he did not see everyone, especially the disgusting eyes of the warriors. Today, he stole my limelight. It is hard to say who is the real winner.

After he spoke nonsense, he finally got to the point. He thanked the instructor for his previous work for the first company and "on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the company", wishing Wu Yanfeng better results in his new job. Before he finished speaking, everyone couldn't wait to applaud because he was worried that he would give another impromptu speech, so he wouldn't have to eat dinner today.

Wei Jinyan sat down with unfulfilled feelings, his face was full of redness. I just "winned" me and made him feel very good about himself. Then, Wu Yanfeng stood up and said to everyone:

"Comrades! Thank you for your support for my work. I feel very reluctant to let you go, and I can't bear to let you go in a row! But this is the decision of the organization and I must obey, so I will leave tomorrow. Here, I wish you all the best in the future and achieve some results in the army! Okay, everyone should eat and drink well!"

As soon as the words were finished, the soldiers applauded him warmly. Wu Yanfeng saluted and sat down. I quickly raised my wine glass, stood up and said loudly:

"Comrades! Instructor Wu has put in a lot of effort for us. Today he is leaving. Can we toast Instructor Wu for this first glass of wine?"

Everyone shouted in unison: "Okay!"

Then all the officers and soldiers stood up, and the soldiers raised their glasses and shouted loudly:

"One, two, three, aw!"

Then everyone raised their heads and drank the glass of wine. The atmosphere suddenly became warm, which was in a strong contrast with the lifeless scene when Wei Jinyan was speaking just now.

The soldiers began to come over to toast one by one. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Yanfeng had more than 100 people in the company. Even if each person had a cup, he had to drink it and lie down. He quickly shouted:

"Comrades, comrades, this is not OK! The instructor has a bad alcohol tolerance, so do this! You come up to the floor in one class, and I will accompany you a glass of wine in the other class?"

The soldiers shouted in unison:

"no!"

Wu Yanfeng looked at the toasting team that was almost lined up in a long row. I saw that he really couldn't drink, so he stood up and rescued him:

"Comrades, Instructor Wu has a bad stomach and can't drink too much. Do you think this is good? I'll drink it for him. I'll drink it for him, and everyone's heart is enough!"

Liu Zhao smiled and turned around and asked:

"Comrades, do you agree?"

Everyone shouted in a mess, and some people said, "Don't agree!"

Some people said: "It's okay to replace wine, but one cup turns into three cups..."

I thought to myself: Three cups are just three cups. Anyway, I have Longteng's true energy as my strong backing. I smiled and was about to speak, suddenly, the table sounded "bang", and everyone suddenly became quiet. I looked in the sound, Wei Jinyan sat with a calm face and said loudly:

"What are you messing around? Ah! It was originally stipulated that soldiers were not allowed to drink alcohol. Today, in the special situation, everyone should drink a little in moderation. Who will allow you to toast the cadres? Ah! And there are no big or small ones, no one can tell you! You can't tell your identity!"

I couldn't help but curse: This stupid b, if you take office, you have to choose a better occasion if you want to establish your authority. Today, everyone was happy to see off Wu Yanfeng. After he was disturbed, everyone would be lost.

Sure enough, the soldiers began to walk towards their seats silently and sat quietly and had a meal. The originally good atmosphere was gone all at once. The soldiers were all children in their teens and 20s. Isn’t it just for fun? Wei Jinyan is really a 25-year-old!

Wu Yanfeng also showed an unhappy look on his face, but he is no longer our instructor and it is not easy to have an attack. At this time, I stood up and said loudly:

"I toast all the soldiers of the company for this glass of wine! After I, Lu Changfeng, came to the first company, I will always remember everyone's support and help to me! In the future, no matter whether I am a company commander or continue to be a platoon leader, I will be everyone's good brother! I will strictly demand everyone on the training ground, but in my spare time, I am everyone's brother, so everyone doesn't have to be restrained. Come, brothers, have this glass of wine!"

These are my heartfelt words, and I have wanted to say a long time ago. Moreover, since Wei Jinyan is so stupid, I will not miss this opportunity to get close to the soldiers. He must have thought that winning over several squad leaders and platoon leaders and occupying several seats in the branch committee would be equivalent to controlling a company. In fact, the power of the masses is always the greatest. Since he has been trying to overcome the situation, I will not be polite.

The soldiers had a good impression of me, because soldiers were born to only admire the strong, and my military qualities were placed there, and most of them were convinced by me. Now I showed a completely different leadership style from Wei Jinyan, so they naturally supported me quite well. Sure enough, the soldiers all stood up spontaneously and raised their glasses and shouted: "One, two, three...", their voices were louder than before, as if they were venting their dissatisfaction with Wei Jinyan.

Then everyone happily drank the glass of wine. I said with satisfaction:

"Thank you! Everyone eats and drinks!"

The soldiers didn't dare to come over to toast. I remembered Chief Zu's words, "Military and political discrepancy, cadres were transferred away", and it was not easy to demolish Wei Jinyan's platform on the spot, so I did not invite the soldiers to come over to toast. I said to the cadres - in fact, only Lin Feng and Liu Yi -:

"Everyone respect our instructors, and there will be fewer opportunities to drink together in the future!"

So the cadres started to sing and rehearse at the table, but after all, there were few people and the atmosphere was a bit dull. At this time, Wei Jinyan suddenly said to Liu Yi:

"The second platoon leader, today is not only a gift to Instructor Wu, but also a joy to Commander Lu take office! Wouldn't you have a good drink with him?"

After saying that, he stared at me and Liu Yi hesitated for a moment, as if he was considering something. Finally, he made up his mind, picked up the bottle and stood up, and said to me:

"Company Commander Lu, since the instructor has spoken, let's have a 'moon'!"

Drinking in the army, a "moon" means drinking three bottles in a row, while a "sun" means drinking five bottles in a row. Liu Yi had to have a "moon" with me as soon as he came up, which clearly was going to compete with me. I still underestimated Wei Jinyan. It seems that he had already found Liu Yi and made some wishes for him. I think Liu Yi is also a smart person. He could see that a cadre like Wei Jinyan could not accomplish anything, so he hesitated for a moment, but in the end he chose to be Wei Jinyan's gun, and I sighed in my heart.

I looked at Liu Yi with a smile and said:

"Second Platoon Leader, don't you know that the emergency forces have banned drinking now? Drinking a little wine in moderation today is a blessing from the law..."

Liu Yi couldn't answer for a while, and Wei Jinyan rushed to say:

"Today is a special day! People-oriented things must be put into practice, but this is also a good excuse. Haha, Company Commander Lu, if you don't dare to drink, you're the acting company commander now, and the second platoon commander dare not force you."

He specially emphasized the tone of the word "agent". This was so mean, but I was not angry at all, just said with a smile:

"Haha, Instructor Wei, today seems to be a great day for you to take office! If the second platoon leader respects me alone, it seems a little disrespectful to you..."

Wei Jinyan laughed:

"No, right, the second platoon leader, who will follow us?"

He seemed to be afraid that I didn't know that Liu Yi was his person. Liu Yi's face was a little unnatural. He thought for a while and said:

"I have to respect the company commander and instructor, but since I have to respect the company commander first...why would you like to accompany me to drink some?"

Wei Jinyan glanced at Liu Yi with admiration and said, "Okay! Company Commander Lu, you and the second platoon commander have a 'moon', how about I'll accompany you with a bottle?"

Just waiting for your words, I slapped the table with a "slap" and laughed loudly:

"It's refreshing! It's settled! Lao Xiao, bring out a few boxes of wine!"

Lin Feng and I drank several times. They knew that I was not good at drinking. They pulled me several times and pretended not to react. Xiao Qingyu directed several soldiers to bring out three boxes of Xuejin beer. I personally took out three bottles. I pressed my thumb against the bottle cap. With a little force, the bottle cap flew out with a "bang". I did it as usual, easily opened the three bottles of wine, and then said:

"Defense instructor, second platoon leader, you guys are ready to drink!"

When the soldiers saw the cadres drinking, they looked at this side curiously, and Wu Yanfeng also looked at me with interest without any expression.

Seeing my confidence, Liu Yi's face changed slightly, but he quickly opened four bottles of wine, handed one of them to Wei Jinyan, then raised the bottle and said:

"Thank you, the company commander, then I will do it first!"

After saying that, I looked up and started drinking with a "gudong gudong". I looked at Wei Jinyan with a smile, and picked up a bottle of wine and tilted my head to drink.

I drink very quickly. After a while, a bottle of wine will be in the bottom. I quickly picked up the second bottle and poured it directly into my mouth. It looked relaxed. Actually, I was busy. While drinking, I had to use my energy to expel the damn alcohol from my body, so that I could stay awake at all times!

Soon, all three bottles of wine were dried, and then I wiped my mouth without changing my face. The soldiers shouted for me in unison, especially Liu Zhao, who discovered one of my strengths this time - drinking was "awesome" and was so excited that I blushed.

At this time, Liu Yi also drank two bottles and was pouring the third bottle of wine into his mouth. It seemed that his alcohol capacity was good, otherwise Wei Jinyan would not have asked him to stand out. Wei Jinyan himself drank very slowly, and he had to stop and breathe after taking a few sips. Then he continued to drink. I drank three bottles of wine, but he had not finished a bottle.

Finally, when both of them finished drinking, I asked with a smile:

"Instructor of the Wedding, do you still drink? I can't drink enough, I'm afraid I'll get drunk if I drink again..."

Wei Jinyan was already blushing. A bottle of beer was nothing, but if he drank it in one breath, his alcohol content would still be dizzy if he was slightly less. He said loudly:

"Drink! Why don't you drink it? It's rare to be so happy today, of course I have to drink it happily!"

I sighed and thought to myself: I didn’t want to embarrass you so much on the first day of taking office, but if you want to drink it yourself, I can’t blame me.

So I smiled and said:

"Okay, but you have to say something about drinking!"

After saying that, I made a drink, and at the same time, I secretly vented my true energy, holding my face red, and looked like I couldn't bear to drink. Wei Jinyan looked up and saw me, and said with a smile:

"Then I respect you! We are all new chief officers, so we are close to each other... let's have a moon!"

I said readily: "Okay! The instructor has spoken, I'm better obey my orders than respect!"

After three more bottles of beer were eaten. Although I had been forced out of the alcohol, my stomach was also swelling. Wei Jinyan seemed to have not drunk much. After drinking four bottles of beer, he began to be a little incoherent. At this time, I no longer had to persuade him to drink. As long as I toast him, everyone would refuse. Lin Feng could not help it. Seeing him like this, Lin Feng also went up with a bottle of wine to toast. Even Wu Yanfeng got up to toast Wei Jinyan, but only Liu Yi sat there a little helplessly. Soon, he got drunk...

I looked at Liu Yi quietly, his expression was a little unnatural, and said:

"Company Commander, I will help the instructor go back to rest..."

I nodded expressionlessly. He was like a general amnesty, and helped the unconscious Wei Jinyan stumble out of the cafeteria. I looked at Wu Yanfeng apologetically, smiled bitterly, and said:

"Instructor, you are unhappy before leaving. I deserve to die!"

Wu Yanfeng smiled and said meaningfully: "This is nothing, Xiao Lu, but you, you should be more at work in the future!"

I nodded silently, then stood up, turned around and said:

"It's getting late, let's break up! We'll have to train tomorrow!"

The soldiers all walked out in groups of three or three. Although Wei Jinyan was scolded for no reason, they also saw a good show and were all talking excitedly...

Wu Yanfeng also stood up and said:

"I'm going back to rest, and I'll report to the Second Company tomorrow!"

After everyone left, I sat alone in the dining hall and thought to myself:
Chapter completed!