King Snake General of Pirates

evening.

Jeremy knocked on the door of Hal's office, pushed the door in after hearing the permission, informed Hal that Valentine had returned to the base, and asked all school-level officers to go to the conference room for a meeting.

After saying that he knew, Hal expected that the results brought by Valentine would not disappoint him, otherwise there would be no need for all school-level officers to attend the meeting.

So he came to the conference room.

At a large conference table, Valentine, who was sitting at the head of the table, was covered in dust at the moment. He looked seriously at the lazy and laughing school-level officers sitting on both sides.

After Hal sat down in the corner, Valentine looked at him twice more. When all the officers arrived, a soldier closed the door and retreated.

"Everyone, I believe you all know that the Golden Hook pirate ship was captured and imprisoned two days ago." Valentin waited for the conference room to quiet down and said. He looked around the crowd and finally landed on Hal. .

"Major Hal successfully captured some members of the Golden Hook Pirates. Unfortunately, a few clever pirates still took advantage of the chaos and escaped into the city. I have informed King Andrag of the joining country about this. After some After discussion, he allowed our navy to search for pirates in the Western Military District."

The school-level officers below heard the news and talked in whispers, obviously not expecting such a thing to happen.

These school-level officers are usually at the base or outside, carrying out their duties as naval officers, but they never pay attention to the pirates, let alone the pirates captured by Hal.

So most people have never heard of this before.

Valentin ignored the whispers of the officers and said sternly: "I don't care what you usually do at the base, or nothing at all, but this time, everyone must be on guard for me. This matter is related to the face and reputation of the navy. Responsibility, if anyone intends to hold me back at this juncture, no matter what is behind you, go back to me and start as a third-class private."

Everyone's whispers fell silent instantly.

Hal, who was sitting in an inconspicuous corner among the crowd, looked calm, but he clearly felt that many eyes were falling on him. There were surprise, surprise, disdain and anger in those eyes.

"Andrag means to let the commander of the Western Military Region be the main person in charge of this operation, and our navy will assist them, but I don't think this is appropriate. The branch only takes orders from the navy headquarters and the world government."

Valentine said slowly: "So I decided that two people will be responsible for this naval operation, one is myself, and the other is..."

The major-level officers raised their heads slightly. They knew that generally such large-scale operations would fall on lieutenant colonels. Only they had the power and reputation to convince others.

It's just that the power, fame, military merit, and usual performance of the various lieutenant colonels here are all the same. I don't know who will fall on it.

If it were a school-level officer from other branch bases, they might all be scrambling for this opportunity.

After all, this kind of rare large-scale operation is a great opportunity to show off one's own strength and abilities. Maybe one can use this to gain a lot of military merit and get promoted.

But at the 53rd branch base, all the officers who were unwilling to do anything felt that this was a hot potato. On the surface, they were all secretive, but inwardly they avoided it, unwilling to have the command power fall on them.

What's more, the 53rd branch base is built at the junction of the Western Military Region and the Southern Military Region. How could they not know how chaotic the Western Military Region is. It is not easy to hunt down pirates here. Let alone complete the task of catching pirates, just walk in. Once you go there, or when you step out again, you may be hit by a hidden gun.

It's really dangerous.

As the commander of the base, Valentine naturally knew the virtues of the officers under his command. He had never placed his hope on them. He snorted angrily and said: "The second one is led by Major Hal. Here we are. During this period, any time and direction of operations in the Western Military Region will be decided by the two of us."

hum!

As soon as this decision came out, the crowd suddenly exploded like steam and roared with discussion.

"Major Hal?"

"Major?!!"

When hearing this decision, both lieutenant colonels and majors found it unbelievable. How could such a large-scale operation be commanded by a major? There were only officers and soldiers below the school level. Do officers above the school level also have to obey? Just an order from a major?

Or even let a lieutenant colonel listen to a major and let him teach him how to do things?

Incredible.

This idea came to the minds of all the officers at the school level. The other major officers were fine. They were all on the same level. If you are strong and powerful, you can command as you please.

But those lieutenant colonels who were one position higher than Hal found it intolerable. Although everyone was unwilling to accept this command authority for fear of taking responsibility for not doing a good job, they could not accept it if they were allowed to be commanded by their subordinates.

It's okay to be commanded by a peer, but not by a subordinate.

Everyone has the same idea.

Sitting quietly among the buzzing crowd, Hal looked calm. Valentine's decision also surprised him, but it was not as shocking as other officers.

He originally planned to sneak away after entering the action and do what he wanted to do. Now that Valentine has given part of the command to himself, he can no longer do whatever he wants and needs to command and direct the actions of the soldiers.

Fortunately, such a lot of power looks good.

Therefore, even if he was stared at by several malicious eyes, Hal still did not show any discomfort. Instead, he turned his head and looked at those eyes one by one, glaring them away.

"No, I firmly object to this matter. How unbecoming is it for a major officer to command a lieutenant colonel? Let others know how we lieutenant colonels can gain a foothold in the Kingdom of Androser in the future." One of the lieutenant colonels stood up angrily and objected.

When one person takes the lead, others will follow suit.

These people are not good at fighting, but they are good at organizing groups to cause trouble. A few people and a few words can make the whole conference room noisy and chaotic.

boom!

Suddenly there was a loud noise that silenced the entire conference room.

All the school-level officers looked at Valentine in disbelief as he slapped his palm on the table. Who would have thought that he would get so angry in the conference room over a major?

"Who objects?" Valentine shouted.

The lieutenant colonel who stood up angrily sat down silently.

On weekdays, everyone hides in the Kingdom of Androser and does not patrol the sea. They only focus on eating, drinking and having fun instead of doing serious business. Now at this critical moment, they are arguing over who should take command. The most important thing is that other officers are unwilling to take command themselves. .

Do you only regard others as being taken advantage of, but cannot tolerate an officer who is one level below you and has more power than you?

There are so many good things.

He had long lost his patience with these officers who were lying on their backs, and Valentine glared away one by one. No one dared to look at him.

It wasn't until all the officers except Hal lowered their heads that he said coldly: "If anyone has an opinion, he can naturally come forward voluntarily. If he doesn't agree with my decision, he can compete with Hal to see who wins the command. Give it to whoever has the power."

There was silence in the crowd again.

Are you kidding me, competing with him?

No one in the entire base knew that this man was a monster.

Besides, who wants that command?

All school-level officers climbed to this position through various means. After living a peaceful life, they inevitably developed the habit of setting their sights on others like the nobles of the Kingdom of Androser, but it was not that serious. They still had a high regard for their own strength. Have a clear understanding of how much you weigh.

Therefore, no one has any intention of confronting Hal head-on. After all, the other party is a real person who has climbed up step by step based on his own strength.