I put you in charge of those rebellious female soldiers, how come they all became top special forces

The air in the office seemed to freeze for a moment.

Yang Guohua pushed up his glasses, looked at the arrogant man in front of him, and sneered in anger.

"Incompetent leadership? Inadequate supervision?"

"Chen Zheng, you're a smart man, stop trying to evade the main issues with me."

"Destroying military facilities in the middle of the night is, at best, vandalism; at worst, it endangers public safety!"

"This kind of soldier would be a troublemaker in any company; we must..."

"I don't think so!"

Chen Zheng suddenly raised his head, interrupting the political commissar before he could finish speaking.

An Jianjun, who was standing to the side, was so frightened that he spilled the tea in his hand and frantically tried to wink at Chen Zheng, signaling him to shut up.

But Chen Zheng acted as if he hadn't seen it and took a step forward.

"Political Commissar, you only saw that the wall collapsed, but did you ask her why she wanted to blow it up?"

"She's conducting an extreme stress test on the fortifications!"

"Can our bunkers withstand directional blasts? Are there any blind spots in their structure? Aren't these data more valuable than a rubble wall?"

"This is the spirit of exploration! It's exactly what our special operations need!"

Upon hearing this absurd logic, An Jianjun covered his face in anguish.

What a weird stress test!

This guy really went all out to protect someone.

"A stress test?" Yang Guohua laughed in exasperation. "So, according to you, I should give her an award?"

"There's no need for an award ceremony."

Chen Zheng waved his hand dismissively, "But punishment is absolutely out of the question."

As he spoke, to everyone's astonishment, he reached out and removed the large red flower from his chest.

Snapped.

He slammed the second-class commendation medal heavily onto the political commissar's desk.

"Political Commissar, the brigade commander just gave me this yesterday."

"If you insist on punishing Jiang Nan, then punish me first."

"Use this second-level commendation to offset her demerit."

"If that's not enough, I'll quit being a major. Demote me, lower my rank—you decide!"

In the corner, Jiang Nan, who had been playing with her fingers with her head down, suddenly froze.

She slowly raised her head, looking at the broad back with a hint of disbelief.

From childhood to adulthood, because of this hobby, she always heard people call her crazy, a freak, and a spendthrift.

Even her parents sent her to the army to discipline her.

But now, someone is actually willing to sacrifice their hard-earned honor and future for her?

Jiang Nan felt a lump in her throat and instinctively reached out, but only dared to gently tug at the corner of Chen Zheng's shirt.

This time, instead of smiling and joking, she whispered:

"Instructor..."

"It can't be that bad...it really can't be that bad..."

The office was deathly silent.

An Jianjun stopped drinking his tea and stared nervously at his old partner's face.

Yang Guohua looked at the medals on the table, then at Chen Zheng's reckless expression.

He opened the drawer, took out a photo, and casually tossed it to Chen Zheng.

"Take a look."

Chen Zheng was taken aback and picked up the photo.

That was a high-resolution image from the on-site investigation.

The photo shows the destroyed concrete wall.

The wall wasn't blown apart; it was cut in half.

The cut was extremely clean, and you could even see the texture of the steel bars inside being instantly melted.

Outside the one-meter radius of the collapsed wall, the wild grass on the ground remained unmoved and continued to grow well.

Yang Guohua pointed at the photo, his tone still stern, but the anger in his eyes gradually disappeared.

"Fifty centimeters thick military-grade concrete, precisely cut using homemade bombs."

"What's even more frightening is the remarkable precision with which the shockwave can be controlled."

Yang Guohua stood up, walked up to Jiang Nan, and looked down at this seemingly inconspicuous little female soldier.

"Girl, do you know what level this is?"

Jiang Nan sniffed, and when she saw the photo, she held back the tears welling up in her eyes.

"Actually, there are still some flaws."

Pointing to a small corner of the photo, she analyzed carefully, "The detonation point in the lower left corner was a little slow, which caused an error in the cut. Next time I'll use an electronic detonator, which should make the cut flatter."

"..."

Yang Guohua's lips twitched slightly.

"Alright, save your breath."

He immediately turned around and threw the second-class commendation medal back into Chen Zheng's arms with a disgruntled expression.

"Take it back! Don't try to provoke me with that self-inflicted suffering tactic!"

"Experts of this caliber in directional demolition are rare talents in the entire military region, and I would never actually drive one."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zheng immediately put on a grin and pinned the medal back to his chest.

"I knew you had a discerning eye, Political Commissar!"

"Stop flattering me." Yang Guohua snorted and looked at Jiang Nan with a stern face again.

"He may be spared the death penalty, but he cannot escape punishment."

"Jiang Nan, given your unauthorized damage to public property, you are hereby given a brigade-wide reprimand! Plus, one night of confinement!"

"Yes, sir! Thank you for sparing my life, sir!" Jiang Nan immediately stood at attention and saluted, but quickly put on a pitiful expression, "It's just that this confinement..."

"Um?"

Seeing Yang Guohua's sharp gaze, Jiang Nan swallowed her words.

Seeing her like this, Yang Guohua sighed helplessly, "And that wall, go buy the cement yourself and rebuild it for me."

"Also, a 5,000-word self-criticism..."

"Forget it, you're not going to write anything profound anyway."

"Forget the self-criticism, just write me a paper."

"The topic is 'On the Application of Directed Energy Explosion in Special Raids,' and I'll hand it in next Monday."

Jiang Nan suddenly looked up, her eyes shining: "Mission accomplished! Also, do you need a model demonstration? I can blow one up..."

"Get out! Get out now!"

Yang Guohua felt his blood pressure rising and waved for people to leave.

……

I walked out of the office building.

"call……"

Jiang Nan let out a long breath; the oppressive feeling had actually made her legs feel weak.

She became somewhat silent, simply following quietly behind Chen Zheng, stepping on his shadow.

Chen Zheng took a few steps, then stopped and turned around when he found no movement behind him.

"What's wrong? Are you scared out of your wits?"

Chen Zheng took out a White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket, which he had originally intended to use to appease An Ran, and casually tossed it to her. "Have a candy to calm your nerves. Go back and fix the wall quickly, or the brigade commander will start cursing again."

Jiang Nan caught the candy, but didn't unwrap it.

She gripped the candy tightly, her knuckles turning white, before suddenly speaking.

"Instructor."

"Hmm?" Chen Zheng raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Nan raised her head, her eyes filled with a cautious, tentative look.

She looked at the large red flower that had been re-pinned on Chen Zheng's chest, then at Chen Zheng's face, and asked softly:

"If... I mean if."

"If I weren't some kind of demolition genius, but just a crazy person who simply enjoys causing destruction..."

"Would you risk your future to protect me?"