"I?"
The strange man suddenly appeared and pointed to his nose when he heard Hashet's questioning, and his smile became even more strange.
But suddenly, the smile on his face disappeared and became very serious. This extreme emotional change made Hayes a little surprised.
"I am your company commander."
"ah?"
Everyone was upset, even Hayes.
Hashett looked full of suspicion.
"You are our company commander? Why haven't I heard of it..."
"Your company commander died, and now it's me."
Hayes blurted out immediately.
"What's your name, company commander? I didn't remember the last company commander's name."
"My name is Olanios."
As he said that, the weird man jumped off the sandbag and came to Hayes, then threw away the gun, picked up the ice cream that Hayes had left for Hayes before Hayes could stop him.
"Wait, this is-"
"Children should not eat so many sweets, they will have tooth decay~"
Hashet reached out and put his hand on the other person's shoulder.
"Hey hey, what does it mean to bully a child as soon as you come? You said you are the company commander, what evidence do you have?"
"evidence?"
The man then pulled his neck and screamed.
"Political Commissar!"
After a while, Ayi ran over. He was organizing the soldiers to build a festive tree.
"Sir, am I the new company commander?"
Ai glanced at him, then smiled at Hashet:
"Captain Olanios is the new company commander and has just been transferred."
Hashett has nothing to say now.
Olanios finished the remaining ice cream in a few bites, then wiped his mouth and said:
"Go away, the festival is over!"
Although the other party ate his own ice cream and made Hayes a little angry, at least he remembered the name of the new company commander this time, and soon the soldiers began to celebrate the San Gilles Festival. The logistics was also very powerful, and even brought beer.
Tonight, there will be a celebration here where they fight and die. The soldiers who have survived the disaster will celebrate victory. They will drink, revel, laugh, and imagine peaceful days.
Tomorrow, the war will continue.
In high-altitude orbit, Alash, who had been struggling to break the situation, finally received good news on the San Gilles Festival. In Brunsk, an unexpected breakthrough was shaken by the enemy's defense line. The Star Army decisively deployed armored forces to expand the breakthrough of several kilometers to dozens of kilometers, and went the other way, using the enemy's effective pipeline maneuver tactics to quickly circumvent the enemy's side and back with elite assault troops.
Although the final offensive was stopped by the enemy Chaos Space Marine, the lower nest of Brunsk's nest has been basically occupied. This is the first time that a month after the Battle of Drard Star begins, it is expected to liberate a nest.
As the newly appointed commander of the battle group and was entrusted by Soshiyang as the commander of the theater, Alash always had a great burden in his heart. He was worried that he would let down the expectations of the commander of the army, and even more worried that he would damage the honor of the battle group and thus affect the entire expedition.
This victory was a long drought for him, and Alash immediately sent a commendation telegram to the commander of the front in the name of the war zone commander.
Not only that, in order to boost morale, he also specially praised some of the excellent frontline commanders and personally awarded them the Winged Skull Medal - a traditional badge with a long history, usually carved with iron, usually decorated on the shoulder pads of the armor, and is often widely awarded to frontline commanders who show inspiring leadership in a victory.
In addition, the most unique thing about the Winged Skull Medal is that it is the only medal in the Astral Army that was sourced from the Astart Order. The group also adopted the design of the Winged Skull Medal, which is used as a symbol of non-commissioned officers. Its history can be traced back to the Great Expedition.
In the process, a special hero was "operated" by some forces before Arash, which was Colonel Arni Morales, the commander of the 310th Infantry Regiment of Abubakari.
Alash was also surprised. He did not expect that the situation would be such a young officer who had no military experience before. What was even more surprising was that he was leading a team of the lowest and combat power, in principle, the weakest cannon fodder group.
So he met Colonel Alni Morales alone, highly praised his performance in leading a weak brigade but his incredible record, and his courage to go to the front line to fight the enemy at close range. He then awarded him the Winged Skull Medal and praised him for his "promising future."
Afterwards, Alash personally went to the front line of Chaodu, inspected various front lines, and gave instructions to the commanders on the front line to "not be afraid of sacrifice, fight to the end". Finally, he came to the 310th Infantry Regiment of Abubakari, accompanied by a group of senior officers.
This was also the first time Hayes had seen a real Space Marine. Although it was five or six hundred meters away and there were guards in the middle, it also made him so excited that he almost screamed.
Hayes was sure that that tall figure, majestic armor, and awe-inspiring temperament was the ultimate goal of a man.
Because of his busy military affairs, Alash had no time to stay for too long. After a brief look, after Alni's repeated pleas, he planned to take a photo with the officers and leave.
Just as the photo was taking a photo, Alash suddenly caught a glimpse of Hays, who was staring at big eyes excitedly behind the guard's arm. The little guy's size was really out of place with the people around him, and he was taken aback at first sight.
Driven by some sudden curiosity, Arash waved to him.
At that moment, Hayes seemed to be in a dream. He walked to the Space Marine almost like a sleepwalking. Against the backdrop of the other party's huge figure, he was really like a child.
Arash first asked his name and then his age. When he learned that he was just sixteen, he immediately praised him as a "little hero". Then Arash, who was sharp-eyed, noticed that Hays's hair was a little weird, so he reached out and took off the other party's helmet, and thirteen neat hairs were suddenly pressed against his bare head, and everyone burst into laughter for a moment.
Even Alash smiled. He touched Hayes' head and said that he was a "lucky little hero blessed by the emperor". After all, in the empire, Thirteen is a lucky number.
When Arash invited Hayes to take a photo together, Hayes even thought he had heard it wrong. He never thought that he could stand with those officers and even Astartes, but this happened.
Then Alni took the group flag off the pole and handed it to Hayes, and asked him to hold the flag to take a photo with everyone. This should have been an honor, but the awkward place came. When everyone stood in a good position, Hayes was too short and the flag was mopping the floor in his hands. The photographer could only keep asking him to raise it higher and raise it higher--
When the camera finally took a photo with a few slight clicks, only the serious-looking officers, the majestic Space Marines, and an inexplicably "hanging" regiment flag...
Chapter completed!