Chapter 018: Honorary Captain

When the second wave of insects was eliminated, Liang Long immediately issued an order to continue preparing for battle. It seemed that the third wave of insects was coming soon.

After experiencing two insect tides, Shen Zheng no longer took the insect tide seriously. What gave him a headache was only his subordinates. There were more than 20 of them, who were extremely weak. They were the "excellent" soldiers selected by Carters from the third formation.

In the insect tide, Shen Zheng took great pains to protect them. He almost kept circling around them. He was in danger several times for them. If it weren't for the protection of the steel armor of the steel beetle, he would have been seriously injured.

"Captain, we..." After the battle, other soldiers were cleaning the platform, checking weapons, and repairing the damage on the defensive platform. The 25 soldiers from the third formation all came to Shen Zheng. The leader looked at Shen Zheng with some excitement, his voice trembling.

"What's wrong?" Shen Zheng smiled at them. [

"We are a burden to you..." The soldier stammered.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Shen Zheng shook his head. "We are all comrades on the same platform, and we are all here to protect our own homeland. Can I watch you being killed by bugs?"

"Don't worry!" The leading soldier gritted his teeth, "We will treat you as our only superior in the future and will always be loyal to you! We will work hard to train ourselves to become warriors who are not inferior to others, and we will no longer drag you down on the battlefield!"

"We will definitely do it!" More than 20 soldiers said in unison, excited.

"Listen to me." Shen Zheng looked at them, and while he was moved, his expression became cold. "In the next battle, you must not be emotional, you must stay calm, otherwise there is only one way to die, understand?"

Excitement certainly has its good side, but it also has its huge disadvantages. On the battlefield, if you make a desperate move because of a momentary excitement, you may really lose your life. Shen Zheng is their captain, and he must remind them that they must stay calm.

Because any one of them has relatives and friends, many people are waiting for the news of their safe return at home.

"Yes, we understand!" the soldiers replied.

Shen Zheng nodded: "You guys are divided into five groups. Long-range and short-range attacks must be allocated. The five groups are not allowed to be far apart. They must cooperate with each other during combat. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" The soldiers said in unison.

"Thank you for just now." When the twenty-five people were divided into groups, Fang He came over and smiled at Shen Zheng embarrassedly.

"Thank you for what." Shen Zheng punched him, "We are friends."

"Yes." Fang He looked at Shen Zheng and grinned.

Half an hour later, the third wave of insect tide arrived. The screaming tide of insects was not afraid of the shadow of death, and the human soldiers who had been on the battlefield for a long time did not feel much when facing this insect tide. Even those new recruits have become much calmer after experiencing two rounds of insect tides.

Death does not only stay in the insect swarm. In the last wave of insect tide, humans also fell in a pool of blood. Their comrades quietly collected their bodies, loaded their guns, adjusted their insect power to the best state, and quietly looked at the valley of fierce insects, holding their guns, waiting for the approach of the insect tide.

After Shen Zheng divided the 25 soldiers from the third formation into groups, he also divided the other subordinates into groups. Each group consisted of two types of attacking warriors, long-range and short-range, so that they could watch each other and take both offense and defense into consideration.

This grouping method was effective when the third wave of insect tide came. The battle was in full swing on the defensive platform, but one person in the team was injured or killed.

Of course, this battle was also inseparable from Shen Zheng's running around to rescue.

In the battle, he increasingly found that he had a super-perception ability similar to the sixth sense, and had a very strong and keen sense of danger. He could also predict where the insects would suddenly appear on the platform, so he could always rush to the most dangerous place first to solve the danger for his subordinates. [

Not only that, he gradually discovered that he could distinguish which insects were stronger and which were weaker, so he could judge in advance which one should be dealt with first.

In the end, his foresight of danger and judgment of strength reached a new level - he could sense the movements of insects with his eyes closed, and he could determine the approximate strength of each insect by feeling alone.

This was really amazing, and he was surprised by it himself.

After the third wave of insect tide, more than two hours passed, and there was no display in the insect sound identifier. Liang Long then sent out scouts to carefully sneak into the fierce morning valley for reconnaissance. As the scouts went deeper, good news continued to come. Until the next morning, the scouts went all the way into the depths of the fierce insect forest and still did not find any traces of insects. Liang Long could finally be sure that this crisis was over.

He let out a long breath, slowly sat back in the big chair, and whispered to himself: "Just like before, there are still three waves of insect tides. Well, I can have another three months of peace."

"On the whole, the prospects are not optimistic." The adjutant reminded. "In the past, the insect tide was once a year, and there was only one wave at a time. Ten years ago, it became once every six months, and now it has become once every three months, and the waves of the insect tide have also become three waves. I really don't know if it will become more frequent and dense in the future."

"What I fear most is..." Liang Long looked up at the ceiling, "The tragedy of the earth will repeat itself..."

Hearing this, the adjutant's body trembled.

"Let the scouts continue to go deeper." Liang Long closed his eyes and said, "Until it is confirmed that the Zerg has retreated into the cave. Then, according to the previous layout, large insect sound detectors and monitors will be arranged around the cave and the fierce insect forest. If there is no movement, stay here for another three days, leave the rotating garrison, and we will withdraw to the headquarters."

From then on, within three days, the Wolf Fang Legion repaired the team in the northwest defense city, repaired the defects of the fortress, and cleaned up the insect corpses.

Zerg are definitely a scourge when they are alive, but they are definitely treasures after they die. For example, some insects that are good at defense can extract some rare metal elements from their shells, which can also be used to refine combat armor, while some insects such as blade-footed insects can be used directly to make weapons.

The internal organs of insects can be made into beverages, used to feed poultry and livestock, and can also be made into fertilizers to grow crops and fertilize the soil. They can also be used to extract medicinal materials. After processing, insect skins are better leather products than livestock skins...

In short, the insect tide is a great disaster, but it is also a great fortune that comes to the door. It is also an extremely important task to collect insect corpses in different categories after the victory of the battle.

Shen Zheng's team suffered casualties in this battle. The team members all understood that this was because Shen Zheng would rush to their side to rescue them at the most dangerous time. Therefore, they both respected and appreciated this new team leader, and were completely willing to serve him from the bottom of their hearts.

During these three days, Shen Zheng directed them to collect spoils with other soldiers, collecting, packing, and transporting batches of insect corpses, and they were very busy.

Three days later, these tasks that were more tiring than fighting were finally finished. The Wolf Fang Corps left behind the garrison guarding the northwest city and withdrew to the Corps headquarters.

After returning, of course, they had to summarize the battle and commend those who performed outstandingly in the battle, but before that, they had to hold a high-level meeting of the Corps commanders and formation leaders.

Shen Zheng originally thought that this matter had nothing to do with him, but he didn't expect Liang Long's adjutant to come and call him over again. When he arrived at the meeting room, Liang Long immediately stood up and walked towards him with a smile: "How is it, the members of that team still listen to you, right?"

"More than obedient." Feng Yu hurriedly replied, "Almost all of them are determined to follow Shen Zheng."

"Not only is he extremely strong in his personal strength, but he is also a good leader. It's rare!" Liang Long smiled and nodded, pointing to the audience seat next to him. "Sit here."

"Yes!" Shen Zheng saluted and sat down there.

"How can he be qualified to sit in on the high-level meeting?" Carters frowned immediately. [

"It will be soon." Liang Long said unhappily, sitting down at the chairman's seat at the conference table. "I will announce several things in this meeting, one of which is about Shen Zheng's promotion."

"Promotion?" Carters frowned, "He is already a squad leader, and if he mentions... is he going to be promoted to formation leader? Although his insect strength is the highest among the soldiers, he is still far from the formation leader. Isn't it inappropriate to do so?"

"Who said I want to promote him to formation leader?" Liang Long snorted

"What do you mean?" Carters looked at Liang Long.

"I want to create a new position of honorary formation leader." Liang Long said.

"Honorary formation leader?" Carters was stunned, and the other three formation leaders were also stunned for a while.

"Yes." Liang Long looked at everyone and nodded solemnly. "You have all seen Shen Zheng's talent. He not only has strong individual strength, but also has the ability to lead troops. Such talents are rare, and he must be given enough room for growth."

"But this growth space is not related to this position, right?" Feng Yu said hesitantly. This promotion was too abrupt and too strange, even Feng Yu felt that there was something wrong.

And Shen Zheng was even more shocked - honorary captain? Although it was only honorary, it was still a captain, which meant that his military rank and salary would be raised to the level of captain.

"Yes, this is indeed unreasonable." Carters hurriedly took advantage of Feng Yu's words to continue. "It's right to give geniuses room to grow, but what does this have to do with this strange official position?"

"Because I want him to be able to concentrate on his development, I have to solve his worries in life." Liang Long said in a deep voice.