Chapter 44

The morning breeze of late spring blew, the sky was shrouded in a light mist, and the golden sunlight filtered through the thin fog, casting a colorful and vibrant glow over the land of Yunnan. Outside the city of Kunming, in a small town, a makeshift parade ground of the supply camp was filled with dozens of soldiers. They were bathed in the golden morning light, but the atmosphere was strangely tense and hard to describe. "Captain Lin, this isn't right, is it?" Five troublemaking soldiers shivered in fear, while the onlookers could easily forget the tiger-like ferocity Captain Lin had just displayed, but they dared not forget!

"You bastards, are you trying to have some fun with me?" Lin Sha glared with anger, his face full of menace as he sneered at the five troublemakers. He frowned and coldly said, "Hmph, no need for unnecessary talk. You five either step up and test your skills with me, or get out of the supply camp. We don't welcome guys who don't follow orders!"

In fact, he had long been dissatisfied with these five troublemakers. They were not only lackadaisical and deceitful during training, always lagging behind, but also had poor physical fitness and were arrogant and domineering, behaving like bullies in the army, which made people dislike them. It turned out they had a supply camp officer backing them, which was why they dared to be so arrogant and disrupt the camp's discipline!

"Captain, you said it yourself. Don't blame us for being too harsh later!" Lin Sha had spoken so clearly, and the five troublemakers exchanged uneasy glances, seeing the fierce light in each other's eyes. The bravest of them nodded slightly and said firmly.

The relationships in the military were simple: either you had prestige or you had to rely on your fists to be the boss. Otherwise, aspiring to stand out in the military was just a pipe dream! If the five troublemakers didn't even have the courage to fight back, they could still get by in the camp, but they would never be able to continue their bullying if they backed down!

"Hehe, in the military, everything is decided by strength. How could I blame you? Of course, you have to have the ability to do it!" Lin Sha glanced sideways at the five troublemakers, who were as thin as reeds and would fall over with a breeze, and said with a cold smile.

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"That kid is crazy, a captain actually wants to fight with a private?" In the crowd of onlookers, a few low-ranking officers gathered and whispered. One of them said in confusion, "What does it matter? Just tell Niu San and the others to be ruthless and make Lin Sha lose face, so he knows the military isn't easy to get by in!"

"But what if that kid wins?" Another officer worried, "Then things will get complicated. That kid has been winning a lot of hearts recently!"

"Impossible!" The officer who spoke earlier waved his hand. Seeing the surprised looks on the other two colleagues, he turned red and said forcefully, "Even if it's possible, so what? We're not dead, we can always intervene at the crucial moment!"

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"Alright, let's go all out, brothers!" "It's just a fight, who's afraid of who?" "Captain, be careful, we're going to attack!"

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Receiving a signal from their boss, the five troublemakers no longer hesitated. They all rolled up their sleeves and surrounded Lin Sha from all sides, their faces full of menace.

"That's right, watch this!" Lin Sha chuckled, then bent his body and shot forward in a quick lunge, instantly reaching the nearest troublemaker. With a fierce punch, he sent the man flying with a loud thud. Lin Sha's movements didn't stop; he transformed his right hand into a claw and struck sideways, causing another unfortunate man to fall to the ground, clutching his bleeding left shoulder and wailing in pain. At the same time, Lin Sha kicked out with his right leg, hitting the stomach of the troublemaker behind him, sending him flying several meters away!

In just a moment, three of the previously arrogant troublemakers were down, rolling and wailing in pain, clearly suffering serious injuries. The other two standing troublemakers were stunned by the sudden change, their faces full of fear and their bodies trembling, unable to muster the courage to face Lin Sha.

Lin Sha didn't care about that. He twisted his body and delivered two powerful kicks, and two more cries of pain echoed as the last two troublemakers fell to the ground, spitting blood.

Clean and efficient! This was the thought that popped into the minds of the onlookers. They looked at Captain Lin in disbelief, never expecting his martial prowess to be so high.

"Stop, stop, stop quickly!" The three officers who wanted to watch the show saw the situation was not good and jumped out at the same time, blocking Lin Sha with angry faces. One of them glared and accused, "Captain, your hand was too heavy, wasn't it?"

"No one died, no bones were broken, just a few mouthfuls of blood. Is this considered heavy?" Lin Sha rolled his eyes and said irritably.

"Do you know, Captain, that injuring a comrade without cause is a major taboo in the military!" Another officer didn't bother to argue with Lin Sha and directly accused him harshly.

"Don't throw accusations around, I don't eat that stuff!" Lin Sha's face changed, his eyes sharp like a blade, "Are you blind? It was just a normal military competition that went wrong. Why do you see it as intentional in your eyes?"

"Whether it was intentional or not, Captain Lin, you know in your heart!" Being humiliated in front of so many comrades, the officers who jumped out were extremely angry, their faces turning red as they accused him.

"To hell with intentional, I'll show you intentional right now!" Lin Sha's face turned cold, and he extended his right hand like a whip, delivering a loud slap. The sound of the slap stunned everyone on the scene.

"You, you, you actually dared to hit me!" The officer who received the slap was dazed for a moment before he finally reacted, wailing in pain and covering his swollen face, his face full of shock and anger.

"Too much, this is really too much!"

"I will report to the commander and charge you with intentional injury, Lin Sha!" The other two officers stepped back two steps and then shouted at Lin Sha with anger.

"Damn it, since you want to be hit so much, I'll just oblige you!" Lin Sha's face turned cold, and he didn't give the officers a chance to speak. He stepped forward, his body moving like a whirlwind, and his punches and kicks rained down on the three officers who were secretly instigating trouble. He didn't forget to curse them, "You three bastards, playing tricks behind my back, you three scoundrels daring to scheme against me..."