82: Xiao Niannian will have to retire from the military in three years.

"Hello, Squad Leader."

"Take your things and follow me."

Soon, they arrived at the Logistics Support Platoon.

The Logistics Support Platoon was located at the battalion headquarters, while some of the other reconnaissance companies were at the headquarters, and others were several kilometers away.

However, the conditions here were indeed much worse than those in the New Recruit Regiment.

In the battalion's buildings, the plaster on some walls had peeled off, revealing the red bricks or mud bricks underneath... The metal bunk beds looked like they had been around for quite a long time.

Xiao Niannian, Zhao You, and Cao Huan arrived at the dormitory.

"Hello, Squad Leader."

The few people in the squad greeted Xu Jia immediately upon seeing her.

"Hello, comrades. These are the three new comrades-in-arms: Xiao Niannian, Zhao You, and Cao Huan."

Xu Jia then introduced the other comrades-in-arms to Xiao Niannian and the others.

"This is Lin Er, Yang Shan, Lan Jiu, Qin Shi, and Tang Bai."

Hearing these names, Xiao Niannian felt that when combined with Qian Si, Zheng Wu, Li Le, and Wu Qi, they formed the sequence of two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and hundred.

What nice and easy-to-remember names.

Not bad, not bad at all, very good indeed.

The others also sized up the three new recruits; Zhao You and Cao Huan took out some candies and greeted them with smiles.

"Hello everyone, please have some candy."

A piece of candy was also shoved into Xiao Niannian's hand.

"Thank you."

She actually had plenty of candy and pastries in her spatial storage, which she would snack on when hungry. However, this time when she came to the company, she only carried her military bag, which contained a toothbrush, a mug, a military quilt, military shoes, and so on.

Oh, and there were some sweet potato chips made by her grandmother.

Before she could take them out, she saw the veterans bringing out some food.

"This is some canned food I bought. Welcome."

Lin Er took out the canned food and handed it over.

"These are walnuts I bought. They are very fragrant, you should try some."

"These are peanuts, a specialty from my hometown. My family mailed them to me."

The atmosphere in this squad was much better than it had been in the new recruit squad.

Xiao Niannian also opened her military bag and took out dried sweet potatoes and dried meat—actually taken from her spatial storage.

"My grandmother made these. You should try them."

Everyone put their items on the table, and soon it was filled to the brim.

Seeing Xiao Niannian take out the dried sweet potatoes and dried meat, the people in the squad looked at her in surprise. However, seeing the watch on Xiao Niannian's wrist, they guessed that her family background was quite good.

"Thank you."

Xu Jia spoke up, asking everyone to introduce themselves.

Xiao Niannian listened and learned that two were locals, two were from the North, she and Lan Jiu were from the Central region, and two were from the Southwest region.

Fortunately, Xiao Niannian could understand the dialects from all these places.

Xiao Niannian also briefly introduced herself.

Upon hearing that Xiao Niannian was from Wang County, Lan Jiu glanced at her. Lan Jiu was from the capital of Xiang Province, but she didn't look down on Xiao Niannian for being from Wang County, because Wang County was not very far from the City Center.

After chatting for a while, Xiao Niannian finished making her bed.

Looking at the quilt Xiao Niannian had folded, several veterans were somewhat surprised.

"Comrade Xiao, your 'tofu block' is folded so perfectly."

"You folded this even better than us veterans."

Hearing the veterans' remarks, Zhao You spoke up.

"Comrade Xiao is the most outstanding one in our New Recruit Regiment."

"That's right, she is the best in our New Recruit Regiment."

Although Zhao You and Cao Huan were not in the same squad as Xiao Niannian, they admired her immensely. Many people might try to surpass those only slightly better than themselves, but when someone is extremely powerful, most people will admire strength and feel nothing but respect.

Listening to their praises, Xu Jia and the other veterans were surprised.

Xiao Niannian's performance was the best in the New Recruit Regiment; shouldn't she have been assigned to the Female Soldier platoon in the reconnaissance company? Why was she arranged to come to logistics?

Could it be that Xiao Niannian committed some error?

Or was someone targeting Xiao Niannian?

Xu Jia had been in the Military Unit for several years and had experienced and heard about many things. Therefore, the look she gave Xiao Niannian at this moment was filled with pity.

Although one cannot be like in a combat company while in logistics, if one performs well in logistics, one can certainly stand out and might even be selected by the Special Forces Brigade.

Hearing the sound of assembly, everyone quickly tidied up and ran out.

The Battalion Commander and the Political Instructor stood at the front, spoke for a while, and then everyone ran to the cafeteria.

After singing a song, Xiao Niannian followed the group into the cafeteria.

In the cafeteria, sure enough, there was a bowl of noodles with a fried egg on top.

The noodles were delicious, and the egg was delicious too. Xiao Niannian thought that while these noodles were slightly inferior to her grandmother's, they were better than anything she had eaten elsewhere.

Li Le, Zheng Si, Qian Wu, and others were eating noodles while looking around. When they saw Xiao Niannian not far away, they sped up their eating.

After eating, Xiao Niannian washed her bowl and chopsticks and walked outside.

Li Le, Zheng Si, and Qian Wu quickly chased after her.

"Niannian."

Hearing the voice, Xiao Niannian stopped and turned to look at them.

"Niannian, how are things in the Logistics Support Platoon?"

"Are you okay?"

"Niannian, how is the situation over there?"

Hearing their words of concern, Xiao Niannian replied.

"Thank you for your concern, I am doing very well here."

They all looked at Xiao Niannian. Hearing her words, Zheng Si and Qian Wu still felt that Xiao Niannian had been treated very unfairly.

"You have the best performance; you should have been assigned to the Female Soldier company. There must be something behind this." Zheng Si had a straightforward temper and didn't know how to be subtle when speaking.

"Yeah, I also feel something is not right."

"Niannian, is someone jealous of you?"

They didn't understand why people like Hu Ping and Yang Fang could be assigned to places like the Communications Battalion, the Medical Team, or the Military Unit hospital, while the most outstanding one, Xiao Niannian, was arranged to be in the Logistics Support Platoon.

Compared to combat companies, the Logistics Support Platoon was far inferior.

"It's quite good here. We still train the same, and there are more opportunities to go out..."

Xiao Niannian could feel their kindness towards her, so she began to explain.

Hearing Xiao Niannian say this, Li Le didn't say anything more, but Zheng Si and Qian Wu looked at Xiao Niannian and still felt upset in their hearts.

The opportunities to win merit in the Logistics Support Platoon were not as many as in those combat companies.

Although there were more opportunities to go out, Niannian wanted to apply to the Military Academy. Even though she had already earned a third-class merit, if she were to achieve nothing in the Logistics Support Platoon for these three years, Xiao Niannian would have to be discharged after three years.

After discharge, there would be no job placement, and she would have to return to her hometown.

Seeing their expressions, Xiao Niannian smiled and said.

"I know what I'm doing. Don't forget what I told you before. If you have any issues in the future, you can come find me, and I will help you improve your skills again..."

"Thank you, Niannian."

"Thank you."