"I'll give you the opportunity next time."
"Thank you, boss. You've worked hard too; get some rest." Qin Xiweng said on the other end of the phone, sounding a bit downcast.
"Mm, you too. I hope you don't blame me."
"Of course not! Boss, don't forget we're all in this for our country, Huaxia, for the glory of young people." Qin Xiweng asserted his stance firmly from the other end of the line.
"It's best that you understand." After speaking, Ye Hao hung up the phone.
Xu Shaoyuan walked up to ask, "Boss, is the Qin Army President Qin's father?"
"Mm!" Ye Hao nodded and then instructed everyone to take Old Zhang into custody.
He didn't explain much about the Qin Army here, nor did he want the brothers of the elite to have any prejudice or dislike towards Qin Xiweng because of the Qin Army.
Xu Shaoyuan and the others escorted Old Zhang to the car. Ye Hao instructed Cheng Dao to return on his own, while he drove the beaten-up sports car towards Team A.
Soon after, policemen arrived to clear the scene and calm the frightened nearby residents.
When Ye Hao returned to Team A, he found Zheng Shuang still standing with the MG3 slung over her shoulder, her eyes bloodshot.
Seeing Zheng Shuang unharmed, Ye Hao let out a sigh of relief, but he could understand her discomfort over Zhang Lan and Zhang Feng's abduction of the Qin Army. After all, it was his first mission after joining Team A, and failing it naturally didn't feel good.
Ye Hao stepped forward, patted Zheng Shuang's shoulder, and said, "The mission's failure isn't your fault. Today, Team A's combat group commander, Man Xiong, also ordered me to bring back the Qin Army. I failed the mission. Such failure isn't disgraceful. As they say, just as the righteous advances, so does the wicked. We succeed, and others succeed too. We need to learn from our experiences. Today we failed; next time, we must not fail again."
"I understand, big brother." Zheng Shuang nodded seriously, her gaze gradually clearing. However, she still immersed herself in the grief of her partner's death.
Ye Hao couldn't help her there. When others killed Ye Hao's brothers, he would feel sad and mournful too. They all had to walk out of the shadows of sadness on their own.
Soon, Team A leader Yip Man, Man Xiong, and others entered the large conference room.
Everyone quieted down.
Yip Man walked to the podium, his face gloomy as he looked at the numerous members of Team A. After a long silence, Yip Man shouted, "What the hell were you all doing? Couldn't even guard one Qin Army, what does that make of our Team A?"
No one dared to speak, quietly listening to Yip Man.
"Two hundred experts from Team A's combat group were deployed, including more than a dozen ace special forces members. I want to ask, where were you ace special forces members when the Qin Army was abducted?" Yip Man asked coldly.
"We were assisting Commander Ye," one of the ace members spoke up.
"Ace member 256, step forward," Man Xiong shouted loudly.
The ace member who had just spoken was momentarily stunned but still stepped forward in front of everyone.
"You said you were assisting Comrade Ye Hao. Good, let everyone see what this so-called ace member was doing at the time," Yip Man said, signaling Ji Jiang to display on the big screen behind them.
Ji Jiang activated the footage showing ace member 256's location at the time and what actions he took as Mrs. Lan and Old Zhang abducted the Qin Army.
When ace member 256 saw that scene on the big screen, his face was filled with embarrassment and terror.
Because at that time, he was leisurely smoking in an office on the second floor of the base while others fought desperately outside.
Such a member is to be punished.
"Tell me, do you have any explanation?" Yip Man demanded.
"I... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong." Ace member 256 was terrified. Although he had the strength of the seventh-level National Martial Arts and was an ace member of Team A, his actionsâonce sent to a military tribunalâwould ruin him for life.
"Take him away, keep him under strict watch, investigate his actions over the years, and send him to a military tribunal immediately if there's severe negligence. We have no use for such a waste in Team A." Yip Man coldly commanded.
"Yes." Immediately, two Team A enforcement officers took ace member 256 away.
As he was taken away, ace member 256, tears and snot flowing, desperately begged for mercy.
This reflects that although Team A is Huaxia's top elite team, it also suffers from internal corruption to some extent.
Yip Man, having been troubled by a lack of clout to remove corrupt members since his rise to power, seized this opportunity to teach them a painful lesson.
"Ace members 336, 335, 695, 654, 321, 569, step forward." Yip Man called out as he looked at a piece of paper in his hand.
The six ace members called were startled, thinking to themselves, "Could it be that their actions during the operation were all known by the leaders of Team A?"
Despite their immense shock, they maintained a calm demeanor as they stepped forward.
"Do you have anything to explain? Do you need me to pull up the video to show what you were doing at that time?" Yip Man asked.
"Reporting to the chief, at that time we..."
"Don't give me excuses. Six people, six ace special forces members! Six highly skilled experts with eighth-level National Martial Arts! During the mission, you were playing cards? Is this what I expect from Team A members? Take them down immediately, keep them under strict watch, and send them to a military tribunal tomorrow. Everyone guilty of neglecting their duties will be expelled from Team A's records, and the military will no longer recruit them." Yip Man decisively sent the six ace members to the military tribunal.
"No! Chief, no!"
"Leader, we realize our mistakes..."
The six pleaded in unison, but Yip Man and Man Xiong remained silent. These ace special forces members, with their supreme skills, were already not very cooperative with Team A leadership arrangements.
Now that they neglected their duties during a mission, how could Yip Man spare them?
"Next, Ye Hao, Xu Shaoyuan, Zheng Shuang, Wang Rou, Carlo, Hu Yanhu... step forward." Yip Man called over twenty members of Team A to step forward.
They calmly stepped forward, without the guilt the first six special forces members showed when first called out.
As Ye Hao and the others came forward, the others wondered whether these people had also been neglecting their duties during the mission. Otherwise, why would the leader call them out?
Yip Man nodded at Ji Jiang and said, "Show the situation at that time, please."
Ji Jiang immediately displayed what Ye Hao and the others were doing.
The screen switched to Ye Hao, Zhong Ming, and Zhang Lan engaged in combat, Xu Shaoyuan and the others sniping at Zhang Lan from hidden positions. However, due to Zhang Lan's overwhelming strength, her keen instincts constantly allowed her to narrowly evade Xu Shaoyuan and the others' gunfire.
In the end, even taking advantage of Ye Hao and others' cover, this led them to be cautious, not daring to shoot confidently.
However, in the footage, Qin Tian's shooting skills adeptly used various gaps, swiftly and precisely taking down Zhang Lan...(Want to know more exciting updates about "The Great Man of Huadu"? Open WeChat now, click the "+" button on the top right, select "Add Friend," and search for "Qidianzhongwenwang" to follow the public account. Never miss an update again!)