Reborn as a Noble's Son

Chapter 90: We Are Brothers

Southwest Region

Within the dense subtropical primitive jungle

At this moment, a pair of fully armed soldiers swiftly moved through. Leading them was a colonel, who abruptly crouched and waved his hand, signaling them to stop.

On the ground concealed by the shrubs, there was a cigarette butt. The colonel picked it up, looked ahead, and chuckled, “Clever boy, if it wasn’t for Qin Lang’s bad smoking habit, we probably wouldn’t find you guys.”

The leader was Yao Yuan. This was a long-distance training exercise by the Special Forces directly under the Xibei Military Region. At the end of 1987, after the reinstatement of military ranks, Yao Yuan was awarded the rank of Major. At the beginning of 1990, the original reconnaissance battalion directly under the military region was completely transformed into a special forces battalion. As the battalion commander, Yao Yuan was naturally promoted, and his military rank was increased directly from a lieutenant colonel to a colonel. This was because the special forces battalion belonged to the regimental system. Yao Yuan had caught a good break.

Three years had swiftly passed.

Nie Zhenbang seemed to have disappeared since then. For every semester exam, the old man would use his connections to get an exam paper directly from Jingcheng University, and a dedicated person would deliver it to the Xibei Military Region for Nie Zhenbang to take the test.

His four years of university life was about to graduate in the first half of this year. These years had seen dramatic changes, and with Nie Zhenbang’s entry into the military, the conflict between the two factions had intensified.

Eventually, these conflicts completely erupted last year. The head of State ruthlessly acted. The entire nation’s military went into the first level of combat readiness, and the Jingcheng City Military District deployed to deal with this lax and seriously bourgeoisially liberal bourgeois trend.

In the end, Comrade Xuri resigned in despair. After the new leaders took office last year, the head of state also resigned from his position as the party military commission chairman.

Meanwhile, as core forces of the reformers, both the Nie family and the Yang family received tremendous benefits. Yang Shengli, representing the Yang family, was promoted from the standing committee member of Jingcheng Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor to Deputy Secretary and Acting Governor of Jiangnan Province. He was smoothly elected as the provincial governor at the People’s Congress earlier this year.

On the Nie family’s end, Nie Guodong, with his exceptional ability, won the new head of state’s favor and was assigned to serve as the commander of Jingcheng City Military District, and his rank was promoted to general.

Nie Guowei was also directly assigned from his position as the vice secretary of the Peng City Municipal Committee to serve as the deputy governor of Yanbei Province, entering the rank of provincial and ministerial levels.

After three years of development, under the leadership of the commercial genius Yang Anbang, the Wal-Mart Group assisted Jingcheng automobile and the German Mercedes-Benz company to establish contact in early 1988. Mercedes-Benz, after inspecting Jingcheng Automobile’s new production base and seeing the sufficient funds provided by the Wal-Mart Group, held intense negotiations. Yang Anbang, under Nie Zhenbang’s instruction, did not give in, and in the end, the two parties reached an agreement. Jingcheng Automobile, with its new production base and an additional investment of 50 million US dollars, held 51% of the shares in the newly established joint venture Jingcheng Mercedes-Benz.

Hearing this news, Nie Zhenbang was taken aback, not expecting that the inertia of history would still bring these two companies together, only more than a decade earlier than in history.

The Wal-Mart Supermarket and Gome Electrical Appliances had wholly spread nationwide. The Wal-Mart Supermarket had nearly 150 shops in provincial capitals and several other large prefecture-level cities. An average of about three stores in each city. Gome Electrical Appliances was the same. This year, with the gradual clarification of the reform and opening up policy, both Yang Anbang and Huang Guangyu were ambitiously planning to fully roll out and perfect their commercial networks in all cities nationwide.

In the Soviet Union

With Comrade Lao Ye’s return to power, his political offensive against Lao Ge had grown increasingly intense.

Under Yeltsin’s pressure, Lao Ge began to reform at the beginning of the year, and on March 14, he was officially elected as the first president of the Soviet Union. However, this reform was not successful, instead accelerating the Soviet Union’s political instability.

At this time, the wealth accumulated by Yang Lixue could only be described in trillions. In just three years, the Soviet Union’s most advanced industrial mother machine, T80 main battle tank, and the Kiev-class aircraft carrier’s various data were all gathered by Yang Lixue. With the further instability of the Soviet Union’s political situation now, it was time to withdraw from the Soviet Union.

At this moment, deep in the primeval jungle, Nie Zhenbang, Qin Lang, and Xiong Changgui gathered together. Wearing green camouflage uniforms with no shoulder badges or any military rank emblem. Their faces were painted with camouflage paint.

Nie Zhenbang gripped the Type 79 sniper rifle in his hand, a domestic replica of the Soviet Union’s SVD sniper rifle.

Xiong Changgui leaned close to the ground, his ear carefully listening to the unusual sounds transmitted from the ground. This was a gift of Xiong Changgui. In such a complex environment, he could clearly distinguish the types of sounds.

After a while, Xiong Changgui stood up, his expression solemn, “The instructor is chasing us. At this moment, the distance between us and him is at most a kilometer. We must run.”

“Damn it, the instructor is like a dog. His nose is so keen. He has been behind us for seven days. Let’s go, ” Qin Lang said frustratedly as he threw away his cigarette butt, then got up, swearing and cursing.

Seeing Qin Lang’s reaction, Nie Zhenbang slightly furrowed his brows. Qin Lang was born to be a soldier, possessing the intelligence of a city soldier and the persistence of a country soldier. The only regret was that Qin Lang’s personality was inherently restless and too impatient. This kind of person could only flourish in favorable circumstances and would likely be driven to the extreme once frustrated.

Nie Zhenbang also stood up, looked at Qin Lang and said, “Sun, stop smoking.

The whole way here, the instructor has been following your cigarette butts.

There are only three days left, this time, we must take it seriously.”

Sun was Qin Lang’s nickname. A sunny day is always clear and bright. At this moment, Qin Lang was also a little embarrassed. Smoking was one of Qin Lang’s few hobbies. But at this time, it was a weakness. Qin Lang himself was clear about this.

In the beginning, neither side put forth their full effort. At this moment, seeing instructor Yao Yuan get serious, Qin Lang also nodded.

Looking at Qin Lang and Xiong Changgui, Nie Zhenbang said sternly, “Let’s go, leave the instructor a final cigarette butt.”

For three days, Yao Yuan led a team to besiege and intercept the three of Nie Zhenbang. Along the way, there were several exchanges of fire. Qin Lang was also injured. But in the end, the three of Nie Zhenbang still persisted.

At the finish line of this jungle training, Yao Yuan was waiting here with a serious expression. His face showed no signs of discouragement or annoyance, and he didn’t show any emotion for losing to the three of Nie Zhenbang.

Seeing the three of Nie Zhenbang emerge from the jungle, Yao Yuan stepped forward to give them a firm hug, “Congratulations, you have succeeded starting today! ”

Speaking, Yao Yuan looked at Nie Zhenbang, his eyes containing some regret and reluctance. After a while, Yao Yuan said solemnly, “Nie Zhenbang, you are a good soldier. In due course, there’s no denying that you have great potential for growth, something that Xiong Changgui and Qin Lang can’t compare to. Truthfully speaking, I don’t want to let you go. But, this is the order of the head of the military district. I have to obey and execute it. Zhenbang, your order of retirement has been sent to the battalion.”

Seeing Nie Zhenbang, both Qin Lang and Xiong Changgui were stunned. Xiong Changgui quietly squatted down, while Qin Lang rushed up, grabbed Nie

Zhenbang’s collar, and roared, “Crown Prince, you coward. You are deserting. We are the most elite soldiers, how could we retire? This is impossible, you are a deserter. I look down on you.”

Crown Prince was Nie Zhenbang’s nickname. In this three-man group and the ten-man special operations team, Nie Zhenbang usually acted as the commander. His comrades nicknamed him Crown Prince, meaning the most cherished person, the brain of the team.

However, no one knew that this nickname was not just a nickname, but also a fact.

Nie Zhenbang also smiled bitterly. This retirement was too unexpected for him. He didn’t expect his family to arrange for his retirement without notifying him.

But at this time, although Nie Zhenbang had many complaints, he could not express them here. He just smiled bitterly and looked at the two of them. He patted their shoulders heavily and said solemnly, “Sun, we are brothers, aren’t we? We are people who have carried guns together.. We are brothers!”