When Huffman heard that Miles Mark was willing to apply for a planet-level combat hero for Yi Chen and use a body repair robot to repair his short legs, he suppressed what he was about to say.
These two items can be said to be what Yi Chen needs most now.
During the monster attack battle, Huffman realized that Yi Chen was a fighting genius and should always work hard for the empire like him.
Huffman went to the 11th Regiment Base Hospital to see Yi Chen and found that he had lost his right leg, which was very fatal for an interstellar paratrooper. Mechanical limbs have great disadvantages. The flexibility is still not comparable to the original arms, which is very detrimental to personal development.
However, Huffman did not have the ability to restore Yi Chen's original right leg. Firstly, Huffman did not have that much money. Secondly, Huffman was a pure soldier and did not want to do anything illegal.
If Yi Chen replaces his mechanical right leg, the best situation is to wait until his service period expires and retire sadly.
Yi Chen is an ordinary soldier who joins the army. Without the qualifications of the Imperial Military Academy, he cannot be promoted to an officer and cannot serve for a long time, unless he has experienced great battles and made outstanding military exploits.
But there is also a special feature here. In order to encourage ordinary soldiers to fight bravely, the empire has set up several honorary titles during service. If you receive such titles, you will have the opportunity to be promoted to an officer.
So Miles Mark was willing to apply for a planet-level combat hero for Yi Chen, which immediately impressed Huffman. For Yi Chen, this is more useful than pure merit points.
Merit points can increase your income and position, so you have to be at the corresponding level. For example, if you are an ordinary soldier, it is impossible to be promoted to an officer at once. If you are a lieutenant, it is also difficult to be promoted to a colonel.
Each level of soldier, lieutenant, colonel, general, star general, etc. is a big step, and you can only go up by relying on merit points and dependent opportunities.
The honorary title can only be obtained by applying for the unit where it belongs. It is not awarded simply for meritorious service.
Miles Mark saw Huffman's expression and felt smug, "It doesn't matter how powerful Huffman is, you are still beaten to death by me."
He and Huffman can be said to be comrades-in-arms, so he knows Huffman's character very well.
This idea also came to Miles Mark's mind. Didn't your headquarters say that I neglected my duty? The recruit I just trained has a planet-level combat hero. Can neglecting my duty produce such a good soldier?
The Imperial Optical Brain's assessment of combat merit is correct. The Empire's military has unanimous opinions on this point, so when Avril reported a smooth assessment of combat merit, Miles Mark recognized Yi Chen's combat merit.
Coupled with Miles Mark's strong background, he is confident that his application will be approved.
In the subsequent operation, Miles Mark wanted to increase his own merit points and suppress Yi Chen, so as not to leave any excuse for others to attack him.
"This is not good, these recruits haven't finished training yet!" Dennis, the instructor of the 18th Company, hesitated and said.
"Dennis, you have to have an open mind. After this monster attack, the interstellar paratroopers left behind are all elites. They are much more effective than step-by-step training. That's it!" Miles Mark doesn't like Dennis. That would be too polite.
Avril quickly completed the statistics of the new merit list.
Mars.Mark:3178.
Huffman: 1976.
Alba: 1876
Yi Chen: 1763.
Dennis: 1123.
Bill: 763.
Kubli: 758.
Yan Hui: 746.
. . . . . .
Dornier: 630.
Phelps:560.
. . . . .
Feng Yuan: 205.
Tom: 190.
Nangong Yi: 130.
Li Feng: 100.
. . . .
Keane: 25
. . . . . .
All the officers in the underground conference room were satisfied with the new merit list. Except for Yi Chen, the merit points of ordinary soldiers were less than those of officers.
"Haha, okay, all the officers at the base of the 11th Regiment have no objections to the merit of the balance beam. It can be passed on to the central optical brain, Fia!" Miles Mark said with a smile.
In Guang's mind, Avril thought angrily: "Humph, what's so happy about it? It's all you who robbed him of his merit points!"
"What, I'm a planet-level combat hero!" Yi Chen asked with surprise on his face in the Feibao H-1 military maglev aircraft.
"Haha, why are you so happy! Brother, our 7th company has also benefited from you and has become a model company!" Li Feng said a little bit.
Yi Chen was startled at first, then ecstatic.
Yi Chen, who quickly learns common sense whenever he has time, knows the meaning of the glorious title of planetary battle hero. He is a bit like the second-class meritorious service of the motherland on earth. In the Kabasi Empire, he can improve his military rank and salary.
This is what Yi Chen needs most now, to work hard to climb up, control power and resources, find a way back to the earth, or bring the earth into the space age.
"Damn, I finally got through the first part, but this time it was extremely dangerous and I almost died!" Yi Chen felt a little emotional, and then said politely: "Haha, I also want to thank you two brothers, Nangong Yi, you and I Let’s fight against the Deadwood Elf together! Li Feng, you sent me to the 11th Regiment Hospital in time! Without you, I might be dead right now!”
When Nangong Yi and Li Feng heard Yi Chen's words, their hearts warmed up. They felt that helping Yi Chen was worth it. Yi Chen turned against them and looked down on them without getting the glory.
Yi Chen caught the changes in the expressions on their faces, pretended not to know, and asked curiously: "How did the base become intact so quickly?"
Nangong Yi was accustomed to Yi Chen not knowing a lot of common sense, so he explained it to Yi Chen.
Yi Chen gained another level of understanding of the world, and the speed of construction was nothing short of miraculous.
Returning to the newly built barracks of the 7th Company, what is speechless is that it is no different from the original one. The layout, equipment and supporting facilities remain unchanged.
What has changed is the attitude of the ordinary soldiers of the 7th company towards Yi Chen. Both Panhua and Kabas have become very enthusiastic and truly accepted the leadership of Yi Chen, the temporary company commander.
All intelligent creatures in the universe have the same desire, which is profit.
During the monster attack, the 30 recruit companies of the 11th Regiment Base suffered heavy losses, with a total of more than 1,200 people killed, and an average of about 40 people per company. Among them, the 23rd Company, which suffered the most losses, lost 89 people in the battle, and was directly canceled and merged into the 7th Company. Because of Yi Chen's early organization and command, the 7th Company only lost 11 comrades in the end, which was a miracle at the 11th Regiment base.
No one dislikes a temporary company commander who can help them survive the war. Even some soldiers of the Kabas tribe are still entangled with Yi Chen's ethnicity, and they will temporarily recognize Yi Chen's abilities.
Yi Chen also brought another benefit to everyone in the entire 7th Company. After becoming the Sharp Star Model Company, the salary of recruits in the 7th Company was increased by 20%. This is a real benefit.
The double bonus of abilities and benefits brought Yi Chen's prestige in the 7th company to its peak.
Looking at the teams standing in two rows in front of him, all saluting him and welcoming him back after recovering from injury, Yi Chen felt a sense of pride and thought: "This is what being a man should be like, leading the crowd!"
The brief welcome ceremony ended quickly, and everyone went about their own business.
Yi Chen returned to his bed and sat down. He looked up at the dark war flag inlaid with gold hanging from the ceiling of the barracks and was stunned for a moment.
In the center of one side is the griffin emblem, the symbol of the Kabasi Empire, and on the other side are six large red characters 'Sharp Star Model Company'.
"Is it possible that I fought so hard in exchange for this model company flag, the title of planetary combat hero, and a 20% increase in salary? Why didn't I get a promotion in rank? To become an official company commander of an interstellar paratrooper, you must at least be a second lieutenant. Military rank." Yi Chen, whose pride faded, felt a little unwilling.
Suddenly, there was a sound of "ka ka ka" coming closer and closer, and soon it disappeared next to Yi Chen's bed.
Yi Chen retracted his gaze from staring at the battle flag of the model company. When he lowered his head, his eyes widened immediately. A shining silver 535 mechanical leg was standing in front of him.
"Kien, what are you...?" Yi Chen saw a fat, honest and smiling face, and was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.
"Hey, company commander, welcome back." Keen gave Yi Chen a military salute.
It turned out that after Yi Chen, Huffman and others went to support the 23rd company's position, the 7th company was attacked by a wave of monsters. Although they finally repelled the monsters, Keen lost a leg.
Keen was not as lucky as Yi Chen, and the army was not willing to spend 5 million Kabasi coins to repair his broken leg for an ordinary interstellar paratrooper, so it directly installed a mechanical leg mass-produced by the Empire on Keen.
Yi Chen looked at Keen with some sympathy.
After experiencing a life-and-death battle, Keen, a naive guy, has also grown a lot. He understood Yi Chen's eyes and said, "Company Commander, it's nothing. I feel that this mechanical leg is quite good. It is stronger than my original leg." It's much bigger!" As he said this, he kicked twice nimbly in mid-air, making the tiger angry.
Yi Chen encouraged Keen a few words. This was the greatest help he could give Keen. Then Keen returned to the bed, picked up the mechanical leg maintenance manual, and studied it seriously.
"It seems that what the little nurse Feng Xian said is right. The mechanical limbs mass-produced by the empire function well, but they occasionally cause minor problems and need to be repaired by the soldiers themselves. So Keen, a naive guy, will feel like this every chance he gets. Learn maintenance skills!..." Yi Chen thought about this in his mind, which further strengthened his determination to get ahead.
Yi Chen doesn't want to repair mechanical limbs every day.
In another corner of the 7th company's barracks, Boer and several die-hard Kabasi tribe members were whispering quietly.
"Boll, you can't just admit defeat like this!
The hateful and despicable Panhua people should be bullied and led by our Kabasi!
Look at how disgusting Yi Chen is today!
What's so great about planetary battle heroes? Throughout the entire empire, we, the Kabasi tribe, have so many such heroes! "
Gwenge encouraged Boer.
Several of them were staunch populists. Yi Chen had clearly made great contributions to the 7th Company, but they turned a blind eye.
"Boll, we also agree with Gwenge. Your personal combat power is the highest in the 7th company. You should be the temporary company commander. Is it different now?" Trond and Daxton joined Bo Your camp.