September 15, morning.
The Arctic Alliance held a grand and solemn award ceremony for Li Wei at the Frost Fortress.
General Lebedev personally pinned the Hero Medal of the Arctic Alliance, a symbol of the alliance's highest honor, onto her chest, and conferred upon her the rank of Honorary Major General of the alliance.
Throughout the event, the old man beamed with radiant joy and said many warm and enthusiastic things.
Between the lines, there was always a subtle hint of trying to poach talent.
Ma Baoguo stood at attention with a straight face the entire time beside them, and even the young Miss Svetlana, who was responsible for translation, wore a trace of awkwardness on her face.
As for Li Wei herself, she treated those words as wind passing by her ears and maintained a proper smile the whole time.
In the afternoon, the Hua Nation support legion officially disbanded and returned to their units.
Upon parting, everyone was reluctant to part with Li Wei.
Even after Li Wei's helicopter took off, more than a thousand military martial artists still raised their hands high with tear-streaked faces.
After all, a leader who only gave out benefits without forcing everyone to risk their lives was simply too rare.
That night, Li Wei reported for duty to Li Huaiyuan at Pebble Fortress and was told that tomorrow morning, the defense army would also hold an award ceremony for her.
September 16, morning.
Li Wei carried the rank of Colonel on her shoulders and wore her second first-class merit medal on her chest as she stood in the familiar small auditorium and read the familiar speech.
The only somewhat regrettable thing was that she did not see the enthusiastic Lieutenant General Zhang this time.
Night, 19th Army garrison.
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