The man in charge of the 46th Air Cavalry Base was a lieutenant colonel, also the commander of the 46th Air Cavalry Regiment—a slightly plump middle-aged Hua Clan man named Xing Xiangtian. On the way over, Stone had told Zhang Tie that the commander of the 46th Air Cavalry Regiment had always been rather proud of his name, believing it had brought him good fortune. Legend had it that there had originally been more than one candidate for the regiment commander's post, but a certain corps commander above had seen this commander's name, thought it auspicious, and selected him.
After Zhang Tie arrived at the regimental headquarters and identified himself, a second lieutenant officer from headquarters brought him straight to the commander's office without any obstruction.
Zhang Tie's file greatly pleased Xing Xiangtian. According to it, Zhang Tie had come from the Black Armor Army and had been among the first batch of Black Armor Army officers sent to the Torch Dragon Territory Flight Academy in You Province for training. He had come into contact with aircraft earlier than the vast majority of air cavalry officers currently in the war zone—even earlier than Xing Xiangtian himself. His training results had been outstanding, and he was a Level 9 Warrior. With such credentials, leading an air cavalry battalion in the 46th Air Cavalry Regiment would be no problem at all.
Yet when Xing Xiangtian saw the name "Zhang Tie" on the documents and credentials Zhang Tie had brought, his face took on the expression of someone with a toothache.
That name was simply far too... arrogant...
Xing Xiangtian could not be sure whether having this "Zhang Tie" in the 46th Air Cavalry Regiment would bring some kind of trouble upon the regiment. His own name had brought him luck; he did