Chapter 512 Geniuses Are Always Different From Ordinary People

There is no doubt that Johnny Riding has strong personal skills in HCP driving and combat. His comrades who have come into contact with him and the instructors who have guided him have all highly praised his personal skills.

But at the same time, his youthful and arrogant personality also left a deep impression on others.

Because of this personality, his shortcomings in teamwork and tactical command also made the instructors give him the lowest score in this regard without hesitation.

This is the evaluation of Johnny Riding by the Atlas instructors after the basic training and the first half of the HCP combat training.

The instructors who scored felt sorry for such a rare "good seedling" with such a personality.

At the same time, they also hoped that in the last link of the actual combat training, that is, the "enlightenment education" arranged by Major Murat (promoted after the fortress defense battle), this talented boy would change.

And now, the expectations of these instructors seem to be coming true.

In the first actual combat training, Johnny Riding devoted himself to the HCP operation, but as the backbone of the team, he had no time to take care of the command, and even failed to do the simplest support for his teammates.

Although he successively destroyed 6 HCPs including the captain of the Avenger Squadron, the destroyer that his squadron needed to protect was "sunk" by the opponent, and his teammates were also lost.

In the end, he himself turned into dust in this universe under the salvo of the opponent's HCP + destroyer.

And such confrontation training was carried out twice afterwards, one offensive battle and one defensive battle.

But although Johnny Riding could get the highest number of destructions in the whole game every time, the final result was the failure of the combat mission.

When the three rounds of confrontation ended, the two HCP squadrons participating in the confrontation also returned to the heavy cruiser, which was the flagship of this small mobile fleet and also the location of the instructors.

In the largest hangar, looking at Johnny Riding, who was holding his helmet and looking dejected, and his teammates behind him who were equally frustrated, the other Rubion trainees were also silent.

Their previous ambitions were actually mostly worn out soon after the training began, and the confrontation training just now made them realize how big the gap is between their group of "newbies" and the veterans who fought on the battlefield.

Even Johnny Laiding suffered three consecutive defeats, let alone others.

Looking at Johnny Laiding who lowered his head and said nothing, the head of the instructor group, who thought that this arrogant young man was finally willing to face his problems, asked:

"Have you just experienced the despair of your comrades being killed, and you have all the skills but are powerless?"

Johnny Laiding nodded: "Yes, instructor, this feeling is very uncomfortable, it makes me feel breathless."

"What I want to say is the same as what Captain Stark said. I hope you can remember this feeling well and I sincerely hope that you will never experience this feeling on a real battlefield."

The words of the head of the instructor group were very calm, but seemed to be full of stories. Johnny Laiding and other Rubion trainees couldn't help but look up at him.

"Instructor, have you really encountered such a situation on the battlefield?" Johnny Riding asked.

Hearing the question from the 'genius boy', the head of the instructor group was stunned for a moment, then showed a bitter and relieved smile.

"Not only me, most of the people you see here, including Major Murat and others, and even the boss have actually experienced such a situation."

The atmosphere in the granary suddenly became a little solemn because of the words of the head of the instructor group.

All the Atlas employees present, whether they were HCP pilots, combat boat drivers, maintenance team members or marines watching the excitement, remembered the irreparable and heavy losses suffered by the Atlas combat force before.

Although the total destruction of the teaching team was only a double-digit number on the list of casualties, the status of the teaching team in the hearts of most members of the Atlas combat force was unimaginable to outsiders.

Whether it was Roma or humans, they would go to the 'Tower of Babel' to reorganize and receive some adaptive training after joining Atlas, so the people in the teaching team were like teachers to them.

Not to mention that in the subsequent battles, the teaching team also cooperated with various troops many times, and often carried out some high-risk tasks, and had a strong comradeship with other troops.

So when the news that Baninger and his team were all killed on the Pyra IV came out, the entire Atlas combat force was shocked.

At the funeral later, it was not only Amber who shed tears, but everyone.

While the solemn atmosphere in the Gnarkuli slowly infected the Rubion trainees, Baninger and others who were originally watching the excitement in the virtual space "Valhalla" fell into another embarrassment.

Not everyone can have such an experience - watching their former comrades remember and mourn themselves emotionally.

The immortals were of course very moved, but after thinking back, they still felt a little strange.

Memphis: "Although we should not feel anything about this kind of thing after becoming digital life, why do I always feel something strange when I see this scene?"

Banninger: "It's still very touching. The brothers haven't forgotten us."

However, when he thought about the fact that he would occasionally see some employees with "artistic cells" writing one or two short poems in memory of the teaching team and Captain Baninger when surfing the internal forum of the group, the expression on his face became a little strange.

Back in the hangar, the head of the instructor group saw that these Rubion trainees seemed to have some insights, and even the rebellious Johnny Riding was silent, and asked again:

"I believe you all can also understand something. So Johnny Riding, do you know where your problem lies?"

"Yes, instructor, I have figured out where the problem lies." The genius boy murmured with his head down.

"Very good, the fact that you can find the problem is the biggest progress. I believe that as long as you can correct your own shortcomings, you will definitely become..."

Johnny Riding: "Instructor, I think the level of my comrades is too low, so our entire team is out of touch. Or to put it bluntly, it has dragged down my battle."

Instructors: "???"

Lubyon trainees: "???"

After taking a transport boat from the asteroid fortress to the heavy cruiser, Murat, who was quietly walking into the hangar with Louis and Jacob, laughed when he saw this scene:

"Sure enough, are all 'geniuses' so clear-minded and different from ordinary people?"

As expected, Johnny Riding's words naturally dispelled the solemn atmosphere in the hangar in an instant, and then directly lit a fire.

When the trainees of Lubyon heard this at the beginning, they were so angry that they blew their beards and glared, especially the pilots who had just partnered with Johnny Riding, who almost rushed up and planned to have a 'Mortal Kombat' on the spot.

But when they thought about the fact that this arrogant boy also scored A+ in the physical combat subject, they stopped rationally.

And they found that they really couldn't refute Johnny Riding's words, because compared with this talented pilot, the technical gap between them can be said to be a world of difference.

Thinking carefully, it seems that they might really drag Johnny Riding in the battle?

If they could stop the three HCPs that broke through from the right in the first round of confrontation, or hold on until Johnny Riding killed the enemy on the other side and returned to defend, maybe the results would be different?

When these trainees fell into "reflection", Manfred, who was watching all this silently in the crowd, held his forehead helplessly.

The training he received in Atlas for several months did not seem to wear away the "sharpness" of his friend. Instead, he became more proud after discovering how awesome his talent was.

He wanted to persuade Johnny Laiding to stop the current situation from getting tense. As one of the equally outstanding trainees, the Red Baron also had a certain prestige among the Rubion trainees, and Johnny Laiding would occasionally accept his proposal.

But when he thought of this guy's annoying personality, Manfred suddenly felt that it might be a good thing to take this opportunity to let this guy "hit the wall"?

"Johnny, don't blame me for not speaking for you, I'm doing this for your own good"

As he thought about it, Manfred stopped moving forward and simply stood in the crowd.

Johnny Laiding saw that his teammates did not refute, and his friend Manfred, who was always rational and would persuade him at critical moments, did not speak, and he became even more excited for a while.

"I think my driving skills and talents are definitely not inferior to any so-called ace, and I understand a truth in the battle just now, that is, the personal bravery of the HCP pilot may not determine the direction of a battle"

As soon as these words came out, the people on the Atlas side couldn't sit still.

Although they didn't know what the boy was thinking, they still felt that his words were more or less offensive, as if they were questioning whether Amber's previous record was an artistic process.

But this directly touched the "reverse scale" of these HCP pilots. They could say anything else, but if it involved Amber, especially when it came to HCP operations, they had to weigh their words carefully.

Soon, including Captain Stark, who had just tried to enlighten Johnny Riding, a group of HCP pilots, maintenance personnel, and marines surrounded him directly.

Although the instructors were also dissatisfied with Johnny Riding's speech, they still kept their sanity and stopped in front of everyone to let them calm down first.

After all, these guys from the Rubion galaxy were theoretically clients of the Atlas Group, and according to common sense, they were considered their "Party A".

Just when the two sides were deadlocked, a voice floated in from outside the crowd.

"With your driving skills, you dare to say that you are 'as good as any so-called ace'?"