Rommel arrived at the Tijuana operations command center by helicopter, and once the Mi-8 helicopter steadied on the "H" helipad on top of the building, he jumped down.
A staff officer with the rank of lieutenant approached, slightly dizzy from the propeller wash, and extended his hand with a smile, "Lieutenant Colonel Rommel!"
The other party was taken aback, looked at his own epaulets, and frowned.
"No need to doubt, General Victor has officially promoted you to the rank of lieutenant colonel, still serving as the commander of the 2nd Battalion's 4th Company, and he has a new mission for you. I'll take you to see General Kennedy, he has new instructions for you."
Rommel nodded and glanced at the other person's name tag on his left: Erich Manstein, a name he hadn't heard, but certainly not a nobody if he'd been sent here.
Actually, Manstein was a lieutenant before the "Culiacán War," but after the war, Kennedy awarded him a third-class merit, promoting him directly to captain.
