Chapter 14: Everyone Has a Story
Seeing the old fish coming out of the tent, Kebby greeted him with confidence.
"Old fish, I think you must have made a very wise decision." He raised a hand a little proudly, his thumb and forefinger repeatedly made a gesture of counting money in the air, and his eyes showed a greedy brilliance: "money...... moneyβ¦β¦ moneyβ¦β¦ No one can resist the temptation of the dollar! β
"Kebby, assign all your men to us, and from now on, all your men will be under my command." Long Yun handed over a list, "Also, this is the equipment we need, you ask your boss to prepare it immediately, and it must be delivered here before tonight, otherwise this battle will not be fought." β
There is a long list of equipment, from the M18A1 Broadcut mine to the PGL-6540 grenade launcher and even the 202M quad-rocket launcher for the American-made M66.
I thought that Kebby would have to complain again after reading the list, but I didn't expect to agree without even thinking about it: "No problem, you are the boss, what do you say." I'll call my boss right away! β
He turned to Morris and said, "Morris, from now on, you and your men will all obey the command of the old fish and the ghost. β
"Boss, this ......" Morris cried with a sad face: "Even if I agree, the people below are afraid that they will be scared to urine, who would dare to fight against a rebel army ten times their size?" It's like sending you to death. β
Kebby walked up to Morris, hooked his shoulders, looked left and right, and whispered: "Morris, you idiot, if you don't say it, I won't say it, how do they know that there are more than three thousand rebels?" You tell them that only a hundred or so rebels will be here, and that the ghost team is in charge of the main attack, and you are just cooperating with the assists, so there is no pressure at all. β
He waved his hand lightly as he spoke, as if the thousands of rebels were like dozens of green-headed flies that could be driven away with a wave of his hand.
Kebby said it lightly, but Morris gritted his teeth with hatred, if Kai Fat Man was not his own owner, he would have pulled out a gun and opened a hole in his head.
After discussing the troop arrangement with Morris, it was already dark.
At dinner time, smoke rises from the camp.
The polar bear and the king complained loudly about the food. Today's dinner was a stew of canned beef and potatoes, and the Sierra Leonean cook poured a bunch of canned sardines into it, which was sloppy and fishy.
The polar bear scooped up a tablespoon of slimy stuff, put it under his nose and sniffed it, frowning and yelling: "Bastard! Is this human eaten? Dogs eat better than this! β
After saying that, he dropped the military lunch box, drew his pistol and loaded it, and was about to go to the kitchen to find the cook to settle the account, so frightened that the king next to him quickly jumped up and stopped him.
"Polar bear, you psychopath, you're going to kill people for this."
"I'm going to fight the rebels tonight, and let me eat this pig food! Don't stop me, I'll destroy the cook first, and then I'll slaughter Kebby's pig!" β
The members of the team have not left here for several days, in order to facilitate their lurking in the jungle, they eat individual field food, and they have long been tired of it, no wonder the polar bears are very angry.
The king hugged the polar bear and didn't let go, and the two were in a stalemate for a while, and he suddenly slapped the polar bear on the shoulder.
"Hey, hey! You listen! β
"King, let go, if you don't let go, I'm going to do it!"
An animal cry came from the woods. The two of them stood stupidly for a moment, pricked up their ears and listened carefully, and suddenly there was another shout.
"Wild sheep!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the king had already pounced on his M4A1, grabbed his gun and rushed into the woods, and the polar bear pulled out the desert eagle and chased after him, "Wait for me!" Wait for me! β
Under the big tree, Long Yun took the old fish's cigarette, lit the fire, looked ahead, smoked the smoke and did not speak.
Lao Yu had something to say, but he didn't know how to speak, and he said when he was almost out of cigarettes: "Are you still blaming me for insisting on taking this mission?" β
"You are the captain, and I respect your choice." The terrifying scene in Long Yun's mind still lingered, and he said after a long time: "I just have some bad premonitions......
"Let's do mercenaries, when do we have a good premonition? It was originally a profession with no tomorrow, and if you want to have a future, you can only leave this circle as soon as possible while you are alive. Lao Yu smiled bitterly and said: "This mission pays a lot of money, after finishing this business, I want to disband the group and leave the circle of mercenaries." β
Long Yun was not surprised by Lao Yu's words, the reason why Lao Yu became a mercenary was also a last resort, don't look at him on the battlefield from the newspaper to his subordinates, back to his family, he is definitely a typical good man who is "a child debt, half a life of wife and slave".
Lao Yu followed his relatives to France in his teens, washed dishes in a restaurant, and later returned to China to find a wife, after getting married, his wife gave birth to two boys and two girls like piglets, in order to let his wife and children live a comfortable life, Lao Yu resolutely signed up for the extralegal corps.
After eight years as a soldier in the Extralegal Corps, he finally brought his wife and children to France and settled down. After retiring, Lao Yu found that he could not find a job in France to support himself, his wife and children, so he had to leave France and join the South African Elite Foreign Legion as a professional soldier, and after completing a five-year contract, he went to Magnum Company and embarked on the road of mercenary.
In fact, everyone in the ghost group has their own grievances about not being an outsider.
Julia took her brother out of Somalia and sent him to the United States, where she is currently in college and is responsible for all living expenses; Wellington was born in the slums of South Africa, grew up and served in the Wehrmacht, with a mentally handicapped younger brother waiting to support him; In fact, after the first Chechen war, the polar bear's parents fled with their family to Austria, where they made their home. As a refugee, life is difficult, and Shasa the polar bear has to go to Africa to work as a mercenary.
And the flamboyant old and unscrupulous sniper crosshair, he has become a wandering ghost with no home for so many years, his former boss business is getting bigger and bigger, as long as he goes back to South Africa, I am afraid that he will immediately fall into the situation of being hunted down, the only way out is to get a lot of money, and then go away.
Even himself, didn't he give up the opportunity to go to college and run out to be an ocean-going crew member for money? If it weren't for the money, he wouldn't have agreed to Lao Yu's invitation and became an elite mercenary under his training.
The old fish took out a photo from the pocket of his camouflage uniform and handed it to Long Yun: "You see, the small farm I bought newly bought is only 90 kilometers from Paris, in the Seine-et-Marne department, with 300 hectares. β
Long Yun took the photo, the background was a yellow and clear barley field, a middle-aged woman with a gentle face and two men, two women and four children sat on the edge of the wheat field, smiling very brightly, and a warm feeling came to her face.
"Looks good." Warm things are always very moving, Long Yun thought that his blood was cold for the past two years, but when he saw this photo, the softest place in his heart couldn't help but be touched.
Lao Yu was proud like a rich French landlord and said, "If I get this reward, I will be able to repay the loan...... When the farm is profitable in the future, I plan to buy a small winery and learn how to make red wine from the French. β
After thinking about it, he said, "If you don't become a mercenary, what do you want to do most?" β
Long Yun didn't expect Lao Yu to ask so long-term, he had never planned for something too far away, and he was really stopped by Lao Yu.
That's right! What do you do when you go back? Long Yun suddenly realized that he had never had a long-term plan for the future. He suddenly felt a little inexplicably afraid, a sense of loneliness that was out of touch with civilized society. Maybe one day I will be like Lao Yu, who has learned the ability to kill people and returned to the society of ordinary people, but I am at a loss and cannot find a job to make a living.
"I want to go back to China and buy the land in the orphanage and re-expand it. When I was rescued by fishermen in the sea, I fell seriously ill, I had a high fever and finally lost my memory. β
"Maybe you can go to Paris and find me, I may be short of a helper on my farm. Maybe we can try to be farmers after we don't become mercenaries. β
The old fish pulled out a piece of grass casually, stuffed the grass root in his mouth and held it, and said in a flat tone: "Actually, you don't have to thank me." I'm just thinking, you are a person with extraordinary abilities, in the world of ordinary people, you are born strong, but being strong often comes at a price, and that price is loneliness...... The reason why I don't let the rest of the team know your secret is because I'm afraid they'll treat you like a monster too......"
Although his tone was flat, it really moved Long Yunjie. Come to think of it, maybe it's a good idea to really go to Paris to find old fish. He suddenly discovered that although he had become a mercenary with Lao Yu by accident, in fact, two years had passed, and he could no longer do without Lao Yu.
It was Lao Yu who taught himself to shoot, how to use various weapons, how to kill people in different ways, and turned himself from an ordinary person to a cold-blooded elite mercenary, but no matter what, Lao Yu has always taken care of himself, and this relationship between teacher and friend makes Long Yun feel very warm.
For an orphan, it feels really good to have someone to rely on.
"Thank you......"
Lao Yu didn't seem to want to continue this topic, and suddenly sighed: "It seems that I am really old, mercenaries are animals of war, and they shouldn't be so sentimental and think about things other than action." β
Suddenly remembering something, Lao Yu took out a box from his pocket and threw it to Long Yun.
"Here, your birthday present."
Birthday? Long Yun was surprised, he never knew his exact birthday, for himself, birthday was a luxury fairy tale.
"How do you know my birthday?"
"I don't know, you don't know, but in that case, I'll consider the first day we met as your birthday. Happybirthday, brother! The old fish patted his ass magically, stretched his waist and said, "Also, your old broken watch should have been thrown away." After saying that, he waved his hand and left.
Long Yun opened the box, and there was a CASIO diving watch inside, and he couldn't help but be moved, and even felt that the corners of his eyes were wet.
"Damn, can you stop being so sensational!" He looked at the back of the old fish and scolded loudly.