For the next few days, the colonel's men did not come to disturb them again. When the black militants saw the O2 mercenaries, they all walked around. And Carl did not break his promise, he was helping Lin Rui and others find mercenaries through various channels. Fortunately, in this kind of place, you can always find some black market mercenaries. However, there are not many that meet the requirements of Lin Rui and others.

First of all, he is proficient in weapons, has experienced battles, and can basically communicate in English, and does not want sick and disabled. Although this request is not excessive, only a few people can meet it. However, because the price they offer is not low, they attract a lot of people.

There are quite a few people in the vicinity, all of whom are outlaws who can't get along in several countries at the same time. Since there is an opportunity to make money, they will not give it up. In a few days, Lin Rui and the others have recruited a group of people, but they are still far from the number they want.

Lin Rui and the others were sitting in the tavern, and Snake Eyes walked in from outside, he put his cowboy hat on the table and sat opposite Lin Rui.

Lin Rui looked up at him and said, "How is it, how are people recruited?"

"Not very good. It took a long time for that Karl to recruit more than 200 people, and they were all not very good. Snake-Eyes replied.

"We want ordinary mercenaries, not elite squads. It doesn't matter if the quality is poor, as long as the basic conditions are met. Lin Rui shook his head.

Snake-Eye said helplessly, "But what we need is at least five hundred, at least this number to meet our current needs." If this continues, we will have to wait at least two more weeks to complete this mission. I just want to get out of this hellish place early. ”

"Maybe I can help you. A black man walked in from the outside.

Lin Rui turned his head to look at this person, frowned slightly, and said, "You, Colonel, I remember that you said that you would not interfere in our affairs here. ”

"Of course, but I want you to get out of my territory sooner. The Colonel looked at them, and several of the bodyguards behind him were full of wariness. The colonel seemed relatively calm, he was the head snake here, although he was a little jealous of Lin Rui's mercenaries, but he also understood that these mercenaries would not deliberately make trouble for him.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just making a suggestion out of kindness. The colonel shrugged.

"Tell me about it. Lin Rui looked at him and said.

"I've heard that you're looking for black market mercenaries, but it's hard to find mercenaries lately. I have a way, I don't know if you dare to do it. The colonel looked at Lin Ruidao. "I know there's a training camp about seventy kilometers from here, and there may be enough people there to need. ”

"Training camp, what training camp?" Lin Rui frowned.

"You should know that I was originally from the Ugandan Resistance Army, so I know a little bit about them. A few years ago, the Ugandan Resistance Army (URA) was battered so hard that its numbers were reduced to two or three hundred. But that's just official data, and there are some things that don't tell the official data. The colonel beckoned. One of his men stepped up and poured him a glass of wine.

"What the hell are you trying to say, what's in that training camp?" said Snake Eyes, looking at the Colonel.

"It was a child soldier training camp where the Ugandan Resistance Army hid four or five hundred child soldiers. They played a very important role in the confrontation with the government army. The leader is my enemy. The Colonel was silent for a moment and said, "If you kill him, you may be able to take over this child army." ”

"Child soldiers!" Serpent-Eyes said in surprise.

No one really knows how many child soldiers there are in the world, but according to one data, as of 2oo8, the total number of child soldiers in the world exceeded 3o, accounting for almost a quarter of the total number of soldiers on the belligerents in global conflicts. To this day, it is still documented that more than 7o military organizations in 19 countries around the world have recruited and used child soldiers to fight.

The phenomenon of child soldiers is even more acute in Africa. Rebel groups in Uganda often use abductions and other means to capture children and force them to join the fighting. This is one of the reasons for the notoriety of the Ugandan Resistance Army.

From the psychological analysis, thirteen or fourteen-year-old teenagers generally have "youth phobia", they like to be rebellious and impulsive at this age, and they will be more careless and reckless than adults on the battlefield. In addition, thirteen or fourteen-year-olds are more receptive to war "subcultures".

Subculture refers to non-mainstream, local cultural phenomena that belong to the concepts and lifestyles unique to a certain region or a certain collective. For thirteen or fourteen-year-olds, the dominant culture is to study and do good, and rebel armed groups have created a "subculture" atmosphere for them, allowing child soldiers to fight and kill in war.

With the moral support of armed groups that carry slogans such as "national liberation" on the killings of child soldiers, child soldiers are more courageous and cruel on the battlefield. Because they are minors and lack moral guilt, these child soldiers are often more cruel than adults.

"You want us to hire children to fight?, who the do you think we are?!" snapped Snakeeye.

"Colonel, we don't want a bunch of kids who can kill. Lin Rui lowered his face and said, "What we want are mercenaries, maybe we are not good people, but at least we want to recruit adults with independent ability." ”

"Excuse yourself from this kind of self-righteous arrogance. We all know what mercenaries are all about. The Colonel said slowly. "You don't know what child soldiers are all about. But I know that I myself was a child soldier.

In the seventies, I joined the army at the age of ten, working for a week as a porter, transporting ammunition, and then being trained to fight, learning how to shoot rocket-propelled grenades with machetes, mines and machine guns.

A week later, they ordered me to rob and kill. They said, 'Now we have given you the power to kill, you have to do it, and if you don't, we will kill you.'" A few hours later, we came to a small village to grab food and supplies. The village was mostly filled with women and children, and they ordered me to kill them.

I just paused, and they slashed me with machetes. The colonel rolled up his sleeves, and he was covered with scars on his arms.

"So I closed my eyes and started killing, it was too painful. In the years that followed, I was forced to commit many atrocities, killing many civilians, and only by killing them could I live and have something to eat.

I don't have time to think so much about the lives of innocent civilians. It wasn't until O5 that they fell into an ambush by the Ugandan government forces, and most of them were captured by the government forces, that I was able to get out of that hellish place. The colonel said calmly.

"It has nothing to do with us. Lin Rui shook his head and said.

"I have trained men. If you help me take that training camp, I'll hand over my men to you. They should also be happy to go out and earn some money as mercenaries, so that they can integrate into normal life in the future. But in exchange, you have to release the child soldiers. The colonel looked at him and said, "And leave the head of the training camp to me." That's my condition. ”