Chapter 22: The Mojave Desert

"No problem!" Director Anderson rolled down the window, whispered a few words to one of his men standing outside the car, then closed the window, and said, "When Senator Revy wakes up, he will be the only one in the entire villa, dead or alive!"

Pang Jindong asked: "Is it possible to completely block the news about tonight's matter?"

"Absolutely no problem!" Director Anderson thought for a moment and added, "Unless Senator Revy himself tells the story and lets the whole world know that he has been taken under strict guard!"

"That's that he wants to die with us, but I don't think that's going to happen!"

Director Anderson nodded, and then added: "Nevertheless, as the campaign continues to advance, Senator Levi's words and deeds will be under increasing scrutiny!

Pang Jindong looked at Director Anderson and suddenly realized: "Since this is the last chance for us at this time, the same is true for your political enemies!"

Director Anderson was silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh and said, "That's true, so I've stepped up my defense now, but I'm worried that there will be an oversight!"

"Let me set up a security company as much as possible, and then make your security guard work the first business you gave me!"

Director Anderson nodded: "Good!"

Pang Jindong sighed with emotion: "It's really hard for Senator Livi to design such a complex trap." ”

"That's why I'm in a hurry to get rid of Senator Levi!" After a pause, Director Anderson added, "Since Agent House can tell Senator Levi and everything else, so do the others!"

Pang Jindong looked at Director Anderson and didn't say anything more.

οΌˆβ€¦β€¦ In the morning, Miss Parker called Pang Jindong and said straight to the point: "I didn't expect you to climb to the top of Director Anderson!"

Pang Jindong said: "When I joined the center, you should know something about my past history!"

Anyone who is forced to participate in the Corbino program has a past life under surveillance. However, such monitoring is quite difficult and impossible to be very tight, so the center can only get a general idea of the past of these people, but it does not have a complete grasp of the details. There is no way to know about the highly confidential matters between Pang Jindong and Director Anderson.

Therefore, Pang Jindong's question hit the nail on the head, but Miss Parker was unwilling to show weakness and warned Pang Jindong: "Those games that belong to him are dangerous, and you are not qualified to participate!"

"There is no game that I am not qualified to participate in, the difference is only whether I have this idea or not!" Pang Jindong smiled and said sarcastically: "I thought that four years of contact had made you know me well enough!"

"Do you really want to try it?"

"Miss Parker, I should give you a similar warning, the game you're playing is also very dangerous, but you're still enjoying it!"

Miss Parker almost gritted her teeth and said, "Thank you for your advice!"

"I will not be grateful for the advice you have given me, for I know that you have been warned by Director Anderson to stay away from me, so you are trying to drive a wedge between us!"

"Congratulations on finding Director Anderson's big tree!"

"I've known Director Anderson for many years, and I know that although he is only the director of the Drug Control Bureau, he is very influential in this country!" Pang Jindong figured out that Miss Parker was very depressed at this time, so he continued to add fuel to the fire: "But I still didn't expect that his influence was so great that he could even point fingers at the Department of Homeland Security!"

Miss Parker did not try to deny this fact, but said, "But this time the campaign for president is a desperate gamble for Director Anderson, if he loses the election......"

Pang Jindong interrupted Miss Parker's words: "Then let's talk about it then!"

"Good!" Miss Parker sneered and continued, "The Department of Homeland Security won't listen to him then!"

"I didn't expect you to continue acting!"

Hearing this, Miss Parker was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What did you say?"

"Your real boss now is still the CIA - the current director of the CIA to be exact - you don't need to continue to use the Department of Homeland Security as a shield!"

Miss Parker said noncommittally, "We'll know when you get back to the center!"

There was a threat implied in this sentence, but Pang Jindong didn't care at all, and continued: "Your fundamental purpose is not to let me return to the center! But the director of the CIA asked you to get Bernard's money, and you firmly believe that I know the whereabouts of this money!"

Seeing that Pang Jindong had spoken to this point, Miss Parker simply pushed the boat down the river and asked, "So do you know?"

Pang Jindong pretended to be triumphant and told Miss SΓΉ Parker: "Whether I know it or not, you can't do anything to me!"

Miss Parker took a deep breath and asked, "Really?"

"Of course!" Pang Jindong sneered again, and then continued: "I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, I'm going to Switzerland soon, and if I have the ability, I'll send someone to intercept me!"

Miss Parker asked, "What are you doing in Switzerland?"

Pang Jindong asked rhetorically: "Is it necessary to sue you?"

"Don't be too happy!"

"Haha!" Pang Jindong laughed a few times, and then said to Miss Parker: "If you have the ability, let me cry!"

Miss Parker didn't speak, making a strange noise on the other side of the phone, and Pang Jindong estimated that she must be gritting her teeth.

Pang Jindong deliberately intensified Miss Parker's unhappiness, so he continued: "When the matter here is over, I will return to my own country! I know that you have the ability to catch anyone you want in the world, but not in our country!"

These words sounded like a humiliation to Miss Parker, but she patiently said, "For the sake of our former friends......

Pang Jindong interrupted Miss Parker's words and said in a very heavy voice: "Although we used to be friends, you killed a very important person in my life, and I will have to settle this account with you sooner or later!"

"I'll wait!" Miss Parker sneered, and finally said, "Goodbye!" and hung up.

Pang Jindong no longer bothered to pay attention to Miss Parker, because there was more important work to do, which was to choose a base for the security company.

In order for a security company to establish a strong combat force, it must have well-equipped training grounds and camps with sufficient venues. What's more, it can also be used as a base for the Blood Lion Mercenary Regiment, allowing the Brethren to leave the dangerous South America.

The location of the base was therefore crucial, both away from the city to avoid attracting attention, and accessible enough to facilitate the transportation of people and materials. However, such places often have many military bases of country M, so be careful to avoid them.

Pang Jindong searched around the map and finally chose the Mojave Desert. This desert is located in the southwest of country M, southeast of southern California, spanning Utah, southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona, covering an area of more than 57,000 square kilometers.

After the initial selection of the Mojave Desert, Pang Jindong took Miria and Nick to conduct a field survey, in order to fully experience the local environment and facilitate a better choice, Pang Jindong decided to walk.

Walking in the desert is not a very fun thing to do, and the first thing that has to be solved is the problem of food and water. Walking field travel is equivalent to marching on foot, but in today's modernization of military transportation, except for Pang Jindong's motherland and other backward countries, the march of the armies of Western countries has basically been mechanized, so it can ensure that soldiers have rich and delicious food on the way. In the case of backwardness, there are four key points in choosing food: one is light, the second is easy to preserve, the third is easy to replenish, and the third is that it can effectively replenish energy.

There are only two staple foods that Pang Jindong carries with him on the road, one is mexican pasta and the other is instant noodles.

Nearly 40 million immigrants from Central and South America, mainly Mexico, and their descendants, or 13 percent of the population, are a Hispanic community that stands out in the ethnic hodgepodge of country M and wields enormous influence. Mexican is their staple food, the equivalent of bread in the West or rice in the Chinese. To put it simply, it is a piece of baked thin round cake, which is large and small in size, and the ingredients are mainly divided into corn and flour. These pancakes are not fermented, so they don't look thick, but they are heavy in the hand and easy to preserve.

But this crepe, on the other hand, is bland and tasteless, and is too dry to eat alone, because it is meant to be eaten with a variety of meat dishes, and for those who travel long distances on foot, these are luxuries not to be desired. Instant noodles are different, not only soup, but also different condiments, a hot bowl to eat, but also to adjust the taste As for water, there is no choice, a two-liter portable travel water bag and a one-liter bottle of bottled water, enough to ensure that an adult can drink water for two days without any supplements. Moreover, when Pang Jindong planned his trip, he deliberately arranged the daily camping points in places with settlements or water sources, so that they could be replenished in time. If you can only use untreated wild water sources, Pang Jindong is ready to have a portable water purification device, which is specially developed by country M for its army, which is convenient and easy to use, but the price is also ridiculously expensive.

Pang Jindong also prepared a large amount of chocolate as an auxiliary means to replenish the body and calories. I also brought a few boxes of butter, cut one piece and wrap it in the pan when eating the crepe, or scrape two spoonfuls in the pan when the noodles are down. Traveling far away with weights, the body has a very large calorie consumption, but the ones you carry are all vegetarian food, and there is no meat at all. Because meat products are heavy, it is useless to bring less, and it is difficult to preserve and easy to deteriorate if you bring too much. In this case, direct consumption of animal fats is the most effective and convenient way to replenish body and calories. The Eskimos, who hunt and graze in the wild all day, rely on large amounts of reindeer fat to withstand the cold in temperatures of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius, while maintaining their bodies.

In addition, Pang Jindong also brought a field travel gasoline stove for picnics, as well as tents, sleeping bags, sapper shovels and some other necessary equipment. Although there are not many things, on the way, everyone is still thinking about one thing, that is, how to reduce the weight by one gram.

The starting point of Pang Jindong and others is the town of Mojave, where California's Highway 58 passes through and points straight to the depths of the vast Mojave Desert, stretching to the horizon. Pang Jindong's route is to follow this road, and then connect to Highway 14 to Langpai Town, 200 kilometers away, hoping to find a suitable location along the way. If this is traversed entirely on foot, it is estimated to take four to five days.

The town of Mojave is located in the interior of Southern California, in the southern foothills of the famous Sierra Nevada, in the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert. It occupies a small area, with only one road running through the center, giving it a feeling of depression.

After arriving here, Pang Jindong looked around and said, "We are used to the hot and humid South American jungle, now let's feel the completely different desert climate!"

Miria said, "When you have money in the future, let's go to Hawaii and set up another base!"

"Then you can't train, let's enjoy the sun, the sand and the waves!" Nick shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Training should be harder!"

Milia teased Nick: "Your hairstyle is obviously not suitable for hard training, I don't know how you have survived the last few years." ”

Nick is older than Pang Jindong and Miria, in his thirties, with a short Dutch braid tied behind his head, and he usually gives people the feeling of being a child, but he is very serious about doing things.

Despite all the talk and laughter, the first day in the desert was not easy. The sky was cloudy in the morning, with occasional blue skies, but after noon, the wind in the desert grew stronger, and the clouds came from the west, from the direction of the Pacific Ocean, and then began to fall in the raindrops, slowly getting bigger and bigger.

The three of them walked all morning in such weather, constantly observing the surrounding environment along the way. During the lunch break, I sat on the roadbed on the side of the desert road, ate a few bites of food, and then spread out the map to look at it, only to find that I had only walked more than 20 kilometers in the morning. Everyone is used to the harsh environment, and if it were someone else, I am afraid it would have to be halved.

After a long march into the evening, the three men got off the road, went into the wilderness by the road, and after eating something, spread out their tents behind a half-man-high cluster of withered yellow bushes, and then got into their sleeping bags, and soon fell into a deep sleep.