Chapter 466: Africa

(I'm depressed to death, it's too painful to write such a chapter since I lost the information, but I can't help but write it)

East Africa, a food aid base operating by Titan.

Under the parasol of a room dǐng in a barracks somewhere, a shirtless black man was lying on a recliner, holding a copy of "A Brief History of the Evolution of African Ethnic Groups".

Suddenly, he heard someone shouting, "Blake, get down and get dressed!"

Blake, a black man, followed the sound, but only saw the moment when a white bald head disappeared from the edge of the room, just as the setting sun in the distance gradually disappeared on the horizon.

"Ben, what's the matter?" Blake stood up, took two steps towards the edge of the room, looked at the open barracks gate below, and said in a loud voice again, "Ben!

Ben's voice came from the barracks gate: "The convoy coming from the distribution center has been attacked, quickly diǎn down!"

Hearing this, Blake immediately did not delay, jumped down with one hand on the edge of the room, and continued to ask while walking quickly into the barracks: "The convoy has been attacked?

Ben was checking the infrared eyepieces, and when he heard Blake say this, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't know the specific situation, just now when I was watching them play cards in the first class, Marić suddenly came over and asked them to assemble urgently, saying that the captain only asked the first class to support the convoy." I thought at the time, although there are 66 people in this base, half of them have not had much contact with the battlefield, and the remaining half of them have been in contact with the battlefield, and a third of them have psychological problems.

Blake is also a person who has not been in contact with the battlefield, he is actually a police officer, according to the order of the state government, he can be counted as paid technical training here, but he also has a task, that is, as a representative of the Ohio government and the judicial department, to supervise the treatment process and effect of Ben's PS, and in two months, Ben can return home and live a normal retirement life.

Two years ago, Ben, who had just returned home from the army in Iraq, disappeared in less than a month, and his family was looking for him everywhere, but there was no news at all, and it was not until February this year that Ben was said from Los Angeles °Cdǐng°Cdiǎn°C Xiao°C,.◆.o↓s_(); Isoki sent back to Ohio. And at that time, in order not to pose a threat to the people around him, those people also deliberately put on a restraint suit for him. Ben's family accepted the Ministry of Defence's agreement to allow Ben to participate in the treatment program in East Africa, and the Ministry of Defense and the local government also reached an agreement that the government department would assign a supervisor for Ben to monitor Ben's inhumanity during the treatment process and to observe Ben's treatment and see if he was fit to return to society after the treatment.

Blake was appointed by the government as a supervisor, but at first, Blake was reluctant to accept the job. Blake had always feared that the government would fire him because of lack of funding, after all, he was black. When he received the order, Blake's understanding of this mission was that the top management wanted to fire them, the black policemen, but they were worried that the blacks would unite to fight, so they gave them such a wither, in order to make them resign themselves.

According to the mission description, Blake knew that the PS treatment plan he was going to receive was jointly researched by the Ministry of Defense and a technology company, and the theme of this plan was to establish a free food rescue system in food-poor areas of Africa, and Ben only had to go through different tasks in this rescue system according to the plan, his PS would be completely cured, and he would no longer be in danger to the people around him after returning to the United States.

Blake has never been to Iraq, he is a street patrolman, but he does know that there are indeed many retired soldiers who will do some inexplicable things because of mental problems, and running away from home is commonplace. He knew that retired soldiers were indeed a time bomb in society, and he even felt that this matter was simply futile.

After all, after treatment, many PS patients seem to be cured on the surface, but they will still show severe PS symptoms again because of emergencies, and the reason why some people are induced PS is also inexplicable. As a police officer, Blake naturally knows more cases than the general public, and some of the cases of re-illness include those who suddenly fell ill again while having dinner with their families, and those who fell ill again while playing baseball with their son......

In addition, Blake is also quite worried about the safety of the mission, after all, the mission area is an area that has been hit by drought for two consecutive years, and the tight food supply has made the surrounding area very chaotic.

But after arriving here, Blake found that everyone was wrong, the security issue was in charge of the mercenaries of the company called Titan, although in the past few months, people who have been treated have gradually begun to take on security tasks, but whether it is the police who are responsible for supervision, or those who are receiving treatment, they should actually be regarded as civilian PS patients, life is very easy, Blake feels safer here than patrolling the streets of the United States, after all, there are not one or two people who want to shoot police guns in the United States.

But this psychological contrast made Blake feel lost, for him to be protected like a child is simply a kind of torment, so Blake is always looking for something meaningful to do.

Black people in Africa also have ethnic differences, perhaps in the eyes of other races, black people are the same, but for them, they can tell which black person is a foreigner at a glance. Just as the Chinese can distinguish between southerners and northerners, but also Japanese and Koreans.

In Africa, the hatred between blacks of different nationalities is far more bloody and violent than people outside Africa can imagine, and naturally shocked the black Americans who came to Africa, and Blake was one of them.

According to the international practice extended by one of the humanitarian agreements reached by the British and German teams at the beginning of World War II, the five kilometers around the humanitarian relief camps were actually safe zones, and at the beginning of the establishment of the ten aid camps in Titan, an agreement had been reached with the local government or warlord forces on the security zone, but less than a month, the security zone could not be maintained. One of the reasons for the most long-term vision is that a tribe feels that it is too far away from the rescue of Diǎn, and the other tribes are close, and after everyone has eaten enough, the people of the other tribes can get a better rest, while their people cannot, in the long run, their tribe will be completely surpassed by the tribes that are closer, and then they will be swallowed up by these tribes, so they have to strike first...... Again, this is a violent incident between a unified people, and at least the vast majority of women are still spared......

In addition, when Titan first considered the rescue base, he also considered separating the rescue area according to different ethnic groups, but the fact was not as good as Titan thought, because of the rescue camp, the various ethnic groups did not have to consider the supply of expeditions, which led them to start a larger-scale vendetta against each other, these people at first still obeyed the rules established by Titan, and laid down their weapons before entering the safe zone, and later, with the large application of the tactics of early robbery and killing of those guarding weapons and those without weapons, the safe zone has existed in name only。

To be precise, if Phoebe hadn't made the decision to start building sub-bases in the interior with ten aid bases, the scale and frequency of vendettas would have increased, which is obviously something that everyone, well, all the people of Titan and those who know about this food aid program, don't want to see.

It was during that period that Blake saw the true state of mind of black Africans, which undoubtedly shocked him greatly, and as Titan's non-scoring base gradually separated several ethnic groups completely, this activity of "killing while supplies are available" was restricted.

At this time, Blake, as a police officer, did play a role, after all, even if he was a patrol officer, he would go to some bloody scenes, and after there were many scenes in Africa, Blake had the idea of studying the composition of African nationalities, because he felt that blacks like him who entered the middle and upper classes of American society were actually not the same race as those gangster blacks and low-level blacks. His home was in a white neighborhood, but as that neighborhood gradually poured into more of the emerging black middle class, the whites adopted a strategy of not being able to afford to hide...... As the proportion of blacks in the community is getting higher and higher, some low-level blacks and gangsters have also followed, and their arrival not only threatens the stable life of the middle class like Black, but also accelerates the speed of the white middle class to evacuate the community.

Blake originally thought that if he voted ****** this year, he might be able to gradually change the white middle class's view of the black middle class, but now, Blake's thinking has changed, and he thinks that the Democratic Party is just a bunch of big fools, they will only give benefits and opportunities, but in fact they are indulging some lazy guys, and they are dragging down those who are willing to work hard.

At the same time, as part of the structure of the American order, Blake's view of the American team and Ben has also changed. Blake has always thought that the U.S. ** team is a thorough **** defender, but now, Blake feels that it is because the United States still has the army that those gangsters dare not completely mess up, they kill foreigners, and at the same time, they are also warning the underworld forces in the country, so that they don't go too far, they are actually maintaining social order in the United States, but in a different way from the police and the judicial system.

So Blake is a little more attentive to Ben's things.,Especially here, the treatment of PS is really very set.,Although Ben is still a little nervous.,But it's not the monster that either suddenly broke out and hurt people.,Or looking for an opportunity to hide in the corner.。

In fact, at the beginning, when there was a vendetta around the base, many people were worried about whether it would affect them, the retired soldiers who were receiving psychological treatment, but what they didn't expect was that none of these people had worsened their condition.

But the good times didn't last long, as the surrounding tribes gradually settled down, as a result, at the end of last month, there was an armed attack on Titan's supply convoy, and the attackers even used RP rockets, and from the analysis of the battlefield images after that, the operator RP is still an experienced veteran, which really makes the police in charge of supervision a little nervous, but retired soldiers like Ben are a little eager to try, but Titan still did not let them participate in support and transportation, and all high-risk work is done by Titan's mercenaries.

Of course, since Titan's use of the Lost System as a camouflage at various bases, the job of standing guard at the base is no longer a high-risk job, but it is divided between the police and retired soldiers.

The last time the convoy was attacked, Titan didn't have a single wounded with the help of a labyrinth system and new bulletproof materials, but the attacking militants were killed more than 30 - it is indeed strange that there were no wounded in the results of the battle, but everyone knows that the attackers killed all the wounded when they withdrew.

However, this in turn proves that Titan can still guarantee zero casualties even in the face of such a vicious enemy, and the performance of the lost man system and new bulletproof materials suddenly reassured many people, and at the same time, their confidence was greatly increased, and many retired veterans even miraculously got better much faster.

The official explanation of Titan is that Blake knows it, because what they are protecting this time is not the interests of capitalists or financiers, but the life-saving food prepared for the victims of the food crisis in Africa, so the Titan mercenaries who stand on the moral high ground have shown such strong combat effectiveness (?), which naturally makes those retired soldiers who have psychological shadows for various reasons feel yearning, and this yearning will also make people's psychology form a strong sense of honor. That's right, many American soldiers got PS, just because the sense of honor in their hearts collapsed.

Ben is one of such soldiers, he admires Titan's mercenaries very much, according to Titan's proposed treatment plan, Ben's psychological problems have been solved, but the soldiers who still have to observe for a while have obtained permission to rearm, and Ben is even more yearning for Titan, he knows that he was over before, and it was Titanus who saved him, so he has an urgent idea of integrating into Titan, which is why he first thought of arming after knowing that the convoy was attacked.

But that's not a bad thing, the last time the convoy was attacked, the attackers were beaten away, but who knows this time? After all, Titan has only had one experience in dealing with small armed conflicts, and has not even fired a shot when it stopped a tribal vendetta before. As a result, Blake sped up his gear, but complained, "God, that's how you want to go to war?"

Ben suddenly laughed and said, "If I was in the original army, I would really have diǎn to worry about, but here, those armed men can't even find us, what else is there to worry about." ”

"I really don't understand that you soldiers, it took a long time to cure the battlefield syndrome, and as a result, one by one you became so fond of the battlefield again......" Blake shook his head with a wry smile.

"What we're doing now is something really meaningful, the supply trucks that have come over are all food supplies for the victims, if they are really snatched or destroyed, if nothing else, the children in the neighborhood will suffer, and you police officers are not enthusiastic about this matter. ”

Blake shrugged his shoulders at Ben's mockery, he had read Ben's psychoanalytic essay Jiàn, Ben didn't go to college, he went to join the army less than half a year after graduating from high school, his language skills have always been not very good, more often Ben speaks very directly, as if he is arguing with someone, but after getting along for a long time, he knows that Ben is not mocking people when he says this, he is just making the most direct refutation of what he just heard.

Blake shook his head and didn't argue with Ben, but asked, "I heard that there was a rocket attack in that attack, did our convoy do any damage?"

Ben shook his head and said: "I don't know yet, but all the transport vehicles have been specially modified, plus there is a reconnaissance system for the lost system, the attacker will be identified before he gets close, and it is estimated that the dǐng is mostly painted and repainted." ”

Blake also put on his personal gear, and when he saw Ben sitting there with a gun, he immediately smiled and said, "What are we going to do next?

Ben sighed and said, "No way, I can't take the gun out of the room without permission, it doesn't matter if you arrive, I'm afraid that the Titan gang will think that I don't obey orders." ”

Blake knew that he was afraid of this, and immediately laughed, those mercenaries in Titan are mainly Germans, and those people are all very kind when they have no tasks, and when they have tasks, they are all rigid and deadly, and after Blake saw them, he always felt that the German ** team was still the one who knew that there was a cliff in front of them, and would kick and walk over the troops according to the order, which was too inflexible.

Blake looked at Ben and asked, "We'll be back home in less than two months, what are you going to do when you go back?"

"I want to go to Boston, or Detroit. Ben said.

"Not going home?" Blake was stunned.

Ben shook his head and said: "The Iraq war has made me lose too much, in fact, Dr. Wilson's analysis is reasonable, seeing the development of my peers makes me feel a little unbalanced, and going home that time is really similar to the new recruits who have just entered the barracks." ”

Blake diǎn diǎn head, he didn't understand this before, but this time he came to Africa to see and hear really benefited him a lot.

Ben added: "To be honest, I want to work at Titan, but they only seem to speak German internally......"

"It seems that the main base is about to launch a professional training program, including language training, haven't you heard?" Blake asked.

Ben sighed again and said, "I heard about it, but my learning ability is not very good, and I barely graduated from high school." In the past, when I participated in non-commissioned officer training in the army, I always couldn't keep up with the ...... in terms of cultural skills."

“…… Who made you start smoking marijuana in elementary school......" Blake pouted, in fact, he knew that this was one of the external temptations that public school students would experience in their formative years, and he had been tempted by people when he was a child, and when it came to this, he hated gangsters even more.

Ben didn't get angry at Blake's revelations, but said, "Indeed, I regret this now, my bastard dad smoked it for me when I was less than two years old, and when he was stared at by the parole officer later, he asked me to buy marijuana for him, and the reward for me was $1 plus one marijuana each time." ”

Speaking of this, Blake identified a little more with Ben, his dad was actually quite a jerk, and he didn't know until his dad was arrested, every day his dad sent him to and from school, and when he went around, it was actually for the purpose of transporting drugs, and the place where the drugs were hidden was in the gloves he used to practice baseball......

The two of them fell silent in unison, and by this time the sunlight outside had completely disappeared, and the light activated by the photosensitive light turned on, and suddenly Ben listened to the outside of the door, and then said, "They actually came back so quickly." ”

Blake listened for a moment but didn't hear anything, just looked at Ben in confusion, Ben suddenly stood up, unloaded all the magazines of the pistol and rifle, and then put the gun in the cabinet, and said, "I can't go out with a gun without permission, you're fine, let's go, let's go and see." ”

Blake diǎn diǎn head, thought about it, also left the rifle behind, the two of them walked out of the barracks one after the other, and met several people running over, seeing the two of them, the head of the man shouted: "Ben, Blake, go back and pack your personal belongings, according to the standard evacuation procedure, we will all leave in two hours." ”

"Jason, what's wrong? Why are we leaving?" I couldn't figure out why they were leaving, and if they did, what would happen to the victims in the surrounding area who were provided with food guarantees?

"Do you remember the last time it was rumored that a militant group attacked the convoy? After that time, Titan specially rented six military satellites to conduct non-stop reconnaissance in our head, and before the battle on the battlefield was over, we traced the origin of the other party, and the other party was indeed ......."

Ben suddenly said angrily: "Fake! Six military satellites are constantly scouting, isn't it true that the last time we stood in a row and played a handjob, they also took a photo of us!?"

Blake: "......"

Jason was also stunned and didn't know what to say, but Ben immediately asked again, "Then where do we retreat?"

"Evacuate completely, and go back to the aid center at the beginning. We're here for humanitarian aid, not for war, but I've heard that the African Military Command wants to hold out for a few days. ”

"A few days, the Pentagon generals want us to be bait!" Ben said hatefully, then turned to Blake and said, "You have to remember this, the Pentagon is indeed going to treat me inhumanely, and I have been retired for four years!"

Blake patted Ben on the shoulder to calm him down, and then nodded to Jason and the others, motioning them to go and busy with them, and then said to Ben: "Don't worry, Titan is a private company, and it goes inland, and the allies' troops are also in this country, even if they really stay, it is estimated that before we can exchange fire, the allies' troops will intercept the attacking troops." ”

Ben was surprised, "You want to stay?"

Blake diǎndiǎn head: "Hmm. ”

"Why?"

"I've heard that the war here has been going on for many years, and I can only hear the reports published by the media in China, and I always feel that the war is caused by the global layout of the U.S. ** team, but this time I came here and saw the tribal vendetta with my own eyes, I realized that some things I thought were too simple, if we can really be bait to lure those radicals out, maybe we can make complex problems simpler. ”

Ben shook his head and said: "Even if you are right, but the people of Titan and the people of the African Military Command can only say how they want them to be, those German mercenaries are very resolute when they carry out the order, and there will be no drag, you also heard it just now, their order is to evacuate according to the standard evacuation procedure, which in the military field means to leave all the ......" Ben said and made a gesture of picking up the houses and facilities on the left and right with both hands, and continued at the same time: " Take all of these things away or destroy them, you know, it's impossible to stay. ”

Blake was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Can't these houses be left for the locals?"

Ben shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't know, but I see that they fought for inexplicable reasons before, if they leave this place intact, they will have a better reason to fight if they don't get it right, don't look at the people here with domestic values, although you have the same skin color, but you are people from two worlds." By the way, although your son can see your 3D image every week, you haven't held him in your own hand for almost three months, and two months to go, don't do anything stupid. ”

“…… Yes, you're right, I'm taking it for granted...... But Titan, they have the ability to maintain order. Blake was a little frustrated.

Ben in turn patted him on the shoulder and said: "Hey, big black man, don't think so much, Titan has done his best for this country, didn't your son go to visit Titan's production line in Detroit, people spend money to buy fresh food raw materials from China, process them into non-perishable food and send them here, and they will be responsible for distributing them to everyone every day, which is much better than what many capitalists do, you have not seen before, some people are killed just because they have food for aid hidden at home." ”

"......" Blake silently diǎn diǎn head.

Ben threw his arm around Blake's neck again, and said as he walked towards the barracks, "It's strange, Christopher, they didn't come back all afternoon, where did they go? ”

"Huh. "Blake couldn't laugh at a heartless guy like Ben.

Ben continued: "Don't say it, the boss of Titan, the one named Phoebe is really powerful, not only runs such a big company, but also develops so many things, and also has a set in PS treatment, and can still make the Pentagon listen to her, I am convinced." Especially the Chinese poker rules that she let everyone learn, it is simply a god, how to say, partner poker. ”

Phoebe did add the Chinese upgrade play to the auxiliary project of ps treatment, after all, one of the characteristics of ps patients is that they cannot accept other people, Phoebe told these people, in the upgrade of this poker rules, everyone must consider the cards that the partner may have, and if necessary, they can even make suicidal actions to create opportunities for teammates, and Phoebe also specifically stipulates that all participants must change teammates frequently, and when teammates and their own ideas are different, they must think carefully about what causes them and their teammates not to make good cooperation。

Although there are many cooperative games in European and American card games, after Phoebe specifically stipulated something, the game of "partner poker" quickly spread to various aid bases in East Africa, and even gradually spread to the troops under the African military department, of course, several branches of Titan also spread, because Phoebe named this rule "partner".

The psychiatric experts of the PS Research Department of the Ministry of Defense also studied it, and they believe that many PS patients do have language and expression disorders, which is one of the reasons for the further aggravation of their condition, and the rules of partner poker make it easier for everyone to communicate with other people in their minds, which helps to get rid of the closed state of mind, so they are also trying to promote this kind of play in various treatment centers in China and military bases abroad.

Especially to the delight of some Americans, we can finally copy the Chinese things again, and the way to use the copycat is more advanced than your original version, because we are partner poker here, and we won't blame our teammates if we don't play well......