Chapter 168: War Dividends

An Feng looked at Fanny with disdain, with a disdain of "you asked a stupid question".

Fanny began to make up for it automatically, she thought that An Feng had gotten some kind of scoop clue in advance, so she quietly pulled her to this wilderness, waiting for an opportunity to "meet by chance". She thought that An Feng cared about her career very much, as for how the other party got this news......

No, you can't ask, when the Supreme Court asked the Watergate reporters to name "Deep Throat," the two reporters insisted, and the Federal Court was helpless to do anything about it because they were "silent according to the law."

Therefore, it is indeed a stupid question to know how An Feng got the inside information. An Feng didn't need to answer at all.

But how did I get unconscious? How did I get here? What have you done to me? You don't have ...... Well?

Fanny has the right to know all of the above, but as the opposite convoy gets closer and closer, Fanny feels that these problems are not urgent, she rolls her eyes, and quickly touches her body: "My interview card, my camera, ah, we should actually have a camera......"

An Feng pointed to the back of the Humvee: "Camera? Yes. I've got everything for you. ”

After all, the reporter's professional habits prevailed, Fanny rushed over and hugged An Feng, kissed him heavily, and then jumped briskly onto the road, took off the scarf around her neck, and began to wave it at the opposite side, while greeting An Feng: "Take out my press card and camera......

The convoy on the opposite side saw Fanny scurrying to the side of the road, and the whole convoy paused slightly. The first few cars picked up speed and quickly approached Fanny. Without waiting for the other party to speak, Fanny hurriedly showed her press card and spoke like a cannon: "Aha, my boyfriend and I were watching the sunrise here, and I happened to meet you." Where are you going, it's rare to have such a big operation after the war, can I cover it with the car? ”

After a pause, Fanny straightened up her face and said, "The public has the right to know. We have to let the public know where their tax dollars are spent. ”

The squad leader in the pioneer car turned over the press card handed over by An Feng, and immediately bowed his head and asked the commander behind him for instructions in the walkie-talkie. After a while, as the motorcade rumbled in, an armored personnel carrier with a star emblem came to a halt on the side of the road, and a thirty-year-old man jumped out of the car - this guy was obviously a fan of General Patton, with his shirt's ironed pants straight seams and a large cigar in his mouth, he waved at Fanny arrogantly and introduced himself: "I am Temporary Brigadier General of the Flemon State National Guard." What a coincidence, this time we were given an urgent mission on a temporary basis, a secret operation, and since it was such a coincidence, we met a reporter...... I will allow you to travel with you for the interview. ”

His Excellency the Brigadier General firmly believed that this was a coincidence, and that he had been called by the phone in the middle of the night, and then accepted the order to attack. And the pair of men and women on the opposite side are covered in dew, look at this, these two people probably want to be romantic, play field battles and play car shocks...... It's nice to be young.

At this time, An Feng was busy in the back of the Humvee, he rushed to the car to take out a camera, in front of the temporary brigadier general, and brought a flying towel to cover the sand and dust - this must be in person. Otherwise, the army will suddenly see a masked man appear, and they will not be able to help but pull the trigger.

In addition to the flying towel on his face, An Feng also took off the gold-rimmed myopia glasses and replaced them with a pair of big sunglasses - this must be fashionable, must be luxurious, and must be ...... It's enough to scare the soldiers and the officers.

He wears German Rothes eyewear, the world's most expensive and luxurious custom eyewear brand, all handmade. Of course, the shape of the glasses on the bridge of An Feng's nose is very simple, neither diamond-inlaid nor gold-plated, but simply colored metal frames, and the ear clips of the frames are also very inconspicuous white buffalo horns.

All right...... An Feng's pair of glasses reached the bridge of his nose, and the soldiers and officers couldn't understand its value and rarity, and Fanny, who often deals with luxury goods, immediately scolded in a low voice: "This is shameful...... Playboy.

One of the most famous frames of Rotes is the white buffalo horn frame, which can be used to make glasses, and is only produced in southern Germany and is rare and valuable. White buffalo horn has to go through 130 physical and chemical processes before it is actually made into a frame, and after it is made, it is not really valuable in the eyes of ordinary people, but people who know how to appreciate it are willing to pay sky-high prices, which is one of the reasons why Lotus glasses are rare and expensive.

It is said that the simplest pair of Lotus glasses, polishing a single temple, requires a craftsman to work on it for more than 3 days. The smallest of Rotes' screws cost a few hundred yuan, all made of platinum, and each one can be turned into a beautiful stud earring. Each pair of Lotus glasses uses only the original platinum screws. After the manual soldering, it is a long polishing, and the solder joints are not visible on the Lotus glasses, which is natural and almost perfect.

The metal frames of Rost glasses are mostly made of colored metal, which is smelted into an alloy with various components of metal, and the color of the frame is completely metallic, and the density of each square millimeter is up to 3 times that of all other glasses. And the higher the density, the more delicate and textured......

But Fanny didn't know that this pair of glasses was actually a copycat version, which was a video glasses made in the shape of Rotes. As soon as this pair of glasses was put on, An Feng's entire face was hidden under the curtain. Then, he pointed the camera at the brigadier general in a very professional manner, and the brigadier general, who originally wanted to ask a few words, subconsciously straightened his clothes and spoke to the camera: "We received a tip last night that there was a fierce exchange of fire on the outskirts of Tikrit, and the scale of the battle was equivalent to a small war. It is said that ......"

The Brigadier General hesitated, an embarrassed look appeared on his face, and Fanny hurriedly caught up: "What is it said, Your Excellency Brigadier General, please continue." ”

The brigadier general opened his mouth in a slurching voice: "It is said that the reason for the exchange of fire is to fight for the spoils of war......"

Fanny's eyes lit up immediately: "Scandal, the previous reporter who reported on the prisoner abuse scandal became a big star, and now I am so lucky to catch up with another coalition scandal and get this exclusive report, and this year's Pulitzer Prize hopefully nominated." Hmph, who said fashion journalists can't cover the news - look at me"

Then, however, His Excellency the Brigadier General did not want to say more, and he warmly invited Fanny to sit in his command car: "Fanny Davis, is it?" Let's get to the scene early, we've already been delayed too much. ”

The brigadier turned to the masked man An Feng: "You also get in the car, then who, you go and drive the reporter's car and follow the convoy." ”

Fanny followed the brigadier into the car and immediately started the interview in the car, while An Feng, as her assistant and her photographer, competently fulfilled his obligations. His Excellency the Brigadier General saw that An Feng was professional, and he didn't pay attention, but forgot to ask An Feng's identity - he thought that An Feng was really the New York Times videographer brought by Fanny

The convoy was moving, and at dawn it was quiet on the outskirts of Tikrit, with no gunfire or explosions. This is because the fighting has subsided long before dawn. One hundred and ten surviving Aquaman's fork mercenaries, bound like a piece of wood in plastic handcuffs, were neatly stacked in the barn clearing. The broken gates, the discarded guns in the courtyard, and the craters formed by the explosion of the bombs show the fierceness of the battle......

The soldiers led by the brigadier general entered the barn compound without resistance, and he immediately commanded the soldiers to occupy the commanding heights everywhere...... Of course, he has to tidy up his clothes in front of the camera from time to time, and the tone of the order has an obvious performance component.

When the brigadier general came to the front of the convoy and ordered the soldiers to open the three container doors at the front, all the people present took a breath of cold air - what they saw was bundles of small denominations neatly stacked in the container truck.

Three container trucks were full, and the fourth container truck had only a little space left.

Following the traces of the fighting, some people went deep into the bomb shelters, where they found hundreds of millions of dollars in change that had not yet had time to be taken away from the warehouses, as well as some Arabic art in various containers.

The brigadier general expressed his opinion on An Feng's camera: "At three o'clock in the morning, we received a report that there was an exchange of fire here, and it is said that the two sides of the exchange of fire were to grab a batch of loot, and we mobilized eleven companies to stop the exchange, and these ...... were discovered."

At this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly erupted behind the Brigadier General, and Fanny and the Brigadier General shrank in fright, and the surrounding soldiers immediately lay down and looked around looking for their target. Only An Feng, with the camera on his shoulder, was still standing there, recording all the images, including the soldiers' knee-jerk reactions.

The gunfire rang out for a while, and the cavity of the tunnel amplified the gunfire, but soon the gunfire subsided. The on-board communication equipment was filled with the shouts of soldiers: "Safety, safety." ”

When the brigadier general stood up in embarrassment again, several messengers came running from behind and reported loudly to the brigadier general: "Your Excellency, we have found several welded doors, the traces of electric welding on the doors are new, the soldiers used cutters to cut the welded deadbolts, and found that there were living people inside, but they immediately shot at us...... At the moment, we have taken control of the situation and the resistance of the other side has been broken......"

After a pause, the soldier continued to report: "We found seven prisoners alive, and in addition, in several houses welded to death, more than forty soldiers were found suffocated by lack of oxygen......"

The soldier whispered the name of a security company, then continued, "They are mercenaries of this security company. ”

The brigadier general waved his hand: "Rescue immediately, ask about the battle situation, and whether the quartermaster has counted the supplies." ”

Fanny keenly grasped the other party's words, and immediately asked: "Your Excellency, the side of the firefight seems to have been clarified, it seems to be the Sea King Fork Security Company." Can you tell us about your guess, it's just a guess, just tell me what you think. ”

The brigadier general hesitated, and said, "By the time we arrived, the firefighting had already subsided. We don't know when the firefight subsided, only the wounded soldiers of the Neptune Security Company and the survivors of their company were left on the battlefield, and we still don't know who they are on the other side of the firefight. However, judging from the weapons at the scene of the firefight, they used American-made weapons.

If I had to guess, I would guess that by the time we came, the fighting side had taken control of the situation, and the mercenaries of the Sea King Security Company had all been disarmed. But because we came so fast that the victors did not have time to enjoy their spoils - yes, I make this guess because, from the cessation of the firefighting, aerial reconnaissance did not detect convoys leaving on the ground, nor did large armed groups withdraw from the area. ”

Fanny immediately grabbed the other party's words again: "Your Excellency, you mean that when you received the tip, someone passed the news to both sides of the firefight at the same time, so the victors of this firefight carried out an emergency retreat, and you did not catch their tails. ”

Brigadier General's face was very calm: "That's right, I guess that's the case." You know, if the victor in the firefight is also a security company, there is no secret to them about the actions of our coalition forces, our information is shared with them, they are hired by the military, and they have the right to know any military movements. ”

Fanny asked, "So, you've already determined that the other side of the crossfire is also a security company."

The brigadier general stretched out his finger and pointed at An Feng: "Can you turn off the camera?" ”

An Feng immediately obediently turned off the camera and put the camera at his feet. The brigadier general tilted his head and beckoned Fanny and An Feng: "Let's go and see Saddam's collection together." You are lucky enough to have broken into this battlefield. According to the rules of the battlefield: who occupies, who owns. ”

The Brigadier General said this very vaguely, but in fact he was talking about the unspoken rule of the army: personal seizures belong to themselves

This is the battlefield, and no one asks the soldiers to return the captured spoils to the public, and then the leaders and subordinates enjoy the "publicly" spoils.

Soldiers shed their blood, they are not cannon fodder, they are not consumables, they have the right to keep their "war dividends".

Fanny hesitated, squirmed, and unconfident as the brigadier general entered the bomb shelter warehouse. The quartermaster was counting the boxes of change inside, and his eye was so focused that he couldn't see many soldiers slipping stacks of bills into their pockets.

There are billions of change here, how much money can the soldiers have in the stack of change in their pockets? Five thousand, or ten thousand? Therefore, even if there are many soldiers, it is just a small amount of money that is not worth mentioning.

The brigadier general did not approach the change locker, he led Fanny to the artwork locker. The boxes containing the artworks had been opened, and the soldiers counted them while carrying small items in their pockets. The brigadier general stood a few steps away from the container, touched his chin and encouraged Fanny: "Go, choose a souvenir, you are also a participant in this war." You have the right. ”

: Today's double watch, there will be another chapter later. I heard that it's a double monthly pass now, ask for support, ask for tickets for comfort, ask for all kinds of tickets, it's the New Year, is there a red envelope?