Chapter 25 (I) The Grounds for War
In the face of Hawke's questioning, Ji Kefeng had the urge to drag him directly into the river and drown, and when no one answered, Andrew took the lead in expressing his position, and it was impossible for him to agree.
"I refuse." Andrew's expression was resolute, "Mr. Hawke, you should understand that I am different from them, I am a UN officer, if I agree to be 'friends' with the CIA, once the matter is exposed, it will not only violate the confidentiality code, but also cause unnecessary international disputes!" β
Hawke nodded in understanding, then looked at the others, though he was also interested in what was happening in Astaya for a certain part of the United Nations.
"I agree......" Gu Huaiyi looked at Hawke and slapped his palm, "But it's just me, I can't speak for anyone else." β
Tang Shuxing raised his hand: "I also agree." "Can they get out if they don't agree? No.
Ji Kefeng and Tian Yehan saw that Tang Shuxing agreed, so they had to nod, they understood that Tang Shuxing was a person who knew how to do business to be cost-effective, as long as he dared to nod, it meant that he was confident and knew how to deal with it.
"Thank you very much, but I have to say in advance that I will not direct your actions, I will only get information from you, and if there is any military action or arrest that involves you, I will let you know in advance." Hawke said and turned to go into the water, "You are just helping me, you are not threatened by me, you are subject to me, I hope you understand." β
All right! You bastard who robbed while the fire was burning and said that he was so obedient! Tang Shuxing smiled at him, and then began to cross the river with the others.
Ji Kefeng was in the water as if he had returned to his territory. Without waiting for the others to agree, he first swam to the opposite bank with Andrew, and then took Hawk with him, except for Gu Huaiyi, he brought everyone to the opposite bank, and it only took a few minutes, and Gu Huaiyi also quickly crossed the river with freestyle.
Hawke looked at Ji Kefeng, who was swimming faster than a dolphin in the water, in fact, from the time Tang Shuxing jumped out of the helicopter and rushed towards the armed pickup, and finally solved the four people, Hawke knew that this group of people was not simple. Things inside Shandu were far more complicated than he had imagined.
"Something. When we arrive safely in Somalia, we will tell you that it is very valuable information. Gu Huaiyi patted Hawke's shoulder and raised his eyes to look at the war-torn Alanya in the distance. Let's go. We'll have to go through that place full of death traps. β
On the way to Alanya. From time to time, you can see people who have been shot, and you can see seven or eight corpses almost 100 meters away, but very few of them are military or militants. Almost all of them were civilians, mostly women and children, and most of them had been abused by the attackers and were naked in the wilderness.
The bodies were littered with clothes and other worthless and useless items, and the attackers took what they needed, and it was impossible to tell which faction did it, because in war-torn areas, most of those who were left alone without the flight of the refugees would end up like this.
Andrew, Hawke, Tian Yehan and Gu Huaiyi have long been accustomed to this kind of scene, but Tang Shuxing and Ji Kefeng are still very uncomfortable when they look at them, because the killing methods of these attackers are too cruel, almost all of them are tortured and killed, even two or three-year-old children are not spared, just looking at their ears, they seem to be able to hear the screams and wails of these people before they die, as well as the crazy laughter of the murderers.
"Man is a naturally aggressive animal." Tian Yehan looked around and said, "In a country that enjoys peace, there are a large number of people who advocate war and look forward to going to the battlefield with guns in the next second. β
"That's because they've never experienced a real war." Andrew said coldly, "Even if you let them witness the war slaughter, they won't feel cruel, they will only think it's cool, and they think that the best way to get something is to kill the other party and then snatch it, because it's not them who are hurt." β
"Have you ever witnessed a massacre?" Hawke looked sideways at the others, "Many people have spent their lives studying for the sake of what should be wars, different peoples?" Different skin tones? Different faiths? Or, as Tian Yehan said, in the final analysis, humans are aggressive animals...... Somalia had two small warlords, originally allies, because each of their flags chose colors that the other hated and quarreled over this, which eventually turned into an armed conflict. β
The two warlords each found a high-sounding reason to go to war, one side said that the other side was not really thinking about the people of their own territory, and the other side said that the other side oppressed the people and imposed heavy taxes, so they fought, and the final winner won after paying a huge price, and also captured many of the other party's soldiers, and after sending some of the healthy captives to the mines to work as hard labor, the remaining group of people were blindfolded and caught up with the pedal of the crusher at the end.
"What is a crusher? It's the kind of mine that crushes stones. Speaking of this, Hawke stopped, looked at the corpse of a child in front of him, leaned over and covered the child with a white cloth, half-crouched there, and continued, "The captives were thrown into the crusher one by one, and there was not even a little screaming except for the sound of mincing flesh and bones, because before you had time to shout, the head was crushed, but the strange thing is that after smashing more than 40 people, the crusher actually broke down, is it weird?" A crusher capable of crushing hundreds of tons of stone can be damaged by grinding people's bodies. β
It was 1993, when the situation in Somalia was at its most turbulent, and the United Nations sent a peacekeeping force to investigate, and Hawke was among them, and when they saw the machine, and the flesh and bones everywhere outside the machine, they were so shocked that they couldn't say a word, and after learning the ins and outs, the arrested executioner who used the shredder claimed that he didn't understand what kind of machine could break down? Otherwise, they can kill all the remaining captives in a short time.
"At the time, I was also wondering what kind of machine would break." Hawke got up and walked forward, "When I got home, I told my wife about it, and my wife replied that the machine could shatter the body, but it couldn't completely shatter the human soul, and the 40 or so people used their souls to stop the machine from working. β
Saying that, Hawke shook his head with a wry smile: "It's so fucking ridiculous to go to war because you hate the color of the other party's flag." β
"Ridiculous?" Gu Huaiyi smiled and followed behind Hawke, "I have never found that a war is not ridiculous, but while people commemorate the war and pray for peace, they will always whitewash their reasons for going to war, so that the war that has killed thousands of people looks helpless and necessary in the eyes of everyone." β
The others were silent, and everyone remained silent for more than an hour, and finally when they approached the road in the city of Alanya, Gu Huaiyi suddenly walked in front of everyone, looked at everyone backwards and said, "Let me ask you, do you know how the people in this world can stop killing each other and maintain the form of unity?" β
Maybe it's tired, or maybe it's because everything you see along the way has already made everyone speechless, and no one can talk.
Tang Shuxing walked to Gu Huaiyi's side and said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, we have officially entered the combat zone, and now we have to take it step by step." β
As if he hadn't heard what he said, Gu Huaiyi turned around and jumped on the top of the wreckage of a burned car, and stretched out his arms like a speech to look at the people around him: "There is only one way, and that is to use an all-out war to end the war between countries and regions!" β
"Crazy manβ" Ji Kefeng frowned and continued to walk forward, Tian Yehan also shook his head and followed him away.
Andrew, Hawke, and Tang Shuxing stood next to the wreckage of the car, looked at Gu Huaiyi above, and motioned for him to come down and move on.
"You think I'm ridiculous? Do you think that an all-out war is the end of a conflict, a war or a war? Gu Huaiyi nodded, "Yes, but the person who started this all-out war, he will regard all mankind as enemies, he has no conflict with others, he just wants to kill all the people in this world, at that time, the world is in crisis, and the people who are hostile to each other in the world suddenly have a common enemy, the situation war will end, and there will be no more ethnic and religious conflicts, everyone will join hands to fight the only enemy!" β
Andrew raised his eyebrows, raised his feet and left, Hawke just smiled: "Interesting." Then he left.
"Hey, what you mean is that aliens have appeared, to destroy the earthlings, and then the whole world will join forces to fight them." Tang Shuxing held the Dragon Lin Blade and shook his head, "However, have you ever thought about what will happen if all countries and regions work together to defeat this enemy?" Do you think humanity will maintain permanent peace as a result? No, no, after the common enemy has been repulsed or destroyed, the old war will continue. β
"Noβ" Gu Huaiyi's face changed, "they can't defeat that enemy, and he will maintain eternal victory until humanity learns how to be truly peaceful." β
"You're sick." Tang Shuxing pointed around, "Look around here, this land has been fighting since there were human beings, who the has learned after so many years?" In another hundred years, this hellish place will still be the same! Someone will always start a war for some ridiculous reason, don't get hot, let's go! β
Gu Huaiyi squatted down with a smile, looking at the telephone poles full of gunholes on both sides of the road, the charred corpses sitting among the wreckage of the car, and the women lying behind the trailer full of bullet holes and holding babies in their arms, this is not purgatory on earth, but a real hell.
Although Gu Huaiyi had seen this kind of hell a lot, the throbbing thing in his chest still had a faint pain right now.
"Only walking corpses who completely obey orders will not kill each other." Gu Huaiyi muttered to himself, jumped out of the car, and followed Tang Shuxing, who was walking slowly in front. (To be continued......)