Chapter 4 (II) The Real War
"Yo, isn't this Mr. Quinn, the famous King of Arms?" Out of the T-54 tank was an officer-like man in a camouflage uniform, wearing an old-fashioned German steel helmet and carrying an AK100 assault rifle. This black man was at least 1.9 meters tall and very athletic, and after he appeared, the soldiers around him immediately stood up and saluted, with a stern face.
"Oops? This is not an old-fashioned tank lover Ali. Addy? Quinn tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of blood with dirt in it, "I can get the old Pershing, and if you like Sherman, I can bring it to you, but I guess I can't fire shells." β
The black officer named Eddie came down and deliberately kicked Quinn again, then put his chin on tiptoe and looked down, "If I tie you up, will your company trade the T-62 or T-72?" β
As he spoke, Eddie stepped on Quinn's cheek and rubbed it hard, his smile getting brighter as the frequency grew.
"They'll trade a couple of meals of explosives and give my family a big pension." Quinn laughed. "Alright, get up!" Eddie grabbed Quinn by the collar, grabbed him, dragged him to the side of the tank, and whispered, "What are you doing here?" You are not welcome in this country! At the same time, you sell weapons to the government army, us, and the low-level miscellaneous people of the liberation front! β
"Don't get excited, Colonel Add." Quinn pointed to his pocket and pulled out a tissue to wipe his face and the blood that flowed, "It's like a supermarket paper towel that will be sold to the woman who has to pee and the child who has to use the runny nose." There are also men and women who must be used, or chrysanthemum men, who needs to sell to whom, war should be fair, right? You have AK100, so you don't allow them to have AK47, AKM? Then you might as well convince them to commit suicide. β
Add suddenly laughed, "Quinn-Quinn-Quinn- this mouth of yours is going to kill you sooner or later, I know, you are waiting for me here on purpose, right?" But why did you kill my men? β
"Because I want to show my friends what they're really good at, they're new to our company." Quinn pointed sideways at Tang Shuxing and the others, who were still held down in front of the tank, and approached Eddie again. "We will go to the province of Kanga. But we don't have permits, but we are foreigners, we have gun permits, and we can get close to the Kanga Provincial Government Army barracks. Maybe you'll see that Hammeade guy again. In case of...... Our guns went off. What about Hammod who killed him with one shot? β
Eddie stared at Quinn's eyes, his eyes flickering from side to side, and then said, "Quinn." You won't do that, and if you dare to take that risk, you will want something more valuable than gold or diamonds! β
Quinn straightened his clothes, rubbed the blood out of his nose, and said, "Isn't Hammode your mortal enemy?" β
"Just the four of you?" Eddie shook his head and said, "You're joking, you want me to let you go, it's useless, I said last time, if you sell weapons to the liberation front again, I will kill you with my own hands." With that, Add pulled out his pistol and held it against Quinn's head.
"Alright! Before I shoot, though, I have two gifts for you. Quinn was not afraid, took out a small bottle of corpse drugs and manipulation perfume from his coat pocket, and handed it to Eddie, "This is the medicine that strengthens the warrior, and the perfume bottle contains a liquid that can manipulate the strengthened soldier, as long as you spray it on yourself, you can control the strengthening warrior, whether it is your own or the enemy's!" β
Eddie frowned and looked at Quinn, wondering what trick he was playing? But in his heart, he knew that Quinn would not deceive people in weapons and equipment, after all, he was an arms dealer who was willing to be a long-term dealer, not a gangster who played tickets.
Quinn then convinces Eddie to find soldiers to experiment with the same tactics as he did with the Liberation Front in the afternoon, but Eddie asks his men to capture a local who is hiding in the basement, ready to wait for the end of this little war to come out and pick up the rags and sell the hotel waiter.
Consumed necropolic drugs and then shot...... After a series of events, Eddie was also dumbfounded, and finally pulled out the machete of the soldier next to him and cut off the arm of the waiter who had been corpsed, but the other party stood there motionless, just staring at him blankly, without the slightest expression of pain.
"At least 100 percent increase in combat effectiveness." Quinn leaned against the tank and laughed, "I sold this drug to the liberation front as well!" β
Eddie turned around suddenly, looked at Quinn, lifted him, and was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time, at this time Quinn lifted the perfume bottle up, sprayed it towards Eddie's neck, and said: "Colonel Add, don't be so excited, I just sold them formulas and samples, and provided manufacturing technology, but I didn't give them this kind of manipulative perfume that can control the corpse soldiers, I sold it to you......"
Eddie slowly let go of Quinn and shook his head, "I don't believe you." β
Quinn laughed: "Colonel Add, in Astaya, the only group that has a physical body to overthrow the current government is you Golden Frenzy, and the National Liberation Front is just a rabble, I believe you can make this country prosperous and strong......"
Tang Shuxing and the others, who were loosened on one side, understood that Quinn was calculating the two sides, selling corpse drugs to the National Liberation Front, but not selling them the manipulation perfume, but instead selling the manipulation perfume to the Golden Mania. Without manipulating perfumes, the National Liberation Front is just a corpse soldier factory, just providing a steady stream of soldiers to the Golden Frenzy.
It's the same as selling attack drones to Party A, but selling remote control equipment to Party B.
The ape king of the National Liberation Front really has a low IQ, and now it is estimated that he happily took the corpse drug back to ask for credit, and then waited for the technicians of the Shaman Power Company, and then put it into production, and then tested it on the militia, and when the time came, the golden frenzy only needed to send a person with a control perfume to their factory, and the situation could be controlled immediately.
Add's mind was much more flexible than that of the ape king, and after Quinn explained that he had only sold corpse drugs to the National Liberation Front, the first thing he asked was, "How do I know if you sold them this perfume?" β
"Add. I'm an arms dealer, an arms dealer who has been here for many years, you know that if I lie to you I can't leave Astaya at all, I will be killed by you in the most cruel way, I am afraid of death, so I will not lie to you, and I will take my men to assassinate General Hammoded. Quinn said expressionlessly, "If he dies, the government of Khanga Province will be leaderless." You then control the corpse soldiers of the National Liberation Front to carry out the first wave of attacks. After the battle line of the government army is dismantled, the golden frenzy of Butan will be able to fight unimpeded, and maybe it will soon be able to control the whole country. β
"Quinn, what do you want?" Add stared into Quinn's eyes. "I don't want money."
"I just need you to open a pass. Let's arrive in Khanga province in peace. You don't have to worry about the rest. Quinn lowered his head, "One more thing, I need to know if there are any large-scale military operations by government forces in the near future." For example, the attack on the mines of you and the Liberation Front, whether there is any information about the kidnapping and capture of foreigners. β
"Huh-" Eddie laughed, "you're here to rescue the hostages again, aren't you?" Did the government army do it this time? β
"It's true, yes!" Quinn nodded, "And it was General Hammeade's men who did it, which means that now I am on the same front as you and face the same enemy." β
"Waitβ" Eddie left, returned to the tank, and after ten minutes or so, he came out again, and said to Quinn, "A few days ago, the government army attacked a diamond mine controlled by the National Liberation Front, and the foreigner was not caught, but the mercenary captured two alive, and I heard that the mercenary went to save the foreigner, and the foreigner died, died a strange death, and I heard that there was a very magical gem. β
As he spoke, Eddie propped up the tank and sneered, "Quinn, you're here for that gem, right?" β
"Colonel Add, you know, I only care about saving people, and the rest has nothing to do with me, just ask them if you want to." Quinn pointed at Tang Shuxing and the others, "But I have to wait until my mission is completed, otherwise no one will dare to do business with me in the future." β
"Get on the armored vehicles in the back, and I'll take you to the border crossing of Kanga Province, but you have to walk more than ten kilometers of unarmed ceasefire on foot, and it depends on your luck whether it's a blessing or a curse." Eddie said and took the perfume from Quinn's hand, and said, "I want the formula for this perfume." β
"This perfume is enough for you to use for a long time, as for the formula, I'll talk about it after I complete the task!" Quinn said with a smile, "I've got to leave myself a way out, right?" If everything is given to you, and you sell me again, I will die. β
"Sure enough, it's a businessman." Add patted Quinn on the shoulder and motioned for him to get into the armored car.
Quinn waved to Tang Shuxi and the others, got into a BMP3 armored car behind, and crowded with the two soldiers of the golden frenzy, but after getting into the car, Quinn immediately said in Chinese: "Use Chinese, don't talk in English, most of their soldiers can understand English and French, because the British and French have colonized this country in turn." β
After the armored car started, Quinn opened the window and looked outside, and said: "Three, we have three missions after we arrive in Kanga Province, one is to rescue the hostages, the second is to find the blue diamond, and the third is to assassinate General Hammod, the military head of Kanga Province of the government army. β
"Assassination!?" Ji Kefeng was stunned for a moment.
"Assassination of a government general?" Tang Shuxing was also surprised, "This is something that is not planned!" β
"It's the deal!" Quinn looked back and glanced at the two soldiers who couldn't understand them, with a deliberate smile on his face, as if he was telling a joke, "It's just that you can't exchange the perfume for a pass." β
"Mr. Quinn." Gu Huaiyi put the gun on his legs and leaned forward to approach Quinn, "I'm afraid your plan is to make this country break out into a bigger war, right?" You sell corpse drugs to the National Liberation Front, sell control zhΓ¬ perfume to Eddie, and let us assassinate the government general, as soon as he dies, the Golden Frenzy will immediately command the corpse soldiers of the National Liberation Front to attack Kanga Province. β
"Oops, you've found out." Quinn smiled, leaning against the rear side of the armored car, "I'm an arms dealer, there is no war, what am I selling?" I've had a very bad quarter, so I have to find a way. β
"You want to turn this country into a corpse-like drug, right?" Tang Shuxing said for a while, "Because that new type of drug has not yet been a real war, this country that has been war-torn for many years just meets the conditions, and the most important thing is that." The Americans support the government army, the Russians support the golden frenzy, if this war starts, the incident of corpse soldiers will instantly spread all over the world, and then the big countries will definitely discuss this new type of drug with your company in private, no, no, no, then that thing will not be a drug, but a combat concoction, right? β
"Listen." Quinn's gaze swept over the faces of the three of them one by one, "I'm just a representative. You're just expatriates in Shangdu. But I'm in charge of this mission, so we just need to follow the steps and achieve the goal, as for the processes that will assist us in completing these tasks. Inconsequential. It has nothing to do with you. Do you understand? β
There was silence inside the armored car, and there was no sound except for the roar of the engine. It wasn't until an hour later that the three of them became nervous as gunfire and artillery fire rang out outside, and Quinn just casually explained: "Don't worry, in this kind of area, the golden frenzy and the liberation front clash from time to time, and they all firing a few shots and rockets each. β
As soon as Quinn finished speaking, a mortar shell landed next to the armored car, shaking everyone in the car to roll out of their seats and huddle together, and then heard the driver in front of him shouting: "Don't take your head!" β
Stupid Γ to go out and look for death! Tang Shuxing pushed away a soldier whose nose was bleeding, returned to his original seat, and just sat down, another RPG rocket was hit on the right side of the armored car, and the entire body shook violently, and the soldiers next to the armor were immediately stunned, and the armored car then stopped operating, and the sound of flat fire from the machine guns of the two tanks in front and behind could be heard, and the driver of the armored car was heard shouting: "Get out!" All out! They have incendiary bombs! Damn it! β
As soon as he finished speaking, two more mortar shells fell around the armored car, and a golden maniac soldier opened the car door and rolled out, and as soon as he rolled out, he was hit in the chest by two bullets and fell to the ground and died, and Ji Kefeng, who was following him, was just about to go out, and immediately shrank back when he saw this - he knew that this was not an anti-drug mission, this was a real battlefield!
Quinn stepped forward and kicked Ji Kefeng out, and then he also ran out, dragging Ji Kefeng to hide behind the tank, and shouted to Tang Shuxing and Ji Kefeng who rushed over: "This BMP3 armored car is not equipped with reactive armor and fence armor, the chassis can't carry an anti-tank mine, the side armor is too thin, two RPGs can open an opening, stay in it is looking for death!" You all follow me, don't shoot at random, don't get involved in their conflicts, now head north and take cover along the way! β
With that, Quinn plunged headlong into the grass of the wasteland next to him, crawling forward at great speed. Tang Shuxing and Gu Huaiyi followed, Ji Kefeng was a little slow, and wanted to ask why he wanted to enter the kind of grass pile with almost no protection ability, the tank next to him opened fire, and the sound of the cannon shook him to the ground, his eyes began to dizzy, and his head was too heavy to lift up, Tang Shuxing quickly turned around and climbed back, dragging him into the grass.
Quinn in front stopped, shook his head and looked at Ji Kefeng, who was stunned, and waved his hand to signal them to hurry up and climb towards the other end of the wasteland, because the soldiers of the liberation front on the right had already fired incendiary bombs with mortars, and the wasteland on the right had already burned, and the fire would soon spread to the wasteland on the left.
The Golden Frenzy soldiers on the road fought back in an orderly manner towards the militia of the Liberation Front who attacked them, but one of the two armored vehicles had been destroyed, and the remaining engine had been blown up from above by a mortar, losing the ability to maneuver, and the driver of the car immediately ran out, knowing that staying inside was just a live target for an RPG.
"These idiots! Advance in a line, thinking that the wasteland with a flat river on both sides can't hide people, feint on the left to attract attention, and then use an RPG salvo on the right to finish it directly! Fortunately, it was only an infantry attack, and if there were helicopter gunships on the liberation front, it would only take one round of attack tanks and armored vehicles to be paralyzed! Quinn cursed as he crawled, then stood up and ran forward, "Run!" Run towards the edge of the trees in front of you, don't run in a straight line, change the S-shaped and Z-shaped routes, and be aware of the lack of water or humid areas around! β
The four of them ran wildly in the direction of the woods on the wasteland, during which stray bullets continued to graze their scalps, and the tank fire continued, but judging from the explosion, the loader seemed to have loaded the armor-piercing shells, and the guns of the liberation front soldiers on the other side of the road were not completely aimed at them, and the only threat to them now was the wildfire that spread in all directions.
When they reached the mouth of the woods, the four of them collapsed to the ground panting. Each of them found simple cover, even if they were a hundred meters away, and from time to time bullets hit the branches and the ground, Tang Shuxing had to simply lie on the ground and watch with a telescope.
The two armoured vehicles were all paralyzed, and the remaining two tanks separated, one facing forward and the other detouring from the right, trying to take out the militia of the liberation front who had attacked them, and now the only advantage of the militia in the wilderness was gradually lost due to the crushing of the tanks.
Two tanks run over the wildfires that extinguish all the way. Other soldiers followed. Under the cover of tanks, they constantly advanced towards the positions of the liberation front.
"Damn it, it's horrible." As Tang Shuxing was talking, the machine gunner on the tank on the left was shot indiscriminately, and he was shot in the chest, neck, and skull. He fell to one side. A soldier in the rear of the tank immediately jumped on it. Dragging his body out, he manipulated the machine gun and continued to fire, but was hit by a bullet again within a few tens of seconds.
Tang Shuxing and Ji Kefeng, who had never seen such a scene, lay there stupidly and watched. I was stunned by the real battlefield in front of me. What is the experience of the Gu Hunting Ground compared to the large-scale killing in front of us now? This is the battlefield, and no one knows if they will be killed by random gunfire in the next second.
"Look at this, the battle will be over soon." Ji Kefeng put down the binoculars.
"That's right." Quinn took off the folding shovel pinned to the outside of the backpack and motioned for the others to take it off as well, "There are tanks here, no matter what, there is an advantage, again it is also T-54, the number of RPGs on the liberation front is not enough to destroy them at once, but the crisis we have to face right now is not this, but the surrounding wildfires, dig a pit, everyone!" β
"Dig a pit?" Ji Kefeng asked puzzled, but saw that Gu Huaiyi had already dug up with a folding shovel.
Quinn explained while digging: "Don't underestimate the wildfires in the African wilderness, no matter how fast our legs and feet are, we can't outrun the speed of wildfires, and the only labor-saving and safe way is to dig out the underground wetlands, normally about one and a half meters of dug up." β
Ji Kefeng also dug hard and asked, "Shouldn't we just dig up the grass around us?" β
Tang Shuxing glanced at him, not refuting his face, and said in a low voice: "There is fire on all sides, the pit is shallow and small, we will not be burned to death, but will be roasted alive and smothered, you see that there are trees and half-human-high weeds all around." β
"It's close to noon, the sun is blazing, and the sun is shining down, which completely adds fuel to the fire!" Gu Huaiyi didn't want to see Ji Kefeng.
Ji Kefeng was very embarrassed, in fact, he should have thought of these things originally, but he hadn't recovered from the time when Shang Du almost fell into Yu Xin's trap.
The four of them wielded shovels and dug desperately, but the soil here was too dry, digging down about twenty centimeters was still dry soil, and after digging down for a full one and a half meters, they saw the slightly damp soil below.
When Tang Shuxing raised his head again, he found that the sea of wildfire was about to spread to him, and unfortunately, it didn't blow early or late, but at this time, gusts of wind began to blow, and when the wind blew, the wildfire burned faster and more fiercely.
"Hurry up! It's time to get there! Tang Shuxing shouted and continued to dig.
As soon as he shouted like this, the others wiped their sweat and looked over, and found that the wildfire was only about ten meters away from them, so they had to grit their teeth and desperately expand the range, at least squatting down the four of them.
"That's it! All right! Fold up your shovels and step on them and jump in! Quinn was the first to jump in, and then untied the kettle on the side of his backpack and began to pour it from his head, while pouring the back of his hand, "Water the exposed skin, don't feel sorry for the water!" β
The other three jumped down and did the same, and then everyone gathered around the center of the tunnel, looking at the small trees and shrubs that were already burning, and if they stayed outside, they would surely be burned to death immediately.
"This fate is saved!" Quinn smiled against the other three, swallowed his saliva, poured the last few drops of water from the kettle on his tongue, swallowed greedily, and then closed his eyes to recuperate, "Wait, at least an hour before there is relief around us, it will take hours to wait for these wildfires to be completely extinguished, take the opportunity to rest, we still have a long way to go." (To be continued......)
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