Lao He's polite refusal did not surprise Liu Ziguang too much, but understood the meaning of his words, since there is no motivation for false fame, that is to say, only real profit can make Lao He interested, he was just about to speak, suddenly there was a dense burst of gunfire in the distance, followed by the sound of explosions, and it was very close to the hotel.

Liu Ziguang immediately turned off the electric lights in the restaurant, several people got up and quickly closed the curtains, only opened a gap to observe the situation outside, in the dark city, I don't know who is engaged in a firefight, tracer bullets are flying around in the night, the muzzle flame of the large-caliber machine gun is particularly eye-catching, the gunfire is getting denser and denser, and it is mixed with the loud sound of shell explosions.

"It's mortars, and they're using heavy weapons." Liu Ziguang said.

The situation was urgent, Arthur Jr. was immediately escorted to the basement of the hotel, and the man with the gun came to the courtyard to assist the army in defense, the fence of the San Juan Hotel was very high, and there was a power grid on it, and there were horses and sandbags at the gate, and a platoon of black soldiers were lying behind the sandbags and holding automatic rifles nervously, their faces were covered with sweat, and a small officer fired a flare into the air every five minutes to observe the situation at the entrance of the hotel.

The flare radiated a scorching light in mid-air, illuminating the night as if it were day, the open space in front of the hotel was quiet, no one launched an attack, the exchange of fire was mainly carried out in the main city of San Juan, that is, the dense area of the Wendu people, and Chen Martin and Li Jianguo's Royal Second Brigade was stationed there, Liu Ziguang tried to contact Li Jianguo with a walkie-talkie, but he was disturbed and could not be contacted, due to the weak defense of the hotel, the urban area was in a state of power outage, no one dared to act rashly, In this way, he held a gun until dawn.

A round of red sun rose from the east, the gunfire gradually subsided, Liu Ziguang left a team of people to guard the hotel, personally led a few people to drive to the city center, all the way only to see bullet casings all over the ground, many houses were burned down, the ruins are still curling green smoke, but surprisingly, after a night of fighting, there is not even a corpse on the ground.

found a black soldier and asked him to take him to the temporary headquarters of the Royal Second Brigade, where Li Jianguo and Chen Martin were there, and the two told Liu Ziguang about yesterday's battle.

In the evening, when Martin Chen led people to clean up the ruins of the palace and bury the dead, he was suddenly attacked by a group of armed thugs, who drove pickup trucks, wore civilian clothes, attacked the army with machine guns and bazookas, and then turned around and ran, Martin Chen lost several of his subordinates on the spot, and the angry soldiers believed that this was done by the Wendu militia, and they had to shoot the Wendu prisoners to vent their anger, but these prisoners were locked up in the prisoner camp of Major Jones, and the enlightened white people naturally refused the non-sub-demand of the Caye soldiers, While they were arguing, the walls of the camp were suddenly smashed open by a truck, and most of the prisoners fled, with only a few killed on the spot.

That night, San Juan was plunged into the chaos of war, due to the lack of lighting conditions, and neither side had the courage to fight at night, so they each opened fire in their positions, firing in the general direction, and so they slipped and slipped all night, consumed a lot of ammunition, and the casualties were zero.

Liu Ziguang didn't think it was strange at all, fighting in Africa was this kind of tune, Li Jianguo spent a lot of time training them, and the proudest achievement was that the soldiers of the Royal Second Brigade finally stopped closing their eyes when they fired, as for the other untrained militiamen, they still did what they wanted when they were fighting, and the posture of shooting was strange, and they liked to pull the trigger to the end, and dance in the street when they hit the head, and the war was just a carnival for them.

As he was talking, a jeep drove to the door, and it was Major Jones who got out of the car, the major's eyes were blue, and he seemed to have not slept all night, and he proposed straight to the point, since San Juan had been taken and the new king had ascended the throne, even if the terms of the contract had been completed, they could now take the money and leave.

The new king is just a child, and the parliament is also an empty shelf that has just been established, Major Jones can only find Martin Chen, the nominal highest official in the whole of Western Sadamoa, to coordinate this matter, and where does Martin Chen have the money to settle the bill for them, the two suddenly quarreled, the second royal brigade and Faulkner's mercenaries have long had a grudge, plus yesterday's killing incident, without a few words of quarrel, they were tense and drew their guns again.

Liu Ziguang, who had not spoken, stepped forward and pressed the guns in the hands of Martin Chen and Major Jones, took Major Jones's shoulders and walked aside and asked in a low voice, "Is this your personal opinion or the opinion of all of you?" ”

Major Jones said: "The colonel is dead, and everyone has no confidence in this war anymore, and for us, the contract is done, the war is over, understand?" ”

Liu Ziguang said: "That means that you don't plan to avenge the colonel?" ”

"It was the Predator drone that killed the colonel, we all understand what that means, it's a powerful force that we simply can't fight against, so, the game is over, no one wants to continue fighting the battle of the son of a bitch in this boring place, that's all."

Major Jones spread his hands, a little emotional, his mood Liu Ziguang fully understood, Colonel Faulkner is not only the leader of this gang, but also their spiritual leader, now that the colonel is dead, their will to fight has also collapsed, and with the exile of Kuba, the enemy has become more and more illusory, and the extermination of those elusive militias in San Juan is like a nightmare for the mercenaries, so this group of people can not be counted on.

"Well, I understand you perfectly, Major, your men can be evacuated, and as for the salary, I will pay you for them, dollars or euros are your choice." Liu Ziguang said.

"Thank you." Major Jones breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his right hand to Liu Ziguang.

"I also offer a service where weapons and equipment can be sold to me at a discount after you leave." Liu Ziguang said as he held Jones' hand.

"No problem."

After sending Major Jones away, Liu Ziguang returned to Martin Chen, stared at him in the eyes and said, "Martin, maybe you should step down from the post of commander of the Royal Second Brigade." ”

Martin Chen's eyes widened: "Why?" ”

"Because there is a heavier burden on you, the country needs a prime minister, and I think only you are the most suitable now."

Martin Chen's eyes widened: "Prime Minister! You're not kidding, are you? ”

Western Sadamoa is an unlimited monarchy, the king is not only the head of state, but also the head of politics, this backward system inevitably leads to political **, which is why Kuba can easily overthrow the king, after a civil war, institutional reform is already a matter of arrows, the most likely is a constitutional monarchy, the elected prime minister to govern the country, but that is the distant future, suddenly a prime minister's hat buckled on his head, how can he not surprise Martin Chen.

"But I don't have any experience." Martin Chen said with a slight stutter.

"It doesn't matter, there is no experience to learn, haven't you never been a brigade commander before, extraordinary times should be dealt with by extraordinary means, the current chaotic situation, holding a national election is obviously not suitable and impractical, I would like to ask His Majesty the King to appoint you as the extraordinary prime minister, temporarily take over the government, form a cabinet, exterminate the rebels and bandits, rebuild the country, Martin, you have to bravely shoulder this responsibility and do everything with your heart."

Liu Ziguang's sincere words made Chen Martin deeply convinced, today's Western Sadamoa can be described as dire and dire, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt, taking over the post of prime minister at this time, what awaits him is not glory and wealth, but challenges and sacrifices, he was silent for a while, and suddenly raised his head and said: "I am willing to be the prime minister." ”

The Prime Minister's inauguration ceremony was simpler than Arthur Jr.'s coronation, the whole process took only 10 minutes, it was held in the restaurant of the San Juan Hotel, a number of media reporters and foreign envoys attended the ceremony, after Martin Chen took the oath of office with his hand on the Bible, the audience burst into sparse applause, and a local reporter took the microphone and asked: "Mr. Prime Minister, what are you going to do to solve the current food shortage problem in San Juan?" ”

Martin Chen was speechless for a while, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Liu Ziguang under the stands, Liu Ziguang nodded slightly, so Martin Chen talked eloquently: "We will have a solution." ”

The reporter continued: "What is the solution, how long will it take, do you know that there are people starving to death in San Juan right now?" ”

"I will use my foreign exchange reserves to buy food to help the victims," Chen said. ”

The reporter did not hesitate: "It is said that there is no penny left in the national treasury, may I ask where the foreign exchange reserves of Your Excellency the Prime Minister come from." ”

In the face of the reporter who broke the sand pot and asked to the end, Martin Chen calmed down, and he replied calmly: "As you said, Western Sadamoa is facing an unprecedented predicament, and even yesterday, our crown prince and cabinet all died in a terrorist attack, but the brave people of Western Sadamoa will not be defeated by death and difficulties, in the face of a frenzied enemy, we will definitely retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, and similarly, in the face of hunger, we will not give in, you ask me where I got foreign exchange to buy food, To be honest, I don't really know, but I can assure you that if the famine is not solved, I will immediately take the blame and resign. ”

The candid answer immediately aroused a round of applause, and Martin Chen did not expect his heartfelt words to achieve such an effect, he smiled at the flash and the camera, his attitude was more natural, and he looked back at the little Arthur on the throne, and both of them smiled.

Whether a young prime minister and an outrageously young king will be able to lift a country out of the morass is full of doubts.