Of course, Pete knows about the three bosses of Helmet Security, and it's no secret in itself. To be precise, before coming to Hermet, he already knew all about these situations. The three bosses come from different fields and have different divisions of labor. The veteran Donovan was referring to was Howard Jones, a veteran of the Vietnam War who served for many years. has a good network and reputation in the military, and is mainly responsible for the recruitment, selection and training of field personnel such as the Man-Shark Squad, which is why most of the field personnel are from the Marine Corps. The other two, Brooks Lear, are also old fellows who used to be CIA veterans. He is responsible for the fourth level of Helmet's headquarters, and he also undertakes various outsourcing operations from the CIA for the company. The last was Alan Heathman, the youngest of the three, but also in his forties. This man is an arms broker and a major investor in the entire company. Most of its arms sales are directed to backward areas, and even some underground organizations, often help the government, and he is a person with a background, who is mainly responsible for the operation and management of Hermet.

So when Donovan asked the question, Pete replied without thinking, "Yes." You've mentioned it to me before. That's why there are a lot of people from the Marine Corps here. ”

"Veteran. Respectable. He runs over us here. In his view, a team with combat effectiveness must have tradition and history. Old teams, especially meritorious teams, should be respected. Donovan gestured to the flag, "The Man-Eating Shark Squad can't talk about the merits, it's just two helmets." But the old team definitely counts. As he spoke, he turned to look at Pete, "The original captain was recruited by that veteran. So after the retirement of the previous captain, the squad was asked to keep it, although it was badly damaged. ”

"I admire such a leader, and I can't say that such a decision is wrong. But... With all due respect, the atmosphere in the team is a bit right now... Pete paused here as he pondered what words to use.

"It's a mess." Donovan didn't wait for Pete to say before he said, "It's nothing, that's the reality." You're part of the team now, and I brought you. So don't worry. ”

"Okay. It's pretty bad. But I don't understand a little bit, that's why Morris has such an attitude to question his boss? And you have to put up with it. If this is in the army, whether he is right or not, he is the first to be unlucky. Pete said.

"Haha." Donovan smiled when he heard this, "This is also the difference between this place and the army. A lot of the rules here come from a quote from our legendary veteran. He believes that there are no bad soldiers, only commanders with bad soldiers. If I sweep Morris out of the house, it won't just be him, I'll be saddled with a bad opinion for it. So I've got to try to change that. Donovan let out a long sigh and took a sip of his wine, "Actually, I have a chance to change all this before you come. But my luck has been bad all these years. It was the same not so long ago, we were sent to Africa, a damn mission. ”

"Africa?" Pete asked, puzzled, "Do what?" Can I know? ”

"Nothing." Speaking of this, Donovan looked frustrated, "In Niger. Security work. The place was dilapidated and completely devoid of order. But there is oil. Sometimes I think if they didn't have oil, maybe they would be better off than they are now. For them, oil is not wealth, but more like the black devil. ”

Pete doesn't agree with this statement, because as far as he knows, many things in Africa are not entirely caused by the locals, and if you want to trace the roots, many of them come from the European colonizers after the beginning of the Age of Discovery.

"At first, it was a bit of a thing of the past in Nepal. Although there are some contradictions or discomforts in the team. But it was understandable at the time, after all, everything has a process and it takes time to run in. But then we encountered a tricky thing. Donovan said with another sip of wine, "We were sent to escort a group of men south to Nigeria. But not long after we entered Nigeria, we were attacked by a local extremist group. Donovan looked at Pete and said, "Hell, there's an extremist group called Boko Haram. Those guys are very good at doing things like that. I suspect that our actions were known to the other side in advance. Anyway, in the chaos at that time, we couldn't organize an effective counterattack, so we had to do our best to take some people away. But unfortunately, some people were shot and died on the spot, and some were injured and did not keep up with everyone. There was one dead and one wounded in our team. ”

Donovan doesn't describe the battle much, but Pete can imagine it. After all, he had encountered such a thing more than once during his service. When the gun goes off, the person sitting in the car will not react at all, and even when the car is beaten into a sieve, they may not be able to figure out the exact location of the attacker. Because of the limited vision in the car, and the first thing to dodge after being attacked, who has the time to see the location of the attacker? That is to say, after the first shot is fired, the attacker has a long time to aim and fire without scruples, and the ambushed person can only be beaten passively, even if the combat ability and quality of the attacked person are much higher and much higher than the attacker, it is useless.

"It was Morris's friend who didn't catch up with the injury." Donovan continued, "After the disengagement, we counted the number of people, and some of the people we escorted were also arrested. That's when the biggest disagreement arose. ”

"Is it a disagreement about saving people and evacuating?" Pete said immediately.

"Exactly." Donovan nodded, "I decided to withdraw first." After all, we still have a large number of people in our hands. Some of them were injured, others were overly frightened. And we don't know each other well, there aren't many people in total. We don't know anything about the people who attacked us. To act rashly is to commit suicide. We had to retreat first, remember the location, and wait for the rescue team to come before trying to figure it out. ”

"But there's someone in the team who doesn't think so, right?" Pete asked.

"Morris, Matt, and the other two said they couldn't discard the others so easily. If I don't promise them, I'll go on my own. Donovan looked angry when he said this, "As a commander, can you agree to such a request?" If I left them behind in that situation, what would others think of me? Everyone will think that I am an irresponsible commander, who has no control over the team, and who does not even have basic binding force. and discarded the team members at the moment of life and death, and let them go to death. ”