A country in Eastern Europe

A lead-gray sky covered the entire forest, and a narrow road winded through it, with thick snow on either side, and a cold wind swept through it, and a shower of snowflakes fluttered. There was no snow on the road in the woods, apparently freshly cleared, and the midday sun melted the snow on the road, and the temperature dropped sharply at night, leaving the road covered with a thin layer of ice, smooth as a mirror.

An old rusty sedan is driving on the road, the grinding sound of metal parts is harsh, and the body seems to be dissipating at any time. The cold wind poured in through the gaps in the poorly sealed windows, and the car was exceptionally cold.

Zheng Dong didn't mind, the cold and fresh air kept his mind clear at all times. The driver and translator, a thin, middle-aged man with a big nose, seemed to be happy with the deal, and the town he was going to was far away, and the price was $100, and Zheng Dong paid him a $100 deposit first, and promised to pay another $100 when he found someone.

Holding the steering wheel with his left hand, he took out an open wine bottle from a homemade shelf at the gear, poured a sip, the smell of wine quickly diffused in the carriage, and quickly dissipated, he handed it to Zheng Dong, and said in broken English: "Sir, take a sip to quench your thirst and keep out the cold."

"How far is it?" Zheng Dong didn't answer, he also asked in English. At the same time, he glanced at the mirror with the corner of his eye, there was a blurry car shadow behind him, there was no driving light, and Zheng Dong's car turned on the headlights early, and it was close to evening, and the road vision in the forest was already pitch black, and the purpose of this kind of driving in the dark obviously didn't want the car in front to find out, so who were they?

Just for that thing, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he snorted coldly, and he had an answer in his heart.

"It's almost there, sir." With a "buzz", the driver stepped on the accelerator heavily.

Ten minutes later, at the end of the line, there was an open field, and the outline of the town was clearly reflected in the silvery snow. Surrounded by low wooden houses, the brightly lit area is the heart of the town.

"This is it." The big-nosed driver stopped the car and glanced at the note with the address that Zheng Dong had given him before, and confirmed it again.

After getting out of the car, Zheng Dong stretched his somewhat stiff limbs, picked up a heavy suitcase at his feet, and took out a mutilated photo from his arms, with a few black marks on it, and looked carefully, his thoughts also returned to five months ago.

A small town in the Middle East

A team of five people stood guard on the rooftop, they were from EO, an internationally renowned mercenary organization, and the leader of the team was Zheng Dong. The Syrian government has contracted with their companies to carry out a number of special operations missions.

There was no nervousness, everyone thought it was a safe mission, no need to exchange fire, find the location of the rebel leader, notify the command when the target was found, and then use drones to carry out targeted killings. Everything went well at first, and they took advantage of the darkness of the night and, according to intelligence, lurked in an abandoned hotel 150 meters from the target.

7:00

Sniper Sean confirmed that the target appeared, but did not come out after entering the house, Zheng Dong looked at the time, nodded at his old partner Walter, and he immediately began to call the command and ask for drone action.

7:05

Two bright spots flashed in the dark night sky, from far to near, two air-to-ground missiles accurately hit the house where the target was located, and a mushroom cloud more than ten meters high rose. In one case, there was absolutely no one left in that building.

7:10

Confirming that the target had been destroyed, Zheng Dong gave the order to retreat. Suddenly, the beams of several searchlights not far away came, all focused on the rooftop, as bright as day.

"Not good!" Zheng Dong and the others quickly squatted down, pulled down the night vision goggles to observe the enemy situation, and sank down when they saw it. White figures appeared around the hotel, sneakily surrounding from all directions.

Zheng Dong made a tactical move, and the four of them quickly occupied a position in different directions, and the last one squatted at the staircase.

"Destroy as many enemies as you can, and report immediately if you find a direction that you can break through!" After the order was given, the snipers fired first, extinguishing the searchlights, and a fierce shootout began......

Tracer bullets pulled silver chains of light swept towards the roof of the hotel, and the wall buttress where they were hiding exploded into clouds of dust and smoke, after all, the mercenaries were well-trained, quickly stabilized their positions, and fired at the enemies surrounded on all sides, killing almost one by one, and this area 50 meters away from the hotel became a forbidden area for life.

Suddenly, a sharp and piercing sound of breaking the air fell from the sky, "Mortar, scatter ......"

After the violent explosion, the shell destroyed half of the hotel, Zheng Dong barely sat up, his ears and nose were shocked with blood, and a piece of shrapnel was inserted into his left shoulder. The bodies of the two mercenaries were mutilated, the sniper Sean was nowhere to be seen, and Walter was leaning against a wall with his dusty eyes closed, all disappearing below his knees.

Zheng Dong grabbed the backpack beside him, dragged him with one hand to find a hiding place, took out the first aid kit, took out a tourniquet, quickly tightened his remaining two thighs, and then injected an injection of adrenal hormones. Walter vomited a mouthful of blood, slowly opened his eyes, and said with a wry smile: "I don't want to die yet, you still owe me 10 yuan for the drink."

"you, you give me life, and I'll pay you back." Zheng Dong sat down next to him, held him in his arms, and stray bullets hit the surrounding wall "poof". There was no return fire from their side, apparently the enemy thought they were all dead, the sporadic fire was a tentative attack, and sooner or later they would rush over.

Walter coughed violently, spurting out a pool of blood with each cough, a piece of shrapnel pierced the lobe of his right lung, Zheng Dong grabbed a large handful of hemostatic cotton pads and tried to plug the wound, and the warm and viscous fishy liquid continued to ooze from between his fingers, he knew that Walter's time was running out.

Walter struggled to pull out a photograph and gasped for air, "The address is in the back, find them, money...... The money was given to them, and there were 10 yuan, and the money for wine. "I'm still joking with him at the end.

"Okay, I got it." Zheng Dong frowned and smiled, took the photo, and nodded solemnly, he knew that Walter was asking him to bring the company's pension to his wife and daughter.

"How beautiful, mother......" Walter withdrew his gaze, looked up at the starry sky, and let out a long breath, his eyes finally drifting away.

……

"Sir, sir, let's go in." The big nose urged, and Zheng Dong glanced at the photo again before taking it into his arms.

The big nose followed Zheng Dong into the hotel hall, Zheng Dong immediately sensed the breath of the three people, the faint breathing sound of the two people was behind the pillar, and the third person sat on the sofa with a newspaper in his hand, he glanced up at Zheng Dong, flashed a violent look, and quickly lowered his head.

There was only one waiter at the front desk, the big-nosed driver walked quickly to the front desk to communicate with him, the waiter looked a little nervous, after listening to the driver's words, muttered a few words in Chinese, handed him a key card, stole a glance at Zheng Dong, and turned into the workshop.

The driver hunched over and trotted all the way on tiptoe, and said with a flattering face: "The person you are looking for is here, come with me." ”

Zheng Dong followed him into a room without saying a word, empty, like a conference room, only an oval conference table and a few chairs, facing Zheng Dong's questioning expression, the big nose pretended to be confused, and said: "Wait a minute, I said that I will wait here, I will go out to find it."

As soon as he went out, three locals were already waiting outside, "Be quiet, do you bring the bag for the corpse?" Someone showed a long black bag. Big Nose nodded, and several people pushed the door in.

He waited outside the door, took out a silver flask from his bosom, took a big sip with his neck tilted, listened to the movement in the door for a while, there was no shouting or fighting, and it seemed that everything was going well.

Three of his accomplices were ruthless characters, survivors of the Yugoslav Secession War, each with dozens of lives. After the war, Big Nose colluded with them to kill tourists who came here, and after grabbing property, they killed people and threw their bodies, but unfortunately they didn't get much money after a few times.

The big nose smelled the smell of money from that heavy suitcase, or the smell of dollar ink. The Chinese looked thin and emaciated, and it wouldn't be too much effort to kill him, the deal was simply too easy. He lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, threw it on the carpet, crushed it with his foot a few times, and pushed the door in impatiently.

The three accomplices lay quietly on the ground, and the Chinese opposite sat unscathed. The big nose is full of ghosts, cold sweat flows, neither advance nor retreat, he wants to run, but his feet are a little soft.

"Where are the people?"