Chapter 376: What is courage

On an open meadow outside the woods, a smoke canister was emitting a thick puff of red smoke, and the captain hiding in the forest pressed his headset and asked, "Do you see the smoke?" Max. ”

"I saw it, I'll be right over!" A definite answer came from the headset.

With a wave of his hand, the captain led everyone out of the woods and into the clearing, and after a while, there was a roar of "buzzing ......" in the sky, and two helicopters appeared in everyone's field of vision.

The refugees erupted in cheers of joy, and the captain smiled helplessly, with a faint sense of guilt in his heart.

Seeing his comrades waving their arms in the clearing, Max greeted happily while slowly landing the plane smoothly on the grass.

The strong air flow from the propeller caused the weeds around the plane to fall down.

Seeing that the plane was stopped, the captain glanced at Catherine, who hurriedly walked over, took Diana's hand and ran towards the helicopter.

The other four Americans were also supported by Li Qingcang and others and ran to the hatch. The Ripper, the Demon and the others stopped in front of the refugees with guns and did not let them get close to the helicopter.

After Diana was pushed into the cabin, she turned her head to see that the refugees had not followed, and there was not a helicopter in the sky that had landed.

Suddenly suspicious in her heart, she quickly got up and jumped out of the cabin, and Catherine hurriedly stopped her.

Diana pointed to the Apache and asked, "Why didn't this helicopter land?" Do you want the refugees to sit in that fight? ”

Catherine was a little embarrassed, blushing and not knowing how to explain. The captain came over and replied, "That's a gunship, it's covering us, it can't land." ”

Diana was furious when she heard this, and asked, "What about these people?" Is there so many people in one helicopter? ”

"It's a pity! Lady Diana, I'm only responsible for saving you, and they're not on my rescue mission. The captain shook his head in reply.

"Liar, you deceived me! I won't be separated from them. Diana scolded angrily, then rushed towards the refugees without hesitation.

The captain hurriedly moved his steps to block in front of her, but he didn't expect this stubborn chick to raise his hand and fight.

In desperation, the captain had to grab her wrist, and the chick didn't give up and hit her with her other hand.

As a result, she was still caught by the captain, and Diana struggled twice hard, unable to move, so she had to spit angrily.

The captain didn't expect this woman to be so strong, and a mouthful of spit hit her face, the captain frowned, and ordered behind him: "Phantom, carry her to the helicopter for me." ”

"Yes! Captain. Tiger Girl walked over, grabbed Diana's upper body, exerted a slight effort, hugged her and walked to the helicopter.

"Let go of me, you cold-blooded guys, why are you lying to me? Bastard! Diana yelled frantically. Two slender thighs kicked in vain in the air.

But where could he break free from Catherine's control, he was sent into the cabin without any way.

The fuse was already waiting in the cabin at this time, and seeing that this stubborn girl was still struggling, she quickly took out a rope and tied her firmly to the seat.

When the civilians saw that these GIs were not allowed to board the plane, they immediately panicked, some cried loudly, some wept silently, and their eyes were full of deep loss.

Li Qingcang also felt a little uncomfortable when he saw these sad and helpless eyes, but he was a soldier, and it was his duty to obey orders, and the captain did have a last resort in doing so, and the US military was unwilling to save people, and the helicopter really couldn't hold these refugees.

I had to be ruthless and hide in the cabin, not to see the miserable scene outside.

As soon as Diana saw that she could not move, and that the GIs did not eat her own set at all, she immediately changed her tone and pleaded bitterly. "Please save these people, there is no peace in this country anymore, they will die if they are thrown here and the Hausa people meet them, Captain Fleming, I beg you!"

"They have hands and feet, they can move freely, the troops of the Haosa people pass by the church and they don't necessarily pass through here, it's not as serious as you say, this is their homeland, they will live. Besides, they weren't soldiers, and even if they did, they wouldn't necessarily be killed. Don't overthink it. Captain Fleming comforted.

"That's it, don't be too pessimistic, the army is not a beast, and it won't kill people indiscriminately." Shirley, the nurse who boarded the plane with her, also advised.

Seeing that the captain refused to eat, and after seeing the last mercenary boarding the plane, Diana closed her eyes in despair, two lines of tears flowed from her eyes, and she silently said in her heart: "I'm sorry everyone, I did my best!" ”

The captain waited until the ripper climbed onto the plane, pulled the hatch and yelled into the wheelhouse: "Take off!" ”

Max lifted the joystick, and the Neptune helicopter slowly lifted into the air, and then flew in a large circle, heading towards the Gulf of Guinea.

After the plane took off, Catherine untied Diana's body, and several rescued colleagues hurriedly sat beside her and whispered enlightenment.

Diana curled up and leaned on the hatch tiredly, silent, depressed.

After more than ten minutes, Max suddenly shouted: "BOSS, look below, if you have been to the church, these guys are really brutes!" ”

When the captain heard this, he hurriedly looked down from the hanging window, and saw puffs of black smoke and blazing fire.

The church that had just been visited had burned down to a pile of black ruins, and there were many corpses with different heads and naked female corpses lying in the open space of the camp.

This situation made the captain clench his fists tightly, and his teeth chattered. There was a monstrous anger and deep remorse in my heart.

Li Qingcang was the same, staring at the hell on earth below with blood-red eyes.

All the mercenaries who saw this scene burst into anger and shouted insults in the cabin one by one.

Diana, who was also sitting by the window, also had a full view of this miserable scene, and when she heard the indignant scolding of the crowd, she smiled bitterly and said to the captain: "Colonel Fleming, I sincerely beg you! Please turn around and send me back, it is not very far from the border, and I can take them on foot towards Cameroon, if no one informs them, these people will surely be slaughtered by this group of inhumane beasts, I beg of you. ”

The captain frowned when he heard this, but did not answer, and the expression on his face was also unpredictable. After a while, he replied, "I only care about whether the task can be completed successfully, and I am not obligated to help these strangers." You're the target of this mission, I'm sorry, I can't promise you. ”

"But I can see that you are angry and remorseful, don't you have a little sympathy? These are all living human lives! Diana asked.

"In your world, your sense of responsibility means idealism, dreaming of selflessly helping everyone. And in my world, my duty urges me to want these brothers of mine to live like a family, these brave and fearless brothers who share life and death. I can't let them use their courage for things that have nothing to do with the mission. The captain excitedly argued.

Diana looked at the captain and said calmly: "I don't agree with your sense of responsibility, there is a key node here, what is brave and fearless?" What is courage? Courage is not about saving people or killing enemies for money, it is not about ensuring that the mission is completed perfectly. In war, there is only one reason for courage, and that is to protect the innocent, so that the weak are not innocently harmed, and so that the bad people do not run rampant unscrupulously.

"But now, with such a war coming, aren't these people worth it? They are all innocent and defenseless, don't they deserve the right to live? ”

A series of questions were raised, which made the captain, who had experienced countless ups and downs, dumbfounded for a moment and silently pondered.

"Say something, please?" Diana continued to ask.

Seeing that the captain was silent, the doctor with a strong sense of justice continued: "If courage is to leave these 68 innocent lives and leave them to fend for themselves, then I would rather choose to be a coward, and you can choose to leave with your so-called brave and fearless brothers." After saying that, he looked straight into the captain's eyes.

The angelic's pure eyes pointed directly at people's hearts, making the captain involuntarily lower his head.

"This ...... Captain, I think there's some truth in Dr. Diana's words. Li Shaoxia, who has been suffering from his conscience, first spoke his heart.

"I also don't think it's a big problem to go back and save these people, it's a big deal that we don't take a plane and walk into Cameroon." Tiger Niu also expressed her position.

"This girl has a really powerful mouth, but I think she has some truth in it!" The ripper scratched his head and spoke.

"When I saw you, I believed that there really are angels in the world. You make me feel like there's a little bit of darkness inside me. The fuse also spoke.

"Let's go back! Captain. "I think I can go and save these refugees." The brothers spoke one after another.

When the captain saw that everyone was in favor of saving people, he raised his head and looked directly at Diana and said: "Very good, you have successfully aroused everyone's sense of justice, thank you for teaching us a lesson, you are right, courage is to protect innocent people from harm." Max! Turn back. ”

"Yes, boss!" Max replied loudly, and with a swing of the joystick, the helicopter turned and flew towards the place where he had boarded.

"After landing, you put these refugees back first, on the premise of not overcrowding, how much can be loaded, and my brothers and I will take the rest of the people in the direction of Cameroon, and you will fly again after you go back and pick us up, do you understand?" The captain commanded loudly.

"Got it! Top dog. Max replied.

At this time, the co-pilot of the Atlantic Fleet turned his head and asked, "Major Fleming, I admire your courage and decision, but you changed your plan of action without authorization, do you want to report to General John?" ”

"Report the fart! John won't say yes, and tell him when you go back that I'll promise to bring Lady Diana and her companions back. The captain burst into foul language.

"Okay! Follow your orders, Colonel. The pilot of the Atlantic Fleet replied.

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