Chapter 40: Mopty
The chief walked up to Qin Tian dejectedly and shook his head lightly at Qin Tian, so Qin Tian knew the result.
Qin Tian patted the chieftain on the shoulder, he could understand the chief's psychology of trying in every possible way to lead his people out of poverty, hunger and death, but sometimes...... Poverty does limit people's imagination, and like wounded animals, they would rather curl up in a small cave and die than take a small step into a strange world outside the cave, even though it may save their lives.
Looking at the sky, Qin Tian gave an order to the "S" troops: "Go back to the camp tomorrow!" ”
The sun was sinking in the west, the clouds were thickening, and a field of barren grass was connected to a flat-topped tree in the distance, and the last rays of sunlight were all around it in all its colors: bright white in the center, orange and yellow in the vicinity, and bright red like fire in the distance.
The twilight in Africa is thick and heavy, like the people living in Somalia, full of terror, war and blood.
As the night gradually shrouded, Qin Tian lay in the hammock and staggered as he looked at the stars in the sky that were getting clearer and clearer, thinking about the way forward.
With a quantum computer, he sometimes feels like he owns the whole world, because he suddenly has the ability to imagine before, and connects to the whole place through the computer.
But sometimes, he felt like he had nothing.
Because all this is likely to leave you at the moment you are exposed or before you are ready, including your own life.
Just when Qin Tian was distressed, a signal he received caught his attention......
This was a cell phone signal, not an "S" troop, because since the start of training, Qin Tian had cut them off from all contact with the outside world.
So it was clear that the signal was given by someone from the Pokot tribe, from a thatched hut due north.
It's weird...... Because the Pokot tribe has not been connected to electricity so far, this makes Qin Tian and the others have to bring their own generators.
So, where does the electricity for mobile phones come from?
What's the point of having a phone when there's no battery?
Then Qin Tian quickly understood, because the content of the call revealed everything:
"They'll be leaving tomorrow!"
"Good, let me know when you leave!"
"Okay!"
The content is short, and it's in a tribal language, but it's informative enough.
"They" obviously refers to Qin Tianyi's cadres.
Why did you wait for Qin Tianyi to notify the other party when he left?
Qin Tian was unable to find out the information of the two parties on the call through the voice, because there was no information about them stored on the Internet...... This is also the advantage of the primitive tribe over Qin Tian, and Qin Tian's quantum computer is powerless against these people who may not even know what the network is.
So, Qin Tian raised his head at the chief who was sitting by the bonfire eating dry food: "Whose hut does it belong to?" ”
"Which one?"
"At 7 o'clock, the one that's slightly bigger than the others!"
The chief probed his head and replied, "Elder Mopty's residence!" ”
"Oh, the one who opposes our plan?"
"Yes!"
So Qin Tian knew it in his heart, but he didn't say anything.
Early the next morning, Qin Tian was packing up and preparing to leave here with the "S" troops, and Qin Tian noticed that Elder Moputi was standing near the door and watching them, with a homemade long-pole cigarette in his mouth.
"Thank you again!" The leader, Ba Bu, warmly hugged Qin Tian: "I believe in you, Qin, but I have to respect the choice of the clansmen!" ”
"Of course!" Qin Tian replied, and then jumped on the pickup truck and patted the roof of the car.
The convoy kicked up a cloud of dust and headed in the direction of Kismayo.
In less than half an hour, Qin Tian ordered the convoy to stop through the walkie-talkie.
"What's the situation, Qin?" Bertrand asked.
Qin Tian didn't answer, just jumped out of the car and spread out the map on the back compartment...... The baffle of the rear compartment of the pickup truck is a good countertop when it is lowered.
Several people surrounded him, and Qin Tian pointed to the map and ordered the chief: "Here, here, and here, arrange two people to lurk and reconnoitre!" ”
"Yes, sir!" The chief answered, and immediately arranged for two chariots to take six men there.
"Qin?" Bertrand looked at Qin Tian suspiciously.
"We're going back, Bette!" Qin Tian said.
"What do you mean?" Bertrand was somewhat inexplicable.
"The militia is coming!" Qin Tian explained: "There will be a battle! ”
"How do you know?" Bertrand still didn't understand.
"Remember Elder Mupti?" Qin Tian asked the chieftain, who was also puzzled.
"Of course!" The chief nodded.
"The militia needs someone to do it in the tribe!" Qin Tian said, "This way they will know when they will be able to grab more food!" ”
"You mean......" the chief's eyes were shocked.
"Yes!" Qin Tian nodded: "Last night I heard Elder Moputi contacting the outside world, although I am not sure, but if I guess correctly, Elder Moputi is that person, he will inform the militia of the situation of our departure, and then ......"
"Then the militia will go to the village and loot food!" The chief replied, "Because we have just sent a batch of food to the village, they don't want it to be eaten by the time they come!" ”
"Yes!" Qin Tian said, "They may even be not far away, so we don't need to wait too long!" ”
"Okay!" Bertrand said: "Our trip is not in vain! ”
Bertrand then shouted at the others: "Do you hear me, guys, the real training begins!" ”
The mercenaries responded loudly, and then they prepared for battle.
However, the militia's movements were much slower than Qin Tian had imagined, perhaps because the militia wanted Qin Tian and his party to go further before they moved.
But it doesn't really make a difference at all.
The reason was that the Pokot tribe did not establish the necessary contacts with Qin Tian and the others...... As mentioned before, they refused Qin Tian's help, so they didn't even leave a mobile phone that could be contacted, and even if the Pokot people wanted to notify Qin Tian and the others, they couldn't do it.
This caused Qin Tian and the others to wait for more than three hours after hiding on a high ground.
"Sir, will they not come?" Achill couldn't help but ask.
"Be patient, Achill!" Qin Tian responded while stuffing a piece of bread into his mouth, then glanced at Archer and asked, "You're nervous, aren't you?" ”
"Yes, sir!" Achill replied awkwardly.
"Take it easy!" Qin Tian said: "Just like what I did during training!" ”
"Yes, sir!" Archer replied, "But...... I've only been training for a few days! ”
"No!" Qin Tian replied, "Your training has just begun!" ”
Achill nodded thoughtfully.
The chieftain, who was guarding the walkie-talkie, suddenly reported: "They are here, the second reconnaissance position reports, there are eight vehicles in total, about fifty people!" ”