Chapter 88 [Banquet in the Army!] 】
Luck is an ethereal thing, not controlled by anyone, but it exists invisibly in everyone's life.
If science can barely make up the numbers, it can be called "probability"!
Xing Feng and the others had very good luck, just the probability was on the point, the helicopter had just taken off, and the silent drizzle turned into a majestic rain of lightning and thunder in the blink of an eye.
The interference caused by lightning and rain has a certain impact on the flight of helicopters, and similarly, the coverage of border radar stations and the warning distance will also be greatly reduced.
With this convenience, coupled with the pilot's many years of experience in border combat, the helicopter returned to Pakistan without any danger.
At 7:40 a.m., the thundershowers had disappeared and the sky had become brighter.
In South Asia in August, the weather is similar to half a month ago, and under the sunshine, the air in the early morning is dry, which is completely different from the sober and pleasant in China.
"Tuk Tuk ......"
The Mi-24 (Hind) helicopter gunship, shining in the sun, flew over Lahore and landed directly in the military camp in the center of the city under the curious eyes of Lahore citizens.
"W-bang!"
The helicopter hatch opened, and several soldiers with stretchers came up with swift movements, carrying the wounded veterans and bearded men to the stretchers.
"Welcome home, my warriors!"
When Xingfeng and the others left the Wing Wind area, Colonel Rassell, who was in a good mood, greeted him with a smile and hugged everyone one by one.
"Who are these three?"
Russell already knew about the infighting in the curry squad, and there were three more people in the team who returned, and someone also reported to him.
Although Rassell was curious about the identities of Zhuang Yan and the others, he did not question them directly, but used an ingenious way.
"The three of them are friends I specially invited, Chinese friends, after all, this ......"
The environment was not very suitable, Xing Feng shrugged his shoulders meaningfully, and the words stopped at the point.
"Haha, Chinese brothers, welcome to you."
Russell grinned with an expression that I understood, then laughed heartily, and gave Zhuang Yan and Chen Pai a hug sideways.
As for Xiaoying, a woman, he knew the Chinese custom and adopted the handshake etiquette.
There are some things, it's good to know each other, and there is no benefit in saying it, and Russell can be fully responsible for this top-secret operation, so he naturally understands these rules.
In addition, Russell also knew in his heart that the contractor industry was very deep, and there were some things that the boss and the PMC company all knew, but they were all abiding by the unspoken rules of the game.
After greeting the politeness, Colonel Rassell personally led the way and rearranged the rest area for Xingfeng and the others.
One single room per person, although the area is not very large, but in the barracks, which are mainly based on group life, it seems to be the highest standard of treatment.
Before leaving, Rassell also specially informed him that he had prepared a small dinner tonight, and invited Xing Feng and others to go to admire their faces at that time.
said that it was a dinner, but in fact, it was a celebration banquet held for the success of this operation, during which you could eat, drink, chat and build relationships, and everyone would naturally not refuse his kindness.
After Rassell took the people away, everyone who had worked hard for half a month and could finally sleep peacefully said goodbye to each other and walked to their respective rooms.
Xing Feng has been in high-intensity battles in the "Beacon Wolf Warrior" plane, and after returning to the real world, he has experienced a torturous cross-border evacuation journey.
After returning to his room, he didn't even bother to take off his clothes, threw himself on the marching bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
Even the best steel in the world has a fatigue value!
For more than 70 hours, circling two different battlefields, Xingfeng is just flesh and blood, and now he is ...... I'm so tired!
At lunchtime, Xiaoying and Zhuang Yan came over with food, knocked on the door of Xingfeng's room, and saw that no one responded, so they pushed the door and walked in.
When they saw that Xing Feng was sleeping deeply, the two glanced at each other, put the dinner plate on the desk, slowed down, walked out gently, and closed the door again.
Maybe it's the instinct of the body that gives him a natural trust in the barracks, or maybe it's the presence of Zhuang Yan and others by his side, which allows him to relax his body.
At this time, the punishment wind was indeed sleeping very deeply, so heavy that even the vigilance that was usually maintained at all times seemed to have disappeared.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the hot sun left, and night came.
In the canteen on the right side of the barracks, the dinner party prepared by Russell has also begun to change the cups at this time.
After sleeping for more than 10 hours, he had recovered to a refreshed torture style, and with the personnel of this mission, he accompanied Rassell to sit in the chief.
The wounded bearded man and the veteran did not appear here, and what they needed at the moment was to recuperate.
However, all the other PMCs who came for anti-terrorism training were present at this banquet.
They had already learned about Kathu's affairs that the task performed by Xing Feng and the others was very difficult, and in the face of such a crisis, they were able to return safely.
Although these peers didn't say it, their eyes were already quietly changing.
If it was before, they would definitely feel that the style of punishment was unreliable, after all, the Chinese special forces did not have SAS, marines, etc.
But now, the temporary captain of the task of Xingfeng has properly climbed to the thigh level.
The profession of military contractor, no matter what kind of task it is, it plays with real guns and ammunition, and it can kill at any time.
Let's not talk about your own strength, it is obviously much safer to perform tasks with a master than to be on the surface.
Now that they are affiliated with each other, they will definitely be able to cooperate in future tasks, and now they can get acquainted with each other, at least they can be familiar with each other, and it will be convenient to take care of them in the future.
With this in mind, the contractors who did not participate in the "Curry Eating Action" deliberately came to the chief position during the period, and eagerly communicated with Xing Feng and others, exchanging contact information with each other.
For the overtures of these peers, Xing Feng did not look at them arrogantly, but also smiled, not to mention entering a friend relationship, at least knowing each other, so that they could be contacted in the future.
This may seem pointless, but it is actually very necessary!
The "hardware" of Xingfeng to set up the PMC company is basically ready, and it only takes a little time to start working completely.
But in addition to "hardware", he also lacks a very important "software" -
Networking!
Although this thing cannot be seen or touched, it has some importance that cannot be ignored if you want to gain a foothold in an industry.
Xingfeng has the ability to summon systematically, and talents can basically meet the demand, but if there are generals but no soldiers, this will definitely not work.
PMC is not a mercenary, you can start working by pulling a few people, PMC contracting a small project, often requires dozens of people, if it is a little bigger, hundreds of people are normal.
For the anti-terrorism project in Pakistan this time, "MSRI" sent three teams, and the team on the Xingfeng side was only one of them.
"MSRI" is just a small company with less than 30 core employees, its home team is now in Afghanistan, and there are so many people coming to Pakistan?
Obviously impossible!
This involves the operation mode of PMC.
Take "DynCorp" as an example, that is, one of the largest military contractors of the US military, the most important logistics contractor of the US Department of Defense, and the contractor responsible for the logistics of the US Air Force around the world - "Deyang Company" is also "Daiyang International".
Obviously, the scale of this company is very large, and there is no pressure to be in the top 10 in the world!
But it claims to have more than 20,000 PMC employees worldwide, which is ...... It's scary.
Anyone who understands knows that its main business is to be responsible for the maintenance of all kinds of US planes around the world, such as bombers, helicopters, fighter planes, fighter planes, and so on, as long as they are US planes, they are all responsible for them.
Repairing aircraft is not a simple job, there are no more expensive and fine, plus other anti-terrorism, anti-narcotics, and various military projects within the "wet work", Deyang Company can only 3,000 employees.
"Deyang Company" can shout out the number of 20,000 people, in fact, under the company's roster, there are many "affiliated" PMCs mentioned before.
The reason why more than 10,000 PMCs can be affiliated is that in addition to the company's own reputation, the "network" formed by contacts and relationships has played a great role.
Nowadays, the global PMC industry is booming, and the competition is naturally extremely fierce.
Only if you have a wide network of contacts can you contract enough projects from the government or enterprises.
Only when you have enough work in your hands will you attract contractors to work hard for you, and voluntarily let you "suck blood".
And good connections can attract enough talents, with these masters, you can complete the task excellently, and get the affirmation of Party A of the project.
If the government and enterprises are satisfied, it means that you can also contract follow-up projects.
This is a cycle, indispensable, and it is also the foundation for PMC to become bigger and stronger!
Although Xingfeng's PMC company does not even have a shadow now, this does not prevent him from paving the way for the future in advance.
Even if it's a small pebble, no matter how useful it is, find a shop to talk about it.
Under this kind of mutual thoughts, Xing Feng and his peers exchanged pleasantly, and with Rassell's polishing in it, the whole banquet atmosphere was very good.
Before they knew it, it was late at night, and everyone who had drunk about the same time said goodbye to each other and returned to their lodgings.
As a result of MSRI's counter-terrorism training program, the contract period is 20 days.
Therefore, after doing the "wet work", the torturer and the dwarf walked into the police station again and became an instructor.
Anti-terrorism is one of the main tasks of the special department, and it is naturally very rich in practical experience in criminal style, and it is not very difficult to teach a group of police officers how to distinguish terrorists, look for dangerous explosive devices, and so on.
Xing Feng went out to make money, and Zhuang Yan and the others, who were okay for the time being, spent half a day purchasing their own daily necessities, and they were not idle for the rest of the few days.
The facilities in the military base are very complete, coupled with Rassell's enthusiasm for torture and the goodwill of the Chinese, promising that all kinds of weapons and equipment in the barracks can be used casually.
So, Xing Feng arranged a task for Chen Pai and Zhuang Yan - to improve Xiaoying's physical fitness and survivability on the battlefield.
An excellent medical soldier is very important for squad combat, and now there are only two in Xingfeng's hands, just one for the whole team, and the money is very expensive, and he can't afford to lose it at all.
Xing Feng only has one month, and he needs to find a way to exchange the gold jewelry of the space backpack for usable funds, finalize the location of the base, put up the PMC company brand, help the two teams find contracting projects, and so on.
Under the pressure of so many things, what seems like a long month is actually very cramped, and it must be used as much as possible.
……
In the blink of an eye, the 20-day mission period ended, and the team not only completed the training perfectly, but also helped the police in Lahore City successfully arrest three highly suspicious people and prevent two terrorist attacks.
Satisfied with the result, Russell took the initiative to call the top management and gave each member of the team an additional commission.
Hearing that they can get extra bonus commissions that are rarely encountered and belong to the explosion of luck, the whole team is happy.
The criminal style of having a huge amount of money but still lacking money is no exception.
Although the reward of US dollars may be two or three thousand, it is not enough to build a base or start a company.
But mosquito legs are also meat, and now this drags the family with a mouth, more than a dozen mouths waiting to eat, how can this money live for three or four days.
On the second day after the completion of the project task, Xing Feng and others gathered at the military base in the suburbs, and after bidding farewell to Rassell, they took the "Mi-8" transport helicopter arranged by him and rushed to the Afghanistan-H border line.
The company "MSRI" is based in Italy, and it is not well-known, and not many of you know about it.
At that time, Xingfeng had been in Europe and the Middle East for nearly two months, and Leng was a large company that could not contact PMC.
During this period, the mercenary organizations, anti-government organizations, and even al-Qaeda that he encountered extended an olive branch to him when they saw that he was in good shape.
But these professions of hiding and hiding are not the ambition of the penal style.
He wants to make a lot of money, yes, but he wants to stand in the sun and spend money with dignity!
Of course, there are many PMCs in the Middle East and Europe, and the punishment can also be seen, but he is not familiar with the place and has no introducer, so there is no way to enter it.
As for the kind of things in some novels, running over and using strength to overturn a person and prove one's ability, Xingfeng can do it, and it is not too difficult.
But...... He doesn't want to die yet!!
Each PMC has a "passive firing right", and in Afghanistan H and Ira K, PMCs even have an "excessive passive firing right".
To put it simply, as long as you are close to a certain range, these PMCs have the right to shoot and kill, regardless of whether you are a civilian or a real danger.
As for how Xingfeng was later attached to "MSRI", a small company that can only get some soup at the feet of a large PMC company.
It can only be said that Xing Feng's luck is not bad, he met a headhunter who is mixed in the PMC industry, and he is a 50-year-old overseas Chinese who has immigrated for several generations, and he has no choice but to sigh and embark on a PMC journey.
Until now, when Xing Feng thought of that bald dead fat man, he hated it so much.
Even if he pretended to be his distant nephew, he took away his introduction fee of 8,000 US dollars!