It was nearly midnight, and it had been some time since Green had finished handing over the officers on duty on rotation, but he had not left for a long time.

It's not normal here these days, and a lot of the time it's when Green just returned to the apartment and fell asleep and was woken up by the ringing of the phone, and then no matter what time or place it is, he has to rush here to report and be on duty, and I really can't figure out if there is a schedule for normal people in the base camp, and stay here for a while after the handover, so that once an emergency order is issued, he can save a lot of toss back and forth.

"Hey, buddy, it's almost, it's midnight, I think those annoying guys should go to bed too, you go back quickly, you should come, no matter where you hide, I'll pull you out, listen to me, hurry back and rest."

Seeing Green playing darts boringly on the side, the officer on duty who replaced Green persuaded.

Green threw all the darts in his hand onto the board, poured all the small half cups of coffee left on the table into his mouth, and then threw the paper cups to the trash can at the far end.

"You're right, it's time for me to go, tomorrow is the weekend, I hope I can get a good night's sleep, the situation is really delicate now, the more we get to the future, our desire to sleep all night is probably extravagant, goodbye, man."

The officer on duty smiled at Green's back, and then continued to bury his head in front of his computer, dealing with tedious and boring plans and instructions.

After leaving the base, Green did not immediately return to the camp dormitory, but came to an old town a few blocks away from the camp, which is the place where Green usually likes to come the most.

On both sides of the ancient streets, there are rich and varied Tuscan or Baroque buildings built in an orderly manner, and each of these houses and castles piled up with various stones, and even every step has a history of several or even more than ten centuries, still stands on both sides of the street, watching the changes of this era coldly and hard, and every stone on the building is engraved with the annual rings of the city, which silently shows the world its past glory and tribulations. At the same time, it is also recording what is about to happen, and in the eyes of these solid buildings, the crowd that lingers here is just a passing passerby, and he is the real owner of the street.

The effects of the coffee began to show, reactivating Green's already tired brain, and the clammy air made him more sober, and Green liked the feeling, preferring to walk alone in the silent streets.

More than ten years of military camp career has begun to make Green feel bored, if it weren't for the current tight situation in this area, his retirement application may have been approved, according to the current development of the situation, Green wants to completely take off this military uniform will have to wait a long time.

What keeps Green from the boring, monotonous, mechanical life of his current life is the chaotic status quo of the turbulent and dangerous N-League.

With the sharp rise in the danger index of war, all the military bases on the European continent have moved, and the deployment of military resources and attack forces is close to completion.

At this moment, there is no need to care about the constraints of the charter and treaties, nor does it need the authorization or invitation of any person or international organization, as long as it is not in line with the vital interests of the United States, it can intervene strongly, and the robbers do not need any excuse for plundering.

In the 90s of the 20th century, the end of the Cold War, the vigorous rise of the high-tech industrial revolution, the accelerated reorganization of various forces in the world, the new development of multipolarization, with the disintegration of the red empire, the status of the United States not only has not been shaken, but is getting bigger and bigger, the strategic imbalance between the developed and developing countries has increased, the contradiction between intervention and anti-interference has become more prominent, the world military field has undergone profound changes, and the military superiority obtained by the United States from continuous intervention has become an important means for it to implement power politics.

The initial development of the crisis in the Kovo region greatly surprised the United States allies with the toughness of the Milo administration, and made the United States and other Western countries uneasy, which were trying to control the situation in the Balkans, and they could not allow the actions of the N Alliance and Milo to interfere with the architecture of the new world pattern that they had set up according to their wishes after the Cold War.

The ultimate plan of the Western powers, led by the United States, is to use strong intervention in this crisis to eliminate the last Milo regime in Southeast Europe, which is regarded as alien by the Western system, and an imminent crisis hangs in the hair, and a major war will be inevitable.

Walking a long way down the silent street, a neon hue in front of him gave the historic city a modern color, and at an intersection in the middle of the street, Green pushed the door and walked into a quaint bar.

The waiter standing by the door greeted Green warmly and let him inside.

Green is a regular at the place, and he is a humble person and generous in his tips, so everyone at the bar has a good impression of him.

Even though it was nearly midnight, there were still a lot of people gathered in the bar, and as soon as Green entered the door, he met two colleagues who were also working at the base, and after greeting each other, Green walked straight to the front of the bar and sat down on the high stool in front of the table.

"Hey, it's been a long time, and I don't know what you've been up to lately, if you don't come, my guys here miss you very much, how about it? Is there anything you can tell us? ”

Before Green could sit down, the barkeeper in the bar placed Green's favorite martini in front of him, and poured himself a little bit at the same time.

Green picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip, smiled indifferently and said:

"You're not telling the truth, your guys are thinking about my tip, it's not me, I don't have any news to reveal to you, do you still need to ask for news from me? I know a lot of things from your mouth first, and it was confirmed by the facts not long after, I think you are really a bit condescending to open a bar, if you change to another place, you will definitely show your talent for collecting, how about it? Is there any new idea that I can introduce for you. ”

The barkeeper stared at Green in front of him, didn't speak for a long time, and then the two looked at each other and smiled.

"I think it's safer for me to stay here honestly, I can't stand the restrictions of those rules, and I also hate it extremely that people are pointing fingers at me, I can't stand this kind of constraints, or I feel more stable and comfortable here, here I have nothing to talk to some old friends who often come and go, drink a little wine, life is simple but very comfortable, especially the important point is that there is no need to worry about it here."

The bar owner said, picking up the shot glass in front of him, lightly touching Green's, and then drinking it down.

Green followed the bar owner, also drank his own glass of wine, the boss refilled the glass for Green, it happened that there were two more guests on the other side of the bar sitting near the bar, the bar owner went up to greet the other guests, and did not forget to put a plate of snacks in front of Green's eyes before leaving.

A glass of wine made Green's tense body gradually relax, and the previously drowsy brain became excited again, Green took another sip, and then leaned on the bar and turned his body halfway, and then revisited the bar he had already known.

Like this city, this bar also records the changes of the world, the decorations on the walls and some photo frames and memorabilia, reminding customers that this bar has been inherited until now, has a history of more than 100 years, and the current owner has preserved and inherited the remains of his ancestors here almost intact, witnessed two world wars, and also recorded the European situation from the Cold War to the present.

Sitting near the bar, Green could easily see the bar in its entirety.

It's late at night, and the two colleagues who Green met when he entered the door have left at some point, and there are slightly fewer customers in the bar than when Green came in before, but there are still a lot of customers sitting upstairs and downstairs, these people are either gathering in small groups or drinking alone, accompanied by soft music and dim light, making everything in this bar seem so warm and soothing.

Looking up from the inner patio above the bar, in the corridor on the upper floor of the bar, an Oriental woman sat near a table, tapping quickly on the heavy laptop in front of her, a plate of half-eaten food and drink in her hand, so engrossed in such a way that she might have lost sight of where she was.

Green drank the remaining martini from his glass, then put it down and walked up the stairs.

It may have been that the woman was so preoccupied with what was in front of her that when Green had already walked across from her and pulled the stool, the woman looked up as if frightened.

"Hey! Rebecca, I'm sorry, I scared you, I look like you down there, it's good, I really didn't expect to meet here, are you okay? ”

Green was visibly excited, apparently he and the woman named Rebecca had known each other for a long time.

"Hey! How could it be you, you really scared me, when did you come here? ”

The woman's look of surprise turned into surprise in an instant, Green walked over, and the two of them hugged tightly, and then they both sat down, and the waiter delivered the drinks to the two of them.

"Tell me when you were transferred here, and are you still an external liaison officer? Now that the situation is so delicate, what insider information do you have that I can get into the headlines? ”