Section 355 The Correct Way to Reap the Dividends of War [I]
The fighting continued, and the sound of gunfire and explosions in the barracks and at the Alcidad de Santiago was still clearly audible...... For some mercenaries, though, it's in fact over. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The Info battle plan was very clear, the 3rd Regiment Combat Team was responsible for the capture of the barracks, and the 4th Regiment Combat Team was responsible for the capture of the Castle of Santiago, so there was no doubt that that that was their job and that it had nothing to do with anyone else until the new order arrived.
The last Spanish soldier in the area, the mercenaries of the 1st and 2nd regimental combat teams, stopped at the place where they had last arrived, waiting for new orders; Of course, "waiting for new orders" does not mean that they will just sit quietly or lie somewhere, on the contrary, these people are very active - busy looking for their war dividends.
"What do you think of this watch?" Wachs showed off a gold-plated pocket watch to his colleague, which had belonged to a Spanish lieutenant five minutes before, but was now his. "It looks like it's worth a lot of money."
"I'll give you twenty, how about you give it to me?" A mercenary suggested, eyes shining with a sly light. Of course, a gold-plated pocket watch can't be worth only twenty dollars, but since it's just a casual trophy, it's worth that price.
But Wochs did not intend to sell the pocket watch, and there were people who drove up the price. "I'm out of twenty-five."
"Twenty-five five." Prices continue to rise. However, all the mercenaries felt that the real purpose of the third bidder was to create chaos.
"Why don't you get out of here?" The first mercenary glared at his mischievous colleague, but quickly returned his gaze to Warhes. "Twenty-six."
"Twenty-seven." The second bidder continues to increase the price.
"Twenty-eight."
"Twenty-nine."
"Don't fight me. Thirty! ”
"Don't even think about-"
"What are you doing?" A stern voice interjected, letting the bidding end hastily. Wen Desi looked at the mercenaries under his control with some annoyance, he had witnessed more than six robberies of the Spaniards from just now, eleven mercenaries were showing off their gains, and three groups of people were fighting or bidding for a certain item - it seemed that in the blink of an eye, only the robbers were left in the entire army.
But that's pretty much what happened. At least a significant number of mercenaries were or were criminals before they entered Umbrella, and all of them entered the company for money. Well, since they can kill for a few green pieces of paper, they can also rob for them.
And companies do not prohibit such behavior: there is no regulation prohibiting mercenaries from robbing or even killing civilians. Although there are no regulations that allow them to do these things, it is clear to everyone that "not prohibited" means "acquiescence", and they can do it, but they must remember two things: first, they must not affect the task and further damage the company's reputation and image; Second, the rules of engagement must not be violated if a military mission authorized by the U.S. government is carried out.
But now, the mission has been accomplished, the rules of engagement have been given the green light, and the mercenaries are acting in full conformity.
Wen Deji knew this very well, but he just couldn't control his emotions. On the one hand, he hates that his men rob and even kill civilians; On the other hand, even if they want to do this kind of thing, now is not the right time.
"The battle continues, and we may get new orders at any time, so you'd better be vigilant than waste your energy on plundering and dividing the dividends of war." He reprimanded loudly, which made Wen Dehei's mood slightly better. Then he gave the order: "Spread out, find a place to rest for yourself, and don't let me see you together again." ”
"Yes, Sergeant." The mercenaries were all dismayed—they all knew the main reason for his anger—but dispersed as ordered. As a staff sergeant, he had the power to punish any soldier who disobeyed him, and no one intended to run into the muzzle of the gun now.
And he did not order everyone to hand over the looted booty......
"Be careful, all soldiers who get gold bars and silver dollars, turn them in immediately." "The boss's order, gold bars and silver dollars are the property of the federal government and companies, and it is embezzlement to possess them privately, and violators will be investigated by the Ministry of the Interior and eventually handed over to the Ministry of Justice for punishment." ”
"Besides," he paused, then added a second add, "everything that looks very Chinese, all belong to our boss." It's not a clear order, but you'd better remember who our boss is. ”
"Hell!" Several mercenaries shouted in exasperation. But they can only carry out this order - the federal Ministry of Justice is a small thing, but the company's Ministry of Internal Affairs can kill people. Everyone has heard about the methods used by companies to deal with employees who embezzle public funds, and such people will never live to be handed over to the Ministry of Justice - as for the "very Chinese" things, thank God, no one has gotten them yet, and there is no danger.
Since no one wants to run into the muzzle of a staff sergeant, no one wants to go into the interrogation room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Fortunately, the Spaniards had many equally valuable things in their hands besides gold bars and silver dollars. As for what you can get...... People who move slowly will never get anything.
The mercenaries ran away at once, leaving only Wochs in place, and Wendesi had one more question to answer. "Where is Zhang Biao?"
"I don't know...... He's still here? "Warhes felt that Zhang Biao should return to his troops, but he was not.
Wen Deji gritted his teeth. "Commander Curtis is looking around for him......"
"Looking for whom?" Vane walked over and asked curiously. Wen Deji turned to him, and his eyes were immediately drawn to the two necklaces around his neck. But now is not the time to care about that. "I'm looking for Zhang Biao." He said, "Did you see him?" ”
Vane did see it. "He's upstairs. In the ......"
He was about to name the specific room, but Wen Deji had already hurried away, obviously eager to find his old friend. Vane turned to Wochs and made a helpless gesture to him, and the two followed. But when they reached the second floor, Van realized how easy it was to find Zhang Biao: a woman's scream and Zhang Biao's curses could be heard all over the floor. Even on his toes, Vane knew what he was doing.
He stopped and began to hesitate to disturb Zhang Biao's "good deeds"; Based on the same idea, Warchs also remained in place and did not act. But Moon-de-heir had already found the source of the sound and crashed into it.
Zhang Biao was startled by the loud noise he made, but when he turned around and saw Wen Desi's face clearly, panic quickly gave way to annoyance, and he roared: "Wen Si, what are you doing!" It almost scared the hell out of me**......"
"Let her go." Wen Deji demanded.
"What does this have to do with you?" Zhang Biao glared at him. Hell, the reason why he was so eager to join the military campaign against the hospital was simply because there were so many beautiful female nurses said to be there. Now he finally found one, but Wen Deji ran in to interrupt it...... He really wanted to beat up this bastard.
But Wen Desi's expression showed that he also wanted to beat Zhang Biao. To a large extent, of course, that was just a disguise, just to match his lies. "I just don't want the boss or some commander to come to this hospital and hear the noise you made." Then he changed to a more ferocious tone, "And your commander is looking for you all over the world, if the boss knows about it, and he sees you here......"
When he heard the word "boss", Zhang Biao's face had turned pale. That's news he didn't expect. Then Moon's supplementary warning turned the white into a miserable white. "The boss is coming here in person?"
"Maybe he won't." "You have to understand, though, that every commander expects the boss to inspect their war zone, and Commander Thomas is one of the first employees to enter the company, and his invitation will come with a lot of weight......"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Biao began to hurriedly put on his clothes.
In the command post outside Manila, Qin Lang didn't know that he had just been used as a tool by a mercenary to intimidate his colleagues, but the things that the mercenaries were doing had already entered his ears: robbery, blackmail, murder, rape...... and the fierce conflict between several junior commanders over the uneven division of the war dividends. He had long expected his troops to do these things, but some things happened too soon.
"Our soldiers seem to be too loose." He snorted. The four senior commanders looked at him silently, waiting for him to continue speaking, while secretly guessing his thoughts and decisions. But alas, none of them was able to guess the answer, and several commanders did not know their boss well enough.
Yes, they could see that Qin Lang didn't care about the mercenaries' criminal behavior according to the company's rules and code of conduct, and he also deliberately changed the rules of engagement to create conditions for the mercenaries. But no one knew that Qin Lang didn't like simple and direct crimes that lacked skill.
"Update the rules to prohibit all acts of robbery, murder and rape from now on." "At the same time, all civilians should be transferred to centralized resettlement sites as soon as possible," he ordered. and segregated the upper classes. ”
Several commanders exchanged glances with each other. Qin Lang has a plan, but what is that?
The answer is simple. "Gentlemen, our soldiers' notion of the art of looting is still stuck in the Middle Ages." He shook his head and sighed, and continued: "I think it is necessary to popularize more modern looting techniques, at least, no worse than Napoleon who was close to a century ago in terms of sophistication and efficiency." ”
The commanders were stunned. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )