Zhao Jianping looked at the photo in Li Tai'an's hand, this is a two-inch color photo, it is obviously quite old, and its owner obviously takes it out often. Although it is carefully protected in the wallet, the picture on the surface of the photo may have been slightly blurred because it was once soaked with sweat.

In this photo, Li Tai'an does not have a trace of a soldier on his body, he just stands there facing the camera lens, showing a happy and satisfied smile, because his beloved wife and daughter are standing beside him, he stretches out his right hand, with a strong arm, and holds the two closest women in his life into his arms.

Zhao Jianping looked at this photo, which was already a little blurry, and he suddenly lost his mind for a while, because he found that the little girl who was only about ten years old, with her clear and flexible big eyes, and the pure smile on her face that did not understand the world, was strikingly similar to Zhao Pan. And Li Tai'an's wife, although not as charming as Zhang Yanhua, seems to be a woman who can barely reach the beauty level.

Zhao Jianping looked at the clothes Li Tai'an was wearing when he took this photo, he was silent, he had learned too many things with the teacher Zhan Xia Ge over the years, he could judge at a glance that Li Tai'an's family environment was really bad. But he was smiling, smiling so happily, as if he were the happiest person in the world.

Zhao Jianping really knew too well, too well the meaning behind Li Tai'an's happy smile at that time.

Zhao Jianping took a light breath, and he asked in a strange voice: "You joined the French Army Special Forces just for them?" ”

"Yes, I want them to enjoy a truly happy life, and I hope that my daughter can receive a good education. I even hope to send her to study abroad, so that she can finally leave Indonesia and leave the place that has scared us again and again. So, my husband and dad have to work hard to make money! ”

Li Tai'an cherished the wallet back into his military uniform pocket, he sighed lightly: "In the French Army Special Forces, I have received the most rigorous training, and I have gone to the battlefield with them more than a dozen times, and every time on the weekend, when the commander announces that they can take a day off, everyone else goes to the nearby bar to party, fight, get drunk, and go to find a girl who is worth from a few dollars to dozens of dollars, which is used to vent the fear and anxiety that we have accumulated in the face of death on the battlefield again and again. In the special forces of the French Army, we foreign soldiers died when we died, and we were not even qualified to put on the national flag, because we were just mercenaries in the 19th century, a group of thugs who took people's money and used people to eliminate disasters. But I couldn't go with them to the tavern for an indulgent weekend, because I had to mail back all the money I earned, and my daughter needed nourishment, education, and a springboard out of that ghetto life. ”

"But every time my wife writes to me, the first thing she says is asking me for money. She kept complaining, saying I was making too little money. A trace of depression rose in Li Tai'an's eyes, and he said softly: "But I have really done my best!" I'm just a mercenary, and every penny I earn is fought with my life, blood, and sweat, little by little. There will never be anyone there who will reach out and give us even a penny. ”

Zhao Jianping stared at Li Tai'an, who was really old in front of him, and was not suitable to participate in this special military competition like him, his eyes couldn't help but slowly rise with a look of sympathy and understanding, Zhao Jianping asked softly: "So, you are here to participate in this 'Blue Shield' military competition?" ”

"Yes!"

Li Tai'an nodded vigorously, "As long as I can win even an upper-average result for the French Army Special Forces in this 'Blue Shield' military competition, I can get a good bonus, not only can I mail money to my wife and daughter, I can also go back to see them in person." You don't know ......"

Li Tai'an's voice suddenly deepened, and he hesitated for a long time before he said in a low voice: "I am thirty-seven years old this year, and I know that I am already very old, and I am not suitable to participate in this kind of high-ranking military competition, but I can't help but participate!" Two months ago, I received a letter from my daughter, who told me, 'Daddy, come back, if you don't come back, I'll have to call someone else'...... In fact, to tell the truth, I have been away from home for so long, and she is so beautiful but wronged to marry me, a poor bastard who is not angry, I really don't mind that she has another man, as long as I go back, she can really treat me sincerely, can change her mind, I will be satisfied. ”

Li Tai'an's words stopped abruptly here, and it seemed that in this case, it should not be said to someone who is still a stranger, and who will soon become a competitor in the competition.

The two of them sat there quietly, each thinking about their own thoughts, until the assembly whistle of the second round of jungle assault combat knockout was about to start in the distance, and Zhao Jianhe and Li Taian stood up together.

"Take care!" Although Zhao Jianping knew that Li Tai'an was his opponent in the next game, he still said to Li Tai'an sincerely: "I hope you can have a good result." ”

"Impossible. I didn't see you fight in the jungle with my own eyes, but your first round results were so horrible that I couldn't match you even when I was at my best on the training ground, and I couldn't beat you in this match. ”

"It's just that I blamed my own bad luck for meeting the strongest opponent in the second round of elimination, and I seemed destined to be eliminated." Li Tai'an barely squeezed out a smile and said to Zhao Jianping: "But it doesn't matter, even if I don't have a bonus, I can still work hard to participate in a few more wars in the army and make more money, so that in less than half a year, maybe I will save enough money for a ticket home to visit them." ”

Zhao Jianping took a deep look at Li Tai'an again, and the two of them took their weapons and walked to the position of entering the jungle.

"Remember, within twenty-five minutes, I don't care what method you use, even if you hide in a no-man's corner, and use the method of guessing boxing to decide the winner, only one person can come out of it 'alive'!"

Instructor Alden raised the starting pistol in his hand, and he said indifferently: "Good luck, gentlemen!" ”

The location of the jungle.

(To be continued)