When the battle ended, the Celtic Ranger flew away, leaving behind a sea of wreckage, flames, and corpses.

The pirates were at a loss, and at this time, everyone was sober: the gold ship?

There's a good chance they've been tricked!

Moreover, even if they weren't tricked, they wouldn't dare to go up and rob the boat that ran away.

It's rocket artillery, it's robots, it's warships.

The pirates of the 21st century are not the same as the pirates of the 18th century, and the pirates of the past even dared to make up their minds about warships, and even succeeded.

But in the 21st century, the difference in technology and social formation has made it completely impossible for them to use such giant military units, and the only thing they can do is take AKs and scare merchants with fishing boats – small cargo ships at best.

Just knowing that this is a warship is enough for them to dispel their thoughts.

However, among them, there are still some bold and ideal "promising pirates" who sneak up against the tide and sneak up on the warship that was bombed by rockets and drive it away.

On the Celtic rover, a group of Atlas soldiers looked at the captain of the warship-

During the capture of the warship, they found the soldiers tied up on the ship and took them with them as they retreated.

There are not many people, only four people in total.

The captains of both warships stared wide-eyed, and one of them spoke first: "Uh, I know you!" You're Frank Custer, and I watched your trial video."

Frank sat down in his chair and smiled, "I thought this was going to be a banned film." ”

"The Internet, you can always find it if you want to find it, the garrison base is crazy next to it, it's all selling small discs, find a black Internet café, you can see it as soon as you turn on the computer."

This captain is hippie and smiling at this time, and he doesn't have the hard feeling of being an officer on a ship at all.

But the situation is stronger than people, and this is normal.

Besides, Frank's military exploits are real, and he will still give him the respect that should be given.

Another captain said, "We've refueled you!" Though. Although the trial should have been over by the time we saw the disc.

We shouldn't have a grudge, right? ”

"Yes, there is no hatred, but what are you going to do? Continue to go back to service? ”

"it." The captain on the left spat and looked at him viciously, "The whole ship, I'm on the side of this new kid!"

By the way, what about the others? I wonder why they don't listen to the command! ”

"Dead."

"Oh."

Frank continued, "What do you mean that the two of you are in a gang?" ”

The two captains glanced at each other, and the fact that they were next to each other and everything was silent dispelled the chill in their backs.

It's not that those people are scared to be killed, but the whole thing is extremely weird.

They slowly revealed the whole thing - this was theoretically a leak of military secrets.

But with Frank's example in the past, they didn't think it was a big deal to betray the navy: it was the navy that betrayed them first!

The mission was delivered from a higher order, and the goal was unclear, but in general, it was one sentence: to assist Eric Stevenson in completing the mission.

The mission came from the United Nations, and the UN Security Council asked the Berry Navy's Navy to assist them in recovering a shipment.

First of all, it is very strange for military ships to chase civilian ships, but because this is an order from above, they have to listen.

But as the mission progressed, their men didn't obey their orders!

This kind of thing is just too weird and unacceptable, especially for their navy!

The sea is a closed area, and if those guys have a convulsion and kill them one day, the Moldy Army may even take their testimony and say that they are mentally ill at sea!

Even more uncomfortable are those comrades. Those comrades-in-arms who have served together for several years, or even more than ten years, can't see anything abnormal about them at all on weekdays!

They even see each other as homemakers!

Thinking of this, the hearts of the two captains are even more mixed, and the friendship that has passed for decades turns out to be all fake?

Clint looked solemn when he heard this, and he suddenly said to Frank, "I guess that's why my superiors chose to hire you. ”

"It seems that things are getting more and more troublesome. But those are the boss's considerations.

The four of you, since you don't plan to serve, have you considered joining Atlas? ”

Several of the moldy soldiers looked at each other, and Frank continued: "Look, as you said, it is impossible for you to return to the army to continue your service, both objectively and subjectively.

But to be honest, now that you know about the abnormalities within the moldy army, do you think you can still be an ordinary person after you go back? ”

There are internal ghosts within the moldy army, and the internal ghosts are still organized.

Of course, the less people know this kind of information, the better.

"You've done enough for the Berry Country, but now that you're out of the battlefield, you can imagine what will happen to you, and now Atlas can give you a new chance."

An opportunity to serve Atlas.

The stakes are so clear that Frank's example is right in front of you.

If it weren't for his boss standing up for him, this man would have been ruined by now.

So.

The four former Berry Nation navies had no reason to refuse, but they had a question: "But we are the navy, and although your exoskeletons are very cool, we are in the boat." ”

"Well," Frank moved his cervical spine and got up from his chair, "Yes, we'll sign the contract when we get ashore."

Prepare for this, our journey to the base was not very calm, and there may be some terrorists. ”

Seamlessly moving from Navy to private military contractor, the four former Berry Army were in a somewhat delicate mood and were silent in the room.

Frank and Clint walked out of the room to a makeshift lab on the deck.

At this time, the ship had stopped at the nearest city port, surrounded by fishing boats, and if the boat was larger, it would not have been able to stop.

T'Challa's men had brought in a lot of equipment, and the makeshift site was for Captain Carter in the ice, where they were going to thaw Captain Carter.

He stood in front of the laboratory, looking at the World War II veteran with complicated eyes.

Seeing Frank and Clint walking briskly, he looked up and said to them:

"She's waking up."

"Recently, a major maritime conflict in the waters of Somalia has attracted widespread attention from the international community."

"According to official sources, two frigates belonging to the Berry Country Navy were attacked by unknown armed forces during a special United Nations peacekeeping mission."

"Eventually, one warship disappeared and the other was unfortunately sunk."

"More details about the incident are still under investigation, and the Mold Army and the African Union remain silent about it"

Lille sits in his office, with today's headlines on his screen:

Two Berry Nation warships were sunk off Somali waters, and there is evidence that pirates were responsible.

But no one will believe that this is the work of pirates: they are all capable of sinking warships, so what are they pirates?

Isn't it fragrant to do something big with the name of XX liberator?

Of course, the Berry Nation military will not believe the claim that it was sunk by pirates, because they know that the two ships are on a United Nations peacekeeping mission.

Some intermittent speculations have also been received -

So now, on the communications screen in front of Lille, is the current Secretary of State of Berry Nation.

"Mr. Secretary, all I can tell you is that the ships that the United Nations is chasing are indeed the targets of the Atlas Group's escort."

"Do you understand what it means to sink a military unit in a private capacity?"

"I understand." Lille was not deterred by the white-haired old man in front of the screen, "but there is no evidence that it was the Atlas Group."

Secondly, do you know what the cargo is on board? ”

"It doesn't matter what the cargo is."

"It's a person."

Lille stood up, and Frank's signal was picked up on the screen across from the camera.

A variety of sensors enclose the ice in the center, and although the equipment is rudimentary, it is mostly enough to safely thaw the person in the ice.

Seeing the face of the man in the ice, memories of decades ago were awakened, and Secretary of State, Bucky Barnes's eyes widened.

"It's her." Bucky's expression instantly became extremely gloomy, "What do you want to do?" ”

"You should ask what those two ships want to do, what the UN Security Council wants to do, please answer me, does the document sent to you by the UN contain this information?"

Of course not, otherwise Bucky wouldn't have known what was in it now.

Bucky in this universe is not the brainwashed soldier, but a seasoned politician who has worked hard in the political arena for many years with his military exploits.

The experience of military operations and the smell of a politician made him wake up, and a bad guess appeared in his mind.

Lille continued: "We only caught four alive for no other reason, the others are like dead soldiers, if you talk about faith, they are the most tenacious fighters.

I can put together a report that is completely different from what you have, but only if you keep our communications private.

It's for your good, really. ”

Two very different worlds unfolded before Bucky's eyes:

One World is a world built with the intelligence of intelligence agencies such as the NSA, CIA, FBI, etc., combined with the information on hand of the military of the Berry Country with a blank face.

In this world, the Berry Nation has been attacked by terrorists and has started another war in order to give those barbarians a taste of the iron fist of civilization.

The Atlas Group, as a local enterprise of Berry Country, is subverting Berry Country, even directly attacking military warships and snatching Captain Carter.

But the other world was shown to him by Lille.

In this world, multiple intelligence agencies such as the CIA and the NSA have been confirmed to often carry out illegal activities overseas, hiding them from themselves and the world, and even secretly mobilizing military soldiers to help them in their activities.

And these institutions are also bound to the multiple interest groups that are fighting in the country - they are the face of war, corrupting in war and growing in war.

If you can profit from something, you'll find a way to make it even worse.

In the subprime mortgage crisis, as a military man, he ridiculed the financial system, from private companies to the state-owned insurance system, from banks to state regulators, and the whole country was dragged into the pit under their greed.

If war could make some other people a fortune, they would certainly do the same thing, no doubt.

He didn't know if the president knew about them, but he did know that President Ellis had a good relationship with the major oil groups.

In the world that Lille shows him, they are being pushed to war by those behind the scenes, and this war will make some people make a lot of money, while others will sink into hell.

Now they are also planning to secretly transport Carter.

Who knows what they're going to do?

The confusing world gave this ninety-year-old man a headache.

Case

"I'm going to see the thaw process with my own eyes."

"Of course, actually, I was hoping so, otherwise Captain Carter would have woken up and seen a group of black men who might have thought he had crossed over."

She's not racist."

"But her country is very good at it." Lille shrugged, "Especially during World War II. ”

(End of chapter)