Battlefield Contract Worker

In Mogadishu, Somalia, a city full of pickups with machine guns, if you're willing to pay $150, you can buy an AK47 with ammunition attached. The traffic there was the worst and worst Lin Rui had ever seen, and it was basically all mud. Once it rained, the car had to drive on the concrete. There are also local buildings. Basically, there are no very good buildings. There used to be better buildings, but now they have been bombed into ruins due to years of war.

But the waters of Mogadishu are really beautiful.

Along the way, I saw many, many refugee camps, like camping. Local homeless people live in such tents, with no water and no electricity. The day is fine, but the night is probably only spent in the dark. Water is usually brought back by donkey carts, which have two tires on the back and several buckets. When Lin Rui and others arrived, it happened to be raining that day, and there were many children and some older ones scooping water in the roadside pool. This water is really dirty, and I don't know what they want this water for.

Lin Rui and the others all wore camouflage uniforms, sunglasses, headphones, and had automatic weapons. Locals shy away from them when they see them, but some watch them with indifference. With a wistful look at their pickups, and their weapons. For some reason, Lin Rui felt that their eyes were like hungry wolves in Siberia. The only difference is that Siberian wolves are not as skinny as they are.

The locals here are all black, and most of them are scrawny. But that's not to say they are without danger. Poverty and war have long made these people cruel and ruthless.

"Don't trust the locals, they'll kill you if you get the chance. Their reason may just be the gun in your hand, or the few dozen bucks of change in your pocket. Don't be merciful, remember, You just want to make people feel dangerous. Especially on land, there is never real safety here. I don't want my teammates to be killed by a group of local hooligans in the stinky ditch of the slum." Fernandez said with a sullen face.

Lin Rui didn't speak, but suddenly he felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach. Because he saw a corpse on the side of the road, and there were several people fighting over the property on the corpse. After discovering their pickup truck, the blacks fled. They all sneaked into the low and dilapidated old buildings nearby.

"This...what is this place? It's out of control, it's all..." Qin Fen said in a stunned manner, "Is this no one cares?"

"Who cares? Civil wars have continued here, and the educational and social systems have collapsed for many years. The local people have been pirates since the 20th century. The famous Somali pirates extort merchant ships from various countries every year, and the amount is hard to estimate. Every house here has an AK. In Somalia you can have no cell phone, no TV, but you can't live without guns. It happens that people are shot and killed in the street, even when you are sleeping, You can hear the gunshots outside." Ivan said lightly.

"It's a really bad place." Lin Rui shook his head.

"It's really bad, but it's not the worst." Jiang An patted Lin Rui on the shoulder and said, "It's good to get used to it, this is Mogadishu. Have you seen the movie Black Hawk Down? Don't underestimate these black people. Dude, these people used to make the mighty U.S. troops return home. And, there is good news that we will not stay here for long, we will go to Shendao.”

Fernandez said coldly, "Most of the local tribes will not take the initiative to provoke us, but some **** with short eyes are not excluded. So, if you are in danger, you will shoot me without hesitation. Keep deterrence, yes The only rule of thumb to survive on the ground."

"But they are all civilians." Peng Lefeng frowned.

"Yes, a group of civilians who will kill you at any time and strip you to nothing." Zhao Jianfei smiled lightly, looking at the blond Russian beauty Yelena and said, "And you, little girl. Here, it is not easy to meet women. Just looting and killing."

Yelena played with a saber in her hand and didn't speak, obviously disdainful of it.

Lin Rui shrugged, the one who dared to attack Yelena's idea was the one who really didn't know whether to live or die. This beautiful woman is actually more dangerous and more aggressive than most male mercenaries.

The two pickups drove for hours on the bumpy mud before arriving at a nearby port. A local black man came over, smiled and hugged Fernandez. It looks like they are old friends and have a very close relationship.

"This is Sand, our friend." Fernandez turned around and said, "He will take us to the sinking island."

Lin Rui noticed that Sander, who was in his 40s, was actually the leader of a militant, with a dozen black men armed with various weapons. They have everything from machetes to automatic weapons, and most of these black people are fierce and ruthless, and their expressions are much sharper than the average person. Their ship was also a rusted wreck, even with a machine gun in the bow.

Somali pirates! This was Lin Rui's first thought.

However, these people have a very respectful attitude towards Fernandez, and it has not been a year or two since they wanted to deal with him.

"Okay, get out of the car and load everything onto the boat. Hurry up, hurry up." Fernandez turned around and shouted. "Damn, what are you still grinding?"

Their pickup trucks carried a lot of supplies, all packed in boxes. Lin Rui and the other team members put these things onto the boat one after another, but left a box of ammunition and a few weapons behind. "Old rules, these are yours, my friend. It's a small gift." Fernandez said to the black man Sander.

"Thank you, you are always so generous." Sand smiled happily.

Sander's boat is old and old, but obviously refitted. The perimeter of the cabin is welded with scrap steel plates, the steel plates are rusted and there are bullet marks on them. Seems to have blocked a lot of bullets. As a standard pirate ship, this old and broken ship is equipped with a high-power engine. A fishing boat was literally converted into a speedboat.

Lin Rui took a look. These so-called Somali pirates did not look like pirates in the image at all. Most of them looked more like a fisherman.

The legendary pirates were majestic, roaming the sea, looting merchant ships and accumulating huge wealth. Enjoy endless treasures all your life, and always find mountains of gold and silver jewelry. The Somali pirates, who are also pirates, are obviously not so lucky. This group of "sea robbers" who make the world terrified are on refitted ships that have passed the end of life. The weapons are also rusted and old, and there are few new weapons. And most of them are black young men who are thin and unattractive.

If the weapons are taken away, the pirates look no different from ordinary fishermen in Somalia who are about to go to sea. Looking at their busy figures on the boat, they looked like fishermen who went out to sea just to make a living. What makes people speechless is that the Somali pirates were so mixed up that they didn't eat the last meal. They do not have a luxurious life, but worry about their next meal every day.

Some pirates with more "seniority", because they are a little wealthy, will go to a tavern to eat and drink every time after receiving the "ransom", which is a complete "luxury". However, he will soon return to the precarious team and continue his life-threatening business.

"With their qualities, they can be considered pirates?" Qin Fen couldn't help but said, "This outfit, this outfit, is like picking up junk."

Looking at the waterway outside, "A lot of people have a hard time understanding these people. But I can. Piracy is a life-threatening business, but there are things in this world that are scarier than death itself. Poverty, hunger and lack of hope. . We people really don't have the right to laugh at them, after all, they are just for a living. Starve you for a week without a penny, and give you a gun. You will join them too~www.readwn.com~ Maybe that way you can understand what they're doing."

"I'm just talking." Qin Fen said embarrassingly.

Zhao Jianfei nodded and said, "This place is really messy, and it's messy and poor. The average daily income is less than one dollar, but the price of food is surprisingly high. In fact, most of them are local fishermen, and being pirates is also forced to make a living. However, Sander is a relatively gentle person among the pirates. He has always sought money without hurting anyone. He also has a little prestige among the local pirates. With a person like him, everything we do will be much easier. This is why The reason why Fernandez has a good relationship with him."

"Then, where is the Shen Island we are going to? An island nearby?" Lin Rui frowned.

"It is a small island of more than ten square kilometers with no local residents. Because during the colonial period, the British army was stationed there. Most of the local fishermen were driven out there. Later, Somalia became independent, but fell into a long-term civil war. There It is a place that no one cares about. Morningstar began to develop and utilize that island in the 1990s. It is used as a separate training camp." Jiangan said slowly.

"How did you know it was there?" Qin Fen frowned, "Have you been there before?"

"No, when I was working within Morningstar, I had access to this information. It is one of the seven training camps of Morningstar around the world." Kishi explained, "However, it should also be the smallest camp. Mainly For training amphibious fighters, Fernandez is the head there."

"First it was Siberia, and now it's an isolated island. Morningstar really knows where to go." Qin Fen said with a wry smile.

Lin Rui felt that there was nothing. Compared with the mountains and forests of West Siberia, he did not think that the islands in the East African Sea could be so bad.