ushernet Chapter 145 Leaving the City
Chapter 145 Leaving the City
Everyone just stood on the rooftop, not saying a word.
The soldiers wanted to applaud and cheer, because this was a great victory! However, when they thought of their teammates who had sacrificed their lives, their hearts sank again...
No one has adapted to the pressure brought by the war, and everyone is trying hard to carry on - even though this is just a "low-intensity" border war.
At this time, Xu Bin finally walked back from the edge of the rooftop...
He sat down next to Belik and cursed:
"Your battalion commander is such an idiot! He shouldn't have done this - the 3rd Company didn't need so many casualties! In close combat, my team can achieve zero casualties. This kind of mission should have been assigned to me...!"
"Let your international volunteers come? How can that be possible!"
After listening to this, Belik retorted:
"We in Akstan will have to strengthen cooperation with the outside world in the future. If we send your volunteers to the most dangerous frontline as cannon fodder, will other countries dare to send technical personnel to support our development and construction?"
As soon as he said this, Bielik noticed that Xu Bin's expression changed...
——There was a hint of disgust and dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"Do you... really think those countries will support the construction of Akstan?" Xu Bin frowned and said:
"The air defense systems they gave us are all old, retired antiques! They said they would provide some new tanks, but now a month has passed, and the tanks are only 'supported' in their news footage..."
"Belik, you know clearly, right? These military aids are only for the 'common enemy', the Saudi Union. Without them, those countries won't care whether you live or die! New industry construction, food shortage... What are you going to do about these problems?"
Xu Bin's words touched everyone's heart, and everyone was silent at this moment...
Indeed, there may be hope of resolving the military difficulties.
But how to solve other difficulties?
Given the small country's weak population and industrial base, it can only... sell some high-quality resources at unfair prices in exchange for the introduction of "new industrial technologies" from foreign companies, and then slowly look for opportunities to revitalize itself.
By then, it is very likely that there will be a situation where "dozens of mines are given to others to dig, just in exchange for a machine tool design drawing from their company." And the technology obtained in exchange may even be an outdated product!
Is this a fair deal? It is not fair;
So is its existence reasonable? It is absolutely reasonable!
——The means of production are in the hands of other companies. Whether to take advantage of the situation or not depends on the attitude of these companies.
The strong prey on the weak, this is "Socialism"!
We can foresee that the people of Akstan will have a hard time in the future.
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For the next seven or eight minutes, Xu Bin wandered back and forth on the rooftop, cursing...
He cursed their leaders in front of the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Company - from the General Staff to the battalion headquarters, they were all naive little brats who would be deceived by the foreigners sooner or later.
"Considering some future international cooperation... you want me to stay behind and watch you die through a telescope, right?"
"Here! I'm going to show you what the upcoming 'international cooperation' will look like! Everyone, come over here and look at my phone."
At this point, Xu Bin took out his device and opened a video website for everyone...
This is a news channel on YouTube, which is broadcasting live the news of Akstan's successful counterattack.
Netizens’ comments were basically normal—everyone used emoji expressions to send out the flag of Akstan, and then said words like “come on!”, and a whole page of real-time comments was posted in the blink of an eye.
But the hosts and "experts" on the news programs are having this kind of conversation right now...
Host: {So, professor, you mean that you hope this can become a protracted war?}
Professor: {Yes, from the perspective of the Allies' interests, I hope that the Axis Alliance can be mired in the quagmire of war and fight with Akstan as long as possible! In this way, the other side will have no chance to cause trouble to us again. If possible, it would be best to drag the Eagle Federation into it as well...}
The "expert" in the picture sat on a soft sofa, crossed his legs, drank a sip of coffee and spoke slowly.
Even through the screen, you can see how shiny his leather shoes are...
It can be seen that these "high-level" people have "strategic wisdom". When they look at things, they always start from a very "high" perspective, and they will never be able to (nor will they want to) look at the "low-level" people who are suppressed under the chess pieces.
This is "Sheda"!
Ha, the soldiers suddenly discovered an interesting phenomenon:
Whether it's the Axis Alliance or the Allies...it seems like there are people who want to make life difficult for Akstan.
These “two groups of people” may be the “one type of people”.
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Putting away his phone, Xu Bin saw that no one was saying anything, so he also fell silent...
The international environment is not friendly to countries like Akstan, and Xu Bin can feel the anxiety on the faces of the young soldiers.
But then Amir interrupted:
"Everything has to have a beginning."
He scraped the blood off his face with his fingernails and added:
"We can't just hide in our shells and engage in a 'cold war' with others because of these things, right? We have to go out first, strive for some cooperation, and develop ourselves! Then we can explain our ideas to them little by little and dissolve the hostility. There are not so many 'enemies' in this world..."
Huh? So optimistic?
Xu Bin found it difficult to agree with Amir's remarks.
But his unwavering tone was as if he was surrounded by hope.
Where does "hope" exist?
Xu Bin turned his head left and right, but couldn't find where it was.
...
crunch--
At this moment, the iron door behind them was suddenly pushed open...
An officer then walked onto the rooftop, and Xu Bin saw that he looked familiar.
“Huh, huh…I’m so tired…!”
The other party was breathing heavily, leaning against the iron gate and speaking intermittently.
At the same time, a barrage of rockets flew across the sky, and the tail flames illuminated his tired face covered with sweat....
——It’s the clerk from the General Staff!
Xu Bin recognized him. His name seemed to be "Wu" or something.
"I am a clerk sent by the General Staff, Major Wuzimuhan."
He spoke, turned his head and looked around and asked:
"Has anyone seen Mr. Xu from Griffin PMC? Comrades, please show me the way...! I really don't have the energy to run anymore... Damn it..."
The soldiers glanced at each other, then waved beside Xu Bin and shouted:
"Our Boss Xu is here! Comrade Major"
Whoosh~!
After hearing this, the clerk major suddenly seemed to fly and rushed to Xu Bin in the blink of an eye...
"Oh my God, Mother Earth!" He sighed and pressed Xu Bin's shoulders:
"Are you really here to join the counterattack? And you're rushing to the front line to attack this building...? Damn it, this motorized infantry battalion, from the battalion commander to the company commander, must be punished! Oh my god..."
Belik was just thinking about explaining the situation.
The major suddenly wiped his tears and started crying...
"I'm a hard-working father...! (Proverb)" He held Xu Bin's shoulders tightly with both hands and refused to let go:
"Luckily you're not dead, Boss Xu! If you'd died, I wouldn't have been able to keep this job! I still have several people to support at home, what would you have me do? What should I do? ... Wuuuuuuuuu!"
Huh...? This person is crying?
Xu Bin was immediately confused by the other party and felt a little guilty, so he quickly apologized:
"I'm sorry... Major! Um, I won't run to the front line now, you should be relieved, right? Calmdown..."
"No! I won't! I won't!"
Perhaps because of too much pressure, Comrade Wuzimuhan started to make a fuss like a tsundere.
"You come back with me now!"
He grabbed Xu Bin's arm and said angrily, "I will never believe any of your excuses again! Let's go downstairs now!"
“But I haven’t finished talking to others yet…”
"Elbow! Follow me downstairs."
Without further ado, Xu Bin was dragged away by him...
...
It is undoubtedly a very humiliating thing to walk with the arm around you by a grown man.
But on the way up the stairs, Xu Bin finally understood why Major Wuzimuhan was so panicked...
It turned out that the boss was angry.
Griffin PMC has been working on the front line, but the communication procedures of the Akstan army are very bloated - as a result, Griffin's team has not been able to be withdrawn despite several messages being sent from above.
How can this happen?
Wuzimuhan's superiors became angrier and angrier. They began to consider sacking someone, saying that if things didn't go well this time, they would fire some people...
When the news reached this side, Major Wuzimuhan had just been abandoned at the junction by Xu Bin.
But the cars have already gone far away, how can I catch up?
Finally, the major made a difficult decision...
I found a bicycle anywhere in the village at the junction and rode more than eighty or ninety kilometers a day - I caught up!
Oh my god...! Xu Bin was stunned after hearing what these people said.
You know, that section of the road is the enemy's controlled area! Although there are only the logistics units of the Shalian people on the road, they are still troops! An army with guns and cannons...!
An area like this had been stormed by a tank regiment this morning. Wouldn't the logistics units be alert and turn it into a hornet's nest?
But the truth was somewhat unexpected: along the way, the major only encountered the enemy's fleeing soldiers...
I haven't seen many established units.
At that time, the defeated soldiers fleeing eastwards passed by the major on the road, and neither of them reacted!
Then Major Wuzimuhan became a little excited...
He had been riding his bike with a rage for a long time, and he felt even more unhappy when he looked at them, so he turned around and yelled at those little green men:
"Get out of the way! Leave your weapons on the side of the road and surrender to the rear. I don't have time to take you prisoners!"
——He just wanted to pretend to be cool and make himself feel better.
As soon as he said this, he regretted it...
The little green men were already upset because their organization was disbanded. When the major yelled at them in the local language, they immediately lost their temper...
——Chased after the back of his car and started beating it.
Behind them, there were little green men running and firing randomly, cursing;
In front of him was Major Wuzimuhan, pedaling his bicycle and screaming for his life.
They created a wonderful beautiful scene called "Running" under the sunset!
(This story tells us that if we don’t have armored forces to protect us, we shouldn’t try to show off.)
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After listening to the other party's complaints, Xu Bin felt even more guilty...
"I was wrong, Major..." he said, "On the way back, you can take our car."
"Of course I'm going to take your car!"
Wuzimuhan looked at the other party with a sad face and said exhaustedly:
"If you hadn't pushed me like this, I wouldn't have known I had the potential to be a scout! I traveled such a long distance all by myself... Do you know how many defeated Shalian devils I met along the way? I was almost scared to death by them! Hey-!"
As he spoke, he began to wipe away his tears again. It seemed that the major had also experienced a "wonderful adventure" today!
Following Xu Bin down the stairs, he held onto his arm and kept muttering:
"I want to ride in your car on the way back, so you don't run away by yourself again!"
"Okay, okay, but your calves are shaking all the time..."
Xu Bin pointed at the major's legs and said nervously:
"Can you let go first? I'm afraid you won't be able to stand steadily and will take me down with you..."
"hiss-!"
Before he could finish his words, the clerk suddenly cried out in pain.
Then his right leg went limp, and he rolled down the stairs with Xu Bin...
Puff! (The sound of two people falling down the stairs)
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Finally, Xu Bin limped out of the building aided by the Red Army soldiers.
"No....I'm sorry, Boss Xu"
Major Wuzimuhan looked at the other party with shame and apologized:
"I was walking too fast just now and didn't look at my feet. Are you... not hurt?"
"......"
Xu Bin was full of black lines.
It's hard to say whether he has internal injuries, but the major is definitely gone...
——Because just now there was an unlucky guy who served as a meat pad for the major after spraining his foot!
Xu Bin never imagined that the only injury he suffered in the border war that lasted for more than half a month was caused by friendly forces.
"commander!"
UMP40, who had been waiting downstairs for a long time, screamed.
She found that the commander was being carried downstairs...limping...like this???
I was almost scared to death!
I hurried over at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, and almost tripped and fell to the ground...
"Where are you hurt? Are you bleeding? Commander...?"
"Go back to the car and get some medicine!"
As she spoke, UMP40 snatched the commander away and glared at the innocent-looking Red Army soldiers.
Xu Bin, on the other hand, took a deep breath and explained for them:
"I fell downstairs and sprained my ankle."
"Help me get in the car. And get the radio up there too. We're going to call it a day and leave the war zone...eh?"
Before he could finish his words, UMP40 carried him on his back without saying a word and walked towards the Hummer parked in front of the building.
......Xu Bin didn’t even have time to feel embarrassed.