"No, no..."
Facing Chen Xing's greetings, Jin Chengen quickly shook his head in denial.
"Why?" Chen Xing frowned slightly and asked.
"I, I thought..." Jin Chengen's voice stuttered because of nervousness, "You, you don't dare to chase me..."
"Hmm..." Chen Xing thought for a while and felt that Jin Chengen probably wasn't lying. After all, there are more than forty people on the other side, and they are very relaxed, unlike the current reaction of the enemy. Since there is no sense of danger, there is no need to call for help.
Then, a glimmer of light flashed in Chen Xing's eyes and he asked, "What do you think..." He paused and his tone became meaningful, "How much money will your family pay to redeem your life?"
Since ancient times, nobles have had the practice of paying ransom to redeem important prisoners of war. Anyway, he is from Qingguo. Even if he can go back in the future, he will not go to Qingguo because he is not afraid of offending the powerful families there.
"I, I..." Jin Chengen looked gloomy and opened his mouth several times before speaking out, "I have been abandoned by my father."
Without saying a word, Chen Xing pulled out the silver star and pointed at Jin Chengen's head, "Goodbye then." His voice was calm, as if he was talking about an ordinary trivial matter, but its intimidation was amazing. The pampered Young Master Jin suddenly trembled all over and collapsed on the ground, shouting, "Don't, don't kill me, father, father said, yes, he will help me once!"
"How can I help?" Chen Xing asked.
"He, he said he would find a way to airdrop supplies to me once." Jin Chengen said, holding his head.
"How much?" Chen Xing asked.
"No, I don't know, but I must have money, medicine, and everything..." Jin Chengen raised his head and said hastily, for fear that Chen Xing wouldn't believe it, so he explained desperately, "I am the youngest son in the family, and my father will not Don’t care about me.”
"Then send the message now and don't play any tricks, or I'll shoot you to death." Chen Xing raised the silver pistol in his hand and threatened.
"No, it won't happen. Don't worry, it won't happen..." Jin Chengen said firmly, got up, threw himself next to the dark network communicator, and turned on the power switch.
The green power light flashed a few times and turned into evergreen. Then a green light shone on Jin Chengen and scanned back and forth three times. Immediately afterwards, the screen in the middle part lit up, and like an old-fashioned computer, lines of small green characters appeared word by word.
[Identity verified, customer number 118902]
[Use location: Area 27 of the Black Death Continent, coordinates...]
[Welcome to the World Money Transaction Network Emergency Communication System]
[Please enter the communication number and information in the format of "Target Customer Number#Information Content"]
Below is a flashing cursor. There is a waterproof keyboard under the screen, and Jin Chengen operates it with trembling fingers. Chen Xing stretched out the muzzle of his gun and held it against the former's head to prevent the other party from playing tricks while typing.
[117406#Father, I need supplies, please arrange an airdrop as soon as possible, the code is five gunshots]
Jin Chengen pressed the Enter key, and the words "Message sent successfully" soon appeared on the screen.
"How long will it take?" Chen Xing asked.
"At least three days at the earliest." Jin Chengen replied tremblingly.
"Very good." Chen Xing put away the silver star, then asked the ghost fox and the big cat to press the prisoner in and guard the cave.
"Be honest, I don't like killing people, don't force me." Chen Xing warned. The prisoners nodded quickly, indicating that they would be fine.
In the following time, Chen Xing has been waiting for the airdrop. But three days later, there was still no sign of the aerostat, so he asked Jin Chengen for questioning. Jin Chengen swore and guaranteed that his father would definitely arrange an airdrop, but it would take time to bribe the aerostat officials.
On the morning of the fifth day, an aerospace boat finally flew over. Among the clouds, the aerostat is like a small black dot, difficult to detect with the naked eye. After a while, the aerostat lowered its altitude. The large propeller behind the tail rotates and moves forward slowly.
Chen Xing pulled out the Silver Star and fired five shots. Immediately, a small door opened in the pod under the aerostat, and then a large wooden box was pushed down. The box with the parachute floated in the wind and finally landed several kilometers away.
Chen Xing and Guihu guarded the prisoners and asked Da Mao and Wu Jinjian to move the boxes. Half an hour later, the box was moved back by two people. After prying it open, there are a lot of good things.
There are two Commando sniper assault rifles wrapped in oilcloth. This is the standard weapon of the Qingguo Mountain Guard. It is manufactured by Chongshan Industrial. The barrel is made of ordinary alloy and is relatively durable. Equipped with a triple non-reflective sniper scope, the gun body is engraved with the standard rune circuit "Xuanwu", the energy storage speed is increased by 15%, the penetration damage is increased by 8%, the ballistic accuracy is increased by 10%, and the market value is Over nine hundred gold coins.
Then there is a large bundle of gold bars, which can be exchanged for tens of thousands of gold coins. There are also various firearms, medicines, bullets, grenades, and military rations. A whole big box, stuffed to the brim.
"To be honest, I envy you very much..." Chen Xing patted Jin Chengen on the shoulder and sighed, "You have a good father." The latter's eyes were filled with sparkles, as if there were tears.
Later, Chen Xing divided the supplies into two parts. The relatively low value and heavy military rations, grenades, and ammunition were left behind, and the empty guns were put on the prisoners' backs. Their hands were then tied with ropes and strung into a long snake, and Da Mao and Wu Jinjian escorted them behind.
Chen Xing gave the two Commandos to the two of them, and took the M4 back.
Three days later, Chen Xing and the others escorted the prisoners and returned in triumph to No. 27 Security Station. Jin Chengen and his entourage regained their freedom. They did not dare to say anything, avoided the crowd in dejection, and hid in the corner of the rest and dining area to wolf down their food. During the period of being a prisoner, I had no good food or sleep, and had to do hard labor to move things. It was really miserable.
As soon as Chen Xing finished writing the sign for recruiting personnel, a group of exiles couldn't wait to join.
"Boss, we will hang out with you from now on." "Boss, you must accept me. I am a combat soldier with level 2 psychic armor." "Boss, I am an assaulter. I am an intermediate-level precision shooter with a gun. Scar from Nishiki Industries." "I am a cook, good at Chinese and Western food, and my specialty is tomato ramen." "I am a medical soldier, intermediate field first aid, even though I am a man, I am very careful."
Considering the current economic situation, Chen Xing only hired thirty-one people. He originally had more than 2,000 gold coins with him, plus the bundle of gold bars that Jin Chengen brought with him and the airdrop, the total was more than 27,000. Two thousand were given to Big Mao, Guihu and Wu Jinjian each, leaving more than twenty-one thousand.
The salary of the personnel is the same as that of the mercenaries in the Red Earth Continent, depending on the type of soldier, 12 to 18 gold per person per month, 20 to 25 gold for the team leader, and all meals and lodging are included.
Thirty-one people were divided into three teams, two combat teams and a logistics team, each with about ten people. Big Mao and Ghost Fox lead the combat team, and Wu Jinjian leads the logistics team.
After recruiting the personnel and training for seven days, Chen Xing led the team to the cave where Jin Chengen had been. The terrain there is complex, there are dangers to defend, and there are water sources. It is a good place to dominate the mountain.
Since they had no vehicles, they purchased five simple manned trucks at the safety station to transport supplies. The supplies include various grains, bacon, compressed vegetables, dried fruits, as well as buckets and cups, cooking utensils, bedding tents, engineer shovels, etc.
After six days of trekking, stopping and moving, we finally arrived at our destination. After setting up sentry patrols, Chen Xing immediately arranged manpower to dig the passage day and night. Half a month later, the area of the cave expanded five or six times, and two escape tunnels were dug. One leads to the south side of the mountain, and one leads to the north side. In addition, several ventilation holes were dug out, and there was a weak air flow in the cave.
After some time, at the end of October, when the weather started to get cooler, the construction of the stronghold was finally completed.
The cave is divided into three areas, the rest area, the granary, and the dormitory. The kitchen is located outside the cave, and the ammunition depot is located on the other side of the mountain.
Then three lookout posts were set up, built with stones. One was on the top of the mountain above the stronghold, and the other two were on the mountains next to it, forming a triangle. They were on duty 24 hours a day. There is also a patrol team of three people patrolling the nearby area.
A large puddle was dug at the mouth of the mountain spring, and a plastic pipe bought from the safety department was used to lead it into the hole, so we had running water.
During this period, Chen Xing sent Wu Jinjian back to No. 27 Survival Station to transport supplies twice. Purchased three heavy machine guns and two "Hacker" 84mm rocket launchers, more than ten boxes of machine gun ammunition and several explosive rockets.
Heavy machine guns are assigned to lookout posts, and rocket launchers are used by Big Cat and a heavy weapons supporter named "Lu Yan".
Over time, a well-organized stronghold was formed. I have to say that Chen Xing's management skills are quite good. In his first life, although he was a junior employee, he was promoted to manager, but he inexplicably traveled through time after not working for long. In his second life, he was the squad leader and had about ten people under his command. In this third life, I have been running a water station for more than half a year, taking care of the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of people, which is quite competent.
In mid-November, an exile ran to the foot of the mountain, waving a small flag with colorful stars, and asked to see the leader of the stronghold.
In the red earth world, the six-color star flag is the flag of the Human Survival Committee and represents peace and negotiation. Even though it was painted with a white vest, it was still a friendly olive branch.
Chen Xing met the exile at the foot of the mountain. The exile advertised himself as an envoy of the "Grey Pigeon Regiment" and his base was on the other side of the mountain, more than ten kilometers away from here. On behalf of the leader of the Gray Pigeon Regiment, he expressed greetings to Master Chen and hoped that the forces in District 27 could help each other in the future.
Since he often had to go to and from the safe house to buy supplies, Chen Xing didn't expect it to be hidden here for long. But he didn't expect that he would be noticed so quickly.
When asked about the name of the team, Chen Xing casually said "Master Group". Since then, it has become the official name of the team.
The envoy of the Gray Pigeon Group brought a box of tobacco and an exquisite pipe as gifts to Chen Xing. After Chen Xing accepted it, he asked Wu Jinjian to prepare some supplies and take a few people back with the envoys. On the one hand, it is to return the gift, and on the other hand, it is to detect the other party.
Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Neighbors on this land may be friends or ferocious beasts dormant around you.
The envoy naturally did not refuse, rested for a while, and left with Wu Jinjian and others.
