"Boss, don't worry, let's go over and take a look first!" Cao Dalong stopped the car, and Qin Fei's car behind him also stopped. He said to Zhu Yu:
"Wait here, we'll be right back!"
After saying that, the two men headed towards the village with guns in hand.
Zhu Yu also got out of the car with a gun and ran to the side of the slope to hide.
Ten minutes later, Cao Dalong, Qin Fei, and Ran Jie ran from the entrance of the village.
His expression didn't look like it was a big deal, so Zhu Yu showed up.
"Boss!" Ran Jie ran over, "I'm going to trouble you this time!"
"You have brought us an opportunity to make a fortune, so why bother?" Zhu Yu smiled and asked:
"What's going on? Why is there a fire in the village?"
"Alas! It's all the treasure's fault!" Ran Jie explained:
"The news has spread, and there are many people coming here with the idea of treasure. Those two villages are gone, and the surviving people are all here.
People with ideas come here. If they can't find the key people, they set fire to the village and cause trouble..."
"Don't the people in the village fight back?" Zhu Yu was a little surprised.
Whether it is in the news or on the Internet, we can see that although the gangsters in Africa are not full of force, most of them have old weapons. If aggression is not possible, self-defense is always possible, right?
"This place is far away from the bustling areas and has little contact with the outside world. Even the hunters who hunt use the oldest homemade bows and arrows. Those who come here to pick up bargains use modern firearms. There is no way to compare!"
"That's a coincidence. We brought a lot of second-hand guns this time, so we can give them away."
"Let's go to the village first." Ran Jie stretched out his hand to guide you, "I will also introduce you to the elders in the village."
Qin Fei and Cao Dalong started the car. At this time, Zhu Yu found that at the entrance of the village, more than a dozen people had already walked over.
An old man in the middle holds a wooden stick in his hand. He seems to be the elder of the village. At least the people next to him respect him.
This old man is very old. According to Zhu Yu's guess, if he were placed in his village, he would be at least eighty years old in this condition.
The old man is very thin, and there is nothing wrong with being skinny. He weighs only thirty or forty kilograms, and his body is a little stooped, but his eyesight is sharp and energetic.
"This is the village elder Yin Man. He is fifty-seven years old this year. He is the oldest person in the village and the wisest person. He has learned English and can communicate."
"Hello, Elder Yin Man." Zhu Yu said hello first when others came over.
Fifty-seven years old—does this tropical man look so old?
"Hello, Mr. Zhu." The old man spoke fluent English, "Thank you for coming to help our village tide over the difficulties.
Mr. Ran said you would definitely come. Our people didn't believe it at first. But now it seems that you are really trustworthy. "
Zhu Yu felt that there was no need to say so many polite words, so he turned around and pointed at the car and said:
"I brought some rifles. Although they are second-hand goods, they should be able to improve the combat effectiveness of the people in your village. After all, we can't stay here forever..."
"Thank you very much!" Yin Man said with joy on his face, "We will pay you. In the past, we thought that we were isolated from the world and we were deep in the desert, so the war would not affect us.
Now it seems that we were too naive! "
Having said this, he turned sideways and said to Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, please come to the village! Now you are our most distinguished guests!"
Zhu Yu was actually quite happy to be recognized by the local indigenous people.
After entering the village, he realized that the village was really poor.
A small number of houses in the village are made of rammed earth or adobe. Most of the rest are made of the most primitive round shack-like thatched houses.
Even though it was a house made of adobe, Zhu Yu remembered that he lived there when he was a child, which was twenty or thirty years ago.
But here, these adobe houses are obviously relatively new, and they seem to be considered luxury homes here.
Many people came out of the house out of curiosity and looked at Zhu Yu and the others at the door.
Most of these people don't wear shirts, and some even wear a piece of cloth around their waists without being shy.
The people here are not purely black, with a slightly brown complexion. In terms of appearance, Zhu Yu remembers that there was a documentary about the hunting of primitive indigenous people in Africa. They were that kind of people.
He is generally short in height, about 1.56 meters, and the tallest one is less than 1.7 meters.
Many children were playing naked in front of and behind the house. They watched Zhu Yu and the others come over, laughing and watching curiously.
Elder Yin Man took Zhu Yu and the others to a three-room adobe house in the center of the village.
Zhu Yu could tell that this was the most "luxurious" house in the entire village.
"Please, Mr. Zhu, please come in." Yin Man was very polite.
Zhu Yu walked into the main room and found that the furniture here was made of the most primitive wood. There was a pit in the middle, which was filled with burnt charcoal ash and residual heat. There was still residual fire under the ashes.
Following Yin Man in, in addition to Zhu Yu, Ran Jie and Cao Dalong, there was also a relatively tall young man.
Qin Fei was looking at the car outside.
"This is Edo, the bravest warrior in our village. The person who came to attack just now was Mr. Ran who led him and other soldiers to defeat him."
There were people watching at the door. Yin Man said a few words in native dialect, and those people left in a hurry.
"Mr. Zhu, I know the purpose of your coming, but this matter must wait until we solve the biggest crisis in the village." Yin Man sat on the edge of the fire pit and stated his request directly.
"No problem." This was what Zhu Yu had expected, "When we came here earlier, we already encountered a car of nearly ten armed men.
We have already found out that they are the forerunners of those who plan to come over and force your village to hand over the information. "
"Where are those people?" Yin Man suddenly became a little nervous. After experiencing the previous sneak attack, they already knew that their soldiers were completely at a disadvantage when facing armed men with firearms and had no way to fight!
That's how those two villages were wiped out!
The number of soldiers in the village has not changed much, but the number of young and old who have escaped from those two villages has increased a lot.
This has brought a considerable burden to the village.
If this problem is not solved as soon as possible, I am afraid that my village will not be far from destruction!
"We set up an ambush and killed them all." Zhu Yu smiled, "We don't have to worry about them for the time being."
"That's great!" Yin Man breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you!"
"We are allies now, you're welcome!" Zhu Yu understood the principle of "if you want to take something first, you must give it to you first."
When working with local people, you must show your sincerity.
"Since you have done so much, we will not be stingy." Yin Man gritted his teeth and said:
"Mr. Zhu, can you move those weapons down so we can have a look?"
"Okay." Zhu Yu turned around and walked out, "We can also train your villagers on how to use these weapons."
"That's great!" Yin Man beamed with joy, "I couldn't have wished for it!"
Zhu Yu was thinking in his heart, if he does this, he won't create an armed group, right? After all, there shouldn’t be too many similar things in this land!
With the help of the villagers, Zhu Yu and the others moved out 30 56-guns and 24,000 rounds of ammunition from two off-road vehicles.
This takes up almost the majority of the carrying capacity of both off-road vehicles.
Looking at these weapons, Yin Man suddenly felt that his village was actually quite powerful!
As long as the soldiers in the village are armed with these weapons, they will be able to protect the people in the village!
"You can see the power of these weapons." Zhu Yu gestured, Ran Jie picked up a 56 punch, loaded a few bullets, and fired a short burst into the air in the distance.
"Okay, okay, I get it. I've seen this gun before!" Yin Man immediately stopped, "Don't waste bullets. When you teach the children how to shoot, shoot again!"
Yin Man said a few words to Edo, who immediately turned around and ran away.
"I asked him to call the soldiers in the village and ask them to take away these weapons and start training in the afternoon."
After saying that, Yin Man pointed to the room and said:
"Mr. Zhu, please come in."
Zhu Yu thought that if he went in and there was no place to sit, he might as well be outside.
But since he was told, he couldn't force himself, so he walked in.
Yin Man entered the back room.
After a while, when Yin Man came out of the back room, there were more than a dozen beautiful stones in his hand.
diamond!
gem!
The small ones are about the size of broad beans, and the big ones are about the size of pigeon eggs!
Although they are all rough stones, Zhu Yu can tell at a glance that these are very pure and of very good value!
"Mr. Zhu, thank you for sending us these weapons without asking for any reward. You also promised to teach our children how to use these things. These are the gems we exchanged for-"
"Too many." Although Zhu Yu knew that as long as he nodded, these things would be his, he still couldn't help but say it.
"Mr. Zhu, it is rare to see someone as sincere as you." Yin Man obviously knew the value of these gems. "You are our friend in Hatuman Village, and we will not treat every sincere friend badly."
Zhu Yu took it.
"I have been out before and know what the outside world is like. I originally thought about buying these weapons, but I was afraid that the children would be lost in the power of modern weapons-"
Yin Man fell into memories.
"But now it seems that I am not sure whether I was right at the time. If I had brought those weapons back at that time, maybe the other two villages would not have been destroyed..."
No one could explain this thing clearly, so Zhu Yu didn't speak.
These rough gems alone made Zhu Yu's trip worthwhile.
Lunch was eaten in Elder Yinman's house.
The main food is barbecued meat - which is obtained by the hunters in the village. Zhu Yu inquired about it and found out that it was venison - he didn't expect such an animal to exist here.
The staple food is something from Nianhu Lake. Elder Yin Man said that it is made from a local cassava-like thing that grows underground and can provide starch energy.
The other dish on the left is roasted cassava, which is not very sweet, but has a good roasted aroma.
Zhu Yu was not stingy and brought out some canned luncheon meat, which made Elder Yin Man very happy.
"When I went out in the past, I worked on your Chinese construction sites and ate something like this. I never thought I would be able to eat it again in this life."
These words made Zhu Yu have mixed feelings.
Speaking of poverty, life here may be even poorer than it was in China in the 1950s and 1960s.
But when it comes to being rich, seeing these people smiling while eating, and none of them seeming to be worried at all, they are indeed very rich spiritually.
What is this?
Proto-communism?
Well, Zhu Yu actually couldn't figure it out.
In the afternoon, Ran Jie and the three of them took more than fifty young and strong soldiers from the village to practice shooting on the Gobi Desert outside the village.
There is a language barrier, but Yin Man is very resourceful.
He gave the soldiers a rule next to him. Ran Jie and the others made a move, and the soldiers learned a move. Those who moved slowly and did not learn seriously would not be qualified to hold a gun, and would also be whipped by Edo!
Yes, that’s whipping!
Edo was holding a whip made of unknown rattan next to him. If he saw any warrior who wasn't paying attention, he would just whip him!
The effect is obvious!
Ran Jie and the others worked in groups, and each person gave a demonstration to seventeen or eight people.
Although they are considered to be from a very strict special forces, seeing the soldiers whose skin was bruised by whips but still followed the training with a smile made them feel very complicated.
In just one afternoon, the soldiers learned how to load bullets into the magazine, how to hold the gun, and how to aim.
There is no way. When practicing, if you don't take it seriously, you will get a whip. If you check your movements, if you fail, you will also get a whip.
Edo barely smiled, his face dark.
Ran Jie quietly told Zhu Yu during the break that Edo's brother was shot and killed in a sneak attack in the morning, and his wife was also injured.
Therefore, Edo is most concerned and serious about this gun practice.
He supervises when everyone is practicing, and he practices when everyone is taking a break.
By the time the sun goes down, there will be more than fifty people with thirty guns, and basically everyone will be able to take aim.
During the last round of shooting, when the fifty or so people were shooting at the human-shaped target a hundred meters away, more than a dozen people hit the target.
In one day, such a result is quite good.
After dark, Yin Man followed Ran Jie's advice and sent out guards with guns outside the village.
Ran Jie and the others, as the foreman of the first sentry, also followed and taught Edo how to stand sentry in order to most easily detect the enemy and protect themselves.
Ran Jie stayed here for several days and was able to initially communicate with Edo and the others using gestures.
Yin Man originally planned to free up houses in the village for Zhu Yu and others to live.
However, seeing so many young and old in the village, Zhu Yu and the others rejected the proposal, set up their own tents, opened their sleeping bags and slept in them.
Ran Jie and the other three also set up sentries, but not with the ones in the village.
In such a dangerous environment, safety must be in your own hands.
I was worried all night, but there was no attack.
At dawn, after having breakfast at Nianhu Lake, Zhu Yu and the others were ready to fight the invading enemy.
It's just that the sentinels sent out never sent any message.
Zhu Yu was not worried about the safety of the sentry. Qin Fei followed him. Even if the sentry couldn't resist, he could still protect himself.
Since the other party did not come, Zhu Yu and the others continued to practice gunmanship with the soldiers in the village.
Ran Jie also combined some tactical moves to teach them.
Although you can't learn much in a hurry, you can at least leave an impression on them.
You never know when it will be used.
As the day passed, the soldiers in the village became more proficient in handling guns, which made Edo very depressed - he didn't whip a few people at the end of the day.
The soldiers who were injured yesterday were smeared with a layer of brown sticky medicine, and the scabs have formed today.
Although there were not too many bullets, Ran Jie strictly ordered these soldiers to use less bullets even if they really fought, and try to use short bursts or even single shots.
The impression of those gangsters in movies, TV programs and news that just shoot out all the bullets without even looking is really profound.
But he was overly worried. With Edo supervising them, these soldiers would not waste bullets at all!
They are used to living a hard life!
They still slept in tents at night and sent out sentries.
Just when Zhu Yu was lying in his sleeping bag and about to close his eyes and sleep, there were footsteps outside.
Unfamiliar footsteps.
Zhu Yu asked softly:
"who?"
Outside the village is Qin Fei with sentries, and outside the tent is Cao Dalong.
They didn't give any warning, so they shouldn't be enemies.
No one answered.
Zhu Yu climbed up and held the gun vigilantly.
The visitor had already reached the tent door.
Zhu Yu's face looked strange, and he could tell that she was a woman.
Could it be...
The door of the tent was zipped shut, and the visitor fumbled but could not find a way to open it.
Opening his eyes, Zhu Yu discovered that it was a woman in the village.
Grand-niece of Elder Yin Man.
When everyone is training, some women in the village will bring water, and some people will watch the fun outside.
Zhu Yu had seen this girl named Karin, who was the leader of a group of girls of the same age. She would bring water to each soldier, and she would also give Zhu Yu Ranjie and the others the special fruit here, a kind of fruit similar to the earth's. Watermelon stuff.
This time Karin came to the tent...forget it.
Zhu Yu opened the tent and went out. Karin looked at him with a smile, not shy at all.
Zhu Yu waved his hand and pointed to the room, signaling for her to leave.
Karin had a look of disappointment on her face.
Zhu Yu complained that Cao Dalong didn't like this guy, so why did he let him go?
He turned to look at Cao Dalong's position, and was surprised to find that there was also a girl there, and the two of them were chatting away.
Cao Dalong kept waving his hands, but the girl was very persistent.
However, this Karin was quite straightforward. Zhu Yu refused. She glanced at Zhu Yu with disappointment and turned to leave.
Finally, when the girl saw Karin leaving, she followed her unwillingly.
Fearing that something similar would happen again at night, Zhu Yu simply didn't plan to sleep.
Anyway, with his physique, not sleeping would have little impact.
Early the next morning, we still had breakfast at Yin Man's house.
Yin Man's face looked normal and he didn't say anything about what happened last night.
Zhu Yu guessed that he should know it, but it's just that you are willing to do this kind of thing, and if you don't like it, you won't be happy.
After dinner, the sentries are still changed and other personnel train.
Cao Dalong led the team for training. Zhu Yu called Ran Jie and Qin Fei together and said:
"I think we should think of a way. Instead of waiting passively here, we should release the battlefield and ambush the enemies who may come over?"
Ran Jie's eyes lit up:
"This is a good idea!"
