Chapter 49: The Third Platoon (Part 2)

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  Oh! So that's how it is.

  I and Kim Ji-joon nodded in unison, the two people at the table laughed even more wildly. The little guy... no, Birdman was furious, pointing at the muscular man and scolding loudly: "Tank, damn it! Can't you just shut up? Be careful or I'll break your broken machine gun!"

  Looking at the table in front of them, I only now discovered that on the table in front of the burly man known as Tank was actually a Gatling six-barrel machine gun! It looked like a minigun, or the US military's M134 six-barrel rapid-fire machine gun. Could it be that Tank used this powerful weapon as his main armament? Damn! This is just too...! It's easy to imagine, carrying such a machine gun on the battlefield and sweeping with fire, his power would absolutely be able to destroy everything around him like a tank!

  I hadn't even finished speaking, when Tank threw the cotton swab he was using to wipe his gun onto the table, ready to retort. Just as a "big battle" was about to erupt, the door behind us suddenly opened and a man over 1.75 meters tall, in his 30s, with a long scar on his face, walked in leading several people. Tank and Birdman shut their mouths and ended the fight. I turned around just in time to see Hei Xiong and Cai Dao squeezed among the crowd, so I smiled and nodded at them in greeting.

  Look at that middle-aged man standing in the front of the crowd, I think he should be our captain. He looks quite fierce. All he saw was him smiling and saying: "16th, 17th, right? I'm your captain, welcome to join!"

  I stood at attention with Kim Jee-joon, and the captain smiled as he returned our salute: "We're not regular military, so we don't need to salute every time we meet. Everyone's here now, come on, let's sit down and talk."

  After finishing speaking, he led everyone towards the big table in the middle, turned his head and shrugged his shoulders, saying casually: "I hate 17."

  I was taken aback, and the captain quickly explained: "It's not about you, Italians dislike the number 17, it's like a taboo, do you understand what I mean?

  I smiled and nodded to show I understood, took two slow steps forward and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Hei Xiong, exchanging a few punches as a way of celebrating our reunion. Jin Zhi Jun was chatting happily with the other two soldiers. However, what I didn't expect was that there was actually another blonde beauty in the squad, hidden behind Hei Xiong's wall-like body, and I only saw her when I stood shoulder-to-shoulder with them. Her looks and figure were absolutely top-notch, although her facial expression was very cold, it still made me pause for a moment, feeling stunned. The power of beauty is boundless! Especially when it comes to an absolute beauty, but what happened next really annoyed me.

  The blonde beauty just glanced at me briefly, and then stared at Kim Ji-hoon tightly. Although my brother is not a super handsome guy, his appearance is absolutely worthy of the audience! It's actually being ignored by someone like this in front of Kim Ji-hoon with a small nose and eyes, and it's even more ignored by a beauty, how uncomfortable he feels can be imagined.

  After everyone sat down, the captain gestured to the birdman who had been bursting with excitement to introduce himself. The birdman happily introduced each and every one of them to us.

  Captain, codename Knife Edge, Italian, from the famous NOCS special forces of Italy, skilled in close combat with cold weapons. The captain who enlisted at the age of 18 joined the Wolf Mercenary Corps after retiring from the army, and his strong military skills and excellent command ability have brought me to my current position.

  Black Bear, Chopper and Farmer are all retired US Marine Corps special forces soldiers who joined the Wolf Mercenary Team for different reasons. Birdman's story is more complicated. He was originally a student at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, majoring in electronic communications. Later, he enlisted in the German Army, where he clashed with the Wolf Mercenary Team several times during his service. His exceptional skills in electronic communications caught the attention of the team, who forcibly "recruited" him after he was forced to retire for some reason. After a half-month of struggling against the mercenaries at the base, he went from trying to escape to becoming interested and eventually joining, making everything come full circle in a dramatic way.

  Tank is a retired Russian soldier, his cow-like physique didn't make him stand out in the army, but his excellent physical strength still made the Wolf Mercenary Group find his strengths. His robust physical strength, full set of protective gear and an M134 Gatling six-barrel machine gun, known as the "Fire God Cannon", made him a core member of the third squad. It's said that when Tank retired from the army, he met the team leader and others who were on a mission by chance, and begged to join the mercenary group persistently. To him, who was struggling in poverty at that time, mercenaries meant money and beauties, but his ordinary military skills made it hard for the team leader to find a reason to accept him. Until one day, the team leader discovered that he could easily lift an M134 six-barrel machine gun and shoot at will, then he knew he had found a great man!

  Suisha is the guy who sat at the table with Tank when they entered, and ridiculed Kim Jijun's physical strength. He was originally a lieutenant in the British Navy, but he became disgusted with the corruption and incompetence of some of his superiors and gave up his chance for promotion to join Lycan Mercenaries. Water is his kingdom, and Suisha is almost invincible in water.

  The lunatic was originally a notorious criminal, a crazy genius thief, and an internationally wanted A-level fugitive. He went crazy doing what he liked to do all over the world - stealing things! And the more difficult it was, the more he liked it. In the end, he was caught and put in prison, but three days before his execution, he incredibly escaped from the heavily guarded prison and then joined the Wolf Mercenary Corps by mistake.

  Scorpion Tail is the nickname of a blonde beauty, who is a sniper in the 3rd platoon. She was originally a shooting athlete, but somehow joined the Wolf Mercenary Corps as a sniper. I and Kim Ji-hoon were both stunned when we heard this - it's impossible for a small team to have two snipers. If she's the sniper, what does Kim Ji-hoon do? To be honest, without his sniper rifle, Kim Ji-hoon wouldn't even be able to survive in the Wolf Mercenary Corps. A tiger that has had its teeth pulled out can hardly be called ferocious anymore.

  The captain obviously saw our confusion and laughed, saying: "Don't worry, the scorpion tail is going to retire! So No. 16 will become a sniper for our third squad."

  Retire? Scorpion's tail looks like it's only 27 or 28 years old, with no missing arms or legs, how can it retire already?

  "Right, right." The Birdman connected the mouthpiece and said: "Scorpion Beauty is going to retire! Because she's pregnant! A battlefield isn't suitable for a wife and mother!"

  "Oh!"

  So that's it, Kim Ji-hoon and I suddenly realized, and we both looked at this expectant mother together. No wonder she was always staring at Kim Ji-hoon and not paying attention to me - she was looking at her own successor! You don't look like a super handsome guy anyway, what are you doing? Comforting myself like this makes my heart feel much better...

  Scorpion got up and said seriously to Kim Ji-joon, "No. 16, for the next month or two, I'll be accompanying you on missions until you can handle this position or get out!"

  Whoa! He's already showing off his skills! Kim Jee-joon nodded without saying a word, but I was not convinced. I knew exactly how good Kim Jee-joon's marksmanship was. His talent in shooting was simply genius-like, and with just half a year of sniper training, he had already surpassed the level of our instructor! I couldn't help but mutter: "Is that even necessary?!"

  "We don't want to entrust our backs and lives to a conceited young whippersnapper who doesn't even understand the battlefield!" A cold voice came from behind, I furrowed my brow and turned around to look, it was that guy called Watersnake.

  Kim Ji-joon's shooting talent is absolutely unquestionable! I was about to retort a few words, but the captain waved his hand for us to stop and motioned for Scorpion Tail to sit down: "We've all seen your graduation exams, and there's nothing to pick at in terms of strength. However, gaining the trust of your comrades is based on actual actions. The battlefield and training grounds are completely different places, and you still have a lot to learn. But we also need to give our new comrades trust and help, right? From now on, everyone will be surviving together as brothers in the same trench, so this unnecessary argument isn't needed anymore."

  Look, everyone's not talking, the captain pointed to the two room doors: "16th, 17th, your rooms, tidy up and then follow them to F4 (fourth floor) to receive your equipment, choose whatever you like. Hmm... we've been resting at the base for more than two weeks now, a mission should come down soon! You guys quickly adapt to the environment, no problem?"

  It's 2 o'clock in the morning now, and today's first chapter is presented!