Chapter 24: Night Raid 2

  Looking at the butcher's satisfied expression, I felt that he was the truly qualified "war animal", chasing war, enjoying killing, although I no longer feel guilty about killing enemies, but I still can't enjoy war like the butcher.

  "Hmm!!" The butcher pulled out his knife and stretched, rubbing his hands together: "Comfortable! Although not very enjoyable."

  Everyone rolled their eyes.

  We four crawled out of the tent and slowly made our way to the ammunition depot in the back, seeing from a distance the dim light under which the captain, devil, quick knife and captain had already taken care of the three guards. The assassin nodded at us after we came out and entered the woods to keep watch towards the enemy's main force. We first crept to the medical station, packing all the medicines we needed into waterproof bags, then formed a 30-degree angle circular defense formation, with the captain sending signals to the waiting rebels to come and receive the goods.

  "How can you be so slow?" "Are you transferring accounts with a knife?" The devil said.

  "How did they pay the deposit then?" I wondered.

  "That's with an intermediary. It's a jewelry company that pulled the strings! The down payment was paid by them!" The captain walked in from outside, lifting the curtain: "This is our reward!" The captain threw several big bags of things on the table.

  "What is it?" We gathered around curiously and opened the bag to take a look, only to find that they were all crystal-like objects resembling organic glass.

  "What is this?" I held a crystal in my hand, dull and ugly.

  "No way! Xing Tian, you don't know what this is? Haha, this is a diamond. This is an original diamond! It hasn't been processed at all." The devil pointed at me and laughed: "We're rich, with so many diamonds, take them back and process them, it's money! This bag alone is worth at least $2 million USD." The devil carefully examined the diamond in his hand.

  "How did they pay with diamonds?" I asked the captain.

  "Of course, they don't have US dollars. If you want to carry a truckload of local currency back, that's okay too!" The captain laughed: "The rebels control the two nearby mines. But the UN prohibits diamond exports here, so it's all unsellable diamonds. They exchange them for arms!"

  "Liberia itself produces a large quantity of diamonds, and its neighboring country, the Republic of Sierra Leone, is also known for producing high-quality diamonds. These two countries, which have long been plagued by internal strife and external threats, are both embroiled in a cycle of violence fueled by local factions seeking to acquire weapons and diamond mining companies. The United Nations passed Resolution 1306 in July 2000, imposing a total ban on the export of diamonds from Sierra Leone, but the government forces and rebel groups continued to smuggle diamonds out of the country through channels in Liberia and other neighboring countries, reaping profits from the illicit trade in 'blood diamonds'."

  "That's right! It's blood diamonds! This is the source of all rebel economies and the source of unrest in most African countries!" The captain said: "One bag per person, this is what the commander doubled for us. Our mission was completed too satisfactorily for him!"

  "Hey! Look at what Xing Tian has in his hand!" the demon shouted.

  I'll take a look at this diamond in my hand, it's not big and the color is pale, nothing special!

  "Wow! Blue Flame Drill! It's so big!" Kaidao exclaimed from the side.

  Seeing the danger signal in their eyes, I quickly hid the diamond: "What are you doing? Want to rob me? I'm calling the police!"

  "Haha!!!” Everyone burst out laughing, even the wounded machine gunner on the side couldn't help but laugh despite his pain.

  The war was not as smooth as imagined, a month had passed and the rebels only recaptured two villages. The government army sent in large numbers of troops, the battle was deadlocked. We few did not receive any employment to fight for them, so we didn't run to the front line, obediently staying in the rear, nursing our "wounds"!

  As time went on, I found that the people here can be very friendly and share their last bottle of water or a bag of flour with you in everyday life. However, once they go to battle, they become cold-blooded and ruthless. That female commander was quite lovely normally, but once she went to battle, she became a different person. She even ordered the artillery to bombard the village controlled by government forces, causing over 400 civilian casualties! What surprised me even more is that the female soldiers here are even braver than the male soldiers. They fight fiercely on the battlefield and sometimes even get shot in the upper body while charging forward with guns. It seems that the phrase "War makes women walk away!" doesn't apply here. Since we've completed our mission, everyone is resting now, except for the butcher who's still enthusiastic about running to the front line to "join the excitement". The most shocking thing is that he even slaughtered over 200 government soldiers who had surrendered! What I didn't expect was that the fashionable commander even praised him and gave him many good things, making those devils eager to go to battle and "get a share" of the spoils.

  The injury of the slow machine has almost recovered, and it can move freely. The rebel commander came to discuss with the captain whether they could help fight the battle and calculate the commission separately. The captain saw that everyone was eager to try, so he agreed. In the end, an agreement was reached at a price of one government soldier for one diamond, and everyone rushed to the front line with joy. The slow machine was injured and couldn't hold a gun. I thought it would stay behind to rest, but unexpectedly, it came up with the idea of giving me actual combat training. Every day, it took an observation mirror and went with me to the front line to perform sniper missions.

  Crouching in the thickets of grass behind enemy lines, gazing at the path leading to the front line. The two of us have infiltrated behind enemy lines and have been harassing them for several days already.

  "Direction point, four targets in column, distance 500 meters, no wind." The rangefinder reported the data while observing, and I adjusted the gun sight according to the data.

  "Calm down, hit the back first. The action should be smooth, don't panic!" The quick-witted machine on the side gave me directions.

  I aimed at the last one in the team, fired and killed! I pulled the bolt back, ejected the shell, pushed the action forward to lock the breech, aimed, fired and killed! I pulled the bolt back... After repeating this motion five times, all four soldiers were killed by me. The accuracy of SSG9's semi-automatic is really high, but there was one shot that didn't hit the target which made me feel a bit embarrassed looking at SSG9.

  "What am I doing?" The slow machine asked me while picking up the shell.

  "It didn't hit anything." I said.

  "No problem, normal! Remember, if you've fired six shots from a sniper position and haven't hit the same single target, then you should withdraw." The slow machine said: "If it's a group target, two shots without hitting the target, then withdraw! Snipers aren't saying they never miss! One shot one emphasizes first-shot accuracy, facing group targets, the most important thing is to know when to fire and when to retreat!"

  Look at my slowly delighted face, the sewing machine said: "Of course if you can't hit the gun, you might as well chop it up and burn fire!"

  After picking up the shell, Kuai Man and I quietly left the sniping location. This time we had already taken out twenty-five people, it was time to head back. As we were approaching the swamp, Kuai Man suddenly turned his head and said: "Xing Tian, I just remembered that you still don't have any experience with solo long-range sniping in the wilderness." After saying this, he took out a ration from his pocket and handed it to me, then continued: "You're not going back today. You'll stay in the wilderness for seven days. I'm giving you 00 sniping missions. Do your best!" After that, he handed over the M5-DW rifle and bullets on him to me.

  "GOODLU! Remember! The battlefield is the mercenary's training ground!" After finishing speaking, the slow-moving machine slowly walked towards the base, and I was stunned for half a day without coming back to my senses. What? Do we have to stay outside for seven days? This is too irresponsible!

  "Remember to come back alive!" The driver yelled at me as he turned his head halfway.

  "Saying something so unpleasant, it's as if I'll definitely die if I go out alone! Giving me such a dangerous task with such a ruthless attitude, if he hadn't saved me back then, I would've dueled him to the death!"

  But since the coach has given orders, I have to follow them. ***! In this team, as a new recruit, everyone is more senior than me, and I have to listen to whatever they say, isn't this class oppression?!

  Turning back to take a glance, the forest behind was pitch black, and a chill ran up his spine!!!