Chapter 32: The Headquarters of Amin Khan

  There are a large number of Taliban armed elements active in the desert areas of southern Afghanistan, and the US military has also built a military base here to contain and strike the Taliban.

  The two are one in the west and one in the east. The Taliban is active on the western side, near the Helmand River, using the mountains to penetrate deep into the desert; while the US military is in the eastern desert area, blocking the Taliban's extension to the east.

  The western Amu Darya region is the main location of Taliban activities and their stronghold. The place is west to Iran, south to Pakistan, east to desert, north to highway, connecting to Rashkar Ga, with a geographical location that can be advanced or retreated.

  It is by occupying such a terrain that the Taliban has been able to make various strategic moves without interruption, making it impossible for the US military to complete its comprehensive occupation of Afghanistan.

  It is precisely for this reason that the US military wants to encircle and defeat the Taliban in the south, while at the same time occupying the important Arghandab district in the south and implementing comprehensive control over the towns.

  They drove non-stop all night and didn't arrive at the Taliban base in Amin Khaneh until after 10 am.

  The Taliban base is still built in the mountains, but the mountains here are more vast and have a strong depth. One mountain is connected to another, even if the US military uses drones and military satellites, it is difficult to capture the situation of the base.

  The most important thing is that the caves here are almost all connected, and you never know which mountain the Taliban leader is hiding in.

  Under the leadership of several Taliban soldiers, Zhao Ziyang and three others, including Knife Edge and Little Wildcat, entered the mountain forest and into the Taliban headquarters area.

  When entering, Zhao Ziyang made a detailed observation, from the outside of the mountain forest to the inside of the mountain forest, there were sentries and checkpoints everywhere. Moreover, these sentries and checkpoints were deeply hidden and obviously received professional training.

  "Very professional." Zhao Ziyang nodded and said.

  He acknowledged that the quality of the sentries in front of him was much higher than those in Muhamed's place, they would throw away their ethnic costumes and put on thick camouflage nets to squat in the bushes, nestle in the dense branches, basically meeting the requirements of special operations.

  Apart from these, Zhao Ziyang also discovered hidden snipers. This was not something that could be seen with the eyes, but rather something he sensed, and the feeling of having one's head in the sights of a sniper rifle was not pleasant.

  "That was trained by Pandora, haha……" Knife edge patted Zhao Ziyang's shoulder and pointed at the hidden sentries to continue: "Every year we have people coming to Taliban to train them, including Al-Qaeda, this is also a money-making project."

  When he heard Knife say that, Zhao Ziyang suddenly realized and remembered that mercenaries not only fought battles but also received invitations to train terrorist organizations.

  "Besides training terrorist organizations, we also receive invitations from some countries to serve in their armies and train them. In fact, I have another identity, a colonel of the Colombian army, haha..." Dao Feng burst out laughing, his laughter mixed with a hint of ridicule towards Zhao Ziyang.

  "You're quite formidable?" Little Wildcat muttered with her mouth full, making an effort to swallow a piece of compressed biscuit as she asked Knife Edge.

  "What else can be said?" The knife's blade slapped against his chest with a loud "thud", his face full of pride.

  With a "clink", a copper coin jumped out of Xiaoyezi's hand, scaring Knife-face so much that his face changed color, and he hastily closed his mouth.

  Two people's clamor Zhao Ziyang seemed to have not heard it at all, his eyes were completely attracted by a figure in front of the mountain pass.

  Slender and straight figure, icy beautiful face, a pair of eyes like the blue rhythm of the Danube River...

  Angel!

  Staring blankly at Angel 100 meters away, Zhao Ziyang suddenly had the urge to run away: damn it, I've kissed this little girl and touched her, but I'm still alive, what if my wife finds out?!

  "Blade, help me hold on for a bit!" Zhao Ziyang pulled the blade to the front and walked forward with it.

  "Huh? What are you going to do, Special Forces?" Knife Edge called out in dissatisfaction, but when he saw Angel in front of him, he immediately revealed a sly and ambiguous smile, with an air of understanding.

  Angel took big strides towards Zhao Ziyang and the other two, standing in front of them and taking a deep breath.

  "It's good that you're alive, we need you next." The faint words came from Angel's mouth, still cold and calm.

  "Ah ha, Deputy Commander, you might need special forces more than I do, haha...". Dao Feng pulled Zhao Ziyang out from behind and sent him to An Qi'er's face, with a schadenfreude expression.

  Zhao Ziyang, who was dragged out, could only face Angie, staring at Angie's icy eyes, calming himself down again and again.

  Don't look at him being fierce and demanding, but when it comes to the issue of men and women, he's just a clumsy rookie. Although in school, he had a crush on a little girl, but that was limited to exchanging love notes, nothing serious happened.

  Zhao Ziyang regretted it and wondered why he had treated Angie that way back then, now that they met again, how embarrassing.

  "Is your wound healed?" Angie asked.

  "No, the bullet is still inside." Zhao Ziyang replied calmly and truthfully.

  "Let's go." Angie didn't say anything more and walked ahead in big strides, leading the three of them towards the mountain pass.

  As she turned around, Angel's eyes swept across Xiaoyezi's body, revealing a very unfriendly gaze.

  "Hehe......" The little wild cat didn't care at all, continuing to chew on the compressed biscuits, occasionally taking a sip of water to help swallow.

  The Taliban had been provided with half a mountain as their temporary base and this half of the mountain was always reserved for them.

  The temporary base behind the mountain is also a training ground for Taliban soldiers, which makes it convenient for them to carry out a series of trainings on Taliban soldiers.

  The cave was hollowed out, with an area of about a thousand square meters. After entering the inside, it was found that there were houses built in the cave with an area of over a thousand square meters, vaguely following the style of the underground base on the Gold Coast.

  The air here is dry and cool, and after entering, there is a very comfortable feeling, instantly driving away the heat of southern Afghanistan's desert.

  "Each has their own room." Angel pointed to Zhao Ziyang's room, then looked at the little wild cat and thought for a moment: "You live in Linghu's room."

  "I'll take a look around." The little wildcat began to prowl around the cave with an air of importance, its eyes full of curiosity.

  Dāo Fēng then lightly coughed and found a too-tired reason to run back to his own room, leaving behind Zhao Zǐyáng and ān Qíér.

  "Follow me!" Angie spat out three icy words at Zhao Ziyang and walked towards her own room.

  "Angel, Angel, listen to me." Zhao Ziyang followed behind Angel and explained: "That day was not actually what you thought it was, I actually..."

  But Angel didn't pay any attention to him and continued walking towards her room with a cold face, until she walked into the room and closed the door.

  "Take off your clothes." Angel gave an expressionless order.

  "It's actually okay if you want me to be in charge, but it's still a bit early now."

  "Take off your clothes!"

  "It's really a bit early, don't take it off, okay?" Zhao Ziyang made an entreating voice, he thought An Qi'er must have received a great shock, which led to her current loss of composure.

  "Take off your clothes and let me see your wound." Angel suddenly revealed a smiling expression, the ice in her eyes disappeared without a trace, giving a feeling of winter going and spring coming.

  Warmly, Zhao Ziyang's heart thumped rapidly.

  Zhao Ziyang hastily took off his jacket and unwrapped the bandage on his wound.

  "The wound has almost healed." Zhao Ziyang's face was full of helplessness, and in just one night, the muscle on the wound had grown back to about 70-80%.

  Angel's focused face took out a bottle of medical alcohol and a cotton swab, gently wiping away the dried blood stains on the surface, carefully observing the wound.

  "The muscle tissue inside has regrown, and if you want to take out the bullet, you can only reopen it and take it out again." Zhao Ziyang pointed at his wound and said to An Qi'er.

  "It won't work here, the sanitary conditions are not up to par." Angel shook her head and asked: "How does it feel?"

  "It feels okay, no big deal." Zhao Ziyang stretched out his arm and felt that there was really nothing wrong.

  The bullet is inside, apart from being a bit psychologically uncomfortable, there's nothing else, it doesn't affect any activities at all.

  "Let Ling Hu help you with the bullet, she knows your body best." An Qi'er said to Zhao Zi Yang as she wiped his wound clean and began wrapping a bandage around him.

  Zhao Ziyang smiled bitterly, that damn tree leaf had made him a monster-like existence. Now it's gotten to the point where he can't even get the bullet out, and has to wait until his muscles have fully healed before enduring another cut.

  "Oh, right." Zhao Ziyang thought of Ling Hu and Sai Si, and immediately asked: "How's the base? I tried to contact them before, but there was no response."

  Anqi carefully wrapped the bandage and said with a complicated expression: "Special soldier, our base is finished."

  Zhao Ziyang did not show much surprise upon hearing this news, which was within his expectations.

  "What about Seth and Ling Hu?" Zhao Ziyang asked.

  He is now worried about the life and death of these two people. The US military will definitely take action against them only after everything is ripe. Once they take action, they will eradicate them completely, and the base will not be spared.

  "I don't know." Angie shook her head and smiled slightly. "Those two won't come to any harm, neither of them would bear to kill the other."

  "What about A Mu?"

  "They're fine, on their way."

  Zhao Ziyang nodded and put on his own coat, falling into silence.

  The base is finished, and the team leader Black Eagle's whereabouts are unknown. Now only a few people are left. The hidden ones are done for, thoroughly destroyed.

  "Perhaps bringing you back to the Lurkers was a mistake." A low, mournful sound issued from Angel's mouth.

  She had always known why Zhao Ziyang chose to join the lurkers, but now that the lurkers had suddenly changed, they were probably powerless to contend with the guardians.

  "Aren't we still human?" Zhao Ziyang raised his head, with a strong sense of unyielding and confidence in his eyes.

  "The hearts of men are scattered." Angie said gloomily.

  When disaster strikes, every bird flies for itself. Germany doesn't have this idiom, but Angel knew what kind of change would happen when facing such a situation.

  Saving the leader Black Eagle is one thing, whether or not they can be saved is another. What they are facing now is the remnants of the hidden members' hearts, no one wants to struggle to support the broken hidden ones here, even if there are, they have to consider where to go next.

  With their individual abilities, they would be treated fairly well in any mercenary corps. After all, they were just mercenaries; what was built on faith was money.

  "We still have an unfinished task!" Zhao Ziyang said firmly, his eyes bursting with a sharp light.

  Mercenaries live by their reputation, they are still undercover agents and have one more mission to complete even if it means walking away. Whether or not to save the Black Hawk is entirely up to them, the success of the mission affects their future, but most importantly, it's a matter of pride as an undercover agent.

  Lurker, never missed!