Merrica.
The National Defense Strategy Department.
Several senior officials returned from a meeting at the White House. In the car, the assistant whispered something into the minister's ear.
The minister's expression changed drastically. "What did you say?"
The assistant said, "The first batch of soldiers who infiltrated through the Blackwater Group were attacked and basically lost. Only 13 of them returned to the country. They are now at the headquarters."
The minister said, "I just reported the strategic goal to the president, and you're telling me that the entire army was defeated? Go back immediately, I want to ask what is going on. "
The car drove directly to the strategy department and came to a secret reception room.
There were 12 people sitting there, all looking listless and dispirited. When they saw the minister come in, they didn't salute immediately.
The minister found it hard to believe that these people had lost their morale.
"What, have you forgotten the basic military rules?" The minister snorted.
At this time, only a soldier who was still rational stood up and saluted. "Sixth Army 28th Squadron, John greets the minister."
The minister nodded and looked at the soldiers sitting behind him with their heads lowered. He asked John, "Aren't there 13 of you? Why are there only 12 of you? "
John smiled bitterly. "That person couldn't take it anymore and went crazy. After we brought him back to the country, we sent him to the hospital first. We were afraid that we would miss the best time to save him."
The minister was surprised. He looked at the other 11 people and asked, "Then the 11 of you aren't crazy, are you? If you're not crazy, then wake up and tell me what happened! You are the elites that I selected from all the six armies. Why … why are you the only ones left? "
At this time, one of the 11 people took off his hat and said, "Sir, if you doubt that we still have to choose to enter the Land of Mercenaries, I think I will think about my future."
The minister was stunned. "What do you mean?"
At this time, the other 10 people also looked at him and said in unison, "We choose to retire!"
"What exactly happened?" The head felt that this was inexplicable.
At this time, John said faintly, "Do you believe in ghosts? To be honest, you must be very curious or confused as to why our elite troops were completely routed in a single night. They didn't even have the power to fight back. If we had stayed in that damned place, we might have died as well. Too many people died in the Land of Mercenaries, so many people complained about it. Many strange things happened. "
"Ghosts?" The head of the department raised his eyebrows. "Are you telling a story? Is this the reason or excuse for your defeat? "
"Sir, we won't find excuses for our defeat, but if you still want us to go to that damned place, we'd rather accept the punishment of the military court," the other soldiers said.
Someone echoed excitedly, "That's not human at all! From the beginning to the end, we didn't see what it was, but our people were being controlled. The other soldiers' brains suddenly short-circuited and they fired at their own people. Some even detonated the bombs on their bodies for no reason. They wanted to die together with their own people! Sir, would you believe that a tank without a driver or operator could aim at its own people and bomb them? "
"Three commanders, two military experts, two officers, a total of seven people died to a single officer's bullet. Then, the officer suddenly pointed his gun at his own head and committed suicide! Then, the entire camp was filled with people detonating the bombs on their bodies. Some were holding guns and pointing them at their own people's heads. It was like they were playing a game of killing each other! Almost everyone went crazy. From the beginning to the end, we didn't know what was going on. The five patrolling tanks outside automatically aimed at our own camp and bombed them. When we went over to take a look, there was no one there! Those belonged to the Ghost Tanks! "
The soldiers shook their heads in fear as they spoke. They were very excited.
The minister was stunned for a long time. He looked at John and asked, "Is this true?"
John nodded tiredly. "There were more than 30 brothers who could have retreated, but we also wanted to know who was playing a prank. So, we surrounded the Ghost Tanks, but there was no one there. When we surrounded one of the tanks, the other tank would start bombing us for no reason. I swear on the glory of my years as a soldier that this is all true! We didn't want to be deserters. We tried to resist, but when we knew that resistance was pointless, we chose to come back and tell our country that we were willing to accept any punishment. "
After the minister heard this, he paced back and forth for a long time and asked the other subordinates in the strategy department.
"What do you think about this?"
After a moment of silence, the strategists still didn't quite believe the words of the 11 soldiers. They felt that it was too unbelievable. At least, they had never encountered such a bizarre thing in their lives.
"The strategic deployment of the Land of Mercenaries is very important. We must have a firm foothold here. Whether this is true or not, the headquarters will give you another battalion of troops. How about that?"
John didn't speak, but the others were very excited. They could hear that the military experts didn't believe them at all. They stood up one by one and said, "Listen, officers, we would rather choose punishment than go back to that damn place."
The military experts: "Then you have to at least transport the bodies of your comrades back, right? And those supplies, do you know how much money we lost? Two fighter jets, five tanks, and all kinds of guns and ammunition, we lost a total of 30 million dollars. You didn't even earn a dime back. Even if you did, you would still need to find oil fields or minerals, right? Is it right to come back just like that? "
The 11 soldiers were speechless.
John raised his head and said, "I don't want to accept this. I want to go back and take a look. I don't believe that there is really something dirty in all this."
The minister nodded. "Very good. Then you will be reorganized into another battalion and prepare to go back. This is your second time going in, so you are more familiar with the place. It will be better for you to lead the way."
John nodded and accepted the order.
The other 11 comrades then followed him out of the strategy department. They all looked at John and scolded, "We finally escaped from that place and avoided the misfortune, and you still want to go back?"
John sighed. "Don't you want to find out the truth?"
The other comrades sneered. "The truth? You want the truth from the Grim Reaper? Just like that night, you wanted to know the truth just like that, but half of our 30 brothers died! "
John said to his comrades, "I'm helping you guys. We've broken a lot of military rules because of this defeat. If we choose to retire now, we'll only be facing jail time. We have to continue to create our own value. Otherwise, even if you guys retire and work as security guards for Blackwater, they won't want you."
(End of this chapter)
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