Chapter 45 – “not suitable for children”
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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The transport helicopter landed at the Angolan Armed Forces garrison on the outskirts of Pella Mond. This city is located in the north of Angola, more than 700 kilometres away from the capital. Since Pella Mond is occupied by the Angolan Armed Forces, then the attack on the capital is just around the corner.
The biggest problem for them right now is the shortage of weapons. The only way they can get weapons at present is to rob them from the government soldiers.
There are two government army bases stationed in Pella Mond. One is in the main fortress with at least 4,000 soldiers and more hiding behind this large base. The other is an arsenal where the government army stores weapons with only about 600 soldiers stationed. Although the number of people guarding the arsenal does not seem to be a lot, due to the advantages of terrain and the distance, once the arsenal was attacked, the soldiers from the main fortress can come to rescue within only 15 minutes and the armed helicopter can even arrive at the scene within 3 minutes.
After they understood the situation, Shen Changze felt that it was impossible to complete this task with just thirty of them.
But of course he would not say this in front of the client. But he quietly told Shan Ming his doubts.
Shan Ming said in Chinese: “Of course we will not confront the enemy head-on. Or else, there will never be enough people for them to kill. You just need to obey the order and don’t back down from your mission. It is just us stealing weapons. We are not there to help them end the base. Now, these people who have not enough experience will not be our opponents.”
The child retorted: “I won’t back down. I won’t back down.”
After the meeting with the officers of the Angolan Armed Forces, Tiger Shark gave each of them a watch.
This is a communication device specially improved by the R&D personnel at their base. Each watch can check the GPS location of other team members and it can also send out a distress signal whenever necessary.
The battle plan they drew up was that the Angolan Armed Forces would fight on the front lines of the government army fortress to distract them. Then, the members of the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ would ambush from the back and seize their arsenal. There are two things that they have to do. Firstly, they must destroy the checkpoints set up by the government forces on the canal so that the ships of the Angolan Armed Forces can come to meet them smoothly to get the weapons out.
After the weapons were shipped back to the Angolan Armed Forces base, their mission was completed. Victory or defeat only decided on that night.
In order not to attract the attention of the government forces, the Angolan Armed Forces drove them as they headed to the front line. But for the rest of the 40 kilometres of the journey, they had to bypass the line of fire with their equipment on their backs, climb over the mountains and forests, and get there by foot.
After getting out of the car, Tiger Shark stretched out his hand and shouted, “‘Peregrine Falcon’ is invincible!”
Everyone put their hands on the top of each other’s hands and shouted loudly, “‘Peregrine Falcon’ is invincible!”
They boosted their morale and then carried their own equipment weighing at least 30 to 40 kilograms with them as they advanced in a formation of three columns; two at the back and one at the front.
Among these people, even the two female mercenaries, Pell and Lily, didn’t seem to be powerless. Only Shen Changze was struggling with the weight on his body. When he was walking on the ground, he would stumble over his knees from time to time. He carried a standard box of magazines on his back, weeds covered half of his calves, and only his head could be seen from behind. Anyone who looked at this scene felt uncomfortable for him.
Jushi wanted to help him carry the magazine box, but Shen Changze refused.
Jushi is their firepower. The ammunition box, heavy machine gun, and rocket launcher on his body add up to at least 130 to 140 kilograms. Although he looks quite relaxed, the child is unwilling to let others bear his things for him.
Tiger Shark glanced at Shen Changze, “Don’t slow down everyone’s actions.”
The child said firmly: “I absolutely won’t.”
A group of thirty people followed the positioning and adjusted the route while maintaining their movements in the most energy-saving speed.
At noon, they passed by a village. From a distance, the village was in flames. The sound of gunfire could still be heard going around. The smell of war was in the air.
Ayer said: “There may be government soldiers passing by. Let’s go in and have a look.”
After getting closer, they realised that the village had become a hell on earth.
There are charred corpses, severed hands, feet, and internal organs everywhere. A man in the clothes of the Angolan Armed Forces was skinned alive and hung at the entrance of the village. Blood flowed down his feet with the sound of tick… tick… It stained the entrance of the village with red.
Shen Changze glanced at the corpse, feeling the urge to vomit.
After entering, innocent dead villagers can be seen everywhere. There are old people, women, children… No one was spared. They saw one woman who was obviously raped by inhuman bastards before she died. Her dead eyes stared at the hazy sky wide open. Not a single part of her body was covered with clothes.
Shen Changze finally couldn’t bear the anger and shock in his heart. He lowered his head and vomited.
No one paid attention to him. They all seemed to be used to it. Pell even put on gloves to examine the woman’s body. She then said blankly, “The time of death is less than an hour ago. Government soldiers just passed by. They might be right ahead of us, going back to their base.”
After the child vomited, he got up from the ground and said in a trembling voice, “Since it’s the government soldiers, why did they kill civilians?”
Job explained: “Pella Mond used to be the birthplace of the Angolan Armed Forces. After the leader of the Angolan Armed Forces launched an uprising, many young people in Pella Mond followed after him. So there are a lot of places here where government soldiers came to perform massacres.”
Shen Changze gritted his teeth. His body trembled slightly.
Without seeing the scene with his own eyes, he couldn’t draw such a cruel and bloody picture no matter how he imagined it in his head. He was shocked and he couldn’t bear it. He felt a strong desire to kill those government soldiers.
Shan Ming looked at the child’s expression and raised his eyebrows, “If you want to be a qualified mercenary, put away your worthless sympathy. We are just weapons. Whoever gave money to us, they will drive us and we will go towards the direction that they aimed at. There is no righteous side on the battlefield. Our client’s people are also massacring civilians protected by government forces across the country. This kind of revenge battle will never end. So take all your unnecessary emotions out of your body. You just need to remember our mission. That is to seize the arsenal and complete the mission!”
The child put the straw into his mouth and sucked some water from the vest’s water pocket. He rinsed his mouth and spit out on the ground. He wiped his mouth and stopped looking at the dead bodies. Instead, he grabbed the handle of the gun in his hand. The cold metal touch made him calm down quickly. He glanced at everyone with some embarrassment.
The adults all expressed their understanding of his state. Even Ayer patted him on the shoulder, almost causing him to fall on the ground.
Tiger Shark said: “According to the information left on the scene, the number of these government soldiers should not exceed one hundred people. Maybe they came out to carry a mission. We will catch up to them and kill them. Then, we can get some valuable information about the arsenal from them.”
Everyone agreed and chased after the traces of the government soldiers.
After speeding up the march, Shen Changze obviously felt a little tired. But he didn’t want to fall behind so he gritted his teeth and followed them. In order to save time, everyone is advancing with energy bars and compressed food in their mouths. Only when the government soldiers were wiped out from in front of them can they stop to catch their breath.
After more than three hours, they finally found the trace of the government soldiers. It turned out to be a small team of about only 120 people. They had no heavy weapons and were equipped with grenades.
Tiger Shark ordered everyone to unload their equipment and go into battle lightly. He then ordered Kali and Shen Changze to take their positions. He sent a small team to move quickly to the front of the enemy. A small team ambushed the middle of the enemy and interrupted the enemy in the middle. The last part of the enemy will be solved by the sniper.
Ayer and Shan Ming led a team to ambush in the front and the middle respectively. Kali and Shen Changze crouched behind the bushes, adjusted their scopes, and waited for the right moment.
Kali said softly, “I take the row to the left. You take the row to the right. Your main job is to cover me.”
Shen Changze hummed lightly.
After a moment of silence, Kali’s cold voice rang in his ears, “Shoot.”
Before the words fell, Shen Changze saw the government army at the back of the team fell to the ground. The child also pulled the trigger. The head of one soldier exploded in front of the child’s eyes. It looked like a bloody watermelon. Blood from the smashed brain splattered everywhere. The child felt a rush of adrenaline in his chest as he unloaded and reloaded. It took no more than two seconds. He raised his gun to shoot again and another person fell into a pool of blood.
At the same time, gunshots rang out ahead as others began to move.
The government army was in chaos, with ambushes in the front and snipers demanding their lives in the back. A team was broken into three quarters. It did not only break apart their firepower but it also completely broke apart their morale.
The bullets fired back by the government army hit the mound where the two men were lying in hiding. The two men buried their heads on the ground. The grass and dirt splashed above their heads.
Kali rolled down the hill, “Let’s go.”
Once the sniper’s location is found, the situation becomes very dangerous. They must evacuate immediately.
Shen Changze also rolled down the hillside, following behind Kali. They then ran forward and changed to another concealed sniper position to continue shooting.
The government army was beaten to pieces by the ‘Peregrine Falcon’. Shen Changze alone killed more than a dozen government soldiers in seconds. The battle ended very quickly. Within fifteen minutes, the battle was over.
On the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ side, there was basically no loss except that Jushi was blown out by a grenade when he was sweeping them with a machine gun. He suffered some minor injuries. The child didn’t expect that the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ was so powerful. They were able to easily fight against an army four times bigger than them in terms of number. For the first time, the child felt proud of his own team.
After a while, Koski came back with two captives from the government army. When passing by Shen Changze, he pressed the child’s head with his bloodstained hand and turned him around in a circle saying “not suitable for children”. He then walked the captives into the woods.
After a while, the captive’s mournful howling can be heard in the woods. The painful cry made people’s scalp numb.
The child looked at the others but no one responded. They concentrated on taking their time to eat and rest. He also sat on the ground, eating with his eyes closed. His heart became numb.
After eating, Koski and Zouhuo came out from the woods. They reported to everyone the information about the base and arsenal that they had obtained from the captives.
After walking for seven hours, they finally climbed over the mountain and circled to the rear of the government army base. At this time, they could already see the arsenal on the hillside. It was already dark by this hour.
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Next update: 2023.–.–
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