Chapter 986: The End of the Mercenary
With the motivation of money, the mercenaries are full of enthusiasm.
Although, their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the regular army and is not even up to par at all.
However, the advantage is that the formation is small and highly flexible, plus the various individual heavy weapons and drones funded by Zhang Tuohai, it is enough to deal with some small transport convoys and material strongholds.
Then, these mercenaries would search for weakly defended strongholds throughout the entire Lighthouse Country and destroy them in exchange for bounties.
The beacon country was suddenly filled with smoke and flames.
This put the guards in a very embarrassing situation.
They need to mobilize more people and more equipment to guard their supply points and supply transport teams.
This will undoubtedly disperse their forces and greatly affect their advancement speed.
If we don't do this, the supply line will not be able to be defended, which is very difficult.
Moreover, as time went on, the supplies carried by the mercenaries were consumed more and more, and civilians fled on a large scale. Survival was forced to attack the supply lines, otherwise their survival would become a problem.
Gradually, the mercenaries and the guards became involved in an irreconcilable relationship.
The mercenaries and the guards needed supplies from each other, otherwise they would starve to death and be killed by these weapons and ammunition. The two sides started a fight over the logistical supplies.
A group of people started killing each other.
"Why are they so powerful ?"
Langley, the young mercenary who was the first to receive the reward, hid in a ruin and asked the old mercenary next to him.
"It's not that they suddenly became stronger, but we have never faced them head-on before."
The old mercenary brushed the dust off his hat.
"Be careful, don't get discovered, otherwise, we will all die."
"Then what should we do?" Langley asked worriedly.
"What else can we do? Hide here and find a chance to evacuate."
The old mercenary said.
"Can we still retreat?" Langley looked towards the distance and saw several tanks slowly advancing. Following behind the tanks were a large number of infantrymen wearing bulletproof vests. These people checked the ruins on both sides from time to time to see if there was anyone hiding inside.
"I don't know. We have to try it first." The old mercenary gently pulled the bolt.
"If I had known, I should have left after I got the first bonus ."
Langley thought secretly.
However, after receiving the first bounty, Langley felt that the money was not enough for retirement and wanted to earn more. He then followed the old mercenaries to continue looking for strongholds and supply lines that could be attacked by surprise, which led them to go deeper and deeper, even into the heart of the Lighthouse Country.
There were guards everywhere.
The guards also became fierce because the mercenaries blew up many strongholds and destroyed many logistics convoys, causing many teams to lose supplies, and some people had relatives and friends among those teams.
Many guards were so bloodthirsty that they would kill any mercenaries they saw without any leniency.
This also made the situation of the mercenaries increasingly difficult, to the point that even if they wanted to withdraw, they couldn't.
Those guards didn't even bother to put down the rebellion, they just focused on killing these mercenaries, and even started using supplies to set traps, just to lure these mercenaries in and kill them.
This time, Langley and his team fell into the trap. A team of mercenaries was trapped in the ruins of a small town.
The other mercenaries in the team were killed in the previous artillery preparation, leaving only him and the experienced old mercenary.
"I now have another way to leave." said the old mercenary.
"What method?" Langley asked in surprise.
It would be great if he could leave here safely. If he could leave here, he swore to leave immediately and never come back.
"Drop your weapons and raise your hands in surrender," said the old mercenary.
"Surrender? Will they accept it?" Langley couldn't believe it.
"Don't worry, they advocate freedom and won't kill people indiscriminately. As long as you say you are a defender of freedom, they will not kill you casually and will give you decent treatment."
The old mercenary said.
"Really?" Langley was moved.
"Of course you're right. Come, follow me and raise your guns and walk out of the trenches."
The old mercenary raised his gun and prepared to walk out.
Seeing this, Langley also hurriedly raised his gun, walked out of the trench and shouted loudly: "Don't shoot, we surrender!"
"Don't move, kneel down!"
Upon hearing this, several guards immediately aimed their guns at Langley.
Langley quickly knelt on the ground as requested by the guards.
"You want to surrender?" asked a guard.
"It's us, me and... huh?" Langley looked to the side and was stunned.
The old mercenary who had always been by his side was missing.
"Where's the old mercenary?"
Langley was completely stunned.
"I'm asking you a question?"
A guard hit Langley's head with the butt of his rifle, causing him to see stars.
"Why did you hit someone?" Langley asked, rubbing his head.
"If I hit you, I'll kill you." A guard pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The bullet went through Langley's head.
Langley's body fell to the ground.
Until his death, Langley couldn't figure it out. Wasn't it said that the guards were free and wouldn't kill people at will?
Also, where did the old mercenary go?
At this time, the old mercenary was slowly crawling forward in the sewer.
"Sorry, someone has to attract the target. I'll get out alive and enjoy our bonus."
The old mercenary was stunned for a moment when he heard the gunshots outside, and then continued to crawl forward.
After climbing for more than ten minutes, the old mercenary found a vertical shaft leading up. He climbed up the ladder and pushed the manhole cover, only to find that it was pressed down by a heavy object and could not be pushed open.
"It doesn't matter. We can still leave by changing the wellhead."
The old mercenary was not worried. He returned to the sewer and continued to crawl forward.
Ten minutes later, they found another wellhead, but he was still crushed to death by a heavy object.
"It doesn't matter. The whole town is in ruins. We can just climb further away."
The old mercenary walked and tried along the way. After climbing for more than an hour, he estimated that he was finally almost outside the town. As a result, he was shocked to find that the road ahead had been blown down, completely blocking the way ahead.
"Fuck!"
The old mercenary kicked the collapsed tunnel twice. He knew he couldn't dig it open by himself. He had no choice but to go back, hoping to exit through the entrance he came in from.
"Those grandsons should have left, right?" The old mercenary guessed and slowly walked back.
It took another hour to return to the starting point. At this time, the old mercenary was exhausted and could finally leave this damn sewer.
The old mercenary climbed up and pushed the manhole cover hard.
However, he was surprised to find that the manhole cover was also sealed.
