Chapter 865 Let Them All Go
Africa, Country H.
After repeated air raids, the city was reduced to scorched earth and corpses were everywhere.
The city that was once full of vitality has turned into a hellish existence. This is the ruthlessness of war.
Counterattack?
There is no counterattack at all, it's just another round of casualties.
When the airstrike ended, only about 5,000 of General Temple's 20,000 rebels remained.
If you don't break through, you will die. If you break through, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Finally, he and Marvel led the troops to break out from the east and fled along the road to the jungle 60 kilometers away.
Unfortunately, there is no escape.
It seems like there is a glimmer of hope, but in reality there is no chance at all.
The rebels and Marvel's mercenaries had just gone out, but before they had even gotten halfway, they were caught up by armed helicopters and bombarded with another barrage of rockets.
In the end, everyone knelt on the ground, raised their guns and surrendered, thus escaping death.
In the command center, Lei Zhen sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, smoking, and staring at General Temple and Marvel who were brought in front of him.
"President Marvell, we meet again."
"I admire your courage in starting a battle, but unfortunately your strength is not enough. Do you have anything to say?"
Staring at the victor in front of him, Marvel sneered.
He had nothing to say because he had lost the chance to turn the situation around, although he was still unwilling to accept it in his heart.
"Kill him."
“Bang!”
A gunshot rang out and Marvel fell to the ground.
"You coward! You didn't even bother to scold me, and yet you still want to fight me?" Lei Zhen's face was full of disdain.
But after looking at General Temple, a smile appeared on his face.
"Untie the general."
"If you want to kill, just kill. No need to pretend!"
General Temple had a look of disdain on his face and stood straight, a tough guy.
"General, you are different from Marvel. He is just a mercenary agent who tries every possible way to suck the blood out of the mercenaries."
"The final counterattack in the city proved that you are a true professional soldier, because only a soldier could be so fearless in such a situation."
"I always respect real men!"
Lei Zhen stood up and untied the other person himself.
As for whether he respects others or not, only he himself knows, but in this situation he must show the right attitude.
The reason is very simple. He has thousands of people under his command.
Since we didn't kill him and chose to accept his surrender, we certainly couldn't kill General Temple, otherwise these thousands of people would be useless.
"You're not a rebel, but a true warrior." Lei Zhen continued to praise, "You chose to surrender until the last moment..."
"What do you want to say? No need to praise me. Losing is losing. There's nothing to say."
"So what if you lost? Who hasn't been defeated? I'm not praising you, I'm just stating the truth. If you were a coward, you would have chosen to defect the moment you knew you were a rebel."
There is some truth in what he said.
If they suddenly found out that they had become rebels, I'm afraid no one would be willing to continue defending the city, and surrender would definitely be the best option.
But General Temple did not surrender. He wanted to prove himself and fight for glory.
Although a bit pedantic, if a professional soldier loses his pedantry, he can no longer be called a professional soldier.
"But you still made a mistake. You sacrificed so many soldiers who followed you." Lei Zhen said seriously, "You are a general, the supreme commander, but you have forgotten the humanity that comes with that position."
"Humane?" General Temple said with disdain.
"Yes, humanity." Lei Zhen said seriously, "A soldier's humanity is not about winning many battles, but about ensuring that the soldiers below can return home alive."
General Temple's body trembled, and a deep bitterness appeared on his face.
Humanity, the humanity of soldiers...
"But at the last moment, you chose humanity, so I admire you." Lei Zhen continued, "So from the beginning, I never intended to kill you, nor did I intend to kill your soldiers. Otherwise, I would never have accepted your surrender. So you can leave with your soldiers."
General Temple was stunned when he heard this.
He never thought he would be released because it was unrealistic.
This is Africa, there is no such thing as preferential treatment for prisoners of war. Basically, after being captured, they are either killed or forced to do hard labor.
There is no mention of catching and releasing him.
"Any other questions? You're not asking me for severance pay, are you? Haha, don't worry, I won't get a cent."
"I admire your humanity and this is my recognition of you as a person. Please don't blackmail me."
"By the way, the regime in Country H has been overthrown, so you'd better stay away."
Lei Zhen waved his hand, signaling him to leave.
"Are you really going to let me go?"
"Really? Because I can't afford to feed you anymore. Thousands of you mean thousands of mouths to feed. How much does it cost to feed and drink every day?"
“…”
General Temple looked at him deeply, turned and walked out of the command center.
Soon he reunited with his soldiers and left with a huge group of several thousand people.
"Boss, are you really releasing them?" Andre said anxiously, "That's a force of several thousand men. If we recruit them, it will be a huge boost to our development."
"Tell the current president of Country H the location of the rebels. I think they would be happy to strangle them. After all, they were the ones who betrayed first, haha."
"What do you mean?"
"They didn't ask me for help, so how can I take them in? With thousands of people in my hands, it's easy for something to go wrong."
It is definitely necessary to collect, but the tactic of playing hard to get still needs to be used, and the other thing is how to collect.
"General Temple hasn't reached his limit yet. Only when he's being strangled by his own country will he remember my kindness."
"I instilled in him what a soldier's morality is. Do you think he was sincere when he begged me?"
Hearing Lei Zhen's words, Andre was full of admiration.
He could see that this boss was absolutely flawless in his work and had been scheming frantically from the beginning of the war until now.
Not only did they drag countries like Da Piaoliang into the water, but now they are targeting General Temple, but at the same time they are full of roundabout strategies.
The African Mercenary Union is just a chess piece of his to pave the way for the bigger picture.
So scary!
Andre was in awe and decided to follow Lei Zhen from now on. He would never dare to betray him, otherwise he would die without knowing how he died.
"myth!"
Andre knelt on one knee to express his heartfelt loyalty.
"Propose to me? Sorry, I only like women." Lei Zhen said humorously, "Go out and do your work. No one from the Mercenary Guild can be left behind."
"Boss, we still have over 700 mercenaries with rich combat experience. We can actually use them," Andre said. "Even if we have them carry out death missions, we can still make a lot of money."
Lei Zhen smiled and shook his head.
He affirmed the other party's ability, but did not dare to praise his vision.
"Find a good place to kill him. I can't always be merciful, so..."
Speaking of this, Lei Zhen began to miss his eldest disciple.
If the King of Qin were there, he would have directly taken these people to the mercenary gathering place and killed them, so that all the mercenaries would see the consequences of opposing him.
Kindness is kindness, and a knock is a knock.
The reason why God is God is that He has both kindness and tyranny. Otherwise, who would fear God?
"Take him to the mercenary gathering place and kill him."
"Understood, I'll do it right away!"
Andre reacted before it was too late.
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