After landing in the Bay of Bangkok, Tang Shuxing and others were arranged into an armored vehicle equipped with composite armor. The lieutenant colonel who responded to them said that this was for their safety. There were still hidden weapons in Bangkok city.
The rebels are waiting for opportunities to launch terrorist attacks on the National Defense Forces and churchgoers.
Tang Shuxing and the others knew that the lieutenant colonel actually came to escort Basalt.
When entering the city of Bangkok, the three people sitting in the armored vehicle found that there was not a single car on the street. Their convoy was driving very fast, but from time to time they could see children peeking out of the houses on the street. They were nervously
His parents dragged him back.
"It's my first time to enjoy such a spectacle." Tang Shuxing looked outside and shook his head. "This is better than the treatment enjoyed by the Thai royal family. Roads are blocked along the way and armed guards are provided. I wonder if there will be any other activities later.
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While Tang Shuxing was talking, Ji Kefeng subconsciously covered his pocket containing the basalt, fearing that he would be attacked or someone would come to rob it.
The speed of the convoy that was originally moving at high speed slowed down at this time. The four motorcycles leading the way stopped at the roadside. The special police officers on the vehicles got out of the car, grabbed the automatic rifles and shotguns mounted on the side of the motorcycles, and stared at them.
The two old vans parked in the middle of the road ahead did not approach immediately.
The two bulletproof armed off-road vehicles at the rear also drove slowly to both sides, facing the left and right sides in a "V" shape, paying close attention to the houses on both sides of the street. The Stingray light tank as the backbone was parked in the middle, with its gun
The tube is facing forward, and the M240 parallel machine gun on one side is also aimed at the two vans.
"What's going on?" Tang Shuxing asked the lieutenant colonel sitting next to the operator.
The lieutenant colonel was smart enough not to look out, but because the Stingray light tank blocked the view ahead, he could only turn on the radio and let the soldiers in the armed off-road vehicle go down to check, and at the same time warned the soldiers in the two armored vehicles behind him to be ready at any time.
Battle preparation.
"Is there really someone coming to attack?" Ji Kefeng looked outside and touched the bayonet in his hand. Because they traveled for half a month before returning to Thailand, in order to avoid friction along the way, they had already sunk all their automatic weapons into the sea.
, what they have in their hands now are just cold weapons.
Gu Huaiyi stood close to the door, knocked on the inner wall of the armored vehicle with his hand and said, "I'm not sure. I don't know if this thing can withstand two rockets."
"If there is an attack, I will immediately escort the three of you to turn around and take another route. Don't worry!" the lieutenant colonel pulled out his pistol and checked the SAR21 assault rifle at the same time.
Tang Shuxing simply leaned there and closed his eyes without saying a word. He was not doubting the strength of these soldiers, but was wondering whether what they did was right or wrong, and what political demands did these so-called rebel armed personnel have?
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The streets were quiet, and two helicopters coming for support were also hovering around. One was a former Bangkok police helicopter, and the other was a military light armed helicopter.
The special police, who used motorcycles as cover, waited for the soldiers coming off the armed off-road vehicles to pass by. They slowly followed the soldiers holding shields in front, approached the van with guns, and at the same time shouted loudly to the soldiers who might be ambushing around.
The rebels shouted, asking them to put down their weapons and come out with their hands raised.
Gu Huaiyi, who was sitting in the armored vehicle, heard the shouting outside and looked at the nervous lieutenant colonel. Suddenly, he slapped him on the shoulder and made a sound like an explosion, which startled the lieutenant colonel.
Gu Huaiyi covered his stomach and burst into laughter.
The lieutenant colonel's face was livid. He didn't dare to be angry, and he didn't dare to look directly at Gu Huaiyi. He knew who General Gu was. He also knew how many men he had under his command, not to mention that he was an important figure in the Shangdu Federal Republic today.
"Turn on the probe!" the lieutenant colonel motioned to the operator to turn on the monitoring probe on the top of the armored vehicle.
After opening it, the lieutenant colonel looked at the screen in front of him and at the two groups of military police approaching the van, sweat slowly dripping from his forehead.
"Don't shoot!" Finally, a childish voice came from the front of the van. The lieutenant colonel immediately ordered the advancing military police to stop and watch out for possible attacks.
A minor monk wearing a loose robe walked out with his hands clasped, facing countless gun muzzles and tank barrels without fear.
"Stop! Don't move! Don't take another half step forward! Otherwise we will use lethal force!" shouted the soldier holding a shield in front. In fact, this soldier was saving the monk. He was also saving himself, because in Thailand, men live their whole lives.
Every city in China has become a monk once, and no one is an exception. Everyone respects monks very much.
The young monk stopped and looked straight ahead, as if he could see through the tank the armored vehicle where Tang Shuxing and others were.
"My home is gone," the monk said. His voice was loud, but not ear-splitting, and it didn't sound like a roar, but everyone in the convoy heard it clearly.
The lieutenant colonel frowned and looked at the screen and said over the radio: "Watch the guns in your hands. Don't let them go off. Let him continue talking."
"My home is gone..." the young monk added, "our temple was destroyed by them. They said that there are only three true gods in this world, and that is the Three Shangdu Masters, and other faiths should not exist.
This is not right."
The young monk did not say anything too profound in his words, maybe because he was too young, or maybe that was all he wanted to say, but these simple words reached the ears of these former Thai government soldiers, like
It's like needles sticking into the heart.
The all-out invasion of Shangdu Religion actually defeated the country's original faith in a very short period of time. Many people converted to Shangdu Religion, and some people had to join because they wanted to save their lives. And those monks who were still holding on in the temples
But he remained silent and still opened the door to welcome people who were willing to come and go.
Not only in Thailand, but also in other occupied areas in Southeast Asia. Although the top leaders of Shangdu have not issued any orders to ban other religions, believers claim that the only true gods in the world are the three Shangdu heroes and that other religions should disappear completely.
So they began to destroy temples, burn items from other religions, and force the monks to return to secular life.
A sect that doesn't even have its own self-contained religious documents can confuse people to such an extent in such a short period of time, which is enough to show how terrifying Shang Du is.
The young monk just repeated those words, then sat cross-legged in the middle of the road, clasped his hands and closed his eyes, and his voice changed from high to low.
The soldiers who were only seven or eight meters away from the monk were completely at a loss. Although they were forced to change their beliefs, the beliefs in their hearts were still exactly the same as the young monk in front of them.
The lieutenant colonel finally couldn't bear it anymore, opened the door and got out of the car, walked towards the monk with his gun in hand, and when he was about to arrive, he handed the assault rifle in his hand to a special police officer, knelt down on one knee and whispered to the monk:
"Go back. We have a mission. If you have any demands, you can go to the secret envoy."
The monk slowly opened his eyes and said: "That is your secret envoy, not mine. I can only ask for help from Buddha. I am asking for help from Buddha."
The lieutenant colonel paused, took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said again: "Young man, Buddha is no longer here. Buddha is gone. If Buddha were still here, Thailand would not be like this today!"
"Buddha is here! In our hearts, it's just that you don't want to admit it," the monk said again.
The lieutenant colonel stood up and bravely walked to the car in front. Seeing that there were no explosives in the car, he turned around and waved two soldiers forward. He carried the monk to the side of the road and let him sit there and chant sutras. Then he let the convoy go on the road again.
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The monk did not do anything extreme, he just meditated on the roadside. But this time he did not close his eyes. Instead, he looked at the vehicles passing by and muttered something, but no one knew what he said again.
What, or what scriptures were read.
The three people sitting in the armored vehicle, Tang Shuxing, looked at the monk from the observation hole. Judging from his immature face, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old at most. He was still a child. What gave him
Such courage to stop the military convoy alone and try to awaken the faith sleeping in the memories of these soldiers.
Yes, their faith now exists only in memories.
"When a monk strikes a clock," Gu Huaiyi looked at the monk getting further and further away from the armored vehicle, "He is actually fighting."
"Let's fight in our hearts." Ji Kefeng still covered the bag containing the basalt, "It's effective, but it's just not obvious."
"Sooner or later -" Tang Shuxing shook his head.
"Why sooner or later?" Ji Kefeng asked.
"Resist." Tang Shuxing looked outside and said, "The calmer it is, the more terrifying it is. Your behavior of suppressing people can't really stir up anything, but if you have to change and suppress others' hearts, once it breaks out, then
It’s terrible. Such things have happened endlessly in human history. How could Reinhardtsch do such a stupid thing if he is so smart?”
"Strength will cause people to be blinded by the short-term scenery in front of them." Gu Huaiyi sat down again, "A leaf covering your eyes will not see Mount Tai."
"Lieutenant Colonel! Where are we going now?" Tang Shuxing asked the Lieutenant Colonel, but the Lieutenant Colonel just stared at the floor of the armored vehicle in a daze. Tang Shuxing asked him three times before he reacted.
"Meet the emissary." The lieutenant colonel took a deep breath and forced a smile. It was a habit for him to smile when he mentioned the emissary, just like he had to kneel down and pray immediately when he thought of God.
"Where is he?" Tang Shuxing asked again.
"Dam!" the lieutenant colonel simply replied. If he remained silent, Tang Shuxing would not ask any questions. Looking at the lieutenant colonel's appearance, he must be feeling conflicted and uncomfortable, and he was suffering.
After the convoy passed through the city, traffic resumed again, and the streets suddenly became lively. The people who went out acted as if nothing had happened, and they continued to do what they should do. The so-called resistance, the so-called rebels seemed to be all gone.
It's just a fantasy in the hearts of the lieutenant colonel and others.
"Are they numb?" Ji Kefeng got out of the armored vehicle and looked at the street that suddenly became lively behind him.
"In the final analysis, why do people live?" Gu Huaiyi stretched beside him, "For a bite to eat, to live. Now they are still alive, they still have food and drink, and there is nothing they can do about the current situation, so let's continue."