Seeing Hamid limping up the stairs, Ye Chen felt somewhat curious, so he asked casually: "Brother, have you injured your leg?"
Hamid looked back at him, then at his left leg, and sighed: "My left leg was seriously injured in a battle. It was hit by fragments from the bomb explosion. At that time, I almost only had one leg amputated."
However, the leg also suffered irreversible damage, so after recovery, the muscles atrophied severely and the function deteriorated severely. So I became lame..."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh: "In a place like Syria, the difficulties of a crippled commander are really hard to describe!"
Although being lame is not a serious disability, Hamid is the supreme commander of an armed force after all. Being lame in one leg will have a great impact on his personal image and prestige.
The biggest impact was that his self-confidence was greatly dampened.
Once upon a time, Hamid was also an ambitious general, eager to make achievements in the chaotic war situation, and even hoped to become the supreme commander of the entire opposition force.
However, since his leg became lame, his influence has dropped a lot, and his self-confidence has also been hit.
Originally, his team numbered nearly 10,000 people, which was considered a relatively powerful force among the opposition. However, seeing that he was lame and his self-confidence was seriously damaged, several of his confidants took the opportunity to incite some of his subordinates to go out and set up their own business. His strength suddenly increased.
sudden drop.
Sometimes reality is so cruel. When a person has enough majesty to intimidate his subordinates, his subordinates will appear as docile as a cat and as loyal as a dog.
However, once this person's own strength declines and his body declines, his subordinates will develop the mentality of a tiger or a wolf.
Setting up one's own business is already considered to be more ethical, and those without integrity will even take the opportunity to kill their boss and replace him.
Such things have indeed happened frequently throughout history.
Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, originally inspected the palace in the later Zhou Dynasty. After the death of Zhou Shizong at that time, he had just passed the throne to his seven-year-old son, Emperor Zhou Gong. However, Zhao Kuangyin turned his back and launched the Chenqiao Mutiny, seizing the throne of the young master.
There are countless similar things in history.
The same goes for Hamid in Syria.
The economic development of this kind of place is very backward, and there are many mountainous areas. The degree of motorization of the troops is very low. Most of the time, they have to rely on legs and livestock and mules for transportation. In this case, Hamid's physical disability is infinitely magnified.
When soldiers were fighting in mountain warfare, he could not go to the front line to cheer them on;
When the troops began to maneuver on a large scale in the mountains, he could not participate at all.
The opposition soldiers were originally from rough backgrounds and needed commanders to take the lead or blend in, but Hamid's legs became a huge weakness.
At this time, Hamid limped out of the cellar, followed closely by Ye Chen and He Zhiqiu.
After coming out, I saw an armed helicopter parked in the yard, and all the armed personnel had already evacuated.
The weapons and ammunition originally hung under the helicopter and on both sides have basically been disassembled, and the cannon, which is the main firepower, has also been removed from all ammunition.
The reason why Ye Chen asked them to remove all ammunition was to ensure that Hamid would not suddenly regret it after he arrived at the meeting place.
After all, the Ye family has arranged for civilian aircraft, so it will definitely be a civilian helicopter that picks him up. In front of armed helicopters, civilian helicopters are just paper. If the cannon fires at random, it will be smashed into sieves.
At this time, there was a pilot standing next to the helicopter. When he saw two strangers, Hamid, Ye Chen, and He Zhiqiu coming out together, he immediately felt something bad and subconsciously wanted to touch the pilot's gun on his waist.
Hamid immediately said: "Throw away the gun, these two are my friends!"
When the pilot heard this, although he was suspicious, he did not dare to make a mistake and immediately threw the gun on the ground.
Hamid ordered again: "Hurry up and start the helicopter!"
The pilot hurriedly climbed into the cockpit and started the propeller, while Hamid, Ye Chen and He Zhiqiu sat in the cabin.
After entering the cabin, Ye Chen used the watch Vasily gave him to press the emergency call button.
Syria's infrastructure itself is very poor, and the fighting is even worse. Except for cities, there are almost no communication signals, so even international roaming mobile phones have no service here. The only medium for communication is satellite.
Fortunately, this kind of watch specially equipped for paratroopers has its own satellite call function.
As soon as the phone call came through, Ye Chen heard Han Guangyao's voice: "Master, is everything going well with you?"
Ye Chen replied: "Everything went well, and it's earlier than originally planned. You can arrange a helicopter to the predetermined location now. I can arrive in about fifteen minutes."
Han Guangyao was stunned and said: "Master, how can you get there so quickly in the mountains that are dozens of kilometers away?!"
Ye Chen smiled and said: "Commander Hamid of the opposition personally arranged for a helicopter to send us there."
When Han Guangyao heard this, he immediately realized that Ye Chen must have controlled Hamid. He was so shocked that he didn't know how to reply to Ye Chen for a while.
Chen Zekai on the side asked him hurriedly: "Mr. Han, how long will it take if we fly there now?"
Only then did Han Guangyao come to his senses and blurted out: "I'll get the helicopter ready now. We'll set off in five minutes, and it'll probably take about forty minutes."
"Okay." Ye Chen said, "Then I will wait for you at the predetermined location."
Han Guangyao said hurriedly: "Okay, young master, let's set off now!"
After hanging up the phone, Ye Chen told Hamid the GPS coordinates of the destination and asked him to tell the pilot. After the pilot set the coordinates, Hamid said to Ye Chen: "Brother Ye, the pilot is ready at any time.
It can take off, and everything is at your command."
Ye Chen nodded and said, "Then let the pilot take off."
"good!"
Hamid immediately ordered the pilot to take off through the walkie-talkie on his head.
The helicopter immediately began to rise and then headed towards the coordinates agreed upon by Ye Chen and Han Guangyao.
An ordinary person may not be able to reach dozens of kilometers of mountainous terrain on foot in a day, but it only takes ten minutes by helicopter.
Soon, the helicopter arrived at the coordinate location. This is a relatively gentle mountaintop with a low altitude and not too steep terrain. However, there are no roads within a few kilometers of the surrounding area, so there is almost no human habitation.
After the helicopter landed on the top of the mountain, Ye Chen said to Hamid: "Brother, you have to wait here for a while. When the plane to pick me up arrives, you can leave again."
Hamid said without hesitation: "It should be, it should be, this will make you feel more at ease!"
After that, he ordered the pilot: "Turn off the engine and lights, let's wait here for a while!"
The pilot immediately complied.
When the plane's engine stopped, the surrounding area suddenly became quiet. As soon as it became quiet, He Zhiqiu's sobs could be heard. At this time, she no longer knew how many tears she had shed.
Ye Chen reached out and took off the hood stuffed in her mouth. The first thing He Zhiqiu said was: "Take me back! Or you can go by yourself and let them take me back!"
Ye Chen said with a hint of sarcasm: "Your dad told me that you are a very smart person and a person who is very good at business and management. But I really didn't expect you to be so stupid."
He Zhiqiu begged: "You don't understand. If I just leave, this will become my lifelong inner demon and lifelong nightmare. I beg you to let me go back. If all my friends die, I will be the only one alive."
, I will be tortured and tortured all my life. Rather than doing this, it is better for me to stay..."
Ye Chen realized that He Zhiqiu's mentality might not be stupid. It was her own personality.
Most people can forgive themselves easily, but some people cannot. Not only will these people not forgive themselves easily, but they will suffer for the rest of their lives.
If those seven people really died like this, He Zhiqiu might really not be able to forgive herself. If things go on like this, she might fall into extreme depression until she can't bear it anymore and end her life.
Thinking of this, Ye Chen asked her: "As long as your friends survive, you will be able to get over this hurdle in your heart?"
He Zhiqiu nodded slightly and asked, "Can you save them?"
Ye Chen looked at Hamid and said, "Brother, let me be honest, even if you kill all seven of them, the White House will not give you a penny."
Hamid also realized it, nodded and said: "Indeed, they have no intention of paying any money. Moreover, this news has been suppressed in the Western world. Even if I kill them all, the Western media will not report it and there will be no coercion."
Their role.”
At this point, he sighed and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay. Brother, if you need it, then I will let them go, or send another helicopter to send them over."
He Zhiqiu suddenly looked surprised.
But at this time, Ye Chen immediately waved his hand and said: "No, I just need them to survive. I don't want to leave with them."
Hamid hurriedly asked: "Brother, what do you mean?"
Ye Chen said: "Well, don't kill them, just keep them as laborers. They can do odd jobs in your army, cook, dig trenches, transport goods, etc. I believe in this."
They are still capable of their job. If you spare their lives and let them stay in Syria to work for you for the rest of their lives, it means that you did not kidnap them back in vain."
Hamid immediately understood what Ye Chen meant.
He knew that Ye Chen didn't want to save those guys, he just wanted to save their lives for the sake of He Zhiqiu.
So he immediately agreed and said: "Since I have said so, don't worry, I will make good use of them, give them a bite of food, let them survive, and work as coolies for me honestly."
Ye Chen nodded and asked He Zhiqiu: "They will not be killed. Are you satisfied with this?"
He Zhiqiu asked angrily: "You can obviously take them away, why do you do this?"
Ye Chen also asked her: "It's a joke, I've already given you enough face by sparing their lives, so why should I save them and leave?"
He Zhiqiu couldn't help but said: "Obviously, as long as you say a word, they can regain their freedom. But why are you unwilling to help them?!"
"Help them?" Ye Chen sneered and asked her: "Why? There are millions of refugees in Syria, and there are more than 700 million people in Europe. Obviously, as long as everyone in Europe donates a fist-sized piece of bread a day, they can be fed.
, let them eat in vain, but why are these refugees still homeless and hungry?"
Saying that, Ye Chen asked again: "There are 400 million extremely poor people in Africa. And the total population of developed countries in the world is nearly one billion. It is obvious that only two people from these developed countries can feed one African."
, then there will no longer be extremely poor people in Africa as a whole, but why don’t they do this?”
He Zhiqiu was speechless when he was asked, his face turned red but he couldn't find a suitable reason to refute.
Ye Chen asked coldly at this time: "You always think it's easy for me to save him with just one word, so you think I have to save him. This is a brainless paradox in itself! Bill Gates is so rich, how can he spend a hundred
One hundred million dollars is easy, so why don’t you let him pay a ransom of seventy million dollars to rescue his seven compatriots?”
He Zhiqiu blurted out: "You...you are changing your concept!"
Ye Chen sneered: "Swapped the concept?"
"Okay, let me ask you, among the seven of them, is one of them my relative?"
"Let me ask you again, among the seven of them, is one of them my siblings?"
"Among the seven of them, is one of them my friend?"
"Among the seven of them, is one of my compatriots?"
"Not my relatives, not my brothers, not my friends, not my compatriots, not my kind!"
"If I help this kind of person who has nothing to do with me, it's my duty to help him; if I don't help him, it's my duty!"
"Even if I can help them with just a word, why should I help them?"