Chapter 889 Resort

After staying in a very dangerous place for a long time, people will become more or less particular about certain things, or to put it more bluntly, they are superstitious. $..

In a high-risk place like the battlefield, it would be abnormal if there were no superstitions.

There are many rules on the battlefield. For example, you cannot light a third cigarette with the same match. For example, air force crew members cannot take photos before flying. If you want to take photos, you can only take them after landing safely. Such things are everywhere, in different situations. There are so many countries and different places with so many different values ​​that it is impossible to count.

Baghdad is undoubtedly a big battlefield. After living in a place like Baghdad where people die all day long, there are some superstitious opinions circulating among those who are doing high-risk work. It is not surprising at all.

The convoy passed two checkpoints and after two strict inspections, it finally entered the green zone.

The Green Zone is the safest place in the entire Iraq. However, the Green Zone is not a building, but a collective name for a large area. In the Green Zone, there are government agencies such as the U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi National Assembly, as well as special facilities for the United States. The area where the staff stationed in Iraq lives, and there are hotels that can basically only serve foreign journalists now.

As for ordinary foreigners, unless they want to make a fortune in the ruins of Iraq, they can only work in Iraq or they have to come for some reason, otherwise, as long as their brains are not burned out, they will come to Iraq for nothing.

Gao Yang and his team's station in the Green Zone was originally used by the US military stationed in Iraq when they were on vacation. After staying in various places in Iraq for a long time, they had the opportunity to take a vacation. If you can't return home. You can't take a vacation in the military camp where you are stationed. I just have to relax in a place like Baghdad's Green Zone where at least I don't have to prepare for battle every day.

Before the U.S. troops withdrew, many tasks had to be done by helpers. After the U.S. troops withdrew, the large open spaces left behind became cheaper and essentially replaced the U.S. troops in fighting.

You must know that the US military has withdrawn, but there must be armed forces to replace the US military's responsibilities, such as protecting US consulate personnel and providing security for US companies in Iraq. There are also things like providing training to the Iraqi government troops, which are basically done now. Therefore, the United States is still very valued in Iraq, and its status is not low.

Although they are in Iraq to make money, the US military is afraid of death when fighting, but it is not afraid of death. Whether it is legal on the surface, or mercenaries secretly killing people and setting fires, no matter how many people die, no one will be responsible for it. So you have to be nice to these, so. Life in the Green Zone is quite beautiful.

In a place as short of water as Baghdad, employees from dozens of large and small private military contractors in the United States can still enjoy swimming pools. In Baghdad, a place where alcohol is prohibited, those mercenaries who do not drink and have fun can also find plenty of water. of alcohol,

There are even places like kilns.

Those who live in Baghdad must not just stay in the Green Zone. That would be meaningless. For most of them, the Green Zone is just a transit point. Another important meaning is that they are just like those American soldiers. Come to the Green Zone to relax and soothe your nerves before heading out on a variety of high-stress missions across Iraq.

No one knows how many people in Iraq are serving the United States. There are at least several thousand people in Iraq. Basically, those who take turns to relax in the Green Zone, or wait for flights to leave, or those who have just entered Iraq from foreign countries, They all have to stay in the Green Zone for a longer or shorter period of time.

So there were so many people in the Green Zone that when Gao Yang first entered the gathering place, he thought he was coming to a resort instead of Baghdad.

There is a lot of dust in Baghdad, and the car quickly passed a group of people having a barbecue in the hot sun. Although it was far away, it still attracted a burst of curses because the dust stained their barbecue.

Looking at the beauties wearing bikinis by the swimming pool, Erin couldn't help but widen her eyes and exclaimed: "Wow, there are so many beauties!"

Fellini made a gesture and said: "It's very expensive. Oh, you don't need it. Well, maybe you need it too. If you need it, just negotiate the price directly."

Irene spat and extended her middle finger towards Fellini, who laughed heartily without caring.

The car parked outside a temporary building, similar to a prefabricated house, but even a prefab house is definitely better than living in a tent, not to mention that the prefab house has air conditioning.

After stopping, Fellini pointed to the two small-looking wooden houses and said: "They are all yours to use. You don't have to pay rent, but you have to take good care of your own things. There are not many decent people here. If you lose something, Nothing is weird.”

"Where are you looking? Do you see that red house? That's a restaurant. It has all kinds of flavors, but I suggest you only eat Iraqi food, because here you can eat the best and purest Iraqi flavor. As for other As for the food, forget it, it has no other characteristics besides being expensive."

"Where are you looking? Do you see it? The house with the red roof is from the Russians, the one with the blue roof is from the Americans, and the one with the black door is from the Iraqis. Yes, they are all arms dealers. Their main business is not here. , they just live here because it is safe. You can choose which arms dealer to buy from. It’s all the same, the price is the same, the things are the same, and even the damn service has the same face. Faq, I doubt they are. Same boss."

After finishing speaking, Fellini shrugged and said: "If you don't like it here, you can also go to the Sheraton Hotel. That's where the rich and officials live. But the downside is that the Sheraton is also the place that Iraqis want to blow up the most." Place, okay, I’ve introduced you to the situation, do you have any questions?”

Gao Yang spread his hands and said, "Man, mission, what about our mission?"

Fellini also showed his hands and said: "The mission, the current mission is to wait here. If you have any ideas, you can contact Mr. Tomler directly, but I suggest you not to do so. In short, he requires action, so you can take action again." Okay, why bother with the rest."

At this time, Eileen pointed to the people scattered in a large square in the middle of the residential area, and asked curiously: "How many people are there here?"

Fellini looked outside and said: "There must be more than a thousand people. Who knows, there will be even more people here at night. If three years ago, Fuck, there wouldn't even be a place to stay or a swimming pool here." It's like a can of sardines, those women can make ten thousand dollars a day, and Farke makes a lot more than us."

After finishing speaking, Fellini tilted his head and said: "Okay, I've told you everything you need to know. Get out of the car now. Don't be like a curious baby. Life here is very simple. You will know it soon." Familiar and tired of it, oh, of course you can keep it in the car, as long as you are willing to buy it."

Gao Yang smiled and said: "I really don't mind buying it if it can be easily transported to the United States, but God knows whether we will come to Baghdad again."

Fellini's eyes lit up and he said: "I can help. It's no problem to transport the car back. It's very simple to get the car to Kuwait first and then send it to the United States. Of course, you have to pay the freight, and the freight is no less than the price of the car." .”

Gao Yang smiled and said: "Okay, give me a call. If I want to buy it, I will give you the money and you can deliver it to the designated place for me. Okay, buddy, we will talk about this issue later."

Gao Yang and Irene got out of the car, and then everyone in Satan got out of the car one after another, and then Fellini quickly ran away with the convoy.

After Gao Yang and more than a dozen people gathered together, everyone looked around, and then Gao Yang smiled bitterly and said: "Why, why do I have the illusion that I am here for vacation instead of on a mission?"

Andy He stared closely at the beautiful woman by the pool, put his two index fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly, then smiled and said, "This is not an illusion. It seems like we are just on vacation now."

Cui Bo smiled and said, "I learned a lot from listening to those two people bragging in the car. I think life here is pretty good."

Tommy spread his hands and said helplessly: "Why? What I heard is that if you have money here, you can live a slightly normal life. If you don't have money, it's better to leave the Green Zone as soon as possible. Money here It doesn’t even seem like money anymore because everything here is so expensive.”

Gao Yang shook his head and said: "We won't be able to stay long, maybe there will be a call soon. Let's go, buy a gun first, then buy a car, prepare everything needed for the mission, and then go have dinner."

At this time, Raphael suddenly said: Which of you wants to buy a Hummer? "

Erin smiled and said: "Why, someone is selling Hummer to you too?"

Raphael shrugged and said, "Yes, it costs 20,000 US dollars a car. How much do you want? The cars we took all belonged to a man named Fellini. Fellini paid 3,000 US dollars to 5,000 US dollars a car. We bought more than 40 Hummers for the price of one, but now there are less than ten left for sale.”

Gao Yang smiled and said: "Twenty thousand dollars for a military bulletproof Hummer is cheap, just like giving it away for free, but how do you plan to take it away?"

Raphael smiled and said: "Fellini sells cars, so of course some of them are responsible for transporting the cars."

Cui Bo took a breath and said, "I like the industrial chain, but I'm curious where they got these cars from."

Raphael said: "I heard from our driver that Fellini bought it from the Iraqi army. As soon as a convoy collected the money, he took off his military uniform and took a gun and became a deserter. Fellini even used Two hundred dollars bought me a Hummer, and if it weren’t for the fact that armored vehicles and tanks were too difficult to sell, they were all arms dealers’ business, and Fellini would have even dared to buy tanks.”

Gao Yang nodded and said: "No wonder, but no one cares?"

"I can't control it!" (To be continued...)

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