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Volume 1: Do Not Use Hidden Dragon Chapter 467: Transaction (Part 1)

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    It was past noon, and Chen Zheng had finished seeing the last patient at hand. The translator was already so hungry that his stomach was growling, and he said, "Doctor Chen, let's go back and meet the other members of the medical team first, and let's start a meal."

    "That's fine." Chen Zheng nodded, and then he and the translator walked out of the low and simple cabin.

    But even Chen Zheng himself didn¡¯t expect that he had just walked four or five steps out of the wooden house when a cannonball suddenly fell from the sky of the wooden house he was in just now.

    "Boom!"

    With a loud noise, the cabin was blown to pieces, and even a black man inside was blown out.

    The air wave even knocked Chen Zheng and the translator to the ground.

    "What's going on?" The translator was shocked.

    In fact, there is no need to ask, just think about it and you will know that this is a war that has broken out.

    Chen Zheng looked back and saw that the small wooden house where he was treating people just now had been half blown away and was on fire.

    The immobile patient inside had just been pulled back from hell by Chen Zheng, but now he would definitely never survive again.

    No matter how powerful medical skills are, their capabilities are limited. No wonder Sun Yat-sen gave up medicine and entered politics.  Chen Zheng sighed peacefully.

    Looking ahead, it turned out that the house behind Chen Zheng was not the only one that was bombed. There were many other places in the village that were bombed, but there were not many shells. Only five or six were fired.

    "Strange, if a war really broke out, how could there be only such a few scattered shells?"  But if we talk about stray bullets, these five or six are a bit too much.  Unconscionable.

    But at this time, Chen Zheng couldn't allow him to think too much, so he quickly grabbed the translator beside him and shouted: "Hurry and hide!" Then he quickly hid behind another cabin.

    Chen Zheng and his translator had just hid themselves when another roar of a car engine came from the distance, and the sound was heard.  A jeep, followed by five or six large trucks, drove into the village.

    There are not many people on the jeep.  There were only four of them, but those big trucks were full of soldiers.

    ? Or calling him a soldier is not accurate.  Because none of these people were wearing military uniforms, and all of them were in rags, and they were all holding weapons.

    Soon, all the vehicles stopped in the center of the car, and all the soldiers jumped out of the trucks with guns in hand.

    The person in the first jeep was obviously a leader, and he greeted and shouted a few words to the black villagers below.

    There were two young black men who seemed to have a more stubborn tone. They were quickly shot to death by the leader sitting in the car with a gun.

    The scene was in chaos.

    At this time, the gunmen who jumped out of the truck raised their rifles, scaring all the black villagers from running around.

    After saying a few words that Chen Zheng couldn't understand, the leader shouted again.  All the soldiers rushed to the wooden house where most of the Chinese medical team members were gathered.

    The medical team is also accompanied by a security team. These security teams are also armed, but unfortunately there are only a dozen or twenty people. How can they be the opponent of so many troops?

    Someone just came forward to stop him with a gun, but the soldiers didn't say anything.  "Tu tu tu tu tu", he shot several people to death with rifles, and finally forced the remaining people to put down their weapons and raise their hands in surrender.

    The group of soldiers then tied up the Chinese security personnel and medical team members with their hands cut behind their backs and tied them with ropes.  Start escorting to the truck.

    Chen Zheng didn¡¯t understand what they were saying, but the translator understood them all. He quickly grabbed the dirt on the ground and wiped it on his face. After wiping it himself, he was ready to wipe it for Chen Zheng.

    "What are you doing? What are they going to do?" Chen Zheng organized a translator and asked.

    The translator was so frightened that he lost his limbs and said reluctantly: "They are arresting yellow people who are not black. Fortunately, we are not with the members of the medical team and are hiding here. They didn't notice it, but don't see us!"  Darken your face quickly!¡±

    "Catch the yellow people? Chen Zheng was stunned, why are they arresting the yellow people?"

    "I don't know this either. Just smear it, it's important to save your life! If you are discovered, I can't run away." After that, he continued to grab the black mud on the ground and smeared it on Chen Zheng's face.

    This time Chen Zheng did not stop him. Soon, his face was completely blackened and he hid behind the wooden house. Even if someone saw them, it would be difficult to notice the difference in their skin colors at the first time.

    "Where will they take the members of the medical team?" Chen Zheng asked again.

    "I don't know either. Don't speak, lest they hear you." The translator replied.

    It¡¯s also what Chen Zheng did when he was riding in the wilderness for several consecutive days.?I didn't do any divination in advance, so it was a bit unexpected that something happened suddenly today.

    Chen Zheng wanted to save these members of the medical team. Besides, even if he ignored them, Wen Dai would definitely save them. But unfortunately, there were so many soldiers, all with guns and live ammunition, and Chen Zheng was unable to do anything.

    Fortunately, these people did not shoot randomly again, nor did they kill anyone in the medical team. They just drove them into the truck.

    The whole process took only twenty minutes, and then these people drove away without a trace.

    The translator¡¯s hands and feet were still trembling at this time and he did not dare to show his head. Chen Zheng finally patted him and said, ¡°Okay, they have left.¡±

    The translator carefully walked out of the cover with Chen Zheng, and sure enough, he saw that only the local villagers were left in the village, holding a few corpses on the ground and crying.

    They died, but they also died in their hometown. It was pity for the two members of the Chinese security team over there. They died in a foreign land, which was really miserable.

    With a sigh, Chen Zheng ordered the translator beside him: "You can speak the local language. Ask the villagers to see if they know what happened."

    There is no better way for the translator to have a chatty conversation with the black people in the village.

    Finally, he fed back the information he got to Chen Zheng: "They don't know how someone came to attack their village, because this is a place where birds don't shit. Even if there is a war nearby, no one comes to attack their village."  , there were incidents of people coming to arrest young men before, but this time, they really don¡¯t know why.¡±

    Chen Zheng nodded, feeling strange in his heart.

    "Then what should we do now?" The translator was too frightened.  He added: "It's not a good place to stay here for a long time. Maybe they will come back again if they know we haven't been captured here. Let's run away quickly?"

    "Can you drive?" Chen Zheng asked.

    "meeting!"

    Fortunately, although the soldiers captured the members of the medical team, the medical team's cars were still on the spot, and some cars were not even pulled out.

    I found a car that can be driven.  Chen Zheng and the translator sat on it. They didn't take any equipment they brought, but just packed some food and water.  Then drove away.

    When we were on the road, according to the interpreter, we were running back to the capital.  He didn't want to stay in such a war-torn area for a minute longer. It was really too dangerous.

    However, Chen Zheng shook his head and said, "Are we just going to let those people be taken away instead of saving them?"

    "Save? How to save? You want to be a hero, but I don't want to be. I still have a wife and children in my country. I'm just a translator, not a soldier!"

    This is true.  Chen Zheng really had no reason to expect others to have the ambition to save the world. It was not easy for someone who worked in the embassy to be willing to come here and sleep in the open and wind along the way.

    But I thought about it.  Chen Zheng added: "But even if you want to return to a safe place in the capital, if you don't say that we don't have enough gasoline, just say that there are wars along the way, can you guarantee that things like today will never happen again?"

    In one sentence, the translator had nothing to say: "What should we do?"

    "In my opinion, let's go to the nearest town first. Contact the embassy and inquire about the situation first." Chen Zheng suggested

    In fact, when Chen Zheng left in the car, it was not that he wanted to ignore Wen Dai and other members of the medical team, but that for the time being, Chen Zheng didn't even know where they were caught, and he had no better way to save them.

    What's more, even if you know where they were caught, there are so many people and they have guns and cannons, just like an army. No matter how skilled you are, trying to save them alone will result in death.

    ??Although this person did not want to and did not dare to save people, at least Chen Zheng was right. It was the best way to contact the embassy first.

    So following Chen Zheng¡¯s suggestion, the two drove for four or five hours and finally arrived at the nearest county town controlled by the local government forces.

    The translator is assigned to the medical team by the embassy, ??so he is a staff member of the embassy, ??so naturally he makes the call.

    Afterwards, he told Chen Zheng the news he got from the embassy.

    It turned out that within four or five hours after they arrived in this county by car, the rebels had already issued a public statement claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of the Chinese medical team aiding Africa.

    As for why they kidnapped the Chinese medical aid team to Africa, it is because the Chinese are more valuable.

    "Recently, the rebels have been fighting with the government forces in certain areas, with victories and losses. However, one thing they are relatively passive about is that the government forces looted their base and captured one of their important leaders." The translator said: "The rebels?The purpose of kidnapping members of the medical team today is to create international pressure so as to force the government forces to release their leader and make an exchange between the two sides.  "

    In recent years, China¡¯s international influence has become increasingly important, especially in many African countries, where China often provides assistance.

    African governments simply do not dare to offend China.

    From this point of view, this group of rebels is really smart. Once they kidnap a Chinese, the Chinese government will inevitably put pressure on the local government immediately in order to ensure the safety of the hostages.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that there were more kidnappings of ordinary citizens in the past, but I didn¡¯t expect that this time they would do the same thing to humanitarian organizations, which would inevitably arouse condemnation and boycott from around the world.

    I am afraid that the rebels had no choice but to take this step.

    "I just learned on the phone that the embassy takes this matter very seriously and has issued a strong statement of condemnation and notified the Zimbabwean government, asking them to agree to the rebels' demands in exchange for the safety of the Chinese hostages. At the same time, the embassy  We also reported the matter to the country as soon as possible. Maybe if it doesn't work, we will mobilize troops to carry out a rescue mission. "The translator said: "So we don't care about this matter."

    Although he said this, Chen Zheng knew that it was not that simple to implement it.

    The government forces finally captured an important leader of the rebels. Will they agree to release him so easily?

    Secondly, even if the embassy notifies the country to mobilize troops to rescue the hostages, China is not like the United States.  There are military bases all over the world, and it takes a long time to mobilize troops.

    And no matter which objection is implemented, there will be no news within a day or two. In order to exert pressure, the rebels may kill one or two hostages first to tell the world that they are not joking.

    If this happens, everyone including Wen Dai will be affected.  But his life is in danger.

    what should I do?  Chen Zheng thought in his mind, but because the translator couldn't help, Chen Zheng didn't say anything.  Just ask: "What does the embassy want us to do now?"

    "They asked us to wait here, and they will let the local warlords protect us through the government. Then they will escort us back to the capital." The translator said.

    "Local warlord?"

    "Well, the province we are in is actually under the actual control of a man named General Bakhtu. He is a warlord and has great power."

    Later, the translator went on to elaborate: "Although many areas in Zimbabwe are said to be unified, they are actually divided into many warlords, which restrict each other. It is difficult for the central government to influence local warlords on key matters. Just like the Republic of China in our country  It was about the same time. And I heard that General Bakhtu was not a very good person. He had been engaged in the diamond smuggling business and made a fortune, but he made the local people miserable. But I think as long as he protects us.  He will comply with the orders from the central government.¡±

    "Then his military power is very strong?" Chen Zheng asked again.

    "That's right." The translator replied: "He is the most powerful warlord in this province, with more than 20,000 soldiers, while the rebels should only have a few thousand. If he can find a way to save people, he must be much stronger than us."  . So I advise you to stop thinking about being a hero and go save people.¡±

    Chen Zheng couldn't help but sigh, a small country is a small country, and with more than 20,000 troops, it is already a very big warlord. This is incomparable to the hundreds of thousands of troops in China.

    But after learning the news, Chen Zheng suddenly changed his mind and said with a smile: "We are waiting here, we are too passive, it is such a mess here, what if someone comes again and arrests us? Why don't we take the initiative to find this General Bakhtu?"  , how about letting him protect us?"

    In fact, Chen Zheng was not doing it for his own safety. The reason why he made this suggestion was because he had his own strategy.

    The translator naturally wanted what he wanted: "Okay! I think so too! Let's go to General Bakhtu and seek refuge. As long as there is military protection, we will be much safer!"

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    It is actually not difficult to find General Bakhtu, because there is a garrison of General Bakhtu outside the county where Chen Zheng is located.

    When we got here, the translator came forward to explain the situation, and then the soldiers notified Bakhtu by phone.

    Soon, the local military specially dispatched several armored vehicles to protect Chen Zheng and the translator. After several hours, they arrived at General Bakhtu's headquarters in another city.

    Although it is called the headquarters, it is extremely primitive. The house is still built with wood. It is just larger, more spacious, sturdier, and has a larger area than the small village where Chen Zheng first went.

    Around the headquarters,Soldiers with multiple guns and live ammunition came in and out, making it very busy.

    Chen Zheng and the translator were arranged in the reception room. After waiting for a few minutes, General Bakhtu came forward in person, showing how seriously he took this matter.

    After shaking hands with Chen Zheng and the translator one by one, General Bakhtu said: "First of all, I am very grateful for the contribution you two have made to my motherland. In addition, I have also received the order conveyed from above. Don't worry,  I promise that I will return you safely to the capital and try my best to rescue the hostages kidnapped by the bandits! "

    Seeing General Bakhtu¡¯s promise, the translator was overjoyed. He was finally safe, and then told Chen Zheng what he said.

    Chen Zheng did not show any joy, but just asked: "General, how do you want to rescue our kidnapped people? Attack the rebels with force?"

    After being translated, Bakhtu sighed and shook his head: "How to save people? To be honest, I don't have a good way yet, and I don't have the military strength to attack. This matter requires a lot of negotiations with all parties to finally get it.  solve."

    Chen Zheng felt very strange. Although he did not want the government troops to attack the rebels, so as not to corner the rebels and kill hostages, he never expected that, as a dignified general, he would be so unsure of his words.

    "You have more than 20,000 troops, but the rebels only have a few thousand people. Why should you be afraid of them?" Chen Zheng asked.

    General Bakhtu said a pair of words helplessly.

    Through translation, Chen Zheng knew that he probably only meant two things.

    The first point is that the weapons of his soldiers are actually similar to those used by the rebels.

    Zimbabwe is short of supplies, especially after experiencing inflation that is rare in the world in the past two years and has not recovered yet. The country has reached a certain level of poverty. The weapons used by the government military are similar to those used by the rebels. They are both the worst and most outdated.  Guy, it's really ridiculous to say it.

    And the second point is that it turns out that General Bakhtu¡¯s men are far less than the legendary 20,000 people.

    In fact, it is not just him. The number of soldiers claimed by major warlords to have is multiplied by one-tenth, which is almost the actual number of troops they have.

    "Why is this?" Chen Zheng asked.

    However, the interpreter did not ask General Bakhtu this time. He had been in Zimbabwe for a long time and understood the situation. He answered directly: "Dr. Chen, you don't know that although these warlords in Zimbabwe obey the country in name, they are actually very  They still do their own thing, but the country pays them military pay, and the military is very corrupt. They falsely report the number of soldiers so that they can get more military pay and put it all in their own pockets. "

    "Ha!" Chen Zheng took a breath of cold air. The army's sophistication has reached this level, how can we expect them to be good at fighting?

    "But if this is the case, their country won't care?" Chen Zheng asked again.

    "There is no way. Zimbabwe has been experiencing civil war for many years. Now, the parties have finally found a balance of interests. If this balance is broken, there will be another war. So although warlords everywhere are rebelling, the government can only  Turn a blind eye," the translator said.

    With such a violent country, it¡¯s no wonder that both General Bakhtu and the president of this country have made a fortune by smuggling diamonds.  Chen Zheng sighed in his heart.  Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work
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