The fence made of barbed wire and the sentry towers and buildings made of concrete look like a small military base.
"How's the construction going?" Looking back, Roberts said with a proud smile.
"Not bad." Jiang Chen also had a satisfied expression on his face.
In other words, very good.
Three Humvees stopped at the checkpoint at the door, and soldiers on duty wearing sandproof sunglasses walked to the vehicles. After checking Roberts' identity information, he simply gave a military salute and then opened the checkpoint to let him go.
The people standing guard and patrolling here are mercenaries hired by Roberts from the security company in South Africa. With the arrival of Jiang Chen and others, these 20 mercenaries wearing sand combat uniforms and carrying M-series automatic rifles quickly gathered in the center of the base and formed a neat formation.
These people take money to do things without asking about right and wrong. The price depends on the danger of the mission, and Roberts negotiated a price of $70,000.
As the regional situation escalated, Jiang Chen made some adjustments to the refugee recruitment plan after discussing with Roberts. The original plan was to hijack a refugee ship and then forcibly transfer the refugees to the military base here. Instead, they went directly to the Syrian border area, posing as a US military force escorting the refugees, and abducted those refugees who were heading to Europe.
As for how to abduct, the question is simple.
A leaflet, coupled with a promotional poster.
[
European Labor Migration Scheme:
Men aged 18-25 can register here and are allowed to bring their spouses.
If you are interested, you can register here. Relevant organizations will then arrange work for you.
Quota: 100 people.
]
Once you hear that you can bring your family with you and have jobs assigned to you, and look at the fact that these people are all wearing American equipment, the registration can be described as very popular.
But after the people who got the spots got on the bus, it didn't take long for them to start to feel something was wrong.
After confirming that the direction of the car was indeed wrong, the refugees expressed their panic and wanted to get off the car, but the mercenaries who were only focused on carrying out their tasks paid no attention to them and dragged them all here without saying a word.
After the "escort" ended, their mission immediately changed to guarding these refugees. At the same time, prepare for possible attacks by extremist organizations or other unexpected situations.
According to the contract, after Jiang Chen and others arrived, they immediately handed over the jurisdiction of the base. Then start boarding the vehicle to evacuate. For them, this may be the easiest mission they have ever performed, although the money they receive is not much.
Seeing the mercenaries walking away, Jiang Chen motioned to the ten Ukrainian veterans to stand in a line behind him, and then instructed Roberts to turn on the radio. Call the refugees to gather in the square.
In fact, the refugees were already gathering here just now.
Watching the mercenaries hand over the jurisdiction of the base to Jiang Chen and others, and then leave in a car, they gathered around with complicated and confused feelings.
They originally thought that those people were US soldiers, and they thought that those people would take them to a safe place, at least a refugee camp on the border of a certain European country, but they did not expect that they were taken in the opposite direction, to the desert. deep.
At first they thought it was the base of an extremist organization, but it didn't look like it from all aspects. The soldiers did not impose any mandatory requirements other than not letting them leave, and even numbered them. The rooms are much more spacious than those in the refugee camp.
But in fact, even if they don't stop them from leaving, they can't go anywhere.
Just kidding, this is the middle of the Sahara Desert. Without transportation or enough supplies, how far can you go on your feet? If you get caught in a sandstorm, you will die. If you get lost, you will die.
After the initial restlessness period, they chose to take it one step at a time. At least these people did not abuse them, and neither the supply of food nor drinking water was too harsh. Rather, life here is better than in the refugee camp
Maybe this is a refugee camp newly planned by the United Nations. After all, those Europeans don't want us to go to their country. Maybe they funded the construction of this kind of holding facility located deep in the desert... There are quite a few people with such naive ideas.
But Jiang Chen was destined to disappoint them.
Any gain must come at a price.
... ...
Looking at the crooked refugees standing there, Jiang Chen tilted his head slightly and asked Ivan at the side: "What do you think of these people? Are you sure you can train them to look like that?"
Hearing this, a look of pride flashed across Ivan's face.
Once upon a time, he thought that in this life he could only serve a president who was not worthy of allegiance and sacrifice for an ideal that was not worth sacrificing. But when I stand here, looking at these advanced training facilities and receiving the promised high salary. When OSS asked him, "Are you sure?"...
No hesitation in answering at all.
"That depends on the standard of 'something like that' you said OSS." As if he had regained his pride as a soldier, Ivan raised his head and said sonorously.
Raising his eyebrows, Jiang Chen raised his chin towards the door and said with a smile, "Just like the group of people who left just now."
"Yes! OSS!" Ivan shouted with great momentum, "But OSS, I have a question."
"Oh? Say it." Jiang Chen looked at his momentum with satisfaction and nodded.
"I may overachieve." The veteran's eyes were burning with a fire called fighting spirit.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"You overachieve, and I overpay you."
After saying that, Jiang Chen patted his shoulder hard and stepped onto the podium with a smile, standing directly in front of the refugees.
Seeing someone who seemed to be able to speak stood up, these refugees also plucked up the courage to ask their doubts.
"Who are you?"
"What did you bring me here for? We're going to England!"
"I heard that Germany seems to be offering asylum. Why don't you send us there?"
"..."
Jiang Chen ignored those questions and just fiddled with the microphone before turning on the switch.
Buzz!
Harsh noises rang out from the broadcasts in all four corners. Except for the ten instructors and Jiang Chen, almost everyone couldn't help but bend down and cover their ears.
"Ahem, it seems the microphone is good. Do you all understand English? Then, I'll start talking."
Ignoring those pairs of eyes that were either frightened, angry, confused, or helpless, Jiang Chen paused and regained the feeling of being in the wasteland.
"You may think that you were deceived, why you were taken to Central Africa instead of disembarking in Greece." After glancing at the audience, Jiang Chen smiled and continued, "Yes, I just deceived you."
As soon as this statement came out, the audience immediately exploded.
"What you're doing is illegal!"
"Aren't you going to be prosecuted by the International Court of Justice for not filming? You are violating..."
"Send us back..."
"Send it back? I'm very sorry, I don't have that obligation. But if any of you want to leave, you can do it now, the door is open." Jiang Chen spread his hands and said with a smile.
No one said anything. Everyone knew that hiking across the desert was a terrible thing.
"With warm huts, abundant food, and clean drinking water, you cannot deny that life here is much better than in the refugee camps on the Syrian border."
"But at least we had freedom then." Someone in the audience muttered softly.
"Yes, freedom. The only thing left for you is freedom. That's why you got on the train, isn't it? If you had money, you wouldn't be able to afford the ticket, right?" Jiang Chen said with a smile, looking towards The young man who interrupted.
Unexpectedly, he would be looked directly at by the person on the stage. The person swallowed and shrank back. However, Jiang Chen didn't look like he wanted to cause trouble for him. Instead, he raised his hand and continued.
"What if you arrive in Europe? Huddle in a shelter and watch other people's happy lives? Stop being delusional. It doesn't belong to you. You are just a refugee to them after all. Maybe you will say that you will work hard. Haha, when even our own people are unemployed, do you think you are competitive?"
Hearing this, many people lowered their heads. Although they had considered this issue, they never dared to think too much about it. If you always think about desperate things, let alone a bright future, your courage to continue going will become slim.
"Take other people's donations, eat relief food, and become a disgusting person wherever you go. I'm very responsible to tell you, of course you can live, but you can only stay in the shelter for the rest of your life. That's right. One day your child wants to go to an amusement park, but because you have no money, you can only rack your brains to convince your child that it is not fun, I don’t know how you will feel in your heart.”
"After hearing what I said, do you still want to go to Europe so much?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but have a proud smile on his face as he looked at the eyes of the people in the audience whose aura was gradually weakening.
"But if we don't go to Europe, where else can we go?" A young man couldn't help but said.
"Although I lied to you, I was not completely deceiving." Jiang Chen ignored his question, opened his arms, and said with a smile, "I have arranged work for you. Work for me, and I will provide you with We will provide you with a stable living environment and pay you a monthly salary of US$200. With your performance, this monthly salary will gradually increase."
"The contract period of the job is 3 years. After 3 years, you can decide to stay or leave, and use your savings to go to any country in the world. But believe me, maybe it won't take a year, and you won't be so stupid as to consider leaving your job. matter."
"You didn't even tell us the content of your work, how can we trust you?" A discordant question came from the audience again.
"What's the job? Isn't it obvious enough?"
Jiang Chen looked around in surprise, and then continued,
"This is a military base. Besides soldiers, what else is needed here?" (.)