After Xu Yun got out of the car, the gold mine in front of him appeared more clearly in front of him.
Old equipment, mine workers in ragged clothes with barely any body coverings, most of the hard laborers are local Africans, of course there are also some Chinese who serve as conductors or do some light work.
The whites of black people's eyes and teeth are extremely white, while the skin of Chinese people is almost all red from the sun, which is a different kind of black.
The armed mercenary walked brazenly in front of the paralyzed man and Xu Yun, keeping his hand on the gun, as if to show off his extraordinary status here.
"Where are the towers?" The man with facial paralysis spoke relatively fluent English. Basically everyone in Mali speaks French. Of course, some local residents communicate in Bambara. There are some differences among each ethnic group.
Almost all the mercenaries here can speak some English. Most of them are from English-speaking countries. Of course, there are also locals who can communicate in French.
As for a small language like Bambara, it is rarely used, but the mercenaries who "work" in this place all year round have learned it to some extent.
"He's out, what's the matter with you?" The black mercenary holding a Type 81 rifle frowned.
"This is your new person in charge." The paralyzed man said directly, "When the towers come back, remember to tell him what happened."
Xu Yun was startled: "I came here to be a mercenary, why am I the person in charge?"
The man with facial paralysis was not surprised that Xu Yun could understand English. After all, those who dared to become mercenaries were from special forces, so language should not be a problem.
But Xu Yun spoke to the paralyzed man in Chinese.
The man with facial paralysis said: "Yes, they are mercenaries, but you need to manage these mercenaries."
"I was asked to be the leader when I first came here. I really don't know if I can do a good job." Xu Yun chuckled.
The black mercenary stared at Xu Yun angrily and cursed: "You idiot, you better speak English to me!"
Xu Yun glanced at him unhappily and immediately changed his language: "Who are you talking about? I'm your fucking leader! Do you understand?"
"Bichi!" the black mercenary spit.
Without saying a word, Xu Yun kicked the guy! With one kick, he flipped the guy several meters away! The situation almost got out of control because of this.
In addition to the black mercenary, there were other mercenaries who also gathered around, as if they wanted to give this guy who was causing trouble some trouble.
The man with facial paralysis shouted: "Enough! Do you still have me in your eyes? What are you going to do? Don't you want to do something? I tell you, only the towers here have the right and qualification to talk to us directly!"
The man with facial paralysis seems to still have some prestige, so Xu Yun must have made the right bet.
If the facially paralyzed man hadn't been here, Xu Yun might not have taken action. After all, these mercenaries can do anything.
He came here to do things to win Lai Wen's trust, not to cause trouble for himself and directly destroy a mercenary group.
That would mean nothing to Xu Yun.
"Did you hear that? You have no right to talk to me here." Xu Yun glared at the black mercenaries. This did not mean racial discrimination. Xu Yun was not that kind of person.
It's just that some black people are really interesting sometimes. What they hate most is being discriminated against by white people, but some of the things they do can discriminate against yellow people. This happened during the Oscars.
This is especially serious in the United States. Those who do not want others to discriminate against themselves but still discriminate against others are the most disgusting.
"You'd better keep a low profile here." The man with facial paralysis said so many words to Xu Yun for the first time: "This place is not China. There are no laws and rules in this place! Do you understand?"
"Then this place could die at any time." Xu Yun shrugged helplessly: "No wonder the salary is so high."
"The leader of the mercenary group is called Geta. When he comes, you can communicate with him." The man with a paralyzed face said.
Xu Yun was startled: "You want to leave?"
"You will get used to it gradually." The paralyzed man said: "Keep an eye on these mercenaries and don't let them threaten the miners with force to get gold for them. This is your responsibility."
Xu Yun sighed: "This is completely different from what I imagined."
The man with facial paralysis ignored Xu Yun and turned around to leave.
Seeing the paralyzed man's car leaving, Xu Yun really wanted to curse. Isn't this too irresponsible?
Is this the end? It feels like he has been thrown into a wolf's den. I guess the mercenaries around him have weapons, but Xu Yun is empty-handed.
Many of the guns in the hands of these mercenaries are made in China, such as Type 81 rifles and Type 56 submachine guns. Of course, there are also AK47s, Tavor rifles, Belgian FN2000s, and even P90 submachine guns.
However, most people have poorly maintained AK47s or Chinese Type 56 submachine guns.
For armed mercenaries, there is no place easier than Africa to show off their power, because people here are generally ignorant.
There is a movie in which the American soldiers say that there is no need to worry about shooting by local armed men in Africa. Their marksmanship is surprisingly bad. You just need to be careful not to get hit by rocks!
In reality, most African armed personnel are indeed notorious for their poor marksmanship, because they don't know the shooting posture at all!
The local armed shooters had no idea what aiming was, and their shooting postures were quite weird. They held the gun above their head with both hands and just pulled the trigger!
Damn it! This is absolutely true.
In most parts of Africa, superstitious and occult explanations of firearms are more popular than common sense.
In the eyes of local armed personnel, even some educated armed personnel, they still believe that the reason why firearms can kill people is because of some "magic"! It is some kind of highly developed witchcraft...
Or in their eyes, the gun sprays out poisonous gas in some form to kill the victim, or some people think that the flame and heat from the muzzle are the real reasons for killing the target...
Bullets seemed to be just a decoration to him.
The local armed forces believe that this thing can kill the enemy casually. In other words, if you point the gun at the target and fire, you just need to point the gun roughly at the target... and then... you can destroy it!
This level of ignorance is really due to being too backward.
Not to mention the local armed forces, even some local soldiers, police, and even senior officers believe this!
The shooting training of the local armed forces is very simple. Go to the shooting range, learn how to open the safety, how to load the bullet, how to pull the trigger, and then use a dilapidated AK47 rifle to load a bunch of bullets, and you are done.
No one knows how the bullet moves away. No one knows that the bullet is what kills the target. They all think that the gun is what kills the target...
Xu Yun believed that these mercenaries also had this kind of "top quality" because it could be seen in the "decoration" of their guns.
The locals have some fetishistic beliefs, and Xu Yun has already made certain judgments based on his observations.
Some people carry tightly sealed leather bags wrapped around their arms, chests and groins, and some people have strange things tied to their guns, which should be what the locals call "enchanted" objects.
Because there are various legends on this continent, such as the legend that targets cannot die after being hit, because they are protected by defensive black magic... These people can really deflect bullets, and sometimes they can catch bullets with their bare hands!
Then it was said that these people might be "possessed" armed men, and many policemen or soldiers were hit by their "possessed" bullets!
So some people tie strange things to their weapons. This is called "enchantment", which makes people scared when they see it.