A smart person can imagine the loyalty of mercenaries even if they don't understand it, let alone a guy like Stinging Ant who understands mercenaries so well.
In the eyes of regular soldiers, mercenaries are definitely a derogatory term. An army composed of desperadoes who want money rather than their lives is not worthy of being called an army in the eyes of regular soldiers.
The ancestors of China have many wise words. Under any fragrant bait, there must be a fish hanging, and under any big reward, there must be a brave man. This is a vivid description of mercenaries.
Although these mercenaries are not necessarily just a mob, and are all from the regular army, their image and reputation are not good, and it is nothing more than a disaster caused by one person who is not loyal enough.
Hegel said: "Existence is rationality."
From this perspective, mercenaries are completely a "product of commerce", which is in line with its original meaning of "employment". The belief of mercenaries is only money, without a sense of country and nation. A team that relies solely on money to maintain is not reliable.
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As a mercenary, there is a reason why the people he is most worried about fighting are Chinese soldiers.
This can actually be compared with mercenaries. The Chinese army is called the Chinese People's Liberation Army and is loyal to China and the Chinese people.
The mercenaries of the Stinging Ants are for money, and those who work for money are called mercenaries.
When the real state of war comes, the loyalties of the two will definitely be different, and the choices will be different. What the Chinese soldiers pay for the stability of China is called blood, while what the mercenaries pay to their servants is sweat.
In fact, from the Thirty Years' War in Germany, a truth has been proved: the combat effectiveness of a citizen army from a country is much higher than that of mercenaries without a position.
Combat strength is not just a matter of ability, but also a considerable part of mental strength!
Of course, looking at it now, the living space of mercenaries is also very large, because some things have changed.
Just like the Romans in the Punic Wars, they always believed that their army was definitely stronger than the mercenaries who had no position, so their citizen soldiers defeated Carthage.
But it didn't last long. In the Jugurtha War not long after, the performance of the citizen army was a complete mess, and in the end the citizen military service had to be replaced by the mercenary military service system.
More than 200 years ago, the American imperialists initially believed in the citizen army. As a result, during the Anglo-American War, the English army, composed mainly of mercenaries, burned down the earliest White House.
Lincoln also said in his memoirs that when a group of extremists surrounded the building where he was, the troops had fled, but it was the mercenary soldiers who fought with them for more than forty-eight hours before he survived.
Therefore, after the Vietnam War, the U.S. Empire changed the compulsory military service system to a recruitment system.
It’s hard to say. The so-called loyalty sometimes depends on whether the nation is truly united and whether the country’s leaders will lead.
It is undeniable that the vast majority of mercenaries are desperate for money. They are not easily intimidated or fearful. In this way, their morale is not easily affected.
Although all mercenaries are motivated by money, not all mercenaries are easily bribed.
Just like the vast majority of people in the Stinging Ant Holy Flame Mercenary Group, they are role models among mercenaries. Although they may not know loyalty, they know honor.
Mercenaries who understand honor are difficult to bribe.
But it is undeniable that there must be many scoundrels among mercenaries. As mercenaries become more and more professional, as professional soldiers, their psychological quality and combat skills are very strong. Many countries employ a large number of personnel from mercenary companies.
Sometimes when you see mercenaries participating in wars who are brave and not afraid of death, and would rather die than surrender, it seems to give people a feeling that they are very loyal.
But the spiny ants know that this kind of loyalty is only a superficial phenomenon. It is a so-called loyalty with deep reasons.
Why would mercenaries rather die in battle than surrender? Is it because they are more loyal? Is it because their stance is firmer? This is all nonsense!
The most fundamental reason why mercenaries would rather die than surrender when participating in a war is simply because mercenaries are not protected by the Geneva Convention!
Think about the first mercenaries of the French Foreign Legion. They didn't even wear helmets when fighting. They were not afraid of death, they were afraid of being captured.
Let’s take a look at what the Geneva Convention says about the protection of regular army prisoners of war.
It was emphasized from the outset that the Detaining Power is responsible for prisoners of war, and that prisoners of war must be treated and protected humanely at all times. Prisoners of war must not be physically mutilated or subjected to any medical or scientific experiments, and must not be subjected to atrocities or intimidation.
As well as insults and annoyance to public curiosity, retaliatory measures against prisoners of war are also prohibited.
Even prisoners of war's belongings other than weapons, military equipment and military documents are still for the custody of the prisoners of war! Moreover, prisoners of war's accommodation, food and health care should be guaranteed, and prisoners of war should not be ordered to engage in dangerous and humiliating labor.
Prisoners of war shall not be subjected to physical or mental torture. After the fighting ceases, prisoners of war shall be released or repatriated immediately without delay...
Take a look at the protection provided by the Geneva Convention for regular army prisoners of war. This is too comprehensive!
If the Geneva Convention also protects mercenaries, mercenaries will definitely not be so desperate in wars.
Just because the Geneva Convention does not protect them, they will become targets of torture once captured!
Those things that regular army prisoners of war cannot do will be imposed on them!
Many people do not know the cruelty involved, and the horror of war is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Not to mention not being protected by the Geneva Convention, even prisoners of war protected by the Geneva Convention will more or less endure torture that is difficult to leave evidence.
Once captured, mercenaries will basically be tortured to death, so they would rather die loyally than be captured by their opponents.
The Stinging Ants will say this to the mercenaries in front of them. In fact, they have captured this mentality. As long as they do not make things difficult for these mercenaries, do not take their lives, and will not capture them, they will release them and return them to them.
Given a chance to benefit, they would never be so stupid as to risk their lives.
Stinging Ant's words silenced all the mercenaries present.
Some of them had not yet left their eyes on the weapons on the ground, while others had calmed down and their murderous aura slowly disappeared.
"You can't betray me! Don't forget, I paid you! Each of you can get millions of commissions every year by my side! Now when I use you, you actually want to betray me?!"
Sigou said heartbrokenly, he could not accept the retreat of his mercenaries.
But now no matter what Si Gou says, it has no meaning.
These mercenaries are already very clear about their situation. If they have to fight desperately to save the four dogs, the possibility is not impossible, but it will not exceed 50% at most, or even less... because their weapons have just been forced
Lifted.
Even if they can save the four dogs, based on the skills of Xu Yun and Stinging Ant just now, they also know very well how many people they will die. It would be good if two out of ten people can survive. Who can ensure that they are the remaining ones?
of two?
So this is something they are very worried about.
Now that Stinging Ant lets them go and goes back, Si Gou will be dead. Then after they go back, they can really ransack Si Gou's home and take away all the valuable things to find another home.
Anyway, the big guys in the Golden Triangle are all short of mercenaries, and the more powerful the big guys are, the more they lack professional mercenaries.
They are not worried at all that they will not be able to find a job after leaving Sigou.
This is also one of the most fundamental reasons why they are disloyal. In the final analysis, their loyalty is only superficial. The only loyalty in their hearts is money. As long as they have money, they can change their masters at any time.
If Xu Yun took out 10 million and threw it in the faces of these mercenaries now, they might even directly raise their guns and aim at the Four Dogs.
This is not a strange thing at all, it is normal. Betrayal is really a very normal thing for mercenaries.