Chapter 141 Wolf Smoke

Ukraine, located in Eastern Europe, is the largest country in Europe excluding Russia. Independence when the Soviet Union () disintegrated in 1991.

Because of its fertile soil, Ukraine, as the world's third largest grain exporter, has the reputation of "European granary". At the same time, the world-renowned travel magazine "Tourist Digest" selected the world's top ten "beautiful capitals", Ukraine's Kyiv ranked first.

Food and beauty.

Overall, this is a beautiful place.

However, the smoke of gunpowder cast a shadow over this beauty.

The bane has been planted since the hasty change in 1991.

On January 9, 2014, a riot in the name of "people's cooking" brought the country to unrest.

On the evening of March 29, 2014, Crimea moved forward two hours and officially switched to Moscow time.

Like a flag, the eastern cities followed suit, and Donetsk and Luhansk declared their independence one after another, officially igniting the smoke of the civil war.

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"Strictly speaking, I'm Belarusian, but I spent my childhood in Ukraine. My father was a Soviet soldier, and I met my mother in Kip." Nick dipped a cigarette and held the steering wheel.

This morning, Jiang Chen left the Premier Palace Hotel and took a taxi to the place where he and Nick agreed to meet. The pickup was bought from a local used car market, and the pair were on the highway to Donetsk.

"In other words, you used to be in the government army?" Jiang Chen asked casually.

"Forget it. It used to be." Nick grinned, "But the system has been beaten, so it's not an exaggeration to say that it was a deserter."

"Is the combat effectiveness of the government army weak?"

"Very weak." Nick exhaled a smoke ring. With a complicated look, he glanced at the truck passing by the window, which was full of wounded soldiers pulled back from the front line.

"The combat effectiveness of the soldiers is mixed, and the high-level * is down to the core. More importantly, no one is willing to fight for this country at all."

Western Ukraine used to be the border between the Soviet Union () and NATO (), and the munitions warehouses store millions of tons of artillery shells, mines, bullets and other arms left over from the three major military regions of the former Soviet Union. Today, the Ukrainian army still uses these free ammunition depots. It is for this reason that Ukraine's national arms industry has declined to terrifying proportions.

The "Phoenix" Homeland Defense Battalion of the Ukrainian Army. Even the 122mm howitzer, which has been firing salutes over Kyiv for decades, was pulled into the battlefield, and the bank's money carrier was used as an armored vehicle.

At the same time, the shortage of military spending also makes the soldiers not willing to fight at all. The salary of a company commander is only equivalent to the monthly salary of a soldier in Central Asian Kazakhstan. The equivalent of RMB is only more than 1,500 yuan, which is not as good as a waitress in a Huaguo restaurant.

The wage level is difficult to make ends meet, the training level is low, and it has become a common practice to privately sell inventory weapons and equipment to subsidize households. Very ironic. When a lot of equipment on the front line is damaged and there is no new equipment to replenish, ordinary people can buy an armored vehicle for $10,000.

This is the current state of the Ukrainian army.

In contrast, civilian armed forces. Well equipped and morale high. Has great firepower and armor. This war has been fought for nearly a year, and the civilian armed forces have never experienced a shortage of ammunition, and the Ukrainian army, which has often been attacked with well-planned large-scale and intensive artillery strikes, is devastated. It is said that 36,000 civilian armed forces contain 8,000 advanced heavy weapons of the Russian army. At the same time, according to US satellite photography, artillery positions deployed on the border of Russia and Ukraine open fire at any time to provide support to the civilian armed forces.

"If everyone was fighting for this country, I wouldn't be here." Jiang Chen shrugged. Then he said, "At least, let those who are capable. Fight for the forces worthy of their allegiance."

If weapons and equipment can be bought, I believe that "buying people" is not difficult. Although in principle, it is impossible for a country's serving soldiers to be sold to others as mercenaries, but after all, isn't that a principle? Even tanks can be sold, what else can't be sold?

Incidentally. The reason why Jiang Chen didn't buy a tank to go back is because the tank in the future will not burn oil. It is a large fuel rod similar to power armor, and a high-energy battery used by some maglev tanks.

On the other hand, the current armor is "too thin", and the material level is not on the same level at all. It is no exaggeration to say that the Assault Infantry Vehicle at the Fishbone Base is even comparable to the German Leopard 2a6 main battle tank in terms of armor strength. Of course, the influence of the inclination of the armor on the penetration of the shell is not discussed here.

"Loyalty? Hehe. Nothing is worth it or not, and no one wants to fight. But the commission you give is really attractive, and the ten-year work period is not harsh. At least you work for you, and you can get the money when you are discharged from the army. Europe to retire." Nick smiled.

One million dollars is enough for them to be unrestrained for a lifetime.

The pickup was driving steadily on the highway, and thick black smoke was faintly visible in the distance. It's very close to the front, but this area is fairly safe.

But at this moment, the car in front stopped.

"Traffic jam?"

Nick frowned and stopped the car. Reaching out his hand to remove the cigarette butt, pressing it in the ashtray, he got out of the car and walked towards the car in front.

"What happened ahead?"

"I don't know, the car in front of me stopped, so I had to stop." A Slavic guy got off the car in front of me, and I saw the same helpless expression on his face.

The car behind was honking as if to vent, and people who didn't know the truth got out of the car one after another, stretching their necks and looking forward.

"Okay, guys, don't panic, please go back to the car and sit down. Our special forces are dealing with this little trouble, please keep calm." A soldier in green camouflage came over from the front and took pictures one by one. He patted the roof of the car to signal people to keep calm.

"I want to know, what's going on ahead?" a fat driver shouted dissatisfiedly, sticking his head out of the car window.

"A shell hit a hole in the middle of the road. It's just a dud. To make sure it doesn't bloom as you pass by, our guys are removing it." The soldier shrugged and put his hand on the roof of the car lean on.

Honestly. It was really reassuring to see him so relaxed.

"He's being lazy. He doesn't leave in a safe place after finishing the report. I've done this a few times." Nick scolded with a smile. Looking at that young face, he always felt that he saw himself back then.

Looking at Nick unexpectedly, Jiang Chen thought he was the kind of meticulous person.

Because it's not worth fighting for?

After thinking about it, Jiang Chen understood it in seconds.

"Is this kind of dud common on the front line?" Jiang Chen looked at the soldier who was deserting. Ask Nick casually.

"A lot." Nick grinned when he got back into the car, and took another shot to pass the time. "Both sides are squandering the arms of the former Soviet Union, but these things have long passed the shelf life. Take the "dot-u" tactical missile with a guaranteed life of only ten years. I don't know where it went."

The soldier not far away was leaning against a car. Laughing and chatting with the driver in the car, he also took the cigarette handed by the driver.

Jiang Chen frowned, he was very worried about the combat effectiveness of the Ukrainian army. If it's this kind of bad writing, don't give it to him for nothing.

As if seeing Jiang Chen's concerns, Nick smiled and said.

"It is estimated that he is a recruit. Maybe he was just an electrician yesterday, but today he was sent a gun to the front line to stand guard. It is normal that his identity cannot be changed. Here, everything is possible."

"What about recruit training?" Jiang Chen asked with a strange expression.

"No money. No one wants to get it. The Makanov we're looking for this time is a good guy, and he won't fool you with this kind of nonsense. The Ukrainian army still has good players who can fight, just the one I used to be. Troops. Although six out of ten are new recruits, the remaining four are good guys. Especially the old Cossack, whose marksmanship is really good.”

Jiang Chen fell into a brief silence, but thought of another problem.

"In this case, would he be willing to take out a good player in the army?"

"Why not?" Nick shrugged. "War isn't something one or two veterans can control. Besides, you pay enough."

For that Makanov. The bribe Jiang Chen gave was also $1 million, paid in gold. What he needs to do is to pick good people, sign a few more words, and issue a few certificates of disappearance in battle.

At this moment, a deafening explosion suddenly sounded in the distance.

The billowing smoke rose, looking at the mess in the distance, many people cursed in shock. Some people also took out their mobile phones and started taking pictures.

The soldier was obviously startled by the sound of the explosion, and stared blankly at the front of the highway.

After a long time, the soldier looked at the Ukrainian driver who was chatting with him just now.

"Maybe... uh, maybe our buddies managed to detonate the dud?"

The car in front moved slowly.

The danger has been lifted. In any case, a bomb cannot go off twice.

Seeing this, Nick also started the car. Fortunately, there were not many vehicles on the road, and there was no large-scale congestion.

However, when passing through that hideous bomb crater, Jiang Chen faintly caught a glimpse of a bloody corpse.

"It seems that the special forces have a special way of detonating duds."

Hearing this, Nick grinned, and his language was slightly ironic, "Special Forces? The only force that can command this title has turned to Russia."

Just as the two of them were chatting and passing the time, a white van was hanging slowly behind them.

The dark glass blocked the scenery in the car. If Jiang Chen saw the person in the co-pilot, he would definitely show a surprised expression.

This blond, blue-eyed and tall beauty was the same Ukrainian girl who approached him yesterday afternoon. The only difference is that the seductive long skirt has changed into a black canvas jacket that is convenient for combat.

"Here is the silver fox, and the target has entered Donetsk."

"Received, here is the vulture. Continue with plan b."

"clear."

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