517: Chapter 513: It’s Good to Be Young 517: Chapter 513: It’s Good to Be Young After a protracted and inefficient battle, the aircraft finally retreated, but for Gao Yang and his group, it was a highly efficient fight.
Though he hadn’t shot them down himself, Gao Yang was still very happy.
After reuniting with Nate, he proudly extended a finger, waved it in front of Nate, then switched to two fingers, making a scissor gesture.
“Two to one.”
Nate frowned and said, “That doesn’t prove anything.
The enemy aircraft withdrew.
If they hadn’t, we would definitely have shot down more.”
“We beat you two to one.”
Nate looked extremely displeased and scornfully said, “You’re just a bunch of rookies.
You were just lucky.
What’s there to be proud of?”
“We are rookies, two to one.
We fired twice and hit twice; you fired twice and hit once.”
Nate’s facial muscles began to tremble uncontrollably, and he tightly pursed his lips, having nothing to say.
The outcome of shooting down three planes was that after driving the planes away, the Angel Mercenary Corps lost their chance to prove themselves.
Even if the Angel Mercenary Corps shot down three hundred planes in future battles and the Satan Mercenary Corps’ count was zero, in this contest, Satan had won.
Nate, feeling utterly unsatisfied and unwilling to concede, found no excuses to shut the triumphant Gao Yang up.
Gao Yang wasn’t in a hurry to speak, just smiled and watched Nate, who after grinding his teeth for a long time, finally spat out hatefully, “Those idiots, knowing full well there were anti-aircraft missiles on the ground, still let a few rookies ambush them successfully, what a bunch of idiots.”
Gao Yang stretched out two fingers towards Nate again and seriously said, “Two to one, thank you, thank you for your selfless teaching, otherwise we could never have achieved this result.”
Nate’s face darkened as he hatefully said, “How come those idiot pilots didn’t just blow you up?
What a waste!
If I were flying, you’d be dead for sure.”
After laughing heartily, Gao Yang said, “Be careful what you say, who knows, maybe we’ll shoot you down from the sky someday.
Imagine how awkward it would be if that happens and we meet face to face.”
Nate snorted coldly and ignored Gao Yang.
At that moment, a soldier ran quickly towards Nate, holding a box.
From afar, he called out, “Lieutenant Colonel, found the coffee!
The coffee pot is broken, but the coffee and sugar cubes are fine.”
Nate immediately brightened up, took the box from the soldier, opened it, and immediately exclaimed joyously into the radio, “Wizard, Wizard!
Get to work, come and make me some coffee.”
Gao Yang only knew that Nate’s aide-de-camp was nicknamed Wizard, and the reason why Wizard served as Nate’s aide-de-camp was simple: because Wizard made great coffee.
Seeing Nate in such good spirits, Gao Yang decided not to tease him further.
He walked up to Nate, shrugged, and said, “Buddy, lucky break, huh?
Okay, we’re pulling out.
You can enjoy your coffee now.”
Nate’s mood improved significantly; he didn’t even look at Gao Yang but placed the box on the ground, opened it, sniffed the coffee stored in the jar, nodded satisfactorily, and without turning back, simply said, “Goodbye.”
Gao Yang laughed heartily and said, “Rest assured, my people are quite adept at using anti-aircraft missiles.
Once again, thank you for your teaching.
Also, if you run out of missiles, just let me know.
I’ll send some more, and maybe some new models too.”
Nate responded indifferently, “You should take a few more missiles; the rookie’s luck will run out soon.
If you take too few, I’m afraid your planes might get blown up.
While I don’t care whether you live or die, I still have my wounded to worry about.
I don’t want them dragged down by a bunch of rookies.”
After laughing heartily, Gao Yang waved at Nate and said, “Two to one, rookie’s victory, goodbye.”
After one last dig at Nate, Gao Yang proudly left, carrying four anti-aircraft missiles, each man bearing one.
Although it was unlikely that their temporary camp would be targeted from the air, it was better to be safe than sorry.
The temporary camp was not very far, just about two kilometers as the crow flies, but the detour they had to take while carrying items made it a two-hour walk to the camp.
Additionally, to avoid leaving too obvious a trail, they had to minimize damage to the vegetation along the way and bypass obstacles.
Gao Yang was still feeling weak.
Barely halfway while carrying a 15-kilogram missile, he began to feel the strain.
Then he unapologetically called over Cui Bo, saying, “Rabbit, come over; can’t carry it anymore.”
Although a single missile weighed just 15 kilograms, not exceptionally heavy, their launchers were quite bulky to carry around.
However, Cui Bo clearly didn’t mind that.
He walked over to Gao Yang, took the missile, and then contemptuously said, “Brother Yang, you’re too weak.”
Gao Yang shouted angrily, “Get lost, I’m wounded, do you understand?
Are you blind?
Toad, take care of him, deal with him for me.”
Li Jinfang clenched his fists, making a crackling sound.
Cui Bo shrank back and said, “I’ll lead the way, I’m going to lead the way.”
Fully armed and carrying a missile on his back, while lugging another, Cui Bo led the way.
He looked quite pitiable, but Gao Yang and Li Jinfang showed no sympathy for him.
“Move faster, don’t dawdle.”
After Li Jinfang yelled that out, he turned to Gao Yang and said, “Brother Yang, you didn’t see how cocky this guy was.
We definitely need to put him in his place.”
Walking at the back, Tommy suddenly said, “Boss, you and Rabbit have been friends for many years, right?”
Gao Yang nodded and replied, “Yeah, we’ve been friends for a long time.
How we ended up as mercenaries, you already know, right?”
Tommy shrugged and said, “It’s nothing, I just wanted to confirm that.
If I didn’t know you guys had been friends for years, I might think you were picking on poor Rabbit.”
Gao Yang shook his head and said, “You’re wrong.”
Tommy nodded and said, “Of course, I know you’re not picking on Rabbit.”
Gao Yang kept shaking his head and said, “No, no, I mean, I actually am picking on Rabbit.
You’re right about that.
If you thought I wasn’t picking on Rabbit, that would be wrong.”
Tommy was stunned for a moment before he shook his head resignedly and said, “Your friendship is really strange.”
Gao Yang sighed deeply and said, “Once you’ve known Rabbit as long as I have, you’ll understand.”
Li Jinfang patted Tommy on the shoulder and said, “Brother, give it time, you’ll get it.”
Tommy smiled and said, “Actually, I do understand, I really do, guys.
I’ve been your age before.”
After speaking, Tommy also sighed deeply and said, “Being young is great.
Seeing you guys reminds me of old friends.
Also, Rabbit’s got good stamina.
Yeah, being young is great.”
Tommy was a man of few words and, being the oldest in the team, his interaction with the others was quite limited.
It’s not that he didn’t fit in with the team, but there was always some distance.
He wasn’t like Glolov, who had a family with a wife and daughter.
Tommy was alone, but he had taken up the responsibility of caring for his comrades’ orphans.
Gao Yang looked at the somewhat melancholic Tommy and said solemnly, “What about your friends?
Are they dead?”
Tommy nodded and replied, “Dead, they’re all dead.
Seeing you guys suddenly made me remember them.
Back in the day, we were just like you, young folks.”
As mercenaries, they became numbed to life and death, not to say indifference toward it, but certainly not seeing it as vital as ordinary people did.
You die if you die, you live if you live.
In this line of work, life and death weren’t yours to choose.
Gao Yang wouldn’t try to comfort Tommy.
As an old soldier, Tommy didn’t need his consolation.
Tommy had experienced all sorts of separations and deaths; furthermore, these were old stories, and strictly speaking, Gao Yang, still a newbie on the battlefield, didn’t have the right to comfort him.
Tommy appeared indifferent, and Gao Yang also spoke lightly, “Tommy, you’ll earn a good amount of money.
Supporting the orphans left by your comrades won’t be a problem.
But what about you?
What plans do you have for yourself?”
Tommy looked somewhat lost as he replied, “Me?
I don’t know.
It’s too early to think about that.
I don’t think I’ll live long enough to consider my own situation.”
Gao Yang disagreed and said, “That was before.
Before, you were poor and had to desperately earn money to support those you wanted to take care of; not having time to think about yourself was normal.
But now it’s different.
You’ve joined Satan, so you’re definitely going to be rich.
Even if not a tycoon, it’ll be enough for you to support many people while also living well yourself.
So, you should start thinking about your own matters.
Tell me, have you ever thought about finding a wife and starting a family or something?”
Tommy smiled and said, “Don’t joke about that.”
Gao Yang responded seriously, “Who’s joking?
I mean, after this mission, don’t rush back to Europe.
Come with us to America.
First, we’ll get you a nice custom-made gun, and then we’ll sort out a plan for your future, so when we all retire, you’ll have a place to go too.”
Tommy shook his head and said, “We’ll see.
I’ve never considered these things, and now isn’t the time to think about them either.”
As Tommy finished speaking, Li Jinfang suddenly leaned in close to Tommy, whispering mysteriously, “Let me tell you, the woman who lives next door to Big Dog’s apartment came from Eastern Europe.
She’s in her forties, single, quite attractive, and very classy.
Big Dog’s wife often chats with her.
Go on, have Big Dog’s wife introduce you to her.
I’m serious, she’s a good woman.”
Tommy snorted with laughter and said, “Ah, you young people.
Yeah, being young is really great.”(To be continued.
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