Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 191: Mercenaries

Originally, Lu Shaohua still had a lot of things to clarify with Chen Guobang, but seeing how anxious he was, he had to put it aside for the time being. After all, it was extremely important to establish this relationship, and other things seemed less important compared to establishing this relationship.

"Brother! What do you think of Zhijie?" Chen Guobang was undoubtedly the one who had the most to say about Li Zhijie's character, so Lu Shaohua asked Chen Guobang.

"What do you mean?" Chen Guobang asked back.

"Oh! I mean the brains and courage." Lu Shaohua came to his senses after hearing Chen Guobang's question and added.

Chen Guobang looked at Lu Shaohua with doubts, looking puzzled. He moved his mouth as if he wanted to ask something, but was interrupted by Lu Shaohua before he could ask. "Brother, don't ask anything. Just know that I have something important to do and need someone with brains and courage to do it."

"Oh!" Chen Guobang said, his eyes rolling around, as if he was recalling everything about Li Zhijie. After a long while, he spoke: "According to my understanding of Li Zhijie, this man is superior in both courage and wisdom. Although he looks cheerful on the surface, he is more ruthless than anyone else when he gets angry. Not to mention his wisdom, everyone who can enter the special forces has a higher intelligence than ordinary people."

This is Chen Guobang's evaluation of Li Zhijie, a very pertinent evaluation. People who can enter the special forces may have killed people due to mission requirements. So, when it comes to cruelty, who is crueler than someone with blood on his hands? And when it comes to wisdom, let alone, will the country select people with low intelligence to join the special forces? Just thinking about it seems impossible.

With a clear mind, Lu Shaohua glanced at the round clock hanging on the wall and saw that more than 20 minutes had passed. He couldn't help but say, "Okay, go and do your business. By the way, ask Brother Zhijie to come up. I have something to talk to him about."

"Okay, I'll go then." Chen Guobang stood up from his chair in a hurry, turned around and walked towards the door, but stopped halfway, turned around quickly, and said in a warning. "Xiaohua, if you want to go out, ask a few more people to accompany you. It's not safe outside."

"Well, I understand." Lu Shaohua said with a smile. The Soviet Union was in chaos now. Although he had not witnessed it, he knew it better than anyone else, but he did not plan to go out.

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After Chen Guobang left, Lu Shaohua did not sit on the chair anymore. He walked to the window, opened it, and let the cold wind hit his face. He leaned his hands on the window frame, looked up at the blue sky, and quietly waited for Li Zhijie to come.

"Dong, Dong." Two knocks were heard on the door.

"Come in." Lu Shaohua said loudly almost as the knocking sound stopped.

With a click, the door opened and Li Zhijie walked in. There were still water drops on his hair, so it was clear that he had just taken a shower. "Are you looking for me?"

"Well, sit down first." Lu Shaohua said calmly, then closed the window and sat down next to Li Zhijie. "Haha! I asked you to come here today mainly because I want you to do something very important."

When Lu Shaohua finished speaking, Li Zhijie moved his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lu Shaohua's wave of his hand. "Just listen to me first, and then you can make a choice. What I want you to do is very dangerous, and it may cost you your life. Do you dare to do it?"

"Haha!" Li Zhijie laughed at first, then turned his face and said seriously, "There's nothing I'm afraid of. Just tell me! What do you want me to do?"

Li Zhijie was Chen Guobang's former subordinate and comrade-in-arms, and had a good relationship with Chen Guobang. He had learned a lot about Lu Shaohua's past from Chen Guobang, and knew that Lu Shaohua would not harm him, let alone let him do something meaningless. Just now, he saw that Lu Shaohua's expression was very solemn when he spoke, and he secretly guessed that this matter was unusual. Even if he realized that it was unusual, he would never back down.

"Mercenary!" These three simple words were Lu Shaohua's answer.

Although these three words seem simple, their meaning is not simple at all. Being a mercenary means living on the edge of a knife all day long. If you are not careful, you may fall into an irreparable situation. This is a profession that deals with death all day long, and it is also a high-income profession. If you receive a mission with a very high risk factor, the reward will naturally be high.

However, the mercenary group that Lu Shaohua wanted to establish was not to make money for them. Not only would he not rely on this to make money, but he would also give them money to make them stronger. Only when they were stronger could they help him solve some of the more difficult problems.

To put it bluntly, Lu Shaohua wanted to set up his own private armed forces. Now that his own business was gradually developing, he would definitely encounter a lot of trouble in the future, so he had to set up his own armed forces. Moreover, he could also let the mercenaries do some shady things in the future, killing two birds with one stone.

Obviously, Lu Shaohua's words made Li Zhijie hesitate. He was very familiar with the profession of mercenaries. He had dealt with some mercenaries when he was in the special forces. He knew clearly that those people simply valued money more than their lives. Now he was asked to do such a thing that valued money more than his life. For a while, he could not accept this fact.

He took a deep breath and looked out the window with empty eyes. His mind was in a fierce struggle. Should he do it or not? If he did it, he might be summoned by the god of death without knowing it. If he didn't do it, he would not only disappoint Lu Shaohua's expectations, but also lose a good opportunity to make a name for himself.

The main purpose of a person's life is to enjoy the process, no matter whether it is sour, sweet, bitter or spicy. This is the case with Li Zhijie. He is now single and an orphan, so he has nothing to worry about. A man should have great ambitions, so how could he miss this great opportunity to experience life! If he is more careful, it should not be difficult for him to save his life. Moreover, Lu Shaohua has money and can equip them with advanced weapons and equipment, which gives him an extra guarantee of safety.

After being lost in thought for a long time, Li Zhijie suddenly raised his head, his eyes were more determined, more passionate, and more excited that was not easily discovered. Yes, it was excitement. He was also a militant. At this moment, he seemed to have returned to the passion he had when he was performing tasks before. This feeling made him feel comfortable all over his body, and the blood in his body seemed to flow faster. It can be described as boiling. Thinking about the time he came to the Soviet Union, although he had a gun with him, he had never fired a bullet. He just played with it when he was reluctant to let it go. If he accepted the organization and employment, fighting would be inevitable.

Time passed by little by little, ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour passed, and finally, Li Zhijie bit his lip, a murderous smile written all over his face, and said, "When will we start to form it? Where will we form it?"

Lu Shaohua smiled knowingly, a happy smile. He heard the word "agree" in Li Zhijie's words. Li Zhijie knew the dangers of forming a mercenary group without him saying anything, but Li Zhijie still resolutely agreed. Lu Shaohua knew that in addition to Li Zhijie being a warmonger, there was also a favor from Lu Shaohua to him. From the information learned from Chen Guobang, Li Zhijie was an orphan. After retiring from the army, he wandered around until he received news from Chen Guobang and returned to the ranks with his comrades. In other words, if Lu Shaohua had not recruited so many retired soldiers, Li Zhijie would not know where he would be wandering at this time.

"Haha! Don't worry about that for now." Lu Shaohua frowned and secretly laughed in his heart. He was already anxious enough, but he didn't expect Li Zhijie to be even more anxious than him. "I will let one more person go with you, and you have to choose this person yourself."

"Okay, there is a comrade below who is very suitable to go with me." Li Zhijie said without thinking. He seemed to have a candidate in mind.

"Well, let's do this. You tell Brother Guobang about the candidate tonight, and I'll let Brother Guobang make the arrangements." After saying that, Lu Shaohua thought about it and felt something was wrong. Chen Guobang was now the highest officer in the group. If he talked to the candidate as a leader, it would be an order. As a soldier, a former soldier, he could not refuse orders because he had the duty to obey them. However, in a profession with a high risk factor, people should be given the power to refuse. "Oh! No! You talk to the candidate in your mind first. If he doesn't want to go, we can't force him. If he is willing, I'll let Brother Guobang make the arrangements carefully."

Chen Guobang didn't know that Lu Shaohua wanted to form a mercenary army, but Lu Shaohua was sure of one thing: Chen Guobang would not stop Lu Shaohua and would support him 100%, because not long after he met Chen Guobang, Chen Guobang once said when he was drunk that he had thought about becoming a mercenary.

"Well, I'll go talk to 'him' now." Li Zhijie said, standing up from his chair.

"Okay, go ahead." Lu Shaohua responded.

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After Li Zhijie left, Lu Shaohua fell into deep thought. Now that Li Zhijie agreed, Lu Shaohua also had to plan the necessary conditions for forming a mercenary group, such as choosing a place. However, he didn't even need to think about the place, as he already had a place in mind, and that was Africa, a paradise for mercenaries.

In addition to the location, there is another more important condition, that is money. Without money, how can equipment and weapons come from? Lu Shaohua is ready to spend a lot of money this time. After he came up with the idea of ​​forming a mercenary group, he planned to invest more than one billion US dollars.

With this money, it won't take long for the newly created mercenaries to grow rapidly. Advanced fighter planes, advanced tanks, etc., as long as they can be used, all weapons and equipment must be bought. To buy, there must be a seller, but Lu Shaohua is not worried about not having a seller. Isn't the Soviet military a good seller?

"Huh." Lu Shaohua let out a long breath, stood up and walked to the window, looking at the distant blue sky, muttering to himself: "Hey! I hope it can be assembled quickly."

With money, recruiting personnel would be much easier. Li Zhijie could totally handle it, and Lu Shaohua didn't need to worry too much. If he couldn't even do this, then he wasn't suitable to set up the organization.

Lu Shaohua had arranged everything, but he was a layman after all, and had to wait for Chen Guobang to come back and discuss before making the final decision. However, Lu Shaohua overlooked one point, that is, would Chen Guobang agree and support it? After all, Chen Guobang was his recognized elder brother, not his subordinate, and Lu Shaohua could not use orders to make him agree and support it.

But will Chen Guobang refuse? Will he really refuse?

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