Chapter 109 Can this still be called a mercenary?
"The existence of jackals has been more than a hundred years." The doctor pushed Hou Dasheng into the passage and said with a smile: "The history of mercenaries has been more than a thousand years..."
"The famous ancient Rome was defeated by mercenaries. When humans had large-scale wars, professional mercenaries who fought for money also appeared. Although mercenary groups continued to die out, new mercenaries continued to appear..."
Hou Dasheng didn't say anything, he listened silently to the doctor's words. The word mercenary was very unfamiliar to Hou Dasheng, who was an oriental. This is true.
In the ancient East, there were almost no mercenaries in the true sense. The army was always the private weapon of the state. Even if it was the private armed forces of aristocratic families that appeared in history, it was just the private army that served them themselves.
However, an army like the West that is wandering around for money has indeed never appeared in China and even the entire Eastern culture. However, such mercenary groups have always existed in Europe.
"You have to know that Europe was in a state of war in the late Middle Ages. From Napoleon to Prussia, the British Empire, the sea coachman, the Netherlands, Spain, etc., were expanding to the outside world. At this time, the mercenary groups were also rising."
The doctor whispered to Hou Dasheng about this history: "War will bring a lot of death and will also create a lot of veterans. Don't expect that the country in the melee can give too many benefits to the soldiers at the bottom."
"The expedition team needs financial support. Veterans who can only fight and kill people, how much money can they have?! Without a formed organization to rely on, no one can resist powerful capital."
"So, our current mercenary group was formed by veterans who were once officers and brought their comrades to form our current mercenary group. From that time on, our name was 'Jackal'. Jackals who chased war and blood."
The doctor's eyes were a little confused. At this time, they had approached an iron gate. There was a keyboard with a small display screen embedded on the iron gate. The doctor walked up slowly and entered the password again.
"Drip~! Welcome your return, Doctor!" The synthetic electronic sound rang again, and the Doctor just smiled and said, "I'm just a jackal who went home."
Then, the door opened with a "rumble...". The doctor pushed Hou Dasheng and continued to walk forward. After they all went in, the door closed with a "rumble..."
"Col. Friedrich August von Limann, the founder of the jackal. At the same time, his nickname is also "Jackal." But the doctor smiled slightly: "In that era, people who walked on the edge of darkness always tremble when they mentioned him. Because he walked on the edge of bloodthirsty and crazy jackals, wandering on the edge of wars..."
What many people don’t know is that the earliest European military rank system was born from mercenaries. Before the 15th century, there were only official ranks and no military ranks in the armies of various countries around the world.
By the end of the fifteenth century to the sixteenth century, capitalism began to emerge in Europe. The newly developed business class began to want to gain greater power, and the king also hoped to have stronger military power to ensure the rule of the lower aristocrats.
The two sides hit it off, and the industrial and commercial class made a contribution, and the king collected taxes and hired special combat soldiers to serve him. Then, according to habits, these armies naturally could not have official titles.
So they strongly demanded that some titles be used to demonstrate their identity. This demand was also the demand of the emerging class for traditional aristocrats. Under such conflict, European military ranks finally began to officially take the stage.
After continuous refinement, the difference between the highest rank marshal and the lowest rank private began to appear.
The doctor pushed Hou Dasheng into the gate. Hou Dasheng was surprised to find that the interior space here was so large that he could not imagine it! It seemed that the interior of the entire mountain was hollowed out.
Just what you see, there is a space as big as a football field!
"Fake... how big is this place..." Hou Dasheng looked at everything in front of him in amazement. This hall was taller than the passage just now and had a larger area! It can be seen that the vastness of this project...
But the doctor said softly: "This place was once called 'projectriese' by the Germans. This project was named 'riese', which indicates that its building scale would be very large. In German, Rees means 'huge'. As the Allies continue to advance, the war is about to end, and the desperate German commander sold all the records about 'projectriese' to us."
"He needs to live legally with his family, and the order he received was to destroy all the information here and kill all the people at the same time. And he chose to kill the others with his loyal subordinates. Then he took the information here and handed us over to Switzerland with a group of legal identities."
Hou Dasheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. When a person has a firm belief, he can survive no matter how difficult and difficult it is. He can bear any kind of blow.
However, when their faith collapses, they can do everything. Some people will die when their faith collapses. But more people choose how to make themselves live better after their faith collapses.
"More than 7,000 prisoners of war were used in the name of "execution". Of course, they were indeed executed afterwards. The construction lasted for more than a year and this secret base was built." The doctor pushed Hou Dasheng through the hall and whispered: "There are three floors in total, with a total height of forty meters. There are two floors below. The area distributed is larger."
Hou Dasheng looked at the hall speechlessly. It has now been converted into a hall dedicated to equipment exercise. However, there were a bunch of fitness equipment on the front.
A bunch of men were exercising on the equipment. Many people saw the doctor raising his hand to say hello, and the doctor pushed Hou Dasheng and responded to these people with a smile.
There are not only common treadmills, bench press barbells, combination trainers, pull-up trainers, etc., and so on. There are also sandbags, rings, and even some equipment to practice tactical movements. On the right are several billiards and arcade game tables. Even Hou Dasheng saw half a basketball court.
Obviously, this place is mainly an area where everyone engages in sports and entertainment activities. At the same time, Hou Dasheng couldn't help but feel moved. He immediately understood this arrangement. Even if someone broke into this place, he saw a pair of fitness equipment at first sight.
I guess I would be confused and asked myself if I had come to the wrong place?! This place looks like a gym, but more like a base for mercenaries.
"The second floor is the weapon area. There are firearms, firearm modifications, shooting ranges, simulation exercise areas...etc." The doctor continued to smile and said, "The third floor is our accommodation area. There are our respective rooms, utility rooms, and the Giant Wolf's favorite private bar, kitchen, restaurant...etc."
After pausing, the doctor smiled and said, "To be precise, we still have a fourth floor. However, the fourth floor is not below the third floor, but on its right side. There is an outlet on the side of the island."
Well, Hou Dasheng was completely convinced. He now knew why Danni said that when she first came here, she suspected that this was not the resident of a mercenary group. Instead, it was more like the work of a country.
In fact, this can be regarded as the work of the country, but that country has disappeared. Almost all those who knew that this place was already rotten into dust in the long river of time.
The doctor pushed Hou Dasheng to the end of the hall, where there were three elevators. The doctor pushed Hou Dasheng in and the witch followed in with a flash.
The elevator was only three floors. Hou Dasheng looked at the doctor and let the elevator go to the third floor. When the elevator door opened, Hou Dasheng could not help but sigh even though he had imagined what was going on here.
The area here looks like the size of a basketball court. The one on the wall is as big as a bar. The giant wolf lowered his head and wiped his wine glass there.
In front of the bar is a large circle of high stools, and then a circle of sofas. A bright crystal lamp is hung at the top of the hall, and on both sides are billiards, cigar rooms and wine rooms.
Hou Dasheng cursed Fake in his heart, saying that the jackals are really enjoyable! You can find any good things...
"This is a leisure area. On the left side of the hotel, the layout of each room in the accommodation area will not be lower than the standard of a five-star hotel. Of course, you can also arrange the room according to your preference." The doctor said to Hou Dasheng with a smile.
"The kitchen and restaurant on the right are our chefs. Since you are our chef, it naturally belongs to your area. Walk straight along the passage and go to the fourth floor, our evacuation passage, and it is also the road to the port."
But the doctor shrugged and said, "At that time, Germany should have considered using this place as one of the supply bases for U-type submarines. Unfortunately, they had just completed construction and had not yet been put into use, and the war was over. But well, at least their construction was cheaper. We gave our base a port."
"Doctor, don't tell me. We still have our own ship..." Hou Dasheng stroked his forehead and asked the doctor. The latter looked at Hou Dasheng strangely: "Why can't you have it? Of course we have it. It includes helicopters, transport planes, and submarines. Although it is an old Soviet product, it is very well maintained. At least we have not found any problems until now."
Chapter completed!