novelraw Chapter 12 I think I'm a bit like Boss Huo!
Chapter 12 I think I'm a bit like Boss Huo!
Whether they are pirates or bandits, their combat skills are all haphazard. If they were truly skilled, they would have become a regular army long ago.
These pirates collected a bunch of firearms, which were basically just rats carrying guns to scare cats!
It's impossible to hit accurately unless you put a gun to someone's head. If you encounter someone who's really willing to risk their life, their gun is barely better than a fire poker.
What's more, the ship was still rocking, and the desperate pirates, who were staggering from side to side, were taken down by those who were truly willing to risk their lives!
Throughout history, such things have been quite common, like the Monkey Stone surrender of weapons decades ago, where more than a hundred people seized the equipment of three thousand old soldiers and captured them all.
Moreover, Zhang Guohao and his men were facing a rabble. When they had firearms, they were desperate criminals; without them, they were just scoundrels.
Zhang Guohao and Boss Huo are the ones who truly dare to risk their lives.
Soon, all the pirates on the three ships were driven into the water; their machine guns and pistols all fell into the sea.
Boss Huo's large ship continued to exert its power, directly ramming and capsizing a small boat, crushing another small boat, and finally, that small boat also began to leak and was soon to become a submarine.
Zhang Guohao casually threw the machine gun, which had run out of bullets, onto the large ship. He then picked up all the guns he could retrieve from the water and clung to the ship's railing to return to his own boat.
On the nearby large ships, people also went into the water, trying to salvage whatever useful items they could while the small boats hadn't completely sunk.
A few minutes later, the engine roared back to life, and the ship continued to set sail, though the air around the ship was thick with the smell of gunpowder.
"Damn it, we've really lost out this time. These bastards should all be taken out and shot!"
Looking at the broken glass and gunshot marks on the ship, the old captain Guo Dagui felt a surge of hatred!
Fighting these pirates was a complete waste of effort and brought no benefit whatsoever; in fact, it would cost money to repair the ship.
The items that Zhang Guohao and his men salvaged couldn't fetch much money, let alone be enough to repair the ship.
"Alright, we were lucky to run into a bunch of useless guys who couldn't even hit their targets and didn't have any grenades or cannons. Otherwise, we would all be finished."
Zhang Guohao said one thing, then asked another.
"Are these people also employees of Citadel?"
"That's right. We've run into these people quite a few times before, but most of them are paid to do things, so we give them a little something and they usually turn a blind eye. This group is probably new; they didn't ask us for money before they just came and robbed us."
"They're just a bunch of idiots. They don't even know how to make money, yet they try to be pirates."
Guo Dagui glanced at the pirates behind him, most of whom had sunk to the bottom, and cursed in annoyance.
These things damaged my precious ship, I'd love to skin those damned pirates alive!
No one who spends a lot of time at sea has a good temper.
"They're really willing to invest heavily."
Zhang Guohao sneered. The island warriors had a unique perspective on spending money.
Back when we were fighting the Japanese, they didn't use the money, and they even marginalized the ragtag troops. The Sichuan Army went into battle wearing straw sandals.
During the civil war, they didn't spend any money. The soldiers were paid salaries on the surface, but in reality, their food and supplies were worse than those of the soldiers on the other side who didn't receive salaries.
Now it's become Boom Beach, and they've put it to use. I heard they're recruiting infiltrators now, paying them two or three coins of gold a month.
They hit a wall and then turned back; they rained and then bought an umbrella; the baby was starving and then the milk came.
Aside from spending it on these underhanded activities, not a single penny of the money allocated to Boom Beach was used for anything worthwhile.
On another occasion, two people with names starting with "Du" were running for the US presidency. The money he obtained from one company was then given to the other company as campaign funds.
There are too many flaws to mention. Zhang Guohao can only say that we cannot forget the major mistakes of the Boom Beach team because of its minor ones. Its mistakes are greater than its faults and cannot be whitewashed.
"How about we sneak into the Earthly Treasury Ignition device next time? We might not have such a good opportunity next time."
Zhang Guohao looked at the creature he had pulled up and felt a little tempted.
"Forget it, we don't run into these hotheads very often. On the contrary, the foreigners check us very strictly, they check us three times a day. If they find out..."
Guo Dagui continued, his approach still the same old one.
"Old Captain, I've been here for two days and we've already run into them twice. The fighting over there is fierce, we have to be careful."
As Zhang Guohao spoke, he suddenly felt a bit embarrassed about Boss Huo's fleet. He had only been there for two days and had already fought for two days.
Guo Dagui remained silent, clearly persuaded by Zhang Guohao.
"Let me think, where can I hide something?"
Guo Dagui suddenly stood up and began to wander around the boat, trying to find a place to hide the spoils of war in a way that would not be easily discovered.
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When I saw Manager Zhao again, he had his brows furrowed tightly, clearly smelling the gunpowder from the ship.
Manager Zhao was also a soldier who had fought in wars. He could smell gunpowder as soon as he passed by.
"Boss Huo, thank you for your hard work this time."
Manager Zhao came over, shook Boss Huo's hand, and said emphatically.
"It's all as it should be, it's all as it should be."
Boss Huo said that there was no complaining or taking the opportunity to raise prices. Both parties tacitly agreed not to say much and continued to do the same as usual, loading and unloading goods and eating late-night snacks.
Manager Zhao left in a hurry and didn't return for quite a while.
"Boss Huo, this time I specially arranged a boatload of Yellow River carp to help you recover your losses."
Manager Zhao approached Boss Huo and spoke earnestly.
In this era, there is no shortage of large carp in the river. There are no invasive alien species and not much environmental pollution. However, when these fish are transported across half of China, their price skyrockets.
A truckload of fish, by the time it arrives at its destination, only one or two tenths are still alive. If it weren't for the abundance of wealthy people in Hong Kong, who would bother to transport such a load of fish?
Therefore, the price of this large carp is among the highest of all fresh produce; the live carp have to earn back their value for the dead ones.
"Thank you very much, Manager Zhao."
Mr. Huo thanked him profusely, showing his appreciation.
You should know that there aren't many delivery people, but there are quite a few, and each person has a certain share. If Boss Huo takes more, others don't get any.
This was compensation made by Manager Zhao after he saw the bullet holes in the ship and smelled the gunpowder.
Zhang Guohao watched the two men exchange gifts without saying anything, but led his brothers to put all the big carp onto his boat.
When he gets back, Zhang Guohao plans to get a big carp to try. Back in the north, he didn't think much of these things, but now that he's thousands of miles away from home, he really wants to eat them.