Mercenary’s War

Chapter 2367 - 2343: A Millennium Turtle, Ten Thousand-Year Tortoise

Peter is really unlucky.

In Syria, Peter was responsible for leading a Russian Special Forces team as an instructor, training Syrian soldiers. He was basically not supposed to go into battle himself, but he ended up participating in combat, and then without doing anything, he got both of his legs blown off as soon as he went to battle.

Now in Yemen, it’s Peter’s first official fight again, and yet he got hit without having done anything.

Gao Yang feels that Peter is really unlucky, and now in Satan’s combat team, only Peter’s nickname isn’t an animal.

Superstitions are such things — if you don’t believe, you simply don’t believe; but if you do, it’s best not to break taboos. Even if it doesn’t make any sense or have any scientific reasoning, breaking taboos can make you feel uneasy, right?

So when the fight reached a crucial moment, Gao Yang couldn’t help but grab Peter to tell him to quickly change his nickname.

Letting go of Peter, Gao Yang picked up his gun and shouted loudly: "Rockets!"

Frey, Andy He, and Eileen, the three of them were each carrying a Shemyer rocket launcher.

Frey shouted: "Rocket launcher ready."

Gao Yang immediately said: "Fire cover! Go!"

Gao Yang, Li Jinfang, and Taylor raised their guns and rushed out to shoot first, then Frey ran over to launch the rocket, followed closely by Andy He, and finally Eileen.

After the three of them launched their rockets, Gao Yang shouted forward to the Dagger Assault Team: "Fall back, fall back!"

Organizing the Dagger Assault Team to retreat completely in order to regroup and launch another attack.

How to lead the Dagger Assault Team to relaunch an attack needs careful thought; the enemy is indeed much harder to deal with than expected.

Peter went to Syria to train soldiers, which naturally means he speaks Arabic, and speaks it very well. Besides Peter, Satan has Albert, Joseph, Cui Bo, Eileen, Phoenix, and Taylor who speak Arabic, but Taylor is a bit worse, and Li Jinfang and Andy He speak even worse, basically can’t speak.

Now Peter is injured, someone else must lead the Dagger Assault Team; without someone leading, the Dagger Assault Team would be completely useless, not even worth as cannon fodder.

Thinking it over, only Taylor could replace Peter’s task, although his Arabic is not as good, he’s the only suitable one.

"Pigeon!"

"Here!"

"Command the Dagger Assault Team, prepare for the second attack."

"Yes, Boss!"

Just then, Peter, who was sitting on the ground checking his prosthetic, suddenly shouted: "No, no, I can do it, I’m fine."

Gao Yang turned his head and looked back, at that moment, an intense explosion occurred in the building where Cui Bo and the others had set up a sniper position.

Just after the explosion, Cui Bo urgently said into the walkie-talkie: "Rabbit reporting, we have relocated the position, it’s safe! The enemy is intentionally attacking us, we must eliminate their anti-tank missiles!"

It seems the previous cloud burst bomb attack wasn’t very effective, I’ll have to think of another way, and the most effective method is to quickly close the distance and engage in indoor combat.

"Understood, everyone stay concealed, temporarily refrain from active attacks, over!"

After giving the order, Gao Yang looked at Peter and asked: "How are you?"

Peter patted his chest twice and loudly said: "It’s a bit suffocating, but I’m fine, my prosthetic was hit but I’ve checked, it can still be used, I’ll continue leading the Dagger Assault Team, no need to replace me."

"Fat Cat!"

"He’s okay, just shook up, no problem."

Gao Yang sighed, waved his hand to signal Taylor that the previous order was revoked, and seriously said to Peter: "You can continue, but the nickname Iron Man must be discarded, I don’t want you getting hit again, mate, have you thought about what you’ll be called?"

Peter looked bewildered and said: "Now? It’s just a nickname..."

The implication of Peter’s words was unnecessary to explain, with the battle so intense and in this disadvantageous situation, halting the offensive to think of a nickname seemed unreasonable.

Gao Yang didn’t want to explain too much either, he directly said: "Peter is too unlucky, he must pick a more auspicious nickname quickly, mates, what animal represents good meaning, great fortune, everyone think fast."

"Cat!"

Right after Gao Yang spoke, Eileen urgently said into the walkie-talkie: "Cats have nine lives, cats!"

Andy He immediately said: "We already have a Fat Cat, are we going to add another cat? Call it what? Wild Cat?"

Gao Yang was about to say that the Wild Cat nickname was okay, at least more resilient than a house cat, but at that moment Cui Bo spoke.

"Curtis! Tortoise!"

Cui Bo hastily said this in Chinese, and the nickname he suggested left Gao Yang momentarily stunned.

"Damn..."

Gao Yang really didn’t know what to say, if it wasn’t for the fact that they were in battle, if Cui Bo wasn’t far from him, he’d definitely hit Cui Bo.

At that time Peter, confused, said: "Saowangba? What does that mean?"

Gao Yang twitched his mouth twice and said solemnly: "Turtle! What’s the English word? I really don’t know, who knows?"

The part about turtles was said in Chinese, the subsequent sentence in English, but unfortunately besides Gao Yang, Cui Bo, and Li Jinfang, no one else knew what they meant.

Li Jinfang, with a helpless expression, said: "If he knows what it means wouldn’t he have to fight Rabbit to the death, no, beat Rabbit to death."

At this moment, Cui Bo urgently said in English: "Stop wasting time, Turtle! A thousand-year tortoise ten-thousand-year turtle, is there a more auspicious nickname?"

Cui Bo’s words were a mix of Chinese and English, leaving everyone bewildered.

Peter looked at Gao Yang and said: "I understood turtle, turtle is great."

Gao Yang heaved a breath, wiped his eyes, and said helplessly: "Turtle, in Huaxia customs, turtles are believed to live very long, there’s a saying about turtles living ten thousand years, but..."

Peter waved his hand and urgently said: "Then Turtle, Turtle is great, can live ten thousand years, it’s auspicious enough, let’s start reorganizing the attack quickly!"

Though Glolov wasn’t nearby, he also spoke through the walkie-talkie: "Turtle has great meaning, if indeed there’s such a saying, a ten-thousand-year turtle, very suitable for him! Let’s go with it!"

Many people were nodding, Taylor said softly: "Not bad, I think it’s pretty good."

Gao Yang took a deep breath and loudly said: "Okay, Iron Man renamed Turtle, uh, temporary nickname, we’ll sort it out after the battle, everyone remember, over."

After he finished speaking, Gao Yang shouted to Peter: "Turtle..."

"Here, Boss!"

"Lead the Dagger Assault Team, prepare for the second attack, everyone else, rocket launchers ready, assault team ready!"

Peter stood up and ran a couple of steps, shouted: "Dagger Assault Team, gather around me, prepare for another attack, this time you must follow my orders! Disobey and you’ll be shot on the spot!"