[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mercenary-s-war":3,"chapter-mercenary-s-war-mercenary-s-war-chapter-415":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Mercenary’s War",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1612955,2077,"Chapter 415 - 415 Four Hundred and Thirteen A Glimmer of Hope","mercenary-s-war-chapter-415",415,"\u003Cp>415: Chapter Four Hundred and Thirteen: A Glimmer of Hope 415: Chapter Four Hundred and Thirteen: A Glimmer of Hope Gao Yang’s words made Tommy laugh, he said in a deep voice, “No need for revenge, no meaning to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the landmine goes off, the enemy will definitely notice, so let’s hurry and retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss, you’re a good man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What you said made me almost want to blow myself up, thanks!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang shrugged and said, “If you don’t die, at the end of this operation you could also get a million or eight hundred thousand US dollars, so if you want to throw your life away, I can only say you’re too foolish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Got anything else to tell me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte hurriedly said, “Buddy, it’s only three hundred and ten thousand US dollars, barely over three million in ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, don’t get yourself killed over such a small amount of money for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still want to have a go at Ram.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy laughed heartily and said, “Just a joke, just a joke, Gao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My former boss knows where my dependents are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If possible, please take care of them for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay, nothing more to say, let’s get out of here fast, I’m about to start working.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang saluted Tommy and Sirte, then said solemnly, “Gentlemen, good luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll be waiting for you on the other side.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Gao Yang turned and walked away, but as he had just taken a few steps, Tommy suddenly said, “Boss, we’re still not clear on what kind of landmine it is, move back farther, a distance of over thirty meters isn’t safe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Gao Yang leave, Sirte shrugged and said to Tommy, “Buddy, it’s a bounding mine, the hardest stuff to disarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How confident are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy shrugged as well and replied, “Got no confidence at all, just trying my luck here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte laughed and said, “Then I owe you even more, buddy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought you all would have left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t expect you to try and save me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I survive this, I owe you my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy sighed and said, “I thought Ram would order everyone to evacuate, but he didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked me if I was willing to come save you, and then here I am.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to understand, I’m new to the Satan Mercenary Corps, but I’m indeed the only one with mine clearance experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s my value, I have to show what I’m worth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte shook his head and said, “That’s rare, I mean both you and Ram are rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, I’m an outsider, and I might even become an enemy in the future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy smiled and said, “No matter who you are, you’re at least our comrade right now, so for sure, the Satan Mercenary Corps can’t just leave you behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m surprised you’d even ask that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte said with a look of pride, “The Angel Mercenary Corps would never leave anyone behind in this kind of situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m surprised that Satan can do the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re an old soldier, so you must understand, in the mercenary world there are a handful who can do this too, but very few, very few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least I haven’t seen it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy shook his head and said, “I’m not a mercenary, I only just joined the Satan Mercenaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I’m not very clear on the affairs of the mercenary world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I used to be in a guerrilla force, Serbian civilian militants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, as long as you acted together, whether with familiar old teammates or strange new ones, in situations like this, those who can demine always stay to save others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we’re lucky, we survive together; if not, we die together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, we never leave anyone behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, I’m glad that Ram didn’t order to leave you, you know, it’s more reassuring to follow a boss like that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte laughed again and said, “Buddy, to be able to laugh in the face of death, you are a brave man!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy also laughed and said, “Comrade, thirty thousand US dollars a year in death benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I was a guerrilla I couldn’t even dream of earning so much, and later, working as a hired gun, I barely made a hundred thousand a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I die now, I don’t have to worry about anything, so of course I can laugh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte shook his head and said, “F**k, you’re truly a magnificent pauper, but I understand you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching one comrade after another die, someone has to take care of their wives and children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m better off, I don’t have these problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, wait before you start, I want to speak with Ram.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte pressed the transmit button on his throat mic, and then loudly said, “Hey, Ram, got something to tell you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s probably around three to four million US dollars left in my account, not sure exactly how much, I’ve almost spent it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever the amount, if I die, remember to tell the Major and say I gave all the money to you, then you transfer it all to Worker Bee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, my brothers don’t lack money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking through the intercom, Sirte turned off his throat mic, said loudly, “Come on, buddy, let’s get to work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy slowly walked over to Sirte’s side but didn’t immediately start to disarm the landmine under Sirte.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he first scanned the surroundings, especially along the tripwire to find the trip-activated mine hanging on a tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a careful search, Tommy said with a smile, “Good news, although we’re dealing with a chained mine, the setup isn’t too complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bad news is, the hanging mines are all American M16A1s.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte whistled and then shook his head, “A big mine, buddy, this is a big one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bet the mine under my feet is an M16 too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that’s the case, if the mine under my feet goes off, all the mines in this area will explode.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy nodded and then pressed the walkie-talkie, saying, “Boss, take your men and retreat some more, fifty meters ain’t safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ve come across M16A1 mines, at least three of them, chained together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one goes, they all go, and they’re strung up in trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They can leap up to three or four meters high, so fifty meters is still dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You guys pull back to a hundred meters before we talk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang knew of the American-produced M16A1 anti-personnel bounding mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These bounding mines weighed over three kilograms and were considered the heavyweights among anti-personnel mines, capable of leaping to a height of 1.2 meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their maximum effective range reached fifty meters, and if one were triggered while hanging from a tree and leaped before exploding, who knows how far the shrapnel could reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting for Gao Yang and his team to retreat beyond a hundred meters, Tommy received confirmation and lay prone on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used his bayonet to gradually clear the dirt beneath Sirte’s feet, slowly exposing the body of the mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing it, Tommy let out a wry chuckle, “Just as I thought, M16A1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddy, our luck is downright terrible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte sighed and said, “F**k, it’s over, buddy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although I haven’t prayed in a very long time, and the chances of me going to heaven are slim, I want to pray now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddy, leave, I mean it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve been a real pal, I’ll be grateful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy replied in a deep voice, “Since you’re destined for hell, there’s no point in praying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now shut up and don’t distract me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte shook his head, “Buddy, of course I wouldn’t mind if there was hope for you to save me, but the M16A1’s fuzes are too sensitive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no hope now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your staying means nothing but dying alongside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get going.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy glanced at Sirte and said, “We’re not dealing with a ‘Bouncing Betty’ here; the M16A1 is just powerful, not impossible to disarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So shut up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repeating himself, Tommy concentrated and started to hurriedly dig through the soft earth with his bayonet, slowly revealing the fuse of the mine that Sirte had stepped on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the most dangerous moment; the M16A1 had a dual-purpose pressure and pull fuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could confirm that the fuse was set as a tripwire mine, but if the fuse was accidentally touched again, the mine could explode instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he could see the fuse, Tommy used his fingers to clear the dirt around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exposing half of the fuse, he sighed and said, “The mine’s fuse has been triggered; I can’t insert the safety back in, so I have to figure out something else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you really have a way, then try it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if there’s little hope, you should just leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re just strangers, and I won’t be happy dying with you here, nor will I be sad if you leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s bound to happen sooner or later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference is where I die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy ignored Sirte and pondered for a moment before saying firmly, “I have a plan, at least it’s worth a try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you have a knife, an especially thin one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My bayonet is too thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything thin and sturdy will do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirte drew his own knife, a Mercworx Sniper, a double-edged fighting knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reversed the handle and handed it to Tommy, “Will this do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tommy took Sirte’s fighting knife, looked at it, and shrugged, “Double-edged, large enough, it should work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After brandishing the knife under Sirte’s foot for quite some time, Tommy suddenly spoke into the walkie-talkie, “Ram, there’s a chance I can save Can Opener, but I’ll need your help to make it happen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang had been lying still on the ground, fearing he would hear a sudden explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet what he ended up hearing was good news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Tommy’s words, Gao Yang immediately asked, “What do we need to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen, I’ve got a bottle of strong glue here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m going to fill the fuse with it, but this method isn’t very reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, I also need something large and heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The base must be hard and flat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pouring the glue into the fuse, I’ll need to insert the knife between the sole of Can Opener’s boot and the mine’s fuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, place the heavy object on top of the knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This will significantly increase our chances of success and could save our lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What else do we need?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything else required?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just hurry up, will you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang got up quickly and called out urgently, “Something heavy, with a hard and flat base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Search, quickly, go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glolov exclaimed, “The quickest way is to fill a backpack with dirt; it’ll definitely be heavy enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang clapped his hands, “Good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Put the ceramic plates from the bulletproof vests in the bag; that’ll ensure it’s flat and hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rabbit, grab your entrenching tool, clear out a bag, fast!” (To be continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you like this novel, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it, recommend tickets, monthly passes, your support is my greatest motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mobile phone users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)\u003C\u002Fp>",1850,"2026-06-06T10:19:38.027Z",1,"novelbin.me","9cbe06a08d825d5c36eba1780b082e0901b388201198ceecbcaa42081850800f","mercenary-s-war-chapter-416","mercenary-s-war-chapter-414",2343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmercenary-s-war-cover.jpg"]