Mercenary’s War
Chapter 1092 - 1092 One Thousand and Seventy-Five Don't Talk About Feelings Talk About Money!

1092: Chapter One Thousand and Seventy-Five: Don’t Talk About Feelings, Talk About Money!

1092: Chapter One Thousand and Seventy-Five: Don’t Talk About Feelings, Talk About Money!

Marshall miscalculated; Gao Yang would never adopt Syrian nationality, even in death.

Gao Yang offered a faint smile and said to Marshall, “I’m truly sorry, but I think you need to find someone else.

The reasons are complex, but I need to leave, and soon, I must leave Syria.”

Marshall furrowed his brows, spreading his hands as he said, “You can have everything you want in Syria.

Whatever your demands are, you can make them.”

Gao Yang shook his head and replied, “No, I don’t have any demands.

Your proposition is quite unrealistic, I still have many things to do, so I’m sorry.”

Displaying some disappointment, Marshall said with tightly knit brows, “What do you want to achieve?

Think about it, in Syria, you can have everything—status, money, honor.

What exactly do you want?”

Gao Yang shrugged and with a smile responded, “I want my freedom.

I can fight for anyone, but I won’t join Syria to fight for Syria.

That doesn’t align with my values.”

After taking a deep breath, Marshall suddenly said, “If I’m not mistaken, you’re a mercenary, right?

The name ‘Ram’ isn’t that hard to investigate.”

Gao Yang chuckled and confirmed, “Correct, I am a mercenary.”

Marshall waved his hand and suggested, “Since you’re a mercenary, isn’t fighting for money your job?

Well, since my idea doesn’t fit your values, let’s talk reality.

How much would you need to fight for me?”

Gao Yang sighed and said, “You’ve just mentioned money.

Alright, let’s use money as an example.

Given our capabilities and reputation, we start our short-term mercenary rates at ten million dollars.

Mind you, that’s the price for a single operation.

Moreover, for battles of the scale and intensity like tonight’s, our fee is no less than twenty million dollars.

Not one dollar less.”

Marshall’s mouth dropped open as he stared at Gao Yang, furrowing his brows even more.

After pondering for a while, he finally said with a face full of anger, “You’re lying!

Even if you reject me, there’s no need for such a despicable excuse!”

Gao Yang sighed and replied, “General, I am a mercenary.

If you’re looking to hire us, why would I lie?”

At a loss for words, Marshall leant back in his chair and after some contemplation said in a deep voice, “What about a long-term engagement?”

Gao Yang shrugged and answered, “Long-term engagement?

That’s even less economical.

One million dollars a day, whether for combat, training new recruits, or any other kind of mission, this price covers it all.

However, we require a six-month advance payment, meaning if you plan to hire us long-term, no problem, I am willing to accept, just that you’ll need to pay a hundred and eighty million dollars upfront, Euros are fine too, no in-kind compensation.”

Marshall exhaled, shook his head, and with a sigh said, “That’s outrageous, impossible, your group is only about thirty people strong, that price is exaggerated.”

Gao Yang shook his head and clarified, “No, you’re mistaken, we don’t have that many people.

In fact, you can only hire the Satan Mercenary Corps, and our number is just ten.

Yes, you needn’t be too surprised, pilots, mechanics, and many others, they don’t belong to Satan, which means the rates I just mentioned are solely for the ten members of our group.”

Marshall seemed somewhat irritated as he raised his voice, exclaiming, “Only ten people?

Just ten people and you dare to demand one million dollars a day!

Are you kidding me?

One hundred and eighty million!

I could equip an entire infantry division for that!”

Gao Yang replied with a helpless expression, “You see, that’s the issue.

I personally believe the value of us few can match that of an infantry division, but clearly, you don’t agree with that.

Alright, we are discussing business, after all, you can negotiate the price, right?

You can try to name a price you consider reasonable.

If you think it’s fair and I can accept it, then we may strike a deal.”

After some thought, Marshall finally said in a firm voice, “Fifty thousand a day, that’s a reasonable price.”

Gao Yang couldn’t help but laugh and remarked, “General, I’m not playing games with you; I’m conducting business.

How about this, I can make a concession, one hundred and fifty million dollars for half a year, payable upfront.”

After taking a deep breath, Marshall demanded, “Fifty million for a year, twenty million paid in advance!”

Gao Yang shook his head and stated, “No, if it’s a one-year contract, it has to be at least three hundred million dollars, not a penny less.

There’s no point in further bargaining, that’s my final offer.”

One year and three hundred million dollars, yet Gao Yang was still unwilling.

He only quoted that price because he knew Marshall could never come up with such a large sum of money.

Is three hundred million dollars really that much for a year if you have to fight every day?

For Satan Mercenary Corps’ worth, it’s not much.

The key point is that fighting daily means certain death sooner or later.

Gao Yang didn’t want to spend an entire year on the battlefield, bound like signing a servitude contract, to be used like a robot by Marshall, who paid a fortune for the service.

Of course, Marshall could not accept Gao Yang’s quote, thinking it was too much.

So, he tried to persuade Gao Yang with factors beyond money.

“Colonel, what status do mercenaries have?

Look, I can offer you twenty million USD a year, and you could still become a division commander, a real brigadier general, with the treatment and rights of a real brigadier general.

Status, power, and money—doesn’t that sound good?

We’ve been fighting side by side for so long; I think we’re friends now.

Why can’t you think it over?”

Gao Yang quickly raised his hand and urgently said, “General, let’s not talk about emotions.

It’s better to talk about money.”

After interrupting Marshall, Gao Yang shrugged and continued, “We’re mercenaries; we’re not used to talking about emotions.

We only talk about money.

General, you should understand why I came here to fight for you.

We have a personal vendetta against IS.

That’s why we came here without pay, and even spent our own money, and we’ve lost lives here, with two people disabled for life.”

Spreading his hands, Gao Yang said with a sigh, “We didn’t manage to kill Badadi this time, so we’ll continue to try and kill him, which means there’s still an opportunity for cooperation.

General, if you have solid intelligence and are willing to provide convenience for us, then we’d be happy to continue the cooperative combat with you until Badadi is terminated, just like we’re doing now.

I think this cooperation model is more suitable than you hiring us with money, right?”

Marshall stroked his chin and looked at Gao Yang, “But you’re going to leave soon, and I need a commander like you.

I don’t listen to flattering resumes, I only look at results.

Many claim to be impressive, but only you have brought me the victory I desired most.”

Being affirmed is a happy thing.

Gao Yang smiled and said, “Thank you for the compliment, I will leave, but I’ll also come back.

As long as IS exists and Badadi is alive, I can’t stay away for long.

When that time comes, we can continue to cooperate, just like now.

I keep my freedom; you provide convenience, and then we win together.”

Marshall pondered for a long time before he finally sighed deeply, “But I can’t wait; the situation is unfavorable, and we can’t keep dragging it out.

Alright, I don’t want to ruin our current good relationship, so can you tell me how to maintain our current combat strength if you leave?”

After pondering for a moment, Gao Yang sighed and said, “General, forgive me for being blunt; modern warfare is about systems, and your army’s battle system is not complete.

If your enemy were a traditional national army, like the Iraqi or Jordanian army, you would not find yourselves in such a difficult situation.

Your enemies are the Rebel Army, armed with mobile phones and pickups, engaged in modern guerrilla warfare with you.”

Marshall waved his hand impatiently, “I know all this; countless people have talked to me about it.

What I want to know is how to solve the problem, how to carry out decapitation operations against the enemy’s leaders, like what you’ve done!”

Gao Yang smiled, “We are a system, a small one, but a complete one.

This system cannot be without the support of your country, nor can it be without the quality of our personnel.

To fight the battles we excel at, you need to strengthen many areas.”

Marshall said solemnly, “That’s the key, please explain!”

“For field equipment, modern Special Forces carrying out operations will use the advantage of night as long as they have the choice.

Well, that goes without saying; it’s a universal rule.

But what you urgently need to improve are helicopter pilots—armed and transport helicopter pilots with extensive night flying and combat experience.

Then, it’s a matter of personnel quality.”

Gao Yang realized he had nothing left to say because relying on Marshall’s power, or even all of Syria’s, couldn’t put together another Satan.

Gao could proudly claim that Satan has the world’s best in every position, the best marksmen, best machine gunners, best assault troops, best blasters, best medics, best artillery gunners, best grenadiers.

Just with these ‘bests,’ where could Syria find them?

Besides Satan, Gao also brought the best armed helicopter pilots, the best transport helicopter flyers, the best mechanics, and a group of extremely skilled, likewise excellent mercenaries trained by various countries.

Where could Syria find these people?

Gao could assert that Syria might find equally excellent soldiers in some aspects, but as for pilots, how could Syria’s training system compare with Israel’s?

Unless Russia sent personnel directly, Syria couldn’t find anyone of the same level as those veteran Israeli pilots throughout its entire military.

Thinking that Marshall couldn’t gather the same force, Gao had no choice but to speak vaguely.

A simple “personnel quality” covered everything.

Marshall didn’t know what Gao was thinking; once more, he waved his hand stylishly and loudly said, “Excellent!

Very good!

We can continue to cooperate.

But before you leave, Colonel Gongyang, please leave me an action plan and a training program.

Considering our friendship, that shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Gao Yang laughed, “That’s no problem, of course, no problem!” (To be continued.

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