Girls Frontline: Griffin Security

six days later,

In the suburban area of ​​the Northern Guards City...

A cool breeze blew through the village, making the morning even cooler.

“Is autumn coming…?”

Sitting on the turret of the T-34, Xu Bin asked himself, holding a bowl of kumis in his hand.

They have been retreating to the rear for nearly a week.

During these days, Xu Bin lived a very happy life - he could sleep for 6 hours every day, had hot meals, could take a shower, and had no shells to torture his ears...

The living conditions that were easily available in the past seem so precious during the border war of more than ten days!

So after finishing the logistics work a few days ago, Xu Bin had some free time and bought a pot of local specialty mare's milk wine to taste...

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"Eh, Commander is too hypocritical..."

Following the aroma of wine, Simonov (SKS) floated over:

"We are told not to drink from the locals, but you asked for a bowl for yourself. Isn't that bad? Let me have a taste too!"

"Can I call this 'begging'?"

Xu Bin looked down and saw her clinging to the tank with both hands, her eyes shining, so he smiled and said:

"Today is our last day in Akstan! If we don't try the local specialties now, we will never have the chance again."

As he said that, he passed the remaining half bowl of milk wine down...

In fact, this mellow-tasting kumis is not very appetizing to him, he prefers to drink bubbly cold beer.

But the alcoholic girl doesn't care about that.

After being banned from drinking for several days, Simonov's mouth watered when he saw the commander was going to give him the leftover wine. He no longer valued his elegance and grabbed the wine bowl and started drinking.

"Ah... Why would a humanoid like to drink?" Xu Bin continued to sit on the turret, holding his chin in thought.

Then, he turned around and looked in the direction of the street at the entrance of the village...

His fleet of "miscellaneous brands" was already parked neatly on the asphalt road.

Sherman, Panzer IV, Tiger tanks... Sd.kfz tank trucks... modern vehicles such as T-90, Abrams, Bradley and BMP-2 are also mixed in.

In terms of the level of abstraction of equipment, there should be no armed force in the world that can compare to ours, right?

The dolls were packing their luggage and cleaning the houses they were staying in - this was Xu Bin's request. Because all the villagers had evacuated to the resettlement sites in the city to sleep, it would be hard to leave without cleaning up the place.

They will complete these tasks before 8 o'clock in the morning, and then follow the national highway all the way south and leave Akstan through the "special channel" opened by the southern neighbor.

It’s just a pity! I didn’t have the chance to say goodbye to the new friends I met there…

Xu Bin sighed helplessly.

I heard that other units of the 38th Tank Regiment also suffered heavy losses. They were withdrawn five days ago and are resting in another village a few kilometers away.

It’s not far away, but I never had the chance to visit them…

"What are those guys doing now?"

Xu Bin stood up while talking to himself, preparing to jump off the tank and take a look around the team.

But at this moment,

With the high visibility on the T-34, Xu Bin spotted a familiar figure walking into the village...

——The young man with the ragged canvas bag also noticed this. This mercenary leader with a T-34 tank was so conspicuous that it was hard for him not to notice him!

"Hey! Xu Bin!"

Amir shouted with a smile, then ran over excitedly.

"Wow, it's really you!"

Xu Bin, who jumped off the tank, hadn't even stood firmly on his heels when he was greeted by a bear hug from the other party.

"I heard that your contract expires today and you are leaving Akstan, so the company commander asked me to see you off on behalf of the entire company!" Amir said after taking two breaths.

After asking, Xu Bin learned that the 3rd Company was still very busy. They seemed to have some work to do, such as "post-war summary". As a soldier, you really can't just do whatever you want.

"Indeed, we still have to prepare for war, so there is nothing we can do if we can't meet again..."

Xu Bin smiled and patted his shoulder.

Then he raised his hand and pointed to the green grass outside the house at the village entrance, and suggested:

"Shall we go for a walk on the big lawn together?"

Amir nodded in agreement.

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There are still about ten minutes before the team sets off.

Xu Bin informed the humanoids and went for a walk on the large lawn outside the village with Amir.

The scene before me is beautiful...

The grasslands are green and empty, and the sky is blue.

Then a cool breeze blew by, carrying with it the scent of fresh earth, making the grass rustle underfoot.

"Mmm~ It feels so good!"

Taking a deep breath, Xu Bin couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that Uncle Alexi can't come. He's still... busy with logistics in the Triangle Forest, right?"

"Yes, I called him a few days ago to talk..." Amir said, "He has been complaining - all the potatoes planted in the village a few months ago have bloomed, and he said that he is afraid that he will starve in the coming winter."

"........."

Hearing this, Xu Bin's face sank.

As a "potato fanatic", he certainly knows what potato flowering means: hunger, suffering...!

"During the first few days after I came to Akstan, I didn't know that you were about to run out of food, so I ate several livestock in the village... I'm sorry!" Xu Bin apologized with a red face.

But how could the simple grassland people bear grudges against these things?

When not talking about the international situation, Amir's expression was as simple and honest as the day we first met. He waved his hand and smiled:

"Whenever we have guests, we will tear half of the pancakes and share them with them even if we starve to death. Helping and supporting each other has been a tradition of our nation for thousands of years..."

"What's more, you international volunteers come here and work so hard, but you don't even earn any commission! If we locals are not willing to even provide cattle and sheep, wouldn't we be ashamed to death? This is a shame that cannot be washed away even if we jump into the river."

hiss…!

It’s really a matter of which pot should not be opened.

As soon as he heard the word "international volunteer", Xu Bin looked away - he was not a noble person like Bethune! It was really uncomfortable to claim such "credit", just like being a thief!

Amir in front of him didn't notice Xu Bin's strange expression. He opened his worn canvas bag and continued to talk:

"Soldiers of the 3rd Company, I have many gifts for you as a token of our friendship. But my bag is too small, so I can only bring these..."

Then, he took out gifts of all sizes and stuffed them into Xu Bin's arms one by one:

"Here, this is the family heirloom pocket watch given to you by Corporal Bartel. He hopes you can take it back and always remember him..."

"The book Lieutenant Abram gave you is... Das Kapital! He said that he was a little upset that you hadn't heard of this work when he talked to you last time. So he gave you this book with many annotations... Oh! That's bad! This is a version translated into Altaic..."

"This military kettle belongs to Captain Belik. It's cleaned very well. It's filled with coffee brewed this morning. It's not instant coffee, but what's called... "hand-brewed" coffee powder. It's too expensive! The soldiers in our platoon pooled their money to buy imported coffee. You can drink it slowly on the way..."

More and more gifts came into Xu Bin's arms, they were all so simple and unpretentious.

"Thank you...!" Xu Bin hugged the gift tightly in his arms and greeted.

He was not sure how sincere he was in coming to support Akstan's war of resistance.

But at least, the friendship between me and those "temporary comrades" is absolutely real! This is a treasure that cannot be bought with any amount of gold or silver.

……

Finally, Amir reached over his chest and took off a small badge...

"This is my Youth League badge - the badge of a Youth League member. I'll give it to you as a souvenir."

Putting the badge into Xu Bin's palm, he said:

"Do you know who the man on the red flag is?"

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Xu Bin looked at the portrait on the badge:

"When I was in primary school, I saw him in some textbook... Oh! Lenin, right?"

"Yes!"

Amir grinned. He was happy that Xu Bin recognized his idol.

He looked at the badge reluctantly and said:

"My name is engraved on the back of the group emblem, my friend..."

"If there is another chance in the future - and we meet in some chaotic corner of this world, then you should show me this badge! By then, even if I haven't seen you, I will know it's yours!"

"Huh? What does that mean?"

Hearing the hidden meaning in these words, Xu Bin asked in confusion: "You want to go abroad? I remember you wanted to enter a military academy after the war. You don't want to be an officer anymore?"

"Yes, I won't take the officer exam anymore."

Amir suddenly became serious, looked at the other party and said:

"I told you before, I want to learn from you, Xu Bin. I want to support those countries in need just like you support our Akstan. Maybe I can be their engineer... or volunteer? All are possible. I will go after I finish the war and get my pension."

"——There are still many people in this world who need help! Look: the tribesmen in Africa who are oppressed by plague and warlords... the Canaan people who are locked up by the six-pointed star devils on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean... the Pyramid Country is now in a state of chaos that even the peacekeeping forces can't handle..."

"We, the people of Akstan, have received favors from you internationalists, so we should give back, right? Our country should have at least one person who can become like you and go abroad to support others' struggles. I am a member of the Youth League, and I should be the vanguard, so I will go after the war!"

Xu Bin was stunned.

He never thought that he would affect Amir's life like this...

Or maybe, he was destined to be such a person?

“No…I can’t.”

Xu Bin slowly said:

"You shouldn't learn from me! You don't have any great powers, Amir!"

"You will die! You will die in a foreign country! You will burn out in a strange land...!"

These are very serious words.

Because Xu Bin knows exactly what it feels like to risk your life in a foreign country:

——It’s easy to panic.

It's like floating around in outer space, without the sense of security of being on solid ground.

Therefore, he didn't want this new friend to die in a foreign land.

however……

Amir just nodded calmly: "I'm ready..."

It can be seen that he is not trying to be brave.

Damn!

Xu Bin thought:

Who did Amir take as his role model? Himself! He was a fake "internationalist" who came here to fight only to strengthen the team and protect the humanoids...

Let him be inspired by the wrong example and go out to die?

Absolutely not.

After thinking for a while, he looked at Amir seriously and said: