The Cold War: Jumping back and forth between the two camps

The one-day training ended quickly. Most of the training was relatively simple for this group of elite soldiers and officers. Only in horse riding did quite a number of people show their fear.

It should be said that the personnel for this operation have been carefully selected. At least half of the 25 people have experience in pastoral life, and more than half can ride horses. Moreover, all 25 people can speak Russian or some small languages ​​of the Slavic language family, and many can even speak some Turkic languages.

This should be to facilitate the concealed missions in the Central Asian steppes.

But relatively speaking, the selection criteria this time can indeed be considered strict, that is, for a country like the United States that is dominated by immigrants, otherwise it would be really difficult to gather such a group of people.

What is embarrassing for Dunn is that he is one of the few people who cannot ride a horse.

Before the time travel, Dunn, who lived in an inland province, had no chance to ride a horse. After the time travel, Dunn's family lived in a big city like New York, and they basically had no chance to ride a horse.

After joining the US Army, he was assigned to the Marine Corps, where his main job was to fight on islands, and he would never have the opportunity to ride a horse.

Fortunately, the mission this time is not to learn advanced riding skills, as long as you can look like that.

After a day of training, everyone was sent back to the three-story building to rest, but only Dunn was taken to a bungalow next to the three-story building.

"Lieutenant Weiss!"

There were only two people waiting in the room, one of whom was the bearded officer Weiss.

He saluted Weiss in a standard manner.

"Lieutenant Batomani, please take a seat!"

Weiss saluted Dunn in return and asked him to sit down. Dunn sat upright opposite Weiss and another middle-aged man in the room.

It was only at this time that Dunn noticed the other middle-aged man in the room, who obviously did not look like a military man.

He gives people the feeling of being more like a real herdsman.

During the previous training, Dunn had noticed this person. This person went around in each group and seemed to be observing the people in each group.

Most of the people present at the time did not know this person, and those who knew him were basically the leaders of various groups.

From the looks in their eyes, Dunn could tell that they knew the middle-aged man in front of them, but most of them kept silent.

"Lieutenant Batomani, let me introduce you, this is Mr. John Solek, the deputy commander of our operation this time!"

Dunn noticed that Weiss used Mr. Solek instead of a military rank, indicating that this Solek was not a member of the military.

"Mr. Solek!"

Dunn nodded to Solek.

Solek smiled in response and looked Dunn up and down before speaking.

"Lieutenant Batomani was highly recommended to us by Mr. Dulles. He said that you are proficient in many languages. Is this true?"

Dunn nodded again.

"Yes, sir! I have always had a special talent for languages, and I am more than willing to spend time learning various languages!"

Dunn explained that he had worked as a translator before traveling through time. At that time, due to the intense competition for jobs, he had learned many minority languages.

Moreover, his predecessor was also a language genius, and before Dunn traveled through time, he was also proficient in many languages.

Dunn really didn't know why such an excellent translator in his previous life had become a soldier on the battlefield.

Is it possible that the United States has such a surplus of talent?

It stands to reason that someone like my predecessor, who is proficient in multiple major languages, would be most suitable to do clerical work in Europe.

"Then, Lieutenant Batomani! According to the information we have obtained, you are proficient in thirteen languages. This number is indeed somewhat astonishing. We now need to know more about your proficiency in each language!"

The number of thirteen languages ​​is not an exaggeration. This is the number of languages ​​mastered by the two Dunns combined. Before the time travel, Dunn mastered mostly East Asian languages, such as Japanese and Korean, as well as Russian and some small languages ​​in Eastern Europe.

The predecessor is to master the larger classification languages ​​such as French, English, Italian and Spanish.

Dunn explained to the two people his level of mastery of various languages. It was obvious that Solek in front of him was also fluent in multiple languages. From time to time, he would speak some of the languages ​​he knew to test Dunn. Dunn handled it easily, which surprised Solek.

At first, Solek thought that Dunn's ability to master 13 languages ​​was so exaggerated that he must be proficient in them.

It is impossible to master every language fluently.

However, through the communication and assessment just now, Solek discovered that Dunn was not only truly proficient in 13 languages, but was also much more proficient in the languages ​​he knew than himself.

Solek could not test Dunn in many ways. He only mastered three foreign languages. Even so, he had already wasted a lot of time studying. It was really hard for him to imagine that Dunn was so young and yet he mastered so many languages. It seemed that he was really a language genius and this man was not bragging.

"Great, Lieutenant Batomani, you will play a crucial role in this operation!"

Solek and Weiss looked at each other, unable to conceal the joy in their eyes. Weiss even stood up and shook Dunn's hand.

Dunn just nodded slightly and spoke calmly.

"Lieutenant Weiss, this is what I should do. A soldier's duty is to obey orders!"

"Haha! But I heard that before participating in this mission, Mr. Batomani, you were looking for connections everywhere and preparing to retire!"

Solek on the side laughed and exposed it, which made Dunn a little embarrassed, but he admitted it directly without blushing.

"Yes, the purpose of my participation in this operation is also to retire. Mr. Dulles promised me that as long as I can successfully complete this mission, he will use his connections to find me a good job!"

"You want to retire?"

Weiss's expression changed, and it was obvious that he was hearing this news for the first time.

Dunn also had some thoughts in his mind. It seemed that Weiss and Solek were not of the same kind.

"Can you tell me why? As far as I know, your brother has now been successfully promoted to brigadier general, and if everything goes well, it is only a matter of time before his rank is promoted to major general."

Weiss frowned and asked. After knowing the news that Dunn was going to retire, he looked at Weiss as if he was a deserter.

This made Dunn feel a little uncomfortable. He just didn't want to go to the battlefield. There was no need for so many reasons. However, he knew that if he really said so, it would probably cause dissatisfaction among the soldier in front of him who seemed to have a rather upright character.

After thinking for a while, Dunn spoke.

"I'm considering retiring because I feel like my career in the military has come to an end. If it weren't for my brother, the best I could do is move up one level and become a lieutenant, leading a company of soldiers."

"But with your brother around, your path should be smooth. You don't have to retire, right?"

Solek at the side asked.

"Of course I don't deny that with my brother, I can definitely go further in the army, but that's not what I want. I don't want to live under my brother's protection all my life. That will only make me look like a boy who never grows up and I will never be able to become a man!"

Dunn said this with a firm look on his face. His firmness even made Weiss, who was standing beside him, look at him with a new respect.

"Sir, as you can see, although I am not outstanding, I am also a talent. Apart from other things, just take the foreign languages ​​I know. After returning to China, I can find a job as a translator to support myself. In this case, why should I still rely on my brother's protection to live?

I am confident that I will not fare worse than my brother after I retire!"

"Understand, understand!"

Solek nodded and said.

"If this operation goes smoothly, I will be in charge. Your retirement application will definitely be approved, and I will be able to find a suitable job for you without Mr. Dulles having to intervene. Your development potential will definitely not be worse than your brother's!"

"Thank you, Mr. Solek!"

Dunn smiled and said that he did not take Solek's words to heart. What would be the result of this operation? Who could tell?

It is very likely that when the time comes, Dunn will implement his plan and even betray the entire action team.

By then, as the deputy commander of this operation, whether Solek in front of him can walk out of the Red Empire alive is another matter.

Of course he couldn't say these words.

"Mr. Lieutenant, don't rush to thank me. I want to hear your opinions on this operation. You should understand the purpose of our operation. I think you should have figured out something through today's training."

Solek gestured for Dunn and Weiss to sit down again. Just now, when Weiss excitedly shook hands with Dunn, the two men had already stood up.

Dunn actually didn't want to have too much contact with Solek here. Although he didn't take Solek's words to heart just now, he more or less guessed Solek's identity at this time.

However, since the other party has already asked, after thinking about it for a while, I decided to express some of my thoughts. After all, my thoughts on betraying the entire action team is just a last resort, and I would not take this step unless it is absolutely necessary. It would be a good thing to be able to successfully follow this action team around the Red Empire and gain some qualifications.

"Mr. Solek, do you want to hear my true thoughts?"

Dunn asked with a serious expression.

"Of course!"

Solek said with a slight smile.

"To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about this action!"

Unexpectedly, after Dunn said this, Weiss and Solek in front of him remained unmoved.

This made Dunn somewhat disappointed.

"Lieutenant Batomani, go on!"

Weiss said after a moment's hesitation.

At this time, Dunn grinned.

“It seems that the two gentlemen are not optimistic about this action!

If my guess is correct, in this operation, you two intend to sneak into China and use the identity of herdsmen as a cover to investigate the nuclear test base in the Central Asian grasslands, right?

It seems that the military has already obtained accurate intelligence, otherwise they would have to organize another action team to explore the Siberian region!"

"Yes, we do plan to enter the Central Asian steppe from China's Xinjiang region, but you should also know the current situation on the Chinese battlefield. The bald government we support is about to fall. This is no secret. It is very likely that when we enter the Red Empire, Xinjiang will still belong to the bald people, and when we want to get out, Xinjiang will already belong to the rabbits!"

Solek said helplessly.

"So your plan should be to enter the Red Empire from Xinjiang, complete the mission objectives, and then exit from Eastern Europe!

Otherwise you wouldn’t have found so many people who are fluent in Russian and Eastern European languages!”

Dunn said confidently again.

"That's not hard to guess, but it's just part of our plan!"

Weiss said with a sigh.

"Our other plan is to get out of the Persian region, but that requires our plan to be successfully completed!"

Dunn keenly noticed that Weiss used a plan instead of a mission objective. Could it be that this operation had another purpose?