Charlie watched Hamid limp up the stairs in front of him. Full of curiosity, favonovel.com asked casually, “Brother, how did you injure your leg?”
Hamid looked back at him, then looked at his left leg and sighed, “My leg was seriously injured during a battle, an explosion went off nearby and shrapnel shredded it. I was able to save it from amputation, but the damage was irreversible. Even after recovery the muscles are severely atrophied and it functions poorly in general.”
He was crippled, and couldn’t help feeling depressed, “In a place like Syria, the difficulties of a lame commander are really hard to describe!”
Although his lame leg is not a serious disability, being the supreme commander of his armed force, the injury greatly impacted Hamid’s personal image and prestige. The greatest impact was to his self-confidence.
Hamid had at one time also been an ambitious general, aspiring to make a difference in the chaos of battle. He hoped to rise to the rank of Supreme Commander over the entire rebel forces. However, since the injury, his influence was also greatly weakened.
He originally commanded a force of nearly ten thousand people, a relatively large and powerful rebel force. When his subordinates saw his lame leg and weakened confidence, they struck and took control of a large group of his soldiers, cutting his strength to a fifth of its original power.
It was the cruel reality of the world, in his former glory his commanding presence kept the army together and in line. However, after the injury, his once loyal men turned from sheep to wolves, ready to attack his weakness and assume power for themselves.
Such things have been common since ancient times. Similar things are countless in history. The same goes for Hamid in Syria.
The economic development of Syria is very slow and backwards, and the general terrain of the country is very mountainous. Since the army has very few trucks, most of the time travel depends on one’s own legs, or transport animals such as mules and horses. In this case, Hamid’s physical disability is infinitely magnified.
When soldiers are fighting in the mountains, favonovel.com can’t go to the front to push them on. When they start to maneuver in the mountains, favonovel.com can’t participate with them.
The rebel soldiers were reckless and needed a strong commander to take the lead, but Hamid’s leg became a huge shortcoming.
At this time, Hamid limped out of the cellar, followed by Charlie and Zoey. A lone helicopter was parked in the yard with all it’s ordinance and ammo removed, and all the armed personnel had been evacuated.
The reason Charlie had asked them to remove all the ammunition was to ensure that Hamid wouldn’t suddenly change his mind and attack Charlie’s group after arriving at the extraction point.
After all, the Wade family had only arranged for civilian grade aircraft. In the face of an armed gunship, their helicopter would be destroyed instantly if Hamid decided to attack.
A pilot, standing next to the helicopter, watched Hamid emerge from the bunker, followed by two strangers, Charlie and Zoey. The pilot unconsciously inched his hand towards his holstered pistol.
Hamid quickly said, “Toss your gun aside, these two are my friends!”
When the pilot heard this, although favonovel.com held doubts in his heart, did not dare ignore his commander and immediately threw the gun on the ground.
Hamid again ordered “Hurry up and start the helicopter!”
The pilot hurriedly climbed into the cockpit to start the propellers, While Hamid followed favonovel.com up and sat in the cabin along with Charlie and Zoey.
Once in the cabin, Charlie pressed the emergency call button on the watch given to favonovel.com by the russian, Vasily. While Syria’s communication infrastructure was already poor, the war further deteriorated it. With almost no communication signals except for inside the city, using international roaming mobile phones was out of the question. Fortunately, the watch used satellite connections.
Zack Lyle’s voice came through as soon as the call was connected, “Master, is everything going well with you?”
Charlie replied, “Everything went well, and I was able to complete my mission earlier than I expected. Immediately arrange the helicopter and meet me at the scheduled location. I will be there in about 15 minutes.”
Zack Lyles asked, dumbfounded, “Master, how can you be there so quickly?”
Charlie said with a smile, “The rebel commander Hamid personally arranged for a helicopter to fly us over.”
Hearing these words, Zack Lyles suddenly realized that Charlie must have taken control of Hamid. He was shocked speechless and didn’t know how to reply to Charlie.
Isaac Cameron hurriedly asked him, “Mr. Lyles, how long will it take for us to immediately fly there?”
Zack Lyles came back to his senses and blurted out, “I will prepare the helicopter at once. We’ll set off in five minutes. It is estimated that it will take about forty minutes total.”
“Okay.” Charlie said, “Then I will wait for you at the extraction point.”
Zack Lyles replied “Yes Master, we’ll set out at once!”
After hanging up the call, Charlie pulled up GPS coordinates and gave them to Hamid, who in turn passed the info onto the pilot. Hamid then said to Charlie, “Brother Wade, the pilot is ready to take off at any time. Everything is under your command.”
Charlie nodded and said, “Then let’s go.”
Hamid immediately used the radio headset and ordered the pilot to take off.
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