"Some of these people have lived in other countries since they were children, and some of them have lived in former colonies and grew up speaking English or French, so the language is not exactly fluent between everyone."
"Like myself, I actually went to the United States with my parents at a very young age, and also got a green card, served in the US Army for three years, before answering the call and coming back to join the Free Army a few years ago, so my basic Arabic is very poor, and I can only communicate in English basically.
Ye Chen nodded, this multilingual situation is just like India, a significant portion of Indians do not speak Hindi, even each state in India has its own official language, plus it was once a British colony, so English is also one of the official languages.
But this linguistic confusion was relatively friendly to him; the more confused the language, the easier it was for him to blend in.
So he said to Faisal, "When you go in later, remember to see what you can do, and don't let anyone see what's going on."
Faisal was busy saying, "Please don't worry, I will do my best"
Ye Chen gave a hmph and pointed to the courtyard door, saying, "Go in
"Good
Faisal stepped forward and pushed open the courtyard door.
In the courtyard, a dozen soldiers carrying AK47s were roasting meat around a campfire to keep warm.
When Ye Chen followed Faisal inside, one of the soldiers recognised him and said, "Captain Faisal, would you like to have some roast meat? Ansara's mother has made some pita bread, it will be ready soon."
Faisal waved his hand, "I'll pass, I'm here to check on the hostages."
As soon as the man heard this, he said with a smile, "Captain Faisal, you are interested in the women, but I must make it clear to you that the commander has given orders that no one can do anything without his permission"
Faisal immediately said, "Don't talk nonsense, I'm just here to see what's going on so I can report back to the commander, open the entrance to the cellar!
The man nodded hastily, turned to a soldier and together they leaned down and opened a heavy wooden plank from the ground, and immediately a staircase made of yellow earth appeared underneath it.
Please come in.
Faisal nodded in satisfaction and led Ye Chen to the entrance. The man took out a torch, turned it on and said solicitously, "Captain Faisal, the stairs are dark without lights, I will lead the way, watch your step."
Faisal glanced at Ye Chen and saw him nod quietly at him, so he agreed and said, "OK, you can lead the way!