Wild Gun (Complete 2 Volumes)

何楚舞May 2023

3.5

Word count: 479K words
Chapters: 106

Summary

The French Foreign Legion and Blackwater are the world's two largest mercenary companies. To seize the mercenary market and defend soldiers' honor, Team Spade becomes a decisive pawn in this battle. Tao Ye was once the finest assault soldier in the renowned "Tiger Regiment." After leaving the barracks where he poured out his ideals and youth, he resolutely joins the French Foreign Legion to continue his military dream and becomes a member of Team Spade. He and another comrade who joined Team Spade after retiring are drawn into one dark vortex after another. In a mercenary legion where men kill for pay, can they overcome the lure of desire? Walking the line between justice and evil, where will they go?

The mafia families of Kekexili, the financial magnates who manipulate presidential elections, the intelligence agencies of various nations scheming against one another, and international mercenary companies that have evolved into new state machinery for superpowers' resource aggression... Two Chinese soldiers, he and she, shrouded in tangled conspiracies, sink into a swamp of confusion and temptation. Should Tao Ye sink into the numbness of time, or remember a soldier's honor? Is Ouyang Duo a traitor or an undercover agent? Or perhaps, in an eye-for-an-eye world, one must time and again answer blood with blood.

Editor's review

Set against the French Foreign Legion and the American private military company Blackwater, Wild Guns throws two Chinese soldiers into a vortex of resource rivalry, tycoon manipulation, and intelligence warfare. After leaving the “Tiger Regiment,” Tao Ye joins the Legion's “Spade Team,” torn between the mercenary rule of fighting for pay and his sense of military honor; whether Ouyang Duo is a traitor or an undercover agent becomes the suspense that runs through the whole book. Its readability comes from forceful plotting and dense action, with threads involving a Kokoxili mafia family, tycoons rigging elections, and intelligence agencies of various countries keeping the tension high. What truly draws readers in is not the gunplay itself but the question of “walking the line between justice and evil”: when institutions clash with ideals, can a soldier's identity still find a place? Suitable for readers who enjoy military themes and hard-boiled storytelling; reading the two volumes back to back in one sitting makes the weight of the characters' choices easier to feel.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy military and mercenary fiction and want strong plotting and action
Fiction readers interested in themes of military honor and identity
Genre-fiction fans who prefer dense suspense and multi-threaded narratives
Readers who want a continuous reading experience and are willing to read both volumes in one go

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer a leisurely pace, slice-of-life stories, or warm-hearted tales
Readers who are sensitive to violent conflict scenes and conspiracy narratives
Readers hoping to gain factual knowledge of the mercenary industry or military history from the book

Reading tips

Read the two volumes in order and continuously; character relationships and suspense threads carry across volumes, and skipping around easily breaks the thread.
Pay attention to the choice points for Tao Ye and Ouyang Duo; revisiting them after finishing will help you better understand the themes.
Read action scenes quickly and characters' dialogue and inner monologues slowly; this variation in pace makes the book more immersive.
After finishing, compare it with military novels on similar themes and discuss how honor narratives are handled in genre fiction.

版权信息
野枪·第1季：弯矛
写在前面
序章最后的军礼
第001章英雄后代
第002章英国大兵
第003章旧友
第004章振翅
第005章代号‘黑桃’
第006章哗声档
第007章 NAA
第008章梅约特老兵
第009章色棍与鹰
第010章眉心中弹
第011章 SERE+
第012章隐患
第013章谁是母鸡
第014章为谁卖命
第015章第一次任务
第016章 “普通”间谍
第017章枪影随行
第018章快！
第019章中国倔驴
第020章执意离开
第021章能走多远
第022章去留皆漂流
第023章找到他，干掉他！
第024章强者游戏
第025章精神饮料
第026章训练部队
第027章丛林法则
第028章狼眼
第029章像斯巴达克一样战斗
第030章齐胸深
第031章中国荣誉
第032章刀刀组合
第033章危云笼罩
第034章三棵树
第035章夜眼
第036章危机
第037章荣誉
第038章激变
第039章猛士
第040章信号旗
第041章救赎
第042章重生
第043章兵疯
第044章野兽之眼
第045章仇深似海
第046章老泪
第047章夜海安魂
第048章第三页
第049章分散隐蔽
第050章复仇计划
第051章误入房间的女人
第052章俘
第053章诡异的意大利女人
第054章狰狞的教徒
第055章一声口哨
第056章里昂的夏天
第057章偶遇
第058章荣誉守望者
第059章短发谭腿
第060章传奇
第061章杏眼圆睁
第062章崭新的墓碑
第063章巨凝
野枪：终结篇
序章
第001章白刃在喉
第002章酒桶里的白裙
第003章傲者困境
第004章黑胶棍
第005章谁来擦椅子
第006章黑油行动
第007章总统式车队
第008章复仇之焰
第009章仰天一枪
第010章你值得我信任吗
第011章中国烙印
第012章走火
第013章最严厉的审判
第014章小虾米？
第015章中国功夫
第016章活着，死去
第017章找
第018章假如明天死亡来临
第019章中国人？说话！
第020章重返奥力莫
第021章复活的布莱克
第022章枪火正浓
第023章从天降
第024章新任司令官
第025章望黎明
第026章坐在桌角的人
第027章让我们唱首歌吧
第028章流动的宝藏
第029章漂浮的橙色
第030章黄铜弹壳
第031章牵一发，动全身
第032章鲜红，猩红！
第033章谁能瞑目
第034章不弃离，不妥协！
第035章请瞄准我的兄弟
第036章兄弟，我带你回家
尾声

FAQ

Can I read this book without a military background?

Yes. The novel focuses on characters' fates and plot progression; military terminology and mercenary-organization settings serve the story, and no specialist knowledge is required. When you encounter unfamiliar agency or equipment names, following the context is enough and won't prevent you from grasping the main storyline.

Do the two volumes have to be read in order?

Reading in order is recommended. The story revolves around Tao Ye's experiences in the “Spade Team,” and character relationships, foreshadowing, and suspense continue across the two volumes; Ouyang Duo's identity question runs through the entire book. Skipping around or reading backwards easily loses the groundwork of clues and weakens the reading experience.

Is the book's focus gun battles or characters?

Both, but the emphasis is on characters' choices. Action scenes provide rhythm and tension, while what really drives the story is Tao Ye's struggle between mercenary rules and military honor, and the crisis of trust brought about by Ouyang Duo's identity. Readers who want pure action may find the characters' inner drama on the heavy side.

Is the story adapted from real events?

The materials do not state whether it is adapted from real events. The French Foreign Legion, Blackwater, and other organizations mentioned in the book exist in reality, but the specific characters and plot are fictional creations. It is best read as genre fiction, not as documentary material on the real mercenary industry or international events.

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About the author

何楚舞 Author

He Chuwu is an author about whom little public information is available, whose work spans several genres; eleven of his titles are held in this collection. In historical writing he focuses on modern and contemporary China and the memory of war, with works such as Manchukuo: Japan's New Attempt at Colonizing China (2 volumes), Shangganling, My War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and The Defenders, which treat colonial experience and battlefield experience in a documentary manner. In military and popular narrative he has written Wild Gun (2 volumes), Wild Gun Season 1: Bent Spear and The Hometown of Stray Bullets, with tight plotting and an emphasis on action and ensemble casts. He has also worked in social fiction, modern romance and science fiction, as in First Love Angel. His writing moves between serious history and genre fiction, covering a wide range of subjects and showing a sustained interest in war, memory and the fate of ordinary people.