Chapter 753: The Mire
Fighting a war is to fight money, equipment and supplies must keep up, this time the French garrison in Niger suffered heavy losses, the reason is that the equipment is inferior, the Russian mercenaries actually came to fight with stealth planes, you can imagine how much money the Huaxia mining company hired them spent this time.
When did it start to become arrogant for these foreign companies? You know, when did his senior military officers come over, serve in Africa for a few years, rob a few times casually, and become an invisible billionaire when they return home, how did everything not go smoothly when they came to him?
This time, Alang and they hijacked the employees of Huaxia Mining Company, although it was a bit excessive, but in essence, it was for the interests of the country, with these years of ingenuity on the African continent, Areva Energy Group has grown into the world's leader in the nuclear energy industry, and now Huaxia's mining companies and civil nuclear energy companies have repeatedly endangered the interests of Areva Energy Company.
Therefore, although Colonel Barre scolded Captain Alang fiercely, he still wrote a report exonerating him to Brigadier General Martin, the commander-in-chief of the African garrison, and the main purpose of reporting the situation was to ask Brigadier Martin to give support to the French garrison in Niger in terms of equipment, the headquarters of the French garrison in Africa is in Djibouti on the east coast of Africa, and several stealth planes equipped with them in China are also there, and Colonel Barre wants Brigadier General Martin to dispatch him over.
To Colonel Barre's great surprise, Brigadier General Martin flew to Niger the next day to personally ascertain the casualties of the French troops in Niger.
Colonel Barre was puzzled, seeing Brigadier Martin's face as black as the bottom of a pot, thinking of the memories that he had just returned from participating in national defense in China, Colonel Barre couldn't help but speculate, could it be that Brigadier Martin had brought back any unfavorable news from him?
Brigadier General Martin took the roster of the French troops stationed in Niger and checked the casualties one by one, and learned that the total number of French troops stationed in Niger was 380, and 246 were killed on the spot and 122 seriously wounded in this conflict.
He had just returned to China to attend the National Defense Conference and was questioned by the Senate, and the domestic anti-war and demand for the withdrawal of the garrison were very strong.
How did Alang, a fool, get into the position of captain? He doesn't know that an army like theirs is most afraid of casualties? It's nothing to spend more military spending, they can completely let the governments of the countries where they are stationed take it out, but with so many deaths, how can he explain to the people and the opposition?
Barre saw Brigadier General Martin trembling with anger with the casualty list, and immediately knew that his guess was correct, such a large casualty figure estimated that Brigadier General Martin could not explain to the cabinet and the military department at all, so he hurriedly comforted him and said:
"Sir, we don't have many casualties among ourselves, you always know that more than two-thirds of our overseas garrisons are recruited foreign volunteers, and the proportion here is even higher, almost three-quarters of them are not real French soldiers, I have already checked, our registered soldiers, this time there are sixty-four dead, this number is not amazing, right?"
Brigadier General Martin was so angry that he threw the roster on Colonel Barre's face and scolded: "Lao Tzu went back for a meeting, and he had already received secret instructions from the military department, every time the overseas garrison fights with other armed forces, the number of casualties must be controlled below ten, do you hear?! More than 60 people died here at once, how can Lao Tzu keep up with the report?!"
Barre then understood why Brigadier Martin was so nervous that he flew over in person, but everyone was dead, what else could he do?
The two looked at each other for a while, and finally Colonel Barre had the courage to come up with an idea: "Sir, we can only report to the above this time that we have killed eight people and injured more than 20 people this time, and the other casualties, let's hide them first, and then think of creating some skirmishes in the future, and slowly report the casualties here." ”
Martin looked at him and didn't say anything, and said in his heart, this is the only way, otherwise, everyone can't explain, and he and Colonel Barre may have to act as scapegoats, alas, I really can't figure it out, why are Huaxia's enterprises so hardcore this time? Let Russian mercenaries come with stealth planes, and each person will have to pay at least $1,000 a day this day!
This time, the garrison of Niger suffered such a big loss, revenge is necessary, but how to take revenge, it needs to be discussed carefully, he repeatedly explained to Barre: "This time to seek revenge on them, I am afraid that there will inevitably be casualties, so it is best not to let our own soldiers go out, try to use foreigners, so that if there are casualties, we can pay some pensions." ”
Barre already knew that it was powerful, and hurriedly assured Martin: "Don't worry, sir, wrap it up on me, and try to have zero casualties!"
Knowing that Colonel Barre wanted to call his stealth planes, Martin was very hesitant, he only had six stealth planes in his hand, or three years ago the Ministry of Defense ordered from the United States, the United States has always been a chicken thief, and the weapons and equipment sold to foreign countries are one level lower than the conventional equipment of their own country, and after the collapse of Russia, Russia's manufacturing industry has collapsed, and now there is no strength to develop a new generation of stealth aircraft, and the old stealth aircraft of the former Soviet Union have long been obsolete.
Therefore, he was very skeptical that the stealth planes used by these mercenaries this time were also ordered from the United States by the mercenaries through a third party, and they were products of the same level as the equipment in their hands? In this way, they have no superiority in weapons and equipment at all!
If another stealth plane is shot down, it will be even more difficult for him to explain it! The price of stealth planes has always been in the unit of more than 100 million US dollars, not to mention that the Americans sell weapons and equipment strictly control the quantity!
After thinking about it for a while, he still decided to act safely, and explained to Colonel Barre: "In addition to the Tuaregs, who are the other side who came to participate in the war this time, we also need more information, we will first exert some pressure on the Algerian government here, let them give us a reasonable explanation for the Tuaregs harassing our military base, and at the same time let our intelligence officers immediately go over to collect information and determine as soon as possible which side of those ruthless mercenaries is!"
In addition, since he is a mercenary, he counts money every day! Let's lead him first and not send it, spend him a month, and let his tens of millions of dollars go down the drain, I don't believe how much strength he can have as an enterprise to withstand such consumption!"
Song Peiji returned to our uranium mine with these abducted workers, and the Algerian gendarmes saw these people with their own eyes, so they believed Song Peiji's judgment, it turned out that the French garrison was really so bold.
The person in charge of the mining area counted the number of people and found that there were twenty-four workers missing, and after questioning, it was learned that these twenty-four men were hijacked by French soldiers and resisted fiercely, and those soldiers were troublesome, so they shot them dead on the way, and these people killed civilians of other countries without a problem.
As for the dozens of tons of ore, the French pulled it directly to the processing center of Areva Energy Company over there.
Liu Qingyu also led the team back an hour later, he exchanged their casualties with Song Peiji, and immediately left the mining area and returned to Taman-Lassett City, from beginning to end, he pretended to be a bearded and high-nosed Russian, never showed his true face, and naturally did not want to stay in the mining area to attract the attention of the Algerian side.
Back in Taman Lassett City, Liu Qingyu informed Su Yue of the results of this battle, and learned that there were no casualties on their trip, and only seven or eight people were slightly injured, Su Yue was very happy, which also means that the security personnel trained by the Oriental Eagle are first-class, at least in terms of personal quality.
Su Yue also told Liu Qingyu a good news, after our embassy and the Algerian side of the negotiations, the Algerian side agreed that the Oriental Eagle Security Company set up a branch here, with a number of less than 800 people, in exchange for letting us help them train a group of naval officers.
In the past few days, the Oriental Eagle has set up three large branches in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania, and now with the Algerian branch, we have our own armed forces even in South Africa, North Africa, and Central Africa.
Now that we have obtained the government's approval, Su Yue is ready to openly build two training bases here, as a place for the employees of the security company to live and train in their usual life, and this time we sold several warships to Algeria, and the Algerian side asked us to send a nuclear submarine by the way to protect their warships from being blown up by the enemy before their navy forms combat effectiveness, and we have agreed to their request, which means that in the future, the Oriental Eagle will even have the strength to compete with the opponent at sea.
With 800 people in his hands, Liu Qingyu was very determined, he knew very well that the French garrison in Niger had always been a few hundred, and after he was defeated this time, the number sent there would not be much more, and the competition between the two sides in the hands of the people, at least his own side would not fall behind.
This time they beat the French all over the ground, according to the consistent style of the French, they will definitely take revenge, how to fight this battle, he needs to discuss with Su Yue in the long run.
It's just that the French want to retaliate, and they definitely need to replenish a large number of equipment, these are not overnight things, he has ordered our intelligence officers to closely monitor the movements of the garrison in Niger these days.
In this battle, Su Yue spent 6 million US dollars, and he knew better than anyone that if he wanted to win the battle, sufficient military salary was a necessary prerequisite, and surprise tactics were the key to victory.
Since the establishment of the Oriental Eagle Security Company, although it has also been dispatched several times, but because we have deliberately concealed our name, and we have never done anything to eliminate the evil, since we have taken action, we must eliminate the evil, so although we have fought several tough battles, it is still not famous.
Even if the French know that China has its own security forces in Africa, but what is the ability of this security forces, how is the equipment, they are completely unsure of their hearts, although they have lost very badly this time, but our side has always let the Tuaregs take the lead, and has never reported their own name, they may not think that the success of this operation is our own strong security forces.
So Su Yue's idea was that since Liu Qingyu had always appeared as a Russian, the next step was that they might as well hire another five hundred Russian mercenaries to confuse the enemy.
Due to Russia's current poor economic situation, Russian mercenaries are the cheapest among the mercenaries of various countries, but the combat capability of Russian mercenaries is stronger than that of European mercenaries, and they can be regarded as an armed force with good quality and low price.
For Su Yue, hiring them over is nothing more than an extra expenditure, so that the Russian mercenaries can act in the open, and our own team will be hidden in the shadows, so that the French will be taken by surprise, and let him plant another big heel, and when he acts rashly in the future, he will have to be careful.
Listening to Su Yue's thoughts, Liu Qingyu quipped: "No wonder everyone in the world wants to make friends with local tyrants, I am with you, and I can invite foreign aid at any time, this kind of battle starts, not to mention how cool it is!"
Su Yue glanced at him and said with a smile: "Do you really treat me as a fortune boy? You remember, the money I spent is all pointed to you to double for me to earn back! If we can get the French down here, we will immediately be shocked, and the business of the security company will not roll in in the future?"
"Cut!" Liu Qingyu booed him: "You really treat the security company as a business? Our first mission, but to protect the lives and property of overseas Chinese and enterprises, you don't put the cart before the horse!"
"Say you don't understand, you're still not convinced," Su Yue spat out a big smoke ring: "Fighting a war is business, or is it a big business, why are you missing a string in your head? Do you know why the country got us five stealth planes this time? Do you know how big a business opportunity there is?"
Seeing that Liu Qingyu was stunned, Su Yue taught him a lesson: "In the past few decades, countries around the world want to buy stealth planes, they are all buying from the United States, I roughly estimated, the United States but this business, every year is hundreds of billions of dollars, think about it, if this practice proves that our stealth planes are no worse than the Americans, and other countries have one more object to consider when buying planes, we can at least share their tens of billions of dollars of business every year, isn't this a big business?"
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