Chapter 224: Anticlimactic
San Lucos, the second largest city in Bolivia. Today, the Central and South American country is almost fragmented. Although the name of the country has been retained, the control of government forces over the capital and seven or eight surrounding cities has been reduced to zero.
It can be said that Bolivia is experiencing a war and a humanitarian catastrophe. But for a variety of reasons and entangled interests, most of the so-called liberal media in the West are silent about what is happening here. After all, for many Eagle Nationals, they don't even know where Bolivia is.
Not only the Eagles, but also many people in the world may not know where Bolivia is. Some people may know the legendary "Sky Realm", but they don't know that this place is in Bolivia.
And if you want to point out the location of Bolivia on the world map, I am afraid that ninety-five out of a hundred people will not be able to find it. The five that can be found may still be geography majors.
Bolivia is one of the richest known mineral deposits in the world, and all kinds of mineral deposits that humanity needs are currently present in Bolivia. Including high-grade gold, silver, copper, iron and tin ores, as well as zinc, antimony, tungsten, bismuth, magnesium, lithium, uranium and other deposits, various rare earth minerals are also in large quantities in Bolivia.
How rich are Bolivia's mineral deposits? For example, in this day and age, gold can be mined by river panning near Bolivia's mineral rivers. And in the wild, it is often found that doghead gold weighing up to 50 grams, and even bull head gold weighing more than 500 grams have been found.
Bolivia also has a well-developed forestry industry that produces a large number of trees of high economic value. Bolivia has a large area of economic forest, including mahogany, which is widely used in high-end musical instruments and high-end furniture, as well as a large amount of American oak, which is also needed by the winemaking industry and the high-end furniture industry.
Not to mention that Bolivia is one of the largest producers of oil and gas in South America. Countless countries are envious of Bolivia's natural resources, and even jealously call Bolivia "a donkey sitting on a gold mine".
Because Bolivia is mountainous, the terrain is not too good. However, with such abundant natural resources and mineral resources, even a mountainous country should be able to develop very well.
On the contrary, Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in all of South America. Hyperinflation remains high, and the economy is heavily dependent on the export of petroleum gas and mineral deposits. However, the country lacks the technology for deep processing of petroleum gas and mineral deposits. As a result, natural resources can only be sold cheaply.
The gap between the rich and the poor and the technological gap in China is huge, and a large amount of Western capital monopolizes the important economic lifeline of the country. Profits from petroleum gas and various mineral deposits have been almost deprived by the Western bloc.
It is also because of the huge gap between the rich and the poor that Bolivia has always had an undercurrent. When the Visionakers appeared ten years ago, they quickly rallied a group of people under the slogan of overthrowing the government and establishing a new country.
At present, the whole of Bolivia is already divided. The rest of the country was occupied by different warlords, except for the government forces.
The largest warlord was the New Bolivian Union, which had de facto control of the city of San Rucos. Claiming to have 100,000 fighters, they want to overthrow the old regime and establish a new, powerful and rich Bolivian regime.
However, this coalition army has been fighting in Bolivia for seven or eight years in the civil war, and although its territory has expanded a lot, it has not seen how to develop the people's livelihood, nor has it seen their intention to build a big Bolivian state.
Instead, under their control, Bolivia's mineral deposits were sold to Western companies at lower prices. Because in the past, anyway, Bolivia also had its own state-owned non-ferrous metal smelter.
And after this group of guys came up, they couldn't understand the factory, and they destroyed the original factory. Even the ability to process metal ores at the primary and intermediate levels is gone. You can only sell the raw ore directly. The added value of the product is lower, and the workers earn less and are more tired.
At the same time, in order to expand military spending, but also to reduce the discontent of the population in the area under control. The Combine has legalized transactions such as gambling, pornography, drugs, etc., to a certain extent.
The city of San Lucos is home to the largest brothel in South America. Modeled after the architecture of Las Vegas Las Vegas, they built a place of extreme luxury and blood-pumping at the same time. A comprehensive entertainment venue integrating gambling, erotica, drugs, etc.: Crystal Palace.
The main building at the main entrance to the Crystal Palace is made entirely of steel and glass, with a height of six floors and an area of 30,000 square meters, which resembles the pyramid of the Inca Empire in South America.
Behind the Crystal Palace are the sprawling hotels and casinos. The hotel and casino behind the Crystal Palace has more than 6,000 rooms, and the casino can accommodate 40,000 people to gamble together at one time.
Crystal Palace is the number one casino in South America and has even attracted many gamblers from other countries. In addition to gambling, it also offers technical services for women (men).
This casino is also the largest legal gym in the world. There are more than 20,000 technical women (technical men) working here.
It's hard to say that all of these women (men) work here voluntarily. Because there are a lot of women (men) who speak different languages. They come from different parts of the world, from South America to Africa, from North America to East Asia, from Western Europe to Eastern Europe. You can find women (men) of all ages from all over the world.
This super casino (brothel) brought extraordinary profits to the Combine. The Coalition's military strength has continued to expand, and it has now become the leading warlord power in central South America.
And in the largest conference room in the Crystal Palace, a meeting of the Eighteenth Route Warlords to crusade against the Lord of Magnetics is being held.
The largest warlord from northern Peru, the warlord who claims to have an army of 200,000, Vince is holding two young girls from Eastern Europe in his arms. The girls didn't look very old, only sixteen or seventeen years old, and there were some freckles on their faces. They threw themselves into Evans's arms with heavy makeup, looking like they were all in tune.
Dark-skinned, Vince, who was very difficult to mess with at first glance, sat at the bottom of the round table in the conference room, which was the most honorable position on the conference table besides the top position.
"I said Erikwin, where's your big brother? Why is Lekwin gone?"
Sitting in the upper hand position is the convener of this meeting, and the current supreme commander of the Coalition Army, Eric Kevin. He raised his eyebrows: "The gas exploded, and my brother was unfortunately killed." Now I am the Supreme Commander of the Coalition Forces. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, a cacophony rang out in the conference room. Because everyone knows that Lekvin is a strong man. His ability is to unleash the heat blast, and he is an immortal. Unable to be burned by the flames, he had once walked naked through the burning area of a napalm unharmed.
The thousands of degrees of heat he released in an instant could melt all the shells, causing the enemy to vaporize and disappear in an instant. Will this peerless powerhouse die in a gas explosion?
Who believes?
No one objected to what Eric Ravin said, though, because it was an internal matter for their combined forces. And Lekvin's death is not necessarily a bad thing, this guy is too brutal and eyeing many small warlords. Eric Kevin is at least a negotiable person.
Relatively speaking, it is even more desirable for Eric Vine to remain the leader of the Combine Army for a long time.
Vince smiled and didn't dwell on the cause of Lekvin's death, but instead changed the topic and said, "Did your brother tell you that he had promised us to back up the disputed points between the two sides to our side?"
Vince stared into Eric Wen's eyes and said, "When are you going to retire?"
Eric Wen ignored Vince, who was angry about his brother's death, and said directly: "Compared to the dispute between our two families, don't you all here think that the Magneto Domination is the biggest cancer in our South America?"
"Now we're going to get down to business, and I ask you to let your female companions out. Eric Kevin looked around the room.
As the host, he is still very good at greeting guests. He knew exactly what the representatives of the warlords liked were money, drugs and women.
So these warlord representatives didn't do anything on the first day they got off the plane, and Eric Kevin asked them to take them to play in the casino, and arranged a lot of beautiful women to match them. Let these delegates each win more than 100,000 dollars, and go home happy, and there are beautiful women to accompany them in the evening.
For these warlords, having fun in time is the most important thing. So obviously they were going to talk about business the next day, but they were still having a few girls around them now.
Some warlord representatives are not even addicted to hand. After all, it's not a big deal for this group of guys to prostitute themselves in public, and some people even like to have a long time with others.
So it was supposed to be a serious meeting, but there were all kinds of indescribable voices in the conference room. Some of the delegates kept their eyes closed in enjoyment, and Eric Vine was sure that the guy must not have heard anything.
"I said, everyone, can you have a serious meeting? We have an important meeting to be held, and it is better not to have unrelated people and so on. Eric Wen emphasized.
Most of the people present let out a chuckle.
And Vince scoffed: "Hey, Eric Vin. Looks like you don't have the guts of your brother at all. Do you think we're stupid? We all choose Eastern European girls, speaking Ukrainian, Polish, Slovenian. Do they understand our language? Our conversation is naturally encrypted. What are you afraid of?!"
Vince's words caused laughter from the other warlord representatives present.
"If you're so scared, why don't you get out of here, get out of the Crystal Palace, and change the owner?" Vince raised his eyebrows, unbuttoned his crotch and patted the blonde Eastern European woman next to him. She knew what to do.
Eric Vine's lips jumped.
Vince said unhurriedly, "We know what we're here for. Deal with the Magneto-Dominator. We've already talked about it. We're going to besiege it together, and we don't need you to stress it again. By the way, when are you going to give up the land that your brother promised to cede ?!"
Vince looked at Eric Vinn provocatively.
Eric scolded his mother in his heart, can these warlords have a little foresight?! I want you to come to the meeting to formulate how to deal with the Magneto Master, not to say that they will rush up! Don't you think about who should fight and who should support you?
This group of South American military lords is really hopeless!
Eric slammed the door in a frustrated manner.
ps: It's the end of the month, ask for a ticket~