Chapter 1037: Preparation

The 3,000 or so people seem to be more than a regiment, but it still makes the mining area a big barracks: most of the tribal soldiers temporarily live in the barracks area next to the airport as a company, and there are a lot of dense field tents.

Zhang Nan, who got off the plane, seemed to be very stylish, and it was already evening, and the temperature on the semi-arid grassland had dropped to about 20 degrees: the combination of soil and ocean, wearing a light gray short-sleeved shirt on the upper body, and then resting on the African leopard skin shawl given by the tribe.

Leopard skin, the clothing that can only be worn by chiefs, except for the chiefs and earth kings, even the most famous warriors can only use a narrow strip of leopard skin to decorate their clothes.

In addition to the leopard skin shawl, he also held the ugly hardwood scepter in his hand - although the toy for his sister had long been engraved with a special totem representing the identity of the tribal chief, he was really embarrassed to show it off.

It's a thing that can only be seen in a cupboard, or a toy for my sister, and if it were taken out, it would be a joke if the Queen of England half a world away was angry.

Besides, the Moshari Tuwang and the chief of Uvaru are also each person with a wooden scepter, and if Zhang Nan appears with his sister's toy, it is likely to break the tradition of the Tswa tribe that only talks about reality and does not seek to look good.

The scepter represents power, but it does not mean that the greater the power, the more beautiful the scepter, the key is to see who holds the scepter.

The boss is very stylish, and the few bodyguards who went down the gangway before and Alyosha and Randy who followed behind him are even more stylish!

The US military summer camouflage shirt with rolled sleeves is not wearing a combat uniform, and it is wearing a third-level body armor that is not equipped with a hard bulletproof insert plate for the time being: these body armor can be used as combat vests, and there are a lot of pockets outside, so there is no need to wear a combat uniform inside.

Anti-tear glasses on the bridge of the nose are standard, just because it is already evening, and the bodyguards wear not dark sunglasses, but yellow lens glasses, which have a brightening effect and can be worn at night.

As for weapons, according to the usual habits, the guys from Huaxia all use Soviet-made AKMs with folding supports, while Lin Man and others carry Belgian-made FNC 5.56mm assault rifles equipped with scopes.

This time, they only need to protect the safety of their boss, they don't have to go to Angola to fight UNITA, and there is no problem with a team of people using automatic rifles with two different ammunition.

As for the M16, no one uses it, and the automatic rifles in southern Africa always feel that they are not as common as the Soviet-made and Belgian-made guns.

African mercenaries traditionally believe in the equipment of these two systems.

Guan Boss walked a little behind Zhang Nan obliquely, he was not as aggressive as Alyosha and others, he didn't wear body armor, and he stuffed a Glock 18 in the holster around his waist.

Anyway, his glasses are cold and emotionless from any direction, which will make him even wear sunglasses.

As for the tribal chieftain guards and the basic light weapons and equipment of the tribal armed forces who came to greet them, they are similar to Zhang Nan's bodyguards, and they are also divided into two parts: assault rifles, squad machine guns, and other Soviet-style guns; Universal machine guns, precision shooting rifles, sniper rifles are all NATO series.

This is deliberate, because the two types of ammunition supply and the two main ammunition types do not cause much logistical trouble: the infantry firearms of both the Warsaw Pact and the NATO system itself are composed of two or more types of ammunition, and the two types of ammunition used by the tribal armed forces are very readily available in Africa.

After stepping down the gangway, Zhang Nan stretched out his hand and hugged Moshari, the king of the earth, and hugged and greeted the group of chiefs who came with the king in the same way.

Fortunately, it's not hot now, otherwise I would have to get covered in stinky sweat.

After a few pleasantries, everyone arrived at a large conference room in the airport area, which was set up as a war room, where the latest information on all aspects was summarized.

According to the special person, in a maximum of 24 hours, all the troops directly involved in this operation will be in place, and the speed is very fast.

It's all good news, Zhang Nan didn't expect Mr. Tuwang to have good news, "Chief Allen, there are a small number of veterans in the tribe who have mixed in the Angolan war before, and two of them have also been to Lukapa and Sorimu in the north, they are familiar with the situation there, and they are also proficient in two local languages..."

Botswana is not a border with Angola, but the colonizers deliberately left behind the blessing of history, the northern part of Botswana, that is, the territory of Namibia beyond the northern border of the Tswa tribe, is a narrow strip of land only about 30 kilometers wide, just a stone's throw from Angola.

Namibia was also a war zone before the mid-80s, and it was still fighting the Angolan Civil War and the National Independence War, and it was normal for some people in the Tswa tribe to be involved.

It's not about them being the pacemaker of the party, it's about sending them out to get into the Angolan target area early – or because of the damn dirt runway airport in Lukapa: if you know the weather in advance, the second batch of C130 transport planes to arrive on the battlefield can be prepared to land at the airport or use ultra-low-altitude towed airdrops.

The question is: How did this man get over?

1,400 kilometers!

Zhang Nan said with doubts, and Moshari, the king of the soil, said: "As long as they can be sent to Shorim, then they can reach Lukapa quickly." They have this ability, they are not only veterans who are familiar with the steppe, but they are also very familiar with the local situation in Lukapa, and they are absolutely loyal to the tribe!"

The information for the raid was very important, and secrecy was even more important: what if the two men were found out by UNITA?

After discussing the issue, two more veterans in their thirties were called, and finally it was decided to send two more black buddy contractors who could speak Portuguese fluently.

Go deep behind enemy lines, high pay!

Taking the airdrop, the veterans of the two tribes actually had parachute experience, but this time they had to parachute in a local Angolan costume. As for the other two contractors, the first task was to use satellite phones to make contact, while ensuring that the two veterans could shut up at critical moments.

They had only two days to travel from Saurim to Lukapa and gauge the ground conditions. It can also be said that these four people only need to hold out in the vicinity of Lukapa for two days, because in the night two days later, C141 will appear over Lukapa.

That night, the C141 transport plane from the Philippines also arrived at the mining airport, and the commander of the Marine Battalion, Dwight Breed, and his old partner Zhang Zhenjin arrived with a company of 158 people.

Now the island of Luzon in the Philippines has just come out of the ash heap of volcanic ash, and the guys are fed up with the damn sulfur smell, and this trip is full of elation!

Some battles are fought, and the time has come to make a lot of money!