Chapter 321: Mobutu

At Luanda airport on February 4, Jonas dialed a subordinate in Cabinda in the drizzle.

Yang Yi said that everything was normal at the construction site, Kane said that everything was normal with training, and Andreev also said that everything was normal at the camp.

In the port of Soyo, there is only one subordinate liaison office, and Jonas cannot be reached for the time being.

This also made Jonas feel that his work was still insufficient, at least in sensitive areas, and he had to arrange his own tentacles.

It was only through interest groups that Jonas learned that it was UNITA soldiers who attacked the port of Soyo airport, and that they had been preparing for this attack for nearly half a month.

On 4 February, there were already very few flights at the airport, with less than 20 flights a week, and an average of less than three flights a day.

But now, it has been turned into an air base, and all kinds of fighters, transport planes, and bombers take off and land at the airport like a military parade, making a deafening roar.

All the subordinates were ten meters away, and within a hundred meters, a tight defense system was formed.

Erwin brought a chair, and Jonas sat down, lost in thought.

On the surface, he was at the right time this time, and he encountered UNITA's counterattack, so he delayed his trip.

But the last time I went to Cabinda, I was in the right place, and I was attacked by the Bukzau tribe, and this time it happened to be in the same place, which is also too coincidental.

It is not this that is more critical, but the attack on the way.

It seems common to be cold-shot in war-ridden Luanda, but it is by no means unusual.

He was surrounded by a guard of more than a hundred people, including many elite soldiers. His whereabouts were not concealed from anyone, no matter which side they were, who knew his car.

The purpose of this attack was to target him.

Of course, it is not easy to attack him, you can put a shuttle bullet with an AK, and if you take a bazooka, I am afraid that you will be killed by the bodyguards as soon as you show up.

If it is for one's own life, a person who wants to assassinate himself with a cold gun will not succeed unless he is unlucky.

Since you know that you can't hurt yourself, but you still take this way, there must be other reasons behind this.

Linked to the attack that had been planned in the port of Soyo half a month in advance, Jonas seemed to see a large net enveloping him.

Asking for her own life is certainly not the goal, even if she dies, grandma Hannah can still control the oil company, and she can sell the company to interest groups......

Thinking of this, Jonas was shocked.

Rich and Green are on the wanted list, and it is impossible for them to come forward to manage a company, which will always be assigned to the major partners.

With the possibility that whoever benefits is the most suspicious, Jonas suspects that the mastermind behind the scenes is more likely to be his own.

However, without evidence, Jonas must not direct his suspicious gaze to his own people. Perhaps, this is what the mastermind behind the scenes wants Jonas to do.

This big net of conspiracy is by no means simple, and what you have to do is not to take revenge immediately, which is to fall into a trap.

Instead, we must stabilize our position, take every step of the way, check the loopholes around us, and not let anyone have a chance.

Thinking about these things clearly, Jonas stood up and instructed Plov: "Inform Andreev and ask him to send a squadron to Kinshasa." Then inform the tower that it is ready to take off and go to Kinshasa. ”

Cabinda didn't go for the time being, although he just deliberately didn't want him to go to Cabinda, but he didn't have the urge to risk his life.

Hiding outside can also see the situation more clearly.

On the plane, Jonas sat across from Gelsharon and stared at the wound on his head for a few moments, which made him a little annoyed before asking, "What do you think this attack represents?"

Hearing Jonas speak, Gehr immediately regained his composure and said seriously: "EOT Petroleum has monopolized all the rights and interests of Petronas Ontario's offshore oil development, which is a tempting piece of cake.

From a business point of view, no one should directly threaten their lives, because even if EOT Oil loses you, no one can guarantee that EOT Oil will receive the benefits that belong to EOT Oil.

From a political point of view, you should not be targeted at a time when the war is gaining momentum. Only when the trend of war becomes clear will it be a good time to do so.

I haven't been with you for long, and it's not clear who you have a grudge against. Judging from the current situation, it is more like someone wants to muddy the waters and then fish in troubled waters. ”

Jonas was still very satisfied with the sensitivity of the salon, nodded and said, "Although you are injured, you still need to worry about the security these days. Mikiros ......"

Mikiros, who was sitting not far away, immediately came to Jonas's side, and Jonas commanded: "Write a check for twenty thousand Swiss francs as compensation to Mr. Sharon." ”

Sharon playfully responded, "What a generous employer you are. ”

Jonas pretended to be helpless and responded: "I can only have a certain advantage in money." ”

This is to say to these Jewish bodyguards, compared to patriotism and nationalism, he has no competitiveness.

In order to gather more Mossad agents in two years' time, he has to start building his image now.

The others were a little envious of the 20,000 Swiss francs that Salon had received, because it was their salary for a year.

One of the bodyguards, Mbeya, volunteered: "Jonas, why don't we expand the search area, if we have the assistance of government forces, we can catch the murderer." ”

Jonas laughed: "What can you do if you catch it? Such a killer has been abandoned from the beginning, and it is impossible for them to know the inside story." ”

Jonas turned to Mikiros and said, "After a storm, when you go back, you will be compensated 5,000 Swiss francs for each of you." ”

Back in his front seat, Jonas was still thinking about whether there was a connection between the shooting on the road today and the attack in Port Soyo.

If so, what exactly is the other person trying to achieve?

Mikiros approached Jonas and handed over a stack of papers. "Jonas, we'll land in Kinshasa in an hour, let's get acquainted with Zaire's information. ”

Jonas nodded, and arranged: "Don't leave for the time being at the airport, wait for Andreev and them to arrive, and go to the presidential palace together." ”

"Okay. I immediately asked the crew to contact Andreev and them by radio. ”

After opening Zaire's information, Jonas quickly linked Mobutu, who was in his memory, with Mobutu's current Mobutu, and listed information about Zaire's personnel and national conditions from large to small.

More than twenty years ago, through close relations with Armenia, Mobutu, who was not yet thirty years old, made his first military mutiny, but failed.

This defeat not only did not hurt his French relationship with Armenia, but on the contrary, because of the relationship of interests, coupled with the close relationship he established in Armenia during his dormant stage, he gained strong support.

This laid the foundation for the success of his second military mutiny, because he was too young to sit on the presidential throne, and he became the commander-in-chief and held military power.

Four years later, when there was a power conflict between President Kasabbu and Prime Minister MoΓ―se, he staged a coup d'Γ©tat to overthrow Kasabbuu and assumed the presidency.

In '67 he experienced his only crisis, quelling a rebellion by white mercenaries and executing hundreds of them, which brought great benefits to his popularity.

However, it was also because of the hypocrisy of the white people that the Africanization of the country began in the seventies, not only changing the name of the country to the Republic of Zaire, but also changing the previous economic strategy and nationalizing a large amount of international investment.

From the 60s to the 70s, Zaire attracted more than $2 billion in international investment, but much of that investment went into his personal pocket.

He gradually began to deify himself, giving himself a whole host of titles, including the father of the nation, the great savior of the people, the super soldier, and the grand strategist. In Zaire, poems and dances in praise of Mobutu are spread everywhere, and the collar badges of Zairean officials are portraits of Mobutu.

Mobutu also demanded that Zaireans who use Christian names stop using these Westernized names and use African names, and specifically warned the clergy that when baptizing babies, priests face five years in prison if they give their children Christian names.

The name Mobutu chose for himself was a, which, according to the translation of the Ngbendu language, means warrior who does not know defeat, possesses endurance and indomitable ability, calls to the flames, and goes from victory to victory.

The Africanization movement brought him great prestige, and in the late seventies he began to expel private capital and nationalize the mining and plantation industries.

This has allowed him to regress slightly in his relations with the West, but he has been able to maintain a balance by relying on the transfer of interests.

Mobutu nationalized more than 2,000 foreign companies without compensation, including farms, plantations, ranches, factories, wholesalers and retail enterprises.

Mobutu called this a revolution, but few of the companies that were supposed to be nationalized became real state property, and most of them were distributed among the Mobutu family's relatives and friends.

Mobutu owned 14 plantations of his own, produced a quarter of Zaire's cocoa and rubber, and employed tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of Europeans, in Zaire's third-largest number of employees, after the state-owned mining companies.

In the 70s, about a third of Zaire's national output was related to Mobutu's family.

Zaire's central bank essentially became Mobutu's personal purse, at his disposal. Mobutu is also the largest shareholder of Kinshasabank, where companies in many industries are required to open accounts.

Mobutu's investment interests are very wide-ranging, covering almost every sector, and the branches of foreign companies such as Fiat, Volkswagen, and Unilever in Zaire also have shares in Mobutu.

Through the Armenian merchants, Mobutu even had some influence on the world diamond market. And the copper and cobalt mines, which create the most value for Zaire, are naturally controlled by him.

In '77, more than 50 companies controlled by Mobutu transferred $300 million overseas. In the past three years, Mobutu has withdrawn as much as $150 million directly from the central bank.

At the same time, a lot of the income from export products goes directly to Mobutu's personal overseas account, and the amount cannot be counted.

The vast majority of people believe that by the late 70s, Mobutu was already one of the richest people in the world, and by the 1980s, Mobutu's personal fortune was estimated at more than $5 billion.

In Europe and the United States, in Zaire, Mobutu has countless investments, and there are countless industries of all kinds, even with the professionalism of Jonas, it is impossible to count how much his specific wealth is.

But no matter how corrupt and dictatorial this government was, Mobutu, who was on the front line against the Soviet Union, always had the support of Western countries, especially Armenia.

In the eyes of Armenia, Mobutu was a tyrant, but also a friendly tyrant, a reliable friend of the Western world.

As for the legend that he likes to eat babies, it is only a rumor, and unlike Amin, the tyrant really eats human flesh, but Mobutu is slandered by his opponents.

At Hoffmann's private bank, there is also an account opened by Mobutu in the name of his son, in which 32 million spare funds are placed.

He was of course a member of interest groups, and the vast majority of his minerals were sold through Richie's company.

So in Zaire, Jonas doesn't have to worry about his own safety, Mobutu will definitely protect him with the highest standards.

However, Jonas has to make a gesture, he has just been assassinated in Angola with his front foot, and if he acts like a nobody, how can he make those people feel fulfilled?

The plane stopped at Nadoro airport for 30 minutes, and the team of bodyguards arriving from Cabinda arrived at the airport in a truck, fully armed.

Jonas and Mobutu's eldest son, Benga, stepped off Green's private jet, which he had driven.

Seeing the heavily armed Soviet soldiers under the hanging ladder, Banga shook his head and said: "Jonas, in Zaire, you don't have to worry about your own safety. If it weren't for your request, we wouldn't have allowed the Soviets to enter our country. ”

Jonas laughed, "They are all retired soldiers, and I'm a businessman who has never been willing to turn business into politics. ”

Banga asked, "But have you considered that getting too close to the Soviets would affect your relationship with Armenia?"

If he wasn't familiar with history, Jonas was certainly afraid. But knowing that in a few years the USSR would collapse, he was not afraid.

In recent years, he has also used the deterrence of the Soviets to protect his oil rights.

Without the Soviets, he would not have been able to refuse the Armenian oil company to come in and get a piece of the pie.

Descending the suspension ladder, two brand-new Rolls-Royces were parked underneath, which were delivered to Mobutu as dividends this year.

Because of the existence of interest groups, the current production of Rolls-Royce and Bentley is in short supply, which is completely different from the losses in previous years.

Jonas will not worry about the loss of these two brands, as long as Hoffman Financial Investment Bank can bring a steady stream of profits, these two luxury cars, will not worry about sales.

Sitting in the car, Jonas looked out at the backward city, wondering how he could get more out of Mobutu's last decade of rule.

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