Chapter 280: War Resumes
After sending Bob Lutz away, Erwin's satellite phone rang, and as soon as he connected it, he flickered and handed it to Jonas. "Mr. Richie's phone number. ”
Richie rarely called Jonas directly, and when he did, he always relayed it through his men.
Go straight to Jonas, something big must have happened.
Jonas took the call. "Uncle Mark, I'm Jonas. ”
"Jonas, I have bad news for you. ”
"Speak. ”
"Porta insisted on going his own way, and today he made a decision to send troops to Angola again. ”
Jonas's heart sank and he asked, "Is there any reaction from the Armenian side?"
"Not yet, and almost all of the parliamentarians I know are in charge of business proposals. However, according to the practice of the Soviet Union and Armenia against Angola, they will not intervene directly, but will only fight a proxy war. ”
Jonas was most concerned with the blockade after the outbreak of war. "Will the Angolan waters be blocked? ”
"Probably not. ”
Jonas was relieved and said: "This war was originally expected by us, as long as it does not involve an international embargo, the impact on us is not great. ”
Richie asked, "You're not worried that Santos will fail?"
Jonas has experience in the afterlife, and of course knows that Santos will experience the biggest defeat next year, but in the end it will be the winner. He said with a smile: "Instead of worrying about the failure of Santos, it is better to think about the problem of coal transportation in the Rainbow Country after the failure of Porta." ”
He didn't know it, because of his calmness, Richie looked up to him a little more in his heart.
The Rainbow Nation is the number one power in Africa, and if it weren't for apartheid, which led to condemnation from countries around the world, their international reputation would have been even greater.
In the seventies, they began to develop nuclear weapons, the army and weapons are the strongest in Africa, and the economy has become a world power.
Dongying has been seeking to become the sixth largest member of the Council, and they have pulled the rainbow country together to turn the big five into the seventh.
At this time, no one dared to believe that they had become a poor country in the afterlife.
The war between Angola and them has always been an asymmetrical war, and if it were not for the heroic and combative Cuban soldiers, Angola would have been wiped out long ago.
War is about to break out again, but Jonas is sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, how can this mentality not be looked up to?
Of course, while he wasn't really worried, he couldn't do nothing.
After thinking about the whereabouts of the private jets of several relatives and friends, he said to Erwin: "Get ready, follow me to Angola." ”
Back in the office, he dialed Venus. "Uncle Venus, I'm going to Africa on a temporary trip, and I'm going to borrow your plane. ”
"The plane was at Buochs airport and I called Enrique to get them ready. ”
Although Venus was very happy, Jonas was still a little embarrassed, and the medium and long-range private jets had to be bought now.
The Gulfstream aircraft now has a range of 6,000 kilometers in the third series, but it is still too small, and Jonas now often goes out, with dozens of people around him, and the Gulfstream plane can seat more than 20 people at most, and the plane can't even drive a car inside.
Gulfstream aside, there are only Boeing and Airbus to choose from.
In terms of range, of course, Boeing is more suitable, but Jonas doesn't want to buy Boeing.
In the case of Airbus, the current maximum range is only 6,000 kilometers, which can only be said to be barely enough.
Before leaving the company, he went to the company's administration department and spoke to Ursula's assistant, Hathawayine. "Contact Airbus to order a medium and long-range aircraft for the company. It is required to be able to accommodate between 50 and 100 cabins, and the luggage compartment can accommodate at least four cars. ”
Hathaway took it down and asked, "Any more requests?"
"The interior should be simple and elegant, preferably with one or two bedrooms. ”
"Okay, I'll report back to you when I'm sure I'm here. ”
By the time we got home, Grandma Hannah had already helped Jonas pack his clothes. "Why did you suddenly arrange to go to Anguo?"
Thinking of his grandmother's words a few days ago, he didn't hide it from her, and said: "The Rainbow Country is going to restart the war, and the Anguo side needs me to go over and appease it." ”
"Will it affect offshore exploration?"
"Probably not, the Soviet Union will not allow them to blockade the sea. ”
"I've said it a long time ago," ...... halfway through the sentence, Hannah stopped chattering and asked Jonas in a soft voice, "What do you want to eat at night?"
Jonas laughed, "It's time to celebrate today as a student." ”
Hannah then remembered that Jonas had defended today, and asked, "The defense was successful! I'll cook the food myself today, and you go and call Neuer and call her over for dinner. ”
As she spoke, Aunt Ferrin came back in a Ferrari, and the first to get out of the car was Neuer, who was returning home on Friday.
After Aunt Feline got out of the car, Helen got out of the back seat. "Grandma, I'm back, don't you think I have?"
Seeing Jonas at the window, Neuer waved happily and ran upstairs. "Brother Jonas, I'll help you move tomorrow. ”
"I'm sorry, I'm going to Anguo early tomorrow morning, and I can only ask you for this move. ”
Neuer was a little disappointed, but nodded solemnly. "Don't worry, I'll get all your belongings in order. ”
Jonas rubbed her hair and couldn't help but take her in his arms and kiss her.
He had mixed feelings about Neuer, he used to just watch it as a younger sister, but as the relationship developed, now there is respect and love, but love, it doesn't seem to have increased much.
Maybe I still can't turn this corner psychologically......
She is different from Nicole's beauty, Nicole is cold and glamorous, and her beauty is flamboyant. And her silhouette is much softer, and her beauty is dignified and low-key.
She is very beautiful, and she fits Jonas's fantasy of a future wife, but she is too familiar......
Early the next morning, Jonas flew directly to Luanda, this time accompanied by only four bodyguards, who would only stay there for three or four days at most, meeting with people from all walks of life.
The war between Anguo and Rainbow Country did not break out suddenly, but has been fought intermittently.
In the seventies, after the independence of Angola, the Soviet-backed Santos and the Western-backed Savimbi began a civil war.
Savimbi is the largest ethnic group in the country, the Owen Bundu ethnic group, which accounts for about 3 million of the country's 8 million people.
Santos, on the other hand, is from the Kimbundu ethnic group, which makes up only one-fifth of the population.
But Santos, an elite talent that the Soviet Union had cultivated since the fifties, co-opted other nationalities and defeated Savimbi.
But Saven is more than a race, so although the government forces have the advantage, they can't really eliminate him.
As for the Rainbow Country and Cuba, it was a military struggle triggered by a mixture of political factors for national and international reasons.
Savimbi couldn't beat Santos, so he invited the Rainbow Nation. As soon as the tank army of the Rainbow Nation arrived, Santos couldn't win again, so he invited the Cubans.
The Cuban soldiers were born in guerrilla warfare with the Armenians, and they were brave and good at fighting, and the rainbow country they fought was defeated and retreated.
This tug-of-war has been going on, and in 83 years, the Rainbow Country was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, and if it didn't want to fight, most of the Cuban troops were withdrawn and returned home.
But last year, Santos concentrated his forces to encircle and suppress Savimbi, and Savimbi lost a lot of places.
The planes and tanks donated by the Soviet Union made Santos want to solve the battle in one fell swoop, and at this time, the Rainbow Country saw that it could not fight anymore, so it was about to start again.
Unbeknownst to Jonas, Santos was distracted by the oil development plan, and the Rainbow Nation had actually postponed the date of the war.
In the original history, Savimbi lost too badly, and on January 5, the Rainbow Country entered the territory of Angola.
But due to the international attention caused by the oil development plan, the war began almost four months late.
For a country like theirs, a tank force of 4,000 people can already be called a large army.
For Jonas, a battle of tens of thousands of men, halfway through the battle, having to go home and sleep and fight again, is no threat to his drilling platform in the northern seas.
However, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, in case the other party sends troops to blow up its own drilling platform, a drilling platform, the cheapest will be tens of millions of dollars!
So, the necessary defense still has to be arranged.
When the plane arrives in Luanda, Jonas gets the news that the Rainbow Nation has officially declared war.
But the streets of Luanda are still in the same chaotic state, and no matter how chaotic they are, they won't be messy anymore.
Kane personally brought thirty heavily armed mercenaries to the airport to meet Jonas, and he was on guard all the way, and only breathed a sigh of relief when Jonas entered the government palace.
In the face of Jonas, Santos still firmly assured that the government forces would abide by the agreement and would not let the war affect their cooperation.
Jonas also took the opportunity to propose expanding the number of mercenaries, and Santos agreed without even thinking about it.
Subsequently, Jonas met with representatives of the Soviet Union and Cuba, and even with representatives sent by Mobutu to Angola.
All promised not to let the war expand to Cabinda, a thousand kilometers away from the battlefield.
The Cuban military representatives, they all look very rustic, and they are not tall, but when it comes to fighting, they are really good at fighting.
Coming out of the government palace, Jonas went straight to the harbor and boarded a shallow sea ship. The ship was specially designed to deliver supplies for the drilling platform, with a displacement of three thousand tons, strong horsepower, and a significant cargo capacity.
On the west coast of Africa, ordinary fishing boats and speedboats are worse than this boat, and they cannot pose a threat.
From Luanda to Cabinda, about 400 kilometers. From noon until dark, Jonas crossed the country of Zaire before arriving in the Angolan enclave of Cabinda.
Jonas was not worried that the war would affect him, mainly because the enclave was north of Zaire, and the regular army did not dare to come across it.
As for small groups of saboteurs, their own mercenary groups will be able to deal with them.
Because oil has not yet been discovered, it has not yet become a blessed land for Angola.
Although Cabinda is close to the sea, there is no natural harbor here, and the coastal water is shallow, and large ships cannot dock.
In later generations, a special oil tanker port was built here, as well as an airport, but in this era, there was nothing here.
However, he did not have the slightest regrets.
Because in the past, it was developed by Gulf Oil and Angolan Oil Company in cooperation with Angolan Oil Company, and now, it is his turn to lead, and he is confident that he will build this place more brilliantly.