Chapter 1308 Africa

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Liu Dong's stay in Vancouver was destined to be short-lived! Bad news from Sudan sent him on the plane again after stabilizing Standard Chartered Bank and taking care of all the urgent matters at hand.

The Republic of Sudan is located at the eastern end of the Sahara Desert. With a land area of 1.88 million square kilometers, it is the third largest country in Africa and the 15th largest country in the world.

Moreover, Sudan also has the common problems of almost all European countries, such as: a single economic structure, mainly agriculture and animal husbandry, backward industry, weak foundation, and strong dependence on nature and foreign aid. And most importantly, war!

The opposition in the north, the rebels in the south, and the National People's Congress party led by al-Bashir in the center, and Turabi's 'People's Congress Party', that is, the 'Islamic Lan Front Alliance', compete with each other for national power, coupled with the prodding of the US intelligence agencies, the whole Sudan is like a powder keg, which will explode at one point!

The war has also made Sudan one of the world's least developed countries declared by the United Nations. It has been ranked as the "most restless country in the world" by the Failed Countries Index list.

But even so, 300 million tons of iron ore, 9 million tons of copper, 9,000 tons of silver, 700,000 tons of chromium, 500 million tons of oil, 64 million hectares of forests, rich gum arabic, and rich resources such as manganese, gold, aluminum, lead, uranium, zinc, tungsten, asbestos, gypsum, mica, talc, diamonds, etc., still attract groups of capitalists to extract wealth from this vast land.

The Strata company, which has now been acquired by Liu Dong, is one of them, but their excessive greed has finally reaped the consequences.

The Lisai Iron Mine is located 70 kilometers east of Adaramah, a city along the Atbara River. Although it has 300 million tons of high-grade manganese ironite. It's a big fat meat that's enough to make all the resource companies in the world criminal. But few people have the courage to exploit the Lisai iron ore mine, which is on the front lines of the fighting between the northern opposition and the southern rebels.

And Strata was not the first company to reel in the chaos of Sudan and want to make a fortune. But they are clearly not as well-connected as Anglo American in the same industry.

Although because of their relationship with the United Kingdom, they could borrow some connections left over from the British colonial era, but they still failed in the end.

After the construction of the iron ore mine is completed, a narrow-gauge railway connects to the southern railway node of Ereba, with an investment of nearly $1.8 billion, and the harvest is about to be ushered in. But he never thought that he would be picked by the southern rebels.

After several efforts to no avail, the already tight capital chain of the Strata Company broke due to its rapid expansion!

Of course, this big burden after bankruptcy also fell into the hands of Abi National Bank, and after Abi National Bank was acquired by Liu Dong, it naturally became a practical problem that Liu Dong had to solve.

However, before solving this problem, Liu Dong must also deal with the God of War mercenary group that has rebelled!

Therefore, he did not go to Adarama immediately, but flew down from Cairo, Egypt, and went up the Nile River to Atbara, an important hub city in northeastern Sudan!

"Door master!" looked at Liu Dong who walked into the room. The secret door killers present and the diamond killer 'Aquarius' Roddy who led them hurriedly stood up.

looked at Liu Dong with a serious expression. Roddy was very worried in his heart, he was ordered to lead a team of killers to solve the rebellion of the God of War mercenary group leader Fastino Balde, but almost a month passed, not only did there be no progress, but continued to lose troops. This kind of losing streak will not be easily forgiven by any leader.

Liu Dong was naturally the same, with a terrifying momentum all over his body, staring at Aquarius Roddy with a cold expression, until fine cold sweat oozed from the other party's forehead, Liu Dong snorted coldly, "What's the specific situation?"

Roddy, who breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, hurriedly said: "Now Fastino Balde's God of War mercenary group has been expanded to 30,000 people with the support of the rebels in northern Sudan!"

"Thirty thousand?"

This figure was somewhat unexpected by Liu Dong, the last information of the God of War mercenary group he had was that the military strength in the other party's hands was only about 10,000, and now it had tripled all of a sudden!

"Yes, Lord, if it weren't for Fastino Balde's large number of soldiers and the well-defended camp, we wouldn't have lost continuously!"

After thinking for a while, Liu Dong nodded silently.

Although the killers of the secret door are elite, if they are allowed to attack the well-organized modern military camp, it will obviously not lead to any good results.

Machine guns and cannons are not able to be stopped by a fragile human body.

"Where did they get the money to sustain 30,000 people?" Liu Dong asked.

Because he once held the three 10,000-strong mercenary groups of the God of War, the Desert Fox and the Dragon's Tooth, he knew very well that if he wanted to maintain such a huge armed force, even if he was only equipped with a few dozen tanks, a few helicopters and a small number of heavy weapons, the maintenance cost would never be affordable by ordinary people.

"Fastino Balde's control of parts of Sudan's Northern Darfur and Northern Kordofan states, where millions of Sudanese pay taxes to him, and his control of almost all of the gold and diamond mines in these states, has brought him great wealth. In addition, he sold the Huwar oil field to Shell Oil and purchased a large number of heavy weapons through their connections. Now, Fastino Balde's Ares mercenary regiment has become an important military force in Sudan. Even the Americans are starting to pay attention to them!"

"I didn't expect this Fastino Balde to have the potential to be a hero! Quietly becoming a big warlord in Sudan!" After hearing this, Liu Dong said secretly in his heart.

"Where is he now??" Liu Dong said.

"We don't know where Fastino Balde is yet. But if I'm not mistaken, he should be in El Fasher, the capital of Northern Darfur. Here he has the largest number of troops, with nearly 12,000 men deployed!"

After thinking for a while, Liu Dong nodded, "Are you ready for the helicopter I asked you to prepare?"

"It's ready!" said Roddy quickly.

"That's good, fill up the tank, take off in two hours, and we'll go to Farsher!"

"Yes!"

After glancing at him, Liu Dong stood up, "This time you are not doing well, and all the three-month pills will be deducted!"

After the words fell, Liu Dong turned around and walked towards the interior of the room.

Looking at his back, Roddy showed a look of relief. Although the detention of the three-month pill offering made him feel distressed, it was far better than he expected compared to the punishment that he originally thought might be heavier.

In Atbara, which has a population of only 80,000, there are no decent hotels at all, and the house where Liu Dong lives now has no eye-catching electrical appliances except for being clean.

Fortunately, he won't stay here for too long, and he doesn't have to be too picky about the living environment.

However, when Liu Dong walked into the room, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he looked at the beautiful back of the balcony wearing a wide black robe, but he still couldn't hide the extreme figure of the ********, but after quickly reacting, he asked in a joyful tone, "Why are you here?"

Liu Dong's words fell, his back trembled, and after retracting his gaze to look out the window, he turned his head and focused his gaze on Liu Dong. After staring at it for a moment, he raised his hand, which was as white as congealed fat, reached to his cheek, and removed the black veil. Soon, a beautiful face that was familiar to Liu Dong, but was as cold as ice, as if no one should enter, appeared in front of Liu Dong.

"I have something to look for you!" With a cold air that seemed to be within reach, but there was a crisp and melodious voice containing the pearls falling on the jade plate, and a tactful and somewhat melodious voice sounded in Liu Dong's ears.

Looking at the stunning beauty that seemed to be unattainable less than three meters away, Liu Dong admired it without inhibition before he smiled and said: "If you have something to do with me, what is it? As long as I can help, I will be happy to serve!"

Regarding Liu Dong's words with a bit of ridicule, the cold and beautiful woman only frowned slightly, and there was no other look on her face.

"Next July, I hope you can go back to the old castle in Colombia, I will wait for you there!"

After speaking, after the cold woman put on the veil, she no longer looked at Liu Dong, and directly took a vertical leap, like a light swift, falling out of the window, and soon disappeared into the dark night of Atbara.

After being stunned for a while by the other party's neat behavior, Liu Dong couldn't help but walk to the window with a wry smile, looking at the beautiful shadow that had long disappeared outside, and couldn't help but sigh lowly, "This is really your style! Don't enter the living, it's as cold as ice! However, what will make you come to the Sultan to find me in July next year?"

After thinking curiously for a while, Liu Dong, who had no results, finally shook his head and closed the window.

After a two-hour break, Liu Dong flew by helicopter to El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's Northern Darfur state, 800 kilometers away. After two refueling trips, the helicopter finally arrived on the outskirts of El Fasher before dawn.

El Fasher is the centre of Darfur, which is part of the Darfur region, which borders Chad and covers about one-fifth of the country's total area.

With its high terrain and abundant rainfall, its natural conditions are second only to southern Sudan and the banks of the Nile River, and its natural resources such as oil are yet to be exploited.

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PS: Sorry, I was in a hurry yesterday and got the chapter order wrong!