Chapter 992: Trying to Catch the Past
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Before coming to Hong Kong, Calabi and they also looked for some fraternal countries around them to support them, but those countries are powerless, and those who can come up with millions of dollars to support are already generous, but this is a drop in the bucket compared to demand, with the shadow of the United States, they can't get any support from Europe, at a critical moment, Calabi remembered Chen Kangjie, remembered what Chen Kangjie said to look east.
This time, Calabi came to Hong Kong to get help from him, and if possible, he would secretly visit the capital to seek political support.
"Mr. Chen, you are right, so I sincerely hope that you can lend a hand and support our just cause, as friends, we will not let your efforts be in vain", Calabi said as he handed Chen Kangjie a steaming cup of Zhaghu coffee.
Calabi's last sentence was a pun, saying that friends are to play personal cards, but he knows very well that in such an important aid, the relationship between friends alone is unreliable, and no one will smash hundreds of millions of dollars because of the word "friend", only interests are the cornerstone that can bind the two sides together, there is no eternal relationship, only eternal interests, which is a simple truth that everyone understands.
Chen Kangjie took the coffee cup with his left hand, and waved his right hand, "My friend, you can come here thousands of miles to find me, that is to trust me, to be trusted, that is the greatest praise, since you trust me, then of course I will not doubt you, although the businessman is profitable, but it is not unreasonable, your difficulties, I will definitely help, and, if there is a chance, I can even play a role in the recovery and reconstruction of your country, and go to your country to invest in construction."
Chen Kangjie's words are generous and generous, affectionate, and very pleasant to listen to, as if he really agreed to help out of friendship or justice, in fact, Chen Kangjie did not say a word in his words not to return, but hinted very clearly that he needed the return, that is, to invest, he can take money to support, and the condition is to provide investment convenience.
"Hahaha, we can't ask for it, we can't ask for it", got Chen Kangjie's affirmative reply, and Calabi excitedly held Chen Kangjie with both hands.
Maybe it's because he has touched the gun too much in the past few years, his palms are all calluses, and the stronger Calabi got carried away as soon as he was excited, and the strength in his hand was very great, and he reacted with an embarrassed red face when he leaned a little, and quickly let go of his hand.
He thought that Chen Kangjie would feel unbearable, who knows, Chen Kangjie didn't have a, there was still a faint smile on his face, Chen Kangjie's expression made Calabi pay more attention to and believe in him, because this is a symbol of the strong, if Chen Kangjie grinned at his face, Calabi felt that Chen Kangjie's promise might not be reliable.
We humans are so strange that more often than not, the root of believing or valuing a person is not the words that the person directly says, but more sources of information and feelings are often some other inadvertent places.
"As long as we take Stanleyville, then the national power is basically fundamentally threatened, and we may be able to fight to Durio Poleville in one go, and realize the liberation of the whole country, and at that time, whether it is me or myself, I will welcome you with an open heart, and at that time, the restoration of the country and the exhibition are inseparable from huge investment", in order to enhance Chen Kangjie's confidence in aid, Calabi drew an attractive pie for Chen Kangjie in advance.
"Sit down and talk, sit down", Chen Kangjie really found it difficult to get used to the strong smell on Calabi's body, and when he finished speaking, he quickly pushed him to sit down, "Now you really tell me how much it takes to get over this hurdle."
Chen Kangjie completely believed Calaby's words, and even believed in himself more than himself, because in the original history, Calabi and they took less than half a year to take power in the whole country after capturing Stanleyville, and the loss of Stanleyville was a huge blow to President Montau, and the military spirit of the entire government army was completely shaken. The armed forces are like a tide and occupy the whole country and even capture the capital.
Chen Kangjie agreed so happily because he knew this history, but in the eyes of Calaby, it was not the case at all, he actually didn't know what he said, so he felt that Chen Kangjie had the chivalrous spirit of the East, and he spared no effort out of justice and a certain cultural belief.
At the same time, Calabi remembered that a few years ago, Chen Kangjie, who was more handsome and immature than the Chen Kangjie in front of him, relied on a few Europeans to say extremely insulting and impolite words, so he designed to throw the other party to his grandmother's house, which was miserable, he didn't think that Chen Kangjie would be repaid, because people didn't point at him and say those words, and at that time, Carabi himself wanted to teach those uneducated European youth.
Calabi took a few deep breaths and calmed down the excitement in his heart, "For now, 200 million dollars is about the same, after all, Montto has deployed no less than 20,000 troops in Stanleyville, if we want to take this fortified city in one go, the loss is huge, the material supply, the loss of guns and ammunition, the casualties, it will take a lot of money to deal with these problems, and at the same time, if you take the city, you have to stabilize the residents and basic law and order in the city, and the task is very difficult." Calabi was worried that the amount he was talking about was too large, so he sat down and explained in detail.
Hearing that only 200 million US dollars can fight such a battle, Chen Kangjie was still a little surprised, he thought that he couldn't get it without 500 million billion, it still seems very cheap.
In fact, this can't blame Chen Kangjie for this kind of miscalculation, although he is reborn, but after all, he has never been to Africa in person, nor has he ever set foot in the war there.
In Africa, the general war is relatively primary, due to the backwardness of the economy and the low population, it is impossible to produce a high-level battle, between the opponent and the opponent, the vast majority of the weapons used are mainly light weapons, that is, rifles, machine guns and pistols, and the only heavy weapons and advanced equipment that can be used may be heavy machine guns and shoulder-fired rocket launchers, such a form of battle, determines that the money that both sides need to pay will not be too high, too high they can not afford to fight.
The kind of modern warfare in which missiles, tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, fighter planes, and warships are used at every turn is basically avoided in Africa, otherwise, like the United States, the price of a tactical Tomahawk cruise missile is as high as $729,000, the price of a tank is millions of dollars, and a fighter plane is tens of millions of dollars.
Although Chen Kangjie felt that the amount of funds needed by Calabi was not large, he did not show it, but waited patiently for him to finish.
"Then if you take down the whole country, for example, how much do you need?" , When Calabi finished speaking, Chen Kangjie was noncommittal, but continued to ask.
"This, this ,,, really hasn't been calculated, if you want to take the whole country, then you need to buy ,,,,,,at least hundreds of troop trucks, hundreds of millions of bullets, and a lot of jeeps to load heavy machine guns, plus medical supplies, recruit soldiers, put home expenses, buy oil and food,,,,,, I'm afraid it won't work without a billion dollars, Leo Podville alone has a population of two million, the government army is almost 50,000, and we have to recruit at least 15,000 people to take this city, We need to equip these fifteen thousand people with guns, and it will cost tens of millions of dollars just to buy and maintain these fifteen thousand guns,,,,,, billion dollars is almost enough," Calabi said intermittently, thinking about it.
He obviously didn't expect Chen Kangjie to ask this, so he didn't make preparations in advance, and now they haven't even won Stanleyville, where dare to hope for a comprehensive victory in the country, Calabi is here to capture Stanleyville, when he said that he needed 200 million US dollars, he was not sure whether Chen Kangjie would agree, where he dared to brazenly think of a wider range and a larger amount.
$200 million is nothing in the hands of those big countries or those who are extremely rich, but for a poor and backward West African country, especially for the rebel guerrillas who have not yet taken power, it is undoubtedly astronomical, they have no source of tax revenue, no state assets to exchange, no legal credit guarantee, and later Calabi said one billion dollars with trepidation.
After Calabi finished speaking, Chen Kangjie did not rush to express his position, but made a very difficult deep thought.
Seeing that Chen Kangjie was quietly thinking about tapping his fingers against the wall of the sand, Calabi didn't disturb him, just stared at him with a heart and waited.
Although Chen Kangjie just said that he would support it, but at that time Calabi had not said the amount needed, and now seeing that the amount is so large, Calabi is a little confused about Chen Kangjie, this for no reason that hundreds of millions of dollars came out, such a decision is not easy to make, and even as Chen Kangjie thinks for longer and longer, Calabi himself secretly regrets it, if he knew earlier, he would say a little less about the amount, and it would be a big deal to use a little more soldier's life to supplement, if Chen Kangjie repented and did not agree, That's more than worth the loss for Calabi.
In fact, Chen Kangjie just wanted to capture the old people, and when he learned that he needed so much money, Chen Kangjie decided that he didn't need to bargain, but he didn't want Calabi to feel that the money was too easy, so he made a fool of himself.