Chapter 109: Generosity
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When Liu Wei flew to Johannesburg with Takeuchi Kotone, Mobei Wolf also boarded a flight to Santo Domingo with Mai Ozora and Yuka Mochizuki, and then transferred to Caracas from there to meet Zhou Yulong, Miyuki Takahara and Komatsu Kawano, who set off one step earlier. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Because the forward base opened up a runway, everyone did not trek through mountains and rivers again.
When they arrived, Batavia had already transferred all the more than 100 Pakistani mercenaries stationed in the "homeland" in accordance with Liu Wei's instructions.
The small plane, which could only carry a maximum of twelve people, made more than ten round-trip trips before sending all the personnel there.
The first thing the wolf did when it arrived was to get a few helicopters from the Venezuelan military.
Not "robbed", but by virtue of his special relationship with a certain Venezuelan army general, the helicopters were "borrowed". The fleet includes one Mi-26 Halo heavy helicopter currently the largest in the world capable of carrying 20 tons of cargo or 85 heavily armed soldiers, four Mi-17 Hippo medium helicopters capable of carrying 4 tons of cargo or 30 heavily armed fighters, and two Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunships capable of carrying 1.5 tons of ammunition and eight heavily armed soldiers.
Since it is borrowed, it is natural to pay for the use.
For this reason, Mobei Wolf gave the general a benefit fee of 500,000 US dollars, and also paid a rent at a price of 750,000 US dollars per month, and as for the fuel needed for the helicopter and the ammunition consumed in the battle, he had to pay for it. Fortunately, many of the Pakistani special forces under Mobei Wolf can fly helicopters and fly Mi-17s and Mi-24s, so they only need to hire five Mi-26 crew members.
In order to facilitate the travel of personnel, Mobei Wolf also bought an AS532 "Puma" transport helicopter produced in France from an aviation leasing company.
The helicopter was seized from a guerrilla base by the Venezuelan Axe Army during the fight against separatist forces in the south, and then transferred to an aviation leasing company. Due to the lack of proper maintenance and access to spare parts, the helicopter is not in ideal condition. Mobei Wolf bought it at a very low price, then bought some parts from the black market and completely renovated it.
It's nothing compared to what needs to be done.
After arriving at the forward base, Mobei Wolf and Zhou Yulong immediately organized manpower and opened up eight helicopter take-off and landing fields near the runway for small aircraft to take off and land.
Like the runway, these landing fields are hidden under the canopy and are only exposed when needed.
The difference is that Mobei Wolf asked his subordinates to set up maintenance stations, oil depots, material warehouses and weapons and ammunition depots, and also used tents to set up barracks and communication command centers.
In this regard, Zhou Yulong did not interfere.
Mobei Wolf has been roaming all over the world for more than 20 years, and his experience is much richer than Zhou Yulong.
As the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.
Since we are going to Colombia to do a big job, we must make proper preparations, and we must not lose the chain in terms of logistics support and base construction.
When Mobei Wolf was busy expanding its advance base, Zhou Yulong, Miyuki Plateau, and Komatsu Kawano entered Colombia with a group of special forces to find a suitable target for attack.
Because he has been to Colombia several times, the forward reconnaissance mission is undertaken by Zhou Yulong.
At this time, Liu Wei had already arrived in South Africa and met the beautiful Sleihom.
Exactly as Mobei Wolf guessed, this exiled Sierra Leonean "prince" is always thinking about returning to China to seize power.
The formation of mercenary regiments is to return to China and seize power.
It is a pity that the five million dollars that Liu Wei gave him is only a drop in the bucket, not enough to form a mercenary army that can overthrow the current regime in Sierra Leone.
To make matters worse, Sleiholm went to the wrong place.
South Africa is the second largest mercenary market in the world after the United States. According to a United Nations investigation, South African mercenaries can be found anywhere in the African continent in a war-torn location, and most of them are doing stealing things under the banner of security companies.
If we say that the mercenaries supported by the US political axe still have a bit of a national concept, they mainly serve the US political axe, and carry out some tasks that cannot be carried out by the military, or are too costly for the army, such as training pro-American political axe troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, transporting weapons and equipment to war-torn areas, and so on. Then the mercenaries in South Africa do not have any sense of statehood and are completely desperate for money.
As a result, the South African mercenary market is so competitive that it can even be described as fierce.
Less than three months after arriving in South Africa, Srehom spent all the five million dollars that Liu Wei had given him.
If it weren't for Liu Wei's need for more manpower, his inability to recruit enough retired soldiers from Pakistan, and the restrictions on the movement of Pakistani mercenaries who believe in Islam in the United States, which forced him to find another way to bring in mercenaries from South Africa, I am afraid that Srehom's security company would have closed down long ago.
Now, Srehom's main business is to provide Liu Wei with qualified mercenaries.
Because Liu Wei's salary was very high, and the casualty rate of several battles was very low, Srehom's security company already had some reputation in South Africa.
It is not difficult to understand that on the African continent, the best mercenaries receive only two thousand dollars a week, and less than ten percent of mercenaries survive the first year. Liu Wei offered a basic salary of $100,000 in the United States, and also paid additional bonuses according to the intensity of the mission, and in the past three months, less than 20 of the more than 500 mercenaries died, so naturally more mercenaries were willing to go to the United States to work for their lives.
Although Srehom and Liu Wei are in a cooperative relationship, the "prince" of Sierra Leone knows very well that Liu Wei is the big boss.
After receiving Liu Wei, Srehom took him to inspect the training camp of the security company.
Located about 300 kilometres northeast of Pretoria, near the town of Paraborua, on the south bank of the Elephant River, next to the Kruger National Park, is a 1,000-acre ranch. Before that, a few Westerners took money from the TV station to return the zoo's captive tigers to the wild. The project was terminated because no more aid was received, and Sleiholm bought the ranch for half a million dollars.
The facilities were rudimentary, and Srehom had no money to repair them.
More than 100 mercenaries are being trained, mostly from the slums of Johannesburg, but others from Mozambique, Eswatini and Zimbabwe. The instructor was a retired South African military officer in his fifties who was said to have fought in more than a dozen wars.
Liu Wei turned around and was very dissatisfied with the status quo.
"The main thing is the lack of money, and if there is money, you can build more training facilities, hire more instructors, and recruit more personnel." Sreholm knew that Liu Wei was not satisfied, and he did not hide it. "There is no shortage of mercenaries in South Africa, and in any poor country there are people who are willing to work for money. In addition to this, we can also recruit from other countries. These people are not badly physical and are easily satisfied. ”
"The point is, they're not even qualified soldiers."
Sreholm smiled bitterly, and what Liu Wei said was also the truth.
"How much would it cost to train to the standards of the army and let everyone learn English?"
"This ...... It depends on the size of the training. ”
"Train a thousand mercenaries who can reach the level of Batavia in six months, and they are absolutely reliable."
Sreholm was stunned for a moment and said, "So much? ”
"This is just the beginning, don't you dream of going back and destroying the enemies who killed your people?" Liu Wei glanced at Srehom and said, "I can give you this opportunity, these people will follow you back to Sierra Leone and fight for you after they have done something for me." If you continue to work with me, I can also pay you a commission. Sierra Leone is a small country, but I estimate that it will take at least 2,000 men to defeat the warlords. ”
"If there are 3,000 people, it will be more secure."
"So, you've got to hurry."
Srehom nodded and said, "According to your requirements, the training cycle will take at least two months, so more than three hundred people need to be trained each time, and the scale must be expanded by two and a half times. ”
"The training period was extended to three months, and they had to learn to listen and speak English."
"In that case, we would have to quadruple the size of the training."
Liu Wei nodded, indicating that this was what he meant.
"We can do the infrastructure ourselves, we just need to buy some equipment and materials. The main thing is to hire instructors, and without suitable instructors, it is useless to recruit as many people. ”
"I can help you solve this problem and help you find a group of absolutely excellent instructors."
"Like you?"
Liu Wei nodded with a smile and said, "It won't be much worse than us, especially in terms of tactical ability." ”
"In that case, you'll only need to invest a maximum of five million dollars."
"Only five million dollars?" Liu Wei was a little incredulous.
"The main thing is to buy equipment and raw materials, as well as the normal living and training expenses of the camp."
"What about recruiters?"
"Personnel?" Sreholm was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "This is not a problem at all, there are two million Zimbabwean war refugees on the other side of the border, many of whom are able-bodied. These people, not to mention the salary, as long as they can fill their bellies, they can work for anyone. ”
"It's that simple?"
Srehom nodded and said, "I've been there twice, and I've already found some candidates, but the camp isn't big enough to accommodate that many people. ”
"Other mercenary legions are recruiting from there, right?"
"It's all gone, so many human resources, it's too wasteful not to use them."
Liu Wei sighed and said, "I'll give you 10 million US dollars, and it will be credited to your account tomorrow, and you will immediately take a few people to the refugee camp and recruit 500 people according to the scale I said." Physical fitness is the most important, followed by culture, and it is best to be able to read and write. ”
"I don't need that much money."
"Give each person $10,000 to help them settle their families, so that they can train with peace of mind and mobilize their positive surnames."
Sreholm nodded, and he already knew about Liu Wei's generosity.
"After the deed is completed, I will give you another 10 million dollars as your 'recovery fund'. I don't need anything in return, as long as you remember to owe me a favor. ”
"This is not the first, but the third favor."
Liu Wei smiled, Srehom is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and helping him regain power in Sierra Leone will definitely be able to get unimaginable rewards.
(To be continued)