383 Hot potato

The leader of the Vohni tribe, Ori, has been a little nervous these days, and the seven Chinese workers who were detained in his hands have now become a hot potato, and he can't take or throw it.

The hijacking of the Chinese convoy was a mistake from the start. From Ori's original intention, he was unwilling to be an enemy of the Chinese, he just wanted to get in touch with the Chinese through this way, but he did not expect it to be self-defeating and turn into a hostage-taking incident.

The construction of an oil refinery by the Siya tribe is a major event in the whole of southern Sudan. Since the discovery of oil in southern Sudan, the battle for oil resources has continued unabated. Due to the high levels of fighting and the lack of control of the central government over the area, no company dared to build a pipeline here. The oil produced by the tribes can only be transported by truck to neighboring countries and then dumped into countries with oil refineries. High transportation costs make oil production unprofitable, and the local economy has not improved at all. As Wahir, the industrial minister of the Siya tribe, said, although there is a lot of oil, it is the poorest area in the world.

Now, the Siya tribe has begun to build an oil refinery. No one could have imagined how much the benefits would be if this refinery could come online. Local oil no longer has to travel thousands of miles, but can be refined locally into gasoline and diesel. The local demand for gasoline and diesel is very strong, which allows the Xiya tribe's oil to be turned into cash on the spot, which is an unimaginably large amount of money.

In a place like Southern Sudan, if a tribe has money, it is impossible to think about what it will do next. It will certainly purchase a large amount of advanced equipment in the international arms market, thus thus raising its strength to several steps at once. In this way, the original balance of power in the region will be upset, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is only a matter of time before the Siya tribe will unify the whole of southern Sudan.

Concerned about this outcome, various tribes have stepped up their focus on the Siya Tribal Project. The Xiya tribe itself is a large tribe, and it is difficult for other tribes to directly use force to sabotage the refinery project, and what everyone can do is to think about their own countermeasures according to the progress of the project. Whether it is vertical or horizontal, in short, it is necessary to be prepared.

The Wahni tribe, which is adjacent to the Siya tribe, is most concerned about the refinery project. The strength of the Woheni tribe was originally inferior to that of the Siya tribe, but in the absence of any sharp weapons on both sides, the Siya tribe and the Voheni tribe were still able to coexist peacefully, even if there was occasionally a little friction, it did not develop to the extent of fighting each other.

Now, the oil refinery of the Siya tribe is about to be put into operation, and once the project begins to generate revenue, the Siya tribe begins to buy a large number of arms, and the equipment level of both sides will immediately be seriously tilted, and the Siya tribe will be able to give itself a thunderous blow at any time. As the leader of the Vohni tribe, it is impossible for Ori not to think about this issue.

Just when Ori was in a difficult situation, a few days ago, two Americans came to the tribe, claiming to be from some kind of foundation, and wanted to talk to Ori about the future of southern Sudan.

Ori doesn't have much affection for the Americans, but considering the current situation of his tribe, he decides to meet the two Americans.

"Mr. Ori, what is your opinion on the current construction of the oil refinery by the Siya tribe?" An American, who identified himself as Miller, asked Ori.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Miller, I don't know what you're trying to ask." Ori replied. He didn't know what the other party's intentions were, so he was reluctant to express his point of view directly.

These stupid old blacks! Everything has to be clarified directly by us to understand them, Miller scolded secretly in his heart. However, he still had to pretend to be kind on his face, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Ori, that's right, we think that the oil refinery currently being built by the Xiya tribe will destroy the balance of power in this region, thus bringing instability to regional security, do you agree with this view?" ”

"I haven't thought of it so much at the moment, I have a good personal relationship with Chief Bilm of the Siya tribe, and I don't think he'll do anything that upsets everyone," Ori said. ”,

Ori said this in order to test Miller's attitude. In Miller's eyes, Ori is a brainless reckless man, but in fact, as a tribal leader, Ori is not so simple-minded. He deliberately said it against Miller's intentions, in order to stimulate Miller's words.

"Mr. Ori, I think you're a little overly optimistic about the trust you place in Chief Bilm." "I've been in contact with him, and I think he's a careerist. He managed to get a set of oil refining equipment from Chinese, just to use this equipment to make money and then develop his own strength......"

"You mean that it is the Chinese who provide the refining equipment?" Ori asked in surprise, "I heard earlier that the company that provided them with the equipment was a company from a country called Myanmar. ”

"No, no, no, we have already learned that the company that supplies equipment to the Siya tribe, although it is registered in Myanmar, all its shareholders are Chinese. The oil refining equipment was loaded and transported directly from China, and the workers on the construction site were all Chinese. Miller said.

"I see." Ori groaned.

"I'm sorry, I didn't finish it yet." Miller didn't notice the change in Ori's face, and in his eyes, the black man's face was nothing more than a black mass, and there was no expression to be seen. He continued:

"Our foundation has always been committed to maintaining peace in Africa, and we are very indignant at this kind of behavior that undermines peace in the region. So, we are currently in contact with the various tribes to prepare for a coalition to deal with the rise of the Siya tribe. If necessary, we can provide you with weapons to counterbalance the tribes of Siya. ”

"Mr. Miller, do you mean that you want us to fight the tribe of Siya?" Ori asked calmly.

"No, no, no, it doesn't mean that at all." Miller repeatedly denied, "We are a peace foundation, and we don't want to see war." ”

Ori sneered in his heart, this kind of peace foundation, he has seen many of them. Each Foundation claims to be peacekeeping, and they often show goodwill by sending gifts to local tribes. But the ultimate action of these foundations is to cultivate their own forces and let the various factions fight each other. These foundations have been behind every conflict in Southern Sudan over the years of armed conflict.

"Thank you very much for your suggestion, Mr. Miller, but I need to think again." Ori said politely to Miller.

Miller's suggestion, Ori would never have accepted. First, because he didn't have a good opinion of the Americans, and secondly, because he didn't want to fight. Miller's suggestion of forming an alliance to jointly deal with the Siya tribe is actually fanning the flames and trying to form a siege against the Siya tribe. Ori could even feel that the Americans were so concerned about this matter because the equipment of the Siya tribe came from China, and the Americans did not want Chinese influence to infiltrate southern Sudan.

No, I'm going to get in touch with the Chinese,Ori said in his heart. He has seen the Americans, and he has met the Chinese, and in his impression, the Americans send military advisers and guns to Africa, while the Chinese send doctors and **. In this example, the Chinese came to help the Xiya tribe build an oil refinery, and what did the Americans do? The Chinese are helping the people of southern Sudan to get rich, and the Americans have been tossing and turning here for many years, what has it brought to everyone?

Thinking of this, he set to action. He first sent a few people to the Xiya tribe to contact the Chinese personnel. Who knew that the people sent were not effective, and they did not speak clearly, but made the other party mistakenly think that they were here to make trouble, and when they disagreed, the two sides showed their guns. Ori had no choice but to ask people to quickly withdraw and think of another way.

At this moment, minions came to report that a convoy of Chinese convoys was passing through their tribe's territory. Ori's brain was hot, and he ran out onto the road with a group of militiamen. His original intention was to stop the convoy and ask them to bring a message. As a result, when the other party saw them, they thought they were here to rob, threw down their things, climbed into a few pickup trucks and ran.

The gunners of the Vohni tribe saw that the man they were trying to stop had fled, and without waiting for Orri's order, they took their guns and fired. Fortunately, they only aimed at the wheels of the pickup truck, and the Chinese workers on the truck also hid tightly, so they did not hurt anyone. The wheels of a pickup truck were shot indiscriminately and the truck overturned, leaving seven Chinese workers hostage to the Voheni tribe. ,

After bringing the people back, Ori knew he was in trouble. Obviously, I wanted to get close, but now it turned into a robbery. Lan Wufeng immediately concentrated his arms, brought a full set of equipment, and drove to the vicinity of the Woheni tribe to threaten with force. Ori stood on the watchtower and looked at the binoculars, the equipment is called equipment, what AKM, AK74, SVD, RPK, PKM, rock machine gun, RPG-7, Type 63 107mm rocket launcher and the like, it is simply a weapons expo.

Although the number of the Voheni tribe is large, and there are many strong men, their equipment can only be regarded as scum compared with others. Ori hadn't studied the chairman's quotations, and he didn't know that it wasn't one or two new weapons that decided the outcome of the war, but he at least knew that with so many new weapons in the hands of others, he and others were really not opponents of the same level. What's more, behind the people is the powerful Xiya tribe, and if they really want to play a group fight game, Woheni can only be abused.

At this time, it will not be easy to release the hostages. Wouldn't it be even worse if one side released people and the other side began to retaliate? So, Ori let out the words, first, he will not hurt the Chinese; Second, he wants to meet directly with the people in charge on the Chinese side...... )

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