Whether the equipment sells well or not ultimately depends on its performance in actual combat rather than its performance on paper.

The performance in actual combat is pinned on the army of Deville, so whether it is from the after-sales of the sale of machine guns or the responsibilities of the instructor, or the sales of SG18 machine guns in the future, Qin Tian does not dare to be sloppy in training.

However, the next day's training was still not about training.

"The first issue is to put an end to khat!" Qin Tian said: "Otherwise, if you want to improve your combat effectiveness, it will only be on paper!" ”

"No khat?" Deville and Captain Mahaya had a look of reluctance in their eyes...... Obviously, they're taking this thing for a long time, too.

"It's almost impossible to do, Qin!" "Because almost everyone is taking khat!" ”

Qin Tian also knew something about this.

In Somalia, where per capita income is less than $600 a year, the average person spends $280 a year on khat, or almost half of their income.

So, not only the soldiers such as Deville and Mahaya, but the men, women and children of all Somalia are chewing on this stuff.

"Let's think about what this thing will bring!" Qin Tian said: "First of all, it will consume a lot of time, which is one of the reasons why there are always so few people in the training ground!" ”

Chewing khat is a time-consuming and laborious task because it is slow to act, and it usually takes several hours to get together and chew it before it "works".

It's fundamentally different from a bottle of beer or a cigarette.

"Secondly!" Qin Tian continued: "It will bring great harm to the physical fitness of the troops, depression, irritability, anxiety, nightmares, liver function deterioration, and even different degrees of mental illness...... Do you think these people can fight? ”

This is less common among mercenaries, as security companies don't hire people who are addicted to khat, and such people are worthless in their eyes.

After a pause, Qin Tian then asked, "I just want to know, what if you become addicted while fighting the enemy?" Do you tell the enemy...... 'Let's stop fighting, because I need to chew on the tea'!" ”

"Our enemies also have such problems, Qin!" The captain replied.

"Oh, that's great!" Qin Tian said: "It just so happens that the two sides of the truce chew together, and the war will start again in a few hours!" ”

Deville and Mahaya were speechless.

"That's the difference, Major, Captain!" Qin Tian said: "If we quit it, it will be a kind of quality improvement!" Isn't that what you want? ”

"We know it will cause many problems...... "But, Qin, it's almost impossible to do!" ”

Qin Tian also knew that this was unrealistic, although khat tea was a soft drug, and its addiction would be much weaker than other drugs.

Still, this is a test of perseverance, and Somalis are often spontaneous and lack perseverance.

Therefore, Qin Tian did not pin his hopes on this.

"Then I'll have to settle for the next best!" Qin Tian demanded: "At least the people who use machine guns, that is, the people I train, they must stay away from khat!" ”

Deville and Mahaya looked at each other.

"Please!" Qin Tian calculated an account for them: "We have twelve machine guns, that is, we only need 72 people, plus the replacement or elimination of personnel will not exceed 150 people, in your team of more than 1,100 people, can you not find 150 people who do not rely on khat?" ”

After a long while, Mahaya nodded and said, "I can try, or if it's not addictive, we can get this part of the people to quit!" ”

DeVille nodded in agreement.

So the time of the day is actually to pick people.

Although it was expected, it was also unexpected, as soon as it was said that it was to put an end to khat, only fifty or so thin soldiers stood up.

But there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and Deville offered double the salary, and then more than seventy soldiers who were not so addicted and confident that they could quit stepped forward...... Then Mahaya named twenty more people, and this was enough to make one hundred and fifty people.

In this way, Qin Tian secretly shook his head, Somalia can almost be said to be a nation that is being ruined by drugs...... Except for tribes that are so poor that they starve to death like the Pokots and have no money to buy them, khats are almost a necessity.

However, this seems to be normal, the whole country has been in a state of anarchy and war for a long time, and the people have no joy in life, and only some comfort can be found in khat, so many people are addicted to it.

"This is the person you need!" The captain said to Qin Tian.

"Not necessarily!" Qin Tian replied.

The first thing Qin Tian did was to let this group of people take off their essence and change into a clean new set of military uniforms, and even keep their weapons and equipment in a warehouse isolated from the outside world.

Of course, the warehouse is well ventilated, and there are people who bring food and water to it, and even beds for them to rest. It's just that there is a fence of barbed wire outside, and heavily armed soldiers patrol, so no one can get close and no one can go out.

"They only need to live in it for two days!" Qin Tian said: "In two days, I will know which ones I want!" ”

In fact, it doesn't take two days at all.

After less than half a day, someone was shouting to go out in the warehouse...... Of course, Qin Tian would not force them, but going out like this would be equivalent to giving up, and all they could get was a new military uniform.

When Bertrand heard about this, he said to Qin Tian: "Head, we are selling weapons, not really training them into a combat-ready army. They may even become our enemies......"

Bertrand was right, for example, there was an inevitable conflict of interest between Altrand and Deville in the arms business, and from this point of view, it was not a good thing that Deville's troops were combat-ready.

"That's another story, Bet!" Qin Tian replied: "You have to know that they are actually our live advertisements, and all our equipment needs them to open the market, understand?" ”

This is not difficult to understand, Bertrand certainly understands, but he is still a little worried: "Yes, you are right! But if ......"

"If we can sell the equipment we have produced!" Qin Tian said: "And it was sold for a good price, do you think we still need to worry about the Deville army in the future?" ”

Bertron nodded insightfully.

Mercenaries are looking at money to do things, having money is equivalent to having mercenaries, and a lot of money is equivalent to having a lot of mercenaries, if there are a lot of mercenaries...... Then there's no need to worry about Deville.

Of course, Qin Tian's idea will not be as simple as Bertrand's, the army he wants to build is not just a mercenary, but a mercenary with faith and cohesion.