Chapter 105: Good Words Are Hard to Persuade Damned Ghosts Three
According to the information of the mercenaries, the assessment team mainly went to the Shan State, Wa State, Kachin State and other major power locations, especially the Shan State and Wa State, which are currently the largest local armed forces in the Golden Triangle, and have a long history of growing opium poppies. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
One word, poor, two words, very poor, three words, very poor, four words, really poor!
Because of inconvenient transportation and historical reasons, the Golden Triangle region has been in turmoil in the war of local forces for a long time, and the economy has not improved, and agricultural development is the most primitive stage of slash-and-burn cultivation. In a few days, there will be a war again, who has the heart to do this.
Places close to China, such as Lao Cai, are more comfortable in terms of life, at least they can use mobile phones, and they can also connect electricity, and many small forces are not so lucky, and the common people don't even light up at night.
The assessment team saw that the local armed forces were not as backward as they imagined, such as the army of Wa State, and even heavy equipment such as recoilless guns, large-caliber mortars, small-caliber howitzers, armored vehicles, General Zhang of Shan State, as well as large-caliber howitzers and anti-aircraft missiles, and the army was dressed in neat military uniforms, which looked by no means as simple as a rabble.
Myanmar has been expanding its rule for so many years, and it has not cleared these local armed forces, and if it wants to carry out absolute suppression, the mercenaries still have a long way to go.
After a half-month investigation, the assessment team returned to the town of Maisi, where they started, and after a sumptuous dinner and a comfortable hot shower, everyone sat together for a meeting.
The two representatives of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in charge of civilian and material assistance basically do not speak at such meetings, as if they were playing soy sauce. Their mission has been accomplished, and there is no need to get involved in the military or the CIA.
"Vincent, the mercenaries have provided us with the number of major forces and weapons and equipment, there is no adulteration, I think we can agree to his request." Lieutenant Colonel Vader said slowly, smoking a Havana cigar.
"I'm not worried about these local forces in the Golden Triangle at all, it's only a matter of time before I defeat them, but I always feel that this mercenary army is hiding too many secrets." Vincent said, sipping his coffee.
"Secrets? What earth-shattering secrets can a private military organization have! Besides, as long as the interests of the United States are not infringed upon, it is someone else's business if others have secrets, and you don't need to worry about it. Selena disagreed.
"I studied this mercenary organization before I came, but it was just a small company registered in Los Angeles for more than a year, but from the analysis of the steps they operated, it was obvious that it was not an ordinary mercenary nature, and it had a strong conspiracy atmosphere."
"With the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the situation in Ukraine and Russia is unstable, and a large number of weapons and equipment have been purchased at low prices, and you have also seen that infantry fighting vehicles, helicopter gunships, transport helicopters, strategic transport aircraft, as well as missile cruisers and aircraft carriers, is this like the work of a mercenary organization?"
"Getting a lot of oil and gas resources from Angola and diamonds from Sierra Leone is a commercial thing, but it doesn't taste right to help these two countries."
"If you look at it again, they and Bangladesh are now in a strategic partnership, Haidongqing International Air Transport Logistics Company and Rainbow Shipping Company, using the airport and port of Chittagong, which is equivalent to gaining a firm foothold in Southeast Asia."
"Not only that, but the company also gets access to Mogadishu International Airport, Sierra Leone Sherbro Island and the port, what does that mean? They are quite capable of exerting their influence on Africa, have strategic transport aircraft, and are ready to strike anywhere! Vincent said coldly.
Looking at the problem accurately enough, this guy is definitely a talent, and he actually saw through part of my strategic plan, and he really deserves to be the intelligence staff officer of the US Department of Defense! It's a pity, I won't let anyone who stands in my way!
In the next room, Wu Chen smoked a cigar and drank Longjing tea, listening patiently to the arguments of several people, he felt that this time the matter of seeking American weapons assistance would definitely be bad in Vincent's hands, this person's vigilance is very high, and he does not allow any behavior of lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, even if it is only theoretical.
"What you say is just speculation, what you mean is nothing more than that this mercenary organization has been established for a very short time, a large amount of funds are of unknown origin, and it is a joke to worry that other countries will use them to harm the interests of the United States!"
"But have you thought about it, the so-called large sums of money don't add up to much, just a dozen billion dollars, the CIA has already investigated this matter, and the mercenaries have obtained at least two billion dollars of wealth in the process of clearing the towns of Langbasa and Meeth, and there is no such phenomenon as political funding."
Selena, as an agent, is the best at judging people's psychological states, and she knows what Vincent is worried about when she hears it. And agents have a basic principle, that is, pay attention to facts and evidence, your own guesses and associations, what is the matter?
"Buying conventional weapons and transport aircraft from Ukraine and second-hand decommissioned aircraft carriers from Russia, these things can only be said to be old and spicy and unique in their business methods, just like Angola's oil and gas resources, Sierra Leone's diamond resources, all of which are the same thing."
"When people buy airplanes, they have to have an airport, right? People have bought several 10,000-ton bulk carriers, so there must be a port, right? With the exception of Somalia and Sierra Leone, which country would prefer its own airports for mercenary planes to land and ports for mercenary ships to dock? ”
"No matter how powerful a strategic transport aircraft is, it is also a transport aircraft, isn't it a special strategic bomber, no matter how useful it is? Everyone on earth knows that aircraft carriers are dismantling weapons, aircraft carrier theme parks are being built, I don't even know what is going on with your thinking, is this the level of the senior intelligence staff of the Ministry of Defense? Lieutenant Colonel Vader said sarcastically.
"How many people can the mercenary organization have, even if they get the cutting-edge weapons of the United States, what kind of storm can we set off if we give him the equipment of ten armored divisions? The United States has more than 1.4 million elites, and they are armed to the teeth, with 30,000 or 40,000 dollars of equipment per soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Vincent, how long do you think this mercenary organization will be able to fight with us? Selena said disdainfully.
Vincent couldn't say a word when he was blocked by the two, he had to admit that he was very careful, but the problem was that the current signs did not mean anything, and the Golden Triangle International Security Company did not infringe on the interests of the United States.
Lieutenant Colonel Vader and Selena's statement is also reasonable, the US army is the first in the world, and it took many trillions of dollars to build it after investing in many years, and a mercenary organization wants to fight with the United States, without such a joke.