Chapter 1308 Misfortune Comes from the Mouth II
"Because of the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. government now has a request for the Golden Triangle Federation, oh, that is, the mercenaries, so we arbitrarily accuse the mercenaries of wantonly interfering in the internal affairs of Guinea-Bissau, and the U.S. government can only stand up for the mercenaries, and the two sides are now grasshoppers on a rope." The Minister of Defense said helplessly.
"I really don't understand, there are so many contractors under the US Department of Defense, and the profits of logistics supply during the war are very high, do you have to use mercenaries?" Mr. President of South Africa is a little difficult to accept this situation.
This is really the case, the advantages of the mercenary corps are too obvious, first of all, they have been operating in Afghanistan for many years, and there is a very strong local public opinion base, and they will not be excluded from doing anything, which is a very critical point, and it is impossible to have a bad relationship with the common people, and it is impossible to eat in Afghanistan.
The mercenary corps' subsidiaries own all the oil wells, refineries, pipelines and gas stations in Afghanistan, and there is no problem with the supply of oil, which is a fatal point. All the heavy equipment of the U.S. military needs fuel, and the cost of transporting it here from outside is too high.
The mercenary corps has a modern super-large material storage base all over Afghanistan, with cold storage and fresh-keeping storage, which is unique. The local transport company in Afghanistan has a nationwide road transport network and several thousand transport trucks to fully meet the transportation needs of the US military.
The mercenary corps also has a global procurement and transportation network, including ocean transportation and air transportation, especially more than 700 strategic transport planes and tactical transport planes, which can deliver the materials needed by the US military to the designated location in the shortest possible time, and the strength of any contractor is not even one-thousandth.
"Your Excellency, the Federal Government of the Golden Triangle is now seizing on the government's mistakes and forcing us to publicly apologize, otherwise we will definitely implement disciplinary measures, although South Africa's military strength is not bad in Africa, but compared with the mercenaries, there is still a long gap." said the Minister of Defense.
"I don't believe that the Golden Triangle Federation dares to use this thing to declare war on South Africa, and take military action against a sovereign country at will, which will not be tolerated by all countries in the world, and there is only one person who dares to do this, and that is the United States, and the mercenary corps does not have such strength and qualifications!" His Excellency the President is as sure as he is telling the truth.
This truth itself is correct, and the mercenary corps does not dare to start a war against a sovereign country casually, but after winning two wars in a row, the previous cautious way of doing things must be adjusted slightly, and South Africa can be regarded as hitting the muzzle of the gun itself. It is easy to criticize a country, and the words are very inappropriate, and it is natural to be beaten.
Why does the president of South Africa dare to say that the mercenaries dare not do it, this is also for a reason, South Africa is the world's most famous mineral resources country, many rare metals are imported by the United States, on this basis, the US government also wants to meddle in African affairs, the two countries signed a military cooperation agreement, and when South Africa is attacked by foreign countries, the US government is also obliged to implement the responsibility of joint defense.
"Our Mr. President is a little confused, pinning his country's security on the promises of the U.S. government, isn't this an act of seeking death? If the presidential palace comes forward to apologize, it can turn a big thing into a small thing, but for the sake of its own face, we have to have a hard top with a behemoth like a mercenary army, and we can no longer support him, and the leader who has lost his political wisdom will bring disaster to South Africa. The Minister of Defense returned to his office and said to his cronies.
It's not that the South African government can't publicly apologize to the Golden Triangle Federation because it wants to save face and dignity, when you talk about others, how can you say it so simply and easily? The point is that Mr. President is unwilling to lower his posture, but since the dismissal of Vice President Jacob, he has been under pressure from all sides.
The vice president is also an old qualification of South Africa, and he has a lot of weight in the minds of parliamentarians, and there are many supporters, and even the famous father of the nation also favors Vice President Jacob, and the more this situation occurs, the more the president wants to maintain his strength.
But now the problem is, if you are strong, you also have to look at the opponent, the mercenary corps is the largest organization of mercenaries in the world, and it has always been a character that does not suffer losses, if the South African government does not give this step, the two will definitely tear their faces and fight, but can the South African army compare with the mercenary army?
"Boss, now our mercenary corps is riding a tiger, and the words that ordered the other party to apologize have been released, but the South African government did not pay attention to our requests at all, and this morning actually accused us again, saying that such a profession as a mercenary should not exist, and it is the biggest threat and destabilizing factor to the global order."
"It can be seen that the South African government thinks that we are just protesting and does not dare to really start fighting, this kind of thinking is really unreasonable, it is simply an insult to our profession, and the face of the Federal Government of the Golden Triangle has been trampled under the feet of others." Marcus called.
The profession of mercenary is indeed rejected by many countries, the key is that the reputation is not good, and some people still associate mercenaries with professional killers, thinking that they are the same thing, although they are both paid to do things, there is still a difference between the two.
Mercenaries are limited recognition by a few countries, belong to the state of openness, and can cooperate with private military organizations, with discipline and constraints, usually in the form of a team to accept the commission of enterprises or the government, but professional killers are not, basically act alone, dare not disclose their identity.
Wu Chen has been working hard to make the mercenary profession accepted by the whole world, and has also made amazing achievements, the mercenary corps of the gendarmerie unit has been recognized by the United Nations General Assembly as a permanent peacekeeping force, which is an extremely rare honor, and now the South African government is talking about the mercenary profession, which is equivalent to touching Wu Chen's bottom line.
"Paralyzed, tear open the wound and sprinkle salt into it, I think he is the president, and he orders the fleet of the Socotra Naval Base to immediately blockade the waters around South Africa for me, prohibit any aircraft from entering the airspace of South Africa, send a war alarm to the whole world, violate the ban of the Federal Government of the Golden Triangle, and bear all the consequences." Wu Chen said angrily.
"But boss, our navy is not ready for war, so we have to give them two days, right?" Marcus said embarrassedly.
"What kind of preparation time do we need, we are not really fighting with South Africa, it is nothing more than planting a scarecrow to scare the birds, is it possible that South Africa still dares to go to war with us? There is enough ammunition on the warship! Wu Chen said angrily.