Northwest of Onjiva, camped south of the Mamba Pit.

Hundreds of mercenaries have been mobilized and are preparing for departure.

In the tent in the middle of the camp, Clark was arranging tasks for a group of men, dozens of squad leaders who were directly responsible to him, to be exact.

After receiving the message, Clark mobilized the personnel.

Actually, Clark didn't even know why he came to this hellish place.

You know, he is the captain of the "Holy Cross" legion, a contender for the next legion commander, and the one with the highest voice.

Holy Cross?

In South Africa, there is no one who does not know about this regiment.

The Holy Cross is decades old, reaching its peak during white rule.

During the Angolan Wars of the last century, the Holy Cross grew to nearly 50,000 men, making it one of the largest mercenaries in the world.

At that time, on the battlefield in Angola, the Holy Cross was one of the most powerful military forces.

Later in the war, as South Africa began to withdraw, the Holy Cross even formed its own air force, and for a time planned to occupy Angola.

Of course, just intended.

Why?

Mercenaries are just mercenaries, and no matter how powerful a mercenary is, it is no match for a superpower.

The Holy Cross was famous in the Angolan War, but it was also ruined by the Angolan War, or rather from its heyday to decline.

After that, the white racist regime in South Africa collapsed.

In the last years of the last century, the Holy Cross almost disappeared.

It was not until the second decade of this century, with the frequent wars on the African continent, that the Holy Cross came out of its predicament and regained its strength.

By now, the legion has nearly 10,000 mercenaries and has regained its position as Africa's number one mercenary.

Actually, it's just mercenaries.

Why?

In terms of personal qualities, the Holy Cross is not strong.

In addition, in the post-Cold War era, the development trend of mercenaries is no longer to expand in size, but to focus on building an elite force with personal qualities as the core.

In fact, this is also the inevitable result of the development in the direction of "private defense companies".

In many cases, mercenaries are no longer tools for subverting regimes, but provide personal security, including personal security, for some wealthy people.

Of course, if there is a country as a backer, you can also get some additional contracts.

For example, in Afghanistan, the United States has been using mercenaries to carry out some high-risk missions to minimize the casualties and losses of the American army.

Scaling up?

You have to have enough strength.

On a global scale, there is only one mercenary army that can rapidly expand, or is still expanding rapidly.

For the Holy Cross, the question to consider is how to make money.

Of course, how to control the southern African region.

Is it possible to make money in Angola?

In fact, Clark has always opposed the rebels who support Angola.

Why?

These guys, just under the banner of the rebels, are engaged in drug trading.

It's certainly not a good thing to have a relationship with drugs.

Although mercenaries only serve for money, times have long since changed.

If the Holy Cross wants to go beyond the African continent and gain access to a larger market, it must have a more positive and bright image.

What image can you have if you have anything to do with drugs?

Continue to fight on the wild African continent?

Even if you can lay a ground, what can you do?

You know, the whole of southern Africa is extremely poor, and even if you control one country, you can't make much money, let alone grow and grow.

It is for this reason that Clark believes that learning should be learned from private security companies in the West.

Why?

Transform into mercenaries in the form of security companies, working for wealthy employers, rather than spending their efforts on supporting rebels.

Even if you have to reduce the size of your legion.

It's a pity, it's just a beautiful idea.

Clark also knew that it would be difficult for a mercenary like him from South Africa to gain a foothold in the West, and even more so to gain the favor of Western employers.

Dependent on the state?

Where to find such a country?

Private security companies in the United States, because they can get contracts from the Pentagon, can also get enough money-making opportunities.

You know, in the past decade alone, the Pentagon has provided a market worth more than $150 billion for private security companies, and this amount of money is enough for the largest private security companies to create the world's most powerful mercenaries.

By the way, there is also the "Angu" company that has been in the limelight in recent years.

The company has a Chinese background and has very close ties with Saudi Arabia, and has even been able to gain support from the government authorities in Pakistan.

It is precisely because of so many backers that the company has developed into the world's largest and most powerful mercenary army in just a few years.

You know, the company "Angu" has hundreds of thousands of employees and an elite army of thousands of people.

Whether it is the overall strength or individual ability, "Angu" company is the first in the world.

If you make enough money, you can also form a strong enough legion.

For example, in terms of weapons and equipment, no mercenary army can match, let alone surpass, the "Angu" company.

You must know that the "Angu" company can reach hundreds of main battle tanks and hundreds of combat aircraft at any time.

What about the Holy Cross?

Not to mention tanks and fighter jets, there are not even a few armored vehicles.

If you want to say anything, it's just that the "Angu" company looks down on the African market and has not come to Africa to develop, otherwise how can there be a foothold for the Holy Cross?

It is for this reason that Clark is adamantly opposed to being an enemy of the "Angu" company.

What Clark didn't expect was that the opponent this time was the "Angu" company.

In fact, after coming to Angola, Clark learned that they were in big trouble.

Five days earlier, at the end of that battle, Clark had learned from his men that the rebels had been spotted on the outskirts of the pit by the Orientals, armed with D&F's DF8 and DF6 series of firearms, and were extremely well equipped.

None of them carried personal belongings, but do you need to guess?

You must know that in the world, the only people who can find D&F to customize DF8 and DF6 series firearms are the mercenaries of "Angu" company.

Why?

The owner of D&F is the owner of Angu.

After the incident, Clark overrode public opinion and locked up the 10 captured mercenaries, and treated them quite well.

To put it simply, they were not abused.

In Clark's opinion, there may be a time when these people will be needed, at least to convey the meaning of peaceful coexistence through them.

It can be said that the last thing Clark wants is to be an enemy of the "Angu" company.