Victor, who has been unemployed for more than half a year, will not believe that this kind of good thing will happen to him, and after retiring from the Belgian army and demobilizing, he found a job everywhere and ran into a wall, and was planning to return to his country farm to spend his life peacefully, but he unexpectedly saw in the newspaper that the Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperation Company was recruiting former army combatants, and offered a high salary that could not be refused.

Victor participated in the interview with the idea of giving it a try, because the recruitment conditions offered were to know English or French, have more than five years of combat experience, and those aged 30 to 40 were preferred, and Victor, who retired this year and was just 34 years old, met all the above conditions.

When Victor went to the interview with his resume, he found that the scene was very lively, at least more than 100 people, and other people who came to interview for job applications covered almost the whole of Europe, including from the United Kingdom, France, and even retired American Marines from the other side of the Atlantic.

When Victor walked up to the interviewer with his resume, he found that the interviewer in front of him was actually just a thirteen-year-old underage guy, which made him feel a little surprised, and at the same time slightly annoyed, as if he was not being respected as he deserved.

But soon he tasted the power of this little friend, the professional questions asked from his mouth did not make Victor feel relaxed at all, and even the word difficult is not an exaggeration, but fortunately, after answering all the questions without danger, the little guy who has been tense finally showed a friendly smile, held Victor's hand and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Victor, you have been hired by our company." ”

Later, after participating in the training, Victor learned that of the more than 100 people who came for interviews at that time, only 20 remained, and some soldiers with more experience than him were eliminated by the company without hesitation.

As for the reason, the company never said.

Albert looked with satisfaction at the first group of the company's combat employees on the shooting range, and was thinking about which regional dispute he wanted them to intervene in after two months of training. Recent regional disputes: the Vietnamese People's War of Resistance against France, which began on December 29, 1946, and the Greek Revolutionary War from March 30 to October 6, 1949, both of which were intervened by the French government of Charles de Gaulle, so Albert did not mind going to negotiate a deal with the French government.

The Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperative Company stipulated that all fighters were allowed to wear civilian clothes and a baseball cap with the company's bear paw logo, and the Strategic Resources Cooperation Company strictly prohibited the wearing of camouflage in the national standard, which was initially resisted by some veterans and had to be explained by Albert himself. In fact, the advantage of not wearing camouflage uniforms is that once they encounter a dangerous situation that they cannot handle, they will immediately discard all equipment and blend into the civilian population.

In terms of firearm selection, Strategic Resources Cooperative provides a free mix and match between four types of firearms: AKM rifle, FAL rifle, Browning high-power pistol, and M1917 trench gun. If FN's Browning high-power pistol was the choice, the M1917 trench gun was the perfect use for close-quarters indoor combat. Dubbed the "trench sweeper" in France, this guy fires a 12-gauge shotgun, which has an excellent hit rate and lethality at close range indoors.

After a hearty live-fire training in the morning, this group of guys, who had not received theoretical education for a long time, finally ushered in their nightmare, put down their guns, picked up their pens, and obediently sat in the classroom to listen to the instructors' lectures. There is still a lot of theory teaching in CQB's close-quarters indoor combat, and Albert doesn't care if this group of big bosses can accept this kind of rough cramming education, anyway, after a week, all those who fail the exam will be covered and left.

When the lesson began, Albert crept in through the back door of the classroom and sat in the last row to listen to the teacher read from the textbook he had compiled.

Next to Albert was Victor, who had been interviewed by himself that day, and this guy often fit his own close-range tactical philosophy in terms of theory, which is why he chose him. Taking advantage of the break in the middle of the lecture, Albert struck up a conversation with the new hire.

"Actually, I've always wanted to know, what is the significance of your company's tactical training?" Victor thought that Albert was just a small manager, so he complained to him, "Compare the world war that has just ended, the places where the wars take place are almost all in uninhabited areas, and even if they capture strategic cities, they are still artillery and foot operations, and it is rare to attack every room of a building like ours." ”

Facing Victor, who had not yet completely changed his mind, Albert just smiled and listened to his explanation, and then asked rhetorically, "I think Your Excellency has the right idea, but before we discuss it formally, I hope that Your Excellency would better use the term 'our company'." First of all, do you think that if the company really wants to realize the artillery bombardment of the air force, and then the infantry and tanks cooperate in the operation, and call for artillery bombing when encountering fire points, what is the extent of our company's military expenditure, and can we maintain the basic operation of the company? If not, then do we have to ask the Ministry of Defense for budget for our corporate expenses? ”

Victor was stunned for a moment, because he really hadn't thought of this question.

Albert continued to patiently explain, "The development direction of the Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperation Company is to provide security for important people on certain special occasions, or to participate in certain 'dirty deals' and 'black operations' that the government does not want to do but must do, and there will be cases where the company will directly intervene in the war, but the company will fully consider the military strength of the opponent, the combat effectiveness of the company's personnel, the level of military strength of the company, and of course, how much the customer who wants to wage a proxy war can afford." Therefore, for the entire strategic resource cooperation company, you are an irreplaceable important asset, and if you are lost, the company will cease to exist. ”

Albert was telling the truth, if the casualty rate was too high, no one would be willing to give their lives no matter how much money was given.

The "dirty deal" and "black ops" were aimed at a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, after all, the secret assassination of the leaders of certain independence movements was more effective than the cost of millions to wage a war. The first to successfully adopt this strategy was the American SOG Vietnam Special Operations Squad, founded in 1964 to carry out assassination, reconnaissance, guided bombing, black propaganda, and rescue prisoners in the Vietnam War, and they participated in the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the Tet Offensive, the secret operation in Cambodia, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail ambush against the Viet Cong.

Albert's direct involvement in the war was in response to the African national liberation movement that began in the 60s, and Albert had always been deeply skeptical of the ability of the black mackerels to govern, the most bloody example of which was Mandela's own destruction of South Africa, which was supposed to be the sixth biggest hooligan in the United Nations.

In the absence of a strong government or a competent leader after independence, there would have been no problem in smashing the military into civil wars or warlords, and Albert's well-equipped and well-trained army would have no problem beating these seemingly regular militia-level African armies, and Africa's rich mineral resources would have fallen entirely into the hands of the Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperative Company.

"Gentlemen, never think that the war is really over, although Japan signed the agreement on the instrument of surrender two months ago, and everyone thinks that the war is over, but the irreconcilable contradictions between communism-proletarianism and capitalism will trigger local conflicts at any time, and the national consciousness of Asia, Africa and Latin America is gradually awakening, they are absolutely unwilling to become vassals of European and American countries, and the war will never stop. Of course, the possibility of a new round of world war is not very high, but where there is a conflict, it is conducive to us to fish in troubled waters. Believe me, gentlemen, this is a future that belongs to private military contractors, our future! ”

There were already a lot of students around unconsciously, all of whom were quietly listening to Albert's narration, emotional and short of breath. After Albert finished speaking, I don't know who took the lead in applauding, and then the small classroom erupted in thunderous applause.

Albert thanked everyone and exited the classroom, signaling for the teacher to continue. Seeing this, Victor asked a blonde guy next to him, "Who is this kid, and how does he talk so much?" ”

The person being questioned looked surprised and asked, "Don't you know who he is?" ”

Victor shook his head, he had always thought that Albert was just a small manager.

The blonde guy made a helpless expression, "He's our big boss, Prince Albert, the designer of the FAL and AKM rifles we use, you say he's not powerful, I said you're really lucky, you didn't get out of the classroom when you hit the boss on the spot." ”

This time, Victor was dumbfounded.