In the television news, the coup has now entered a white-hot phase, and the Presidential Guard, the government army loyal to the former president, now controls key institutions such as television stations, the presidential palace and parliament. But Gabon's domestic television news has largely been cut off.

Occasionally, the president's announcements and appeals to the people and the like, Libreville's power supply is now in a state of frequent power outages, the hotel has its own power generation system, and with satellite television, Duke can now see that Libreville is in chaos through CNN's live footage on the streets.

The streets were littered with burning tires and unknown garbage, makeshift forts piled up with cars or door panels, and teams of ruffians rushing into the streets to loot shops on both sides of the street.

Later, Duque learned that there were not a few thousand troops in the whole of Gabon, except for the presidential guard, which had about 1,500 people, and the entire army, navy, and air force, plus the light flying brigade and the fire battalion of the armed forces, there were only about 6,000 people in total, and the main force of the coup was the two battalions of the army stationed in Libreville as the main force, plus a part of the police and fire battalions, and there were more than 1,000 people in total.

However, Duke in the CNN news, although he saw the artillery flying sideways, and the two sides used artillery, combat vehicles and other heavy firepower, but basically did not see any major casualties on both sides, which made people feel that this battle was really strange.

"Generally, African soldiers are more afraid of death when fighting, and they prefer to hide in a far place to bombard, and rarely launch an attack at close range. Therefore, except for the unlucky ones who were hit by stray bullets, the casualties were generally very small, and often they bombarded for more than ten days, and only a few dozen people really died under artillery fire. Bryant saw Duke's confusion and explained.

"So an army like this, don't look at thousands of people, in fact, as long as you give me three or five helicopter gunships, dozens of marines, go straight to their headquarters, and kill their leaders with a few rockets, you can quickly pacify them. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are not much stronger than poaching gangs due to their lack of discipline. Bryant said with some contempt.

"Don't say it's useless, three or five gunships, you'd think, I'm thankful that I only need one of them to leave this hellish place now. But do we have it? No! Duke said angrily, he was not interested in Kobe's obscenity at all.

But now the flight is canceled, and you have to leave here, either by boat from the sea or by land. However, in this case, it is extremely risky to choose these two ways to leave, and it will take at least ten hours to reach the nearby neighboring Guinea by land.

In contrast, if you can get a speedboat, it will take less than a few hours to get along the coastline to the nearest port city in Guinea, but the Atlantic Ocean is not always as calm as the beach outside the hotel, it is the rainy season in Gabon, although there was no heavy rain in Franceville this time, but it was lucky, and the probability of storms at sea is generally high in this season.

So when Kobe Bryant analyzed these two situations, Duke's idea of trying to leave through these two channels was completely extinguished.

He is also delicate now, he can't take such a big risk, and he is not a smuggler, he needs to make money with his head in his hand, and although the signing of the purchase agreement is also important, it is not important enough to risk his life.

"Why don't I contact the U.S. Embassy first?" Kobe Bryant saw that Duke was a little discouraged, and couldn't help but propose.

"Ah, yes, it may be a way to find an embassy, the US embassy can't be relied on, and there is also the Chinese embassy." Duke's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

Thankfully, the hotel's network has not been broken, Kobe Bryant connected to the Internet, and soon found the phone number of the US Embassy in Gabon, connected to the embassy staff, and Bryant briefly explained his situation.

The staff of the U.S. Embassy briefly verified Kobe's social security number, and after confirming that Kobe was an American, they understood Kobe's intentions and made a very pertinent suggestion: "Dear compatriots, I suggest that you better stay in the hotel, don't go there, if you feel really dangerous, you can always contact us to come to the embassy for temporary refuge." As for leaving, let's wait for further notice, and if it is necessary to evacuate with military forces, we will inform you. ”

It's just no fun. Kobe Bryant patiently listened to the words of the embassy staff, but his heart completely cooled.

At the same time that Bryant called the U.S. Embassy, Duke also called the Chinese Embassy, but the situation was also not optimistic, and the first secretary of the Embassy in Gabon told Duque that the embassy was now trying to find a way, but so far there was no perfect plan.

China has hundreds of personnel engaged in various jobs in Gabon, many of whom are engaged in exploration and other work in various parts of Gabon, and there are also more than 100 personnel stationed in Libreville from various companies. What the embassy is doing now is to compile a specific list of these people.

Duke listened to the first-class secretary's rambling on the phone for a long time, and finally understood that the other party was actually telling him that there was no good way to leave now, and he still stayed in his room honestly.

After the two of them made the phone call, they found that the results they got from each other were basically the same, and they couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.

The two of them just sat in the room, watching the occasional live broadcast reports from CNN or the BBC, while listening to the news from various radio reports on the radio, judging from the current situation, the two sides are just evenly matched, although the number of troops on the coup side is slightly larger than the current presidential guard, but because the presidential guard is more elite, the coup army is also more disadvantaged in equipment and terrain, so the progress of the offensive is not ideal.

The only thing that is good for the coup side is that they seem to have a higher level of support among the people, and they are now trying to get other armies into their ranks, especially the air generals, who are now the only ones that can have a significant impact on the military posture of both sides, and the air generals may be waiting for a better price from both sides.

Once the Air Force decides which camp to join, Gabon's more than 10 fighters, although they are relatively old, in view of the unfavorable situation of the general lack of air defense equipment on both sides, these more than 10 fighters joining the battle are enough to show the tremendous power of the strike.

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