Although everyone is full of black uncles when they think of Africa, in fact, in Lubumbashi, Shepard still sees a lot of white people, as the capital of Katanga province, the city is naturally distinctive, major foreign companies have offices here, and because of the large influx of people, there are naturally a large number of European and American restaurants here.

The next morning, Shepard sent Plomri to the market with a few men to check on the situation, and then several people returned, bringing bad news and good news.

"The good news is that the furniture problem is solved, and the boss there promised us to send it by car when it is done!"

"And what about the bad news?"

"The bad news is that our local friends don't seem to be very kind to us!"

After talking to the owner of the furniture store, Lao Pu saw that the time was still early, and immediately prepared to take his men down to the street to find a restaurant for two cups, and then he found a home that was said to have the best reputation, but after entering, he found that in addition to the people from the mining company and the oil company, there were also a group of peers, their Belgian French friends!

"You're fighting?"

"No, it's just a verbal exchange!"

Lao Pu went to consume, so he found a corner and sat down to taste the local characteristics, but he didn't want to cause trouble, but an enthusiastic Belgian friend came over, first expressed concern about Plumri's physical condition and age, and then said with a little mockery that you old and sick people from the United States are not suitable for this business.

"They're good at it!"

Shepard sneered a few times, he didn't want to trouble those guys yet, but these guys came up first!

"Lao Pu, send a message to Mitchell, and his people can send it over immediately!"

"If you hadn't asked me to keep a low profile as much as possible, those hairy legs would have been broken a long time ago!"

"I believe it, but we just arrived here, so let's not be too arrogant!"

In the following week, Shepard also met with his local counterparts a few times, but the other party appeared to be very restrained, and there was no other provocation except for the yin and yang giggling on the side.

And all the staff of the Shadow Company adhered to his orders, all of them acted in a low-key manner, and waited for the large army to advance, but what Shepard didn't expect was that the first to find trouble for him was not those local colleagues, but the Congo Defense Force!

Rangreso had told Shepard before that a pig-headed colonel with a very long name in the local garrison, named Senerio Papatok Denecka, had always eaten people and did not do anything, this person was first a sergeant in the Belgian colonial army, because he stood in the right position when he was independent, so he was promoted, from a sergeant who was illiterate and his only hobby was drinking and playing cards and cockfighting, to an officer who was also illiterate.

Later, during the warlord melee, he was a subordinate of the warlord Chongbo in Katanga Province, and later in the power struggle between Chongbo and Mobutu, Chongbo failed and was exiled, and he was the first to turn the chaos to Mobutu anyway, so he was promoted three levels in a row, from a company commander to a regiment commander,

He himself became the highest military governor of Katanga, commanding an army of 20,000 men.

That's right, the regular Congolese army in Katanga province, according to the documents, should be two regiments plus several battalions and a number of auxiliaries, totaling more than 20,000 people.

But such a large army naturally needs a large-scale financial support, and generally speaking, the current financial resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo can definitely afford it, but the head of state Mobutu has a little problem!

Mobutu, known as the light of the Congo, had a nickname for the three tyrants of Africa and several other good brothers in later generations, but in fact, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that he is a tyrant, because Mobutu is not a penchant for indiscriminate killing, nor is he the kind of hungry ghost who raises thousands of harems, he is just a little greedy for money.

In fact, this little bit of greed for money is not much greed, that is, about 60 percent of the state finances, and the head of state takes the lead in making money, so the people below must not learn from it.

So the salary actually given by the 20,000 troops was 5,000 people, and this money was a little small for Colonel Senerio, so he waved his hand again, and the army of 5,000 people was left with a little more than a thousand people, and he received the excess salary, and he sold the excess equipment.

Generally speaking, there is no intersection between the military commanders of this kind of garrison and the mercenaries, and there should not even be an intersection, but this guy's people don't know why, and directly seized the furniture transport convoy that Shepard ordered from the market.

This makes Shepard can't help it, I've seen a jumping face, I've never seen such a jumping face, is this hitting Uncle Black's ass? No, that's his face!

"Hannibal, call your men and come with me! Pu, get ready guys! ”

Shepard's brain was hot, and he immediately wanted to lead someone to kill him, but then he was stopped by Plumri.

"Calm down, calm down!"

"How calm is this, damn, Lao Pu, you know me, when did we get this kind of anger from Mexico to Yarra to Brazil?"

"I know, but it's a different environment now! We now have about 20 brothers, and even if there is a conflict, we will not be able to take advantage! ”

"I see!"

Shepard suppressed his anger and said.

"Let's go, let's see what this colonel wants to do!"

Immediately, Shepard took Hannibal and two black soldiers who were almost two meters tall and five big and three thick, got into a jeep and killed all the way to the headquarters of the Colonel Senerio.

Looking at the fluttering American flag, the soldiers at the door did not dare to make the slightest difficulty, and hurriedly went to report, and then, Shepard saw a guy who was one meter six tall and weighed absolutely three hundred pounds appeared in his sight wearing a military uniform.

"It's like a wall?"

Hannibal whispered.

"It's not so much a wall as a wall!"

"Friends from the United States, welcome to Katanga, I don't know why you are here?"

The round guy waved his hands very enthusiastically, but the golden gun on his belt and the gold ring on his finger were extremely dazzling, and even the military uniform that the guy was wearing had a row of dazzling gold stars, and on his chest there was a whole row of medals that could not be seen at all.

"This is the commander of the Shadow Company, Mr. John Shepard, we came to Katanga Province to carry out a security mission to protect the interests of our company at the request of the US Department of Defense, but yesterday, the Wehrmacht seized a batch of our goods on the grounds that there are prohibited items, so we have come to consult Mr. Colonel, may I ask, what are the prohibited items?"

"Huh? Yours with that rotten wood? ”

The colonel looked stunned, and Shepard took off his sunglasses and added a nonchalant.

"We have informed the embassy, and I think it may not be long before Mr. Mobutu will also ask, so please give us a reply!"