Chapter 31: Who Has Money?
Despite Shepard's order not to kill the enemy as much as possible, the situation on the battlefield was exceptional, and not all of the PMCs were sharpshooters, so dozens of corpses were still left behind among the nearly 300 guerrillas, and many of the wounded who were knocked down were also dying.
"Treat as much as you can!"
Shepard looked at the corpses with a solemn expression, he was not a murderer, and he didn't want to build a team of murderers, but no matter how good the current situation was, it was not much better, and he could leave half of the mouth alive, which was already his best.
"We don't have a lot of medicine!"
Hannibal didn't know what Shepard was trying to do, so he questioned himself, and then he saw Shepard's frowning brow.
"Medical supplies are trivial, Hannibal, we didn't come to Africa to fight, we came to make money, do you think these guys are rotten meat? You're wrong, these guys, it's our cash cow! ”
"Cash cow?"
Hannibal still didn't understand, but who could get along with money, so without saying a word, he pulled out the bandage from his waist bag and threw himself at a wounded man.
"What do you want to do with these guys? Redeem bounty? ”
Promri had guessed Shepard's thoughts, but he didn't know who Shepard was going to contact him.
"Will the government forces pay these guys a lot of money?"
"Who said it was going to be for the government army?"
Shepard pointed to a guy who had broken his leg, but still survived tenaciously and didn't forget to wear his red beret before he fell unconscious.
"Have you forgotten who these guys are?"
"Guerrillas trained by Russians and Cubans?"
"Isn't that the end of it?"
Since the end of World War II, the wave of African independence has been higher than one wave, and traditional colonial powers such as Britain and France have continued to lose their colonies, although there is a role in the awakening of African national independence, the United States and the Soviet Union have made great contributions in it, although 71 years have not yet reached the peak of the United States and the Soviet Union's struggle for hegemony, but in order to compete for the right to speak, the two sides have seen no less investment in these small countries, just like two coal bosses and lovers, Everyone is throwing a lot of aid at small countries.
In addition to the direct banknote offensive, the assistance given by everyone is not limited to military assistance, economic assistance, and energy assistance, it can be said that during this period, the leaders of small countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have lived quite nourishingly, after all, it is rare for the two major powers to take turns to serve.
This is the case in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the initial independence was indispensable to the help of Big Brother, but the Americans picked peaches halfway, and the leader of the country that Big Brother fancied was directly overthrown, and even the whole body was not left, and it was directly melted by the CIA agents with concentrated sulfuric acid.
However, the big brother of the Soviet Union, as the big brother, naturally will not easily admit it, during this period, everyone upholds that I can be sad, but you must be sad to find trouble for the other party, if you support the government, then I will support the opposition, in short, all kinds of people and nobles participate in the grand event here, although Shepard is not up to the above standards, but he is already trying to get closer.
"By the way, the news of the wounded must be kept secret, as for those corpses, choose a good grave for them!"
"Understood, the base barracks are big enough anyway!"
Primri nodded, turned to leave, only to be stopped by Shepard.
"Oh, by the way, also, don't give too much food to the captives, make sure these guys are alive, but the kind that doesn't have much spirit!"
"Uh, do you want to add some more medicine?"
"Laxatives, forget it, the captives are also people!"
Shepard shook his head, he didn't want to see his barracks turn into a pigsty.
"Oh, by the way, how is the screening of captives?"
"It's okay, a considerable number of these guys can speak Spanish, or Havana accents, and some guys can speak Russian, so communication is not a problem, and a few officers have been found out!"
"Let's go, let's see!"
Hearing that there were still officers alive, Shepard suddenly became interested, and he immediately stepped forward quickly, and saw dozens of grizzled guys sitting behind the barbed wire with a decadent face through the guards, and outside them, there were more than a dozen heavily armed PMCs guarding these guys.
"These are the ones that are not hurt, there should be some in the jungle that have not been caught, do you want us to search them again?"
"Forget it, don't worry about the ones in the jungle! Those guys just run! ”
Shepard looked at the sluggish Black Uncle and immediately walked to the barbed wire.
"Whoever is the officer, stand up!"
No one responded, and the already insensitive, Black Uncles just glared at Shepard until he spoke again.
"Why, don't you even have the courage to admit yourself if you fail?"
As soon as he finished speaking, five black uncles stood up in the captive pile, and the latter looked at him with hatred on their faces.
"Bring them out!"
Shepard waved his hand, and then the PMC stepped forward to take the people out, and many soldiers tried to stop them, and then they were beaten by the PMCs with wooden sticks.
"Rest assured, we abide by international conventions and will not persecute prisoners!"
looked at the few officers who were brought out, and then Shepard confirmed the identity of the other party, only to find that the guerrillas in Katanga Province were indeed unusual, and there were two of his prisoners who had attended the Soviet military academy, and the remaining few had also received formal military training.
"I'm going to have a hard time doing it now!"
Shepard knocked on his neck in embarrassment, he wanted to put these officers back, because they were uncertain factors in the captives, no matter what they did, the officers could organize soldiers to report to the regiment to keep warm, but these few people were rare talents in the guerrillas, in other words, they were worth a lot of money, and it would be a pity to put them back!
"Keep these guys in solitary confinement, you can't miss the food, you have to raise me for nothing!"
Several officers did not know what to do, and tried to resist, and then turned around and were put into the helicopter in sacks.
"Well, since the officers can't do it, then the non-commissioned officers, all the non-commissioned officers stand up for me!"
Then a few black uncles stood up with a worried face, looking at the expressions of these guys, Shepard immediately laughed, and then he pointed to a few black uncles.
"Give these guys some water and something to eat!"
"Oh, by the way, food and water aren't free! You can go back when you're full of food and drink, but please give me a message when you go back! ”
Shepard took out a coin and kept playing with it in his hand, and then said.
"Please help me ask your superiors how much it costs to train a soldier!"