Chapter 101: We're Defending Freedom!
"O Kinshasa! I've been there once! ”
Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2,300 kilometers away from Lubumbashi, and it would be a fool's dream to go overland, but fortunately, there are cargo planes connecting between the two places, but the ride experience is a little worse.
"Isn't that a little bit worse? It's a world of difference! ”
After getting off the plane, Primri complained bitterly, unlike Shepard, who was not yet twenty years old and able, and could sleep in any situation.
"We really need a fixed-wing, even if it's for commuting to deliver mail! John, United Mining has scavenged so much money there, why don't you get a plane? ”
"But that's the money I want to save up to buy a tank!"
"Buy a tank? Who still uses tanks now, I'll get you a Cadillac commando, it's much more interesting than a tank! ”
The Cadillac commando that Plomri said refers to the V100 wheeled armored vehicle produced by the Cadillac company, the number of the US military is M706, which is a 4x4 amphibious armored vehicle, developed in 1964, and performed well in Vietnam, not only the US military has equipment, but also a lot of South Vietnamese government troops, if in terms of driving experience, this car is indeed much better than the tank.
"But men still want tanks!"
"Tanks are really bad, buy planes!"
"But to buy a plane, you have to find an airport and a pilot!"
"When you buy a tank, you also have to think about transportation!"
"That's right, I won't buy either!"
Promri was dumbfounded, why did this person still have remorse?
"No, think about it again, Cessna has a few planes that are pretty good! You can't be too good at being ambitious, if you want C130, we may not be able to afford it! ”
"That's not necessarily, who said we want to raise it!"
Shepard shook his head, raised his hand to stop a truck, and the other party very happily charged 20 US dollars, and then sent them to the hotel where Smith and the others were staying.
It can be seen that the other party's visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo this time is very large, not only the hotel where they stayed is worth a lot of money, but even the soldiers standing guard outside are not ordinary national defense forces, but members of the presidential guard.
The uniforms, rifles, boots, and water bottles of these soldiers were all in the same uniform as the U.S. Army's active duty, which was unthinkable to other Wehrmacht, and Senerio's men, and even half of them, couldn't even get their uniforms together.
Smith was not in the hotel, they went to the presidential palace today to talk to Mobutu, the great savior of the Congolese, and the two could only sit in the hotel lobby and wait, and waited for a full three hours before Smith, who was full of wine and food, followed the crowd into the hall with a smile.
"John?"
I haven't seen him for a year, Smith is more wealthy, but his face is much more ruddy than before, and I don't know if he drank alcohol or ate fat after retirement, but the old man's complexion is really good, and after seeing Shepard, he immediately left the crowd and came over and hugged Shepard fiercely.
"Stinky boy, why did you see my expression, and Lao Pu, what's wrong with this guy, someone owes him money?
"I've been waiting for you for three hours, and I haven't eaten!"
Shepard told the truth, Smith immediately glared, his legs were on himself, and he went to find a place to eat when he was hungry, why did it sound like my fault?
"No money!"
"No money? You kid, don't think I don't know what you've done this year, blackmail can hit the head of the KGB, can you? ”
Smith took the two to his suite, then asked for two more lunches from the hotel's restaurant for them to deliver.
When you enter the room, you are all your own people, so you don't have to be polite, and Shepard's coat takes off the largest sofa.
"By the way, the news that I blackmailed the KGB has spread widely?"
"Not many people know, but only Beryukov, Morgan, and me from the KGB Main Directorate!"
"Ha, you guys have ties to the KGB? Traitors to capitalism! ”
"Fart, isn't it normal for intelligence agencies to have connections with each other? We and the USSR are not really mortal enemies! Why can't there be a connection! ”
"That's true, but if you really talk to Russia in the future, please tell me!"
"Tell you what?"
"I'll run South America first and become a rich man!"
"Then I'll be the first to bring someone over and grab you on the street lamp!"
Smith rolled his eyes, there was still a lot of private communication between the KGB and the CIA, not that the two sides were betraying intelligence, but more like a routine notice, so as not to cause some misunderstandings that would lead to the outbreak of a nuclear war, Beryukov had investigated the Shadow Company and knew Morgan, and when the two sides met at WYN, Beryukov thought it was Morgan's instructions, only to find out that it was a misunderstanding.
"But you've done a good job, the KGB has infiltrated Africa very well in recent years, much better than us!"
"Actually, it's not that the KGB is too powerful, but it's that our side is too la, look at the people people they support, and then look at the people we support, it's strange if you don't lose!"
"Then you tell the above this, see if they listen to it!"
Smith's face was disdainful, as far as Shepard's temperament was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, he must be the first to provoke a big war!
"So, what are you doing in the DRC? Don't tell me I want to invest in business? ”
"That's right, they're here for business investment, we're not!"
Smith shook his head, then poured himself a glass of whiskey on the rocks.
"In view of the current chaos in Central Africa, the congressional masters are ready to plant a nail here, and have approved the proposal for military assistance to the DRC, and we are here to support the DRC's military strength!"
"What's the deal, the state actually uses the taxes we pay for this!"
Shepard said with an indignant expression.
"Why don't you fart, you haven't paid a dime in taxes!"
Smith immediately grabbed a lump of ice and threw it over.
"What about commercial aid, I remember that there are a lot of mines here in the DRC, and most of them are occupied by Europeans, what are we going to invest in?"
"It's definitely still a mine, as for the Europeans, they will have to leave in a few days, and we will take over the things in a row!"
Smith's tone was full of mockery, after all, even in the name of fighting against the Soviet Union, this is too ugly!
"It's okay, it's the price of freedom, and our European friends will surely understand the painstaking efforts of the United States! After all, in order to fight the USSR, we will definitely do whatever it takes! ”
Shepard shrugged indifferently.
"But don't we have a contract with a European company, and they're gone, what are we going to do?"
"Well, of course, it's to ask them for liquidated damages, people have run away, the company must be there, if not, give them a Russian hat!"