Chapter 123: Excellent Service
"If the Soviets give enough, aren't these guys even able to sell the White House?"
"But they can't afford that price!"
After seeing the condition of the goods, on the way back, Shepard couldn't help but complain again.
It's no wonder that this battle can't go on, the high-level doesn't care about the actual situation at all, just formulate KPIs there, let their subordinates complete, and the subordinates for KPIs, naturally try their best to make up the number, this is why there is the classic sentence Standing still is Charlie, running is the well-trained Charlie, it can be said that after entering the seventies, the front-line army has entered a state of rottenness, and the above has given tasks, and the GIs will go out and start indiscriminate sudden attacks, regardless of whether he is a civilian or a guerrilla, and he will go back to the errand when he has killed enough.
And after returning to the camp, the big-headed soldiers did not do anything good, except for rewarding themselves with beautiful posters for alcoholism and drug abuse, and even the discharged soldiers had to complete the drug rehabilitation process in Vietnam before returning to China.
But that's fine, such a rotten battle situation is a good opportunity for Shepard to buy the bottom, after all, those weapons and ammunition, rather than leaving them to the Vietnamese, should be squandered.
After agreeing with Colonel Dunn for scrap steel for three Hueys and six commando armored vehicles, Shepard politely declined the other party's invitation to go straight to the hotel to rest.
"That's it, are you satisfied now?"
"It's okay, but I just have to pay for it, I'm a little reluctant!"
"Then you remember the place, bring someone to rob it next time, I see that you are very skilled in Africa!"
"That's still forget it, it's too far, I'm too lazy!"
"You kid, Dunn is cheap enough for my sake, do you know how much it costs them to sell a rifle to the Burmese?"
"How much?"
"Two thousand dollars, and you have to pay in dollars!"
"Huh, what about the big guy?"
"It's expensive, it's not low!"
"Those warlords are so rich?"
"Very rich! Morgan: The income of a year of hard work is not even a third of what it is here! ”
"It's okay, in a few years they will be able to overtake!"
Shepard is telling the truth, after all, after the end of the Vietnam War, the drug market, which has lost a large number of supplies, will naturally seek a new source of goods, and countries such as Mexico and Colombia, which are very close to the United States, are very good, and then they and the Drug Enforcement Administration will be able to go crazy!
"Okay, let's not talk about this, what is your next thought after you have the stuff?"
"What's next?"
"Don't tell me you bought these things to be a mine owner in that part of Katanga!"
"Are you so sure?"
"Hmm!"
Smith nodded solemnly.
"I don't want to interfere with your thoughts, but you have to give me an explanation, so that if there is any problem, I can handle it!"
"Well, since you said so, then I'll briefly state my thoughts!"
"Angola, or Angola, the Portuguese are losing their control over the region little by little, so to speak, just like Vietnam, Portugal is only a matter of time before they leave, and they are not like the French who can establish a pro-suzerainty regime in the colonies, so once they leave, this place is bound to leave a huge power vacuum!"
"Well, indeed, so you're going to get your hands dirty?"
"No, my people have been in contact with several local guerrillas, and I have exchanged a lot of French guys for them, and it is better to support an agent than to end up myself!"
"And what about the return?"
"The oil fields in the north of Angola, the diamond mines in the south, that's all good stuff, and we don't even need an agent to do anything, as long as he can maintain effective control over the area, that's enough!"
"Great idea, but unrealistic!"
Smith added.
"Have you calculated the cost of raising a hundred-strong guerrilla force for a year, not to mention, if you want to get involved in the northern oil field area, the scale can only be larger, and although Portugal is losing its influence, the regular army can still maintain enough suppressive power, so your plan is not realistic!"
"No, I don't expect to do this in a short period of time, and I don't expect to support a multi-capable player, I just need an existence that can continue to cause problems for the Portuguese army, and, preferably, the kind of team that will be crushed by the regular army, such talents are better to buy!"
"And what you need is not to clash with the regular army?"
"Only fools will fight with the regular army, this is used to bully the guerrillas!"
Shepard's goal has never been a regular army, as far as his people are concerned, it is a dish to exchange fire with the regular army of any sovereign country, so his goal is very clear, that is, to bully soft persimmons, and those guerrillas who have little strength are his dishes!
"Since you've thought it all out, then whatever, but it's still the same sentence, safety first, if there are any problems......"
"Remember to clean up your tail!"
Shepard took the lead and said what the other had to say.
This is the end of the conversation between the two, and since Shepard has a clear understanding and a long-term plan, Smith is not in the way.
After spending more than a week in Saigon, the Black Mermaid, which had departed from the United States like them, arrived at the port of Saigon laden with supplies to the front, and then, late one night, the Black Mermaid, unloaded with all its cargo, slowly sailed into the heavily guarded military port under the guidance of a barge.
Then, hundreds of soldiers and engineers, under orders from the top, removed the helicopters and armored vehicles from the warehouse, as well as some of the ammunition, and loaded them into the cargo hold of the Black Mermaid, which really gave Shepard a little shock to Vietnam.
"To be able to do this in the name of a classified combat mission, it seems that the big fish is very big! But I'm curious, will there be a written record? ”
"It's all secret combat missions, how can there be a written record, even if there is, it has to be destroyed!"
Dunn's service was indeed in place, although the loading of the Black Mermaid was not much secretive, but the action was fast enough, and the loading was completed in less than a few hours, and then Dunn personally acted as a pilot, guiding the Black Mermaid out of the military port, without any inspection or interrogation.
"If there is any problem with the goods, then continue to come to me and give you an exchange, and I guarantee that you will be satisfied!"
At the time of separation, Dunn did not forget to give Shepard a few more instructions, and even did not forget to ask the harbor maintenance staff to fill the Black Mermaid with fuel under the pretense of public help.
With such high-quality after-sales service, Shepard has the urge to come shopping again, but the black mermaid has a limited loading capacity, so he can only wait for the next time!