Chapter 125: Talking to each other
"Remember, you're not allowed to speak American English today!"
Saklar, who had gone with Shepard's orders, soon received news that a young commander named Savimbi, who was active in northern Angola, expressed his intention to cooperate.
"Savimbi?"
Shepard looked thoughtfully at Plumri to the side, who immediately explained.
"It's not the Savimbi you think, it's the latter's distant nephew, basically it doesn't matter!"
"Oh, I thought it was him!"
Shapard's full name is Jonas Marero Savimbi, he is a very active figure in Africa, with many characteristics such as warlords, politicians, heroes, politicians, etc., it can be said that he is a very complex person, and has a pivotal position in Angola.
However, this Sawen is better than non-Bisa Wenbi, a nephew with the same surname who has nothing to do with it, well, it is better than nothing.
Both sides have intentions, so naturally they have to sit down and talk, Shepard set the place of negotiation in a small village on the border, this village is a safe point in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, less than three kilometers from the border, surrounded by rivers and forests, extending in all directions, very easy to maneuver, and most of the villagers in the village also received 500,000 US dollars, they allowed Shepard to use the village canoe to transport ammunition and personnel from the border river, and even sometimes the women of the village would personally go into battle to help steer the boat.
This is not a military and civilian fish and water situation, but the Congolese franc in PMC's hand is really fragrant.
And the village also has the advantage of being close to the border checkpoint, where an infantry company from Senerio is stationed, and if there is any problem, the camp can be reached in five minutes.
Therefore, after passing the message through an intermediary, the two parties agreed to meet here at 10 p.m. on Sunday evening.
In order to make sure that in case, Shepard sent an Apple detachment to the outskirts of the village in advance, snipers and machine gunners closely monitored the river and nearby roads, in addition, even the newly arrived commando armored vehicles were driven out and parked just outside the village, and if there was a situation, the two armored vehicles would run away with Shepard under the cover of the M20.
After arriving at the destination, Shepard also specially instructed the PMCs who followed him not to reveal their accents, so as not to reveal their identities.
"But we're Vietnamese! Head, we won't be able to speak in London either! ”
"That's not right, you are Gurkha soldiers!"
"Will this work?"
"It's okay, at least pretend!"
At the scheduled time, the vigilant sniper saw a few lights on the Angolan side on the other side of the river, and then began to flash rhythmically.
"They're coming!"
Zak, who had been paying attention to the movement on the other side, immediately picked up the flashlight and waved it, and then, with the sound of water stirred up by the oars, two small wooden canoes slowly appeared in front of everyone.
Then, a lean but very tall black man jumped ashore first.
He was then taken to a thatched hut in the village.
In the dim light, Shepard could see the appearance of the comer, who was a rather young black man, wearing a set of rainforest camouflage, with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and the whole person looked very capable.
But Shepard doesn't think so, the other party's dress is actually no different from the famous Savimbi, in fact, it is just a deliberate imitation!
"Just call me Zabi!"
"Well, just call me Price!"
Shepard, wearing a face mask, said apologetically.
"For some reason, I can't show my true colors, I'm sorry!"
"It's okay, it's okay, it's a good choice for you and us!"
Zabi did not feel the slightest displeasure, but a little relief and relief, he sat down in a chair, and then took a small cloth bag from the hand of the soldier behind him, put it on the table and opened it.
"This is the first time we met, I brought a little welcome gift, please don't be polite!"
Shepard glanced at it, and then his heart suddenly blossomed, the bag was full of diamonds, and the color was very good, so he rushed to this meeting gift, the other party's friend, he made it!
"This is really polite, since you are so generous, then we can't be stingy, twenty FAL automatic rifles, and a thousand rounds of ammunition, the same is served!"
After Shepard handed the diamond to the PMC behind him, he pointed out the window, several PMCs were carrying boxes to the river, which was the stock of the Wehrmacht's weapons arsenal, Senerio couldn't bear to see these weapons moldy in the warehouse, so from time to time he got a little out of it to bask in the sun, and a considerable part of it was sent to Angola through the Shadow Company, after all, the sun was rounder over there.
As soon as the gifts were exchanged, there was a sudden lack of restraint between the two sides, and they didn't use any honorifics when they spoke, after all, to put it bluntly, everyone just came to take what they needed, so they didn't hide it.
"Our situation is not good, there is a shortage of men, guns, food, my men had one hundred and twenty-three last month, but this month, there are only seventy-seven left, and the Portuguese army and servant army that surrounded us will be thousands, they also have planes, tanks and artillery!"
"I understand your plight, and my men and I hate colonialism very much, so we are willing to help you in any way we can!"
"Well, what about the price, Mr. Price!"
"Well, magic and miracles are not free, and although we don't ask for anything in return for our help for the time being, I think that if one day your business is successful, then we can survey for oil in your controlled area? Of course, count us as a joint venture! ”
"Oil? I guess so, after all, we don't have anything there that will interest you except oil and diamonds and gold! ”
In the face of Shepard's honesty, Zabi did not have the slightest surprise, and even generously agreed to Shepard's proposal, anyway, he has nothing in his hand now, first agree to the conditions, and if it really improves in the future, it will not be too late to talk.
"So what kind of help can you give us?"
"Everything, as long as it can help you survive and continue to fight, we can provide it!"
Shepard crossed Erlang's legs, he didn't have anything at hand anyway, but that didn't stop him from saying a big thing.
"Can you really help us?"
"Of course, because no one knows guerrilla warfare better than I do!"