"Mr. Zabi, I have been to Angola, so I know that the problem you are facing now, the resistance forces in the north are scattered, even your uncle has no good way but to support it, but the Portuguese are not invincible, you just don't use the right method!"

"How? I don't understand, what method we are going to use, we are fighting very hard, my people, they are all warriors who regard death as if they were at home, and they will not even back down in the face of the machine guns of the Grape Man! ”

"Yes, you attacked the garrison and the government, although you did it vigorously, but in fact, this method is wrong!"

Shepard looked out the window, the food he had prepared for the guests was almost hot, and he immediately asked people to bring it into the room, and as soon as the hot porridge and scones came up, Zabi and a few of his men couldn't help but sniff immediately.

"You're welcome, eat! Let's eat and talk! ”

Now that the food has been served, the guests from Angola have enjoyed it unceremoniously, and Zabi, who is sitting at the table, is quite personable, and eats quite elegantly with a spoon, but a few of his men are eager to put their heads into the basin, and a large pot full of steaming meat porridge is quickly eaten.

"Your supply situation is difficult!"

"Yes, not only the Portuguese army, but even the villages are unwilling to feed us, alas!"

"Look, that's the problem, Mr. Zabi, who is also black, why are those villages unwilling to feed you? Are they determined to follow the Portuguese? ”

"Of course not, they're just ......"

Zabi tried to explain, but then he froze.

In Africa, the relationship between the army and the people is often very complicated, some armies are trying to keep up with the modern army as much as possible, trying to do as little harm as possible to civilians, fair trade, but there are many more armies like thieves with armies, wherever they go!

Of course, there are many reasons for such a problem, the most important thing in army construction is often not what advanced weapons and equipment, but the most easily ignored logistics problems, the reality is not like a game, soldiers do not eat or drink, you choose a target and start attacking, in Africa, in most countries, the army's logistics construction is almost equal to zero, which is even worse than the performance of a certain country during World War II, because then people really have a few dollars to let the soldiers eat a few dollars.

In Africa, it is already rare to be able to give some salaries to his subordinates, as for the so-called unified guarantee of logistics procurement, it can only be said that there is, but it is rare, most of the black uncles are like wild stocking, what they eat around!

Because the north of Angola is an oil producing area, a large number of Portuguese troops are stationed, so the resistance forces here are extremely difficult, in this case, they are naturally difficult to ensure the logistics supply, then you can only play the subjective initiative, find a way, you let the soldiers go down to the river to fish into the forest to dig vegetables that is not realistic, nothing will work, so what to do?

Naturally, it is to find a way with the civilians, and how can the poor and white resistance forces have any money? If you don't have money, you rob it, and sometimes not only do you have to grab money and food, but there are even irritable armed gangs that have eaten and drunk enough to break down the whole village.

"First of all, you need a slogan, you need a symbolic thing!"

"Slogan?"

"That's right, Mr. Zabi, you should think about who you're fighting for!"

"Fighting for whom?"

Zabi Savimbi is not a mediocre talent, he also went to Europe to study and eat foreign bread, he actually understands many things, but he is often ignored, take the simplest food supply, why is the village unwilling to provide them with food? That is because in the eyes of the civilians, these militants are just as exploitative as the Portuguese army, and even worse than the Portuguese army, after all, the latter tends to resort to gentle measures against the civilians in order not to provoke the raging fire of the colony as much as possible.

"The rebellion against the Grape People is just the beginning, but what about after that, have you thought about it?"

"This, I see!"

Zabi smiled wryly and spread his hands.

"Mr. Price, I must admit that you are right!"

"No, Mr. Zabi, I'm right not because I'm right, but because I'm facing reality! I understand the situation! ”

"Yes, we don't care about how to fight the Portuguese, but what are we supposed to do?"

"This is simple, the first step is to win back the hearts and minds of the people, you must first prove yourselves and prove that you are different from other resistance forces! In fact, you don't have to do anything deliberately, you can buy and sell fairly, borrow and repay, and if you can do this, that's enough! ”

"Is that okay?"

"That's fine, you can even do better, but those things can't be explained for a while, and besides, you don't want to learn other things in one night, do you? Resisting the Portuguese is a long process, you have to be prepared for four to five years! ”

"It's okay, we've been preparing for more than ten years, so don't care if we're preparing for longer!"

In fact, Shepard said a lot, and Zabi listened to it in a fog, as if he understood it, and he didn't seem to understand, but no matter what, he only felt as if he had learned a lot, so he couldn't wait to go back and have a good reminiscence.

"Then, we will send people to receive your training later!"

"Okay, we'll give you everything without reservation!"

"Thank you so much, Mr. Price!"

"You're welcome! We just help each other! ”

"Indeed, help each other, oh, by the way, your accent is very good, but the London accent is a bit of a bit of a imitation of more deliberate, I came to secondary school and university in London, I can still hear it!"

As they parted, Zabi suddenly whispered to Shepard.

"Ah, I'll pay attention next time!"

Shepard was stunned for a moment, then laughed awkwardly.

And after the canoe disappeared into the darkness, Plommri, who had been silent and pretending to be a master, finally couldn't help but ask Shepard.

"What's the point of those things you say? Why can't I understand? ”

"If you don't understand, that's right, if you can understand, then the White House may have to change colors!"

"Are you serious?"

"Seriously!"

Shepard nodded.

"And you still tell them?"

"So what, this place in Angola is huge!"