Chapter 524: Strong Army
At this time, the weapons and equipment of African countries are very different, some countries can enjoy the preferential treatment of the Soviet Union's tens of billions of subsidies and Pinduoduo, AK bazookas can be vigorously made, but some countries are still using old-fashioned World War II weapons.
Not to mention here in Chad, the weapons span more than half a century, some of Habré's men are armed with FAL automatic rifles, and some are still using old Lebel rifles, in addition, what AS36, AT49, SKS, AK47, AK, in terms of weapon variety, it is more than enough to open a museum.
Chad's apparent lack of self-production of bullets is the logistical problem of exploding with such a mess of weapons, and many weapons are already outdated and bullets cannot be bought.
Even if it can be bought, bullets of the same caliber do not mean that they can be universal, the same 7.62, NATO's 7.62x51 mm bullet and the Warsaw Pact's 7.62x54 mm bullet are completely different, even if it is the Warsaw Pact itself, 7.62x54 and 7.62x39 are not universal.
Not to mention that Habré's army also had a mess of machine guns, ranging from the British 7.7mm Bren to the German-made 7.92mm G42.
Therefore, what Shepard said here is also the truth, if an army wants to improve its combat effectiveness, it is even more necessary to unify the caliber of bullets, even if it is the workers' and peasants' army of a certain country during the early revolutionary war of the same universal weapon, they also know that different weapons are equipped with the same units according to the type of bullet as much as possible, so as to reduce the logistical pressure!
Habré, who served in the French colonial army, naturally knew these things, but he never did similar work at all, and his subordinates fought on their own.
Now that Habré had put forward the idea of strengthening his own descendants, Shepard had made a sincere suggestion for the sake of real money.
And recommending their own company's products, naturally on the one hand, is to make a profit, on the other hand, it is also to have absolute confidence in their own products, the Shadow Company now almost a full set of weapons are purchased from KAC, even if it is a 249 machine gun, and after getting the authorization, it has also begun to produce KAC versions for the Marine Corps, not to mention others!
In terms of the level of development of light weapons, KAC is already considered to be the world's first-class, so when recommending KAC's products, Shepard is really thinking about the other party!
It can be seen that Habré is still a little hesitant, and Shepard did not continue to stalk, but offered to invite the other party to experience KAC's products for himself another day.
After all, he came over today, just to say hello and meet, and there are many specific work details, which have not been agreed upon by the two parties.
Habré was a little embarrassed, and as Shepard left, he shoved the two women over.
"Then thank you, General!"
Shepard remembered that there was really a shortage of serious laundry and handymen in the camp, and even if it was to operate the washing machine, someone had to keep putting clothes on the side, so he didn't refuse again.
Within a few days, Habré had arrived at the Shadow Company's makeshift camp with his hundreds of guards.
And as soon as he entered the camp gate, he began to nod his head incessantly, because the PC camp organized according to Shepard's strict housekeeping requirements was simply the difference between a palace and a pig's kennel compared to the camp of his guards.
"Okay, well, our army should be as strict as this!"
Hablay had also thought about taking the camp out of Shepard's hands, but then, he realized that even if he did, his men would make it as sloppy as before in just a few days.
As for why Habré came to the Shadow Company, Shepard also knew why, and the day after he and Habré met, Habré's men and Gaddafi's Vulcan Army clashed over the border between the two sides.
Habré's men fought more and less, but were beaten violently by the other side, and those Vulcan troops armed with a water AK47 rifle completely suppressed the chaotic government forces here in the firefight, and the most annoying thing is that those of their own men, except for the dead who were left with their bodies, the other surrenders were all taken away by the Vulcan army, if nothing else
, they will be transformed into Vulcan Army.
The main reason why Habré is still in N'Djamena instead of being driven out by Gaddafi's army is that France and the United States have drawn a ceasefire line in the zone of contact, and if Gaddafi's army passes through this line, it will be attacked by the French air force.
Therefore, Gaddafi will continue to support the Vulcan Army to make small moves on the border, so that he can not only continue to reduce Habré's power, but also test the attitude of France and the United States.
If they don't care, then Gaddafi can make a bolder temptation, one step at a time, and within a few years Chad will become Libyan territory.
However, at present, France and the United States are still quite wary of Gaddafi, but this kind of small-scale harassment from the Vulcan Army cannot move the two godfathers at all.
Habré's army, on the one hand, wants to control the current territory, and on the other hand, it wants to deter the disobedient factional forces, and it is simply not capable of carrying out an effective counterattack.
Therefore, he urgently needs to enhance the combat effectiveness of his troops in a short period of time, so purchasing a batch of advanced munitions is naturally the best choice.
"Mr. Shepard, when will those weapons of yours arrive?"
"A month, you have to understand, to send them out, there are some procedures!"
"I pay in dollars, can I go faster?"
"Two weeks, after all, transportation also takes time!"
"And how long will it take for my men to become proficient in the weapon after they get it?"
"At least a month!"
"No, no, no, it's too slow, so, Mr. Shepard, I bought your people's weapons, and then let your people teach my soldiers, how?"
"But aren't you at a loss?"
"These losses are nothing, the losses on the front line are what I can't accept, Gukuni's ***, after I drove him out, he still doesn't give up, and he still wants to come back, I have to interrupt his outstretched tentacles!"
Although Habré was worried about money, he also knew that if he couldn't sit in this position, he would not be able to keep the oil that could bring him income, so he could earn more money now and earn more money in the future, and he could still settle this account.
If he could, Habré even wanted to hire Shadow Company's PC directly to help him fight, but Shepard refused, because the contract didn't say that they could do so, and they could not participate in direct hostilities unless Gaddafi's men hit those oil fields controlled by the United States!