"Otherwise, how could you get the news? Now you are the commander of this special anti-terrorism force.
But to be honest, this unit of yours is just used to show off to others, and its scale is too small. Therefore, your military rank will not be too high. In the eyes of the military bosses, you are just a small role.
At best, he can only be regarded as a promising grassroots officer. The people we are coming to contact this time are either real military bosses or figures at the national level in Mali.
How could you suddenly get such news? Lin Rui asked back.
"This" The black officer was speechless.
"You were used as a weapon, and you thought you were saving the country and the people. With your little brains, don't compare yourself with those scheming people.
?Be a good soldier and do things within the scope of your responsibilities. For you, this is already the limit.
It is the duty of a soldier to be patriotic, but using this as an excuse to forcefully intervene in politics is not what a soldier should do. Lin Rui said slowly.
"Mr. Rick, what you said does make sense. But I am not willing to accept it. After so many years of independence, we have not been able to change the situation of being controlled by these big countries. As a patriotic soldier, we must make efforts." Black officer Resolutely authentic.
Lin Rui nodded, "Of course. As a soldier, you must never stop pursuing your country's freedom and national independence. But changing all this will not happen overnight.
You must understand that this kind of hard work will not lead to immediate changes. This requires decades or even centuries and the accumulated efforts of several generations. "
One day you will understand. What can really change your country is not the weapons in your hands, but the thoughts of the people.
Weapons can kill people, and can even create fear and force people to submit. But force cannot change people's minds. "
The black officer was silent.
Lin Rui slowly let go of him, lit a cigarette, and lowered the car window.
"When I finish here, you'd better think about it. Should you take your people to evacuate, or stay here.
But you¡¯d better understand that I don¡¯t like being late. If you don't leave, it means there will be bloodshed.
¡°If that¡¯s the case, you and your men will all die today. And we will present a gift to the Malian government.
That is, when I first arrived, I suppressed a group of soldiers who disobeyed orders and intended to rebel. Think it through. "
The black officer turned his head and looked at Lin Rui sharply. It seems that he wants to see this person through. But Lin Rui was smoking, and the smoke he was exhaling made it impossible for him to see clearly what was in Lin Rui's eyes?
¡°Two minutes later, the black officer got out of the car. He walked back to his unit expressionlessly and made a gesture.
All the black soldiers, who were armed and ready, put away their weapons and turned around to get into the car.
Soon several cars started to start one after another and drove away completely. It was as if these Malian military vehicles had never appeared on the street.
"He walked pretty fast. But I saw that guy's expression looked like he was about to cry, and even his eyes were red. Boss, you didn't do anything to him in the car, did you?" Kuai Ma looked at Lin Rui and asked. .
"I just told him not to meddle in his own business. And to have enough patience." Lin Rui shrugged. "But I feel like it's useless. Maybe in two years, the boy we trained will become an ambitious warlord again."
"What he becomes is none of our business. I only care about whether I can have a good meal and have a good night's rest when I get there.
After driving for a long time, I am really tired. Kuai Ma said disapprovingly.
Soon they arrived at the meeting place, and the Malian side indeed gave them a high-level reception.
In fact, Lin Rui also knew the person responsible for receiving them. During his multi-national anti-terrorism mission in the Sahel region, Lin Rui met many senior Malian officials. Mali is one of them who is responsible for talking to them this time.
After the two parties met, they exchanged a few polite greetings and then got straight to the point.
¡°Mr. Rick, on behalf of the Malian government and myself, I greatly appreciate your company¡¯s outstanding performance in previous counter-terrorism missions.
So we sincerely welcome your company to do business in Mali. We urgently need private military companies like yours with rich experience and sufficient capabilities to intervene in the situation in Mali.
"However, your company's proposal for a comprehensive defense contract is still under consideration by our senior management and we cannot give you an immediate reply. "This black man"?? place.
And you never have to worry about not being able to get off the bus. Because if you don't pay, the taxi driver will kick you out of the car.
The Russians are different. Once you actually get on their car, can you get off easily? this is a problem. Lin Rui blinked at the black official.
The black official was thoughtful and nodded immediately, "Mr. Rick's words are exactly what we have been thinking about before. That's why we seem so hesitant."
"Then, I'll help you make a decision." Lin Rui smiled. ¡°Our advantage is that we have no national background. The advantage of Wakner Group is exactly the opposite.
Which one is better or worse, we won¡¯t consider for the time being. So what do we consider? Consider the benefits. Which one is better for you to hire?
Please forgive me for being direct, because I am fundamentally a businessman. Of course, businessmen want to talk about profits. "
"Of course, everyone has to talk about interests. But Mr. Rick, you are talking about commercial interests. And what we want is national interests." The black official nodded.
"Then we start from the perspective of profit. One of the biggest advantages of hiring us is that we will not have an impact on your country's military.
Because even if we accept this contract, we do not have a deep connection with your army.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????] They are just a group of instructors who are paid to help them train. Of course, when necessary, we will also direct them to fight.
But in the final analysis, we are a group of people without roots.
But the Wagner mercenaries are different. They have too strong a Russian background. The relationship with the Russian high-level officials is too deep.
It caused a problem. That is, if your army has long-term contact with them, it will inevitably be branded as Russia.
I won¡¯t say how much danger a big country that has always been tough and a group of young officers who are very close to them will mean?
But I would like to ask you to recall, how many coups have some African countries experienced since their independence?
How many of them were launched by soldiers? Which coup launched by some soldiers was not influenced by the great powers of Europe and the United States? Lin Rui said calmly, "As long as you have figured this out, I think your government should also figure out who to cooperate with." "
The black official was silent for a while, then slowly said, "Mr. Rick's questions are indeed thought-provoking. However, we also have other considerations.
In our current situation, we do need a big country that we can rely on. "
Lin Rui laughed and said, "Then why are you so anxious not to cooperate with the Wagner Group? Because you are afraid. What I just mentioned are actually the pain points that you are afraid of.
I do have a plan that can help you avoid all problems. It might even bring unexpected benefits. "
"Oh? Can Mr. Rick tell you something so that I can learn something from it?" The black official nodded immediately.
"If you want to find a big country to cooperate with, you just want to rely on a big tree. But you are also afraid that such a country will bring you unexpected troubles.
¡°In fact, to put it bluntly, you just want the benefits of having the backing of a big country, but you are unwilling to take the corresponding risks.
I have a solution for you, which is to cooperate with us in military matters, and for economic cooperation, you can go to those big countries.
The advantage of doing this is very simple, it¡¯s about getting what you need. First of all, what those big countries want to pursue is nothing more than economic interests.
Even their military operations in Africa are to protect their interests in Africa.
Including their previous joint counter-terrorism operations and related exercises. If they don't have financial interests in Africa, why are they working so hard?
Because they have economic interests and need a stable environment, they want to fight against terrorism and maintain peace. None of this is a problem.
Give me military contracts and I will give them this kind of environment. I'm here to guarantee a safe environment and their economic interests in Mali.
¡°That way they don¡¯t need to get involved in the military side of Mali. You should cooperate economically with these big Western countries. Once the national economy improves, everything else will come slowly. "Lin Rui said slowly. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com