"It's almost New Year!"
Shepard drowsily sat up from the bed and glanced at the calendar on the bedside table, then looked at the time on his watch, and then yawned widely.
Getting up at 7:30 seemed to have become an unbreakable habit in his life, so no matter how sleepy he was, he still got out of bed shaking his head. After washing up, Shepard put on a vest and couldn't wait to go to the restaurant.
With the new chef, the variety of food in the restaurant has become much richer, and there are several more types of bread. The newly added croissants and bagels are much more delicious than the previous white bread.
Although he is not a gourmet expert, Shepard still has his own obsession with eating, that is, eating well is never enough. After all, he has been a man for two generations, and he has experienced it. It's okay, so Shadow Company has never been bad since the time of Pegasus. Smith even complained about it, but when it came to eating, the bad old man ate more cheerfully than anyone else.
After breakfast, Shepard put on his combat uniform, went to the armory to get a fal rifle, and then went to the shooting range. This is also where most PMCs of Shadow Company usually hang out. After all, the company prohibits shooting during missions. During this period, they drank and gambled. Although the camp also had a small library and billiards room, most people still liked to come to the shooting range to shoot a few shots or go to the training ground to learn fighting skills from veterans.
But Shepard was just here to warm up. After all, they couldn't rest during the New Year. United Mining was still looking for revenge on Francois on the streets. He was going to strike while the iron was hot and try to beat United Mining hard in the New Year. Kill him once, after all, if you don't kill him, you really have no chance!
The reason why I use Fal is because Shepard unexpectedly discovered that the Fal rifle is actually quite easy to use. Apart from anything else, the front and rear center of gravity of the gun is very comfortable. As for the grip, it is also good, which may be the only problem. It just doesn’t have the tactical platform to install additional components, such as sights and flashlights, but these are not insurmountable.
After playing a few magazines and getting familiar with the feel, Shepard handed the weapon back to the armorer for cleaning, and then returned to his tactical center. Osaba had been waiting here for a long time. When Shepard entered , this guy was holding a pot of stew and eating it snoringly.
"You keep eating, and then we'll talk after you finish!"
Seeing the guy wolfing down the food, Shepard couldn't say he was too disgusted. After all, the other person was running to collect intelligence under his orders. Now that he was in such a state of desperation, there was no harm in eating two more bowls.
“Eat more, eat more, Congolese stew nourishes you!”
"Osaba nodded repeatedly, and then continued to fuck hard. After pouring the food into his stomach in one breath, he drank two large bowls of cold water before letting out a sigh of satisfaction.
"Sir, we've checked everything! Those old Belgian boys have prepared a large convoy of fifty vehicles. They are expected to set off the day after tomorrow. They will start from their camp in Upper Mina and take the road to Matadi!"
"you sure?"
Shepard looked at the map and saw that Upper Mina was about 600 kilometers northwest of Lubumbashi. It would take a full 1,200 kilometers to go from here to Matadi, which is located in the far west. This journey It would take twenty days just to complete the normal journey. If there was an accident, it would take even longer. This would be more time-consuming and laborious than sending it to the train station for rail transportation.
However, United Mining currently has no better choice. After losing the help of mercenaries, the current security situation in Katanga Province cannot be said to have improved. It can only be said to be a mess. The mining companies under the protection of Shadow Company are still Well, they saw the cold, cruel and resolute shooting of the security personnel assigned to them, so unless they really had no choice, the heroes in Katanga Province were not willing to provoke the Shadow Company.
After all, who's security guard would use grenades to greet anyone blocking the way? In addition, Shadow Company's reputation for defeating mercenaries makes Shadow Company's current work quite easy and enjoyable. It can be said that it has reached the level of invincibility within a radius of 500 kilometers. As for the situation beyond 500 kilometers, that is not the case. Because the Congolese Defense Forces in the next province have tanks.
The mining companies that were not escorted by the Shadow Company were in a bit of a bad situation. Their security guards not only lacked weapons and ammunition, but also had poor personnel training. Therefore, they suffered heavy losses in the turns of the black uncles. Not only were their convoys attacked, but their personnel were kidnapped, and even The camp was also attacked. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has never been a good place. When Uncle Black rebelled against the Belgians, it was comparable to the Crusaders plundering Byzantium. As long as you can think of bad things that Uncle Black did, he was very skilled at it. Even the monastery was attacked.
But now that they have lost the halo of being a colonial master, the black uncles have no more psychological burden to retaliate against the white people.
This is true for small companies, not to mention the biggest target of United Mining. Now the lone United Mining employees don’t even dare to go to small towns to have fun because they can easily be slapped with sacks.
These retaliations are not even done by armed groups, but by civilians who are bullied by them on a daily basis, including but not limited to defecating and peeing upstream of water sources, disembowelling car tires, and even eating food that may have some snot and eye droppings.
Those from armed groups are even more exaggerated. The black uncles previously robbed a United Mining train. Thousands of tons of ore on the train were directly robbed by civilians from more than a dozen nearby villages, and the few dozen Several guards were even stripped naked and hung on telegraph poles next to the railway.
There were even accidents in United Mining's own residential area. A dozen daring black young people even broke into the employee dormitory area at night, ate and drank in other people's homes, and then set fire to it and left.
United Mining has nothing to do about this. The local government has promised to catch the murderer, but for several weeks, we are working hard every time. The black uncles did not learn anything else during the colonial period, but they are extremely proficient in perfunctory skills. .
In short, apart from the foreign-funded companies that have been hit hard repeatedly, the atmosphere in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is still very good. At least Shadow Company is extremely safe in nearby villages and towns, but in other places, it is uncertain.
"United Mining is like a crumbling house at the moment, as long as you step up and kick it!"
"It will collapse?"
"No, it will show up with a dozen big guys and beat you up, so we won't kick their houses, but their lives!"
