After the obstacle course was over, Colonel Kent had no intention of ending the inspection. He was going to have a good talk with Shepard. He didn't expect Shadow Company to follow his training outline exactly, but at least he hoped not to act like this. , but the next project made this almost sixty-year-old veteran instructor who had never been on the battlefield but had trained students for forty years almost fall off his chair.
A large group of shirtless black uncles shouted "1212" in English and ran in front of a group of senior officials. Following the instructor's orders, they began to perform highly entertaining performances such as breaking bricks with their hands, carrying wooden sticks on their backs, and kicking cans. suject.
Colonel Kent and several American instructors were dumbfounded, but the generals from Kinshasa kept applauding. They had never attended a military academy or even had any service experience. The reason why they could hold the rank of general was just because they were relatives of the president. Boto never appoints officials based on personal ability. He only looks at mood. When he is in a good mood, it is just a matter of one sentence to appoint him as a minister. If he is in a bad mood, it is possible for the minister to become an exile. He even raises It became a habit. Within two months, he would adjust the positions of the people around him.
Mobutu would divide the people around him into several stages of officialdom, prison and exile, and then let them rotate in sequence according to this process. A minister would work for the first two months, then go to prison to swing a sledgehammer in the next two months, and then he would rotate them in sequence according to this process. They will be exiled overseas in two months and then reinstated. So, to expect these generals to have any abilities, well, it is better to expect Getu not to make difficult decisions.
Therefore, the project of splitting bricks by hand naturally made these guys who were digging in the fields not long ago very excited to watch. Some even didn't believe it and ran up eager to try it. In the end, their hands were split by the guy who hurt them. Yelling there.
"Colonel Kent, you see, our soldiers have such strong bodies and such powerful strength, it is all thanks to you!"
"Ah, we are friends after all?"
Kent rubbed his face. Since all the allies thought it was good, he wouldn't care. Since Party A said so anyway, it would be redundant for him to be sentimental.
But apart from these chores, the black uncles in the Katanga garrison still performed a little amazingly. The trenches they dug and the fortifications they built were quite good, which was beyond Kent's expectations.
"After all, most of our instructors are from Vietnam!"
After Shepard explained this, Kent immediately felt relieved. If he came out of Vietnam, it would be fine. Charlie would attack and harass him day and night. If the frontline soldiers didn't build the fortifications better, they would be killed!
To be precise, the civil engineering work of the black uncles can be regarded as a training that Shepard pays close attention to. Even most of the black uncles will conduct practical exercises for several hours every day. They will be taken to the Shadow Company's camp in the name of training. , and then work with the hired workers for three or four hours. Whether it is cutting down trees or digging foundations, the black uncles are familiar with what they do, and it is free. Shepard does not even have to pay extra for overtime. After all, the money and food for raising troops come from US aid.
In short, some people were very satisfied with this inspection, some were more satisfied, and some were more troubled. But in the end, Colonel Kent gave up the idea of making a report by himself. After all, he had actual combat experience in Africa. The mercenaries are more familiar with these black people than he is, and compared with those trained by Shadow Company and those trained according to his own plan, he can better sum up that the colonel has been a technical bureaucrat all his life, and he also wants to He has been compiling related books for many years and now has a controlled experiment that can be written into the book later.
"Then when your book is ready, remember to leave a copy for me!"
"It's a shame you don't go to military school, John!"
"You can't do what you want when you go to a military academy. I care more about the dignity of small people than the so-called oppression by big powers!"
Colonel Kent rolled his eyes.
"After all, ordinary people can't resist, right?"
"You know dignity!"
"Stop talking about this. I won't comment on what you did. I only want the results, so you have to hurry up!"
"This is natural, so I would also like to make a request to you. After all, we are lagging behind now, so I hope that it will be possible to get more supplies for training, right?"
"Well, that's no problem. It's better to leave it to you than to be resold by those bastards. Can you believe that the one million rounds of ammunition that were sent before disappeared completely in less than a month? , I wrote to the Pentagon, and they actually told me to mind my own business!”
Kent glanced at the drunken Congolese generals standing aside. Shadow Company organized a nice banquet to welcome these people. Francois had left a lot of wine before, which was enough for several banquets, but Kent was obviously not here. For food, because of Shepard's non-military background, he is a pretty good person to talk to.
"Well, it's actually pretty good!"
"good?"
"Yeah, at least they didn't sell their weapons!"
"Because they sold it long ago and this place is a hopeless mess!"
"But this bad land is rich in resources. Look at my place. There are countless gold mines, copper mines, and oil. These are all things Uncle Sam needs!"
Kent talked a lot. Although it was not a complaint, he was at least expressing his dissatisfaction. Shepard understood this. After all, a senior officer was almost sixty years old, but he still couldn't touch it. At the threshold of a brigadier general, you can only hold the rank of colonel and be ordered to run around, which makes everyone depressed.
"Yes, Colonel, it's time for you to think about yourself!"
"Maybe!"
Kent shook his head.
"But you still have to work hard. Kinshasa has been experiencing constant problems recently. I don't know what kind of idiotic operation Mobutu is going to pull off. We have suppressed civilian disturbances several times before. I'm not sure when this will happen. Something went wrong too!”
"That's natural, but it doesn't matter even if there is a riot. Senerio is good at making money, and he probably won't be bad at quelling the riot!"
Shepard didn't pay much attention to the warning. If there was a problem, there would be the police, and if nothing happened, there would be the army. If they weren't even afraid of the army, then they wouldn't be ordinary mobs! At this moment, it’s time to learn from the actions of Margaret Thatcher, the famous British cavalry commander and the only female cavalry general in the UK!
"Cavalry company, charge!"
