"So, from the very beginning, your goal was not to have a head-on conflict with the Portuguese?"
"Yes, I said, based on the current situation, it is impossible for the Portuguese to lose. The only reason for their retreat is because of domestic problems!"
"Are you so sure?"
"Lao Pu, you have also been to Vietnam. Looking at the country, do you think there are any similarities between Portugal and the United States?"
"All at war?"
"So there will be casualties in war. What do you think is the reason why people in the country are against the war?"
“Did they believe Soviet propaganda?”
"Wrong, because they can't see the hope of victory, with the increasing casualties and endless conscription. Are the people really anti-war? They are just anti-defeat!"
"Damn, what you said seems to make sense!"
"Times have changed, Lao Pu. In the past, we felt that human life was nothing, and the era when millions of troops could be thrown into hellish battles like a meat grinder with a wave of the hand no longer exists. The emergence of a large number of wounded affects not only the military. Morale, and the people!”
"I understand what you're thinking!"
Plumlee teased Shepard with a smile.
"You should be in charge of the Vietnam War!"
"Then I will go to the White House without saying anything. After all, the White House is closer to us than Hanoi!"
"It makes sense, but it's a pity that you didn't direct it!"
"It's okay, I can now direct the Angola War of Independence!"
"However, I feel that we should evacuate! The Portuguese have suffered successive losses this month, and they will definitely increase their search efforts!"
"Well, it's just time for us to go back and continue class!"
In fact, it was not just because of the raids by the Portuguese regular army that the teaching tools brought by Shepard and the others were almost used up, it was also the reason why they decided to withdraw to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
However, Zabi and his men will still insist on fighting. The other party has a little grasp of the tricks Shepard told the other party about preferential treatment of prisoners. Next, it is up to them to use it.
However, funding Shepard will not stop. After all, this is his first independent investment!
After returning to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the students from the Angolan guerrillas immediately became more at ease. They have all seen the strength of the British teachers. Now, these carefully selected intellectuals are considered to be the few in Zabi's hands. They are like sponges, eager to learn related things.
Making landmines, time bombs and other improvised explosives was to let them learn to fight against the Portuguese, and digging tunnels was to allow them to preserve themselves. Shepard even went there in person to speak out, saying that it was so painful to drill tunnels in Vietnam. The US military gave examples to tell these black uncles what the benefits of digging tunnels were.
"Remember one sentence, existence is everything, everything is for existence, so preserving yourself is the prerequisite for struggle. There are many enemies, but your life is yours!"
At this time, Shepard would even use the methods they used to train the DRC garrison to let these black uncles practice their physical fitness.
While training these guys, Shepard did not forget to continue to give Zabi advice. After all, they couldn't take the right path, so they had to rely on crooked ways. Of course, the experience of countless ancestors also told us that in some situations, Next, crooked ways are actually very useful!
So Zabi's guerrillas changed from their usual attitude of determinedly fighting the Portuguese regular army to death, and began to attack the servants. These guys were also black, but they betrayed their race for a few escudos of salary. Suppressing one's own people is no longer a simple gangster act! Must hit hard!
Zabi kept in mind what Shepard said about the so-called righteousness, and openly declared that they wanted to liquidate those gangster lackeys. In order to establish their authority, they also carefully selected a few guys who usually bullied the civilians. Among these people are not only the police chiefs and education officials of the colonial government, but also some so-called capitalists. They have grabbed a lot of wealth, sucked the blood and sweat of their compatriots, flattered the Portuguese, but shouted at their own compatriots. Shouting to kill.
Zabi recorded all the names of these guys, then bribed some children and asked them to compile ballads to be sung in society. Then he carefully selected opportunities and killed a few unruly guys, and then they would be generous. Distribute all the other party's property to the surrounding people. Although due to various reasons, the distribution is very rough and cannot guarantee fairness. Even the so-called distribution later turns into a messy robbery meeting to see who is faster, but at least, Relying on this move, Zabi's team successfully made a name for itself in the northern border area.
And this move immediately won him some swaying public support. Now his team can even provide basic food and clothing. Because of the previous operations, he successfully won some good reputation in the hearts of the people, and even Many people are looking forward to waiting for him to come so that everyone can grab it, so they will choose to provide some food and drinking water to his team.
And Zabi also kept Shepard's teachings in mind. If you have money, pay it out. If you don't have money, make an IOU and pay it next time. This move made the reputation he had accumulated soar again.
From this, Zabi's team quickly entered a virtuous cycle. They did some good things for the civilians and distributed some benefits to the civilians. The civilians provided them with shelter and supplies, and even provided more intelligence, and they relied on The intelligence went on to build a good reputation.
The success of this tactic is actually thanks to the cooperation of some Portuguese people, because the Portuguese regular army doesn't care much about the servants or local officials in the colony. In their view, it is nothing more than picking a smart one from a group of monkeys to help them. Just a management monkey.
So when those leading parties who were on the liquidation list tried to seek some help from their masters, the Portuguese not only refused to help, but even added insult to injury, driving the other party out of their territory, and then waited until the other party was caught and shot by the guerrillas Later, they would use this unlucky guy to intimidate other colonial officials, telling them that if they did not cooperate with the Portuguese, they would end up like that.
The Portuguese felt that their method of killing chickens to scare monkeys would be very effective and could greatly frighten the black people who cooperated with them. However, they did not know that this was actually pushing them towards the guerrillas. Although it is still unclear whether the two sides of the colonial army There is no estrangement, but the seeds of estrangement have been planted, and one day in the future, it will surely bear fruit.
