Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2051 The Umbrella's Money-giving Boy
British Somalia is also where Rock once fought.

Just after the end of the World War, a rebellion broke out in British Somalia, and Rock once led the army to British Somalia to suppress the rebellion.

After the rebellion was quelled, not all the southern African troops withdrew from British Somalia. There was also a southern African army stationed in Berbera, the largest port in British Somalia, and had the right to use part of the Berbera port.

This situation is also understandable. The UK has even given the Halifax and Changi naval bases to southern Africa, and it is normal to allocate part of the port use rights to southern Africa.

There are also good reasons for southern Africa. After all, a large number of southern African merchant ships pass through the Red Sea every day. Southern Africa needs to have a fixed supply point along the Red Sea to provide supplies and security protection for southern African merchant ships.

Since there are "safety protection" considerations, it is normal for southern Africa to deploy warships in Berbera.

Southern Africa has a small fleet of a "Durban" class light cruiser and two destroyers in Berbera, as well as six [-]-ton offshore patrol boats.

Hundreds of ocean-going freighters pass by Berbera every day. Beyond Berbera is the Red Sea, and then the Suez Canal. This river is always so busy.

"A maritime power should have countless naval ports and military bases all over the world. Therefore, for our Indian Ocean fleet, the periphery of the Indian Ocean should be our sphere of influence." The captain of the light cruiser "Devin" is also the captain of this mini Sandy Jerry, Admiral of the Fleet, often said so.

The fixed crew of the "Durban" class light cruiser is only 350 people, the destroyer's crew is 150 people, plus a company of marines and logistics support personnel, there are a total of 1200 southern African soldiers in Berbera.

Don't look at there are only three warships.

This mini-fleet is already the most powerful fleet around the Red Sea. Neither Britain nor France has deployed warships in the Red Sea.

Not to mention warships, the British Somalia has an area of ​​more than 2 square kilometers. Except for the Indian police with big hats, there is not even a British soldier. It really depends on southern Africa to maintain law and order.

Big hat Indian police are unreliable.

Since the rise of southern Africa, the British colonies have indeed had more choices. The security of the Berbera port is taken care of by the umbrella company. Although the salaries of the big hat Indian police are low, their work efficiency is low and irresponsible, so British Somalia Colonial governments now rely more on Umbrella Corporation mercenaries.

The key point is that the mercenaries of the umbrella company are not expensive. Not only do they not need to pay salaries in British Somalia, but they can turn over more profits to the colonial government, which makes the colonial government very happy.

The profit turned over by the umbrella company comes from the commercial operation of the Berbera port.

As a successful commercial company, the business model of Umbrella has long been not limited to the security field.

Don't forget that Umbrella was originally an intelligence agency.

Where is the easiest place to get information?

The answer is various entertainment venues.

Therefore, while the umbrella company has a strong force, it also has a strong ability to operate the entertainment industry.

As a port, Berbera has many ships berthing for supplies every day.

After the ship enters the port, the captain and sailors always need to go ashore for consumption. They are usually very generous, willing to spend and able to spend, so the port entertainment industry is very profitable. A large part of the profits of umbrella companies come from ports around the world. business operations.

Leopold, who just returned to Berbera from Avare, is now at the umbrella's headquarters in Berbera.

Leopold was really a Persian, and was technically a member of the Persian royal family.

Lisa Khan overthrew the Qajar Dynasty and established the Pahlavi Dynasty. Leopold was forced to exile in Port Elizabeth to join the umbrella. His current position is a senior business executive, commonly known as a "contractor".

"Things are tough for the Abyssinians. The Italians are attacking Addis Ababa. Once the Italians take Addis Ababa, the Abyssinian Empire will perish." Leopold Te's expression was complicated, he thought of the Qajar dynasty that had been overthrown.

"How is the performance of the Italian army? It won't be as good as the Italian propaganda, right?" Nick Bernard, the head of the umbrella company in Berbera, is of French origin. He used to be a member of the French Foreign Legion and has now joined the southern army. African nationality.

The Italian army performed very well when it first invaded Abyssinia. The Italian media touted it in newspapers and magazines, and it seemed that the Italian army was "number one in the Mediterranean".

It’s not that the Italians are modest, it’s really that the last “World’s No. [-] Army” and the last “Europe’s No. [-] Army” have already fallen into the sand, so Italy chose the tricky angle of “Mediterranean”, and no one will grab it now This is the first.

No, for the "first" of the Italians, France said that the name is not worthy of the name.

Even if France is no longer "the number one in the world", the number one in the Mediterranean will not be the turn of the Italians.

"Whether the Italians are good depends on who they compare with. Compared with the Abyssinian Empire, the Italian army is indeed very good." Leopold laughed, and the lovely Italians are always so confident.

If compared with the southern African army.

Then the Italian who claims to be the number one in the Mediterranean has to be a cook.

Of course, in terms of cooking skills, the French also expressed dissatisfaction.

"That's right, the Italians are good at making noodles, and they can fight wars, hehe—" Nick also laughed, the combat effectiveness of the Italian army is a joke for the southern African army.

"They're not as good as southern Africans in making noodles—" Leopold curled his lips. The Italians learned from the Chinese in making noodles.

"Tsk tsk, the Abyssinians are quite rich—" Nick looked at the list brought back by Leopold and sighed. Even if Abyssinia was far behind, the royal family was still very rich.

Abyssinia is rich in natural resources, and one of the important reasons why the Italians invaded Abyssinia was to obtain Abyssinia's resources.

As a slave country, the Abyssinian Empire, founded in 1270, has a history of 660 years.

The accumulation of hundreds of years is still very strong. Although the gas mask that Leo Potter brought to Asfa Watson was a free aid, Asfar Watson still gave Leo Potter a ton of gold as a thank you .

A ton!
The wealth accumulated by the Abyssinian Empire over the centuries is evident.

Not to mention that the Abyssinian Empire purchased materials at twice the normal price, and all of them were paid in gold. For this transaction alone, the profit of the Umbrella Company was at least 100 million rand.

This is just the first transaction. Asfa Watson and Leo Porter have only just come into contact and have not yet established full trust. If the first transaction is successfully completed, Asfa Watson promises to give Leo Porter Porter brings in more orders.

"We have to send what the Abyssinians want as soon as possible, and hope that the Abyssinians can last longer." Leopold worried that the Abyssinians would not last long, and the Italians were Continue to increase troops, and change the commander.

When the war just broke out, the Italians divided their forces and attacked Abyssinia in three ways.

Now that the war has entered a stalemate, the Italian army in Abyssinia has exceeded 30 people. Two days ago, Fat Bald just appointed Marshal Petro Badoglio as the commander-in-chief of the Italian army, who is fully responsible for the war against Afghanistan.

Before the outbreak of the war, the total strength of the Abyssinian army was only 30, of which there were only more than 1 well-trained troops.

The current situation is similar to that during the Second Boer War.

During the Second Boer War, in order to conquer the total number of Boers who were only 40, the British Empire mobilized 45 people from colonies around the world, which exhausted the Boer coalition forces alive.

The Italians probably have a similar plan. Abyssinia has no industrial capacity, and all military supplies must be purchased from outside. As long as Italy continues to increase its troops, sooner or later the Abyssinians will be consumed alive.

It is said that the fat bald head has recruited another 20 soldiers in Italy.

After the training is completed, the fat bald head will send all the 20 troops to Abyssinia.

"Do the Abyssinians know your real identity?" Nick was curious. If the Abyssinians knew Leopold's real identity, then the Abyssinians should ask for more.

"I don't know, we are a commercial company—" Leopold smiled like an old fox.

The umbrella company once publicly declared that it would not get involved in national-scale wars and would only provide private security services.

This point has now been voluntarily given up by the Umbrella Company. Even Umbrella Companies of the level of the Brazilian Civil War can participate in it, and they also joined forces with the Michigan Army to defeat the US-Pakistan Allied Forces.

It would be a bit shameless to talk about "commercial company" at this time.

"It's a pity, we can actually play a bigger role." Nick slightly regretted that after the Brazilian Civil War, Roque reiterated this point again, and did not allow the umbrella company to easily intervene in the war at the top five level.

Don't look at the southern Africans who mention Italy with contempt, for other countries, Italy is still very powerful.

It wasn't the Italian army that Roque was worried about either.

Rather, it is worried that the expansion of the umbrella power too quickly will have a greater negative effect on the situation in Europe.

With the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, the situation in Europe was further deteriorating.

Next, if there are no accidents, it should be the Spanish Civil War.

"It's not bad now. We don't need to send a single soldier to get the benefits we want. More importantly, we sell all outdated weapons and ammunition that are about to expire to the Abyssinians in exchange for lovely What kind of business is better than this kind of business——” Leopold was very satisfied, and the Abyssinian Empire was the money-giving boy of the umbrella.

(End of this chapter)