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Chapter 1337 Long Live the Hydra (Third update, please subscribe)
After leaving Musandam, the C130 transport plane flying to Paradise Island flew all the way to its destination.

There is a big difference between military transport planes and civil aircraft. Zou Hao, who is sitting on the left side of the cabin, cannot see the situation outside the cabin unless he stands up. Most of the passengers in the cabin are soldiers.
There is the army, the navy, and of course the air force. On the pallet in the middle of the cabin, there are some aviation containers neatly stacked. What are in them?
Weapons? Or other supplies?
Zou Hao didn't know, and he didn't care. Now, he was more concerned about the next task.
"The Security Council passed a resolution authorizing the UN peacekeeping force to use all necessary means to maintain peace in Congo. The peacekeeping force has finally obtained the imperial sword."

While the plane was flying to its destination, Zou Hao was looking through the information provided by Hydra.

"The peacekeeping force in Congo is composed of troops from neutral countries that are neither NATO nor the Warsaw Pact. They come from Ireland, Sweden, India, Ghana, Ethiopia and other countries. Among them, India has sent a fully equipped infantry brigade. The commander of the 99th Infantry Brigade is Major General Chand, who is also the commander of the peacekeeping force."

"The 99th Brigade..."

Zou Hao raised his eyebrows and thought:

"It seems like I have fought with them before. They are old friends..."

In order to strengthen the peacekeeping force, India and Sweden have successively sent their air forces to participate in the war. India sent "Canberra" bombers, Sweden sent "Saab-29" fighters, and India also sent a heavy artillery battalion, making the UN peacekeeping force even more powerful.

In addition, the United States also provided transport planes to help the peacekeeping force deliver supplies. The peacekeeping force quickly transformed from a police-like force into a regular field army - a field army with tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery. This was not a peacekeeping force, but a war force.

And who is the opponent of this 17000-strong UN force?

"Tshombe has about 17000 troops under his command, led by about 500 white mercenaries... These white mercenaries are the key. Bob Denard - a retired French officer! Well, if nothing unexpected happens, he should be a member of the French intelligence agency."

Looking at the photo in the information, Zou Hao, who was traveling with the person, saw through the other party's identity at a glance.

It’s really hard to say, at least based on this guy’s identity, it’s unclear.

In another world, Bob Denard is the famous "King of Mercenaries". As the earliest mercenary in Africa, he not only participated in the Congolese Civil War for a long time, but also got involved in the civil wars in Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, Angola and other countries after leaving Congo. According to statistics, in the decade of the 150s, at least military coups and civil wars in Africa were related to European mercenaries.

But the battle that made him famous was the Comoros, where he led 29 people to invade and occupy the country, giving birth to the world's first "mercenary state."

Later, despite the pressure from France, he left Comoros and returned to France. After returning to France, he faced a series of judicial trials. He produced various evidences to defend himself, emphasizing that he maintained contact with the French intelligence services. In the end, for various reasons, De was released due to insufficient evidence.

Later, whenever nosy reporters tried to bring up his mercenary past, Denard always insisted that there was nothing wrong with what he did in Africa and that it was all for his "motherland."

The white mercenaries in Africa...are nothing more than a white glove for many former colonial powers in the post-colonial era.

Zou Hao didn't understand this, and of course, he didn't mean to understand it. He just looked at the person in the photo and said to himself:
"Okay, now we will complete the tasks you haven't completed yet!"

A few hours later, the plane landed at Paradise Island. After the tail cabin of the plane was opened, the passengers from the army, navy and air force got off the plane. Zou Hao, who was dressed in civilian clothes, also got off the plane. As soon as he got off the plane, someone came over and asked:

"Excuse me, are you Agent Zou from the Black Knight?"

"I am, you are?"

"I'm Zhao Guojie from the Air Force Intelligence Department."

When Zhao Guojie introduced himself, he added:
"I will be responsible for accompanying you these days."

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Commander Zhao."

After a brief communication, Zou Hao proposed to go and see the planes - he came here this time to "purchase surplus supplies", and these surplus supplies were a batch of MiG fighters.

They didn't even need to leave the airport. They just needed to take a car to the apron at the other end of the airport. Soon, they arrived in front of the planes. Zhao Guojie pointed at them and said:

"Look, these are the planes captured by the military during Operation Restore Freedom. In fact, they also captured some British Vampires and our F1s, but they were all left to the Royal Army. These Soviet-made planes were kept."

In fact, there is no need to explain. Zou Hao knew why he was left behind, because the intelligence agency needed some "non-NBC weapons", just like Shan State. Now, the reason he came here was also for these weapons.

"We can provide you with 10 MiG-17 fighters and corresponding accessories."

"And what about the tanks?"

"4 IS3 heavy tanks, 15 T34 tanks, 30 M3 light tanks, and 55 M8 armored vehicles and Bren machine gun vehicles. In terms of artillery, we can provide 12 152mm cannons, which are the Soviet-made ML-20..."

In fact, all these technical equipment provided have a prerequisite, which is that they can suppress the United Nations forces. The United Nations forces only have 10 "Saab-29" fighter jets.

After thinking for a while, Zou Hao said:

"I need these planes! I mean, after the operation is over, these MiGs will be handed over to us. We will definitely need these planes for operations in other places. I believe that in the future, you will need us not only in Katanga."

… “Katanga is just the beginning.”

In a club in Chang'an, Jia Wentao looked at Berlin in front of him and said:
"Three years ago, France gave up almost all of its colonies in Africa, and more than a dozen independent countries emerged overnight across Africa. That is why that year was called the 'Year of African Independence'."

"That's right! Overnight, there are more members on the international stage,"

Berlin looked at the deputy director of the Secret Intelligence Service in front of him. Today's meeting was proposed by Sun Pengan. From now on, the connection between the two parties will be the responsibility of Jia Wentao.

However, the meeting place was not in their offices, but in this club. Obviously, this was not a formal meeting, or in other words, it was not an official meeting.

Since he mentioned "Katanga", there is naturally nothing to hide, and it is impossible to complete this task by relying solely on the nine-headed snake.

Berlin nodded and said:
"At that time, they thought that independent Africa had unlimited possibilities, but we can see what happened there. The low-level civil servants suddenly became high-ranking officials, even ministers and presidents. They used to say that the country would become rich and powerful after independence, but what was the result?"

Berlin said slowly:

"They live in the mansions of white colonists. They turn the national treasury into their own wallets. What have they done except enriching themselves? International aid has become luxury cars, jewelry and watches, and has become their mansions in Europe. And what about the local people? They live in poverty..."

"No!"

Jia Wentao said:
"They were never rich in the past, but the people who exploited them changed from white Europeans to their own people, to black people."

"That's true, but compared to the rule of the white people, the way they treat their own people is more brutal and barbaric..."

Berlin then gave a detailed account of his knowledge of African regional politics.

“Perhaps the colonial rulers were not kind people, but at least under their rule, people could live a peaceful life. However, after independence, those countries were in turmoil and chaos, and the sufferings people suffered were unprecedented…”

Of course, this is a one-sided statement, a lofty one that stands on the moral high ground!
Don’t say Berlin is hypocritical, in fact everyone is like that.

"Just like Katanga, Katanga's independence is inevitable, because they involve tribal issues and other issues. Kinshasa cannot guarantee fairness to Katanga, so they have no choice but to go their own way!"

“This phenomenon is not isolated.”

Jia Wentao said:
"So, I would say that Katanga is just the beginning. You should have a broader plan. Of course, this is beyond my knowledge."

Faced with Jia Wentao's conclusion, Berlin did not give a direct answer, but asked in return.

"Do you know what Hydra is?"

"Hydra..."

After thinking for a while, he said:
"Hail hydra!"

His answer made Berlin laugh. After laughing, Berlin said seriously:

"Hail hydra!"

Then he added: "Hydra... is an extremely secretive organization. If you cut off one head, another will grow back. But no matter what, the relationship between Hydra and the Secret Intelligence Service is like a coin."

Berlin took a coin from his wallet and said:

"The Secret Intelligence Service is the front side of the coin, and Hydra is the back side of the coin. Sometimes we carry out missions that you cannot carry out."

This is exactly the original intention of creating Hydra, not just to absorb those Nazi spies, but to do some better dirty work.

"Africa, now with the independence of African countries one after another, we can see that Americans and Soviets are reaching out to Africa. At this time, what should we do?"

Berlin asked in return:
"Katanga is just the beginning. Hydra will launch operations there. We will definitely succeed there, but our goal is the whole of Africa. Compared with the direct involvement of the Secret Intelligence Service, Hydra... will hardly attract the attention of the outside world. After all, not many people in this world know of its existence."

Two sides of a coin, this is the relationship between Hydra and the Secret Intelligence Service. After hearing the other party's explanation, Jia Wentao also fell into silence.

He found that even as the deputy director of the Secret Intelligence Service, there were many things he did not know. This was of course true. After all, there were some things in which he was not a participant, so naturally he would not be an insider.

And the phenomenon, he will be involved in it...

(End of this chapter)