In fact, Konstantin is right, this is a simple business behavior, so Konstantin does not need to go to Roque at all, it will make Roque inconvenient to operate, Johannesburg has brokers, and it is more convenient to find them to solve the problem.

For Russians, who are accustomed to being simple and rude, finding a broker may be too complicated.

But that's okay, Roque will help Konstantin make up for this, which is why Sam will be at the De Beers Hotel.

"Hello Mr. Sam, do we know each other?" Konstantin was a little puzzled, he had no friends in Johannesburg.

"Aren't we already acquainted by now—" Sam handed over his business card, which was made of pure gold and had the style of Johannesburg's tycoon, but it was very much in line with Konstantin's aesthetic.

On the front of the business card is Sam's title: General Manager of Umbrella Inc.

On the back is written the scope of business of the umbrella company, in which the project "Ocean Supply" is obvious.

Konstantin's eyes immediately lit up: "Mr. Sam, I'm very interested in your company, can you elaborate on it?" ”

"Of course, first of all, you have to know that the Umbrella Company is the largest private armed company in Johannesburg and in the whole of Southern Africa, we provide a variety of combinations of security services, accept private employment, as long as the customer needs, is what our Umbrella Company strives for, please believe in the strength of our Umbrella Company, in the whole of Southern Africa, no one is more professional than us-" Sam bragged.

Konstantin's brain circuit is obviously different from Sam's, and after listening to Sam's introduction, Konstantin immediately sent the business to the door: "It's just great, I'm going to hire your umbrella company to kill all the damn Japanese in Johannesburg!" ”

Hearing Konstantin's request, Sam's mind went blank for a moment, no matter what, Sam didn't expect that Konstantin would actually ask for this.

"I'm sorry Mr. Konstantin, but we can't do this with our umbrella company." Sam couldn't have laughed.

"You just said you can do anything!" Konstantin was very dissatisfied.

"We really can do anything, but we have a bottom line, you know, the Japanese in Johannesburg are guests of Lord Nyasaland, so we can't accept such a business." Sam decisively refused, and this reason, Konstantin was still acceptable.

"Okay then, what can you all do?" Konstantin sat back on the couch, a little distracted.

"So everything you asked for—" Sam held up a finger before Konstantin could speak, "Except for the one you just said, that one doesn't work, absolutely not!" ”

Konstantin was really aggrieved, but he also knew that Sam was right.

"Alright, let's talk about ocean supplies." Konstantin is finally starting to get to the point.

Sam felt a little dizzy, Konstantin's thinking was obviously not on the line, and Sam was almost taken crooked by Konstantin.

When he looked back at Roque, Sam still laughed.

Roque was also speechless, the fighting nation is indeed different from ordinary people, and it cannot be understood with ordinary people's thinking.

However, the results were good, Konstantin hired the Umbrella Company to supply the Russian Second Pacific Fleet in the waters near Madagascar, and Konstantin also hoped that the Umbrella Company would provide port services for the Second Fleet.

"After the arrival of the Second Pacific Fleet in Madagascar, the warship needs to be cleaned and maintained, otherwise it will seriously affect the speed of the warship, but I didn't dare to agree to this request, Russian warships cannot enter Port Edward." Sam is still measured, and he resolutely does not earn money that cannot be earned.

In another time, when the Second Squadron arrived in Cape Town, it wanted to enter the port of Cape Town for maintenance.

The British government, of course, would not agree to such a request, so the Second Squadron could only go to Cam Ranh Bay in France for maintenance.

After the Second Squadron entered Cam Ranh Bay, the Japanese Government lodged a strong protest, and the British Government exerted pressure on the French Government.

The French government may have been able to ignore the protests of the Japanese, but it could not ignore the pressure of the British government, so the French government had no choice but to drive the second squadron out of Cam Ranh Bay.

In the end, the 2nd Squadron fought the Battle of Tsushima with the Japanese Combined Fleet after a long journey and without maintenance, and the 2nd Squadron suffered a crushing defeat.

In the whole process of the second fleet's expedition, the Russian government has behaved very amateurishly from top to bottom, the second fleet itself has many problems, and Russia's logistics have also had problems, the Russian fleet can only refuel coal at sea in order to solve the fuel problem, and as long as there is an opportunity, the warship must be loaded with as much coal as possible, so all the spaces on the deck of the Russian warship, in the engine room, in the bathroom, and in the officer's bedroom are full of coal.

This slowed down the speed and affected the sanitation, especially as the Russian sailors from the far north could not tolerate the heat near Cape Town, and the sailors were in agony and suffered heavy non-combat attrition, while the Russian supply ships were sending thousands of winter clothes.

This oolong level can only be compared with the fact that the Logistics Department sent a statue to the Far Eastern Army.

At that time, the Far Eastern Army continued to shell, but the train brought the statue of the god, which became a big laughing stock for the Russian army.

"Hehe, it's okay, we're making a lot of money now." Roque doesn't want to take risks, he must be careful when doing business with Maozi, they are ruthless, and even their own people are pitted.

The variety of supplies demanded by Russia was so varied, fresh meat and vegetables, all kinds of bullets and shells, even potato vodka, that Roke was suspicious that the second squadron left the port with nothing but coal.

"Mr. Konstantin has a special request, I hope we can send a fleet to deliver supplies to Lushun." Sam didn't dare to accede to the request.

At present, Lushun is under heavy encirclement by the Japanese army, Japan's "military soul" General Nogi Noshinori and Lushun Russian army's defense "soul" General Kondelachchenko are fighting wits and courage, Russia has tried many ways to supply Lushun, but all have been unsuccessful, so Konstantin will play the idea of the umbrella company.

Johannesburg is now a British territory, so if the umbrella company sends ships, it must fly the British flag, considering the current special relationship between Britain and Japan, I have to say that Konstantin's calculation is still very exquisite.

"No, we can't directly intervene in the war, it's enough to sell some supplies, and the Russians themselves have to do this kind of thing to deliver supplies." Roque considered it or refused, although the price given by Konstantin was very high, but the risk was too great, and the pay was seriously disproportionate to the gain.

"Okay, but this contract is estimated to be executed in December, and the second squadron has not yet arrived in Cape Town, which is slower than a snail." Sam is not optimistic about the fate of the second squadron, 30,000 kilometers is not a joke, it can simply circle the earth.

"It's okay, we can afford to wait now, this time is just right to fulfill the Japanese order first." In the Battle of Tsushima, the 2nd and 3rd fleets of the Russian Pacific were wiped out except for three ships that fled to Vladivostok, and the total loss of ships amounted to 270,000 tons, which was greater than the total tonnage of warships lost by both sides in the famous Battle of Jutland in World War I.

So even if the Nyasaland Arsenal is shoddy, it is estimated that the Russians will not have a chance to find out.

Yamaguchi did not know that the Umbrella Company had reached a deal with the Russians, and after adding some orders, the loan from the RAND Bank to the Japanese government was no longer enough to cover the cost of the order, and Yamaguchi had to continue to ask the RAND Bank for a loan.

This time Ida was a little hesitant.

Ida was not sure if the Japanese would be able to defeat the Russians, and if Japan was defeated, then the Japanese government's ability to repay would be problematic, so it was risky to continue to lend to the Japanese government.

"Don't worry, the Japanese can win-" Roque knew the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War, so he was in favor of the RAND Bank continuing to lend to the Japanese government.

"Are you so sure?" Ida was very suspicious of the combat capability of the Japanese troops, and in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army was at a disadvantage, and when Nogi Noshinori attacked Lushun, he used a group charge pig assault attack, and the casualties of the Japanese troops were very large.

In order to change the balance of power, the Japanese government carried out a general mobilization for war at home, but still could not mobilize enough troops, and Lushun looked impregnable, claiming to be a "fortress that will never fall".

"If it is for other countries, then the result is really hard to say, but for Russia, hehe." Roque couldn't help but sigh that Japan's luck over the years has indeed been good, and now Russia is also suffering from internal and external troubles, and this is a worse era.

In order to contain Russia, the Japanese government sent a large number of spies to Russia, and those spies carried out sabotage in Russia at the same time, but also incited the Russians to resist the tyranny of the tsar, the biggest problem in Russia is that the battlefield is too far from St. Petersburg, the Trans-Siberian Railway has been under construction since 1891, and it has not been completed until now, so it is very difficult for Russia to deliver supplies to the front line, all of which has brought huge trouble to the Russians, and the whole world, that is, Russia, is still blindly optimistic.

In fact, before the outbreak of the war, the whole world believed that Japan could not defeat Russia.

As the war progresses, the evaluations given by military observer missions of various countries have begun to change, and more and more information shows that Russia has exposed too many shortcomings in this war, and the European gendarmes are no longer worthy of the name.

"Alright then, we're going to bet on the winning side." Ada didn't know the specifics of the front, but Ada trusted Roque's judgment.

This is also blind confidence.

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