To David's surprise, the bundled men were not African-American miners who had escaped, but British journalists with official credentials.

"We met these guys when we were searching for the miners, they came from the Republic of the Congo, and they hired guides and bodyguards, and after we identified ourselves, one of the bodyguards shot us, and then we killed all the guides and bodyguards and brought them back." The bandage on the shoulders of the patrol captain is estimated to have been injured in the shootout just now.

David didn't speak, looked down at the ID brought back by the patrol leader, it was a reporter for the Daily Mail, two copy editors, and a photojournalist.

"Do you have any cameras?" David asked the patrol captain if there were photojournalists, most likely there should be cameras.

"Yes, but it fell into the river during the firefight—" The patrol leader didn't know about the relationship between the Daily Mail and the Times, and David did.

The Daily Mail, like The Times, is a subsidiary of the Times News Corporation, but The Times is a Commonwealth newspaper, while the Daily Mail focuses on the UK itself.

"We're reporters for the Daily Mail, and the Daily Mail is the Lord's property, and you can't do that to us—" shouted a bearded reporter who was tied up with a lot of flowers, wearing a checkered shirt, cargo pants, and combat boots, and his clothing was indeed very Southern African.

"God, I'm dying, can't you let us go? We promise we won't escape—" wailed a bespectacled journalist, a little emaciated, with blood oozing from his trousers, presumably injured in the clash earlier.

"Take people to the medical clinic and take good care of them, don't let them die." David has a big head, and although the Daily Mail has no affiliation with Haut-Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd., he always has to think of a little incense.

Turning around, David went to Terrance with his papers, and Terrance still had to make up his mind about this kind of thing.

"Why did the Daily Mail reporters come from the Republic of the Congo — and shouldn't they go to a big city like L.A. or Port Edward? What are you doing here? Terence was also confused, although newspapers in southern Africa have always advertised impartiality and objectivity, but this impartiality and objectivity have a position and a choice.

Most of the time, the newspapers and magazines in southern Africa, headed by the "Times", are indeed able to be "fair and objective" when reporting, after all, southern Africa has developed very well in recent years, the economy is booming, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the federal governments at all levels are quite responsible, so there is nothing to complain about.

But the Times never reported on people of African descent or commented on the federal government's management of people of African descent, and Allied Katanga Mining Co., Ltd. is located in the Republic of Congo, and newspapers in southern Africa never even mentioned Allegro Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd. by name.

"Heal people as soon as possible, and then send them away, and don't get us in trouble." Terrance didn't want to make too much of an impact, and since he injured someone, he had to give people an explanation.

In the infirmary, not far from the office, the injured journalist was being bandaged by the doctor, Sean.

Sean graduated from the Johannesburg Medical School last year, fought in the World War, received a Medal of Valor, and retired from the World War with the rank of lieutenant to work for the Haut-Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd.

In this mining area managed by Terence, there is only one official doctor and three nurses with only simple training, and now three nurses are dealing with the wounded who were rescued from Cave 12, so Sean has to take matters into his own hands.

The difference between staff and miners in Haut-Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd. is very obvious, the miners are all treated in the corridor, and they are not even qualified to enter the infirmary, and the three nurses who have only received simple training are certainly not able to effectively deal with the injured, so sitting in the infirmary, you can clearly hear the ghosts crying and howling from the corridor.

"What's going on? Why are so many people injured? "Journalists, journalistic acumen are full, and injured reporters can't help but be curious.

"Mine cave-" Sean replied casually, not slowing down at all.

In fact, the injury is not serious, a simple penetrating injury, accompanied by a slight muscle tear, after a simple suture and bandage, a few days of rest can be alive.

"The casualties are serious?" The reporter asked.

"It's not clear yet, Henry is taking someone to deal with-" Sean shook his head and sighed, after all, it was a landslide, how could it not be serious: "-Fortunately, there were not many people in the mine, only more than a hundred." ”

More than a hundred—

The reporter's face changed color, and his heart was suddenly frightened, and blood began to seep out of the wound again.

"Don't get excited, this is Katanga, not Nyasaland—" Sean didn't think it was too serious, although the mine had started to use large machinery, but the safety problem had not been effectively solved.

The solution is not impossible, as in the industrial and mining enterprises in southern Africa, strengthening safety measures can effectively reduce the occurrence of accidents, but strengthening safety measures will lead to higher costs, so even the iron mines in Favart cannot do it, not to mention Katanga.

Now in southern Africa, only the gold mine in Johannesburg has strengthened security measures to a certain extent, which is still under the premise of repeated orders from the mining alliance, and Katanga is on the side, there is neither the supervision of the mining alliance nor the requirements of the Republic of Congo, and the safety basically depends on corporate self-discipline.

And self-discipline is the most unreliable.

At least for white people, it's unreliable.

"Does this happen often?" The reporter asked seemingly casually.

"It's not very often, but it always happens once a month or two." Sean didn't explain much, the six mines of Haut-Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd., the total number of mines is hundreds, and the probability of problems in a single mine is not high, but the total amount adds up to a large base.

"Okay, the last few days I want to rest, and the stitches will be removed in a week-" Sean was quick and had finished treating the wound.

The reporters walked out of the infirmary with their arms in their arms, and the corridor was full of injured miners, many of whom had obviously unnatural deformation of their limbs, and many more miners were bleeding and dying.

The reporter wanted to take a few more looks, and was sent to the staff dormitory by the security personnel to rest.

Terence and David are indeed busy these days, although the management of workers by Haut-Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd. is simple and rude, but after all, it is different from the previous Belgians, and will not careless of human life at every turn, and basic humanity and sanity are still there.

After the landslide, Terence organized rescue as soon as possible, and also gave effective treatment to the miners when he could, which would most likely give up the rescue if it was replaced by other mining companies, but Terence did not do that.

The rescue work was still relatively difficult, and it was not until five days later that the rescue work was basically over, with 23 people killed and 69 injured, 41 of whom were seriously injured.

That's when Terence remembered the reporters, and then Terence learned that the reporters had left the mine the day before and disappeared.

"Missing? Why not know? Terrance was angry, he didn't even notice it, in fact, he was more worried inside.

"They're Daily Mail reporters, they're not enemies, and we can't lock them up every day, I've been busy catching the escaped workers these days, and God knows where they've gone." David didn't expect those reporters to say goodbye without saying goodbye, and in a place like Katanga, the danger of saying goodbye without saying goodbye is still relatively great.

"Whatever they want, I hope they're safe—" Terrance didn't have time to find someone, the security officer sent by the Ministry of Defense was about to arrive at the mine, which was the top priority of the mine for the past two days.

Both Terrance and David thought the matter had settled down and didn't even report the situation, only to have it reported a week later, when the British newspaper London Evening News suddenly published a story about the Upper Katanga Union Mining Co. Ltd.

The report was very unfavorable to Alkatanga United Mining Co., Ltd., in which it was portrayed as an even more brutal colonizer than Leopold II, brutally exploiting the miners of Alga Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd.

The accident at the mine for which Terance was responsible became the focus of the entire story.

In the report, all 150 miners died, and the mine management not only did not rescue the miners, but also deliberately blocked the news, injuring the reporters who went to cover the news.

The report does not directly state the relationship between Alta Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd. and Southern Africa, but uses some obviously oriented descriptions that make people who read the report involuntarily associate Hautah Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd. with Southern Africa.

Terrance and David didn't know about these things, and the London Evening News had little influence in London, let alone the Republic of Congo.

But this report in the "London Evening News" immediately became a pretext for the British Parliament to attack southern Africa.

The day after the London Evening News published the report, some MPs used the report as a reason to demand that the British government strengthen its management of southern Africa.

The reason was that the national honour of the British Empire should not be affected by the actions of southern Africa.

The argument was a bit far-fetched, but it immediately resonated with most of them in Congress.

Southern Africa had fared so well in the world war that the British Empire could no longer afford to lose it, which is why parliamentarians called for greater management of southern Africa.

As for whether the British government still has the ability to do so, they don't care.