Chapter 560: Arrival (10th Monthly Pass)
Three days later, Bukavu, Xiao Hei took Yu Yang and Lao Fu and finally came to the destination this time, the easternmost city in the Congo, Bukavu, which is also the border city between Congo and Rwanda.
After the car slowly drove into Bukavu, Yu Yang felt depressed, this border city was different from many other Congolese cities that Yu Yang had seen along the way, although a city looked very prosperous, but everywhere there were soldiers patrolling with guns, and there were traces of war everywhere.
"This city used to fight a lot, from the eighties of the last century to the present there have been more than 100 fights, but it has always been in the hands of the Congolese government army, it is legal to carry a gun on the street here, you can keep this business card, if you want to buy something, you can contact this person, I will not make the difference between you, his name is Tom, he is the head snake of this city, if you have difficulties, you can find him directly, report my name, it works!"
After Xiao Hei finished speaking, he drove the car into a military camp, and what was strange was that Xiao Hei's car actually entered the military camp directly and unimpeded, without even being interrogated and questioned.
As soon as the vehicle stopped, I saw a black man wearing a military uniform walking up to Xiao Hei: "Hey, my brother Tevez, you're finally here, I've waited so hard for you, there haven't been any accidents along the way!" ”
Xiao Hei and the black officer hugged each other: "Of course, there are no accidents, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, under your protection, I don't think anyone dares to touch me, these two are instructors sent to your regiment by the Beidou Company, he will be responsible for the training tasks of your regiment, both of them are very strong, I have seen them put seven or eight people in three seconds!" ”
After hearing Xiao Hei's words, the lieutenant colonel immediately hugged Yu Yang and Lao Fu: "I finally looked forward to you, you came just in time, a company I just formed wants to train into a main company with strong combat effectiveness, it depends on you!" You're from China, right? The Chinese military are amazing! After the lieutenant colonel finished speaking, he gave Yu Yang a thumbs up.
After a brief introduction, Yu Yang had a general understanding of the current situation, this lieutenant colonel's name, Tatalo, is the commander of the sixth regiment of the third division of the Congolese army, although he is the commander of the regiment, but there are only about 1,000 people under his hands, and they are all soldiers of their family.
The Congolese army is a little different from the army we understand, the Congolese army is divided according to the ethnic division, there are a total of 254 ethnic groups in the Congo, and the number of ethnic groups in China is almost impossible to catch up with them, among which Bantu, Sudan and Nilot's three major language families are the mainstay, and the main democracy is the Bantu people, Sudanese and Pygmies.
This Tatalo is a branch of the Tuban tribe, and all his subordinates are from this tribe, although it is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Congolese military, but the most important role of the Congolese army is not to protect the territorial integrity of the Congolese state or anything, except for a part of the central military lineage, most of the Congolese army is to protect their own race.
That's right, it is to protect one's own race, at the end of the last century, Congo's neighbor Rwanda had a world-shocking Rwandan genocide, causing 800,000 to one million deaths, equivalent to one-fifth of the world's total population, and after the massacre, it had spread to the territory of the Congo, in order to protect themselves, the Congolese Tuban formed their own troops, and was recognized by the government.
Therefore, the army that Yu Yang is training now is not so much the army of the Congolese state, but a private army, except for the basic equipment, which is issued by the state and has a formal establishment, and the rest are all supported by the Tuban branch itself, which is more appropriately described as a warlord in the Republic of China.
That night, the lieutenant colonel held a welcome party for Yu Yang and Lao Fu, the party was very grand, most of the officers in the army came to attend, Yu Yang looked at the officers in the hall who were close to three hundred people and couldn't help sighing.
I used to think that Wanwan was the army with the most officers in the world, and there were no more officers in the Sixth Regiment, a troop of more than 1,000 people, more than 300 officers, and this proportion was as high as one-third.
After drinking a little wine and eating some food, Yu Yang and Lao Fu lived in the barracks that night, not so much a barracks as a dilapidated school, Xiao Hei has also been following Yu Yang, briefly introducing the situation here, he will wait until Yu Yang is stable before leaving on his own.
"This is the training ground prepared for you by the lieutenant colonel, this used to be a school, but since Goma was defeated by the Lord's Resistance Army, this has become a military camp, and now the soldiers of a battalion that needs your training live in it, and you can see it tomorrow!"
"A battalion? Didn't you say a good one? How can it be a battalion of troops? Yu Yang's eyes widened, a company and Lao Fu can barely train, but a battalion really can't do it by itself, the management of the unit is very complicated and simple, but letting a person who has not been a chief officer train a battalion soldier will definitely cause a big mess.
"Don't worry, one of their battalions is only two or three hundred people, I asked a total of three hundred and sixty people, not much more than one of you, rest assured, and this situation is very common, this group of black people invite you to come at a price is not cheap, so they can stuff more people, you can train more people, they will also give you some convenience, hello I am hello everyone, this is already an unspoken rule!"
Xiao Hei comforted Yu Yang, this kind of thing is indeed very common in Africa, when the armored forces and South Sudan negotiated to train a regiment for South Sudan, as a result, a division of people came to receive training, and the armored forces also pinched their noses and recognized it, blacks are stupid, but fools will also take advantage of small advantages, so an unspoken rule was slowly formed.
"Okay, but the venue here is not good, there are not even some basic training measures, I have to talk to the lieutenant colonel tomorrow!"
Yu Yang walked around the school's playground, saying that the playground was more like a piece of cement and mud, and there were potholes, and there were many people's excrement.
"How do you want to fix it, and how much will it cost? If you want to spend money, it is estimated that it is impossible, and there is no such article in the previously negotiated contract! And that lieutenant colonel is really poor, and being able to feed an army of more than a thousand people is already his limit! ”
"No money, tidy up this playground, and then prepare some wood and wire, I and Lao Fu can design it!"
Xiao Hei immediately laughed when he heard that he didn't need money: "That's good!" ”