Chapter 133 Imperial Shield
Private military companies refer to private companies that specialize in providing armed forces.
It is different from the traditional concept of mercenaries. Its customers may be national departments, government agencies and their affiliated armies, or they may be international organizations, commercial enterprises or other non-governmental organizations. It provides professional knowledge and skills in the military field and various services of a military nature.
Different from mercenary organizations, in addition to combatants, the employees of private military companies also include various types of technical personnel, legal personnel, expert consultants and other non-combatants. The services they can provide far exceed those of traditional employment. The category of soldiers.
Military services provided by private military companies are similar to those performed by national armies or military police, but usually on a smaller scale.
Its specific tasks can be summarized into two categories:
The first is military support, such as the collection of military intelligence, defense of military targets, etc.; the second is logistics or non-combat operations, such as security, military advisory and consulting, etc.
Normally, private military companies are not directly involved in attack or defense, because according to the "concept" in the Geneva International Convention and some clear provisions of different acts, private military personnel involved in attacks on the battlefield can be Determined as illegal armed forces, they will not be protected by international law.
Just like in the future Iraq War, private military companies as military contractors will mostly appear after the war. They enter occupied areas to carry out daily security defense.
Like "Imperial Shield", according to the data, their main business in Africa is security and helping some local armed forces to train the army.
Relatively speaking, the security of these tasks of theirs is relatively high - the risks are often proportional to the benefits, so the benefits of the "Imperial Shield" are definitely not as good as those directly involved in the conflict, or even forming their own forces to rob them. Those companies that are involved in mining and other resources have high incomes.
For this reason, three years after its establishment, the "Imperial Shield" is still not large in scale, and its employees are mainly veterans of the British army.
After the last time Barron talked with Graf Eaton, the commander of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Forest Regiment, and learned some information about the "Imperial Shield" military company from him, Barron He had an idea secretly, but he did not act in a hurry. Instead, he first asked the intelligence team to start collecting information about the "Imperial Shield" and their founder Melvin Coy.
After confirming that there are no other forces behind the other party, Barron can try to invest in the other party. His ultimate goal is to have someone who can provide him with security and help him do something that is inconvenient for him to come forward. The power of things exists.
The so-called "criminal possession of a treasure" means that the wealth that Barron will possess in the future will be based on his experiences of the future development of the world in his past life memories. It is conceivable that it will definitely be very huge.
But you must also know that the overall wealth growth in this world is very slow. Basically, if you obtain extraordinary benefits, it will naturally touch the cake of some people.
As the saying goes, "stealing people's money is like killing their parents." Even if Barron didn't steal it, sometimes no one will really reason with you. Some people even feel that they have lost money if they make less money. .
And the wealth you possess is itself original sin, and hatred comes from this.
Even if you are a very good friend, when you become prosperous one day, the other person may feel more uncomfortable than your enemy.
This is human nature, we must guard against it.
What's more, some of Barron's investments may even touch some powerful forces or countries.
If he came in an aboveboard manner, with his status and the network of relationships he has, he wouldn’t be too worried.
But the darker side of this world, the more you reach a certain level, the more you need to understand that the law of the jungle is real - and physical destruction is the simplest and most direct method.
Barron returned to London from New York ahead of schedule this time, also because after obtaining the contact information of Maiwen, the founder of "Imperial Shield" from Graf Eaton, Barron's men contacted the other party, and Melvin also learned about Barron's identity from Graf. He happened to have something to do and returned to England, so he wanted to interview the Duke of Devonshire. After the results of the investigation into "Imperial Shield" and Melvin came out, Barron felt relieved and made an appointment to meet Melvin Coy at the Devonshire Hotel.
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"Hello, His Royal Highness, it is an honor to meet you."
"Please take a seat, Colonel Coy."
Melvin Coy is 45 years old. Years old, before that, he had nearly 20 years of military experience. This can be seen from his speech and behavior, which all show the toughness of a soldier.
“I know from Graf that you donated a million pounds to the Worcestershire and Sherwood Forest Regiment to help the soldiers, I also served in that army, please allow me Thank you on behalf of those lads, Your Highness.”
From Mai Wen's expression, Barron could tell that the words he said were not polite words, but filled with sincere emotions.
At the same time, the conversation about Worcestershire and the Sherwood Forest Regiment also narrowed the distance between the two at the beginning.
“In fact, I also heard something about your ‘Imperial Shield’ from Captain Eaton, and I am very interested in it, and I know that your scale is not large, for the same reason. Due to financial constraints, Colonel Coy, can you tell me about the 'Imperial Shield'? I know that you were very promising in the army. Why did you decide to retire and create this military company?"
Faced with Barron's question, Melvin Coy was also prepared. After all, the general content of their conversation today was also discussed when they agreed to meet before.
So he said directly:
"Ten years ago, I participated in the Gulf War as a peacekeeper. I cannot express in words what I experienced. I can only say that war is very cruel at any time... I was leading some young soldiers. , both great lads, but after that one guy stayed there forever… ”
Mavin told Barron that at that time, he was sad that he died at the hands of the war, but after the war, he discovered that sometimes dying in battle is not the worst, and it is even more embarrassing. What is uncomfortable are those who survived the battlefield but were unable to return to normal life because of that experience.
He has personally seen many people who were once full of love for life, but after being discharged from the army, they became addicted to alcohol, and some were even contaminated with illegal drugs.
In order to help those people, Maiwen spent a lot of time and money. Some people returned to life, but there were also some people who were never able to live like normal people, and even under some stressful conditions, they would be injured. innocent people.
In the end, he decided to retire and founded the "Imperial Shield" military company in order to help those soldiers who could no longer return to normal life have a place to stay.
"I also have the idea of helping those people, which is why I met with you today, Colonel Coy. What I want to ask is, does your 'Imperial Shield' accept investment?"
From now on From the contact, Barron could see that Colonel Maivin had a strong military style and was very direct and non-verbose in his conversations.
So Barron decided to state his purpose directly to the point.
(End of this chapter)