Chapter 208 Building a Lair
On September 3, the members of the new Iraqi government elected by the Iraqi Interim Governing Council were sworn in in Baghdad.
In fact, as early as early May, the commander-in-chief of the United States had announced that the main war in Iraq was over.
But in fact, that was not the end, but the beginning of more attacks against the coalition forces. However, the war changed from a frontal battlefield showdown to sporadic armed conflicts.
Currently, the Protector Military Company has more than 500 personnel in Iraq. By accepting military contracting commissions from the United Kingdom and the United States, it can be said that they are making a lot of money.
You know, later in the original time and space, according to the Associated Press, in the 10 years since the war with Iraq began, the United States spent 60 billion U.S. dollars on post-war reconstruction in Iraq, spending an average of more than 15 million U.S. dollars every day.
According to calculations by the Congressional Budget Office of the United States, the total expenditure in the past 10 years-including military expenditure, embassy expenditure, reconstruction and assistance, etc. has reached a huge US$767 billion.
With such a large investment of funds, the American energy and military industrial groups have certainly made huge profits; the relevant dignitaries and institutions have also used this to make money; private military contractors such as Blackwater and Protector Military Company You can also get a lot of money...
What worries Barron most is not the income that Protector Military Company gets from orders from the US and British governments, but that through this opportunity, Protector Military companies are developing rapidly.
In addition to the fact that personnel can be trained in such an environment, the weapons and equipment of the Protector Military Company can also be updated and stockpiled.
Of course, these are not obtained through openly legitimate means—at least not most of them.
The mainstream equipment of the Protector Military Company at this time has been replaced by the standard equipment of the British army.
Part of this equipment was purchased from regular channels through an agreement with the military - to put it bluntly, it was "homogenized" directly from the supplies of the British Army in Iraq.
And more equipment comes from the "loss" of the British and American coalition forces in the war...
Well, in the reports sent to the country, these equipments include individual soldier equipment, Artillery, military vehicles, even armored vehicles and helicopters... have all been consumed in the war.
But in fact, most of them have been transported to the Munger base of the Protector Military Company.
Anyway, even if they don't buy it, it's still difficult for these equipment to escape the underground weapons black market. This way, without going through middlemen, it is more pleasant for some senior military officials and protector military companies.
At this time, the arms inventory in Munger Base is enough to equip a brigade...
It is no exaggeration to say that if these equipments are based on the quality of their military personnel, a regiment The establishment is enough to sweep many small African countries.
As we all know, with the excellent matching mechanism in the African region and good military quality, it is not a surprise to have one against ten here.
These 100 local soldiers were carefully selected from the Munger base of the Protector Military Company. They were trained to meet the minimum standards of the Protector Military Company’s military personnel, and many instructors almost caught them. This can be seen through the madness.
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At first, Barron was planning to renovate and transform the Castle of Billoo in Northern Ireland and use it as a tourism development site for the Grace Cultural Tourism Group. However, later, he Changed my mind.
Nowadays, Billu Castle is still undergoing renovation and renovation, but unlike the previous renovations of Chatsworth Manor and Callan Castle, the renovation and renovation of Billou Castle is that Reinforcement, and re-planning of the use of some rooms...
Belu Castle had a defensive function from the very beginning. The entire castle has three floors above ground and two floors underground, with a total of nearly 60 rooms. Now, except for part of the two underground floors of the castle that are used as warehouses, most of the area has been transformed into a strong dungeon.
These had already been carried out before the arrests of members of the "London Star" gang began.
After all, Barron considered that sooner or later he would need to interrogate these people, and even go to see those people in person.
For safety reasons, he is unlikely to go to troubled Africa in a short period of time, so it is necessary to choose a safe and unobtrusive place in England. After considering it, Lugbao is the most suitable.
You must know the location of the Castle of Bilu. It can be said to be a vast area with sparsely populated areas. The nearest town is more than ten kilometers away from the castle!
Next to the castle is a training base of the Protector Military Company. At that time, a team of military personnel can even be stationed in the castle to protect it. It can be said that it is extremely safe and easy to keep confidential.
Barron plans to expand the size of the training base after the Protector Military Company launches domestic security business in the UK and regard it as his "home base".
A few days ago, during the arrest of Soslan Tigiev, a core member of the "Raphael" organization and the leader of the "London Star" gang, he was unexpectedly captured A female “important person.”
I don’t know if Soslan is really tough-talking, or if he really doesn’t know too much information about the woman. Anyway, after a series of interrogations, he just revealed more information about the "Raphael" organization. However, as for the woman, she only said that she was here to cooperate with "Raphael". As a result, the two were captured by the special operations team on the day they met.
Originally the most direct way was to interrogate the woman.
However, facing the interrogation prepared by the special operations team, the woman directly stated that she could tell her secret, but she must first meet the boss behind them, because the secret was too important.
When he learned about this, Barron ordered the special operations team to bring the other party from the Munger base to England and send her to Belu Castle.
Now they are on the ship coming from West Africa to Northern Ireland.
As for how to bring such a "captive" into the scene, think about how those gangs sent those trafficked women to Europe. The Protector Military Company will have a better way than them.
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"Your Highness the Duke, we have proposed to Huawei, hoping to invest in them, but Mr. Ren of Huawei refused."
Reply to O2 Telecom CEO Berry Trelles , Barron was not surprised.
After all, Huawei has always been a very special company. In 2022, before Barron's rebirth, Huawei ranked 111th among the Fortune 500, with revenue of 639.6 billion yuan and net profit of 214.5 billion yuan. Revenue and profit Both are twice as large as Universe Bank and five times as large as Moutai. None of the A-share listed companies can compare. Until that time, Huawei had not been listed and had never issued corporate bonds.
At this time, Huawei is 100% controlled by Huawei Investment Holding Co., Ltd., which is composed of two shareholders: Boss Ren holds 1.01% of the shares, and the Trade Union Committee of Huawei Investment Holding Co., Ltd. holds 1.01% of the shares. The equity ratio is 98.99% and continues until 2023.
Since in the previous life, Huawei has never accepted shares from other companies, let alone foreign investors, now that Huawei is on the right track, I am afraid that it will not accept investment from O2 Telecom. This is also the reason why this company will receive great support from China in certain matters in the future.
(End of this chapter)