industrial overlord

Chapter 377 Hot Potatoes
Ori, the leader of the Woheni tribe, is a little nervous these days. The seven Chinese workers detained in his hands are now a hot potato, and he can't take it or throw it away.

Hijacking the Chinese convoy was a mistake from the very beginning.From Ori's original intention, he was unwilling to be an enemy of the Chinese. He just wanted to get in touch with the Chinese through this method, but he did not expect it to be self-defeating and turned into a hostage kidnapping incident.

The construction of an oil refinery by the Siya tribe is a major event throughout southern Sudan.Since the discovery of oil in South Sudan, the struggle over oil resources has never been interrupted.Due to frequent wars and the central government's lack of control over the area, no company dared to build an oil pipeline here.The oil produced by each tribe can only be transported by truck to neighboring countries, and then dumped to countries with oil refineries.The high transportation costs make it impossible to talk about any benefits from oil extraction, and the local economy has not improved at all.As Wahir, the Minister of Industry of the Siya Tribe, said, although there is a lot of oil here, it is the poorest area in the world.

Now, the Siya tribe has started to build an oil refinery.Anyone can imagine that if the refinery can be put into operation, the benefits will be considerable.Local oil no longer needs to be transported thousands of miles away, but can be refined locally into gasoline and diesel.The local demand for gasoline and diesel is very strong, which allows the oil of the Siya tribe to be turned into cash on the spot, which is an unimaginably huge sum of money.

In a place like Southern Sudan, what a tribe would do next if they had money was out of the question.It will definitely purchase a large number of advanced equipment in the international arms market, so that its strength will suddenly rise to several levels.In this way, the original balance of power in the region will be broken. It is no exaggeration to say that it is only a matter of time before the Siya tribe wants to unify the entire southern Sudan.

Concerned about this outcome, various tribes have increased their focus on the Siya Tribe Project.The Siya tribe itself is a large tribe, and it is difficult for other tribes to directly use force to destroy the refinery project. What everyone can do is to think about their own countermeasures based on the progress of this project.Regardless of whether it is vertical or horizontal, in short, you must be prepared.

The Woheni tribe, which neighbors the Siya tribe, has the deepest concerns about the refinery project.The strength of the Woheni tribe is not as good as that of the Siya tribe, but when neither side has any sharp weapons, the Sia tribe and the Woheni tribe can still coexist peacefully. Even if there is a little friction occasionally, it has not developed into a war. Degree.

Now, the oil refinery of the Siya Tribe is about to start production. Once the project starts to generate income and the Siya Tribe begins to purchase a large amount of arms, the equipment levels of both sides will immediately be seriously tilted. At that time, the Siya Tribe will be able to give themselves With a thunderous blow.As the leader of the Woheni tribe, Ori couldn't ignore this issue.

When Ori was in distress, a few days ago, two Americans came from the tribe, claiming to be from some kind of foundation, and wanted to talk to Ori about the future of southern Sudan.

Ori didn't like the Americans very much, but considering the current situation of his tribe, he decided to meet the two Americans.

"Mr. Ori, what's your opinion on the current construction of the oil refinery by the Siya tribe?" An American who claimed to be named Miller asked Ori.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Miller, I don't know what you want to ask." Ori replied.He didn't know what the other party's intention was, so he was unwilling to express his point of view directly.

These stupid niggers!They can only understand everything if we directly point it out, Miller cursed secretly in his heart.However, he still had to put on a friendly face, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Ori, it's like this. We think that the oil refinery currently built by the Siya tribe will destroy the strength of this area." Do you agree with this point of view?"

Ori said: "I haven't thought about it so far. I have a good personal relationship with Chief Bilm of the Siya tribe. I think he will not do things that make everyone feel uneasy."

Ori said this, in fact, to test Miller's attitude.In Miller's eyes, Ori is a mindless reckless man, but in fact, as a tribal leader, Ori is not that simple-minded.He intentionally said against Miller's meaning, the purpose is to stimulate Miller's words.

"Mr. Ori, I think your trust in Chief Bilm is a little too optimistic." Miller said, "I have contacted him, and I think he is an ambitious man. He managed to get a set from the Chinese. The oil refining equipment, I just want to use this equipment to make money, and then develop my own strength..."

"You mean, the Chinese provided the refining equipment?" Ori asked in surprise, "I heard earlier that the company providing the equipment was a company from a country called Myanmar."

"No, no, we have already learned that the company that provides equipment for the Siya tribe is registered in Myanmar, but all its shareholders are Chinese. The oil refining equipment is shipped directly from China , the workers on the construction site are all Chinese.” Miller said.

"I see." Ori murmured.

"I'm sorry, I haven't finished just now." Miller didn't notice the change in Ori's face. In his eyes, the black face was just a black mass, and there was no expression to be seen.He continued:

"Our foundation has always been committed to maintaining peace in Africa. We are very indignant at this kind of behavior that undermines regional peace. Therefore, we are currently contacting various tribes and preparing to form an alliance to deal with the rise of the Siya tribe. When necessary Under the circumstances, we can provide you with weapons to check and balance the Siya tribe."

"Mr. Miller, do you mean that you want us to fight the Siya tribe?" Ori asked calmly.

"No, no, no, I don't mean that at all." Miller repeatedly denied, "We are a peace foundation, and we don't want to see war."

Ori sneered in his heart, he had seen many such peace foundations.Each foundation claims to be peacekeeping, and they often send gifts to local tribes as a gesture of goodwill.But the ultimate actions of these foundations are to cultivate their own forces and let the various factions compete with each other.In the armed conflicts in South Sudan over the years, these foundations have been behind every conflict.

"Mr. Miller, thank you very much for your suggestion, but I need to think about it again." Ori said politely to Miller.

Ori would never accept Miller's suggestion.First, because he didn't like the Americans, and second, because he didn't want to fight.What Miller said about forming an alliance to jointly deal with the Siya tribe is actually fanning the flames in an attempt to form a siege on the Siya tribe.Ori can even feel that the Americans are so concerned about this matter because the equipment of the Siya tribe comes from China, and the Americans do not want China's influence to infiltrate southern Sudan.

No, I want to get in touch with the Chinese, Ori said to himself.He has seen both Americans and Chinese. In his impression, the Americans sent military advisers and guns to Africa, while the Chinese sent doctors and medicines.As far as the current example is concerned, the Chinese came to help the Siya tribe build an oil refinery, but what did the Americans do?The Chinese are helping the people in southern Sudan get rich. The Americans have been here for many years. What have they brought to you?

Thinking of this, he started to act.He first sent a few people to the Siya tribe to contact the Chinese personnel.Unexpectedly, the people sent there were ineffective and didn't speak clearly. Instead, the other party mistakenly thought they were here to make trouble. If there was a disagreement, the two sides showed their guns.Ori had no choice but to let people withdraw quickly, and then think of other ways.

At this moment, someone came to report that a Chinese convoy was passing through their tribal territory.As soon as Ori's brain became hot, he ran to the main road with a group of militiamen.His original intention was to stop the transport convoy and ask them to bring a message.As a result, the other party saw their crowd of hundreds of people, thought they were here to rob, dropped their things, climbed into a few pickup trucks and ran away.

Seeing that the person they were about to stop ran away, the gunmen of the Woheni tribe shot without waiting for Ori's order.Fortunately, they just aimed at the wheels of the pickup truck and shot, and the Chinese workers in the truck also hid themselves tightly, so they did not hurt anyone.The wheels of a pickup truck were shot randomly, and the vehicle overturned. Seven Chinese workers thus became hostages of the Woheni tribe.

After bringing the man back, Ori knew that he had made a big mistake.He obviously wanted to get close, but now it turned into robbery.Lan Wufeng gathered his armed forces at the first time, took a full set of equipment, marched to the vicinity of the Woheni tribe, and threatened them with force.Ori stood on the watchtower and looked through the binoculars. Their equipment is called equipment, such as AKM, AK74, SVD, RPK, PKM, rock machine gun, RPG-7, Type 63 107mm rocket launcher, etc. It is simply a weapon expo. .

Although the Woheni tribe has a large number of people and a lot of strong and strong men, compared with others, the equipment can only be regarded as scum.Ori hadn't studied the Chairman's Quotations, and didn't know that it wasn't one or two new weapons that determine the outcome of a war, but at least he also knew that with so many new weapons in his possession, he and others were really not on the same level as opponents.What's more, behind them is the powerful Siya tribe. If you really want to play a gang fight game, Woheni can only be tortured.

At this time, it will not be easy to release the hostages.Wouldn't it be even worse if the people here started to retaliate once they were released?So, Ori said, first, he will not harm the Chinese; second, he wants to talk directly with the person in charge of the Chinese side.

　The list of weapons in the penultimate paragraph was provided by book friend Yixian. Orange is not responsible for any mistakes. ... Ask for a recommendation ticket.

　　


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