Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 576 Dangerous New Business

"Afugan?"

Song Heping realized that he had guessed right just now.

It turned out that this guy came to see me because of what happened with Afu Gan.

"If it's a business partnership, I have no problem with that, but for acquisitions, forget it."

"Since you don't want to be acquired, then we can only talk about cooperation."

Elson remained polite.

As the saying goes, don’t hit the smiling person.

Since the other party was so polite, Song Heping couldn't get angry.

Besides, Afu Gan had been there before, and although he didn't have a deep understanding of the situation there, he knew that it was indeed a gold mine.

For the so-called anti-terrorism purpose, the Americans are bringing a bunch of NATO minions to mess around there. I heard about this when I was chatting with Robin, the general manager of AAFES, in Irigoe before. This small Central Asian country is currently a piece of fat meat.

However, if you want to take on business there, you cannot do it without strong capabilities. Only PMC companies with deep backgrounds can get orders.

At that time, Song Heping's own company had just received a transportation order from the Yiligo military and had not yet established a firm foothold. How could he dare to hope to get a share of Afugan's territory?

The situation is different now.

I already have a certain level of strength.

Moreover, the Mexican business will become its own cash cow, providing it with a steady stream of funds.

The business on Irigo's side has stabilized, and Peter has been dragged into this by himself. He is such a shrewd person that he probably knows how much money he has invested in the relatives of him and his fellow military leaders.

With Ferrari in charge of the Green Zone, future business will not be a problem.

As a defense company, we certainly cannot be satisfied with the current orders. The more orders, the better.

Money is no longer Song Heping's primary consideration.

Just like when you are very rich, you can talk about more unrealistic things like ideals.

What's more, career is a man's aphrodisiac.

The wider the field of view, the more potent the aphrodisiac.

If Song Heping, who initially cooperated with Lao Yao to open a grocery store in the Green Zone of Yiligo, only had the idea of being content with a small fortune, then after making a lot of money, Song Heping's desire has broken through the shackles and risen to another level.

That's the whole world.

"Tell me."

Song Heping returned to the terrace and stood in front of Elson.

"Our company has been expanding its business over the past year, but we're facing a problem: we have a large volume of business, but not many people can handle it. Although we've acquired a number of small and medium-sized defense companies, we've found that they still can't meet our business needs."

Song Heping was a little surprised when he heard this: "Such a large business volume? But I heard that there are already many mercenaries there."

He had doubts in his heart.

Irigo is such a large area, but there are only about 20,000 to 30,000 mercenaries looking for work there.

The territory in Afghanistan is very small. It is said that dozens of large and small mercenary companies have entered there to make money after the war broke out.

Even the familiar AAFES and Blackwater have business there. According to reliable intelligence, there are as many as 1.7 mercenaries affiliated with US defense companies there, which is terrifying.

Faced with Song Heping's questions, Arsen had a constipated expression, frowning as if he was organizing words in his mind.

Dao Lin sighed slightly and said, "You are right. This is how the situation was originally. But the situation is a little different now..."

"Oh?"

Song Heping smiled and said, "I'd like to hear the details. Please tell me about it."

Elson then began to explain the reason for the incident.

The more Song Heping listened, the more surprised he was, and the more interesting he found it.

Elson's statement involved information he had never obtained from any other channels.

From the moment the Afghan War broke out, the United States sent a large number of troops to the border, and with the help of the Northern Alliance and other former resistance forces, they swept through all the key military towns in Afghanistan, including Kabul and Kandahar, and took control of the situation in a very short time.

However, after gaining control of most of the country, the Taliban and various resistance groups began to break up into small groups and hide in the deep mountains and the mountainous areas at the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, taking advantage of their geographical advantages to start guerrilla warfare.

This tactic caught the approximately 20,000 US troops originally deployed by the coalition forces into Afghan territory off guard.

These 20,000 troops not only have to fight and clear out the rebellion, but also have to track Brother Deng's whereabouts, be responsible for the defense of large cities, support the army and police of the new regime, and provide them with systematic military training. As a result, the troops suddenly seem stretched to the limit.

When the war broke out in Afghanistan, there were two allied forces: a US-led coalition force of approximately 19000 troops, and NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), with a total strength of nearly 2 troops, primarily British, German, Canadian, Dutch, Italian, and partially French. Twenty-six NATO nations and other US allies (including Australia and South Korea) participated. However, the main force fighting the Taliban was the coalition force, while NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) focused on peacekeeping operations in the relatively safe northern region. The US therefore requested that the remaining allies increase their troop contributions, only to find that these allies were unwilling to contribute and refused to send more troops.

So in June, the United States suddenly announced that it would hand over the command of the Afghan battlefield to Britain, and asked Britain to send a lieutenant general named Charles as commander. The United States handed over 13,000 of its own troops to the command of the coalition forces, and withdrew the remaining 6,000 troops to the northern region, becoming a hands-off boss.

Britain also knew from the beginning that this was a hot potato, but if it could appoint one of its own as commander and achieve results on the anti-terrorism battlefield in Afghanistan, it would be able to enhance its international status and image.

So, the gentlemen in the London Parliament decided to take over the command despite the opposition of the army.

Once I got the command, I found that this hot potato was not just ordinary hot.

The problem of insufficient troops also made Lieutenant General Charles extremely anxious. They had to start working with other NATO countries to increase the number of combat troops deployed in Afghanistan. The number increased to nearly 30,000, but they still found that it was a drop in the bucket.

So they had to use mercenaries from their own local PMC companies and use these PMC companies to undertake a large number of military operations, training, transportation guarantees and support tasks.

It is also based on this background that a large number of order contracts from the British Army have poured into the Jefferson Group, putting this defense giant under tremendous pressure.

Others are worried that their companies will have no business, but the Jefferson Group is afraid that it has too much business and cannot handle it all.

But I can't not answer it.

Now is the time when the British military is under the greatest pressure. If you don’t help the military bear the pressure at this time, don’t even think about getting business in the future.

This is why there was a wave of crazy mergers and acquisitions of small and medium-sized PMC companies by the Jefferson Group. They even approached Song Heping to acquire "Musician" Defense for this reason.

As a powerful force in the defense industry, the Jefferson Group had of course investigated "Musician" Defense and Song Heping. They knew that Song Heping was a rising star in the defense industry with great combat effectiveness. They had originally wanted to send someone to look for Song Heping, but they heard that he was in South America recently.

Unexpectedly, Elson met Song Heping by chance when he came to the United States to attend a think tank defense-themed forum. Of course, he would not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

After listening to Elson's explanation, Song Heping felt that he could take the job.

You should know that the Jefferies Group has deep roots with the British government and even the military. Many of their consultants and senior executives are retired senior officers of the British Army.

Now Charlize is the supreme commander of the Afghan Blue Army. Following these guys, there is really meat to eat.

"Mr. Elson, I'm very moved by your explanation," Song Heping asked frankly. "But I want to know, if I agree to cooperate, what's the price and content of the contract you'll give us? And what specific business will we be responsible for when we arrive in Afghanistan?"

"Military training and support for military operations," Elson said. "Military training will be with the police forces under the new Afghan government, while military operations will primarily involve cooperating with our SAS or US special forces on specialized missions. I've heard your company specializes in special operations. As for the price, the military training contract is a fixed annual one, based on the volume of work. If you agree, you will be responsible for all the police training in the Kandahar region. The contract amount is £3000 million per year for two years. Special operations missions will be determined by the difficulty of the mission and the reward for the target. I can't give you an exact figure right now."

"Kandahar..."

Song Heping immediately realized that it was southern Afghanistan.

Moreover, it is close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area.

The British are really cunning. The Americans feed them shit, and they want to feed the shit to themselves.

"Kandahar is in the south, on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. If I'm not mistaken, it's the most dangerous area in all of Afghanistan. Mr. Elson, you've got a pretty good plan."

Elson smiled awkwardly. "For PMC, as you Chinese say, fortune and honor come with risk, right?"

"I'm not interested in this contract," Song Heping said frankly. "My US military transport contract in Irigoe is worth $2.4 million a year. To be honest, you British are too stingy. Goodbye."

After saying that, Song Heping turned and left.

"and many more!"

Elson was anxious.

Song Heping smiled without even turning around.

Because he knew that the British were desperate and trying every possible means.

It's a seller's market right now.

"Mr. Elson, is there anything else you would like to discuss?"

Elson looked at Song Heping, who looked relaxed, and couldn't help asking, "What conditions do you want to accept it? More money?"

"Yes, you have to pay more." Song Heping said, "And a lot more."

He held up a finger.

"Add ten million?!" Elson was stunned.

"No." Song Heping waved his finger: "One hundred million."