I’m really here to keep the peace

“Mr. Zabi, I have been to Angola, so I know that the problem you are facing now, the rebels in the north are scattered, even your uncle has no good way, but the Portuguese are not invincible, you just didn’t use the right method!”

“Method? I don’t understand, what method we have to use, we fought very hard, my people, each of them is a warrior who sees death like a home, and even the machine guns of the grape people will not flinch! “Yes, you attacked

the garrison and attacked the government, although you did a vigorous job, but in fact, this method is wrong!”

Shepard looked out the window, the food prepared for the guests before was almost hot, he immediately let people into the room, as soon as the hot porridge and scones came up, Zabi and a few of his subordinates immediately couldn’t help but sniffle.

“You’re welcome, eat! Let’s eat and talk!

Now that the food had been served, the guests from Angola enjoyed it unceremoniously, Zabi, who was sitting at the table, was quite graceful and ate quite elegantly with a spoon, but a few of his subordinates couldn’t wait to stick their heads into the basin, and a large pot full of steaming porridge was quickly eaten.

“Your supply situation is very difficult!”

“Yes, not only the Portuguese army, but even the village is not willing to provide us with food, alas!”

“Look, that’s the problem, Mr. Zabi, also black, why don’t those villages want to feed you?” Are they determined to follow the Portuguese?

“That’s naturally not, they just…”

Zabi tried to explain, but then he froze. In Africa, the relationship between the military and the people is often very complicated, and some armies are trying to be as much as possible to align with the

modern army, trying to do as little harm as possible to civilians and trade fairly, but there are more armies like thieves with troops, wherever the scourge goes!

Of course, there are many reasons for such a problem, the most important thing in army building, often not what advanced weapons and equipment, but the most easily overlooked logistics problems, reality is not like the game, soldiers do not eat or drink, you choose a target to start the attack, in Africa, most countries, the logistics construction of the army is almost equal to zero, which is not even as good as the performance of a country in World War II, because people really have a few dollars to let the soldiers eat a few dollars. In Africa, it is already rare to

be able to pay some salaries to subordinates, as for the so-called unified guarantee of logistics procurement, it can only be said that there is, but rare, most of the black uncles are like wild stocking, what are they eating around!

Because northern Angola is an oil-producing area, a large number of Portuguese troops are stationed, so the resistance here is extremely difficult, in this case, they naturally find it difficult to ensure logistics supply, then they can only play subjective initiative, find a way to do it, you let the soldiers go down the river to fish into the forest to dig vegetables that is not realistic, nothing will work, so what to do?

Naturally, it is to find a way with the civilians, what money does the poor resistance have for? If you don’t have money, you grab it, sometimes not only do you have to grab money and food, but even a more irascible armed gang has eaten and drunk enough to burst the entire village.

“First of all, you need a slogan, you need something symbolic!”

“Slogan?”

“That’s right, Mr. Zabi, you should first think about who you are fighting for!”

“For whom?”

Zabi Savimbi is not a mediocre talent, he also went to Europe to study and eat foreign bread, many things, he actually understands, but often ignored, take the simplest food supply, why are the villages not willing to provide them with food? That is because in the eyes of those civilians, these militants, like the Portuguese army, are here to exploit themselves, even worse than the Portuguese army, after all, in order not to provoke the raging fire in the colony, the latter often take soft measures against the civilians.

“Rebellion against the Grape Man is just the beginning, so what about after that, have you thought about it?”

“This, I see!”

Zabi smiled wryly and spread out his hands.

“Mr. Price, I must admit, you are right!”

“No, Mr. Zabi, I am correct not because I am right, but because I face reality! I understand the situation!

“yes, we just thought about how to fight the Portuguese and didn’t care about that, but what about specifics, what should we do?”

“This simple, first and foremost, is to save the hearts of the people, you must first prove yourselves, prove that you are different from other rebel forces! In fact, there is no need to deliberately do anything, fair trading, borrowing and returning, can do this step, that is enough!

“So that’s all right?”

“That’s fine, and even you can do better, but those things can’t be explained for a while, and you don’t want to learn other things overnight, right?” Resisting the Portuguese is a long process, and you have to be prepared for four to five years!

“It’s okay, we’ve been preparing for more than ten years, so don’t care about preparing longer!”

In fact, Shepard said a lot, Zabi listened to the clouds, as if he understood, and did not seem to understand, but anyway, he only felt as if he had a lot of experience, so he couldn’t wait to go back and have a good reminiscence.

“Then, we will send people to receive your training later!”

“Okay, then we will definitely hand everything over to you without reservation!”

“Thank you so much, Mr. Price!”

“You’re welcome! We just help each other!

“Indeed, help each other, oh yes, your accent is very good, but the London accent is a little imitated more deliberately, I went to high school and university in London, I can still hear it!”

During the parting, Zabi suddenly whispered to Shepard.

“Ah, then I’ll pay attention next time!”

Shepard was stunned at first, then laughed awkwardly.

And after the canoe disappeared into the darkness, Plomri, who had been silent and pretending to be a master, finally couldn’t help but ask Shepard.

“What’s the point of those things you said? How do I not understand?

“If you don’t understand, then yes, if you can understand, then the White House may have to change colors!”

“Are you serious?”

“Seriously!”

Shepard nodded.

“Then you give them back?”

“So what, Angola is a big place!”