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, providing them with professional expertise in the military field. Knowledge, skills and 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, and the services they can provide far exceed the scope of traditional mercenaries.
Private military companies provide military services similar to those performed by state forces 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 do not directly participate in attack or defense, because according to the "concept" in the Geneva International Convention and some clear provisions of different acts, private military personnel participating in attacks on the battlefield can be deemed to be illegally armed and not will 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.
For example, "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 formed by 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 mainly come from veterans of the British army.
After Barron's last conversation with Graf Eaton, the commander of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Forest regiments, and after learning some information about the "Imperial Shield" military company from him, Barron secretly had an idea. However, he did not act in a hurry, but 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 a force that can provide him with security and help him do things that are inconvenient for him to come forward.
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.
Moreover, the wealth you possess is itself original sin, and hatred comes from this.
Even if you are a good friend, when you become prosperous one day, the other person may feel more uncomfortable than your enemy.
This is human nature and must be guarded against.
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 had, 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 Maivin, the founder of "Imperial Shield" from Graf Eaton, Barron's staff contacted the other party, and Maivin also obtained the contact information from Graf Eaton. He knew Barron's identity from his husband. 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, Your Highness the Duke, it is an honor to meet you."
"Please take a seat, Colonel Coy."
Melvin Coy is 45 years old. Before that, he had nearly 20 years of military experience. This can be seen from his words and deeds, which all show the toughness of a soldier.
"I know from Graf that you have donated a million pounds to the Worcestershire and Sherwood Forest Regiment to help the soldiers, I served in that army, please allow me to thank you on behalf of those lads. , His Royal Highness the Duke."
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 initial conversation about Worcestershire and the Sherwood Forest Regiment brought some distance between the two.
"In fact, I also heard some things about your 'Imperial Shield' from Captain Eaton. I am very interested in this. And I know that your scale is not large. The reason is also limited by funding. Science and technology Colonel Yi, can you tell me about the 'Imperial Shield'? I know that you were very favored in the army before. Why did you decide to retire and create this military company?"
Facing 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..."
Maivin 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. What is more uncomfortable is the death of those who died on the battlefield. People who survived 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 harmed innocent people under some stressful conditions.
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 his contacts so far, Barron can tell that Colonel Maivin has a strong military style and is very direct and non-verbose in his conversations.
Therefore, Barron decided to state his purpose directly to the point.
