Chapter 208 Building a Lair

On September 3, members of the new Iraqi government elected by the Iraqi Provisional Governing Council were sworn in in Baghdad.

In fact, as early as early May, the American commander-in-chief 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 of various types in Iraq. It can be said that they are making a lot of money by accepting military contracting commissions from the United Kingdom and the United States.

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, total expenditures over the past 10 years, including military expenditures, embassy expenditures, reconstruction and assistance, etc., have reached a huge US$767 billion.

With such a large amount of capital invested, the American energy and military industrial groups have certainly made huge profits; the relevant dignitaries and institutions have also used this to make a lot of money; private military contractors such as Blackwater and Protector Military Corporation can also get a lot of money. Soup, water, water...

What worries Barron the most is not the income that Protector Military Company has gained from orders from the US and British governments, but that taking advantage of this opportunity, Protector Military Company is developing rapidly.

In addition to personnel being able to exercise 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 public and legitimate means—at least not for the most part.

The mainstream equipment of the Protector Military Company at this time has been replaced by the standard equipment of the British army.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 "blended" 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 reports sent to the country, these equipment, including individual soldier equipment, artillery, military vehicles, and 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, these equipment will still be difficult to get rid of and end up in the underground weapons black market. This way, without going through middlemen, it will be 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 and the organization of a regiment, they are 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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Initially, Barron was planning to renovate and transform Northern Ireland's Billoo Castle as a tourism development site for Grace Tourism Group, but later he changed his 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 to reinforce it and to renovate some rooms. The use has been re-planned...

From the very beginning, the Castle of Billoo had a defensive function. The entire castle had 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. Therefore, it is necessary to choose a safe and unobtrusive place in England. After considering it, Belu Castle is the most suitable. Yes.

You must know the location of the castle. 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 services 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 chief criminal of the "London Star" gang, an "important female figure" was unexpectedly captured ".

I don’t know if Soslan is really tough enough, or if he really doesn’t know too much information about that woman. Anyway, after a series of interrogations, he just revealed more information about the "Raphael" organization, but for that woman , but they just said they were 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 her from the Munger base to England and send her to Billu Castle.

Now they are on a boat 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 would 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 rejected it."

Barron was not surprised by O2 Telecom CEO Berry Trelles' reply.

After all, Huawei has always been a very special company. In 2022, before Barron's rebirth, Huawei ranked 111th among the Fortune 500 companies, with revenue of 639.6 billion yuan and net profit of 214.5 billion yuan. Both revenue and profit were ranked among the best in the world. 2 times, which is 5 times that of Moutai. No A-share listed company can compare. Until that time, Huawei had not been listed and had not 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 98.99% of the shares. It continues until 2023.

Since in its 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 future of this company. The reason why we can get great support from China in certain matters.