Chapter 1243 Gold Mine
When the war in Africa broke out, Gaddafi took a very tough stance. He allowed Arabs to enter, but prohibited blacks from entering.
For this reason, Gaddafi also sent troops to build a defense line to drive out illegal immigrants.
In the vast desert, millions of African refugees died, but Gaddafi was indifferent.
Algeria is different. Because most of its energy is exported to Europe, it is closely linked to the European economy and is greatly influenced by Europe. In addition, Algeria was also in turmoil at that time, so Algeria did not take measures against refugees, resulting in at least 20 million refugees pouring into Algeria.
Even now, according to incomplete statistics, there are more than 10 million refugees in Algeria.
You know, Algeria has a population of only 30 million.
Ten million refugees are equivalent to one-third of Algeria's population.
This resulted in Algeria's own food not being enough to eat, and it had to import a large amount of food.
Coupled with the unrest and the large number of conflicts brought by refugees, Algeria has been experiencing slow or even negative economic growth for many years.
Only in the past few years has the energy price risen, and Algeria has had a better life.
But Algeria is still suffering from the suffering of refugees.
Even though the war has stopped now, these refugees have no intention of returning to their original countries.
Many European and American journalists are in Algeria, which also makes Algeria dare not take tough measures to drive out illegal refugees.
And because of these refugees, Algeria's relations with neighboring Morocco and Tunisia were once very tense, because refugees going to Morocco and Tunisia basically pass through Algeria.
Morocco and Tunisia have suffered from refugees, and even now, social security is still very poor.
Because of the African refugee problem, riots broke out in Tunisia many times, and social security has not improved for a long time.
The same situation also occurred in Morocco.
Chen Ming left Libya and arrived in Algeria.
This time he came to Algeria, but the exploration team discovered a gold mine in a place in Algeria, estimated to reach 60 tons. According to Chinese standards, this is already a large-scale gold mine.
Moreover, the gold content of this gold mine reaches 18 grams per ton, and the benefits here can be imagined.
Most of the gold mines discovered in these places will belong to the explorers, and at most a portion will be distributed to various parties.
According to the current international gold price, this gold mine is worth about 1.35 billion US dollars.
It can be said that the benefits are huge enough for Chen Ming to make a special trip.
Chen Ming came to a mountain, which is very remote and almost uninhabited. No one would have thought that there would be such a large gold mine here.
But this is normal. Two-thirds of Algeria has not been fully explored or explored, so it is normal to find any minerals.
Last year, the mercenary group discovered a large iron mine in Algeria, which contains 1 billion tons. According to the current iron ore price, it is worth about 1 billion US dollars.
"This time, you wild wolves have made great contributions. I will report in detail to the headquarters. It belongs to you, and no one can take it away!" Chen Ming held a telescope in his hand and said, "You must keep it confidential during this period, and do a good job of security and protection."
Chen Ming knew very well that such a large gold mine was of good quality. Once the news came out, it would inevitably attract many people.
In the country, there are laws!
What is law here? How many divisions does it have?
In the African continent, so far, it seems to be a country, but in fact most countries are still in the tribal era. The tribe is within the scope, and the words of the tribal chief are more useful than the president.
The number of countries that can really be considered as countries can be counted on two hands.
It is not incredible that this gold mine has triggered a war.
In recent years, the mercenary group has fought many wars, just to protect its own interests.
"Understood!" Yang Rong nodded.
Yang Rong is the leader of a mercenary group, which is the famous "Wild Wolf Mercenary Group".
The reason why it is named "Wild Wolf Mercenary Group" is because the first leader came from the "Wild Wolf Special Forces", and then the name has been passed down.
There is also a group called "War Wolf Mercenary Group", which is also because the first leader came from the "War Wolf Special Forces".
Every mercenary group has its own roots, which can be traced back to the original troops.
The mercenary groups in Africa have set up three headquarters according to regional divisions, namely the North African Mercenary Command, the Central African Mercenary Command, and the South African Mercenary Command. The headquarters of the North African Mercenary Command was originally in Egypt, and later moved to Egypt; the Central African Mercenary Command was originally located in Tanzania, and later moved to Djibouti; the South African Mercenary Command was originally in Zambia, and later moved to the Kingdom of Comoros.
Chen Ming is the head of the North African Mercenary Command. There are now 30 mercenary groups in North Africa, with more than 30,000 mercenaries alone, plus other staff, about 40,000 people.
In Africa as a whole, there are almost 90,000 mercenary groups in total. Of course, if all mercenaries are counted, the total number exceeds 200,000.
Among them, they have the most mercenaries, the most powerful forces, and the most friends. The second is the polar bear. There are about 50,000 mercenaries in Africa. They are really cruel and have massacred the entire tribe more than once or twice. The United States has about 30,000 mercenaries in Africa, and then there are European mercenaries, about 20,000.
The rest are local mercenaries in Africa, as well as some free mercenaries. The total number of mercenaries exceeds 200,000.
Africa is also the place with the most mercenaries.
Even from a certain perspective, mercenaries are the elites of Africa.
Mercenaries are definitely a high-income group in Africa.
Even the mercenaries belonging to the Panshan Group, the mercenaries in Africa, have a basic salary of 10,000. If they perform tasks, they will also receive allowances, and there will be bonuses for killing enemies.
Like this, if you discover mineral deposits, there will also be rewards, and the rewards are very considerable.
This is also to motivate everyone to be brave enough to kill the enemy and actively discover mineral deposits.
Chen Ming and Yang Rong discussed the military deployment. The key points must be deployed in advance. For mines like this, if they are deployed well, it will be difficult to capture them even if a few hundred people defend them or tens of thousands of people attack them. They can hold out until reinforcements arrive.
In terms of marching and fighting, they are absolutely professional, much better than free mercenaries.
In terms of weapons and equipment, free mercenaries cannot compare.
When necessary, mercenaries can even mobilize tank armored units for combat.
It's just that it's very rare, very rare.
Yang Rong and his team not only have to guard against the local forces in Algeria, but also other mercenaries.
These mercenaries, for the sake of profit, can do anything, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, even stronger than the regular troops in Algeria. (End of this chapter)