Chapter 759: Old Man 3
After arriving in Havana, Rachel was not busy looking for Zhou Qingfeng. The real "Aurora Legion" is completely different from what she imagined. She wants to explore its inner strength more deeply, otherwise the follow-up negotiations will be full of mistakes and omissions.
After realizing that Zhou Qingfeng's rule in Cuba was quite stable, Rachel wanted to observe more. The first thing she could feel was the large number of police officers on the street.
"If the law and order here is really good, why do you need so many police?" In Rachel's view, the police force in Havana is a bit excessive. Looking down from the hotel where she lives, there are three groups of patrolmen in the short two to three hundred meters of the street.
"Oh, that's not the police, it's the patrol." The hired old guide explained, "The duty of the patrol is relatively simple, that is, to maintain law and order on the streets, and not to deal with cases and disputes.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants enter Havana every day, but not everyone is as noble and elegant as you, lady, and not everyone wants to live a stable life.
Many people have honed their hostility in other places, and there will be fights and casualties at every turn. In order to control this situation, there are a lot of patrol officers on the streets. "
While speaking, a woman's scream came from an alley near the hotel. Soon a panic-stricken man ran out of the alley, chasing after a woman who was yelling loudly.
Regarding this scene, Rachel poked her head curiously, while the old guide sneered disdainfully: "There are many rich people near this hotel, and there are always some people who want to come here to make a fortune. But that kid can't run a hundred meters."
Sure enough, after the woman screamed, the patrol officers on the street responded immediately. The two groups of people blocked and chased, and easily captured the criminal. And soon a patrol drone of the police department flew over and left after making sure the scene was under control.
"What happens to people who get caught?" Rachel asked.
"Shoot and execute on the spot." The old guide said with indifference, "Commander Hugo attaches great importance to social order and has zero tolerance for any destroyers. We don't want the city we live in to be plunged into war and strife , so we firmly support this high-pressure situation.”
The captured criminals were thrown on the side of the road, still yelling abuse. But soon a three-wheeled motorcycle drove over, and a police officer wearing a formal police rank actually shot and killed the robbery criminal after confirming the identity of the criminal.
The old guide also made a conclusion for this, "These are all smuggled from other places. They are unwilling to work hard and only want to make a living by crime. It is best to kill them."
After the criminal died, the body was dragged away by a three-wheeled motorcycle. The hotel waiter came out to clean the floor, and everyone seemed to be used to it. Rachel was amazed at the cruelty of the execution, but also lamented the efficient handling of the case, thinking that this could probably be called "a heavy code for troubled times".
"Can I take a walk down the street?" Rachel asked.
"Of course, a distinguished guest like you can visit as you like, even if you want to see the military camp."
"Can you really see the barracks?"
"Of course, the Legion doesn't mind displaying its armed forces to the outside world."
Rachel was really interested in the military strength of the 'Aurora Legion'. After settling in the hotel, she took a taxi to a military camp on the outskirts of the city under the guidance of the old guide. And she found that she was not the only one who came here to watch, in fact, this was a scene of Havana.
Many foreigners will visit the barracks,
Among them are spies from various other local warlords. After being identified by the entourage, this open barracks is a recruit training camp, and there are about five or six hundred people on the playground receiving basic training.
Outside the training ground, there is a public recruitment signboard, as long as healthy men and women between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five can apply to join the army. And under the conscription signboard, there is a long queue of recruits, both men and women.
"There are generally only two ways for foreigners to enter the territory of the legion, either to join the factory or to join the army. The army pays better, but the requirements are stricter and the danger is greater." The old guide said.
Rachel observed carefully, and found that the soldiers were of different races, including black and white, and even some Asians. She asked the officers in her entourage, "How is the training of these soldiers?"
"This needs to be observed for a while." The accompanying officer did not give an answer immediately, but said after watching for a whole afternoon: "There is a lot of training, the quality of the instructors is relatively high, and there is no obvious discrimination. The treatment of different soldiers It is the same, but the basic quality of the soldiers is not very good."
The words of the accompanying officer were really sharp enough, almost hitting the nail on the head about the characteristics and flaws of the current military power of the 'Aurora Legion'. Zhou Qingfeng is doing everything possible to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, even without limiting the identity and origin of the soldiers, but there is basically no solution to the problem of poor quality of soldiers.
"Compared to our army?" Rachel asked again.
"The combat effectiveness of our various armies varies greatly. The direct descendants of the leaders of the leadership are naturally elite, but there are also a large number of miscellaneous troops with ordinary formations. As far as the current recruits undergoing initial training are concerned, they must not be as good as our elite troops. , but much stronger than ordinary miscellaneous brands.
But I suspect that such a troop for display may be carefully selected. After all, the current world is short of supplies, and it is too expensive to raise an army. The demand for food alone can make many organizations unable to bear it.
The total population currently controlled by the "Aurora Legion" is about 500,000. It would be good to have 5,000 such troops, otherwise this organization is basically committing suicide. "
The food crisis in the last days has not been eliminated, but has intensified with the passage of time. Now any organization is very cautious about expanding its strength, otherwise, if you accidentally run out of precious resources, you don't have to mess around. "The tree falls and the monkeys scatter" is a blink of an eye.
There are not many places like 'Aurora Legion' that can develop quietly. In fact, even the North American continent is not stable, as if returning to the chaotic and disorderly cowboy era of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Thinking about the current intricate relationship within the Brotherhood of Steel, Rachel also has a headache. All kinds of internal friction make it difficult for the Brotherhood to exert its powerful strength. David Lawrence was a bit lonely and desperately needed a strong support.
It was for this help that Rachel traveled thousands of nautical miles to bring Havana, hoping to negotiate a series of cooperation with the "Aurora Legion". But now it seemed that the Victor Hugo she knew was no longer the boy next door in the past.
Destiny seems to have returned to the beginning, and everything depends on Victor Hugo's choice. (To be continued.)