Chapter 4514: Suspicious situation

When Lin Rui and the actuary Jiangan heard General Steven mentioned the attack on the US military base, their hearts sank suddenly.
Their attack on the secret base of the US military has been concealed very well during this period. Confidence did not leave any clues that could be traced to them.
So when General Steven suddenly said this, the hearts of both people suddenly tightened.
However, both of them are people who have seen the world, so there is still the ability to bear this point.
Lin Rui pretended to hesitate and said, "When was the US military base attacked? The general said, was it a certain US military base in the Middle East?
If this is the case, I may not quite understand. After all, our company has long focused on developing in Africa. For the Middle East, we really lack understanding. "
General Steven watched him silently, only smiled meaningfully. "Mr. Rick is really calm. Under such circumstances, he can still keep his face. This calmness is really impressive."
"The general is overwhelmed. I am a person who is naturally slow to react. But I did not expect this shortcoming, which is often regarded as calm enough." Lin Rui smiled, "Can the general tell me in detail about the attack on the US military base? ?"
"Forget it, I just mentioned it casually. This matter is highly classified, and I shouldn't have disclosed it.
But Mr. Rick, you are not outsiders, so I will tell you the truth.
We have set up a secret base in a sea area on the border between Africa and the Middle East. But a few months ago there was a sudden attack by a group of militants.
At first we thought it was done by terrorists. However, the investigation by the military intelligence department found that the attack on this base is likely to be mercenaries. "General Steven looked at Lin Rui.
Lin Rui nodded, "It is very possible that it is not the first time that terrorists have hired mercenaries to help them work.
Especially for some relatively large terrorist organizations, they have enough funds to hire manpower. In Africa, in addition to regular military companies, there are also many informal private mercenary groups.
In theory, they could do this. "
General Steven nodded, "What you said makes sense. But our people found something unusual in the secret base on the island.
We found some shells left over from the scene. Through comparison and analysis, we found that these bullets were all standard US military equipment.
And through the serial number on the bullet, we did some tracking. In the end, it can be determined that these bullets are indeed from our US military.
During the joint counter-terrorism operation a year ago, this batch of bullets was deployed in the joint counter-terrorism force formed by the six African Sahel countries. "
General Steven was talking while carefully observing Lin Rui's detailed expression. But to his disappointment, Lin Rui's face did not fluctuate at all.
"The general just said that these weapons are all US military standards? What kind of bullets are they?" Lin Rui frowned and asked.
"5.56mm, NATO unified small-caliber rifle ammunition. Of course there are a certain amount of 7.62mm bullets, but we believe that it comes from a machine gun." General Steven replied.
"This is a bit strange. Under normal circumstances, both terrorists and mercenaries will use 7.62 bullets.
The reason is very simple. Most Soviet-Russian weapons use 7.62 ammunition. The Soviet-Russian-style weapons are far more popular than American-made weapons.
For terrorists, Soviet-Russian weapons, such as the AK47, have always been simple, durable and reliable. More importantly, the price is cheap.
For mercenary groups, they are also more inclined to use Soviet-Russian weapons, because the popularity of Ak47 has led to a wider use of 7.62 ammunition in Africa.
This makes it easy for them to obtain such weapons and ammunition at any time. "Lin Rui shook his head. "From the point of view of some mercenary groups I contacted, they rarely use American-made weapons. "
"Really?" General Steven turned his head to look at Lin Rui, "What about your company?"
"Most of our company uses American equipment. I think you know the reason for this, General.
We are a contractor of the military and we often have to deal with your US military. So most of what we use is American equipment. Lin Rui nodded.
"This means that your company is also suspected of this attack." General Steven said calmly.
"Why? It's because we also use American weapons?" Lin Rui thought for a while, "If you follow the general's logical reasoning, the scope will be wider.
This 5.56 caliber bullet is also called NATO bullet. Because 5.56 mm is a unified NATO small-caliber rifle, the US allies and NATO members use this caliber bullet.
Since the M16 automatic rifle, the US military has used NATO ammunition for all its rifles. Later, many of the US military's rifles exported abroad also use NATO ammunition.
Therefore, the current calibers of rifle bullets in the world are mainly Russian 7.62 rounds and American 5.56 rounds.
Just use this ammunition to make guilt inferences. Perhaps the biggest suspicion is the US military itself and all NATO member forces. "
General Steven was stunned for a moment, but he still shook his head, "Not only that, after our verification, this batch of ammunition is for the use of the African Joint Counter-Terrorism Force.
As far as I know, Mr. Rick and Mr. Michelle Silver Wolf worked at the Black Island Company. You are likely to get this batch of ammunition.
So, from this point of view, Mr. Rick, you are still suspicious. "
"General, can I tell the truth?" Lin Rui made a gesture with a wry smile. "I'm afraid you don't understand the situation in Africa.
Africa has long lived on receiving external assistance. The weapons and ammunition aided to the joint counter-terrorism force are actually the same, with detailed distribution registration records. No one is willing to take less.
At that time, although I was responsible for the daily training and combat skills training of the joint counter-terrorism force, even I did not have the right to intercept their ammunition.
Another point is that the internal management of the African troops is actually quite chaotic. It was a little better when the anti-terror force was combined.
But after the counter-terrorism operations ended, these troops returned to their respective countries, and these weapons and ammunition followed them to various parts of Africa.
There were even a lot of weapons and ammunition, as their soldiers retired, they were taken home by the soldiers.
I know this is really hard to imagine for you Americans, but this is the actual situation. After some African soldiers have served as soldiers for a few years, it is normal for them to take their weapons home after leaving the army.
The weapons and ammunition they brought home may be sold on the street stall. It may be used for hunting or even terrorist attacks. No one can tell. "
Lin Rui shook his head, "This is the real situation in Africa."