<h4>Chapter 980: General</h4>


    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio


    Li Du did not take Sophie with him. Mozambique’s situation was worse than South


    Africa’s, so Sophie and the four little ones stayed in Durban. Big Quinns and Big Ivan


    remained with them and were responsible for their safety.


    In order to ensure his own safety, Li Du put many things into the little bug’s ck hole


    space before his departure: grenades, guns, crossbows and other weapons, spare


    satellite phones, and a variety of drugs, including some powerful poisons and


    tranquilizers that he bought through special channels.


    On the way, Li Du asked, “What is the intention of General Remonin in trying to be


    friends with me?”


    The lion hunter chuckled and said, “What purpose can it serve? General Remonin is


    very open and generous, and he likes to make friends.”


    Li Duughed. “Why won’t you be honest?”


    The lion hunter rubbed his chin moodily, and said, “He wants to make friends with


    handsome young men like you, and besides, as far as I know, diamond mines had


    recently been discovered in the general’s territory.”


    Isn’t honesty great? Now that Li Du knew what the general wanted, he felt more secure.


    The other side knew his identity and wanted to get him over to see if he could negotiate


    a deal for the mined diamonds.


    Li Du too rubbed his chin. “How is General Remonin’s temper? I won’t have any


    problems there, will I?”


    Brother Wolf, who was sitting in front of the co-pilot seat, said when they were boarding


    the helicopter that if Li Du wanted to turn back midway, he could just say so and Brother


    Wolf would deal with the pilot.


    Although his pilot skills were not as good as Big Ivan’s, he could still deal with the


    ordinary business helicopter.


    The lion hunter raised his hand and said, “I swear by my business and my life that there


    will be no danger. Besides, he’s not a warlord, he’s a tribal chief, though we call him


    General.”


    Li Du also believed that there would likely be no problems. He was not just any ordinary


    person and, if the lion hunter dared to put him into the fire pit, the Winston group would


    not let it pass, and the lion hunter would hardly dare to take the risk of business


    bankruptcy.


    Diamond ore was found in Mozambique, which was still a rtively rare urrence.


    Mozambique was rich in resources, but diamonds were rare. The natural resources


    mainly consisted of tantalum, coal, iron, copper, gold, titanium and natural gas.


    The country had the world’srgest reserves of tantalum, about 7.5 million tons, most of


    which had yet to be developed, with few people willing to step up to the task.


    It didn’t take long for the helicopter to fly over. General Remonin’s territory was on the


    border of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.


    Mozambique’s terrain was rugged, with many teaus and mountains, and less than


    two fifths tnd.


    In terms of topography, it was roughly divided into three steps from northwest to


    southeast: the northwest is teau and mountain, with an average altitude of 500-1000


    meters. In the central part, the height was between 200 and 500 meters, with asional


    peaks. The southeastern coastal in had an average elevation of 100 meters.


    The border of the three countries was in the very southwest of Mozambique, with


    stretches of mountains where General Remonin’s territory was naturally located.


    These mountains were very deste, some were barren mountains and sandy


    mountains, with no human settlement apart from some tattered tents. Such territory had


    no value, so no wonder the government was reluctant to regte it.


    Although the lion hunter assured him on the way there that the general was not a


    warlord but a tribal chief, Li Du saw no difference between the two.


    Since he was known as General, Remonin naturally had an army camp, which was


    located at the border of the Three Kingdoms.


    The reason for setting up the site at that particr location was most likely to prevent


    the government forces from encircling and suppressing the camp. Remonin left himself


    an escape route. If the government forces attacked, he could take his people to take


    refuge in two other countries.


    Judging from that, General Remonin’s power was not very terrible. Li Du rxed and


    carefully observed the situation of the camp.


    From the helicopter, he saw that the camp was on a terraced hill. Instead of growing


    crops, however, the people of the camp used the terraces to build houses.


    Li Du counted about thirty houses, with thergest building probably being the general’s


    mansion.


    The terraces of the hill also served as a parking lot fora jumble of rusty pickup trucks,


    military-green heavy trucks, motorcycles and more.


    At the base of the hill, Li Du saw swarms of men looking no bigger than ants. They were


    training.


    From the bottom of the mountains by the terraced road that ran around them, there


    were many checkpoints. The fence was spiked with bays and bordered with


    sandbags. There was also a stand of machine guns.


    Around the hilltop building, there were many anti-aircraft guns and machine gun


    positions. When Li Du’s helicopter appeared, another helicopter flew into the barracks.


    Li Du picked up his binocrs and looked through them. He thought it must be either an


    armedbat helicopter or a civilian one like theirs.


    When the door of the helicopter was moved aside, he saw ck men sitting inside.


    There were heavy machine guns on the floor of the helicopter.


    Theynded on a t concrete pitch under the watchful eye of an army helicopter on a


    rge hill.


    A group of men waited nearby, some with guns, others with trumpets and drums.


    The burly ck man at the head of the party had a red beret on his head, a pair ofrge


    sunsses, a military uniform, and a medal on his chest.


    “Is this General Remonin?” Asked Li Du. The lion hunter nodded.


    The helicopter moving, they descended, and the general greeted them warmly.


    Li Du looked at the ck soldiers calmly, although they were a formidable force. They


    had big arms and barrel-like chests, and carried Russian rifles.


    Brother Wolf looked at him and smiled.


    “What’s up?” Li Du asked in a low voice.


    Brother Wolf said, “Just fancy, it wouldn’t be difficult to assassinate him if Big Ivan and I


    joined hands.”


    Li Du wanted to ask more questions, but as the ck general approached, he had to


    give him his full attention.


    “Ha ha ha, wee to the VIP. It is a great honor for the democratic army to have such


    distinguished guestse to my humble ce!” Remoninughed, showing two rows


    of white teeth.


    Democratic army? Li Du knew the g of his army.


    The lion hunter shook hands with Remonin, ttered him repeatedly, and introduced Li


    Du.


    Li Du, too, shook hands with Remonin amidst the sounds of horns, drumming, and


    music. Now Li Du understood that the trumpets and drums he saw before theynded


    were actually the general’s military band.


    Although he was reluctant toe to a dangerous ce like Mozambique, at this


    moment he was very d to havee.


    General Remonin received him in a very ttering manner,plete with a military


    orchestra. Li Du had never seen anyone but national leaders get this kind of treatment.


    Not only did the military band y, but the soldiers with rifles gave them a goose-step.


    Li Du stood beside the general, astonished to see this full-blown military parade.