Start in Night City - #383 - Chapter 383

Instead, he occupied it himself.

This is one of Su Xiao’s plans.

If you want to crush corporate colonialism, you need to have great power.

The only power that can rival a company is the state.

What’s more, this land is not being robbed by government forces, but by anti-government forces.

If Shuguang Military Company does nothing and just defends its own one-third of an acre, eastern Bolivia will also be in the hands of the rebels and will not fall into the hands of the government forces anyway.

Since the government forces are unable to conquer eastern Bolivia, it is better that the owner of this land is Dawn Military Company rather than the rebels.

At least the former are allies of the government forces.

I don’t know if the President of Bolivia also thought of this. He never asked Su Xiao for eastern Bolivia from beginning to end. He clearly knew that the anti-government armed forces had been driven out, but he just didn’t ask.

It was as if Dawn Military Company had been acquiesced in taking over from the rebels.

Unlike the prosperous Shuguang Military Company, the situation of the government forces has not been very good over the past year. Instead, it has become increasingly worse.

Half of the “Magic Lizard” armored vehicles and “Manticore” heavy armored drones that Su Xiao bought for the government forces were destroyed, and the remaining half were captured by the anti-government forces.

To say that the government forces cannot support Adou is to praise the government forces.

At first, Mitch and the others were very strange.

I can’t figure out why, no matter how they train the government troops, they behave so crotchlessly on the battlefield with live ammunition?

They have all fought against the anti-government armed forces. The anti-government armed militias are indeed very cruel, but they are only against the common people.

Once you have a gun and dare to resist, the anti-government armed militia will be defeated instantly like a group of monkeys.

After Su Xiao personally arrived at the front line where the government troops were fighting the anti-government forces and witnessed it with his own eyes, he understood why the government troops’ combat effectiveness was so low.

To put it bluntly, the government troops have no faith and lack motivation.

From the perspective of people from Asian and European countries, serving the country is a matter of course, and basically no one would deny this view.

But here, in Bolivia, soldiers serve purely for pay, and this pay is not always received on time.

And they often get deducted.

Failure to receive military pay is naturally a devastating blow to the morale of soldiers.

Not only that, Su Xiao also discovered that the disparity between officers and soldiers of the Bolivian government army was also a very serious problem.

Arasaka and military tech officers aren’t usually on the front lines, but this is

Measures are necessary to ensure that the chain of command does not become paralyzed.

The officers of Shuguang Military Company will act together with the soldiers because the officers have the “Falcyon” exoskeleton armor tailor-made for them by Su Xiao. They are not afraid of stray bullets or cannons, let alone stray bullets.

As long as you don’t get concentrated fire from large-caliber weapons in the same place, you basically won’t die.

Therefore, the officers of Shuguang Military Company did not “come for me”, but “Follow me”.

Therefore, the soldiers of Shuguang Military Company are willing to follow their commanders in the charge.

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But the officers of the Bolivian government army always shrank back, not because of Arasaka or military technology, but because of pure greed for life and fear of death.

They come from the elite class, and are not from the same class as the soldiers who are almost all mud-legged.

In addition, many officers of the government army have returned from studying in foreign military academies, which makes them even more disdainful of ordinary soldiers who cannot read a single word.

Therefore, when the government forces fought with the rebels, the government officers did not even go to the frontline command post. Instead, they stayed in the safe rear and used maps and radios to direct the government forces’ actions.

This kind of command method is destined to delay the fighter’s opportunity. In addition, the officers of the government army do not care about the lives of the soldiers at all, and they attack at every turn. This is even more peaceful than the army of Malu in the old Japan.

If the soldiers’ lives were not treated as human beings, the ordinary soldiers would naturally become passive and slow down their work.

As soon as the battle started, they would take their weapons out of the bunker and shoot randomly, asking for an attack slowly and slowly, even slower than a turtle. If you go a little bit into the wind, you can run faster than a rabbit in no time.

Even the “Magic Lizard” can be dropped and given to the enemy (you don’t escape with the “Magic Lizard” because you think the target of the armored vehicle is too big. Dropping it can attract the enemy’s attention, making it easier for you to escape).

From top to bottom, there is almost no single redeeming feature of the government forces. With so many shortcomings all added up, it’s hard to believe that the government forces can win the war.

For these reasons, the Bolivian government forces are not having an easy time, and the domestic situation remains grim.

…

Two weeks later, outside the capital La Paz.

A stretch limousine and four modified Hummers were parked outside the city.

A group of men in black suits with weapons stood around the vehicle, as if no strangers were allowed to enter.

This is the last face of the government army, the presidential guard.

It’s completely different from those government troops who pull their hips.

The president sat in the limousine and kept looking at his watch.

Emotionally anxious.

As if waiting for someone.

Finally, an armored SUV appeared in the distance.

The car moved from far to near, stopping hundreds of meters away.

Su Xiao and Goro Takemura got out of the car.

Seeing Su Xiao, the president’s anxious expression disappeared, replaced by excitement and excitement.

He hurriedly got out of the car, pushed aside the presidential guard guarding the limousine, and walked towards Su Xiao with a big smile.

“Su, my friend, hahahahaha——”

“Mr. President, nice to meet you.”

A few days ago, Su Xiao received a call from the president himself, inviting him to the capital La Paz to discuss important matters.

Sol and others were opposed to Su Xiao going there in person, or to say the least, even if Su Xiao wanted to go, he should bring at least a few teams with him.

They were worried that under the guise of an invitation, the president actually wanted to detain Su Xiao in La Paz to demand eastern Bolivia from Dawn Military Company.

But Lidya Su doesn’t think so.

Because the current situation of the government forces is very bad.

In addition to their Dawn Military Company, Bolivia also has two forces, the anti-government armed forces and the Shining Group.

The president has no reason to attack him.

You must know that their army relies on Shuguang Military Company for training, and weapons and equipment also need to be provided by Shuguang Military Company.

The president would not attack him unless his brain was kicked by a donkey.

So Su Xiao rejected the proposal of “bringing a few teams” proposed by Sol and others.

In the end, he only took Goro Takemura with him.

Su Xiao and the president exchanged brief greetings for a while.

Then the president extended his hand towards the limousine and invited him.

“Get in the car.”

Without thinking, Su Xiao said: “Let’s go, Zhucun.”

But just when Su Xiao was about to take Goro Takemura into the car, the president suddenly said.

“Please wait a moment, Su, my car is a bit crowded and may not be able to accommodate your escort. Please ask your escort to get into another car.”

Goro Takemura didn’t speak, just looked at Lidya Su.

The prosthetic body he now wears is no longer Arasaka’s, but has been replaced by another equally advanced prosthetic body by Lao Wei.

Takemura at his peak is back.

As long as Lidya Su disagrees, he will immediately get angry.

It only takes 0.1 seconds to control the president.

Of course, it is not difficult to kill all these presidential guards.

In his eyes, the last appearance of this so-called government army was no different from that of a chicken or a dog.

But Lidya Su smiled.

“It’s okay, Takemura, you take a car with them.”

If it were an ordinary person who had no power to restrain a chicken, Su Xiao would definitely consider his own safety.

But Su Xiao herself is not an ordinary person.

Moreover, he just quietly

He used his tactical eyepiece to scan the president and the limousine.

The president has a combat prosthetic body, but it’s not as good as him.

The stretch limousine is just an ordinary bulletproof limousine, nothing special.

So no need to worry.

When Takemura Goro saw what Su Xiao said, he didn’t say anything, just nodded, and then obediently walked to another car and sat down.

After Su Xiao and the president got in the car, in addition to the two of them, there was a driver and four guards in the stretch car.

But even with so many people seated, there is still a lot of space in the car.

But Lidya Su didn’t point this out.

“This guard of yours looks very strong. Mr. Su, are you interested in transferring it to me? I can exchange it for a gold mine.”

“Mr. President, you are kidding. People are not commodities. How can they be exchanged like commodities?”

The president took a deep look at Lidya Su.

Then he said with a smile: “Sorry, I made a mistake, Mr. Su, please don’t mind.”

The car started, with two Hummers in front, a limousine in the back, and then two other Hummers following behind.

The motorcade headed towards the presidential palace in the city.

After entering the capital, Su Xiao noticed the things that kept retreating from the car window. There were many refugees with dull eyes and ragged clothes on the streets of La Paz, the capital.

Each of these refugees is mentally depressed, dressed in rags, and lives in tents set up on the street. Some refugees are even worse and do not even have tents.

Like stray cats and dogs, a cardboard box is their home.

Su Xiaoming clearly remembered that when he first came to La Paz a year ago, there were not so many refugees on the streets.

Why now…

Perhaps seeing his confusion, the president said seriously.

“Mr. Su, do you think it’s strange?”

Su Xiao nodded: “Mr. President, what’s going on?”

“I am ashamed to say that although we have received support from your company, our army is still unable to resist the anti-government attack. Our army’s defense lines have retreated again and again.”

“So these refugees…”

The president regretted: “They were all unwilling to succumb to the anti-government, so they fled to La Paz. It’s a pity that we don’t have a better way to resettle them.”

Su Xiao didn’t look Polish on the surface, but she was sneering in her heart.

Yes or no? Still not willing?

Even though the government troops on the president’s side are regarded as the orthodox and official force in the country, their level of inhumanity is even worse than that of the companies in Night City.

This president became the president with the support of the elite.

Therefore, he represents the interests of the elite, and it is naturally impossible for him to betray the elite who support him.

In the eyes of Su Xiao and others, the elite class does not necessarily mean they must be equal to the civilian class.

People are all selfish, and the story of “There is a real cow” is enough to illustrate it all.

But the elite can release some benefits appropriately.

Earning a little less, slipping a little through the fingers, is enough to greatly improve the lives of the common people.