Chapter 330 New Country
( ) These three days are extremely unusual for the people living in the Panu Islands.
Originally they thought that the government army would be overthrown by the Revolutionary Army, but the Revolutionary Army was beaten and fled. Just when they gave up hope on the government army, the mercenaries they hired paid for the government army and raised the white flag.
Such a dramatic change made many people fail to react.
But in any case, the revolution was victorious.
After the barracks were captured, the insurgents regained their confidence in victory. Those soldiers who did not die in the civil war reunited under the new flag, retrieved equipment from the occupied arsenal, and captured the imitation building. The presidential residence of the White House.
He grabbed President Edward, who was still asleep, from the bed, and sent him to prison with pushes and shoves. An insurgent climbed to the roof of the presidential palace, chopped off the yellow sun flag with a logging axe, and replaced it with a new flag with nine stars and two palm leaves.
Nine stars symbolize the nine islands of the Panu Islands, and palm leaves symbolize victory.
At the same time, surrounded by insurgents, Zhang Yaping, who was elected as the leader of the Civil Liberties Party, entered the presidential palace and read out the founding declaration in front of a group of sleepy foreign reporters.
The old regime was banned, and the political system of the Panu Islands changed from a presidential dictatorship to a presidential republic. At the same time, the state system was changed to a federal system. The name of the country is New Panu Federation, referred to as New Country.
Zhang Yaping served as the first president for a five-year term, and general elections will be held after five years. The parliament is composed of nine members, who are elected by voters in their respective constituencies on the nine islands.
Except for minor amendments to the presidential power in the Constitution, the other laws follow the laws of the former regime.
The federation of only nine islands is undoubtedly a bit ridiculous in the eyes of the media. As a result, many Western media are hesitating whether this news should be placed in the current affairs section or the entertainment section.
Immediately afterwards, the reporter asked why the country was named in Chinese. Zhang Yaping explained that 36% of the island’s residents are of Chinese origin, and Chinese, English, and Dutch are listed as commonly used languages on the island. This is a decision made in consideration of language habits and should not be over-interpreted.
At this time, another reporter asked a very sharp question. President Edward is dictatorial with the military, and how can you guarantee that you will not follow the same path as him.
Regarding this question, Zhang Yaping felt a little bitter in his heart, but there was no expression on his face. Lightly announced a vocabulary that shocked all reporters - "defense contracting system"
The defense of the Panu Islands will be fully contracted by the Star Ring Trading Company.
The Star Ring Trading Company has the right to recruit mercenaries within or outside of Panu to undertake the defense of Panu. The Star Ring Trading Company is directly responsible for the constitution and does not need to obey the president. The employment expenses are offset by customs duties and land rent.
After hearing Zhang Yaping's explanation, a thought flashed through the minds of all reporters.
It's just crazy.
In this way. It is tantamount to completely handing over the military power of the country to private individuals, and operating the military in the mode of operating enterprises.
Will such an army have combat effectiveness? Can such an army guarantee national security? Is such an army itself safe?
But after calming down, these reporters thought about it again, this kind of thing is not unprecedented in the world.
The U.S. military is currently the military most reliant on private contractors in the world. More than 60% of the U.S. Department of Defense's annual expenditure is paid to contractors. In addition to fulfilling the most basic military duties, American soldiers now outsource all affairs in the military. Private contractors are everywhere, from the development and manufacture of weapons to the logistical services related to eating and drinking.
Owned by the government and contracted by private parties, it can not only save a lot of costs, but also transfer the trouble of pensions for fallen soldiers to private companies.
Since there are precedents, such a system is not entirely undesirable.
It's just that the entire "Ministry of National Defense" has been left to private contractors so thoroughly. These reporters really heard of it for the first time.
It has to be said that in terms of laziness, this small country is at the forefront of the world.
For a time, this small country with a population of less than 20,000 rarely appeared on the homepage of international news several times. At the same time, the Star Ring Trading Company also appeared in many well-known newspapers.
All sorts of irresponsible speculation has sprung up about a company that the general public has never heard of.
Some people say that there may be oil underground in the Panu Islands, and this Star Ring Trading Company is just a subsidiary of a large oil conglomerate, and the owner is likely to come from the United States. Some people also speculate that this may be Hua Guo's handwriting, paving the way for meddling in overseas affairs...
certainly. No one guessed the relationship between Star Ring Trading Company and Future People International, after all, the two have nothing to do with each other. Before the ship left West Africa, Jiang Chen canceled the Future Security Company registered in Niger, and transferred the equipment and remaining personnel of the military base to the other two ships. As for some infrastructure that cannot be transferred. He handled it to the Niger government at the cost price.
The two steamers were to take the route of the Cape of Good Hope and take the long detour to the Panu Islands.
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On the other side, the insurgents took President Edward and his family members to prison, and then surrounded Johnny's villa angrily.
This time they were a lot more careful, drawing on the failed experience of attacking Johnny's villa last time, this time they mobilized the only armored vehicle that survived the civil war. With the cover of armored vehicles. They undoubtedly have a lot of confidence.
However, when they felt Johnny's villa, they found that someone had already been here.
The iron gate of the courtyard wall lay on the lawn a few meters away as if it had been hit by a car. The wall seemed to be swept by a large-caliber bullet, and some places were broken into several pieces. In particular, the machine gun position surrounded by sandbags on the roof was also swept into sand by bullets. Many walls were smashed into pieces, and it was unknown what weapon was so powerful.
The corpses in the villa have not been cleaned up, and all the dead have been pierced through the left chest by bullets. The murderer's marksmanship was extremely terrifying. Even the mercenary hiding behind the wall was pierced through the heart by the bullet.
In the end, the rebels found Johnny's body in the basement, along with the four women he had imprisoned in the basement.
Three of the women are locals, one is even married, and one is even in junior high school. He was originally registered as dead because of a car accident, but he was indeed imprisoned by this villain in his villa.
Another woman, a reporter from Australia, was captured when she sneaked into Johnny's villa for an unannounced visit. After this incident was exposed, there was an uproar in public opinion in Australia. However, Johnny is dead, and it is meaningless to condemn a corpse for crimes. What's more, the old regime has been overthrown. After a period of boiling, the matter subsided. .
Later, the four victims received a generous amount of compensation, which was signed by the Xinguo government. It is said that this money was donated by an anonymous wealthy businessman, and it can be regarded as a small compensation for the unfortunate.
Of course, these are things for later. (To be continued.)
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