British 1986

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Although there are Russians and Americans in The Gambia now, and the situation is relatively chaotic, the chaos is still within control. Anyway, all the troops in the country combined, they claim to have an escort of 800 people. As for the guns, No one knows whether five or six hundred can be made up.

Judging from the manpower Allen has brought this time, he not only has the Phalanx firepower of the pseudo-warship-class superyacht at his feet, but also a flight attendant transformed from a Navy anti-submarine helicopter. As long as a machine gun is mounted on it, it will be a pseudo-warship. military helicopter.

The entire territory of Gambia is distributed along both sides of the Gambia River, with boats and helicopters, plus more than 20 heavily armed bodyguard teams.

Allen is not exaggerating, this force can really "sweep" the entire Gambia!

The entire Gambia River is within tens of kilometers along both sides of the river, and no one can escape his strike range.

In addition, after all, The Gambia used to be a British colony and is now a member of the Commonwealth, so Allen can generally hold his own here.

As long as he doesn't provoke others, no idiot will dare to provoke him.

The current location of the yacht is at the junction of the Western District and Lower River District of Gambia.

The entire territory of The Gambia is distributed along the river. There are only two large urban administrative districts and five large regions. That's it.

The lower and middle reaches of the Gambia River can still meet the passage of the Earl of Carmarthen, but the river area upstream cannot. Going further forward, only small river boats with a displacement of several hundred tons can pass, like Allen's "Big ship", you can't get in.

In order to leave more safe distance, the scope of his actions was probably arranged near a sparsely inhabited tidal flat along the river area.

The geographical location here is not very good. When the water rises during the rainy season, the land on the shore will be submerged. After the rainy season, the river will recede. Although the land along the coast is fertile, it is too difficult to cultivate the land, and it is also unsafe. , so there are basically no villages settled in this area, and the natural environment is still good.

In the past, the north bank across the river was a private hunting ground for nobles enclosed by French nobles. Later, after it was cut off by the British, the areas on both sides of the river together became a nominal national reserve.

The reason why it is a national reserve in name is that, at its core, it is still the same hunting ground established by the French hundreds of years ago.

It is definitely illegal for local ordinary people to hunt, kill animals, etc. in the reserve.

But if high-level officials or nobles like Allen come here to play and hunt, then that's fine!

It can be regarded as a private hunting ground in disguise. As long as you see an animal, you can hunt it if you want. There are no other requirements except that it cannot root out or kill indiscriminately.

After twisting his neck, Allen handed Adjani a bottle of essence and asked her to rub it on his body. He picked up the newspapers that had been accumulated during this period, preparing to make up for the few days that were short due to vacation. "international News".

Picking up the top newspaper, the headline was very scary. Alan looked at the photo of the familiar person on the front page - Prince Andrew!

In the photo, Prince Andrew, with a white and chubby face, was glaring in the direction of the camera with an expression filled with righteous indignation.

There is also a subtitle below: "The Queen quickly approved Prince Andrew's divorce request, and the royal family couldn't stand the shame brought by the Duchess."

The news that had been brewing for more than two weeks ended with the Queen's resolute action.

This is the second divorce news in the royal family so far this year. The last time was Princess Anne a few months ago.

Now the second prince is also getting divorced, ending his six-year marriage in such a way that the whole world has focused its attention.

Now, of the queen's four children, except for the third prince who is not yet married, two of the first three are divorced. Even the only one who is not divorced is holding his breath and trying hard to get the queen to agree to his request.

Faced with such a drama about the royal family, emotions, and entanglements that are staged every few months, the outside world is extremely excited. This happens every few months. I don’t know if the Queen can’t stand it anymore. Is she sick from anger? .

Allen held the newspaper and looked happily at Prince Andrew in the picture, sneered at the corner of his mouth, and thought to himself: Little brat, you will have a better time in the future.

Now that the two of them have learned from the past as a foreshadowing, it will depend on how Boss Cha operates. Anyway, the Queen has already agreed to his separation from Diana, and now the last step is needed.

But Allen doesn't need to take care of this step. He just needs to hide in Gambia and wait quietly.

This kind of "family farce" doesn't seem to be just a divorce incident of a few people. As they divorce one by one, many people behind it and some of the previous plans and trends have to change in response to these drastic changes.

After flipping through the newspapers below, there was another article in the corner reporting on the social news that had been a small hit for a while, the anti-corruption case in Cardiff, Wales.

This is a less noticeable but interesting report.

According to reports, a national primary school in Cardiff discovered a large area of ​​misappropriation or corruption of charity donations when auditors sent by charity donors inspected the accounts.

And this is not the point. After discovering such behavior, the Cardiff police and the Carmarthen police jointly arrested several people involved. From the interrogation of these people involved, a story was implicated in Northern Ireland. The case related to the rioters was only mentioned in passing in the newspaper, and the specific details were not announced.

It was only introduced at the end that the rioters had been caught thanks to the crackdown by the Carmarthenshire Police. The specific details were not available to the public for the time being.

Since it is related to the rioters, although some people are curious about these things, it is difficult to ask about them. If some Northern Ireland rioters lurking outside are involved, wouldn't their excessive questioning bring suspicion on themselves?

Anyway, because this incident was so wide-ranging, it was even reported by newspapers in London, but the subsequent specific details were left unresolved. Anyway, the senior police inspector and deputy director named Rex from Wales was subject to Received an award from the Metropolitan Police.

Flipping further forward, just when Allen was getting impatient, he saw a familiar face from the bottom newspaper - Patten!

Ever since Allen came back from Xiangjiang, he had no time to pay attention to what happened there. It had been almost half a month, and this was the first time he had paid attention to the news there.

In the picture in the newspaper, Patten's face is pale and his hair is a few gray. But there is not only Patten in the picture, but also an old guy with the same gray hair next to him - Wei Dewei.

According to reports, some time ago on the eve of the legislative session, the new governor suffered a heart attack. His secretary called an ambulance and was taken directly from the venue to the hospital.

Patten didn't know whether he was really shocked or was too embarrassed to go out. Anyway, he stayed in the hospital for a full week before being discharged. After that, he bravely convened the long-delayed legislative session.

Then the new legislation in the meeting was strongly protested by several more patriotic locals.

Several new laws promulgated by Patten met with considerable resistance and discussion.

And Wei Dewei, the old yin and yang, also accepted the interview secretly, and said something strangely without naming: They are all officials representing the empire, they must abide by the spirit of the contract, cannot change orders overnight, and cannot be capricious.

Anyway, because of this interview, the two have officially met. Although there is no real fire at the moment, they have supporters around them and they are bickering every day. The entire Hong Kong media is very lively these days.

From an originally serious atmosphere, it suddenly turned into a smoky and dignified environment where the whole people was hotly debated.

Under the current circumstances, Patten is neither advancing nor retreating. He is being roasted on the fire by Wei Dewei again.

"Master! I brought it here, and he wants to give it to you with his own hands, do you think?"

A shadow suddenly blocked Allen's sight. He raised his head slightly and saw Xiao Shitou's somewhat naive face.

When he came out this time, Allen brought Xiao Shi and other people, including the crew. Because there was no combat need, the number of people required was reduced significantly. Only 30 people can control the yacht, and these crew members themselves are veterans of the Navy. It also has certain combat capabilities. In an emergency, it can be used with weapons.

The filming crew is relatively streamlined, with less than thirty people in total. They will be divided into four groups and filmed separately with four groups of "contestants".

There are still more than 20 bodyguards, a dozen support staff and a few servants left.

The number of people on the entire ship can exceed a hundred, because many rooms inside the hull have been renovated, and the crew capacity is definitely not as good as the two or three hundred people it could accommodate when it was still a warship.

But now, it can be regarded as the load limit of the entire yacht, as long as it can ensure everyone's living needs and food and accommodation.

This time we will shoot in the wild. With Allen's character, every time he goes to the wild, just like when he was in Australia before, he must first make preliminary preparations. After choosing the location, he should understand the local conditions. The environment, weather, geography, etc., and even the past origins of these places must be understood clearly.

At this point, I, Daying, have a great advantage!

No matter where you are on this planet, as long as you can name the place, the relevant information about this place can be found in Great Britain.

The famous British expedition has traveled all over the world for hundreds of years. There is no place they have not visited, let alone a traditional British colony like The Gambia, where the relevant information is very complete.

During Allen's trip from France to Gambia these days, when he was looking through this kind of information about Gambia, he discovered a very inconspicuous news.

According to records in the data, about 60 years ago, a doctor who was sent to the colonies to teach epidemic prevention knowledge reported news about the Gambia River Monster. But what year and year was it at that time?

The situation was tense at that time, and London had no time to deal with such "rumors" that seemed false at first sight.

Things like water monsters are actually very common in the outside world, not to mention poor places like The Gambia. People are used to magnifying and demonizing unseen and unknown creatures, etc. From word to word, this This kind of news will become more and more outrageous, and then evolve into a water monster.

Of course, although things like water monsters are dangerous to a certain extent, such rumors will never be banned in any place. On the contrary... the more rumors about water monsters exist, the more they will stimulate local tourism development.

Isn’t the famous Loch Ness Monster in Scotland just like this?

Although Allen didn't believe this, he didn't deny it. He just thought it was a joke and was happy.

but.

The information prepared this time is so complete!

It was so complete that even there was a separate piece of information about the rumored Gambia River Monster, and Allen accidentally flipped through it.

Then he looked at the diagram based on the image of the water monster retold by the locals.

This thing looks very familiar to Allen!

This water monster, called Ninginanka by Gambians, is described as having a horse face, eagle eyes, horns on its head, a giraffe-like neck, and a mane on the back of its neck.

Its body is like a snake, very slender, a bit like a crocodile, with claws and scales all over its body, and it is more than ten meters long.

Based on this description of appearance, what would be the first impression that a random Chinese person would have in mind after listening to this description?

Of course it’s a dragon!

Even if it's not a dragon, at least it's a dragon!

Horse face, eagle eyes, horns on the head, long snake-like neck, claws, and scales on the body, aren't these characteristics obvious enough?

In the past three decades, at that time, there should not be many Chinese people coming here in The Gambia, right?

What's more, this is not a person's description, but the doctor's comprehensive information after visiting witnesses in multiple villages.

In this shabby place, some people have never left the village in their lives, but their words still have a certain degree of credibility.

And it is said that this water monster called Ningkinanka is regarded as ominous by the locals. Any witness who encounters it in the wild will be cursed. Soon after, the witnesses will die of disease. What else is said about Ninginanka? Its eyes will turn people to stone.

If this piece of news from more than sixty years ago alone is not enough to interest Allen, there is also an investigation report from 1987 in this information, saying that an explorer was once interested in this news. I'm interested and want to come here for inspection.

However, due to financial constraints, the expedition team could not be formed. However, the explorer did not give up. He first came to the surrounding villages along the river to understand the situation and got first-hand information.

Based on the descriptions of some eyewitnesses who did not know whether they were true or false, the explorer slowly concluded that the water monster called Ningkinanka that the locals encountered seemed to be fucking radioactive!

This is not an ominous or curse. From their description, the deceased seemed to have died after being severely irradiated.

With this understanding, the explorer became even more excited and prepared to return to his country to make an investment and start a big business.

Later, after he returned to Britain, he suffered a sudden illness, and the follow-up of the expedition plan was shelved. The information contained in it was also compiled into files by the crew, just in case.

After reading this information, Allen was moved!

Regardless of whether this is true or not, he wants to know about it. This thing is too tempting!