The Siege of Jadotville Page #4

You work your men too hard, I think.

All of this digging.

Nobody else felt the need to dig trenches.

Thank you, Commandant, for your visit.

Thank you for the drinks.

His mercs look good.

I'm not sure why he'd have such good mercs

here in the middle of nowhere.

Finish and get back to the compound.

Are you worried, sir?

I'm worried about a lot of things.

I need a house with a working phone.

There's a big house beyond the compound.

Things are hotting up in Africa.

Civil war is raging

in the new Republic of the Congo.

But United Nations peacekeeping troops

show they mean business.

Here they are

moving in on rebel-held

government buildings in Elisabethville...

capital of the province of Katanga.

The world waits

to see what General Tshombe will do next.

Madame.

Would it be possible to use your phone

to place a call to Ireland?

I'll pay, of course.

I'm afraid my phone

is not for military use.

It's a personal call.

I need to speak to my family.

Of course.

Everybody's been talking about you.

It's been on the news.

We're so proud of you.

I'm very happy to hear that.

How are you?

I'm well.

It's hard to know what's going on here.

There are a lot of unknowns.

Don't worry, love. You'll figure it out.

You always do.

You're right.

I must go.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Goodbye.

How is your family?

All fine.

I'm glad to hear that.

Do you have any?

I have two daughters.

But I'm a widow.

This place killed my husband.

Radiation.

The two bombs that America used

on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

came from the mines here in Jadotville.

Uranium.

The largest seam in the world.

That explains a lot.

Nice to meet you.

And you.

Take the jeep to Elisabethville

and tell McEntee in person

there's a strong force of mercs here.

Tell him to find out how many we're

dealing with and send reinforcements.

Be nice about it.

Sir. Reporting from A Company.

Commandant Quinlan.

Thank you, Sergeant. Take a seat.

Yes, sir.

Sergeant.

So your commandant's

getting nervous, is he?

Sir, he believes that, strategically,

Jadotville is very important

to General Tshombe,

and it's certainly more isolated

than any other UN compound.

Might it be fair to say

that Commandant Quinlan is overreacting?

Well, sir. The presence of mercenaries

would suggest that a plan is underway.

A small number of mercenaries

hired as security by the mines.

They would never dare attack

a United Nations company.

This will all be over

before your commandant gets a suntan.

I'll go and tell him that right now, sir.

Thank you, Sergeant.

As you were, Sergeant.

Well, look at all of you.

Oh-ho!

F***.

There's this girl at chapel.

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