50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 468 White-backed Man-eating Crocodile

After considering for a while, Sun Zhiwei said to Huang Huizhong, "Given the situation you described, it's not suitable for you to make any major moves right now."

"In that case, your Huang family can temporarily use my name to improve your family's situation."

"I will take over the surrounding mining areas one by one. You can train people in the name of the mining area guard, but this can only be used as your trump card."

“I understand, Mr. James. Thank you for your help. The Huang family will take good care of your business.”

Huang Huizhong wasn't stupid; Sun Zhiwei was helping him so much because he wanted stability in his mining area.

However, the Huang family is not at a disadvantage by being able to operate under Sun Zhiwei's name. At least those natives who want to make a move against them will have to consider Sun Zhiwei's influence.

As long as it's not the Javanese higher-ups targeting the Huang family, their basic safety is guaranteed within Borneo.

The two reached an agreement on expanding the mining area, and then waited for the investigation results.

Huang Qixian, the squad leader of the escort team, gave a detailed report on the giant crocodile, and everyone then realized that the crocodile was indeed exceptionally large.

Normal adult crocodiles rarely exceed 4 meters in length, but according to Huang Qixian, that crocodile was at least twice the length of an average crocodile, and its back armor could even stop bullets from a submachine gun, which is terrifying.

The large white crocodile is still active near the mining area, posing a threat to the security team and the mine workers.

Just as they were discussing how to drive the crocodile away, news came that another enormous crocodile had attacked the residents.

The incident occurred only 3 kilometers from the mining area, resulting in the deaths of three indigenous residents and causing panic in the surrounding area.

The Pontianak police have dispatched officers to search for the white-backed man-eating crocodile and have offered a reward.

Considering the safety of the mining area, Huang Huizhong and Sun Zhiwei also felt that this hidden danger needed to be eliminated as soon as possible, so they also sent a guard team to join the search team.

A search team of over a thousand people, consisting of indigenous hunters, mining area guards, Pontianak water police, and field troops, began searching for the man-eating crocodile in an area within a ten-kilometer radius.

Perhaps due to the strength of many people, and the fact that the crocodile had distinct back features, its location was determined in just two days; it was in a riverbed about 10 kilometers north of the mining area.

Sun Zhiwei was quite interested in this enormous beast, and he decided to drive his Black Hawk over to see what was going on.

When Black Hawk flew to the location where the white-backed man-eating crocodile was active, he saw a multi-layered encirclement composed of thousands of people, which had narrowed the search area to a circular area of ​​less than 1 kilometer.

Because of the dense vegetation, Sun Zhiwei's visibility from the sky was not good, but he had space and did not need to rely on his eyesight.

He piloted the Black Hawk around a 1-kilometer radius and quickly located the white-backed man-eating crocodile.

It was lurking in the silt by the river, half in the water and half on the bank.

It looked like a fallen, dead tree; if it weren't for the conspicuous white stripe on its back, even with spatial identification, he wouldn't have been able to recognize it.

At this time, a team of about 10 people from the mining area were approaching the river where the crocodile was lurking, but they did not spot the white-backed man-eating crocodile that was about 10 meters away.

Seeing that the white-backed man-eating crocodile was about to attack, Sun Zhiwei couldn't stand it any longer. He released the safety on the machine gun at the bottom of the helicopter, lowered the nose, and fired the cannon at the crocodile.

Because of its high position, the machine gun did not hit the man-eating crocodile directly, but it did startle the crocodile from its lurking state.

Only then did the guards notice the crocodile so close at hand. They scattered in all directions and sounded the pre-arranged alarm to notify the other search teams. The sound of gunfire alerted everyone, and hundreds of people immediately converged on the crocodile's location.

Even after being startled, the crocodile remained extremely ferocious, repeatedly attacking nearby search team members.

The marine police arrived quickly and immediately opened fire on the crocodile. This time, everyone could see clearly that, as the report had stated, the crocodile's carapace was completely impervious to bullets.

Seeing that guns were no longer effective, the field troops began to use grenades, but by then the crocodile had already darted back into the water, and the grenades were much less powerful in the water.

The group had no choice but to lure the crocodile ashore. Finally, the white-backed man-eating crocodile was led to an open area by the river, where the search team began firing shots from a distance to drive it further away from the water.

Because the crocodile was moving too fast and there were too many people on the ground, Sun Zhiwei was afraid of accidentally injuring anyone, so he couldn't continue firing at this point.

It hovered in the air as a watchdog, observing the ground forces as they attacked the white-backed man-eating crocodile.

Even with hundreds of people surrounding them, it still took half an hour to kill the crocodile. Of the hundreds of guns, the ones that were truly effective were the few high-powered hunting rifles in the hands of the hunters.

Subsequent statistics showed that a total of 22 shots hit the white-backed man-eating crocodile's vital organs before it was killed.

After being killed, the white-backed man-eating crocodile's full appearance was finally revealed to everyone.

Police officers took out tools and began measuring its length. It was nearly 7 meters long from head to tail, which was indeed much larger than the average local crocodile.

The reporters who accompanied the team took a photo of the search team and the crocodile, which was later published in the local newspaper.

It is said to be the largest crocodile ever definitively killed by humans.

Shortly after the danger in the mining area was resolved, data on the surrounding mining areas was collected and sent to Huang Huizhong's estate.

When Sun Zhiwei received it, he saw that it was exactly as he had expected.

The diamond mine and the two gold mines were controlled by two indigenous families in Borneo, and each family had powerful figures in Borneo.

The antimony mine was in the hands of a businessman. Every year, many people died at the mine, but the deaths were all suppressed. Sun Zhiwei looked at that businessman like a piece of fat meat, the kind that could be harvested at any time.

The magnesium mine, however, is very small and owned by a private mine owner. Because it has been losing money every year, it is now considering selling.

The four iron mines are different; they were in the hands of the local natives a long time ago, and they used very primitive mining methods, resulting in very limited annual production.

The problem is that these mines are considered communal property of the indigenous tribes, and they have no intention of selling them.

Sun Zhiwei wasn't necessarily obsessed with these mines; he'd rather not have them than cause him trouble. But for the Huang family, these mines were more than just a matter of money; they were a matter of security.

As for money, the Huang family owns a bank and makes a lot of money, but their safety is not guaranteed at all. They are like a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in danger of collapsing at any time.

Only by occupying more mining areas in Sun Zhiwei's name can they train more armed guards, and only with men and guns can they guarantee their safety.

If he were to solve this problem, it would be quite simple: just let more mining accidents occur in these mining areas, let more people die, and instead of making money, he would lose money.

When these mines become a burden on the tribes, it's natural that some members of those indigenous tribes would suggest selling the iron ore for cash.

(End of this chapter)