The Wild Geese Page #6

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Follow me at the double, come on

Put him down there

Iron Man, Iron Man.

Wild Goose, Wild Goose

Well done, Shawn.

Are they on their way in?

The radio's Russian,

the dials work backwards

Iron Man, Iron Man Wild Goose,

Wild Goose. Do you read, over?

"Iron Man", "Wild Goose"... sounds like

a finger up a tin man's backside,

doesn't it?

Wild Goose, this is Iron Man.

I receive you

God bless us, each and every one. Iron

Man, get yourself in here. We're waiting

- Well Allen, we're just 12 mins behind

schedule. - Make you feel good?

If Limbani's heart holds out,

I'll feel bloody marvellous

We've heard the plane sir

Iron Man, we hear your engines

Sounds like you're South-East of us

I have you in sight.

We're commencing descent

There it is!

No, no. Don't move

Right on the money

Let's hope we've got a couple of

stewardesses on board

We need three

30,000

Let's go and meet them

Iron Man, this is Charlie 1

The message is:
pass them by

I repeat, Iron Man

Pass them by

Christ, those poor bastards

Charlie 1, message received, wilco

Iron Man, Iron Man,

what's going on, over?

Get him up

Get yourselves back here

Sorry, orders. Good luck to you

Orders?

Orders? We're stuffed...

who's Charlie 1, Allen?

I'm going to speak to the men

Men,

we have been double-crossed

But we will plan a way out of here

- Jock

- Sir?

We need more trucks, find them

I want everybody loaded on

and ready to roll, now

- And find all the spare ammunition and

weapons you can. - Sir

I thought we had this in the bag

There's a man called Matherson

who has a lot to answer for

Sir Edward Matherson?

- Yes.

- He's Charlie 1?

Yes, Sir Edward Matherson.

He's the money

What's happened then?

I'm guessing he's made a new deal with

Ndofa. He doesn't need Limbani any more

He could've done that yesterday

and aborted the mission then?

This way he saves $500,000,

the rest of our money

I'd like to meet him one day

Rafer, my friend, one day we will

Alright Rafer, how do we

get out of here?

And where do we go, Allen?

Within hours, we'll have the whole of

Ndofa's army down on

us like a ton of bricks

You'd prefer to surrender?

I'd rather have Witty

treat my haemorrhoids

Rafer, you have 10 mins.

You're the planner

Allen, I've got something to say to you

I'll give it to you emotionally first,

then rationally

- This man, Matherson?

- Yes

He's given us the royal

screwing of all time

Now my first instinct is to give

it back to him, and worse

- Me too, but that's for another time.

- Ah!

We came to get Limbani, we've got him,

so we use him

Show him to his tribe, they'll

think he's been re-incarnated

They're about ready for a civil war

Let's start it, maybe

we could even win it

Stop, right there.

Now you listen to me, Rafer

I've got 50 good men down there

and their lives are my

responsibility. I'm not going on

a bloody crusade. I don't want to debate

with you Rafer, at least not now

So just get on with it and

get us out of here!

OK. Now I'll give it to you rationally

- The North is out of the question.

- Why?

What if we got hold of a

ferry to Burundi?

I wouldn't cross that

lake even on a destroyer,

Ndofa's men will pick us off like ducks

They wouldn't let us into Burundi

anyway, nor Rwanda

Zambia's too far

East? 600 miles of jungle, totally

impassable

That still leaves the South

Exactly, the South

Limbani country. I know it well

There's a dry river and

an old stone bridge

If we cross that bridge,

we're on our way to Kalima

What's in Kalima?

Limbani was born there. We can walk it

- Rafer...

- For God's sakes it's our only

way of accomplishing something

from this whole f***ing mess!

50 men in the valley of the shadow, and

he wants to take over an entire country!

There's no bloody place to run to!

So why not stand and fight?

And for the cause. For two causes

One:
Limbani. He's the best there is,

words from your own lips

And two...

Matherson

You know Rafer, sometimes it's

almost a pleasure knowing you

Alright, let's do it

Let's do it?

I'm in the hands of maniacs

Have a good trip. Goodbye

Good

Call me back when you get confirmation

Well, here's to General Ndofa

Difficult bastards to negotiate with,

but it's a good deal

Cheers

- Let's hope Ndofa continues to

honour it. - Oh he will

He's got brand new finances,

and we've got the mines

We're back in the copper business

- They don't build bridges like this now.

- It would go off with a hell of a bang

- We haven't got any stuff.

- Pity

We haven't got time anyway. Let's go

Go

Come on, man

It won't start

Well keep trying

What's happened?

Got a problem?

- Rafer! Take cover!

- Tosh!

Back the Jeep up

Take cover!

Quick, get out of there

Jock, get the men across the bridge

Take cover!

Take cover!

Come on, get out!

Jesus

Not even Jesus could get through that

You alright, sir?

They'll be back with more planes

before we can get through that fire

Well get moving

Decoy them away from us

We'll cross with Limbani lower down.

Meet you at Kalima village

Alright. Come on men, move out

- A write-off?

- A complete write-off

West, Smith and Robertson, sir

Look after Mr Limbani

Can't leave them for the Simbas

No, we can't. You volunteering?

Suppose I'll do it

We'll keep going for about another hour

Then we'll hole up somewhere for a while

How many men have we got left, Sandy?

Counting the colonel's group,

32 including 6 walking wounded, sir

That's a hell of a formidable unit

I wouldn't like to be up against us, sir

Let's rest here

That's what's good for him sir,

if we want to keep him alive

What happened?

We're going to carry him

We'll carry on until noon,

then we'll rest

I'll take him

You alright? I'll take point

- Let me carry him.

- No way

Just hang on, kaffir

My blood is red, just like yours. Don't

call me kaffir

Take that hand off my face,

kaffir

- Where do you come from? Rhodesia?

- South Africa

South Africa?

I knew Jan Smuts a long time

He was a good man

I don't get to meet prime ministers

now shut up!

Whatever you say

What do you want?

Just talk

Talk? You're a politician for sure

I've not had anyone to

talk to for two years

Just prison guards

I entertained myself trying

to provoke them to kill me

No point trying with me

Go to sleep man!

"Man"?...

That's an improvement over kaffir

- What did you do in South Africa?

- I fought black cops

Who were you fighting against, cops?

If you're asking me if I understand the

politics of my country,

the answer's "no"

At least we have an equal opportunity to

neglect our education

What do blacks do there?

They want to take over my home

That's all saving your life means to me

A chance to live my own life,

a free man in the country I love

That's good enough

Only one thing to remember about Africa

Today, freedom is only a word

for a new oppressor

Black or White, North or South,

if you want to live here,

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