"You...... Do you know how many people there are in the National Guard?" asked old Joterson in disbelief after a moment of confusion.

"I know," Chen Geng nodded: "There are more than 440,000 people in the Army National Guard, more than 110,000 in the Air National Guard, and a total number of more than 550,000, and more than 50,000 M8, M8A1, M151, M151A1, and M151A2 in active service......" Looking at old Jotson, Chen Geng said indifferently: "If it weren't for these 50,000 old military vehicles waiting to be replaced, do you think I would agree with you to take 25%?"

After a pause, Chen Geng added: "Oh, by the way, all the HMMVs that need to be replaced by the three armed forces and the National Guard, we will use Ford's engine and gearbox, and the four-wheel drive system is provided by GM, so ......"

“......”

Looking at old Jotson, Chen Geng didn't say a word.

The Navy, the Army and the Marine Corps need to replace the M151 series of military vehicles in fact, there are not many, a total of less than 10,000, the bulk of the replacement of HMMV is the Army, followed by the National Guard, almost 50,000 old M8 series and M151 series military vehicles are waiting to be replaced, even Chrysler, AM dare not fight the idea, how dare he?

Most importantly, in this business, he also wooed Ford Motor and General Motors, so as to appease the two major auto giants GM and Ford to the greatest extent: although their cars did not win the bid for the HMMV project, they can still get a piece of the project thanks to the engine, transmission and four-wheel drive system purchased by Fernandes.

"Mr. Fernandez, you have thought about the problem simply," old Joterson said with difficulty: "This time the update of HMMV is eliminated, and the National Guard is not in the scope of consideration for the time being......"

"But the National Guard, as the core reserve force of the United States @ Army, their equipment directly determines the combat strength of the United States @ Army, and it must not be ignored, right?" Chen Geng interrupted Old Jotson's words and said with a smile: "For you, there is no difficulty at all in letting the National Guard make your voice heard, besides, those old equipment are meant to be eliminated, and the most important thing is ......"

Looking at old Jotson, Chen Geng said word by word: "This is a quarter of the net profit, have you calculated how much money this is? If you haven't calculated, let me tell you that the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and National Guard, the total number of HMMVs that need to be replaced is more than 150,000 units, and you take $750 per vehicle, that's more than $100 million! Are you sure you don't do this business?"

100 million dollars?!

Like a huge air hammer smashed into old Jotson's chest, old Jotson's eyes were instantly bloodshot, and he hissed: "There are really so many?"

100 million US dollars, to put it mildly, it is enough to sell the country.

Chen Geng shrugged: "You have a calculator at hand, you can calculate it yourself......"

Before Chen Geng's words were finished, old Joterson had already rushed to his desk impatiently, picked up the calculator and crackled it, and the number "101,250,000" came into old Joterson's eyes.

Old Jotson's breathing suddenly became rapid......

$101,250,000!

$101.25 million!

Just that small fraction can make a millionaire!

Chen Geng's voice sounded at the right time: "Mr. Jotson, you should know very well that not everyone is so generous to me, or ...... Have you seen a partner as big as me over the years?"

Have it?

Old Joterson knows very well that over the years, he has never met a generous collaborator like Fernandez! The so-called big people behind him have never met any of them, and for those big enterprises and big conglomerates with big money, they are willing to give 10% to cut the meat from them, and 25%? Don't even think about it!

Looking at the old Joterson who subconsciously shook his head, Chen Geng continued faintly: "Mr. Jotson, you should see that I am different from those greedy guys, I hope and am very happy to make a fortune and make money with my friends, but I hope that my friends can also support me. ”

"I ...... I can't be the master...... I need to tell the big guys what you mean......" Under the tremendous pressure of hundreds of millions of dollars, the old Jotson, who had always been exquisite, stammered for the first time: "But Mr. Fernandez, rest assured, I think those gentlemen in the Pentagon will be more than happy to cooperate with you......"

"Then I look forward to your good news. Hearing old Jotson's words, Chen Geng smiled: Well, Rosemary's method and the wisdom of five thousand years of civilization have a surprisingly good effect.

..............................

In front of hundreds of millions of dollars, can anyone keep their knees straight and not bend?

There must be, but it certainly does not exist in the upper and lower houses of the US Congress and the Pentagon, even if there are really some strong-willed alternatives in the upper and lower houses of Congress and the Pentagon, but in the face of such a business that does not need to betray the country and does not need to harm the interests of colleagues, who dares to oppose it?

Whoever dares to oppose it is the enemy of life and death for all those who want to make a fortune on this HMMV project!

Within two days, Brad Steele, commander of the 40th Mechanized Infantry Division of the US National Guard in Los Alamytos, California, suddenly "shelled" the Pentagon during an interview: "As far as I know, the Pentagon did not include the National Guard in this HMMV redress, and I am very disappointed." ”

When asked by reporters why, Brad Steele first introduced the command structure and functions of the National Guard to reporters: " In peacetime, the Department of Defense has only the right to direct the National Guard, but not the right to command, and the National Guard is commanded by the state governments of the various states where they are located, and is under the direct leadership of the deputy governor in charge of the affairs of the National Guard, and its main task is to safeguard the security interests of the state and local governments, maintain social stability, and participate in emergency rescue and disaster relief in accordance with the orders of the Ministry of Defense and the governors of the states; in wartime, if necessary, the National Guard needs to immediately go to the battlefield, so the pressure on the shoulders of the National Guard is very great, and the responsibility is very heavy......

After that, he changed the topic and began to complain about the lack of performance of the M8 series and M151 series military vehicles: "But the M8 series of military vehicles and the M151 series of military vehicles are both old designs from a long time ago, and there is no way to meet the operational needs of the new era in terms of performance."

The Pentagon has realized this, so they have re-outfitted the Army with HMMVs, but in many cases, the National Guard has a heavier task than the Army, and they don't think about reoutfitting us, which is very unfair......"

Commander Brad Steele was followed by the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Knoxville, Tennessee, the 1st Armored Brigade in Northport, Alabama, and the 16th Armored Brigade in Bozeman, Montana...... These senior officers of the National Guard have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Pentagon's replacement of the Army with a new generation of HMMV, but the National Guard has not been taken into account.

Unlike the militia in China, the National Guard of the United States cannot be regarded as a military organization similar to the militia in China. The complex of the reserves, especially the National Guard Division, the National Guard Division is actually a small regular force rather than a militia, for example, the 24th Division was downgraded to the National Guard because of its poor performance on the Korean battlefield, which is the same reason as our Huaxia changing the Army Division B to the Armed Police Mobile Division, to a certain extent, it is not impossible for the US National Guard to be a local garrison force.

But even if the combat strength of the National Guard is no longer good, it is the regular army, 10 combat divisions, 22 independent brigades and regiments, 2 special forces brigades (airborne), and most of the military commanders in the 1 reconnaissance brigade have come forward to openly express their dissatisfaction with the Pentagon's HMMV tactics, which is a big deal.

A number of commanders of the National Guard divisions and special brigades openly stood up and bombarded the Pentagon's HMMV update strategy that did not take the National Guard into account, which immediately attracted great media attention.

And for politicians, the focus of the media is their votes, like a shark that has a bloody problem, and with this east wind, some members of Congress soon jumped out and openly questioned the Pentagon's strategy, and even shouted at the Pentagon through the media, asking why they didn't consider the National Guard since they had already considered changing the Army's uniforms?

Faced with pressure from the National Guard, the media, and Congress, the Pentagon feels a lot of pressure!

But the Pentagon said that we do not carry this pot, and in the face of media interviews, the Pentagon told the truth for the first time: "Yes, we are very aware of the importance of the National Guard to the national security of the United States and the strength of the United States, and we are very aware of how important it is to improve the overall strength of the National Guard, but in the place of replacing the army with HMMV, we would like to propose that the Senate replace the M8 series and M151 series military vehicles of the National Guard, but unfortunately, the Senate did not adopt our proposal." ”

Damn the Pentagon, dump the pot at the old men on Capitol Hill: You want us to carry the pot?

Anyway, for the Pentagon, if they can take this opportunity to equip the National Guard with a new generation of HMMV, they are also happy to see it.

But for the old men of the Congress who had a serious face before, this is embarrassing, in the face of the pressure of public opinion, whether to agree to one, two, three, four, five...... If you agree to that......

We old men don't want to lose face?