Chapter 548: Different Eyes
The next morning, John, Dani, and Audrey Hepburn boarded the Morgan One and flew to El Paso, Texas, which intersects with Juarez, Mexico.
JuΓ‘rez is Mexico's most chaotic, violent, and murderous city, with thousands of people dying each year and hundreds of women being violated.
"Boss, why don't we stop by the governor of West Virginia when we go back? β
"Yes, you can. β
John nodded.
The economy of West Virginia is so bad that if John doesn't go to El Paso, he should meet with the governor of West Virginia tonight and have a good talk with the governor.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Morgan 1 arrived in El Paso, and as soon as John stepped out of the cabin, he saw the governor of Texas leading some officials from the state and city governments to meet the plane.
"Boss! Welcome to Texas!"
"Boss, good!"
"Boss, good!"
John shook hands with the officials present with a smile on his face, and after greeting each other, John asked the Texas governor and the commander of the Texas National Guard to get into his car, and the group was escorted by the Texas National Guard and special services to the border wall.
"The efficiency of dealing with illegal immigrants on your side is somewhat low, and there are still a few months left this year, so I hope you can hurry up and improve your efficiency. β
John in the car was a wake-up call to the governor of Texas, which is the lowest effective state in combating illegal immigration.
"It's the boss! This is mainly because some companies resist, so the efficiency is lower, but the boss can rest assured that Texas will complete the task by the end of the year. β
"Hmm!" John nodded. Now that the Texas governor has promised to complete the task, he doesn't want to push too hard.
It didn't take long for the convoy to reach the border, and the newly built border wall immediately appeared in the eyes of everyone, winding and unforgettable.
These border walls are very strong, the whole is made of concrete, 2 meters deep, 10 meters high and 1 meter wide, the wall facing Mexico is erected with high-voltage lines, there are soldiers patrolling every day, and there is also a reconnaissance satellite 24 hours a day to monitor, because the border wall can only block illegal immigrants, and drug smugglers will dig tunnels underground, some tunnels are several meters deep, up to several kilometers, and the National Guard soldiers cannot find it on the ground, but can only use reconnaissance satellites to monitor 24 hours a day.
The range of surveillance satellites is so wide that a single reconnaissance satellite can cover the entire border, and if a convoy is detected, the intelligence team reports it to the nearest National Guard.
In order to effectively crack down on these drug dealers, John sent 5,000 National Guards, and an air force squadron, a helicopter brigade, and a mechanized infantry battalion to guard the border, as long as the satellite finds the target, the army can destroy these convoys transporting drugs as soon as possible.
Yes, destroy!
John's order to the troops was to shoot drug dealers on the spot if they dared to cross the border.
John just wants to use thunder to tell the drug dealers on the other side that this is not Mexico, as long as you dare to come, then leave your life behind.
And next year, John will be equipped with 5 Predator drones at the border, and 2 Global Hawk drones the year after tomorrow, these drones can monitor the entire border 24 hours a day, and directly greet the target with Hellfire anti-missiles, and then notify the ground troops to collect the corpses, and go home leisurely, the whole process is easy and fast.
A Hellfire missile is $50,000, $500 million can buy 10,000 pieces, as long as the drug dealers are not afraid of death, John said that he gives the National Guard $500 million a year to purchase 10,000 Hellfire missiles to greet these drug dealers.
And John has asked the weapons research and development company to restructure the incendiary bombs, each Predator can carry 8 missiles, and when the time comes, there will be four incendiary bombs and four Hellfires.
These drugs like to turn the world into hell and the living into the walking dead, so John gave them a taste of hell first.
And in addition to large drones, John also asked Northrop Grumman to develop small drones, a few hundred dollars each, and the National Guard at the border will be equipped with one for each squad to replace patrols to improve efficiency.
In fact, the entire border is now much more stable, since the US military cracked down on drug smuggling with an iron fist, the smugglers no longer dare to take this border line, smuggling a few truckloads of goods for only a few dollars, for this reason it is not cost-effective to lose their lives, they are not like drug transportation, they have large profits, and dare to take risks.
But the life of drug dealers is not easy now, the satellite monitoring range is too large, there is no way to dodge, the resolution of 0.3 meters can even see what the license plate is, so go to a convoy will be wiped out, heavy losses, can only choose to use other ways to transport drugs into the United States.
Some time ago, these drug dealers bought a submarine from a small country and prepared to take the waterway, but they were too unlucky, and they happened to encounter a US military exercise, and they were found out as soon as they stepped into US waters.
Once at the border, John was led by a group of officials to climb the border walls, which were one meter wide and on which the National Guard usually patrolled.
Standing on the border wall, you can see Juarez City, Mexico, because of the establishment of a free trade zone here, Mexico labor is cheap, many American factories have opened branches in Juarez, so the whole Juarez looks prosperous, not like purgatory on earth at all, but this side of the United States is barren and populated, except for the barracks, you can't see any civilian housing.
"John, look!"
Audrey Hepburn patted John on the shoulder and pointed under the wall, and John looked in the direction Audrey Hepburn pointed, and a group of ragged people were leaning against the border wall and looking up at them.
Most of them were women and children, and there were also a few able-bodied young people, but everyone was dressed in rags and tired, and many of them even had fear and despair in their eyes.
As John walked, there were so many people gathered under the border wall that he couldn't see the end, and because there were so many people living under the wall, there was chaos, and the ground was full of puddles, garbage, and human excrement, and the environment was terrible.
And before John and the others came, it had just rained here, and these people had no tents at all, and they were all soaked, covered in rain and mud, and looked like mud monkeys.
"John, help them!"
Audrey Hepburn looked at these people and remembered what happened to her in World War II, when she was like these people, unclothed and relying on dandelions every day to feed her hunger.
John didn't answer, and continued to walk and look under the wall, looking at unfamiliar faces, eyes that were either desperate or frightened.
When he was in Morgan Manor, he could easily refuse Audrey Hepburn, but when he came here and saw these people, he didn't dare to refuse easily, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to sleep at night, and he was afraid of dreaming of these eyes. But he also did not want to accept these people, who would become a source of unrest in law and order and increase the burden on the country when they entered the United States.
Just as John was walking and looking in silence, he suddenly saw a different pair of eyes in the crowd, these eyes also had fear and fear, but there was a touch of innocence and purity in them compared to the others.
"Bring this little girl up!"
John commanded the commander of the National Guard next to him.
John's words attracted everyone's attention, and everyone looked in the direction that John pointed, and saw a young woman in her 30s looking at them with a little girl of five or six years old, the little girl was covered in mud, barefoot, trembling in the young woman's arms, a little face was bloodless, but her eyes were very bright.
The commander of the National Guard nodded when he heard John's words, and arranged for the staff officer next to him to bring the little girl up.