Pang Jindong nodded: "I hope you understand, this will be a force that can be called upon by you!"

"If you want to do it, you must surpass the black water!"

"My goal is not just Blackwater!" Pang Jindong laughed out loud and asked Director Anderson: "You have heard of the name of our Blood Lion Mercenary Group, who do you think is more effective between us and Blackwater?"

Director Anderson thought for a moment and replied, "You guys!"

Mercenaries can be divided into many types, one of which is more special, their identities and activities are public, and this type of mercenary is the security company.

The so-called security company here is not the kind of company in China that hires a few people to put on uniforms, issue small rubber sticks, and then send them out to show the gates, but a real paramilitary force, in which the elite are trained and equipped as well as the regular army. They operate within the limits permitted by the laws of their home countries, and are employed by companies or individuals, or even the government, to perform security or other special work. Especially when employed by the government, they can even be above the law.

Because of the special nature of certain events, it is inconvenient for the government to send troops, or direct intervention in the capacity of the government will cause high marginal costs - especially in country M, which is often overstretched - which provides space for security companies to survive and develop.

The factors behind this, as Blackwater's advertising slogan reads: "We move quickly, at low cost, and are not bogged down by political and logistical problems." Among all the security companies, regardless of the profits, the most famous company is the Blackwater company in country M. Its development history can just explain the reason for the birth and prosperity of security companies.

Since the 90s of the 20 th century, a special phenomenon has emerged in country M, which is the global policeman, that is, the scale of its overseas troops has been decreasing, but its overseas operations are increasing day by day, among which the relatively large ones are the Gulf War, the Somali peacekeeping operation, and the Kosovo War. In order to make up for the lack of troops, the U.S. military began to hire more private security companies to carry out combat missions.

This phenomenon has given rise to a large number of private security companies and has brought this particular organization, which had previously been largely on the radar of the public, to the forefront.

It was at this time that Blackwater's founder, who retired from the Special Forces and retired, began his entrepreneurial journey by purchasing large tracts of land in the Great Dismore Marsh in North Carolina, founding Blackwater Security and building a state-of-the-art shooting and security training camp from which "Blackwater" takes its name.

Thanks to the ongoing fighting, Blackwater has grown from just six employees to one of the largest private security companies in country M, with more than 1,000 employees working in Iraq alone.

In 2000, the bombing of the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole in Yemen became a turning point in Blackwater's history. The Navy of Country M believes that there are loopholes in the military's security work, so it selected Blackwater, which has a full training facility, to train its Navy SEALs, and gives Blackwater the task of strengthening the security of warships and personnel. Since then, training missions from the military and the police have been increasing.

As the war on terror deepened, the government of country M, which was suffering from a shortage of troops, subcontracted many tasks originally undertaken by the military, such as logistics supply, weapons maintenance and maintenance, security and construction, to private security companies.

Employing a well-equipped and well-trained private security company can solve many thorny problems for the government of country M, which can not only overcome the shortage of troops stationed in Iraq, but also avoid the pressure of internal politics caused by excessive casualties of the regular army, and also exempt the government from solving the aftermath of the casualties such as compensation for the casualties.

Under this premise, the customers of private security companies, including Blackwater, have expanded to many departments such as the Ministry of Defense, the State Council, the Ministry of Transportation, federal law enforcement, and multinational corporations of country M. As the leader of the Western camp, this military trend of country M has led its allies to follow suit.

Private security companies – the mercenaries who float on the water – have thus ushered in their heyday.

Many people who know a little about this are puzzled by whether there will be a competition for the market between security companies and underground mercenaries like Pang Jindong, but the issue is actually very complicated.

Cloaking in legality and steadily accepting employment from the government is apparently the dream of underground mercenaries on the edge of the law. But security companies have a strong government backing, and no one should want to step into this field without official support.

Blackwater, for example, is the founder of Blackwater, whose founders are inextricably linked to the Republican Party, whose family is well-connected among conservative Republican Party forces and is one of the contributors to the Republican campaign fund. That's why the Republican administration reciprocated Blackwater. As of 2007, the current government has paid Blackwater at least $300 million in "global diplomatic security services". Blackwater has also been sparing no expense in recruiting senior officials who have served in the government of country M, and its administrative team includes some unusual heavyweights, such as the former head of counterterrorism at the CIA and the former inspector general of the Department of Defense.

This is what the underground mercenaries lack the most of this necessary support, so they can only be active underground.

There is no doubt that private security companies have robbed a lot of mercenary business, but underground mercenaries are not short of food. Private security companies are mainly engaged in government and large business, while underground mercenaries are mostly employed by the civilian sector.

There are also some private security companies that are reluctant to take on, or the parties are unwilling to find a job in a security company, which also provides a stage for underground mercenaries to show their talents.

In addition, private security companies have public identities, so although their internal affairs are still highly secretive, their words and deeds will be invisibly supervised by public opinion, and underground mercenaries need not worry about this. This has led the Government to exclude private security companies in favour of underground mercenaries when it is required to carry out highly dangerous or covert activities. Pang Jindong's acceptance of the mission of the government of country M to assassinate Adid is a good example.

Forming a private security company, so that the brothers of the year can obtain a legal identity, can live in the sun, and at the same time have a stable place, is Pang Jindong's idea has always been an idea. It's just that the time is ripe until today, because Director Anderson, who owes Pang Jindong a favor, has enough ability to support it, and the external environment has also created a ripe opportunity.

There are two main points in this external environment, one is that country M is facing a change of dynasty, and the other is that several companies that have dominated this field in the past few years are facing various difficulties, especially Blackwater.

Shortly after the occupation of Iraq, the then Supreme Administrator of State M in Iraq signed a decree stipulating that all military and civilian personnel in Iraq, including private security guards, would enjoy criminal immunity. Although country M later "handed over" power to the Iraqi government, the order has continued to this day. With these privileges, it is not an exaggeration to call Blackwater the emperor of the soil in Iraq, and even the US troops in Iraq have to concede three points to them.

On one occasion, as a result of the arrest of an aide by an Iraqi Sunni leader, the leader's private armed Mahdi Army, clashed violently with the Army of M. In front of an office where some U.S. soldiers and Blackwater employees were guarding at the time, a large number of protesters gathered. A soldier from the Nation M Marine Corps spotted an AK-47 rifle in the crowd and that according to the Nation M Army's rules of engagement, he had to get orders from his superiors to shoot before firing, but there was no commander around him at the time, so he asked a Blackwater employee if he could fire, and the employee ordered him to fire. The resulting clashes resulted in hundreds of deaths, but only 30 were officially announced. It follows from this that Blackwater's employees can act as temporary commanders in the absence of the field commander of the Army of M, and no one doubts how good their command skills are.

With this privilege, Blackwater has been implicated in hundreds of shootings in Iraq, about 84 percent of which have been indiscriminately fired, with no regard for civilian casualties, and in many cases it has been suspected of shooting civilians for no reason. There have even been reports of Blackwater employees pointing their guns at soldiers of the M Army stationed in Iraq and forcing them to disarm and surrender.

In fact, for underground mercenaries, these things are nothing, but after all, the security company is an enterprise that operates publicly, and Blackwater's rampant approach when it gains power has led to strong condemnation from Blackwater in M and Iraq, and then led to a crisis.

The Government of State M, which was forced to apologize for Blackwater's practices, revoked many of Blackwater's contracts and ordered it to withdraw from Iraq within a certain period of time.

However, because it is difficult to solve the problem of insufficient military strength in country M in the short term, the difficulty in ensuring the security of Western diplomats, enterprises, and other institutions is increasing day by day; the increasing number of disputes between the government and the people cannot be resolved by the military on a regular basis; and the frequent international exchanges cannot be completely protected by the military and police, no matter what the future fate of Blackwater is, the huge market space will not be affected.

Director Anderson understood that Pang Jindong intended to get a piece of the pie, and reminded: "If the Republican Party is completely defeated in this election, these current security companies will definitely face a reshuffle." But you have to know ......"

"I understand!" Pang Jindong nodded and interrupted Director Anderson's words: "The Republican Party will not always lose, and the Democratic Party will not always be able to hold the presidency. Feng Shui takes turns, and now that it's on our side, we have to make the most of it. Wait until the day we turn away, and we'll think of other ways. ”

Looking at Pang Jindong, Director Anderson asked, "If I'm not wrong, your so-called 'other methods' already have it, right?"

"Director Anderson, you know me very well!" Pang Jindong drank all the wine in his glass and continued: "The business of the private security company and the work of the underground mercenary field, I will do it at the same time!"

"Are you sure you can do it?"

"I've long investigated that none of the current private security companies are mercenaries, and although there are occasional underground mercenaries joining them, if we give them our work, I dare to assert that they can't do it. If you leave their work to us, we can do it well. Because they grew up in greenhouses, and we've been through the weather. ”

"Good!" Director Anderson nodded, reiterating, "I've got your back!"

"Then I have to do my own thing to be worthy of your support!"

"Okay!" Director Anderson looked pleased, and asked, "When are you going to do it?"

"It's up to my brethren!"

"You want to use mercenaries?" Anderson said, a little surprised.

"Yes, I'm going to let Senator Revy die of natural causes, but before that, I'm going to teach him a lesson!"

Director Anderson asked, "What do you need me to do?"

"Help me take care of the aftermath and provide weapons support!"

"No problem!"

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation!" Pang Jindong said, dialed Miria's phone, and told her: "Everyone assemble and come to New York immediately!"

After receiving Pang Jindong's order, the Blood Lion Mercenary Group immediately set off, and two days later, they stood in front of Pang Jindong and Director Anderson.

Compared with the Chinese army, the army of country M appears to be very scattered, and these mercenaries appear to be even more scattered compared to the army of country M. However, what this kind of casualness conceals is extremely strong combat effectiveness.

Because mercenaries rarely engage in large-scale group operations, there is no need to emphasize discipline, as long as there is a good tactical coordination and coordination between individuals. However, this situation will be changed by Pang Jindong in the near future.

Director Anderson is very knowledgeable, looked at these people, nodded and said to Pang Jindong: "It's not a loss to the famous Blood Lion Mercenary Group!"

"Of course, I'm very proud of them!"

"You should be proud of yourself, too!" said Director Anderson, looking at Pang Jindong.

Director Anderson's praise was not exaggerated, because the Blood Lion Mercenary Group was developed by Pang Jindong from scratch.

Back then, Pang Jindong, who had just become a mercenary, and Milia met together and formed a team of only two people. I don't know why, Miria was willing to obey Pang Jindong's command from the beginning.

After being hired by the rebels in South America, Pang Jindong's outstanding ability attracted many people to join. After the Battle of Heights No. 3, Pang Jindong became even more famous, and more mercenaries joined the Blood Lion Mercenary Regiment, later Barney, and then Nick, under the command of this person who was much younger than himself.

After the loss of several brothers, the Blood Lion Mercenary Regiment now has twenty-one people. In absolute terms, it may seem like a pitiful few, but in terms of mercenaries, it is already very rare.