At that time, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a large number of military technologies were transferred to civilian use, which added to this prosperity.

"That's right!" After a pause, Pang Jindong further explained: "Whether you want it or not, this arms race has in fact begun!"

Anderson nodded in acknowledgement, "That's right." ”

"Then the problem arises, if the opponent is a country like Somalia, the arms race will lose its meaning, and the role it will play for country M is almost negligible! But if it is an opponent like country Z, the situation will be completely different, and the government can ask the Congress for more financial appropriations to develop and equip more new weapons in order to maintain the superiority of country M!" In order to make his theory more convincing, Pang Jindong further cited many examples: " In order to deal with the submarines of country Z, it needs to be equipped with more anti-submarine patrol planes, so that the aircraft factories will have more profits and create more employment opportunities! If country Z wants to build aircraft carriers now, and if country M wants to continue to maintain its superiority in aircraft carriers, it needs to maintain a larger and more advanced aircraft carrier fleet! And an aircraft carrier involves almost every industry from construction to maintenance, which means that countless enterprises can benefit from it!

Anderson naturally knew these truths, so he immediately understood what Pang Jindong meant: "You just mean that it will be more beneficial to us to let country Z make some progress?"

"Of course!" Pang Jindong nodded and pointed out sharply: "Country M's military technology and strategic and tactical theories are at least twenty or thirty years ahead of country Z! And in the next thirty years, country Z will not be able to surpass country M! This balance of power will definitely not change because of a pirated DDX!"

Anderson laughed, and then teased: "You obviously want to make money, but you told me so many truths!"

Hearing Anderson define his behavior as "making money", Pang Jindong breathed a long sigh of relief, and the worries just now disappeared.

Anderson uses a confidential secure phone, which is impossible for anyone to overhear, and there are only two people on Pang Jindong's side, which means that there is no other audience for this conversation.

If it is heard by some people, it will definitely highly question Pang Jindong's attitude, at least he will be dissatisfied with Pang Jindong's dwarf of the strength of country Z.

However, although the original intention of Pang Jindong's words was to dispel Anderson's suspicions, they were also very in line with the actual situation.

Many people in country Z think that their country can surpass country M in a short period of time, and even have the strength to compete with country M at this stage.

The strength of country M is far from being experienced by ordinary citizens of country Z, because the comprehensive strength of a country cannot be fully reflected through news or film and television works, and the vast majority of people do not even have the opportunity to go to country M, let alone look at the balance of national power from the perspective of the overall situation.

More than half a century ago, the volunteers of country Z had learned the power of the army of country M on a barren peninsula, and the former naively regarded the latter as a paper tiger at that time, and it turned out that the paper tiger not only bites, but also has quite sharp teeth.

As a result, after paying huge casualties with the weapons and equipment of the former Soviet Union, country Z could only draw with country M with the strength of the whole country.

At that time, the strategic focus of country M was on Europe, and only half of its military power was used on that peninsula.

Not only military technology, but also the military theory of country M, and even many things in all aspects, need to be studied well by country Z.

No compromise can be made when it comes to dignity and sovereignty, but blind arrogance is equally undesirable, as it could lead to ruin.

On a barren peninsula lived a nation nicknamed "Stick", and because of an inexplicable arrogance precipitated in the depths of the national roots, it became a vassal country for thousands of years, and ten thousand people in Asia.

However, despite this, if we have adhered to the strategy of taoguang and obscurity for decades, and have been silent on any issue involving the country's vital interests, then we have entered the other extreme. Because the times are advancing, and while a country is progressing, other countries are also advancing. By the time the country has the strength to confront other countries, its rights and interests have already been carved up.

Considering these innate advantages of country M, coupled with its huge economic strength, Pang Jindong believes that although country Z must rapidly improve its military science and technology, it must not really engage in an arms race with country M, otherwise it is likely to be dragged down like the former Soviet Union.

The so-called "arms race" is just an excuse used by Pang Jindong to persuade Anderson, and the real crux of the problem lies in the fact that any weapon needs people to operate it, and an army with high morale born from a united nation can completely defeat an enemy with advanced weapons if it can cooperate with advanced and correct strategic and tactical thinking.

Pang Jindong smiled and said to Anderson: "Although I am pursuing profits, what I do brings a win-win situation!"

"Hmm!" Anderson spat out only one syllable, and said nothing.

As a matter of fact, the DDX warship at the Gwadar factory was discussed earlier by the top level of the government and military of country M, and they later reached a tacit agreement that they would not take any measures against the warship, and the starting point was basically the same as Pang Jindong's analysis.

Anderson himself held a similar view, and the reason why he brought up this matter with Pang Jindong in person was not really to prevent the construction of warships, but to know whether Pang Jindong might pose a threat to the interests of country M.

Now, after hearing Pang Jindong's words, Anderson finally put his mind at ease.

I don't know why, Pang Jindong suddenly remembered some of Tang Yun's usual words, so he immediately copied them as they were, in order to further make Anderson misunderstand himself: "Life is just a few decades, why not make yourself more comfortable, and the only way to make yourself more comfortable is to make more money!"

"That's right!" Anderson agrees, reminding, "As long as I'm here, you can make more money!"

"With your support, I have made a lot of money!" Pang Jindong simply said such a sentence, although he did not explicitly express his gratitude to Anderson, but the intention was already very clear: "Just like I just said, in fact, I am not very ambitious now, and the ones I have accumulated before are enough for me to live my life comfortably!"

"You would have such thoughts, probably because of Eastern philosophy!" After a pause, Anderson added, "No wonder you handed over the drug network!"

Anderson's drug network has all been transferred, and part of it handed over to Pang Jindong is now in the hands of the Star Dragon Gang, which is operated by Ding Peng in country M.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Star Dragon Gang also began to expand its influence to country M, but instead of developing independently, it worked closely with the Big Circle Gang.

Pang Jindong understood when he heard this, and Anderson next raised the issue of the Star Dragon Gang in Country M.

Although the society of country M is diverse, it is always the white people who play the leading role, and this leading role is reflected in all aspects of society.

As for the issue of gangs, that is, neither the government of country M nor the local gangs will allow a foreign Asian gang to sit on the throne.

Pang Jindong told Sù Anderson very calmly: "The boss of the Xinglong Gang is my good friend, the Xinglong Gang is already the largest gang in China, and I am very happy to see that it can also become a big gang in country M!"

Anderson sighed, "Do you think it's possible?"

"My friend has such strength, and with my covert assistance, nothing is impossible!"

"Local gangs won't allow that!"

"Then let's compete in strength!" sneered twice, Pang Jindong said again: "Anderson, I know that for you, you are unwilling to let some people with colored skin gradually occupy the underworld ...... of country M."

Anderson interrupted Pang Jindong's words: "Jerry, I assure you, we have racist tendencies, otherwise we would not have been friends, and I would not have spent so much time and money cultivating Masaharu Kazama!"

"I know that, but I think you still have to think about national security after all!"

Pang Jindong's words hit Anderson's concerns, and the latter smiled out loud and didn't say anything.

Pang Jindong also said: "The underworld is always an underworld, they can endanger the society, they can seek a lot of illegal benefits, but they cannot rise to the level of national security!"

Anderson pointed out very frankly: "But this does not mean that the intelligence services of country Z will not use them!"

Although what Anderson said has not happened yet, it has been staged repeatedly and secretly, and although the intelligence department of country Z is not as technically as good as that of country M, it is also pervasive.

Many citizens of country Z who go to country M have secret missions, some of them know what they are going to do, and some of them don't even know.

When the Star Dragon Gang grows and grows in country M, it is very likely that it will also take on such a mission.

In this case, Pang Jindong didn't try to convince Anderson that the Star Dragon Gang was just an ordinary gang, but took a deep breath and slowly analyzed: "Even if there is no Star Dragon Gang, Country Z will also infiltrate Country M, and the Star Dragon Gang is just an underworld gang that has not undergone strict intelligence and agent training, so it can play a very limited role in this regard!"

"That's ......" Anderson nodded, and then asked, "But what about the local gangsters in country M?"

In fact, the emergence of the Big Circle Gang has long posed a threat to the local gangs of Country M, but for the huge Country M, the role of the Big Circle Gang is very limited. Now with the addition of the Star Dragon Gang, the situation has changed.