"That's it?" After receiving a special call from Major General Liu, Zhang Lan's mouth opened wide in surprise, "Isn't it?" I'm just saying it casually...... Well, of course, it's okay to deal with it, there are too many such moths in your own house, and cleaning up will help your health. (_&book&bar)"

Major General Liu wanted to scold his mother when he heard it: You just said it casually? You said casually, did a major general with real power just get into it? The pit man is not your pit method, is it? Is...... You just said it casually......

The angry Major General Liu didn't know what to say to express the anger in his heart for a while, and there was only one thought in his heart: damn it, this bastard kid must have done it on purpose, it must be!

"I said, anyway, this time it's your kid who took advantage of it, right?" Major General Liu said angrily, "Don't tell me that you don't know that your family has received a lot more orders for military vehicles in recent days. ”

When Major General Liu said this, Zhang Lan couldn't help but laugh, "Speaking of which, there have been a lot more orders from the military in the past few days, and I heard that many troops are now dealing with the Japanese cars they have on hand...... The fall of a major general is still very deterrent to the comrades below. ”

Major General Liu was speechless again: The deterrent power of a major general is not enough? So what do you want to be a good deterrent?

"Boy, don't get cheap and talk cool," Major General Liu couldn't help it, "We're all like this, what else can you do?" I heard that Min Lao has been swept away for your affairs this time, is it okay for you kid to stop. ”

"Is Min Lao?" Zhang Lan laughed twice and did not answer, Min Lao, as a well-known conservative and conservative in the party, was still full of the ancient idea of "the emperor's family in the world". To some extent, it is a loss for the country that he is alive, and it is the luck of the country that he died early. But the strange thing is that the more you want him to die, the more immortal he is. Not only is he not dead, but Min Lao is still in good spirits, and it is said that there is no problem with eating and reading, and the logic is clear. It's just an old immortal...... is indeed an old immortal, a person who is about to be a hundred years old, and he is not dead, what else can he be if he is not old and immortal?

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about that," Zhang Lan said. "I said, Lao Liu, you called me like this, it wasn't just to tell me about it, right? I don't think I have that much face, let's say, what's the matter? ”

"I let you kid guess," Major General Liu was right, and he didn't mean to be ashamed at all. "Let me ask you, do you Alice Group have any thoughts on the Middle East?"

"The Middle East?" Zhang Lan was stunned. "Are you talking about oil?"

The Middle East is the world's largest producer of crude oil, which even fools know, but Zhang Lan is not very cold to the Middle East, the reason is very simple, Alice Group's offshore oilfield development technology is the most advanced in the world, Alice Group has its own petrochemical industry, and also has its own oilfield, for Alice Group, their dependence on the Middle East is not serious, and the reason why they also buy a certain percentage of crude oil from the Middle East every year. It's all about balancing, and if necessary, the Alice Group can be self-sufficient, regardless of the crude oil of the Middle East.

It's no secret that the Alice Group has its own oil fields and offshore wells, and everyone in the industry knows it, let alone the upper echelons of the system. For a while, Lin Hongfei was a little incomprehensible about Major General Liu's words: It seems a little boring for you to ask me this question, right?

"Not exactly," Major General Liu explained to Zhang Lan on the phone, "I know that your Alice Group has its own offshore oil wells and oil fields, and you don't really care about the Middle East, but ...... Well, has your fleet been harassed lately? ”…,

"You're talking about pirates, right?" Lin Hongfei finally realized that his feelings for Major General Liu went around and around, for this reason, "No, our Alice Group is okay here, and we haven't encountered it much...... Well, as you know, we at Alice Group have our own fleet, and our fleet situation is relatively safe at sea. ”

Aren't you just relatively safe, you're all mixed up with your own personal escort fleet, and you've started to collect protection money from the outside world, can you not be safe?

Of course, there is no doubt that these missile destroyers were dismantled with offensive weapon systems, and the rapid-fire guns, artillery and missiles on them were all dismantled, but the remaining power systems, radar systems and other things are still there, Lin Hongfei is so bold that he whimsically modified these push-and-shove warships for escort use by the Alice Group fleet.

Of course, it is said that there is no armament on it, but in fact there are still weapons, RPG rocket launchers, 12.7mm caliber Gatling machine guns made by Alice Group themselves are secretly hidden on the ship, and the "cold weapons" on the frigate are not good to use, and these "regular troops" will be pushed into battle.

For some people who use a converted fishing boat as an "aircraft carrier," take an AK-47, carry an RPG bazooka, and at most a few more grenades and start engaging in the high-risk profession of piracy, the face of such a weapon is actually not much worse than the face of an automatic rifle with a small knife and fork.

The Alice Group's convoy has real weapons on it. Everyone knows this, but since the Alice Group has never been shown in front of people, and has never been seen when it is used, everyone is happy to pretend not to see it: for some people in China, as long as these Alice Group warships do not wander in the waters north of the Yangtze River, it is safe, don't worry.

Alice Group's fleet is all over the world, but usually, in fact, most of the sea is still relatively complete, and there are only a few places rich in pirates, and the Alice Group will deploy these unarmed frigates to ensure the safety of navigation of the Alice Group's maritime fleet.

At the beginning, there were some pirate organizations who did not believe in evil and wanted to show their abilities, but after the Alice Group named all the invading enemies one by one and sent them to the bottom of the sea to feed the sharks, the ship flying the flag of the Alice Group sailed the four oceans unhindered.

As for the matter of collecting protection money, in fact, this matter is also very simple, it is nothing more than some other sea vessels. Seeing that the Alice Group was so bullish, even the pirates couldn't help them, so they immediately came up with a plan, thinking about losing a lot of money rather than being caught by the pirates. There is also a danger of default, so it is better to take out a little bit of this money to Alice Group, and it is better to buy "Ping An Service" from the buy group.

Of course, not all shipping companies or fleets are willing to spend this money at the beginning, and some fleets that claim to be smart choose to follow the fleet of the Alice Group: Anyway, our route and course are the same, and I will follow you. You can't say anything, can you? When you see me robbed by pirates, you can still see death and not save me?

But these guys really muttered about the thickness of Alice Group's face, and at the beginning of saving it, except for a few good guy cards, they didn't get anything, and after they had to take the gas money, Zhang Lan gave an order to the people in the escort fleet: In the future, who dares not to buy our "safe service"...... Of course. It is not impossible to say that it is marine safety insurance...... You don't care if they live or die: you are not their parents, how about them, do they have a dime to do with you? …,

After a few unbelieving guys have suffered a few losses. The business of "Ping An Insurance" can be regarded as developing. Not to mention, just for the purchase of "safe service", the cost of a year is enough to maintain all the expenses and surpluses of the huge escort fleet, which made Zhang Lan a little surprised: at the beginning, Zhang Lan was actually ready to make this escort fleet lose money, but he didn't expect to be able to earn some pocket money.

Speaking of this, Zhang Lan remembered that there seemed to be several shipping companies in China that purchased "Ping An Insurance" from Alice Group in the form of "annual fees", and there was this escort fleet of Alice Group. The pirates near the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Malacca are far less arrogant than they were in the last life, and the fleet of the Alice Group is synonymous with peace and speed, but at this moment, what makes Zhang Lan feel strange in his heart is what made Major General Liu make a special trip to mention this matter to him?

"Really?" Major General Liu's voice became more and more strange.

"No, I don't. What the hell is going on? For this, Zhang Lan is still very sure in her heart, every ocean freighter of the Alice Group, there is a "black box", in addition to recording the bits and pieces that happen on the ship, once something abnormal happens on the ship, it will immediately call the police to Zhang Lan and ask for support from the rear, Zhang Lan has never received any warning, what can happen?

"If it's not your ship...... Then maybe it's the ships of other companies that fly your company's flag. Hearing Zhang Lan say this, Major General Liu thought for a moment and roughly figured it out, "That's the case, we just received an alarm, saying that in the waters north of the Strait of Malacca, there has just happened a pirate robbery, and the ship controlled by the pirates is an ocean-going transport ship with Alice Group on board...... I've heard that quite a few fleets will secretly fly the flag of your Alice Group in the hope of fooling pirates, and since the ship that happened is not your company, it may be a ship from another company. ”

So that's it!

"So what do you mean?" Zhang Lan asked with a frown.

He didn't believe that the military and higher-ups would immediately tell themselves after learning the news: Am I a fool to be a buddy? These people don't know how much they want their buddies to be embarrassed in their hearts.

"We mean, you Alice Group is not ......"

"It's not!" Without waiting for Major General Liu to finish speaking, Zhang Lan, who knew what he was thinking about just by listening to the beginning, immediately refused without hesitation, "General Liu, I don't know whose company's ship is now, so let's go?" If I'm not mistaken, the United States also has troops in Southeast Asia, right? On which side are the two warships of our country conducting sea training, right? It is not much more convenient to let them go than it is for us to pass...... What's more, in what name do we use? Is it just that the other party's ship is flying a flag of our Alice Group? No kidding! If something happens to anyone's ship in the future, as long as a flag of Alice Group is hung on it, and Alice Group will save it, then what else do they need their country and army to do? ”

Major General Liu's face was suddenly extremely embarrassed: Zhang Lan's words were really faceless, and they were really embarrassed to the extreme.

"That's not right," Zhang Lan today seemed to be a little late-aware. It wasn't until this time that I realized that something wasn't quite right, "It stands to reason that this ship can't alarm you anyway, right?" But now not only has it alarmed you, but you have not hesitated to let a major general come over and let me scold me. In exchange for my rescue...... General Liu, tell me, whose ship does it belong to? Also, what's on this ship? ”…,

Zhang Lan is not stupid, he didn't expect it at first, but now, he immediately realized that something was wrong: if it was just an ordinary civilian ship. After encountering pirates, even if it is the flag of the Alice Group flying on it, shouldn't you come to find yourself in the first place? Unless...... The ship was carrying some very sensitive things, but the military desperately did not want the international community to know that this matter had anything to do with the military and the country, so they had no choice but to find themselves and hoped that they could help.

"The ship...... It does have something to do with us. Still let him guess, Major General Liu felt a little bitter in his heart, and he felt a little strange in his heart. How did this kid's heart and eyes grow? Why didn't he say a few words, and this kid basically understood everything? Is...... It's so fucked up! This kind of feeling of standing in front of each other as if he was clean and slippery, allowing the other party to see it at a glance. It made Major General Liu very uncomfortable.

And so it was! I'll just say, you guys don't have that good intentions," Zhang Lan was already a little speechless, "I said, is it difficult to let that ship spend some money and follow behind our Alice Group?" You must have spent a lot of money on that stuff before, right? So much money has been spent, and you are deliberately calculating such a small amount of protection money...... I said, should I say that it is better for you to pick sesame seeds and lose the watermelon, or should you say that you can't see Mount Tai for a while? ”

Major General Liu was only embarrassed and silent at the moment: everything was almost messed up by this kid. What else can I say?

Not to mention, pointing at a major general's nose and scolding is a pleasure, Lin Hongfei scolded endlessly for several minutes, and then he closed his mouth and asked Major General Liu, "What is on that ship?" How did you make you so cautious? ”

This question. In fact, Zhang Lan is the most puzzled in his heart, it is true that Alice Group has been doing "Ping An Insurance" business at sea, but the amount of this "insurance" is not measured according to the value of the goods on board, but according to the tonnage of the ship. Transferring the money directly to the account of the Alice Group is that it will never board the other party's ship. As long as the other party pays a fee, they can get a safe guarantee, so in this way, Zhang Lan can't figure out what kind of sensitive things are on that ship, so that they are not even willing to spend such a small amount of money?

Or is it for the sake of concealment, and this little money can't be spent?

"There's a lot of confidentiality involved, I can't really say." Major General Liu smiled bitterly, "Since you know that the thing on it is very sensitive, then what I can tell you is that that thing is really important to our country, very, very important!" In any case, that thing must be repatriated. ”

"And! The devil believes in you! Major General Liu said sincerely, but in Zhang Lan's ears, he felt that this guy was definitely talking nonsense, "If this is really the case, I don't believe that for the sake of insurance and to ensure that the things on it are foolproof, you don't prepare weapons on the ship, and you dare not say more, automatic rifles, bazookas and other things will definitely not be missing, right?" Maybe a shoulder-mounted portable anti-aircraft missile or an anti-tank missile can be used, if nothing else, on the high seas, there will be an elite Marine Corps quietly taking advantage of the night to board the cargo ship and lurk on it, and it is believed that this special force must have been trained for a period of time in this combat situation...... Don't tell me no, it's not the first time you've done this kind of thing, so there's nothing to be surprised about...... Now I'm curious, there is still such a strong pirate in the world, so strong that they can stand up to the elite army of the Republic with excellent weapons and equipment, and take them prisoner? ”

Is there such an elite army in the world? Zhang Lan doesn't think that there is, if we talk about the navy and air force, the Republic is limited to the factors of heritage and strength, and it is indeed weaker than those European and American powers that have developed for hundreds of years, but if we say that the army and the marines who have many similarities with the army, they were also captured by a group of pirates who could only rob in small fishing boats and speedboats under the condition of targeted training and well-equipped weapons...... How does this matter sound more fantastical than the Arabian Nights?

"I know you may not believe it, in fact, even I don't believe it," Major General Liu smiled wryly, "so we think that pirate is not a simple pirate." ”

"What do you mean......" Zhang Lan hesitated, "The pirates are pretending?" But no, there are still too many things that don't make sense. (To be continued......)