Chapter 878: Prelude to the Great Ceremony IV

"This is the means adopted by the mercenary corps in order to dominate Africa's resources in an open and honest manner, with this organization as the nominal commanding heights, Atlantis Mineral Resources can justifiably squeeze out other countries' enterprises, and this is only an economic cooperation organization, not a military alliance, so there is no need to worry about anything."

"In fact, such a situation is beneficial to the United States, we can exert influence on these countries through mercenaries, and the control over international affairs has been greatly enhanced, and the mercenaries themselves know that they cannot confront the US government that controls NATO, and the member countries of the Golden Triangle Federal Organization for International Cooperation cannot provide the resources of NATO member states, but I think that the situation of these countries will drag the Golden Triangle Federation to death." The US Secretary of Defense said with a smile.

"If you haven't learned to walk, you must first learn to run, and it's strange not to fall down, these member states are not only all developing countries, but also some of the poorest and backward countries in the world, in other words, they are all countries that eat relief, the economic development potential is pitiful, the military potential is not worth mentioning, and if you encounter a little external threat, this organization will collapse." The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was dismissive of this.

The mercenary corps itself is a mercenary organization that barely eats food, and the Golden Triangle region where the country was founded is even poorer, and it is because of Ukolan that it has used the industrial and scientific research strength of the former Soviet Union to survive until now.

I have to say that this is a miracle, such a mercenary who lives for money actually stands at the forefront of the world's weapons and equipment research and development, and even surpasses the superpower of the United States in some places.

For example, the general-purpose fighter in the fifth-generation fighter, the United States' joint strike fighter project has not even made a prototype so far, but the general-purpose fifth-generation fighter of the mercenary corps has been manufactured in large quantities and sold to the outside world, and the number of orders has made the US military industrial enterprises red-eyed. There are also Immortal Bird gunships and Tyrannosaurus Rex main battle tanks, as well as arsenal ships and 10,000-ton stealth drives, which are really unacceptable.

At present, the mercenary corps mainly relies on the mineral resources and oil and gas resources in various countries to maintain the operation of the federal government, sell military products to Middle Eastern countries, South American countries and European countries, and maintain the daily expenses of the corps.

The Golden Triangle Federation is undergoing industrialization transformation and infrastructure construction, the financial aspect is extremely difficult, a large part of the army still depends on the US government to feed, where to get the spare money to help others, not to fancy the mineral resources of these countries, especially Africa, which belongs to the painstaking management of the territory, from the member countries of the Golden Triangle Federal Organization for International Cooperation, can also verify this, indeed received certain results.

"Mr. President, a number of news media have now publicly reported that Japan's Kongo-class missile destroyer mistakenly fired anti-aircraft missiles at the mercenary regiment strategic transport plane because of the failure of the Aegis combat system, resulting in the destruction of the opposing plane, and a large number of high-ranking generals were killed. It has serious flaws of its own. The president's assistant walked in and said.

The military high-ranking people, who were gloating about the tragic situation of the mercenary corps, were suddenly very embarrassed by the news, like chickens choked by the neck, and suddenly fell silent. I haven't wiped the shit off my ass yet, but I laughed at people for farting, which is retribution!

Paper can't contain the fire, since this incident happened, sooner or later it will have to cause trouble for the US Navy, but there is no way, until now the experts of the US Navy have not found any traces of the human operation of the Aegis combat system, but they did not expect that it would be exposed by the news media so soon.

"We have specially greeted the Japanese government and the mercenary corps, and we want to keep the news of this accident strictly sealed, what is going on, what is it leaked to the news media, I estimate that the Japanese government is under pressure and wants to cover up the major accident of the navy, will not do such a thing, is it the mercenary corps who did it?" The Minister of the Navy said with a frown.

The first thing he thought of was the mercenary corps, since Wu Chen established this mercenary organization, it has been almost invincible, and he has also raised a group of proud soldiers, he has never suffered such a big loss, and it is normal for so many experienced senior generals to die in an accident, and it is normal to have fire in his heart.

These guys are free and loose mercenaries, and they don't have the strict discipline of the regular army, so they can't control their emotions when they are interviewed by reporters. Even if the US government asks for this, the head of the mercenary corps cannot control the mouths of his subordinates, which is why the regular army looks down on mercenaries.

A mercenary organization without national beliefs is also a combination of interests, which is equivalent to a rabble, and if these people were not able to bring benefits to the US government and military, it would be impossible for everyone to cooperate until now.

"Don't be suspicious of the mercenaries, they are the most unlikely to make a big deal of it, although the loss is irreparable, but the Japanese government has compensated 30 billion US dollars for this, there is no need for them to offend the US government and the navy, and there is no need to expose the scars of the Japanese government."

"It's normal for this to happen, and in our expectation, it's strange that it doesn't happen, think about it, how many people were involved in this accident, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Ground Self-Defense Force, the Cabinet and the Parliament, the Seventh Fleet of the U.S. Navy, and the Yokosuka Naval Base, adding up to several thousand people, so many people know the secret, is that still a secret?" said the Minister of Defense.

"The Aegis combat system is the main combat system of the Navy's surface ships, and it can be said to be the cornerstone of the Navy; once the matter is known to the officers and men of the Navy, the morale of the military is bound to be greatly disturbed, and the cooperation between the Navy and the Air Force will face a great test." said the Minister of the Navy.

American GIs are brave in fighting and are not afraid of sacrifice for the sake of national interests, this is a fact that has been manifested in many wars, but if they die in the hands of their own people, it will be too wrong, God knows when this unlucky Aegis combat system will go wrong, not only the Air Force is afraid, but the Navy is also afraid, and the accident of the USS Washington nuclear-powered aircraft carrier last time was a bloody lesson.

"The Aegis combat system is the highest level of scientific research in the United States in the 80s of the last century, and it has a history of 20 years now, maybe there are really flaws in technology, and I will apply for funding from Congress to let the scientific research institutions of the Ministry of Defense immediately carry out secondary research and development of the Aegis combat system, which is related to the combat effectiveness and safety of the Navy."

"Since the incident has occurred, we have to face it, and we want the Japanese government to issue a statement that this failure is caused by the misoperation of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the US Navy will comprehensively upgrade all Aegis ships to avoid similar accidents, this is a matter of principle, and the Japanese government must cooperate." said the President of the United States.