The Holt family reacted quickly to John's intention to cooperate through Hughes. By www.biquge.info mid-August, when Caterpillar Inc. and Hughes Aircraft Co. jointly announced that they would jointly bid for a diesel tank engine in the Army Ordnance Division, John had already secured a seat on Caterpillar's board of directors.

Of course, the Holt family had nothing to lose in this deal. Most of John's shares came from a hapless tire dealer. This guy had two consignments sent to the bottom of the ocean by German U-boats in the Atlantic, and he urgently needed a large amount of cash to pay for the Brazilian rubber plantations. The Holt family was just secretly pulling a string for John.

In fact, John's small investment did not attract much attention at all, and even Best himself maintained a tacit attitude towards John's entry because he was busy quelling the dissatisfaction of the directors and shareholders with the company's current situation.

After all, Best didn't know that John had made a private deal with the Holt family. In his opinion, John's little stake alone is not enough to affect the overall situation of the company. If Caterpillar can take advantage of this cooperation with Hughes Aircraft Company to win the order for the military's diesel tank engine, it will also be beneficial to stabilize the company's situation.

After throwing the last $1 million or so FedEx from Wall Street into Caterpillar, John was finally able to take a break. On his fingers, he has been in the army for almost a year. Although the work of the Army Staff is not easy, it seems that his business is not less. If you look at it from the "work performance" alone, it seems that the army staff is his side job.

For this reason, Stimson has euphemistically put forward a warning. Anyway, he is also an active soldier, and business matters can't be too high-profile. Although he was not the only one in the army who did what John did. The big boss becomes a general, and the general becomes a big boss is never new. But at least on the bright side, John could only retain one of the two identities of businessman and career officer.

John is not unaware of the truth of shooting the first bird. So he's better to stay in the office of the Operations Planning Division honestly and be his behind-the-scenes boss.

Unexpectedly, before he could stop for two days, a beautiful invitation was delivered to the desk in his office. When he opened it, John's nose was almost crooked - Draco Defense Technologies invited him to a new product launch.

Draco, why not call it Harry Potter. John was so angry that he threw the invitation in the trash. He knew too well what this Draco Corporation (draco means dragon flag) was.

The so-called Draco Defense Technologies Company is a leather bag company established in the United States by Reilly in order to facilitate his reselling of arms in the Far East. Since Railly took over the task of developing the bazooka from himself, he has turned this shell company over again.

Although the name of the company has not changed, it is already a new wine in an old bottle, and the boss behind the scenes has been replaced by John. At present, the only project of Draco Defense Technology is an anti-tank rocket launcher, which is supposed to have been developed.

It's just that Reilly, the boss behind the scenes, invited him to attend his company's press conference. If John could come out and show his face, would he still be guilty of hiding behind the scenes?

John picked up the phone and called Reilly, "Reilly, it's me, John." What does that press conference invitation mean? ”

Without waiting for the other party to answer, John said angrily: "Didn't I confess, I don't show up for anything about the company." I'll naturally go and say hello to the Ordnance Department, what are you trying to do by sending the invitation to the General Staff now!" I'm afraid others won't know! ”

Reilly seemed to know that John would have this reaction, and patiently listened to John's vent before saying, "John, I'm out of line too." The FBI recently checked me again, don't you have a good relationship with their big boss Hoover, please come forward and help me block it. You don't have to be open about your relationship with the company, as long as you show up. ”

What's going on? Is the FBI investigating Reilly? "You're selling arms to gangsters again?" John asked, a little confused.

"How is it possible, I would have stopped doing this kind of thing a long time ago." Reilly hurriedly denied it: "It's about the China Support Air Force, and the FBI has taken away my two subordinates in the name of assisting in the investigation." ”

What does the Volunteer Air Corps have to do with the FBI? John was even more confused. Although this was technically illegal, it was tacitly approved by President Roosevelt, and his uncle, Mr. Delano, was involved. The equipment was transferred by MacArthur through the Philippine Army, and the personnel recruitment was covered by Uncle Stimson, and Hoover's brain was in the water to remove the lid.

After interrogating for a long time, John learned that all this was the fault of the British. Since the end of the French Campaign, the British Royal Air Force has begun to recruit a large number of foreign volunteer pilots to supplement its own personnel shortage.

At present, the RAF can even be described as an international force, with a large number of Poles, French, Czechs, Canadians, Australians, and even Irish, South African, and Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) pilots.

However, what Churchill wanted more were American pilots. Especially after the surrender of France, this fat man was bent on how to pull the United States into the water.

John knew that the aviator Clayton Knight had recently founded a Knight promotion in New York. On the surface, it's an aviation enthusiast club, but its real job is to recruit for the RAF.

Historically, before the United States entered the war, the Knight Promotion recruited about 6,700 Americans, most of whom were sent to the Canadian Air Force (American pilots at one time accounted for one-tenth of the total strength of the Canadian Air Force) and then transferred to the United Kingdom to fight in the war.

Not to mention, the recent US media reports on the heroic deeds of the Royal Air Force in the bloody and clear sky have really fascinated many young Americans. There was a steady stream of Americans who went to the Knight Promotion Association to learn about the situation, and several people in John's flying club alone wanted to try their skills in Great Britain.

At first, Knight and others were only recruiting pilots in the circle of flying enthusiasts. But as soon as there are many people in the know, the news will inevitably spread. What's more, the recruitment standards set by Knight were far lower than the recruitment conditions of the US military aviation at that time. As long as it is a male between the ages of 20 and 31, with a high degree of Chinese, normal vision, and 300 hours of flight time.

As a result, this led Knight and others to recruit a rabble of the most American characters for the British. Most of them have neither military experience nor higher education, and all of them claim to be expert pilots, but they generally fly light civilian aircraft at most, and misrepresentations about aircraft types and flight hours are common.

Most of these lads just want to take risks and find excitement, but there are also some who want to go abroad to escape debt or other problems. Historically, there have even been a few boarding school high school students who lied about their resumes to join the Royal Air Force in order to avoid their final exams. By the time the school and parents called the police to look for them, the bear children had already been trained in Canada.

In short, the Knight Promotion Society's operation to help the RAF recruit volunteer pilots was much more efficient than John's original operation, but it was much less confidential. Within two months of the beginning, the whole United States was in an uproar.

At this time, the United States is still neutral, and it is "illegal" for American citizens to participate in the war, and those who sign up are in danger of losing their nationality. Naturally, the FBI will not turn a blind eye to this, and Director Hoover has ordered this "secret recruitment" to be closely monitored.

As a result, I don't know what happened, and the previous recruitment of personnel for the China Aid Support Air Force by Reilly and others was revealed. As a result, they have also been monitored and investigated by the FBI one after another.

This is really a fire at the city gate, which affected the fish in the pond. John is also sympathetic to Reilly's innocent lying gun. However, he still warned Reilly: "Do your own thing, don't take it personally." I'm definitely not going to the press conference. As for the FBI, I'll find a chance to talk to Hoover, so don't worry about it. ”