"General Ross, I'm sorry to keep you waiting" Back in the Osben room, as soon as he entered the meeting room, he saw three generals in different military uniforms sitting upright, drinking coffee and talking about something, and several mid-level officers waiting for them.

That's right, three generals, and one of them is General Ross, and the other two are a lieutenant general and a lieutenant general in the Marine Corps, but Chris doesn't know each other, look at this lineup, you can see why Chris dislikes Coulson.

This situation makes Chris a little curious, because the Marine Corps and the Army are the two most discordant services.

In the United States, there are five branches of the military, and to be exact, there should be four services, because the fifth service is the Coast Guard, which is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation (transferred to the Department of Homeland Security in 2002), not the Pentagon — an exception in wartime.

The remaining four are the navy, land and air, and the Marine Corps.

And among the four major branches of the military, the Marines and the Army have the most dirt.

In the impression of many people, they may think that the Marine Corps is much more handsome than the Army and has a higher grade than the Army because of clothing and other reasons, and the Marine Corps also considers itself to be a top soldier and looks down on the Army.

However, the fact is that the Army is the Pentagon's own son, and the Marine Corps is nothing more than a stepmother.

The first-class air force, the second-class sea, the third-class mud legs, and the fourth-class stepmother.

The mud legs are talking about the Army, and the stepmother is talking about the Marines.

However, as far as the actual situation is concerned, the first-class air force is certain, but the second-class navy is actually not more valued than the army, and the reason why the army is a branch of the armed forces is destined to combat conditions that are certainly not comparable to the navy, but in terms of military spending and logistics, the army is actually stronger than the navy.

This is because it is the Pentagon's bigwigs who control the distribution of military spending, and among the Pentagon's bigwigs, the Air Force and Army have an absolute advantage...... This can be seen by looking at the number of generals of various branches of the US military.

And the Marines, the stepmother, have no doubt.

Because there is a big overlap between the combat function and the army, but it is not under the control of the army, and the military expenses have to be divided, of course, it is not treated well by the army bigwigs in the Pentagon.

Not only the army, but even the navy does not want to see the marines, although they all carry the word navy, but they are also disliked by the navy because of military spending.

As for the Air Force? Hehe, although the Air Force is his own son, the Air Force will not offend the Navy and the Army for the sake of the Marine Corps.

"Haha, Chris, you're just in time" Seeing Chris, General Ross Lang smiled and said, "Let me introduce you, this is Vice Admiral Colton, and this is Vice Admiral Sheffield of the Marine Corps"

With two collaborations with Osborne and successive successions, General Ross became close to Chris and began to call him by his first name instead of the official name Mr. Osborne.

"It's a pleasure to meet the two generals" Chris shook hands with the two generals gently, "The generals are busy with official business, how can they have time to come to my small place".

"Mr. Chris said with a smile, Sheffield and I have learned from General Ross, you have a lot of rare treasures here," General Colton said with a smile when he heard this.

"Oh? How so? Hearing General Colton's words, Chris suddenly came to his senses, listening to the meaning of the other party's words, it seems that he has come to send money to himself?

"That's right, in order to deal with the current international complex form, as well as events like Raccoon City, with the approval of the White House and Congress, the Pentagon will unite NATO countries to form a rapid response force that can deal with various complex situations, this force will be drawn from the armies of various countries, and General Sheffield will be the commander-in-chief of this force, and General Colton is his deputy" General Ross introduced, winking at Chris vaguely "In order to be different from other troops, and effectively improve the combat capability of this force, the Pentagon decided to purchase a batch of new equipment from Osben, how about it, Chris, no problem. ”

Looking at General Ross's performance, Chris probably guessed that this was General Ross asking for credit to him, and this order was won by him for Osben.

"Of course, it's an honor for Osben" Chris is of course happy to make money, especially with this kind of multinational joint procurement.

But at this moment, General Sheffield, who had not spoken, spoke.

"Don't be too happy, Mr. Osborne, the premise of procurement is that you can provide equipment that satisfies me, and after reading it, we have to go to Stark Industries to have a look, and after comparison, we can decide whether to purchase or not."

Chris was stunned when he heard this, it seems that the contradiction between the Marine Corps and the Army is really quite big, General Ross just said that he would purchase it in Osben, and this product said such a thing, it was simply a slap in the face of Chi Guoguo.

General Ross's face turned pitch black after Sheffield spoke, and he let out a cold snort.

Originally, General Ross was the candidate for the commander of this rapid reaction force, his old subordinate Colton, not Sheffield, who came from the Marine Corps.

Sheffield's ability to sit in this seat is entirely the result of a compromise between all parties.

At this time, Sheffield was so faceless that Rose made a note of the other party in his heart.

And Colton on the side also smiled bitterly, although Colton and Sheffield belong to the two armies, but in fact, they have a good personal relationship, and it is really difficult to see an old friend who does not give face to his boss so much, he is caught in the middle.

"Hehe, this is natural, it just so happens that I recently asked the Weapons Department to compile a list, all of which are new products that Osborne is going to launch to the allies, if a few generals don't dislike it, you can go with me to take a look" Osborne saw that the atmosphere dared to fight, so he said roundly, for Sheffield's words, he was also extremely unhappy in his heart, but the good cultivation and the city government, so that he did not show the slightest dissatisfaction, and he would not deliberately target this guy, because there was no need.

Sheffield itself is at a disadvantage, not to mention the military, and it has offended Ross, the Pentagon boss, can it be good?

At this time, Chris was more interested in what kind of force Ross was talking about.

"Then I'll trouble you" Although General Rose's good mood was ruined by Sheffield, he also knew that it was not the time for an attack, nodded and walked ahead.

"Herbert (General Sheffield), you shouldn't say that, General Ross is the chief officer in charge of this arms purchase." Colton, who was following behind, whispered to General Sheffield.

"But I am the supreme commander of this unit, Joe, I need to be responsible for the soldiers under my command, the weapons are the lives of the soldiers, if the weapons are not up to standard, I will definitely not agree to procure," General Sheffield said coldly.

General Colton couldn't help but feel helpless, of course he knew that he was responsible for the soldiers, but was this a reason to slap the big guy in the face? In the face of his old friend's stubbornness, he really didn't know what to say.