Chapter 1,444 War Preparations

It's night, a port on the west coast of South America.

The two cargo ships slowly docked and docked at the port's berth.

Under the cover of darkness, containers were unloaded from the cargo ship by the port's bridge crane, placed on the back of the heavy truck, and drove towards the military base about five kilometers away from the port.

On another slightly smaller cargo ship, soldiers wearing exoskeletons walked off the deck one after another, landed at the port, got on the military trucks that had been waiting for a long time, and drove to the Star Ring Trading military base with the convoy of heavy trucks.

Tumaco, a port town located on the border of southern Colombia and Ecuador, has a population of only 2,000 people.

After the end of the Colombian Civil War, President Jimenez of Southern Colombia signed the "Inter-Regional Economic Development Zone Agreement" with Xinghuan Trading, allocating 740 square kilometers of land from Tumaco to the Ecuadorian border to Xinghuan Trading as a special economic zone.

According to the agreement, under the premise of complying with the Colombian constitution, Star Ring Trade has a certain degree of autonomy, including setting tariffs and stationing troops. In contrast, Xinghuan Trading promised Southern Columbia to increase the GDP of the zone to S$50 billion within ten years and maintain a growth rate of 5% within fifty years.

At the same time, Star Ring Trade used the space elevator as a bargaining chip to "lease" 260 square kilometers of land from Ecuador, making up a round number. However, these lands are not yet in place. The Ecuadorian government stated that the special zone contract will not be officially signed until the second phase of the space elevator project begins.

Just like when the New Matt Zone was established, the border area has become a special economic zone, so that both countries can benefit from this zone, so that neither party can do without Star Ring Trade. It can not only strengthen the regional influence of the Star Ring trade, but also obtain direct economic income. Jiang Chen also established the same special zone on the border between Moro and the Philippines earlier, and it is now operating with great success.

With the completion of the SAR port, the Star Ring Trading Army also began to land in Southern Columbia in batches.

In less than a month, more than 10,000 Star Ring soldiers have arrived in South America and stationed at the Tumaco military base.

Seven thousand of them are the Star Ring Foreign Legion, with most of their troops coming from Morocco, Madagascar, Ukraine, Central Africa and other places. The other three thousand are the Star Ring Trade regular army. The technological content of their weapons and equipment represents the highest level of future military industry... …

It also represents the highest level in the world.

Patrolling the port were not only people from the Star Circle trade, but also soldiers wearing Southern Columbia military uniforms.

While Starring Trading was stationing troops in Southern Colombia, it also took over 4,000 Southern Colombian recruits.

This was a special request that President Jimenez of Southern Colombia made to Jiang Chen during the SAR negotiations. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of his allies, Jiang Chen readily accepted this proposal. With the help of the Star Ring Trade Instructors and the virtual reality training system, these recruits will become familiar with the sickle-type drones, S1 exoskeletons and other arms sales equipment exhibited by Future Military Industry at the defense exhibition.

Sitting at the desk in the commander's office of the military base, Cai Deye looked at the list in his hand and frowned slightly.

"Two hundred NS-90s? What is this NS-90? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it," said the man with a shaved head standing in front of his desk. "This is a land combat robot newly developed by Future People's Military Industry. The confidentiality level was lowered from S to B yesterday, and it is officially listed as Equip troops at all levels.”

Cai Deye's expression was slightly surprised.

He had heard a long time ago that the Future Military Industry was researching a pure AI robot soldier with moderate cost that could replace flesh and blood, but he did not expect that the results would come out so quickly.

"Is this going to be a war?" Cai Deye said seriously.

"It can be said," the man nodded, "the international situation is unpredictable, and the meaning of the higher-ups is not yet clear, but the deployment has already begun. You are the front line, and you must be prepared whether there is a fight in the end or not. .

When I say this, you should understand what I mean. "

Putting the arms list listing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons and equipment into the drawer, Cai Deye looked at the man standing in front of his desk and nodded seriously.

"I see."

"It's good that you understand," the man nodded, "This way, I can go back to Crescent Island for business."

…

Chaos over the election results lasted for five full days.

It was not until Christmas was approaching that people finally let go of their hostility and stopped their meaningless struggles and pursuit of dissidents.

Facts have proven that there are no cracks that time cannot repair. Georgia's militia announced it was disbanding, although militia leaders have repeatedly said they would always rally under the flag again if needed. The demonstrators who clamored for the establishment of the California Republic also dispersed one after another and began to return to their daily routine of commuting.

All impulses end in nothing.

After all, life has to go on no matter what. Even if there are ten thousand reluctances in my heart, it cannot change the fact that that person has been elected.

However, just when everyone thought that everything was over, the aftermath of this farce did not stop.

On Christmas Eve, Wall Street gave Trump a big gift. The U.S. dollar index plummeted 2% at the opening. Then, led by the Dow Jones Index, global stock markets fell in response, seeming to be previewing the economic crisis in a few months...

In the early morning, after washing up, Jiang Chen came to the dining room.

Except for Natasha who was still huddled in bed and unable to get up because she went to bed too late, Xia Shiyu and Ayesha had almost eaten.

After putting away her plates, Ayesha stood up and walked to the kitchen. When passing by the door of the dining room, she gently stood on tiptoes and pecked Jiang Chen on the face. After savoring the soft touch on his face, Jiang Chen pulled out his chair and sat at the dining table.

"Have you seen the morning news?" Xia Shiyu said in a casual tone while wiping the corners of her mouth with a napkin.

"I haven't read it yet, what's wrong?" Yawning, Jiang Chen picked up today's book from the side, glanced at the headline printed on the cover, and couldn't help laughing, "The Dow Jones Index closed dismally, and the Nasdaq collapsed collectively? Why is Wall Street starting to engage in this kind of performance art?"

The aerospace sector suffered a collective death. It seems that the Americans themselves know what the expected bankruptcy of joining the Earth Defense Alliance means to them.

"Are you still planning to send those astronauts back?" Xia Shiyu asked casually.

"Why not? Do you want to keep them for the New Year?" Jiang Chen said.

"Speaking of which, why do I feel that you are not surprised at all by Trump's election? We threw a lot of chips at John F. Kennedy." Looking at Jiang Chen's unserious look, Xia Shiyu curled her lips and said: He said in a teasing tone, "I thought you would be more depressed."

"Frustrated?" As if he heard something funny, Jiang Chen laughed, turned the pages of the newspaper in his hand, and said in a relaxed tone, "The person who should be depressed cannot be me. No matter who is elected , I have made all the preparations that need to be made.”