Chapter 881: Investiture Ceremony III

When the mercenary corps discussed the establishment of military ranks, in addition to Thompson and Hunter, Wu Chen's right and left hands, it was natural to award four-star generals, and there were two other military ranks that did not cause a little controversy, one was Foreign Minister Marcas, and the other was Military Police Commander Du Saidi.

Marcus has made great contributions to the mercenary army, and has reached the point of blind obedience to Wu Chen's orders, loyalty is a very important condition, and his own abilities and achievements have also been recognized by everyone. His contribution is mainly reflected in three aspects, one is the development of the economy, one is mineral resources, and the other is the military industry.

Many people may ignore Atlantis International Trading Company, thinking that it is the weakest enterprise in Wu Chen's economic empire, but in fact, Marcus has formed a terrifying sales network all over the world with the help of the huge resources such as ocean transportation and air logistics transportation of mercenary regiments.

He transported fruits, mountain goods, tea, coffee, meat, medicinal herbs, fungi, fresh water, seafood, and other agricultural products from Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as a wide variety of minerals, to developed countries such as North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, and transported mechanical and electrical products, medicines, grain, light industrial products, machinery, electrical appliances, and stationery and sports supplies back to the supply areas, thus realizing the exchange of commodities between countries.

Many countries are willing to deal with mercenary corps, because of this sales network, as long as it is mercenary corps' shipping ships and transport aircraft, it is basically unimpeded, with the help of Atlantis International Trade Company's channels, sanctioned countries can also convert resources into foreign exchange, and European and American countries are all the way to this company.

Marcas controlled the Russian state oil company, had the right to exploit the entire territory of Russia, made a great contribution to ensuring the oil and gas transportation of Ukolan, which was highly appreciated and heartfelt thanks of the Ukolan government, and brought a large amount of foreign exchange to the mercenaries to make up for the financial shortfall.

The military industry of the mercenary corps occupies half of the financial revenue and diplomatic bargaining chips, especially the emergence of the fifth-generation fighter jet, which has completely disrupted the layout of the US government, and the purchase, research and development, production and sales of the mercenary corps military industry are also developed by Marcas, and 70 percent of the weapons and equipment used by the United States and the former Soviet Union are bought by him, which is enough to match the honor of a four-star general.

As for Du Saidi, he may be unknown to the vast majority of countries in the world, but countries that really understand the structure of mercenary corps know his weight. The Intelligence Department, the Operations Department, the Telecommunications Department, the Judge Advocate General's Office, and the Police Department under the Gendarmerie Command control all the people in the Golden Triangle Federation, as well as the mercenary corps, the military, the police, the constitutional, and the special system, and have the power of supervision, arrest, and interrogation, which is of special significance for maintaining the social order of the Federation and the law and order of the army.

More importantly, the gendarmerie unit under the gendarmerie headquarters is also the officer training base of the mercenary corps, and every year a group of officers will be transferred from here to the front-line troops, why is this happening, it is because Wu Chen of the gendarmerie has the highest loyalty, almost blind obedience.

On loyalty, Du Saidi and Marcas are equally famous, and they do not hesitate to implement Wu Chen's instructions without discount, and are known as Wu Chen's No. 1 lackey. In terms of ability and achievements, he trained hundreds of thousands of gendarmes to become guards who obeyed Wu Chen's orders, and this kind of ability is not something that just anyone can do.

Of course, Wu Chen also gave the military police command a very high treatment, the directors of the four major divisions are all major generals, and the military police units are given priority, such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex-1 main battle tank, the front-line combat units have not yet been equipped, but the armored division of the military police is the first to be equipped with this fourth-generation main battle tank.

As soon as the day dawned and the sun had not yet come out, tens of thousands of people gathered at the edge of the square of the federal government office building, and they were still coming, including residents of the Golden Triangle City, residents of other cities, and tourists who came to visit, but they all consciously stood outside the cordon.

Reporters and photographers from various countries were given special preferential treatment, waiting in the filming area within the cordon, and preparing to report with long guns and short guns, and television stations in Europe, the United States, the Gulf countries, Canada, Australia, Russia, Japan, China, and other countries also brought satellite live broadcast vehicles to prepare for live broadcasts. The Federal Ministry of Defence also sent a special reception staff to answer questions from the journalists.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are still six days before the official announcement of the founding of the Golden Triangle Federation to the world, and the ABC will broadcast live to you the Golden Triangle Federal Defense Force Medal Ceremony in front of the federal government office building in the capital Golden Triangle City, which also marks the beginning of the Golden Triangle Federation, as the world's military power, to regularize and reorganize the armed forces and integrate them with the current system of the armies of other countries in the world......," ABC reporter said into the camera lens.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Huaxia National Television will broadcast live to you outside the office building of the Ministry of Defense of the Federal Government of the Golden Triangle today, and today the Golden Triangle Federal Defense Force will award military ranks and award the Medal of Honor for the founding of the country for the first time in the auditorium of the Federal Ministry of Defense behind me."

"Generals who have been in the service for more than seven years will receive the Atlantis Gold Medal of the First Class, generals who have been in the service for more than six years will receive the Silver Medal of the Atlantis Second Class, and generals who have been in the service for more than five years will receive the Bronze Medal of the Atlantis C Class, these three belong to the Order of the Great Ribbon, and they are also the highest honorary medals of the Golden Triangle Federation!"

According to the spokesman of the Federal Ministry of Defense of the Golden Triangle, the ceremony will be presided over by the Federal Minister of Defense, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Army and Air Force, and four-star Army General Thompson, with the assistance of the Chief of the General Staff of the Federal Defense Force, and four-star Army General Hunter. One six-star general, four four-star generals, thirteen three-star generals, 57 lieutenant generals, 324 major generals, and 677 brigadier generals will be awarded, totaling 1,076 generals...... "A reporter from Huaxia State Television said to the camera.

When the first rays of sunlight broke through the sky, sirens sounded in the distance, and all the people present came to the spirit, in the front was the traffic police's courtesy motorcycle, the number was eighteen, representing the eighteen generals, followed by eight electric police cars, representing the eight years of struggle of the Golden Triangle Federation, and in the middle were twenty-eight luxury electric buses, representing the twenty-eight largest cities of the Golden Triangle Federation up to now.

The luxury bus stopped at the entrance of the office building of the Ministry of National Defense, and all the generals lined up after getting off the bus, and there was still an hour before the ceremony officially began. The three four-star generals are in the first row, Akyol cannot appear in public, the thirteen three-star generals are in the second row, and the fifty-seven lieutenant generals are in the third row, but the array is already presented, and the number of major generals and brigadier generals is a bit too much, and the queue is actually a phalanx.

The standard uniforms of the Federal Defence Forces have not yet been officially changed, and only the honor guards of the three services have been replaced with new uniforms, which will not take place until after the award ceremony. And this time, the generals' brand-new dresses won a round of applause from the onlookers, and the twinkling gold stars and olive branches also dazzled everyone's eyes.