Lake Donuzlav, a lake in the Koryvia region of Ukolan, was once the southern naval base of the Ukolan Navy, capable of parking large ships in addition to aircraft carriers, and was of strategic importance second only to the Sestopol naval base. On the southern shore of the lake, there is an abandoned air base, but now it has become a testing ground for the mercenary aviation research and development institute.

The current mercenary corps is the protector of Ukolan, strictly speaking, Ukolan no longer has its own army, the navy and air force are directly stationed in the mercenary corps, only the border troops of the army and the capital guard force remain, the total number of more than 20,000 people, as many as 200,000 new troops in the territory, subordinate to the Eastern European corps of mercenaries.

When the former Soviet Union collapsed, Ukolan received extremely rich assets, according to official information, about 6,500 tanks, more than 7,000 armored vehicles, nearly 2,000 aircraft, more than 7,000 artillery pieces, and 350 warships.

In terms of tanks, there are more than 340 T-80 main battle tanks, more than 1,000 T-72 main battle tanks, more than 2,000 T-64 main battle tanks, and in terms of armored vehicles, there are more than 200 BTR-60 armored transport vehicles, more than 1,000 BTR-70 armored transport vehicles, and nearly 500 BTR-80 armored transport vehicles, as well as a large number of BPM series infantry fighting vehicles and BMD series paratrooper fighting vehicles. These obsolete equipment mercenaries are out of sight, and most of them are mothballed.

More than 340 T-80 main battle tanks and more than 1,000 T-72 main battle tanks, more than 1,000 BTR-70 armored transporters and more than 400 BTR-80 armored transporters, as well as a small number of self-propelled guns and towed guns, were used, all of which were deployed on the border between Ukolan and Russia.

In addition to the aircraft sold to mercenaries, Ukolan has more than 100 Su-25 attack aircraft and more than 200 Tu-16 Badger twin-engine high-subsonic strategic bombers, 200 MiG-29 twin-engine air superiority fighters and more than 100 Su-27 Flanker all-weather heavy fighters, and more than 100 Il-76 tactical transport aircraft. These fighters and bombers were all transferred to the aviation command of the mercenary regiment, and Ukolan himself had only more than seven hundred helicopters.

Due to Wu Chen's intervention, the 587 KH-55 and KH-55SM cruise missiles inherited by Ukolan were not handed over to Russia for exchange of resources, nor were they destroyed, and all of them were equipped with the strategic bomber unit of the Mercenary Corps Air Force in Ukolan.

Out of consideration for supporting mercenaries, the U.S. government at that time did not pursue such troubles, anyway, the Golden Triangle International Security Company at that time did not have nuclear warheads, and the power of these cruise missiles was greatly reduced.

After Marcas's plane arrived at the Sestopol naval base, it settled Lan Jieying, took a helicopter to the air base, and soon met the members of the American expert group who had arrived.

It was a team of two dozen people, including the Department of Defense, the Air Force and Northrop, with the presence of Selena from the C.I.A. and the U.S. ambassador to Ukolan.

"Your U.S. government and military are really careful enough, but they also have no confidence in the strength of their own superpower, we just copied the shape design and dimensions of the B-2 strategic bomber, which attracted you to come over and have to do an inspection, it really makes me speechless, is it an old-fashioned strategic bomber of more than ten years, for you to be so proud, can't others have their own stealth strategic bomber?" Marcas was full of confidence and did not give the expert group any good looks.

"Mr. Marcas, although the B-2 stealth strategic bomber has been in service for more than ten years, it is still the most powerful killer equipment in the world, this incident involves the core interests of the United States and the top secret of the military, we cannot be more careful, please forgive me if the offense is made, as long as the matter is satisfactorily resolved, the US government will make reasonable compensation to the Golden Triangle International Security Company." This was stated by the deputy secretary of the Ministry of the Air Force.

Marcus is a well-known arms trade tycoon in the world, holding the right to sell all the weapons and equipment of the mercenary corps, the right to sell all the weapons and equipment of the Ukolan military industrial complex, the right to sell weapons and equipment in Russia, and the right to sell weapons and equipment in the United States and European countries.

Marcas not only has close relations with arms dealers from all over the world, but also has close relations with many big figures in the US government, especially with the current US president, has a very deep personal relationship, and the Golden Triangle International Security Company once funded a large amount of money for the presidential election, so even the dignified lieutenant general and deputy minister did not dare to provoke him easily.

In the final analysis, this is still a matter of the state, that is, a matter of work, and it is not a matter of offending a guy with a strong background for these reasons. What's more, the generosity of the Golden Triangle International Security Company is a fact known in the circles of the US government and the military, and if you have a good relationship with Marcas, you will definitely get a rich reward.

"This base once represented the glory of the former Soviet Union, but unfortunately, now it has become a special place for testing aircraft, where you can enjoy many classic fighters of the former Soviet Union, and there are not many opportunities to do so." Marcus said with a smile.

The airfield of this abandoned air base has a 4,000-meter main runway and two 3,000-meter secondary runways, which can take off and land all large military aircraft, including the world's largest An-225 strategic transport aircraft.

The apron is newly built and very large, and the site is flanked by rows of hangars and workshops, with multiple reinforced concrete hangars and several modern thermostatic hangars, which are capable of resisting conventional bomb attacks.

In a corner of the tarmac, dozens of Tu-16 Badger twin-engine high-subsonic strategic bombers are parked, which is a very backward model of the former Soviet Union, in fact, it is a product of the same era as the American B-52 strategic bomber, but the technology and performance are far behind, only nine tons of bomb load, the maximum range of 7,200 kilometers, and the B-52 has a bomb load of more than 30 tons, and the Tu-95 also has a bomb load of more than 20 tons, and the range is more than 10,000 kilometers.

"Mr. Marcas, why do you want so many backward bombers that have long been decommissioned? I see that there are still a lot of technicians and workers, and it seems that they are doing modifications, isn't this a waste of manpower and material resources? Selina said in surprise.

"It's very simple, you also know that the mercenary corps started by picking up junk and buying second-hand goods, this is our old business, modification is for sale, although this strategic bomber is useless to the mercenary corps, but there are still many countries that do not have this kind of equipment, and it can be used for ten or twenty years for repair, I am ready to buy all the Tu-22M strategic bombers in Russia for modification, if you want to sell it in the US government, you can also sell it as scrap metal."

"The former Soviet Union manufactured more than 2,000 of these Tu-16 Badger twin-engine high subsonic strategic bombers, although most of them began to be retired more than 30 years ago, but when I was looking for treasure in the aircraft cemetery, I actually turned out a lot of this type of aircraft, plus this batch of Ukolan, the total number should reach 600, and 300 can be made up of dismantling parts, even if each is 10 million US dollars, it is also an income of 3 billion US dollars, and there are a large number of countries rushing to buy it." Marcus said triumphantly.