"Chennault formed an air force?" When Meng Xiang heard the news, he felt a little toothache. Especially when he heard the name of this flying team, he couldn't cry or laugh.

At the beginning, he gave the name of the Flying Tigers to the International Flying Team in the Vanguard Army, so that Chennault naturally would not call the Flying Tigers when he chose the name again. Maybe it was to compare with the Flying Tigers of the Vanguard Army, or maybe there was a reference from Mrs. Jiang behind them, they actually took the name "Flying Dragons", which made Meng Xiang's mind feel a little confused for a while. It's a pleasant name, and it's not as good as the Flying Eagles.

Although the name made Meng Xiang a little funny, he had to pay attention to this air force team.

Since Chennault could get more than a hundred planes and bring in more than a hundred American pilots at once, it would be impossible without the nod of the US government behind his back.

The Flying Tigers in history were replaced by the active support of the Americans after Soviet Russia had an unpleasant quarrel with Lao Chiang, and after withdrawing those Soviet versions of the Flying Tigers. There is also the acquiescence of the US government behind it.

Later generations said that the Flying Tigers enjoyed a good salary, and when the highest monthly salary of the American Army Airlines pilots in 42 years was $347, the monthly salary of the Flying Tigers had reached $600, so they were mercenaries, and some things were supposed to be. But Meng Xiang has a certain respect for this Flying Tigers.

If it weren't for their participation, China's losses during the Anti-Japanese War would have been even greater. Not only did they join more than 100 pilots, but they also boosted the morale of the Japanese people and made the Japanese have more scruples about the United States behind them. In terms of tactics, when the Huaxia Air Force suffered heavy losses and was unable to defend the sky, the addition of this group of new forces also somewhat blocked more bombing by the Japanese.

Of course, they don't come with international friendship, so they naturally need to be paid a certain amount. Fighting for the country in the United States and fighting for other countries in China are naturally not the same salary. Moreover, in the U.S. flying corps, under the protection of the army, the danger is much lower than in the Chinese battlefield. Naturally, the remuneration is also different.

Although the central government at the time spent millions of dollars a year to feed, it was definitely worth it.

Including those pilots sent by Soviet Russia to aid China, there is no need to investigate their background and purpose too much, and they should only look at their actions, which still needs to be awe-inspiring. For example, if someone else has helped you, it is very emotional to only explore the motivation of others to help you, and ignore the fact that others have helped you.

It's just that in this time and space, the vanguard army has already controlled the sky of Huaxia, and the motive for the establishment of the Flying Tigers is worth speculating.

It turns out that historically, the US government has acquiesced behind the scenes, and most of the more than 100 pilots are reserve officers, and there are also some active duty pilots who have become retired pilots. At that time, the Americans had already felt the aggressiveness of the Japanese, and this team that voluntarily accepted the hiring was actually a testing ground for the Americans to test the tactics of the Japanese.

Without this intention, Chennault, no matter how capable he was, would not have been able to do such a thing that would affect the relations between the two countries.

But at this time, Meng Xiang had already vaguely felt that the purpose of forming this Flying Dragon Team was also partly for the vanguard army.

Of course, Lao Chiang's reason for claiming that the sky above the head of the Central Army needs to be protected also means something like that. At this time, the vast majority of pilots in China flowed into the vanguard army, and there were only more than 200 air force pilots in the Central Army. In addition to being in Wuhan, Lao Chiang rejected the Vanguard Army's offer to help the Central Army maintain the security overhead.

Among the more than 200 pilots, in addition to some talented people who are interested in the Central Party, there are also some novices who have been trained. The strength is much worse than that of the Japanese or the vanguard army.

Chennault: Their arrival was a timely rain for Lao Chiang. Compared with the strength of the strong flying team, Lao Chiang attaches more importance to the attitude of the US government behind it.

This time, however, the Americans were more active, and in addition to exploring the various tactics of the Japanese in the air, they were more likely to win over Lao Chiang.

Although the Americans were trading more and more with the Vanguard Army at this time, it was still far from Germany, the largest trade leader with the Pioneer Army.

Seeing that German machines were constantly being sent into the joint theater of operations, the Americans, who could only drink some soup, could not help but be anxious.

But this can't be blamed on Meng Xiang, one of the transactions with the Americans is expensive, and the other is that you need to pay cash. What better way to pull goods directly from the Germans than through a copycat company? The machines produced by the Germans were no worse than those of the Americans, so with the exception of some petrochemical machines that were weak in the Germans, which were purchased from the Americans, almost everything else was purchased from the Germans.

Especially when the Germans began to loot Europe, the vanguard army became a stolen army, and by the way, they also took advantage of the fire to loot. The war has devalued many things, and the machines that can't be used in the factory have been disassembled and assembled to the vanguard.

Even the talents that the Americans intended to plunder were abducted by the vanguard army. Of course, because of cultural and language differences, the vast majority of Americans are willing to go to the United States, but the idea of Americans planning to take advantage of the European war to make a lot of war money was knocked out by the vanguard army with the same strong desire to export. Copycat companies and umbrella companies control some of the large arms dealings at low prices, especially the windfall market for ships and aircraft, much to the annoyance of the US arms giants.

"God, what do you see I have found? Someone has offered a million-dollar reward for the headquarters of the copycat company! "In a bar in Texas, a bearded cowboy let out a soprano-like exclamation at this time.

"A million dollars must be mine!" A muscular man next to him clenched his fists and chuckled angrily.

"Then you haven't asked about my gun yet!" A young little cowboy crossed Erlang's legs and said nonchalantly.

"Mexican, you're not convinced?" The muscular man continued to squeeze his fingers and move his muscular body.

"Idiot!" An old man sitting at the bar rolled his eyelids and said disdainfully.

"Old Jack, what are you talking about?" The muscular man stopped, but seemed to have a little scruple about Old Jack, and just dared to drink it.

"He's doing it for your good!" Old John, the bar owner, who had just picked up a large glass of beer at the bar, laughed.

He saw the confused eyes of the muscular man and others, and explained: "In the past year, I have inquired about copycat companies a lot. The prize money has risen from $100,000 to now, but none of them have been able to get it. ”

"Maybe I can!" The little cowboy muttered unconvinced.

"I advise you not to try!" Old John continued to laugh, "You know Red Rock, right? ”

"The Red Rock mercenaries who wiped out a dozen bandits in Mexico, and they said they had tanks and planes?" The little man was surprised and slowly sat up straight.

"By the way, they are for copycat companies. Frequent clean-up of some troublemakers. Old John smiled a little and said, "Not only them, but mercenary groups such as Hellfire and Icewind Dale are all connected to them. In these days, as long as you have money and weapons, there will be people to serve. ”

The crowd was silent for a moment.

"What about Umbrella Corporation?" The bearded cowboy licked his lips and swallowed his saliva before asking in a soft voice.

"Hey, hey! Blackwater and Blackreef mercenaries listen to them. No one in South America bothered them! Old Jack smiled and said disdainfully.

There was silence in the bar again.

As long as you drop your weapon, there are people who will play with your life these days.

There are too many shadows in this world, and Meng Xiang not only wants to control the power of ordinary society and high society, but even the power of the dark society, he also needs to control it. The shadow companies in his hands have established not only legitimate companies, but also all kinds of negative groups. The arms trade is inevitably associated with sin and darkness. Whether it's a copycat company or an umbrella company, you need to have extra protection.

This can also divert everyone's attention and obscure the origin of the two arms companies. When these mercenaries are not dealt with, they will not be able to get involved in the secrets of the arms company, let alone they have to find the headquarters of the copycat company out of nothing.

And they face many mercenaries.

Just like the umbrella, in addition to the Blackwater Company, which is comparable to the regular army, there are also the Black Reef mercenaries who are full of violence and evil factors.

In addition to a Hongyan company armed with a regular army, there is also a mixed Icewind Valley.

For those crimes, Meng Xiang also needs his own voice to formulate new rules, so many crimes are also involved, using his own rules to interfere with and even restrain the underground forces of this world. Moreover, the underworld also earns huge profits. Specializing in the sale of drugs to Hellfire around the world, it is in contact with both copycat companies and umbrella companies. It is more profitable to buy and sell than to sell arms.

There are some other dark shadows in the activists, weaving an underground network while also feeding Meng Xiang with great wealth. Like those arms profits, they were filled into the huge hole of China's construction, and continued to fill the gap of primitive accumulation.

Of course, some people can also bypass these mercenaries to find out about the two arms companies.

No matter how secret the act is, it can also leave some clues and enable people to get some relevant clues. For example, a lot of their arms come from the vanguard army or from Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. Even the ships under the umbrella came from Southeast Asia or the western Pacific. This has also led many people to look for clues around Southeast Asia.

It wasn't until later, when the Greenland base shared some attention, and even the Alaska base was involved in the dazzling operation, that the attention was taken away from Southeast Asia.

However, the attention to the vanguard has never decreased.

The close ties between Shanzhai companies and the Vanguard Army are well known. Even after the umbrella acquired a lot of land in South America and built a lot of farms, it also hired a large number of Chinese laborers, some of whom were also connected to the vanguard army. Of course, the Pioneers' explanation for the problem of farm labor in South America was that the labor of surplus labor was exchanged for the earlier Nagato-class battleships.

This can barely be explained, but because of the copycat company, the vanguard army who acted as his agent was also linked to it. This also makes those arms giants in the United States hate the house and Ukraine, and do not have much good impression of the vanguard army.

And the American giants in the textile, food, tobacco, and wine industries were also extremely dissatisfied with the vanguard. The Vanguard also robbed them of their business in the world.

Of course, it wasn't all opposition, and the oil giants were very satisfied with the Vanguard spending a lot of money on oil every month. The fuel consumption of the vanguard army was very large, and even self-production could not be completely satisfied. Imported oil is also a basic condition for obtaining petrochemical-related technologies from the Americans.

The steel companies were also satisfied with the Pioneers' purchase of excess blast furnaces and other steel-making equipment, and the railway companies were even more satisfied with the Pioneers' large sums of money to buy their rails and sleepers and other railway facilities. The Japanese did not generally pay a higher price for railroad tracks than the Pioneer Army. They will only buy it for re-smelting at the price of scrap steel.

In this way, the United States still maintains normal relations with the vanguard army under the game of various parties. But the U.S. government is already preparing for the worst. Because the vanguard was too close to the Germans.

When the Germans cut more and more of the cake in Europe, there was bound to be a conflict between the virtues and Germany. At this time, the Americans had to think about the position of the vanguard army. In particular, the 2 million regular army of the vanguard army that overwhelmed the temper of the Japanese should not be underestimated. When the time comes, will these armies endanger their interests in Southeast Asia? Americans don't want them to be in the vanguard when they pick the fruit.

Politics is not a house, some issues must be considered in advance, and even the most serious consequences need to be planned and arranged accordingly, so as not to come to the end of the matter and be in a hurry. At a time when the Chinese people boasted of thousands of years of thick black knowledge of the art of war and were proud of intrigue and intrigue, the Americans had already laid out a global layout and implemented a century-old strategic plan.

At a time when China was pinning its hopes on the sudden inspiration of a generation of great men, Americans and even Westerners used a little bit of planning and stupid methods to take into account many possibilities, and a little bit of layout to relieve one by one of the troubles. Judging from some traces of later generations, there is no shortage of strategic masters in the Americans, and the methods used to strangle their opponents in the global layout are perfect. The fight against the enemy is not limited to military, economic, cultural and other aspects.

In front of the Americans, the Germans fell, the British and French were dragged down, the Japanese wolves were trained as dogs, and the Koreans became stupid sticks, rushing to the front. Soviet Russia, the red empire that once terrified the entire West and made the world tremble, also collapsed in later generations. Until Meng Xiang began his journey through time and space, Huaxia was still strangled by the Americans from all directions.

Some of the bureaus began to be arranged more than 30 years ago, and even during World War II, and in the end they became chains one after another, locking the way for China's development and breakthrough in the economic, cultural, and diplomatic aspects, and the Americans could only be allowed to keep cutting the wool of the world.

In terms of global strategy, China still has a lot to learn from the Americans, even the Soviet Russians, or even the older imperial British. After World War II, in the face of the global wave of national independence, the British were divided into several countries, which made those countries unable to turn over for decades. The whole of Africa is being pressed by the Europeans, and Latin America is being repaired by the Americans.

At this time, the Americans also began to play tricks on the vanguard.

"The Americans probably want to have a force to restrain us, so that we don't have a monopoly on the family, right? This is not in line with their usual claim of opening the door and burying their heads in making money? Meng Xiang touched the stubble on his chin, and said to himself in a little surprise, "A unified country has a broader market." ”

No one will answer such a question. Zhou Bai understands international politics, but is not proficient, Tang Yaoshi is very familiar with the intrigue between domestic forces, and is also very proficient, but he still does not have a thorough understanding of the situation abroad, and is not familiar with the history and culture of various countries, so he can't talk about the grievances and hatreds between them.

At this time, for some foreign things, Meng Xiang mainly made judgments on the basis of the intelligence collected by the intelligence department, with the help of the comprehensive analysis of those experts and scholars in Yiku and the golden fingers of later generations.

The expert advisory group of the Joint Theater of Operations, known as Yi Ku, had already included nearly 100 experts of all kinds at this time. They are usually busy with their own work, and they will have related professional problems that they need to solve and analyze, or there will be small-scale gatherings and analysis from time to time. Jiang Baili is one of the more special military advisers.

Of course, his advisor level is relatively high, it is a first-class. In addition, there are second-level consultants and third-level consultants, corresponding to different permissions to understand things.

However, these systems have only recently been established and are not yet complete. And even if he was a first-level advisor, Meng Xiang couldn't confide in him some secrets about the base and the future. There are many things that you can only think about on your own.

The reason why Soviet Russia and Lao Jiang are hot again, Meng Xiang can guess. The main reason is that after Soviet Russia increased its support for other forces, in one operation after another, it found that it could not pose too much threat to the vanguard army, so it turned to seek cooperation with Lao Chiang. And the layout of the United States as an opponent this time made those experts not accustomed to it, and they could suddenly imagine that the Americans attached so much importance to the vanguard army. This also made Meng Xiang vaguely capture that feeling with the help of the experience of later generations, but he could not analyze it thoroughly.