Qin Feng laughed when he heard this and said: "Brother Bai, when did this mercenary appear? How come I rarely hear about it in China?"
Domestic news often broadcasts scenes of wars abroad, but there is very little news about mercenaries. Before this, Qin Feng rarely heard anyone mention this term.
"You are ignorant and ignorant."
Bai Zhentian poured himself a cup of tea to moisten his throat and said, "In fact, mercenaries appeared as early as World War II. Do you know the Flying Tigers back then?"
"You mean that during World War II, the flying groups were all formed by Americans in China?"
Qin Feng nodded and said: "I know this. Those Americans have played a big role in the China-Myanmar region, but isn't that international aid?"
Domestic publicity for the American Flying Tigers has always been positive, and there have been many films with this theme in the past few years. The Flying Tigers captain Donald is a well-known hero.
“Fucking international aid!”
Bai Zhentian spat and said angrily: "With Americans' stubborn temper, do you think they are willing to assist our country for free?
The reason why Donald was able to raise a flying team back then was actually because the Kuomintang government spent a large amount of money to allow Donald to poach the US Air Force. They were actually a bunch of mercenaries...
Every time these guys shoot down a Japanese plane, they receive a high reward. Otherwise, how could they risk their lives to fight?
The so-called Volunteer Flying Brigade of the Kuomintang government is just a name to cover up the money they spent to hire Donald..."
"Don't go so far, tell me about what happened this time." Seeing that Bai Zhentian had brought the topic to before liberation, Qin Feng interrupted him.
"It's the mercenary your boy mentioned."
Bai Zhentian stared at Qin Feng. Seeing Qin Feng's nonchalant look, he could only say: "A batch of goods from Raytheon Company was hijacked in the Strait of Malacca, and all the employees on the ship were missing. I am here to investigate this matter."
It’s something.”
"Strait of Malacca? Pirates did it?" Qin Feng was stunned when he heard this. If they dare to rob the world's fifth largest arms dealer, these people don't know if they are ignorant and fearless, or if they have other motives?
Bai Zhentian shook his head and said: "We don't know yet. There is only a vague satellite image, but the possibility of pirates is very high. They probably don't know who owns these goods..."
"How do you say this?" Qin Feng asked.
"This batch of arms does not contain cutting-edge technology. The most lethal ones are rocket launchers, which are weapons that can be completely circulated in the arms market. Except for pirates, it is impossible for any country or region to be interested in these weapons."
Bai Zhentian paused for a moment and then said: "If there are really weapons related to U.S. state secrets, then the people who come to investigate will not be us. But the relevant departments of the United States..."
Although Raytheon is one of the largest defense suppliers in the United States and receives many defense orders every year, it also accepts weapons orders from other countries. Otherwise, it would not be called the fifth largest defense contractor in the world.
Of course, when it comes to the most cutting-edge weapons and equipment jointly developed with relevant U.S. agencies, it is impossible for Raytheon to sell them outside. Weapons that can appear on the market are basically mass-produced goods that have already been mastered by other countries.
"Tell me the whole story."
Qin Feng poured a cup of tea for Bai Zhentian and said with some complaints: "If something happened in Asia, if you didn't go to Xiang Huaxiang and Brother Hao, what's the point of dragging me in?"
"This is Hongmen's internal matter. Can I contact anyone else?"
Bai Zhentian took a sip of tea and said: "It seems that this matter has something to do with Kunsha. If this bastard hadn't surrendered to the government forces and disbanded his own armed forces, this matter wouldn't have happened..."
It turns out that two years ago, Khun Sa, a major drug lord from the Golden Triangle, made a purchase worth 300 million US dollars from Raytheon in the arms market through other people's channels.
Although Raytheon knows that the person who ordered this arms is Kunsha, as arms dealers, for some orders that do not involve high-end secrets, they don't care at all who the real buyer is.
Just like when we were fighting in Iraq, many arms companies were secretly selling arms and weapons to Iraq, including many American arms dealers who were keen on making money.
Therefore, Raytheon did not delve into the background of the person who purchased the arms. In early February this year, Raytheon sent the arms to Asia and temporarily stored them in a military base in the United States.
But what people didn't expect was that during this period, Khun Sa actually disbanded his military armed forces and surrendered to the Myanmar government.
The team has been disbanded, so what's the use of arms? As a result, this huge amount of arms has no next home. Of course, the deposit paid by Kunsha in advance can make up for the freight and other expenses of Raytheon Company's trip.
Item expenses.
Before being able to find a buyer to take over the arms, Raytheon stored the arms in that military base. It was not until recently that it reached an agreement with an African country that the arms were shipped out.
However, this batch of arms was destined to be in trouble. Just as the ship transporting the arms was sailing to the Strait of Malacca, it was suddenly raided by a group of armed men in the middle of the night and the entire ship was hijacked.
"Boss Bai, this ship is full of arms. Don't the people escorting it have weapons?"
After hearing Bai Zhentian's words, Qin Feng felt a little incredible. A shipload of arms worth hundreds of millions of dollars was actually robbed by a gang of thieves. It sounded like a joke.
"There are weapons, but no one would have imagined that something like this would happen."
Bai Zhentian laughed bitterly when he heard this. Although he didn't know the specific situation yet, he could imagine that the useless guards from Raytheon Company who were accustomed to being comfortable were probably having a cocktail party on the ship at that time.
Moreover, there are various types of weapons on the ship, which does not mean that the guards can also be armed to the teeth.
If the opponent has weapons such as rocket launchers, it is also possible for the escort to surrender to the opponent in order to prevent the ship from being hit and exploded.
"Brother Bai, what are you going to do?"
Qin Feng understood the cause and effect of the matter and suddenly felt that it was a bit tricky. Anyone who dared to take such a large sum of arms was either an idiot or a madman, and they were definitely desperadoes.
"First find out who did it, and then make them pay the price!" Bai Zhentian had a trace of cruelty on his face.
In fact, there is one thing that Bai Zhentian has not explained to Qin Feng, that is, these arms transactions were actually facilitated by him. At that time, Bai Zhentian was not the leader of Hongmen.
At that time, the Golden Triangle was in constant war. In order to deal with the encirclement and suppression of the Golden Triangle by Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, Khun Sa, who had an old relationship with Bai Zhentian, found Bai Zhentian.
Kunsha told Bai Zhentian that he was willing to pay a large deposit in order to obtain the weapons they needed through Hongmen, including tank rockets and armor-piercing projectiles.
Just because Hongmen is not in the drug business does not mean that they are not in the arms business. Relying on Raytheon's products, Hongmen has made a lot of money from the arms trade over the years.
After weighing the pros and cons, Bai Zhentian persuaded some elders in Hongmen at that time to approve the arms deal.
Moreover, the sale was said to be from Raytheon Company, but it was actually a contract signed between a small arms company affiliated with Hongmen and Kunsha. The payment for this arms had already been paid by Hongmen to Raytheon Company.
Now that this batch of arms has been hijacked, it is not Raytheon that is actually suffering losses, but Hongmen itself. Someone will always have to take responsibility for losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Therefore, Bai Zhentian, who had not yet secured his position as president, immediately received a lot of criticism and doubts from both inside and outside Hongmen.
Especially those hall leaders who were forced to leave the core of Hongmen were jumping up and down, hoping to use this matter to oust Bai Zhentian from the throne of the president, which also forced Bai Zhentian to come to deal with this matter personally.
"Boss, it's useless to be harsh. You have to find them first."
Qin Feng glanced at Bai Zhentian, who was furious, and asked strangely: "Don't all your ships have some kind of satellite positioning? Why can't you find the lost ship, or even find out the identity of the other party?
"
"There are masters among those involved in this hijacking."
Bai Zhentian's face became solemn and he said: "Our satellite positioning only found that the ship was missing near Malacca. It can no longer be located later. It must be that the other party has dismantled the satellite positioning system..."
"If you don't have any clues, don't you ask me to accompany you to find a needle in a haystack?" Qin Feng's mouth opened wide when he heard this. He had already begun to regret agreeing to accompany Bai Zhentian on this trip for the sake of the two percent share.
You must know that the area of the sea is much larger than that of the continent. A ship may seem large, but in the sea, it is no more than a grain of sand in the desert.
Without specific coordinates, trying to find this ship in the sea really corresponds to the saying of finding a needle in a haystack.
"Do you think Hongmen is made of mud?"
Seeing Qin Feng's exaggerated expression, Bai Zhentian wanted to kick him in the face, and said angrily: "We have notified the Malaysian military, and they will accompany them to search this sea area...
In addition, I also found an Indonesian who had been a pirate. He has a very clear understanding of the distribution of pirates in this sea area. He will serve as our guide when the time comes.
Also, I have transferred the most elite people from Hongmen. They are now in the troubled waters, and they will surely be able to find clues soon..."
Following Bai Zhentian's words, Qin Feng felt that if Hongmen could stand for a hundred years in American society, once the huge machine of Hongmen was in operation, Southeast Asian countries would be turbulent.
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