The Goddess Shines on America

For almost all citizens, unless a country wants to launch a war, it can only be guesswork. Only those who have really reached a certain height can be sure of whether it will break out or not. Compared with other countries, the United States has not been established for a long time, but the frequency of wars is not low. Coupled with the existence of the military-industrial complex, it is completely certain whether a war will be fought and how long it will last.

Since Alice formed an alliance with Northrop Grumman, she can also get real-time information from regular large-scale arms dealers. According to the fact that the Ministry of National Defense has continuously changed the military model in the past two years, three or four years, if there is another war, the attack method can also be guessed. Although in terms of historical evaluation, the media will say that the Gulf War opened the door to a certain new world, but for the actual participants, this matter was known how long in advance.

The Gulf War officially started on January 17, 1991. During that time, the multinational force dispatched a total of more than 600,000 troops, and Iraq had more than 800,000 troops. As a result of the war, in the total timeline of one month, the coalition forces killed more than 200 people and wounded nearly 700 people, and the Iraqi army killed more than 25,000 people and wounded more than 75,000 people. Modern Warfare mode.

But the whole prelude had been on stage as early as the summer of the previous year. As early as 8:00 pm on August 2, 1990, the United States launched the "Operation Desert Shield" defensive operation to prevent Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia. At that time, two US Navy fleets headed by the USS Eisenhower and the USS Independence entered the combat zone.

When the operation ended, the US military stationed there had reached 500,000 troops, and multinational forces had already formed formations around the battlefield. After all, this is the Middle East. The civil war between the two major oil-producing countries will cause turmoil in the world economy, and the European countries that cannot be close will stand by and watch.

Alice does not have an air force, let alone a large number of armored vehicles, tanks, and helicopters. All she has is a mercenary force of 3,000 people in the name of security. Even if Blackwater buys some helicopters and armored vehicles from companies such as General Dynamics, it is at most just an ordinary armored infantry brigade. In the upcoming Gulf War, the actual room for use is very limited.

But what I want is to join in the fun. The real Blackwater Company only started its official business in 1998. After the 9/11 incident, it rose rapidly with the wind of the war in Afghanistan. Of course, its real role in a war is very limited, but its limited role in a national war is enough to make its reputation as a company resound all over the world.

Therefore, in today's Gulf War, Alice did her part to intervene. Even if a large number of F-35s cannot be sent to attack the ground, it is good to let the infantry do laser guidance on the ground.

Akaman immediately presented a list of all the strengths of the current Blackwater Company.

As early as when the company was established, in order to speed up the end of the Iran-Iraq War, President Ronald Reagan and Vice President Bush Sr. provided it with 2,000 elite veterans. Digesting this amount of power is enough to make the entire Blackwater do its best, so when Alice gets this report now, the total number of employees is only 3,000.

But they are undoubtedly elite. Taking the original 2,000 people as the core, and recruiting another 1,000 people from the same source, this brigade-sized infantry is all retired from the Marine Corps, Navy SEALs, and Delta Special Forces, and will conduct internal training according to actual capabilities. division of titles. It can be said that as long as the corresponding hardware and ammunition are fully equipped, they can immediately display the standard elite US military-level combat effectiveness!

Therefore, after Alice skimmed through the list of snipers that amounted to one company, she still focused on the company's hardware facilities.

There is a dog training company, and the company has also established an armored vehicle branch company, which specializes in the production of "Grizzly" armored vehicles. The current total number of trains is 20. As long as there is demand, it can start efficient production at any time. Based on the gift of the two thousand soldiers, plus the later purchases, the company currently has a total of twenty Black Hawk helicopters, eight Chinook helicopters, three Apache gunships, and two Ospreys Transport aircraft.

"Well... I believe the generals of the Ministry of National Defense will be happy to join such a force, although the overall strength needs to be improved... Besides, Akaman, I have an idea here."

Hearing Alice's tone, Akaman knew that she had another trick: "Hehe, don't you still want to drive those two submarines over?"

No one has asked her how she got the submarine soldiers. After all, the current situation in the Soviet Union is corrupt. It is certainly not impossible for the little rich woman to use money to buy people's hearts. But obviously, joining the war with submarines is definitely the stupidest idea. After Akaman finished speaking, everyone just smiled.

"It's actually about the merger of the company, Uncle Levi, I want to combine the umbrella and the black water."

The sudden decision to get up stunned everyone present. Maiya and her father were naturally the ones who cared the most, and immediately asked Alice one after another what her plan was.

"To put it simply, it literally means that I want to merge companies that can be merged to reduce unnecessary redundancy in the management process. At present, the umbrella company has two businesses, one is ongoing pharmaceutical research and development and Sales, one is computer research and development, and Exeter's ground and underground research institutes are both under its umbrella. So, now I also want Blackwater to be under it for unified management."

A group of people looked at each other in blank dismay. Maiya's father and daughter immediately fell into deep thought, while Sophie immediately pondered the stakes of Alice's decision. Ashley just sat and watched the excitement, while Monica and Brody, the bodyguard at the door, were all acting as the door. column. What kind of situation is it like to merge Blackwater and Umbrella?

"Mr. Spencer is now the nominal CEO of the umbrella, and he is actually in charge of things in the medical field. He refers to the marketing and sales field to be precise, which is equivalent to the marketing and sales director." As Alice's full-time CFO, Sophie is responsible for the personnel business of each company The composition is very familiar.

"So he has no right to interfere with the research and development of medical biology. As the director of the research room, Ivan Deloof has the same status as him. Similarly, there is the computer research center on the ground in Exeter, the actual person in charge Harry Pu Ness isn't accountable to Spencer either, they're all under an umbrella, just like the federal government is with the states."

Alice raised her hand and said, "Spencer is the president, and I am the federal constitution. Everyone should listen to me~"

Everyone chuckled, and with Sophie's brief explanation, Akaman quickly had a more intuitive understanding of the company's personnel. He nodded and said: "Listing Blackwater as the security industry subsidiary of the umbrella company is indeed conducive to integrated management, and because the industries are very different, there is no need to worry about monopoly lawsuits in related industries. So Sophie, if we want to merge, we will The change in shares is..."

"Blackwater is not a listed company. The current shareholding composition is dominated by Alice, with you and Maiya each holding a share, and core employees such as veteran instructors holding a minority. So the actual operation of the merger is that you submit your respective shares, In writing, it is assigned to the corporate funds of the umbrella company, and then it belongs to you. That is to say, you will become shareholders of the umbrella, and Blackwater is established by you using the funds of the umbrella.”

This is a very wonderful shareholding relationship, which is actually similar to the way Japanese consortiums are formed, that is, the issue of mutual shareholding between different companies. Even though they are both owned by Mitsubishi and owned by Mitsui, there are still problems of competition with each other, which is a phenomenon that occurs in Japan and even many large conglomerates.

After such a paper property change, Akaman's father and daughter will become the nominal shareholders of the umbrella company, and Blackwater will also be nominally affiliated to the umbrella company. But in actual operation, apart from the Akaman father and daughter and Alice, no one under the umbrella can command the Blackwater. Similarly, the Akaman father and daughter have no right to interfere with the operation of other umbrella businesses, because their shareholding in the company is all used for "investment and development" of the subsidiary Blackwater International.

This is the so-called consortium. Although each company is its own, everyone can rely on mutual shareholding in name and cooperate to seek development together. If it's between different industries, it's okay, but if it's a large-scale alliance of similar companies, it's like the super trusts such as Standard Oil back then, and the anti-monopoly law is targeting this category.

"So, Uncle Levi, before our calendar turns to the next year, let's change the LOGO on the staff uniforms and armaments."

In this way, Alice smiled badly: "The chest of the jacket, the side of the armored vehicle, and the hatch and propeller of the helicopter, should you quickly paint all of them with the red and white LOGO of our umbrella?"

"Then, get ready to participate in the Gulf War~!"