Chapter five hundred and ninety-nine, the umbrella unit, an armored infantry brigade
For almost all citizens, unless it really happens, it can only be a guess. Only those who truly stand at a certain level can certainly be sure of whether the outbreak occurs. Compared with other countries, the United States has not been established for a long time and the frequency of wars is not low. In addition, with the existence of the military-industrial complex, whether a war will be fought or how long it will last is a completely certain thing.
Since Alice formed an alliance with Northrop Grumman, she has also been able to obtain information in real time from regular large arms dealers. Based on the past two years, three or four years, the Ministry of Defense has continuously changed the military model, if war occurs again, the attack method can be inferred. Although in terms of historical evaluation, the media will say that the Gulf War opened the door to a certain new world, for the actual participants, this kind of matter will be known in advance.
The Gulf War officially began on January 17, 1991. In this service, the troops of many countries sent more than 600,000 troops, while in Iraq it was more than 800,000. The result of the war was that in the total timeline of a month, more than 200 people were killed and nearly 700 people were injured, and more than 25,000 people were injured in Iraq and more than 75,000 people were injured, thus officially creating a novel modern war model.
But the entire prelude appeared one after another 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" defense operation to prevent Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia. At that time, two U.S. Navy fleets led by the USS Eisenhower and the USS Independence entered the combat area.
When the operation ended, the US military had already garrisoned 500,000 local troops, and many countries 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 lead to turmoil in the world economy, and the nearby European countries cannot be viewed from the wall.
Alice does not have an air force, nor does it have a large number of armored vehicles, tanks and helicopters. She only has a mercenary force with a size of 3,000 people, named as security. Even if Blackwater has purchased some helicopters and armored vehicles from General Dynamics and other companies, it is at most an ordinary armored infantry brigade. In the upcoming Gulf War, there is very limited room for actual play.
But what I want is to join in the fun. The real Blackwater Company only started to officially open in 1998. After the 9/11 incident, it quickly emerged with the wind of the Afghan war. Of course, its real role in the war is very limited, but it is this limited role in a national war that has been enough to make its reputation as a company resounding all over the world.
So in today's Gulf War, Alice was willing to make a move. Even if she could not send a large number of F35 attacks on the ground, it would be good to let the infantry do laser guidance on the ground.
Akaman immediately presented the full list of the current Blackwater Company's strengths.
As early as when the company was established, in order to accelerate the end of the Iran-Iraq War, then President Reagan and George W. Bush, who was still vice president, provided him with two thousand elite retired soldiers. Digested this power was enough to make the entire Blackshui do his best. Therefore, when Alice received this report now, the total number of employees was only 3,000.
But they are undoubtedly elite. With the original two thousand people as the core, and then recruiting one thousand people with the same source, all infantry of this brigade retired from the Marines, Navy SEALs and Delta Special Forces, and internal ranks are divided according to actual capabilities. It can be said that as long as the corresponding hardware and arms are matched, they can immediately exert their standard elite US military-level combat effectiveness!
So, after passing through the list of snipers in as many as one company, Alice still focused on the company's hardware facilities.
There are canine training companies, and the company has also established an armored vehicle branch, specializing in the production of "Grizzly" armored vehicles. The current total capacity is twenty. As long as there is a demand, it can be started efficiently at any time. Based on the gifts when giving away the two thousand soldiers, plus the later purchases, the company currently has a total of twenty Black Hawk helicopters, eight Chinook helicopters, three Apache armed helicopters, and two Osprey transport aircraft.
"Well, I believe that the generals of the Ministry of Defense will be happy to join this kind of combat power, although the overall strength needs to be improved. In addition, Akaman, I have an idea here."
As soon as Alice's tone was heard, Akaman knew that she had a trick again: "Haha, do you want to drive those two submarines over?"
No one asked her how she obtained the submarine soldiers. After all, the situation in the Soviet Union is now in a corruption. It is certainly not impossible to say that the rich woman uses money to open the way to win people's hearts. But obviously, it is definitely the stupidest idea to participate in the submarine war. After Akaman said that, everyone just smiled.
"It's actually about the company merger, Uncle Levier, I want to combine the protective umbrella and the black hydration together."
The sudden decision made everyone present stunned. Wuya and her father were naturally the people they cared about the most, and immediately asked Alice what her plan was.
"Simply put, it is literally. I want to merge companies that can be merged to reduce unnecessary redundancy in the management process. At present, the Umbrella Company has two business areas, one is ongoing pharmaceutical research and development, and the other is computer research and development. Both above and below ground and underground research institutes in Exeter are under it. So, I also want to make Blackwater fall under it and manage it in a unified manner."
The crowd looked at each other. Wuya and his daughter immediately fell into deep thought, while Sophie immediately figured out the interests of Alice's decision. Ashley sat aside and watched the fun. Monica, who followed along the way, and Brody, the bodyguard at the door, were acting as the door posts. What was the situation like to merge Blackwater Company and the protective umbrella?
"Mr. Spencer is now the nominal e-mail of the umbrella. He is actually responsible for things in the pharmaceutical field, which is exactly the marketing field, and is equivalent to the marketing director." As Alice's full-time F, Sophie is very familiar with the personnel and business composition of its subsidiaries.
"So he has no right to interfere in the development of medicine and biological research. As the director of the laboratory, Ewendelov's actual status is equivalent to that of him. Similarly, there is also the computer research center in Exeter, and the actual head of the computer research center, Harlipnes, does not need to be responsible to Spencer. They are just hung under the name of a protective umbrella, just like the relationship between the federal government and the states."
Alice raised her hand and said, "Spencer is the president, I personally am the federal constitution, and everyone will listen to me."
Everyone chuckled. With Sophie's brief explanation, Akaman quickly gained a more intuitive personnel understanding of the company. He nodded and said, "Classing Hei Water as a security industry subsidiary of the Umbrella Company is indeed conducive to integrated management. Moreover, because the industries are very different, there is no need to worry about monopoly litigation in related industries. So if Sophie wants to merge, our changes in shares will be."
"Hei Shui is not a listed company. The current share composition is mainly Alice. You and Wu Miya each account for a part, and then a small number of core employees such as veteran instructors hold. So the actual operation of the merger is that you submit your respective shares, divide them into the corporate funds of the umbrella company in writing, and then to you. That is, you will become shareholders of the umbrella, and Hei Shui is established by you using the umbrella funds."
This is a very wonderful shareholding relationship, which is actually similar to the Japanese consortium formation method, that is, the problem of mutual shareholding among different companies. It is clearly under Mitsubishi and belongs to Mitsui, but there are still problems of competition with each other, which is a phenomenon that Japan and even many large consortiums do.
After such a paper property change, the Akaman and his daughter will become nominal shareholders of the umbrella, and Hei Shui will also be nominally affiliated with the umbrella company. However, in actual operations, except for the Akaman and Alice, no one else can command Hei Shui. Similarly, the Akaman and his daughter have no right to interfere in the operation of other umbrella businesses, because their holdings in the company are all used to "invest and develop" the subsidiary Hei Shui International.
This is the so-called consortium. Although the companies are all in one place, everyone can rely on nominal holdings and working together to seek development. If it is a big deal between different industries, it is a super trust of Standard Oil and other countries. The anti-monopoly law focuses on this type of situation.
"So, Uncle Leviel, while our calendar hasn't turned to the next year, change the lg on the staff uniforms and arms."
In this way, Alice smiled badly and said, "The chest of the top, the side of the armored vehicle, the helicopter's hatch and propeller, quickly apply the red and white lg of our protective umbrella?"
"Then, be ready to join the Gulf War!"
Chapter completed!