At night, at the port on the west coast of South America.
Two freighters slowly docked and stopped at the berth of the port.
Under the cover of the night, containers were unloaded from the freighters by the port crane, placed on the back of heavy trucks, and driven to the military base about five kilometers away from the port.
On another slightly smaller freighter, soldiers in kinetic skeletons stepped off the deck, landed at the port, and boarded the military trucks that had been waiting for a long time. They followed the convoy of heavy trucks to the military base of Celestial Trade.
Tumaco, a port town located on the border between South Colombia and Ecuador, had a population of less than 2,000.
After the end of the Colombian Civil War, South Colombia President Timochenko signed a "Cross-regional Economic Development Zone Agreement" with Celestial Trade, which allocated 740 square kilometers of land from Tumaco to the Ecuadorian border to Celestial Trade as a special economic zone.
According to the content of the agreement, under the premise of abiding by the Colombian Constitution, Celestial Trade had a certain degree of autonomy, including setting tariffs and stationing troops. In contrast, Celestial Trade promised South Colombia to increase the GDP of the special economic zone to 50 billion Xin New dollars within ten years and maintain a growth rate of 5% for 50 years.
At the same time, Celestial Trade used the space elevator as a bargaining chip to "lease" 260 square kilometers of land from Ecuador. However, the land was not in place yet. The Ecuadorian government said that the special economic zone contract would only be officially signed after the second phase of the space elevator project began.
Similar to the establishment of the New Malaysia Special District, by establishing a special economic zone in the border area, both countries could benefit from this special zone, so that neither side could leave Celestial Trade. It could not only strengthen the regional influence of Celestial Trade, but also obtain direct economic income. The same special zone was established on the border between Moro and Country F earlier, and it was now operating well.
With the completion of the special zone port, Celestial Trade's army also began to land in South Colombia in batches.
In less than a month, more than 10,000 Celestial Trade soldiers had arrived in South America and stationed at the Tumaco military base.
Among them, 7,000 were Celestial Trade Foreign Corps, mostly from Moro, Madagascar, Ukraine, Central Africa, and other places. The other 3,000 were Celestial Trade's regular army, and the technological content of their weapons and equipment represented the highest level of Future Military …
It also represented the highest level in the world.
It was not only Celestial Trade personnel who patrolled the port, but also soldiers in South Colombia uniforms.
While Celestial Trade stationed troops in South Colombia, it also took over 4,000 South Colombian recruits.
This was the request made by South Colombia's President Timochenko during the negotiations in the special district. Out of consideration to increase the combat effectiveness of his allies, Jiang Chen gladly accepted the proposal. With the help of Celestial Trade instructors and the virtual reality training system, these recruits would familiarize themselves with the scythe drone, S1 kinetic skeleton, and all the military equipment displayed at the defense exhibition.
In the commander's office of the military base, Cai Deye looked at the list in his hand and frowned slightly.
"Two hundred NS-90s? What is this NS-90? Why haven't I heard of it? "
"It's normal that you haven't heard of it." Standing in front of his desk, the man with a crew cut said, "This is a land combat robot newly developed by Future Military. The confidentiality level was just lowered from S to B yesterday, and it has been officially deployed to all levels of forces."
Cai Deye's expression was slightly surprised.
He had heard a long time ago that Future Military was researching a pure AI robot soldier that could replace flesh and blood at an affordable cost, but he did not expect the results to come out so soon.
"Is there going to be a war?" Cai Deye said solemnly.
"You can say that." The man nodded. "The international situation is unpredictable, and the intentions of the higher-ups are not clear, but the deployment has already begun. You are on the front line. Whether there is a war or not, you must be prepared here. You should understand what I'm trying to say. "
Cai Deye put the list of weapons and equipment worth hundreds of millions of Xin New dollars into the drawer, then looked at the man standing in front of his desk and nodded seriously.
"I understand."
"As long as you understand." The man nodded. "This way, I can go back to New Moon Island to report."
…
The chaos caused by the election results lasted for a full five days.
It wasn't until Christmas approached that people slightly let go of the hostility in their hearts and stopped the meaningless struggles and the relentless pursuit of dissidents.
It turned out that there was no crack that time could not repair. The Georgia militia announced its disbandment, although the leader of the militia repeatedly said that if necessary, they would gather again under the flag at any time. The demonstrators who clamored for the establishment of the Republic of California also dispersed and began to return to their daily commutes.
All of his impulses ended up with nothing in the end.
After all, in any case, life had to go on. Even if they were unwilling, they could not change the fact that that person had been elected.
However, just when everyone thought that everything was over, the aftermath of this farce did not stop.
On Christmas Eve, Wall Street gave Trump a big gift. The USD index plunged by 2% at the opening. Then, led by the Dow Jones Index, the global stock market plummeted. It seemed to be rehearsing for the economic crisis in a few months …
In the morning, after washing up, Jiang Chen came to the dining room.
Other than Natasha, who slept too late and couldn't get out of bed, Xia Shiyu and Ayesha were almost done.
Ayesha put away her plate, got up, and walked to the kitchen. When she passed the dining room door, she gently tiptoed and pecked Jiang Chen's face. Jiang Chen savored the soft touch on his face, pulled out a chair, and sat at the table.
"Did you see the news this morning?" Xia Shiyu said in a casual tone while wiping the corner of her mouth with a napkin.
"Not yet, what's wrong?" Yawning, Jiang Chen picked up today's Wall Street Journal from the side, glanced at the headlines printed on the cover, and couldn't help but laugh. "The Dow Jones Index closed dismally, and NASDAQ collapsed? How did Wall Street start to play this kind of performance art? "
The aerospace sector died collectively. It seemed that the UA themselves knew what the expected bankruptcy of joining the Earth Defense Alliance meant to them.
"Are you still going to send those astronauts back?" Xia Shiyu asked casually.
"Why not? Are you going to keep them for the New Year? "Jiang Chen said.
"Speaking of which, why do I feel that you are not surprised by Trump's election? We threw a lot of chips on John F. Kennedy. " Looking at Jiang Chen's playful look, Xia Shiyu curled up her lips and said in a mocking tone, "I thought you would be more depressed."
"Depressed?" As if he heard something funny, Jiang Chen laughed, flipped the newspaper in his hand, and said in a relaxed tone, "The person who should be depressed will never be me. No matter who is elected, I have prepared all the necessary preparations. "
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