In a black car near Feldman Airport, Lu Ming and Joseph sat side by side.
The number of aircraft take-offs and landings at the Fairman Airport is not large nowadays, and it is good if there are two or three small private planes every day.
The once weekly tour from Donghai to Antigua has come to an end.
This is also one of the few failed investment projects of Lu Ming.
The main reason is that the security environment in Antigua's inland sea is not good, and the vendors are too unscrupulous when they encounter tourists.
If tourists from Donghai only visit Ferman, how can such a deformed and prosperous city have the appeal of Donghai? Why come here to see the skyscrapers
Therefore, it is inevitable that this tourism project will quickly decline after being popular for a while.
However, Lu Ming's main purpose at the beginning was to conduct exercises for his air force, including long-distance paratrooper raids and landings.
But now the Principality has a vast territory, and military exercises abroad are intended to create unfamiliar combat conditions. But for air force exercises, the Principality's vast sky can fully accommodate them. In addition, with many actual combat operations in Japan, there is no need to use civilian routes for exercises.
"The private plane of Prince Montenegro will arrive soon to pick up Governor Chachai for a visit to Montenegro. You can take a ride, but the private plane will stop in the East China Sea for refueling. If you still hope to seek refuge in the East China Sea, you will have one last chance then." Lu Ming turned his head and said to Joseph.
Joseph nodded slightly.
Just then, one after another green-tarpaulin military trucks were seen speeding over. Some of them drove directly into the airport, while others stopped. From the green-tarpaulin trucks, Mitai soldiers in green camouflage uniforms and armed with live ammunition jumped out, lined up in rows, and began to expel people near the airport.
Some other idlers were also expelled from the airport.
Lu Ming smiled: "Okay, let's go over there!"
The driver was a burly man with a Central Asian face, and the co-pilot was also a burly man with a Central Asian face. They were both guards of "Lee Phraya's" pistol platoon.
Following Lu Ming's words, the black car drove slowly.
The Mitai soldiers who were setting up the checkpoint saw the license plate but did not stop the car.
The car drove directly into the airport from the side door and soon arrived in front of a large, beautifully painted silver airplane.
Lu Ming got out of the car and parked it on a green military jeep a few dozen meters away. Immediately, an old man named Mi Tai with the rank of brigadier general jumped out and ran over quickly.
Lu Ming smiled and clasped his hands together slightly, which is the traditional greeting etiquette of the Mitai people.
"Lord Phraya!" The old man came closer and stretched out his hand to salute in an open military salute, which showed respect but was not the standard military salute between superiors and subordinates.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "General, you have worked hard!"
The person who came was Yuhase, the commander of the Honshu Guards Brigade.
With Lu Ming's support, the Guards Brigade has grown from a ceremonial guard of just over a thousand people to a fully staffed armed force of five thousand people. The military expenses are basically covered by the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce. Naturally, this armed force now safeguards the interests of the people of Zhongzhou.
Governor Chatchai let it go.
The regular army of Antigua and Barbuda consists of twelve brigades, which are controlled by different families and have different numbers and equipment.
Moreover, generally speaking, these brigades with the National Guard numbers are seriously corrupt, and their combat effectiveness is not even better than that of the fierce tribal armed forces, but no matter what, they are state government forces with official numbers.
Of these twelve brigades, ten are stationed on the peninsula.
There are three brigades around the city of Ferman, namely the Guards Brigade, the First Brigade, and the Third Brigade.
The only brigade that Governor Chatchai could command was the First Brigade.
However, the current Guards Brigade has a subtle ally relationship with it.
Governor Chatchai is certainly happy to see this happen.
"There was a group of Sonya people, their IDs were from the Sonya Kingdom Security Department. There were 20 to 30 of them, and they were originally hanging around the airport, but they were driven away by my people!"
General Yuhase spoke seemingly casually, but at the same time he glanced at Lu Ming's black sedan with tightly closed curtains.
Although he was curious, he naturally wouldn't ask.
Lu Ming smiled and pointed behind Yuhase, "Governor Chatchai is here!"
A convoy of four or five vehicles drove over and stopped nearby, and the tall Governor Chatchai got out from the middle vehicle.
This visit to Chachai was private, so there were not many people with him, mainly personal service staff, and he also brought his wife, as if he was going on vacation.
But then he saw the entourage carrying down large and small bags, and a strange look flashed in Yuhase's eyes. Anyone would have the feeling that the governor and his wife seemed to be fleeing.
When Chachai came over and shook hands with Lu Ming, Yuhase walked aside.
Seeing Chachai's worried look, Lu Ming smiled and said, "Relax, Governor. The Principality of Montenegro will always be your solid backing."
Recently, Chachai has been attacked more and more severely by his political opponents, and even many old accounts have been dug up.
His old rival, Ferman Mayor Prasong*, even asked the city's supervisory department to investigate Chachai's relatives.
Lu Ming also knew that Chachai had transferred a lot of his property to the Principality of Montenegro since the beginning of this year.
In fact, Antigua is just a fake democracy, and it is ultimately a family-based model of rotating bankership.
Chachai's defeat was mainly due to the unexpected death of General Sukri, the once prestigious supreme commander of the National Self-Defense Force, which caused him to lose his most powerful ally in the army.
When I first met him, his position was already extremely precarious, so he asked Donghai to send an observation group to intervene in local affairs.
It is not easy to persist until now, and it is all thanks to mobilizing the support of the Central Continent community.
The Central Continent groups, which were originally cautious about politics, represented by the Central Continent Chamber of Commerce, began to actively intervene and provide financial support to politicians who were friendly to the Central Continent people.
"Get on the plane!" Seeing Chachai hesitant to speak, Lu Ming smiled and gestured.
When Lu Ming was accompanying Chachai and his wife towards the aircraft gangway and they passed by Lu Ming's car, Joseph got out of the car.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "I'm a friend of mine. I'll give you a ride."
Chachai glanced at Joseph and said nothing.
Lu Ming smiled. Although Joseph's photos were often in the newspapers, he had shaved off the iconic beard of a Gad man, so he could barely recognize him, assuming that he knew he was a Gad man and was definitely a wealthy man.
Governor Chachai would definitely not think in this direction, and even if he recognized him, it wouldn't matter.
Sooner or later, the news that Joseph had taken refuge in Montenegro would spread throughout the world.
Even if others don't promote it, you still want to promote it. It is very helpful in attracting talents and funds.
However, you have to choose the right time.
General He Yuhase stood and watched the plane take off.
"Phraya, do you think he will come back?" General Yuhasek asked suddenly.
Lu Ming smiled slightly: "It's hard to say. Even if he comes back this time, it's hard to say what will happen next time."
General Yuhase looked at the direction the plane left and said, "I feel that we should move sooner rather than later. This place is getting more and more chaotic, and the Sonyans are reaching out to us. The longer we delay, the more uncertainties there will be."
Lu Ming nodded: "I'll think about it again."
General Yuhase nodded and said nothing more.
Then, the two of them walked towards their own convoys.