Chapter 646 The goodwill released on the wine table

"General Li, introduce yourself, strict, from the general ginseng." The short and fat old man in casual clothes with Ding Huiqiang stretched out his hand to Li Mo and smiled gently.

Ding Huiqiang interrupted at the right time, "Li Mo, this is General Yan. I have a mission to come to Africa this time. By the way, I will come to the embassy to check the work of the military attaché here!"

"Hello, General Yan, welcome to Somalia." Li Mo shook hands with the general of the general. But in my heart, I was guessing the intention of this person.

From Ding Huiqiang's words, Li Mo believed that the general Yan, the general, had a mission to come to Africa, but he came to the Chinese Embassy in Somalia to guide the work of the military attaché, and Li Mo doubted it.

A military attaché is a kind of special diplomat, a diplomatic representative of the national power, and a military assistant to the director of the embassy. Generally, military officers are appointed by the national defense and military departments of the sending country and sent with the consent of the receiving country. When the military officers arrive in the receiving country, they must meet with the competent department of the receiving party before they can start the task.

Taking Huaxia as an example, the military officer is instructed by the General Counselor's Foreign Affairs Bureau to select politically reliable, skilled and decent officers from the whole army. The military rank is generally from colonel to major general. The daily work is under the dual management of the Embassy and the General Counselor's Foreign Affairs Bureau. It is rare to send a general to a foreign country to guide the work of military officers.

Li Mo vaguely guessed something in his heart, but did not express it.

Because there is still a while left, before the banquet starts, several people sat in the reception room and casually talked about some recent events in the world. However, because of each other's identity, some topics involving national foreign policy and ** affairs are not mentioned tacitly.

At 6:30, the dinner party started on time. Except for Li Mo and Fan Qingqing, the people who attended the banquet were all senior officials of the embassy, such as several military officers and counselors such as ambassadors and chief military officers, as well as General Yan, and Colonel Ding Huiqiang of the Military Commission.

No matter where Chinese people go, it is almost customary to talk about things at the dinner table. Li Mo is now an outsider in terms of identity and nationality. But everyone is Chinese. In the process of changing cups, the atmosphere is also lively.

"General Li, last time, due to the mistake of Comrade Huiqiang's work, we got some wrong news and made some attitudes that violated the friendly relationship between the two sides. Here, I apologize to General Li and punish myself." General Yan also keenly grasped the change of the atmosphere on the wine table. His red face suddenly said with a serious look. Then he picked up the glass and drank less than half a sip of Maotai inside.

On Hong Tongtong's face, I can't tell whether it's because of apologies or drinking too much.

But in any case, this strictly speaking sentence and this attitude can explain some problems. Huaxia released goodwill and lowered her posture. It is rare for a general to apologize in person.

Fortunately, this move happened on the wine table, and I was 'half drunk' again. What I said and what I talked about, the advantage is naturally counting. There are drawbacks. Naturally, I lost my words after drunkenness, which is not accurate. But who cares? Just make these words and this attitude. Everyone knows what's going on.

Li Mo picked up the glass and laughed and said, "General Yan's words are heavy. The relationship between the two countries has a long history. Zheng He, a navigator in the Ming Dynasty, had traded with Somalia with his fleet. Our friendship will last for a long time. Where does the crack come from?

Ambassador Wang Gongzan finally paid attention to Li Mo, a young man in a high position. He picked up his glass and smiled, "General Li is right. Come on, toast to Huasuo's friendship!"

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes. A group of people with different minds, like old friends who have been friends for decades, have finished a unique Chinese meal.

After enough wine and food, everyone returned to the reception room. Li Mo is an old smoker. Regardless of the occasion, he took out a pack of cigarettes and took a sip intoxicated.

General Yan held a cup of tea in his hands, gave Song Zhe a wink, and lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

"General Li, there is one thing that our political axe hopes to get the help of your country." The military officer of Song looked at Li Mo and said.

"Oh? Colonel Song, please say it. Li Mo came secretly and nodded with a smile.

"General Li, here's the thing. China's first batch of Aden Bay escort formations have carried out three months of tasks in the Gulf of Aden, and the supplies are out. I hope your country can allow our formation to supply at a port in your country, and all the expenses will be paid by us. Song Wuguan said with sincere eyes. It seems that the escort formation has reached the point of exhaustion.

Li Mo did not agree directly. He meditated for a while and said, "There is nothing wrong with our country's political axe to help your country fight against pirates. However, there are still some questions to discuss about how to supply.

The size of the escort formations sent by various countries to the Gulf of Aden is more than a year ahead of the previous life, and the scale is also much smaller. The main reason is that Somalia is now peacefully reunified, and not many people have joined the pirates. On board, the National Defense Force has attacked the surname several times, and Somali pirates are no longer in the climate. Most of them still operate on several small offshore islands in northeastern Somalia.

And the supplies proposed by Song Zhe, Li Mo knew that this was purely an excuse. Huaxia's escort formation has special supply ships, and the time to carry out the mission is not very long. At most, some fresh water, vegetables and fruits need to be replenished. Other things, such as ammunition and fuel, Somalia can't help.

The main purpose of Huaxia's proposal at this time is to deepen relations with Somalia through supplies.

Because this escort of the Gulf of Aden was approved by the United Nations. Generally speaking, except for the part of each country's own solution, the rest are from neighboring friendly countries. Up to now, Somalia has not provided port supplies to any country. At most, countries only purchase some of their own necessities and transport them by themselves through civilian ships.

And Huaxia's proposal to supply in Somali ports has more advantages than disadvantages for Somalia and China. Somalia now needs the support of major powers, and how to get the support of major powers? It is to have interests. Somalia has always had a good relationship with China. At least the outside world has this impression. The supply of the Huaxia fleet in Somalia has deepened some people's speculation about this 'intimate relationship'. Somalia needs to create this impression for the outside world, and China is naturally willing to declare its existence and relationship in East Africa to the world.

Li Mo and Song Zhe briefly discussed, and finally reached an agreement on the supply of the Aden Bay formation of the Chinese navy. The Aden Bay Escort Formation of the Chinese Navy will send supply ships to purchase supplies directly at the port of Mogadishu. It can also make a list and hand it over to the Somali political axe, but China will have to pay the procurement costs.

The question that Li Mo raised to discuss is that he did not want the Chinese naval battleship to appear in the port of Somalia. The Somali Navy now has only two large missile boats and several modified armed speedboats. If a missile destroyer of the Chinese navy appears in the Somali port, it will not only exaggerate the strength of the Chinese navy, but also the strong impression of China will naturally appear in the minds of the Somali people, which is not good for the Somali political axe and the military.

Just like China in the early 20th century, ordinary people have no intuitive impression of the power of the great powers. What you have heard is passed on by others. But why were most Chinese people afraid of the great powers at that time? The lease of the armies of the great powers in some ports and the "huge" naval warships are an important reason for this phenomenon.

No ruler wants to see others show force in front of them.

After leaving the embassy, Li Mo informed Hussein of the resupply of the Chinese convoy in Somalia and put the general staff responsible for handling the matter.

"Qingqing, why are you so strange about tonight's banquet?" Li Mo looked at all kinds of neon lights in the night market in the southern district through the car window and asked faintly.

"What's so strange?" Fan Qingqing's mind couldn't turn around for a while.

"I thought they would propose some reconciliation methods tonight, such as giving Somalia some compensation. But in the end, it means that the rest is the supply problem of the so-called escort formation. Li Mo frowned and said.

Li Mo's dissatisfaction with Huaxia's repeated 'hurt' his feelings exists, but he will not reject Huaxia's goodwill because of 'feeling'. There are no permanent enemies and friends between countries, only permanent interests. Somalia seems to be powerful, but it is still a weak country in the world. This can't be changed by one or two conflicts and one or two weapons.

Somalia's annual GDP is not as good as that of a province of China. Such a huge gap must be that Somalia is in great need of the help of a country with strong economic strength like China.

It's better to cooperate with Huaxia than with those foreign devils. Although they are all cooperation in interests between countries, China is thousands of miles away, and there are few direct conflicts with Somalia. This is the so-called long-distance close attack.

However, Li Mo also knows that the identities and statuses of both sides are different now. They can't be angry. They should be vigilant.

"Boss, they must understand that they can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. If you act too eagerly, on the one hand, it is easy to arouse our suspicion, and on the other hand, you have to pay a greater price. Fan Qingqing turned his eyes and said a reason.

Li Mo thought it made sense, but it seemed that he was in a hurry. He laughed, hugged Fan Qingqing's head, and took a sip on her delicate face because of drinking.

"Forget it, let's wait and talk about it! Anyway, it shouldn't be me who is the most urgent now. Li Mo finally figured out the doubts in his mind and said with a smile.

Because it was very late, Li Mo did not go to the hotel, but went straight back to his home in the Zongshen villa area.

(to be continued)