Chapter 653 In the name of fighting pirates

At the National Defense Commission, Colonel Luo Xiang was allowed to participate in the meeting.

The main topics of this meeting are two aspects: the first is to form a special force for anti-terrorism operations to carry out special tasks; the second is to hold joint anti-terrorism exercises between the Somali special forces and the Libyan special forces.

These two topics are related to the special forces. Luo Xiang, the commander of the special forces, mainly explains for everyone.

The first topic was quickly passed. The formation of new special forces is very beneficial to improving the ability of the National Defense Force to carry out special operations. The existing special forces meteor commandos, to be precise, do not completely belong to the National Defense Force, although they are organized by the National Defense Force. But everyone knows what's going on. Therefore, a new special force has been formed, and other neutral members and 'local members' such as Yusuf are happy to see it.

The second issue is the joint anti-terrorism exercise with the Libyan special forces, which is also important to enhance the international influence of Somalia. What is missing in Somalia now? It is influence.

In more than a decade of civil war, the pace of world development has not stopped for Somalia, and the public has almost forgotten Somalia. With a series of domestic and foreign affairs in the past two years, a considerable number of people in Somalia have seen this problem.

Famousness does not mean strong influence. You can only participate in more international affairs and show your strong side to the world. In this way, the influence gradually increased.

However, to improve and exert influence, we need to do it step by step and lay a solid foundation. Somalia's current strength, if it wants to 'show its strength' in the world, it is definitely a disgrace. But on the African continent, Somalia already has some capital to declare its existence to the people of the African continent.

"Since it's going to be an exercise, I think it's better to add some actual combat. Recently, the political axe has received a report from some state governments in the north that pirates on the northeast coast tend to expand. I think it's better to hold that fancy exercise. It's better to have a joint anti-hijacking, anti-kidnapping and rescue of hostages. By the way, help the local government and the military fight against pirates. After Luo Xiang finished reporting, Defense Minister Palermo suddenly made a suggestion.

Many people in the conference room are moved by it. The issue of piracy can be said to be the most negative impact on Somalia in the world. Although the political axe has increased investment in people's livelihood in the past two years, it has improved people's living standards. However, Somalia's financial capacity is still very weak, and it is impossible to solve the problem of food and clothing for 10 million Somalis at once.

Although industry and commerce have been developing rapidly in the past two years, the jobs available to the whole of Somalia are still far from enough. As a result, many people are still under the food and clothing line, and there are not enough jobs. Some people who have experienced more than a decade of civil war begin to look for a 'way out', and as pirates, relatively speaking, have low cost, low risk and large profits.

As a pirate, as long as you gather dozens of people, one or two speedboats or fishing boats, and some guns and ammunition can be opened. Fortunately, one vote is an income of tens of thousands of dollars. This is too powerful for some people. And because of Somalia's special geographical location, it only relies on the important transport channel of the Gulf of Aden. There are countless ships to and from the world, and they have more innate advantages over the Caribbean Sea.

Although some countries have sent escort fleets, the actual role is not so exaggerated. In the face of pirates, most national ships are only expelled or eliminated. Because pirates are also organized, this is not limited to a pirate with an organizational structure, but also in the 'intimate connection' between multiple pirates. When the pirates are dispatched, it is basically only a small part. If this pirate is eliminated or arrested, it will definitely cause anger and even hatred from other pirates, unless the country's ships do not fight. Counting in passing through the Gulf of Aden, or sending warships to escort every time, otherwise this hatred will be retaliated by pirates sooner or later.

Modern pirates are rarely fools. Pirate leaders know that when 're collecting protection fees', if a country attacks pirates by force, it must retaliate more fiercely against that country, otherwise other countries must learn from it, and the survival soil of pirates will be eliminated sooner or later.

Between hundreds of thousands of 'protection fees' every year and hundreds of thousands of pirates hidden in the dark, most countries and organizations will have the right choice.

Only some countries that do not know the so-called will fight against pirates in order to 'promote national force'.

But all these problems are not a problem for Somalia. For the Somali political axe, the fight against pirates is just righteous. The vast majority of pirates are also locals. Generally, they will not retaliate against the political axe on a large scale because of the destruction of the political axe. After all, among pirates, only a few backbones are really fierce and not afraid of death. Most actors and the lower classes always have an innate fear in the face of political axe.

"Our country has not carried out a large-scale suppression of pirates in the northeast before, mainly because the solution of the piracy problem needs to be fundamentally solved, that is, to solve the food, clothing and work of ordinary people. Only by solving the problem of people's livelihood, people will naturally not be pirates, which is equivalent to fundamentally destroying the soil for pirates to survive. But turning a blind eye does not mean letting it go. I think the proposal of the Minister of Palermo is very good. This exercise is to use the most arrogant pirates to set an example of chickens and monkeys. The suppression of the arrogance of the pirates also shows the world that China's political axe is working hard and effective in fighting pirates. Li Mo was very happy to go to Palermo's proposal and said after thinking about it.

The effect of the exercise is certainly not as good as the actual combat effect, and it can also be used to deter pirates and warn ordinary people about their attitude towards pirates, which can also change the attitude of some countries in the world towards Somalia. It can be said to kill many birds with one stone.

Others then agreed with Palermo's proposal, and the plan was finalized. The specific action also requires contact and coordination between the General Staff, the Special Forces and the Libyan side.

After the meeting, Li Mo and Luo Xiang came to his office.

"A Xiang, do you seem to have a problem with fighting pirates?" Li Mo cigaretteled a cigarette and asked with a smile. In the conference room, Li Mo felt that Luo Xiang had something to say.

"Yeah, boss, the main activity area of pirates is near the side of the Gulf of Aden, where there are now many escort fleets. If we hold a practical exercise against pirates in that area, will it cause conflict?

Li Mo smiled and said, "Although you said it's possible, so what? We are fighting pirates on our own land and seas. What can other countries say? Besides, I'll choose the goal of this acting for you, here!" Li Mo pointed to the map spread out on the table and said, "There has been a group of pirates here. The intelligence department has been infiltrating and investigating here for a long time. We have evidence that behind this group of pirates is supported by foreign forces."

Looking at the coldness on the boss's face, Luo Xiang couldn't help looking over the map. Then he stared and exclaimed, "Hafeng Cape?"

Cape Ha Fung is a strange place on the map of Somalia. Cape Hafung, with an area of more than 100 square kilometers, is connected to the mainland by a narrow area 3-5 kilometers wide and 13 kilometers long. It looks like an axe. The handle of the axe is a land passage connecting the mainland and Cape Hafung, and the axe is Cape Hawung. On the east coast of Africa, this is the only place. In Europe, many man-made land is similar to this.

It is about 150 kilometers away from the Gulf of Aden in northern Somalia. It is rich in salt resources and has thousands of scattered people in an area of 100 square kilometers.

It is a wonderful choice for pirates to use this place as a base camp. It is far from the Gulf of Aden where the [***] ships converge, and generally the [***] ships will not appear here, because this is the eastern waters of Somalia and belongs to the territory of Somalia.

"The number of pirates is about 80, and the leader is Ahmed? Abdi is a black Somali. The pirates have four fishing boats of about 50 tons and two high-speed boats. The weapons are all AK, the old models are different, and there are some bazookas..."

Luo Xiang's eyes are getting bigger and bigger. As the data in the boss's mouth came out one by one, Luo Xiang was really dumbfounded. I don't know, but I thought Li Mo had once broke into the pirates?

"Hehe, have you forgotten about Basel and Barbro? They have also gathered a group of pirates now to be the head of pirates on an island in the east of Cape Aasser. Li Mo said with a smile.

"It turned out to be the information they provided!" Luo Xiang showed a sudden look of enlightenment. The lone wolf' Basel and the easy-to-rong master Babru were once members of the Yelang Mercenary Organization. The last time he was looking for the treasure map of Egar, Luo Xiang personally sent the two to the north of Somalia. It's just that both of them contacted the intelligence department later, and Luo Xiang didn't know how they were doing.

"This group of pirates have been very arrogant in Somali waters recently and have hijacked several ships from other countries. Most importantly, this group of pirates are extremely cruel. They ask for twice as much ransom as other pirates each time. Once they are rejected, they will kill the hostages. According to the information provided by Basel, some of the pirates are military-trained, and they seem to get accurate information every time and hijack the ship. Li Mo said that his face was no longer good-looking. This group of pirates have military training, a complete organizational structure, accurate sources of intelligence, and are cruel and vicious. The impact is very bad. Especially behind it, there may be support from foreign forces, which Li Mo absolutely can't stand.

Because of the participation of foreign forces, there must be an ulterior purpose. If it's for money, it's dangerous if there are other political purposes.

"Boss, don't worry, I'll contact Lieutenant Colonel Saifu of Libya later and agree on the plan of acting as soon as possible." Luo Xiang also knew that this group of pirates could not stay, so he immediately promised.

(to be continued)