Chapter 477 Michael's Mission

Li Mo and Hussein came to the Northern Military Region. In addition to inspect the work, they also cheered for the two infantry brigades of the Northern Military Region that are now 'obedient' to the Chief of Staff of Hussein. The army that is about to be reloaded has long been selected, that is, one of the two infantry brigades that can be controlled by the Chief of Staff of Hussein. After the change, this infantry brigade will be renamed the third infantry brigade of the Somali Defence Force, becoming another more modern army in Somalia.

At the end of the change of troops, the internal eyes of the Somali National Defense Force once again focused on one thing, that is, the issue of the rank of the National Defense Force.

When the Somali regime did not collapse 91 years ago, the highest rank of the Somali political axe army was the rank of lieutenant general; but the lieutenant general was only an honorary rank, which was generally not awarded. Now that the Somali National Defense Force has been formed, the ranks used by everyone are still very chaotic. They are almost the ranks randomly granted by the armed forces during the civil war, and the levels are different.

Like Comrade Hussein, Vice Chairman of the Somali National Defense Commission and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, he is only a colonel at present. Today, in the National Defense Force, there are more than 40 preliminary statistics with the rank of colonel, and the lowest position now is a regimental commander.

This chaotic military rank system made Hussein's staff grow up dissatisfied. He is the actual leader of the National Defense Force, and now he has the same rank as a regimental commander. It's outrageous! After Hussein's chief of staff returned to Mogadishu, the military rank was officially mentioned in the national defense members and received the support of other members. After all, this matter is only good but not bad for everyone. As soon as the military rank is determined, the organization of the National Defense Force will be more strict.

After several days of discussion, a new rank system for the Somali Defense Forces has been introduced. Generally speaking, the new rank is added and modified on the basis of the rank of the previous government axe army.

According to the new military rank system, the members of the Somali National Defense Commission, who are representatives of the military, will be awarded to major generals. At the awarding ceremony, the rank of Major General was Hashi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Somali Armed Forces, Hussein, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, and Kenyare, Commander of the Capital Military Region.

In the original military rank, the brigadier general level was added according to the Western military rank system. According to the new military rank system, the brigadier general will be awarded to the commander of the arms, the commander of the large military region, the commander of the special surname team above the brigade level, etc.

The commanders of the Northern Military Region and the commanders of the Southern Military Region were awarded the rank of associate general this time, as well as Palmer, the commander of the First Armored Brigade of the National Defense Force.

Under the rank of quasi-general, there is the rank of colonel; in the new rank system, the rank of colonel will be awarded to the main position of brigade-level units, the main position of some military institutions, and the deputy position of the major military region.

At the special request of Chief of Staff Hussein, the Meteor Commando, the first special force of the Somali Defence Forces, was established. The Meteor Commando will become an important force in anti-terrorism and special operations in Somalia with a regiment-level special force. Colonel Luo Xiang, the first commander, also became the only Chinese-Somali in this award ceremony, which attracted considerable attention at home and abroad!

"Wow, look, our staff is wearing a crown now!" At the high-level meeting of the organization, the mouse looked at Hussein's epaulettes and sighed repeatedly. The rank of the Somali National Defense Force is greatly influenced by the former Somali 'szerain' United Kingdom. On the general-level epaulettes, it is composed of a crown and a five-pointed star. For example, the brigadier general is a crown, while the major general is a crown plus a white five-pointed star, and the lieutenant general has two five-pointed stars, which is also a light blue background with the Somali flag. There is a white five-pointed star in the middle of the face.

Hussein consciously straightened his chest and said with a smile, "If you want to come to the National Defense Force, I can get you a military uniform like this!"

The mouse was stunned and said in disbelief, "According to the new military rank system, where is the position of a major general in the National Defense Force? There is not even a brigadier general. Don't be a lie to me!"

Hussein did not explain. He directly raised a hand and made a flying gesture in front of him, and then squeezed his eyebrows at the mouse, "How's it going? I said I would definitely help you with a set, as long as you are willing to come!"

"Oh, I forgot that you also served as an air force commander. The commander of the air force can be awarded the rank of associate general, and he can really wear a military uniform with a crown!" The mouse patted his forehead and said with a look of regret.

Li Mo, who was sitting in the first place, saw that it was almost time and announced the start of the meeting. Like the current high-level meetings, once a month, have long formed a specific form. First of all, the person in charge of each department will report the affairs of the department in charge. If there is no major event, the meeting will be over after everyone's report.

At today's meeting, Liu Qingyue, who was originally in charge of finance, is now reported by experts because of the birth of the baby. After everyone finished reporting, they all looked at Li Mo. Because everyone knows that there are other important things to discuss at today's meeting.

"We have two more things to discuss today. The first thing is the oil fields found in the Mudege area. According to our previous agreement with Huaxia, the discovered oilfield will be handed over to Huaxia Oil Company for exploitation. After paying 10% of the total value of the oilfield to Somalia, Huaxia Oil Company will get 45% of the shares of the oilfield; we will get 20% of the shares. Moreover, according to the agreement, the crude oil produced by the oil field will be sold to Huaxia first. What we need to discuss now is how to deal with the 20% of the oil field shares in hand?

The agreement reached with Huaxia, in general, is not much different from today's international practice of oil cooperative exploitation. Relatively speaking, Huaxia has also taken some advantages. In other countries, such cooperation with foreign oil companies to exploit domestic oil is to sign a share agreement first, and the oil exploration company is responsible for providing a full set of exploitation equipment and other exploitation costs. In the advance profit, the oil company will receive 30%-40% of the profit until the mining cost is recovered. After the mining cost is recovered, the profit share of the oil company will be reduced by half again, accounting for only 10%-20% of the total profit. Although Huaxia Oil Company began to pay a large amount of money, its profit share of the oil field remained unchanged, twice as high as its similar cooperative exploitation profit. You should know that the new oil bill imposed by the United States in Iraq last year stipulates that the newly discovered oil fields in Iraq will be exploited by British and American oil companies, and the profit in the early stage will account for 75%. That is to say, it would have been 10 years to recover the cost of oil exploitation, but now it only takes 5 years to recover the cost, and then the oil extracted is pure profit, which can be described as a vampire-like bill.

Of course, Somalia is not Iraq, and China is not the United States. Now both the Star Organization and the Somali Political Axe are in urgent need of funds, and with the pressure exerted by Hussein, the agreement was passed by the three parties.

"20% of the shares are worth about 2 billion US dollars. We want to sell it once. I don't know if Huaxia Zheng Axe can eat it?" The expert frowned and said. Huaxia's foreign exchange reserves are hundreds of billion US dollars, and it is not difficult to pay 2 billion US dollars. However, with the purchase of 2 billion oilfield shares worth 2 billion US dollars, there is almost no profit, and it will take more than ten years to recover the cost. This kind of business is not a good business no matter how you look at it. The meaning of the expert is whether Huaxia will do this kind of profitless business!

"I don't think this is a problem." The mouse said at this time, "Now the oil gap in all countries in the world is very large, especially in China. Moreover, $2 billion is only the value of crude oil extracted. In the refining of crude oil, there are still a series of added values that have not been calculated. Huaxia Petroleum Company has to spend so much money even if it buys internationally. Now it can directly buy shares in the oil field, but it means that the oil has fallen into Huaxia's pocket, which is safer than anything else. Besides, the oil price is the same every year now. After all, the total oil reserves are fixed, but the exploitation reserves must be less and less. If you want to buy so much oil in the future, you may spend several times more money!"

Many senior officials nodded after listening to the mouse's words. Now oil is almost equivalent to hard currency. It even keeps its value better than hard currency. After all, at critical times, gold can't make fighter tanks start, but oil can.

Experts don't say anything when they hear the words. Anyway, the organization can always get enough benefits, and it is almost a costless business.

"Since everyone agreed to sell the oil at one time, it was decided. Hussein, does your military have any specific defense measures for this oil field now? Li Mo suddenly asked. The environment in Somalia is peaceful for the time being, but it does not mean that the country is calm. Small-scale armed groups still exist, and various criminals are still rampant. The Mudeg area is close to the Somali pirate nest in his memory, and the safe surname is not high. Moreover, Li Mo also wants to prevent other countries from making small moves in it.

"Boss, don't worry, as early as the day the oil field was discovered, an infantry battalion of the Northern Military Region was stationed there, enough to guard against the safety of the oil field!" Hussein promised with confidence. An infantry battalion has four or five hundred soldiers, which is enough for a small group of militants to disturb.

Li Mo nodded with satisfaction and was relieved. Then Li Mo's face became serious and said, "Now let's talk about the second thing and the most important thing!"

The senior management in the conference room immediately sat up straight, and the expression on his face was also very serious.

"According to the news from Mr. Michael, his mission in Angola has made breakthrough progress. The Angolan military is very interested in the Lion King 2 infantry fighting vehicle we produce. Recently, a military delegation will be sent to Somalia to test the surname of the Lion King 2 infantry fighting vehicle to confirm whether it is purchased! If the Angolan military takes a fancy to our Lion King 2 infantry fighting vehicle and purchases it, it will be the first time for us to organize the arms trade with the country, and it will be an important turning point for the organization. Everyone should focus on receiving the Angolan military delegation and must satisfy the Angolan military!" When Li Mo talked about this, he was both nervous and excited. After all, this is the first contact with him after the legalization of the organization. If the Angolan military can really purchase the Lion King infantry fighting vehicle this time, the Somali Star Industry Group is bound to gain fame in the world. Because this arms procurement is not an ordinary arms procurement case, but a sale of arms to other countries in Somalia, a country that has just calmed down from the war. It is enough to attract the attention of most countries in the world!

(to be continued)