Chapter 621 Elementary Command Experimental Class

18 Su-27S fighters plus 6 Su-27UB fighters, with a total price of 374 million US dollars. In this order contract, Ukraine will also upgrade the electronic confrontation system and replace more advanced radar for the 24 fighters, and then provide a series of technical services. Somalia's political axe will pay 520 million US dollars for this.

In addition, Ukraine will train pilots and logistics maintenance personnel for the Somali Air Force, which will require the Somali political axe to pay 10 million US dollars.

A Su-27 fighter squadron spent 530 million US dollars, and I don't know whether the Somali political axe has lost or earned it.

But time waits for no one. Both the Somali political axe and the Ukrainian political axe were satisfied with the order contract and agreed to officially sign the arms purchase contract the next morning. The first batch, including four Su-27S and two Su-27UB fighters, will be split and assembled in Somalia by air. The remaining fighters will be upgraded and modified in Ukraine and are expected to be delivered to the Somali Air Force by the end of 2007.

"Has there been an agreement on the procurement of anti-aircraft missiles?" The smile on Li Mo's face has never stopped. He is very satisfied that the Ukrainian political axe can meet the needs so quickly. Although it is still strange why the U.S. political axe was inserted but did not make the Ukrainian political axe change its attitude, now for him, those are not important. The important thing is to sign the contract as soon as possible to transport the fighter back to China.

Although Hussein is still immersed in the upcoming acquisition of a very elite air force fighter squadron for Africa, he still suppressed his excitement and replied, "Boss, for anti-aircraft missiles, Ukraine's political axe provides two models, one is the Sam 6 anti-aircraft missile, NATO code-named 'Gfly', and the other is full Weather process anti-aircraft missile system. Although this missile was made in the former Soviet Union, it experienced the Fourth Middle East War and shot down 41 fighters, which was famous for a while. The other is the beech anti-aircraft missile, which is an improved model in Ukraine on the basis of Sam 6. The surname is basically the same as the Russian-made Sam 11, which is more advanced than the Sam 6 anti-aircraft missile and has a stronger anti-electronic interference system.

"The prices of the two missiles are different, and the surnames are also different. The former belongs to a short-range anti-aircraft missile, a set of 2 million US dollars, including a three launch vehicle and three missiles. The latter is a medium- and short-range anti-aircraft missile, a set of 5 million US dollars, including a quadruple missile launcher and four missiles. Boss, which one do you think we should buy? Hussein rubbed his hands excitedly and asked.

A pair of expectant eyes kept turning his eyes to look at Li Mo. In fact, he wanted to buy a 'beech' anti-aircraft missile in his heart. From the Su-27 fighter, his psychological attitude has changed a lot. Advanced is naturally better than backward.

But when he thought that the price of 'beech' was more than twice as high as Sam 6, Hussein also played drums in his heart.

If this price is placed on a fighter, it is not expensive at all, but the number of anti-aircraft missiles is very large, and the unit price is so high. Once the amount needed is large, the total amount is also a large number. Moreover, the anti-aircraft missile launcher only has one-launched missile, and each missile unit must need a part of the spare missile. In this way, more funds will be paid.

Li Mo smiled. From Hussein's face, he couldn't see the little idea in Hussein's heart.

"If we want to buy it, we will naturally buy it. The Sam 6 missile can still be used in Africa, but the enemy we face is very powerful. The Sam 6 has long had countermeasures, and buying it back can only pose a slight threat to the other party. Tell Ukraine's political axe that we are going to purchase 24 'beech anti-aircraft missiles', each with an extra 8 missiles. You can negotiate the specific price. I only ask for one thing, that is, we need it in stock and ship it back with the fighter this time.

If it weren't for the money brought this time, Li Mo would have planned to buy more. After all, Li Mo has several important places in his hand that need to strengthen air defense. The 24 anti-aircraft missiles are barely enough. After all the Su-27 fighters were upgraded and modified, there was a fighter squadron. In the face of the air invasion of other countries, Somalia finally had a little capital to fight back.

The next day, the representatives of Somalia and Ukraine signed their names on two contracts. The large order contract with a total amount of 660 million US dollars was officially concluded.

The media, which has long been in the outside world, soon got some of the inside stories of Ukraine's largest foreign arms sales order in the past two years. They were surprised and excited at the same time. This is big news.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Mo, Chief of Staff of Hussein and Kirichenko, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and his delegation attended the handover ceremony of the two missile boats.

Although it is only two missile boats, it is of great significance to Somalia. The Ukrainian authorities also expressed their importance because of the large order in Somalia, and Chief of the General Staff of Kirichenko attended the ceremony in person.

In the loud ceremonial music, 80 Somali naval officers and soldiers slowly left the port in two missile boats and a small supply ship leased from Ukraine and sailed into the Black Sea. They will cross the Bosphorus, the Marmara Sea and the Dardanelles into the Mediterranean Sea, and finally reach the southern Somali port of Kiniboyang, a small military port that has just been built.

This trip back to China is also a newborn Somali naval training trip. Li Mo looked at the three ships that were gradually disappearing at the sea level and silently blessed them in his heart.

On the night of April 23, 2007, Li Mo and his party returned to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The head of the sales department, the mouse, will remain in Ukraine, waiting for the upgrade and modification of Ukraine's Su-27 fighter.

The first batch of six Su-27 fighters will be airlifted to Somalia from the Ukrainian side in three days, and then help Somalia assemble. At that time, a group of Ukrainian pilots and logistics technicians will also arrive together to fulfill the contract to train pilots flying Su-27 for Somalia.

Returning to Mogadishu, Li Mo did not stop and took a helicopter directly back to the headquarters of Kismayo Group.

The next day, after Li Mo dealt with the official business of the past few days, he summoned Stone and Wang Ning to listen to their reports.

The first thing I know is the construction of the military academy. With a large amount of funds from Li Mo, the military academy in Baidoa has begun to work. The construction was all handed over to Fang Sihai's construction company.

"Boss, we have simply transformed the original barracks of the La Hanwen Resistance Army as a temporary college. The first batch of 30 experienced veterans have been recruited in the army, and 20 students from two major names in China have been strictly reviewed and fully meet the requirements. They will be the first batch of low-level students in the Army Command Branch of the Baidoa Military Academy. They will conduct a year of fully closed study. These academies are all junior command students. After graduation, they will be arranged to enter the army as deputy platoon leader and other positions. In this class, our idea is to be a hostage of the experiment. Although the semester is only one year, I think these veterans with rich combat experience and college students with rich knowledge should be competent. Stone made a brief report on some things about the military academy, focusing on some of the problems, so that Li Mo had an intuitive understanding.

Although foreign regularized military academ schools recruit students at different training and teaching times, Somalia now urgently needs a large number of qualified subordinate commanders, especially low-level officers or non-commissioned officers who need to understand international advanced combat experience and theory.

Because only they can contact the soldiers at any time, pass on some advanced tactical knowledge to the soldiers. The Somali Defense Force slowly reborn from the bottom up, and it is no longer the tactical thinking that still stayed in the West during World War II.

"Well, this is a good idea. We have no experience in this field, so we can experiment and summarize by ourselves, and we also need to learn from the ideas of other military schools in the world. You two should cooperate well. Li Mo was very satisfied with the practice of the stone and nodded and praised.

"Yes, Stone, where are the faculty members of the college? How did you solve it? It is very important how a college is run, whether it has a future, and whether there is a qualified team of teachers. As a military academy, this is even more so.

Several times, few of the Somali National Defense Forces have received formal military academy, and most of them are veterans honed from the flames of war. It's all good for these veterans to carry their guns to fight tough battles. However, modern wars increasingly tend to be small-scale local wars, and even local armed conflicts involving dozens of soldiers. And all kinds of technical weapons are emerging one after another. Some technical weapons can't be played without certain knowledge. However, in small-scale local battles, the important surnames of many technical weapons are incalculable.

It is difficult to find experienced and technical soldiers, and there are not too many experienced soldiers. In addition, if you want to ensure that you are in a favorable position in local conflicts, you must ensure that every soldier has technical knowledge. Knowing how to make various technical weapons, he can replace his comrades-in-arms in some special positions at any time, and maintain the integrity of various firepower combinations of the entire combat troops. These are done by the soldiers themselves, which is still difficult for the current Somali army. After all, there are not many educated people in the army. Unlike some countries, soldiers all have a high school education or above, and even have a college degree. This kind of soldier can drive tanks and planes like special forces, but at least when he can change from a machine gunner to a blaster, he can basically adapt to his new identity.

There must be a big gap between ordinary uneducated soldiers and uneducated soldiers in this respect. Just like a rocket launcher, you should at least understand what the wind is and what the target has an impact. You should take these problems into account, instead of carrying a rocket launcher. When you see the target in the sight, you will be confident that you will hit it.

At present, Somalia does not have the ability to raise the cultural level of soldiers at once. Improving the ability of low-level officers and non-commissioned officers has become a task that must be completed. Otherwise, will the peace talks be modernized and formalized?

(to be continued)