Chapter 656 The Importance of the Navy

Tian Jianming and Zhang Zuoshan plan to settle down in Somalia. Their son-in-law and daughter will definitely settle here in the future. Although the elders are still in their prime, why do they make money? Isn't it just family reunion and a stable life?

Under everyone's persuasion, Cheng Qingfeng decided to return to China to deal with his work. At the latest, he resigned and came to Somalia to reunite with his family.

And Liu Zhengdong seems to be contradictory on this issue. It's not that he doesn't want to quit his job and enjoy the colorful life provided by his son-in-law's daughter, but he also has his own ideas. Last time, he talked in detail with the general of the staff officer in Dongping City. Liu Zhengdong understood that Li Mo and the country were beneficial. Because of the different positions of the two sides, sometimes there is a gap for the interests of the organization they represent, which requires a bridge and a link to maintain the relationship between the two sides.

If Liu Zhengdong stays in Somalia, the role of the bond will not exist. In addition, Liu Zhengdong's loyalty to the country made him feel that he stayed in China to play a role.

When he vaguely put forward his ideas, everyone was silent. Because no one is easy to interfere. After all, Liu Zhengdong is right. His existence will certainly make room for relaxation and decomm between China and Somalia or Li Mo. As Li Mo's strength becomes stronger, Huaxia pays more and more attention to Somalia, and Liu Zhengdong's 'bond' is becoming more and more important.

"Uncle Liu, we know what you think, but I don't think you should stay in China for too long. I think it's limited to three years. Three years have almost stabilized the relationship between the two sides. At that time, you will not be very useful. At that time, you will resign directly and come to Somalia to reunite with us. Li Mo filled Liu Zhengdong's glass and said with a smile. In the words, I already agreed with Liu Zhengdong's proposal.

Three days later, Cheng Qingfeng and Liu Zhengdong returned to China. Several people originally came to Somalia for a few days during the May Day holiday, but they didn't expect to stay for more than a month. Li Mo even extended the holiday for Liu Zhengdong and Cheng Qingfeng through Lei Zhen's relationship. The relevant departments in China may also agree happily in order to pay attention to Li Mo.

After Liu and Cheng left the cable, Tian Jianming and Zhang Zuoshan also went to Wajid, a traffic town in the south of Bakol. The headquarters of the newly formed Bakle Steel Group is located in Wajid. Because here, there are not only two small iron mines, but also an open-pit coal mine directly under the country, which is completely suitable for a steel base.

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In northeastern Somalia, there is an island with an area of only six square kilometers. The island had no name, but was later occupied by a group of pirates and gradually called 'Aalcatraz'.

Alcatraz is only 10 nautical miles away from the Somali mainland. With the presence of fierce pirates on the island, nearby fishermen rarely fish in the nearby waters.

Allcatraz is a rocky cliff on three sides, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Only on the south side, there is a natural bay for ships within 200 tons to dock.

In the only dense forest on the island with a green mountaintop, the pirate nest called the 'devil on Devil's Island' by nearby fishermen is here.

The number of pirates is not large, only 40 or 50 people, but there is a relatively large pirate gang nearby.

"Bbru, haven't you heard from it yet?" In a house made of rocks, the two people were sitting looking at each other. The one who spoke was an Arab with a plaid scarf and a fierce face.

"Not yet! But I think it's fast. This domestic anti-terrorism exercise to eliminate Hafeng Cape Abdi and others will definitely need our intelligence at that time. The speaker is an older black man, but being able to discuss big things in this room shows that his identity among pirates is not ordinary.

These two people are members of the wolf mercenary organization, 'lone wolf' Basel and Yirong master Barbro. The two were ordered to join the pirates anonymously. For more than a year, due to the support of Li Mo's funds and weapons, the two soon recruited a group of scattered pirates to become a hegemon. Later, with the assistance of more than 10 elite soldiers, they completely subdued the stubborn pirates and took full power over Alcatraz.

"Eh, as long as Abdi is wiped out, we can take over their territory and control Cape Hafeng, a place where we can contact the mainland at any time." Lone Wolf' Basel nodded and said. Basel is very satisfied with the life of the current pirate leader. He even feels that he is born to be a pirate. He drank a big bowl and ate a lot of meat. When he was interested, he took his brothers out to work. With his understanding of the nearby sea, he got rid of the following and attacking of his opponents.

But Basel also knows that the prestige of his pirate leader is inseparable from the support of his boss. Otherwise, his group of pirates would have been separated or annexed. And the Bbru in front of him, although he used to be a member of the wolf mercenary organization, because the boss helped Bbru avenge, Bbru is now determined to the boss, and he can't lift the idea of rebellion at all. In addition, with a group of domestic 'piracy's joining the gang, the whole organization has been perfected, and he will not control it at all.

Fortunately, the boss usually doesn't care about this place except when he needs it. The whole pirate gang is basically up to him. Basel is very satisfied with his current life and doesn't want to lose what's in front of him because of his crooked mind.

"The boss spends a lot of energy to lurk here in order to deal with something inconvenient for the boss. For more than a year, we finally have to serve the boss once. I believe that when this task is completed, the boss will increase its investment in us. Babru knows what his task is. In addition to restraining Basel, he should always instill loyalty to the boss in Basel and 'draw cakes' to Basel.

Basel was also very happy when he heard Babru's words. He laughed and said, "We have also made great contributions to the completion of this task. At that time, let the boss get one or two small gunboats for us.

Bbru naturally nodded repeatedly and echoed Basel's words. However, he knew in his heart that the boss could not assist them with such a 'heavy weapon' as a gunboat for the time being. Because the boss's task is to get inside the pirates and provide the boss with pirate information at any time. If the power of Alcatraz increases too much, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of other pirate gangs and may eventually be isolated. In this way, it is difficult to get information about other pirates.

The boss of the two populations is at the presidential palace at the moment. The Somali presidential palace is no longer a mysterious and strange place for Li Mo. Basically, he comes every few days. Nominally, he came to report the work, but in fact, only he and Yusuf know that it is more appropriate for them to discuss work.

But today, not only two of them appeared in the presidential palace, but also one of them was the Minister of Fisheries of Somalia.

June-September of each year is the fishing flood in Somali waters, which has also become 'overdue'. These months of each year are the best season for fishing in Somali waters.

"China has the longest coastline in Africa and is rich in fishery resources. During the annual flood season, there are more than 500,000 tons of fish that can be caught. It can go to the state of no political axe due to the war. In addition to a small amount of fishing by our fishermen, most of the fishery resources are secretly caught by fishermen in other countries. Among them, there are even fishery companies in other countries who cross the border under the guise of fishermen. In the past two years, we have increased our management and investment in this area and established several state-owned or joint-venture fishing enterprises, but because the scale of funds is too small, we have not fully utilized the resources given to Somalia by nature for the time being. Moreover, in the way of private companies, foreign smuggling cannot be effectively curbed and stopped, and China loses more than 20 million US dollars every year. The Minister of Fisheries's tone was very excited, and his eyes were full of anger at the despicable snephants.

Yusuf seemed to be very natural about all this, while Li Mo was a little strange. However, he is very satisfied with the Minister of Fisheries's attitude of thinking about the national interests.

"Li, the purpose of letting you come here today is to solve this problem." You Sufu turned to Li Mo and said.

Li Mo nodded grimly and said, "Mr. President, please rest assured that I will definitely urge the navy to cooperate with the work of the fishery department and crack down on this despicable act of smuggling."

"Then thank you, Commander Li. With the cooperation of the navy, those who use shameless means to seek national resources will definitely get a just trial!" The Minister of Fisheries waited for Li Mo's words and said quickly.

"Minister Faisal, it is the responsibility of the navy to crack down on the illegal fishing of our fishery resources in other countries. You don't need to thank me for this." Li Mo waved his hand with a smile.

Although Li Mo is very modest, the Minister of Fisheries can't take it seriously. Who doesn't know where the equipment of the Somali army today comes from? With Somalia's deficit finances, it is impossible to buy advanced weapons and equipment for the Somali Defense Forces. As a country with the longest coastline in Africa, Somalia has never had its own navy, which can be said to be the pain of many Somali aspite. If Li Mo hadn't bought four large missile boats from Ukraine, Somalia would have watched more than 3,000 kilometers of coastline as if he were undefended. National ships in and out.

There is no defense, which is a true portrayal of Somalia two years ago. If it hadn't been for the great changes in today's international environment, a few decades ago, Somalia would still be under the rule of the great powers.

The three people then began to discuss how to make use of fishery resources and combat illegal fishing in other countries. At present, the Somali navy has only two large missile boats, and two are undergoing final modification at the Ukrainian shipyard, and will join the navy at the end of July at the earliest.

With two missile boats, it is obviously not enough to patrol more than 3,000 kilometers of coastal defense in Somalia. The three finally decided to use some high-horsepower fishing boats to temporarily join the naval patrol. And use several helicopter gunships in the army for coastal patrols and crackdowns on illegal fishing in other countries.

It is also helpless to use special means in special times. Fortunately, after the other two missile boats were put into service at the end of July, this embarrassing situation will be alleviated to a certain extent.

And because of this, several people have seen the important surname of the navy. Not to mention the Blue Sea Navy, a offshore navy of the right size, Somalia must have.

(to be continued)