Chapter 716 Ogaden Region

The sudden tension in the situation in East Africa immediately attracted the attention of the world.

Everyone knows that since Li Mo took control of Somalia, it is absolutely unambiguous when it is hard for the outside world. When he killed internal and local warlords and foreign aggression, he did not frown. In the Soken War, the Somali army even once entered the headquarters of the Eastern Kenya Military Region, from which it can be seen that Li Moso The Somali army led by it will never be weak.

How can you join the Third OECD and fight against the infiltrated strong people of Western forces?

I don't know who instigated the Ethiopian political axe this time, but tried to create friction at the border, which is similar to the act of looking for death.

Although Somalia's army is very small, its combat effectiveness is still very strong in Africa. They were iron-blooded soldiers who fought in the civil war for more than a decade, eliminating the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and equipped with advanced weapons. The combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of ordinary countries. Moreover, the victories of several wars have made Li Mo win a great reputation. The army can be united and morale is like a rainbow. Once it fights, unless Ethiopia fights a war with the strength of the whole country to take the initiative, the victory may be low.

These are the thoughts of those who are from a neutral point of view and can't see through for a while. It is well-informed and knows who is standing behind Ethiopia, and why did Ethiopia's out of line this time?

In the midst of the ups and ups in the outside world, the Ethiopian National Security Conference was also held in a state of emergency. The president, prime minister, defense minister and military bosses quarreled about how to deal with Somalia's 'provocation'.

This time to show Egypt's tough stance in the border area is the result of secret consultations between several high-level bosses. The original purpose was not to really fight with Somalia. After all, Somalia has changed in the past two years. Egypt knows that it is impossible to defeat Somalia with Ethiopia's strength alone. Moreover, the war with Somalia is not good for Ethiopia, but affects Ethiopia's economic construction. Although many Egyptian insiders have proposed that Ethiopia needs to go to the sea, in fact, everyone understands that under the current situation where the current world pattern is basically fixed, Egypt wants to occupy the territory of other countries, and the possibility of obtaining access to the sea is too small, unless it receives strong support.

Two years ago, before Somalia was unified, Ethiopia did not directly use force to obtain access from Somalia. Now Somalia is peacefully reunified and more powerful. It is very difficult to obtain access to access by military means.

This border disturbance was originally due to the promise of a certain country to create some tension in the border area. As long as Egypt completes this 'task', it can get more assistance and investment next year. The Egyptian political axe was also stunned by this promise or by the person who made this promise, and did not carefully consider the tense atmosphere on the border, but the Mars that triggered the war.

It was not until this time that Ethiopia's political axe suddenly realized that Somalia was really not the country that used to act in Ethiopia's face. Now it has a strong political axe and an army that is accelerating modernization, which has given the already fragmented poor country the confidence to treat others. Say no.

After discussion at the high-level meeting in Ethiopia, it was decided to temporarily appease the border officers and soldiers and not to cause a border conflict between the two countries. On the one hand, Ethiopia should also immediately make secret contact with the person who made the promise and discuss the next action.

But there is a problem here. At this moment, Somalia's hard-line diplomatic note has become well known. Ethiopia's easy compromise now, how will it affect the outside world and the domestic people? Does it mean that the political axe cabinet has been weak and has abandoned the face of Egypt?

In the 2005 Egyptian general election, as the first political party, the Egyptian line has lost many seats and votes. Once the cabinet is put on the impression that it is weak or even humble, the Egyptian line will not continue to be in power in the next general election.

In Somalia, the General Staff and the Somaliland Military Region have been formulating a self-defense counterattack plan. If Ethiopia does not proceed from the overall situation of maintaining peace between the two countries and continue to unilateral military provocations and create border tensions, the Somali army will not hesitate to crack down on a certain point.

In this plan, it was the Northern Military Region that was finally selected to implement the self-defense counterattack plan. This is mainly because on the border between the Northern Military Region and Ethiopia, there is a criticism area that has not been recognized by Somalia, that is, there is also the internationally famous Ogaden region.

From the map, the Ogaden region is the so-called Dore region, which is the sharp part of northeastern Ethiopia.

Ogaden, which is a 'hot land' in Somali, covers an area of 20,000 square kilometers. Most of the plateau with an average altitude of 500 meters is desert, and most of the residents are Somali herdsmen.

30 years ago, the Swedish oil company announced that it had found a wealth of light oil and natural gas in the Ogaden region, which happened to be overthrown by the Ethiopian emperor and consumed most of the country's taxes because of internal rebellion. The ambitious Somali reader Barre saw the opportunity and immediately supported the Ogaden region. The Somali nomad chiefs 'read' and gave a lot of arms and financial support.

If it were not for the critical time, the Soviet Union, which had always supported Barre, abandoned Somalia, a territory that belonged to Somalia in the 19th century and would not have been universally recognized as Ethiopia by the Century.

This is what Li Mo and the General Staff meant. The Somali political axe has never given up its sovereignty claim to the Ogaden region, but in the Ogaden War, Ethiopia received the support of the former Soviet Union, Cuba and other countries, and the Barre political axe was abandoned, which led to the failure of the war. The reasons for this are very complicated, but Ethiopia's influence is stronger than that of Somalia. Ethiopia is a traditional military power in Africa. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union fought for global hegemony. At first, the United States supported Ethiopia and the Soviet Union supported Somalia. But at the critical moment, the skills and wisdom of Mengistu, the Egyptian leader who had just overthrown the Ethiopian emperor, were also unmatched by Barre.

Mengustu can compromise with Israel for the victory of the Ogaden War, and take the Jews in Egypt as a condition for Israeli air force pilots to participate in the war. In order to 'draw money from the bottom of the pot', Barre lost support. Mengistu abandoned the United States at this time and threw himself into the arms of the former Soviet Union.

This series of actions finally allowed Ethiopia through the difficult period and reversed the victory or defeat of the Ogaden War.

The Ogaden War was made the 'most tragic' war in Africa by scholars. A total of 150,000 people were killed on both sides and $55 billion in economic losses. Mengistu, a coup officer, did not lead the 'African lion' Ethiopia to profit from the war, and the 'Greater Somali' reader Barre on the other side, was also because The war was greatly damaged.

However, the most remarkable thing is that the oil and gas that triggered the Ogaden War have not been found until now after investigation by experts from various countries.

After convening a group of Somali historians to discuss, Li Mo felt that there must be a conspiracy behind the Ogaden War. Li Mo even suspected that the conspirators who led the war were likely to be the former Soviet Union. Why doesn't Li Mo doubt the United States? Because in this Ogaden War, not only the two countries lost the most, but also the United States suffered heavy losses. Not only did it lose Ethiopia, a traditional African power, but even Somalia.

At that time, the United States was in the 'global strategic defense stage' and was slow to respond to this war. For example, after Ethiopia abandoned the United States into the arms of the former Soviet Union, Somali ruler Barre, in order to ensure the victory of the war, threw himself into the United States, which was scolded by him as a "robber hooligan state" a few months ago. On the condition of three military bases, the United States is required to support Somalia. The slow-responsive United States only supported 1,500 tons of arms with Egyptian badges in the war, while the former Soviet Union responded quickly, not only providing a large amount of assistance, but also sending the 76th Airborne Division of the elite paratrooper to assist the Ethiopian army. It was also the emergence of the former Soviet paratroopers, which caused The panic of the general of the Barre axe army, later the leader of Somalia's largest warlord, and his subordinates, the appearance of 'white-skinned Ethiopian soldiers' caused the collapse and flight of Somali soldiers.

In this war, the biggest profit was the former Soviet Union. Other participating countries and the United States did not get any benefits. In line with the idea of doubting who would benefit, Li Mo naturally put the conspiracy behind the Ogaden War on the head of the former Soviet Union.

This time's self-defense counterattack plan is set in the Ogaden area. Wang Ning's intelligence department has established a network in the Ogaden area, and many Somali herdsmen have been attracted. Once Ethiopia's political axe did not stop border provocations, Li Mo decided to fight a self-defense counterattack and territorial recovery here.

General Counselor and several other senior military officials agreed with Li Mo's proposal. Some people even suggest that whether Ethiopia stops border provocations or not, Somalia should take the initiative to create conflicts in the Ogaden region and provide excuses for war.

However, this proposal was rejected by Li Mo. Li Mo felt that if he had no choice, he should try not to take the initiative to fight against the outside world at this time. Although the Ogaden region was the territory of Somalia in the 19th century, it is now recognized as the territory of Ethiopia. If there is no proper reason and an international environment favorable to Somalia, Somalia should not touch this ** area. Because there are too many territorial disputes in the countries of the world, especially those countries within a few hundred years of the founding of the country, which one has not had territorial disputes with other countries in the past two hundred years? If Li Mo suddenly opens this in the current international environment, it is very easy to cause some unnecessary trouble.

If Ethiopia does not stop her provocative behavior, any action against surnames in Somalia is justified.

(to be continued)