Chapter 737 National Day Military Parade Plan Seminar

Time flies, and the colorful February has passed in a blink of an eye.

After a short Spring Festival break, Li Mo and his men entered the working state again. The army is continuing to carry out planned restructuring and reform. The scientific research teams are still fighting on the front line and seize every second to study those phenomena that they understand and do not understand.

"Boss, it's time for the meeting." Secretary Fan Qingqing walked into the office and said to Li Mo. Today, she did not wear the same suit as white-collar workers in the past, but wore a light green military uniform with a lieutenant colonel's epaulettes, a short-sleeved shirt, a black knee-length skirt, and a pair of short-heeled leather shoes stepped on the marble floor with a crisp sound.

Li Mo raised his head from behind his desk and first took a look at the time. The time was 8 a.m., which was one-third of the morning for Somalis who had a long daytime.

"Yes, are the materials ready?" Li Mo stood up and tidied up the black military uniform on his body - this color of military uniform. In the Somali National Defense Force, it can only be worn with the rank of brigadier general or above. It is not the official uniform of the general, but because Li Mo likes black. In the past, senior officers of the Paraming Cooking Army also looked at Li Mo and gradually evolved into a kind of Senior officers represent the costumes of their identities. However, most of the time, other generals rarely wear black military uniforms, because it is too hot, and even locals who have long adapted to the local hot climate are not used to it.

At 8:15, Li Mo and Fan Qingqing came to the small conference room on the fourth floor of the Ministry of National Defense. The commanders of the four military regions, the ministers of the three headquarters and the defense ministers had gathered together and arrived early to wait for the arrival of their superiors.

The door of the conference room was opened by the guards, and Li Mo and Fan Qingqing came in. The senior officers who were talking to their colleagues around them in a low voice immediately calmed down and stood up and stared at Li Mo, who was going to the top.

Standing in his own seat, Li Mo glanced at the officers, his face was very calm, and then he pushed down and said, "Sit down!"

"The content of today's meeting has been decentralized to you. The political axe has decided to hold a military parade on the National Day of this year. First, to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Somalia, and second, through the military parade, let the people review the training results of our National Defense Force in the past two years and show our national defense to some people. The army has uncompromising fighting faith and courage to defend the country, territory and sovereignty. Next, let Major General Hussein explain the specific scale of the military parade, the selection of troops to participate in the review and other issues.

Li Mo first set the tone for this meeting, but looked at Hussein and nodded and smiled.

On June 28, 1960, Somalia came out of the hands of the colonists. On July 1, the Republic of Somalia was established, which was also the National Day of Somalia.

Every year on the National Day, Somalia holds some celebrations, but the military parade is only a few times in the history of the Republic of Somalia. It was still in the 1970s and 1980s, 30 years ago. The most recent military parade in Somalia was after the establishment of the New Deal Axe after the end of the civil war in Somalia in 2006. At that time, in order to deter the local armed forces and neighboring countries in the country, the National Defense Force held a small-scale mooncake event, and the participating forces were only the First Armored Brigade and Helicopter Force and the Air Force.

Two years ago, the Somali National Defense Force has not been the mixed army at the beginning, but an elite force that has been receiving modern military training for two years and has been eliminated many times. In terms of weapons and equipment, it has also used old-fashioned former Soviet weapons and a small number of heavy weapons, to now It has from infantry fighting vehicles to new main battle tanks, from helicopters to new third-generation fighters, from a small navy to missile forces with strategic nuclear weapons. From electronic warfare to information warfare, the Somali Defense Forces has initially taken the prototype of a modern army.

Today's international situation is changeable. The contradiction between the control and influence of Western countries on global strategic points and the plunder of resources and the third world countries defending national territorial and sovereign integrity and the rise of rejuvenation are more acute. From political and economic to military confrontation, from cultural fields to ideological differences, resulting in The international environment of this world is quiet and dangerous.

As a member of the rising country, it is necessary and responsibility for the Somali National Defense Forces to work to complete the great rejuvenation of Somalia and become an indestructible steel wall for the Somali people to defend the motherland and the nation.

"It is the responsibility of the country and the people entrusted to our 100,000 national defense forces to protect the peace and development of Somalia. Whether in times of war or peacetime, 100,000 national defense forces should strengthen training and raise vigilance, and be ready to be inspected by 13 million Somalis at any time, with heroic and fearless The spirit and firm belief, like the people of Somalia and the world, declare our determination and ability to defend our country. Hussein did not talk too much about the problems to be solved and difficulties faced by the military parade. Instead, as an ordinary member of the National Defense Force, he expounded the responsibilities and obligations of the army and briefly explained what the National Defense Forces needed to do in the international environment.

After listening to Hussein's words, Li Mo couldn't help applauding first. He felt that Hussein had made the most in-depth understanding of the word 'army' this time. Through the method of side-by-side explanation, people realized that the military parade was not only as simple as a ceremony, but also had an extraordinary meaning.

Internally, it can help the people to establish confidence in the country and the army, and through other military exercises at the first level of large-scale military parades, this more direct and eye-catching way to enhance the sense of national honor and patriotism for the motherland, and can cultivate between military officers and soldiers and ordinary people from national defense education. Another kind of feeling - one is that you are me, and I am your emotion. To make 13 million Somali people realize that with the help of political axe and themselves, they strive to get rid of poverty and move to a rich and peaceful life. There is always such a group of people who are silently on duty at their posts, away from their relatives and friends, and guard them with sweat and blood.

In addition to these purposes, the most important thing in the military parade is to improve the status of soldiers. It is necessary to make the people realize the meaning of the glory of joining the army. The improvement of the status of soldiers will certainly make the soldiers have a deeper understanding of the word 'soldiers' and increase the sense of honor of soldiers.

This is Li Mo's original intention. Although he doesn't want Somalia to be a country where militarism spreads, he doesn't want soldiers to be forgotten in the corner when they pay for the country silently. Moreover, the road that Somalia is currently taking is bumpy and tortuous. Maybe something will encounter the interference of those who are unwilling to resist a group of 'low nations and weak and small countries'. If soldiers do not have the status they deserve, what will you do to defend your home when they encounter external interference?

In the past, Li Mo had been working hard for this purpose. He greatly improved the treatment of soldiers, which is economic. Now Li Mo intends to improve the social treatment of soldiers. As for politics, Li Mo did not have that idea. Once the soldiers were full of desire and ambition for political treatment, the army would lose its fundamental purpose of defending the country and could only become a tool for some ambitious and conspirators to usurp interests.

Li Mo started with the army. His career also needs to be protected by the army. Only when the army is more united, the less likely it is to be disturbed by the outside world and **, can it be easier for him to control it for a long time.

"According to the instructions of the political axe and the headquarters, our general participation has come up with a preliminary plan for this military parade. You can have a look. Because this is just a rough schedule, and many details have not been discussed. Everyone can speak freely at this meeting. After obtaining Li Mo's consent, Major General Hussein, the Chief of Staff, took out a stack of documents and asked Fan Qingqing to distribute them to the officers.

Li Mo also got a document entitled 'Plan for Celebrating the 48th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic of Somalia and the National Day Parade', with only one timetable and a few regulations, and the rest were blank.

Since Li Mo became the deputy commander-in-chief and withdrew most of the power of the general manager, Hussein and the general manager began to act cautiously, such as this schedule.

After analysis and discussion by the relevant departments, the scale of this exercise is limited to 6,000 people, including Army infantry, mechanized infantry, armored forces and air defense forces, air force 'Military Regiment', Su-27SS fighter squadron, MiG-25 interceptor detachment; helicopter formation; strategic missile battalion.

Among them, the army occupies the largest number of people, 5,000 people, and other arms account for only 1,000 people. In addition, the Capital Military Region will dispatch a mechanized infantry brigade and police department to cooperate to strengthen the security of the capital Mogadishu, protect the security of the whole National Day activities, and prevent the destruction of reactionary forces at home and abroad.

Now the main problem is to focus on the choice of troops to participate in the military parade. Originally, this problem did not need to be discussed at the meeting, but several military regions of the army and commanders of various brigades are competing for each other for this military parade, and no one is willing to lag behind.

The military parade is not just as simple as taking a road to be reviewed. It is also an opportunity to compare with each other within the army. Being able to participate in this military parade is equivalent to your superiors' recognition of you. Your army has the strongest collective spirit and appearance and even the overall combat effectiveness, which can best represent the highest level of the Somali National Defense Force. No one wants to lag behind other units of the same arms this time.

Therefore, Hussein took this issue to the meeting for discussion. To be precise, it was mainly for Li Mo to decide. Before his current status was different, if he made a decision, it would definitely cause the dissatisfaction of many powerful officers, and the consequences would be unpredictable.

However, after waiting for a quarter of an hour, the first objection was not the commander of the four military regions, but a person that both Hussein and Li Mo expected: the strategic missile battalion commander Viper.

(to be continued)