Volume 5 Chapter 553 Honesty
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The next day, the commander-in-chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and two Iranian nuclear physicists, accompanied by Rock and Ebik, went to a secret strategic missile battalion base in the Déby River valley in northern Central Juba Prefecture. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Now, the two Satan intermediate-range ballistic missiles purchased from Ukrainian arms dealer Nazirov are secretly on combat readiness duty there.
Because these two missiles equipped with nuclear warheads are the only force capable of carrying out strategic nuclear strikes by the organization, Li Mo believes that in order for Iran to understand the strength of the organization, it is necessary to show the most powerful side. Then a visit to a strategic missile battalion is much more intuitive than a visit to a reserve of nuclear warheads.
Originally, Li Mo planned to accompany them personally, but he received a temporary phone call from Chief of Staff Hussein, saying that President Yusuf had important matters to meet with him face-to-face. After a slight choice, Li Mo decided to go to Mogadishu and leave the task of accompanying the Iranian representative to Shishi. Although this mission is important, Shi Shi is a credible person, he is Li Mo's first direct subordinate, and he is a real elder. Moreover, the current commander of the Strategic Missile Battalion is a poisonous snake, and both of them are Li Mo's most important and trusted assistants, and Li Mo is not worried about accidents.
Leaving the fox in the industrial park and temporarily taking charge of the affairs here, Li Mo took Fan Qingqing and two Meteor team members to Mogadishu and first went to the General Staff of the National Defense Forces.
Today, the General Staff is still the same small three-story gray building, but the name has been changed, and the Somali Ministry of Defence is hung up, and the newly formed Ministry of Defence is also located here. In addition, the General Staff, the Logistics Department, and the Equipment Department are also located here, and if you remove the premises of the National Defense Commission in the Somali Central Political Axe Building, this is the real core of the Somali Defence Force, and the vast majority of Somali military orders are issued here.
When Li Mo's jeep came to the outside of the Ministry of National Defense building, Li Mo in the car saw that the area around the Ministry of Defense building was also being demolished, and it seemed that it was preparing for construction. Li Mo suddenly thought of Hussein's idea of building a higher and larger defense building, whose responsibilities should be similar to the Pentagon of the United States, but with Somalia's current finances, it is impossible to spend as much money as the United States, at most to build the building a little higher and have more defense buildings around.
Four soldiers who were on guard at the gate of the Ministry of National Defense saw a jeep suddenly stop at the gate, facing an unfamiliar vehicle, a soldier was about to step forward to warn the other party not to stop, but when he saw the 'xc000' license plate hanging in front of the jeep, he immediately stopped the right foot that had just been lifted, and several people straightened their chests and saluted without squinting.
In Somalia, especially in the military, who doesn't know that this particular brand represents the big boss of Xingchen Company? Most of the food they usually wear and use in their hands are provided by others, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are food and clothing.
Li Mozhi didn't pay attention to this small detail and went straight to Hussein's office. The officers who occasionally shuttled through the Ministry of Defense saw Li Mo in casual clothes, and they all stood up straight and saluted as if they were meeting the leaders of the higher-level inspection.
In this regard, Li Mo also smiled and nodded, whether these officers know each other or not, it can be said that they are all his subordinates, as a boss, the image of being close to the people and peaceful cannot be lost at any time. A small smile from the boss can sometimes make these 'employees' more excited than a bonus.
In the corridor on the third floor, Li Mo had just come up and saw a group of officers standing in the corridor. Among the six or seven men, the lowest rank was a colonel, headed by Chief of Staff Hussein, and the newly appointed Minister of Defense, Major General Palermo, was also among them, only half a step behind Chief of Staff Hussein.
"Major General Hussein, why did you put on such a posture to greet me? Everyone is their own person, you're welcome. Li Mo shook hands with Hussein solemnly and smiled, and there were mostly jokes in his words.
The people who can be greeted here are all real high-level leaders of the Wehrmacht, or Li Mo's subordinates, or they are very aware of the relationship between Li Mo and Hussein, and they don't take Li Mo's words seriously, but they have heard it as a joke.
"Hello, Minister Palermo!" Li Mo took the initiative to extend his hand to Palermo with a smile, this is not his subordinate, at most an ally.
"Hello Boss Li, welcome to inspect the work of the National Defense Force." Major General Palermo hurriedly stretched out his hand and shook Li Mo. He knew that he couldn't really treat the other party as a businessman, the other party should be a hidden boss.
After a few polite exchanges, they entered a small conference room, Li Mo sat in the first seat, Chief of Staff Hussein and Minister Palermo sat on both sides, and they were not abrupt or surprised by these others, everyone looked like they should have been.
At this time, Chief of Staff Hussein introduced Li Mo to the officers present, including the chief of the logistics department, the chief of the equipment department, the deputy director of the General Staff Major General Moos, the deputy minister of defense, and others.
"Boss Li, that's the case, President Yusuf is grateful for the contribution made by Xingchen Company to Somalia, and is ready to further relax the country's restrictions on mineral resources......" Major General Palermo looked at the time and sprinkled a few hundred words, the meaning of which was not only understood by Li Mo, but also understood by several officers present.
Prior to this, due to the civil war, only a small part of natural gas, except for beryl and gypsum, was exploited by foreign companies, and most of the other mineral resources were buried in the ground and not utilized. Later, the Xingchen Organization established the Somali Mineral Resources Development Company in Somalia, and obtained the development rights of several mines from the Somali political axe, including the medium-sized copper mine in cooperation with Huaxia, in addition to some small iron ores, which are only a very small part of the mineral resources in Somalia. Especially after the discovery and exploitation of the large oil field in Mudeg, under pressure from abroad, Somalia tightened its policy in this regard, and Li Mo did not take into account the influence and did not use his power and power to force the political axe. The main thing is that his development focus at that time was on the Lion King infantry fighting vehicle, and he was not very interested in the buying and selling of mineral resources, which had a large investment and slow returns.
Now that a year has passed, Li Mo's mentality has changed a lot, although the Lion King infantry fighting vehicle has been successfully developed and sold to several countries. But the economic strength of the Xingchen organization is still unremarkable, with the cooperation with Iran and foreign procurement, a large amount of money is spent like flowing water, and the source of income is very small, it can be said that the Xingchen organization as a company, is almost equal to the financial deficit. Had it not been for its strong military and the fact that many of the resources it obtained from Somalia at almost zero cost, the company would have gone bankrupt.
Now Yusuf wants to loosen restrictions on mineral resources and let Palermo hint at itself so clearly. The meaning is that Xingchen Company is involved in the development of mineral resources in Somalia on a large scale, which can be said to have sent timely rain.
If the Star Organization can cooperate with the Somali political axe to control or even monopolize the mineral resources of Somalia, the annual benefits brought to the organization are absolutely astronomical.
Although Li Mo was moved, he didn't show it on his face. What is the purpose of Yusuf sending such a benefit? The effort is proportional to the gain. The greater the benefits of Yusuf's delivery, the more you ask for. Li Mo had to think about it.
Since Palermo can say it openly, he naturally has also considered Li Mo's several reactions. Li Mo, who was silent at this time, was undoubtedly in his expectation.
"Boss Li, I think everyone is their own person, and there is no need to hide some words. President Yusuf hopes to cooperate with you at a deeper level, become close comrades-in-arms, and work together for the development of Somalia. Major General Palermo continued with a fixed mind, "Both President Yusuf and Boss Li hope that Somalia can become a country with a strong economy and national strength. This goal is consistent with each other. In this case, we should be able to be comrades in the trenches, and we should be honest with each other without secrets. Combine the resources of both parties to serve this goal. ”
Chief of Staff Hussein raised his eyebrows when he heard this, these words had not been spoken to him by Palermo before. Of course, he didn't care that Palermo only said this in front of Li Mo, but felt that Palermo said it too bluntly. Looks like a businessman.
"Major General Palermo, aren't we cooperating now? And very close partners. Although Li Mo was also eager to know the reason why You Sufu was so active, he still asked quietly. Frank cooperation with Yousufu's side, Li Mo also thought about it. Although they control the Somali army, one thing that cannot be ignored is that their roots in Somalia are too shallow. Even in the eyes of some Somalis, they are foreigners. This also makes the Star Organization timid and backward when making many decisions. It is feared that some of the moves will cause resistance among the Somali people and cause a big backlash. Li Moke does not want to get a Somalia that is bloodily suppressed by powerful force, but wants to be backed by the intimate Somalia that is close to each other's flesh and blood, so that he can develop and strengthen the stars without worries, so that the star organization will have enough confidence in the face of other opponents when it goes international.
The idea is good, but in practice there are many difficulties. They have only been a Somali citizen for a few years, and the difference in skin color has given many people a very intuitive impression, and in Africa, a land that attaches great importance to blood and race, they are yellow-skinned and dark-skinned natives, and they do not look like 'their own people'.
Therefore, the strategy of the previous Star Organization was more to prepare to gradually integrate into Somalia in a subtle and silent way, so that the Somali people gradually accepted them, until they regarded them as their real own people. In doing so, it is necessary to let the Somali people see the benefits that the Star Organization has brought to them, and the efforts to build schools, develop the economy, fight crime, and improve the treatment of military officers and soldiers have not been given up before and still are all for this goal. If there really is a local force to help them, first integrate the local forces, and then the local forces into the Somali family, the time to achieve this goal will be cut by half or more.
(To be continued)