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Vanlaire Air Base, originally housed the only six MiG-23 fighters of the Somali Air Force, and the main base, including pilots, did not exceed 500 people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On this day, however, the Wanlaier Air Base was bustling and illegal, and one jeep after another drove into the base with billowing smoke and dust, and more than a dozen lieutenant colonels and colonels who were rarely seen in the past came.

The base commander, Lieutenant Colonel Faisal, greeted several important groups of officers and handed over this 'great' work to his assistants, and he had an even more important job, which was to carefully inspect the base boy to see if there were any omissions in the preparations.

Because today, the President of the Somali Republic, Yussef, the Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, Major General Hussein, and the boss behind the semi-hidden scenes, will visit Wanlaire Air Base to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the 2nd Fighter Squadron of the Air Force.

At 9 a.m., two Mi-24 helicopter gunships flew to Vanrael Air Base and landed on an open flat ground at the airport.

Lieutenant Colonel Faisal, who had already received the report, immediately stepped forward to greet him with the main officers of the base and the commanders of the 11th Infantry Brigade of the Northern Military District and the 11th Infantry Brigade stationed at the air base, which were 30 kilometers away.

President Yusuf, Chief of Staff Hussein, and Li Mo, who walked down from the first helicopter, shook hands with all the officers with smiles on their faces, and on the second helicopter were Major General Palermo, Minister of National Defense, and others.

For a moment, the officers gathered, and the stars twinkled.

A handful of people who hold almost the vast majority of Somalia came to show their appreciation for the newly formed fighter squadron.

The location of the Somali Peninsula is very important, due to its prominent geographical location, adjacent to the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. For example, the concentration of ships in the Gulf of Kignadine has put great pressure on Somalia, and although everyone believes that these warships will not take the initiative to attack Somalia, no one wants to see warships carrying advanced weapons hovering around their homes.

In addition to the escort fleet in the Gulf of Aden, the Somali peninsula faces two other threats. The first is the newly recovered area of Somaliland. Although the entire Somaliland region revolted and surrendered because of the last war, it has now been taken back by the Somali political axe. At present, in the Somaliland region, in order to appease the people, the Somali political axe has only sent the 5th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Northern Military Region to Hargeisa.

In an area of nearly 140,000 square kilometers, it is far from enough to station only one infantry brigade. In particular, although the Somali army has exterminated a number of 'Somaliland readers,' it is impossible to wipe out all of them in a short period of time, and there are still a considerable number of diehards hiding in the shadows and hatching conspiracies. There may even be foreign forces involved in it, colluding with some diehards.

In addition to deterring the Somaliland region, Ethiopia, the country with the longest border with Somalia, also needs to be prepared.

Before Somalia and Ukraine reached an arms purchase agreement, Ethiopia had one of the most powerful air forces in East Africa, with as many as 15 Su-27 fighter jets, which was the main force of the Ethiopian air force. In addition, the Su-27 fighter of the Ethiopian Air Force is the only Su-27 fighter in the world that has participated in actual combat.

In 1999, two Ethiopian Su-27 fighters were on a routine patrol and encountered four Eritrean MiG-29 fighters. After discovering that the number of the opponent's planes was greater than their own, the Egyptian pilots immediately planned to break away, but the Eritrean MiG-29 pursued closely and first launched a number of R-27 air-to-air missiles, but the Su-27 fighters got rid of them by virtue of their superior maneuverability. After that, the Su-27 fighters began to counterattack, shooting down a MiG-29, and this counter-attack air encounter ended.

The second time the two sides met again, one Su-27 and one MiG-29 went head-to-head, and ended with the Su-27 victory and the MiG-29 was shot down.

These two air battles were the only actual combat records made public by the Su-27 fighters, and the ending was won by the Su-27 fighters.

Su-27 fighter and MiG-29 fighter are the main fighters of the former Soviet Union in the same period, following the principle of high and low matching, Su-27 fighter is a heavy fighter, with a long range of bombs, and the main task is to seize air supremacy and suppress the opponent's air power. The MiG-29 is a front-line support fighter whose main task is air supremacy and volleys, and can also perform ground attacks.

The design idea of the two fighters is also the mainstream of the current air force fighters equipped by all countries in the world, with a high-altitude heavy fighter with an excellent surname and a fighter with a medium- and low-altitude combat surname to stand out, forming a high, medium and low all-round air strike force. Similar such as the American F-15 and F-16 fighters!

Ethiopia, which has a Su-27 fighter squadron with actual combat experience, cannot afford to pay attention to the defense of its territory and territory. In particular, the ambiguous relationship between Ethiopia and Somaliland's former political president, Kassin, has sent air forces to fight the rebellion of the Union of Islamic Courts for Somaliland, which has alarmed the Somali leadership.

After attending the inauguration ceremony of the 2nd Fighter Squadron, President Yusuf, Chief of Staff Hussein and Li Mo expressed their gratitude to the Air Force instructors sent by Ukraine and the instructors who trained logistics personnel for Somalia.

Finally, everyone watched the flight performance of the Su-27UB two-seater trainer fighter by Somali pilots and Ukrainian instructors, and the warm applause lasted for a long time.

"Li Mo, thank you!" President Yusuf looked at Li Mo, who was looking up at the fighter jets in the sky, and said solemnly.

Li Mo turned his head with a hint of surprise in his expression, "Mr. President? ”

You Sufu suddenly said thank you, which surprised Li Mo. I felt strange in my heart. Li Mo knew that although Yu Sufu had compromised with himself, he fully supported himself in all aspects to control the Somali army and lay a solid foundation, and he must still be very vigilant about himself in his heart. In any case, in the eyes of these people, Li Mo has always been an 'outsider', and an 'outsider' firmly controls the army and integrates into every corner of Somalia in order to achieve some ulterior purpose. Even if there is no purpose, the armed forces of the motherland are controlled by outsiders, and there will always be pimples and even dissatisfaction in the hearts of Somali people.

With Wang Ning's intelligence department in his hand, Li Mo didn't know what these people thought, but he also knew it in his heart. However, Li Mo didn't stop anything, I believe that with the passage of time, these people will always understand that they control the army in order to give Xingchen Company a stable rear base, which can ensure that Xingchen Company competes with those giants with deep backgrounds in the world.

Somalia in general, in the control of Li Mo, also occupies a big advantage. Without him, Somalia would still be in chaos, let alone developing strong, and it would be Allah to be able to maintain the apparent integrity of Somalia in the face of mutual hostility between the tentacles and supporting forces of various countries.

Therefore, Li Mo has nothing to feel guilty about at all, and he is also calm about controlling the army, which is how it should be.

Yusuf laughed and said, "Li Mo, I'll go back to Mogadishu and sit with me." In his heart, he regretted that he was excited because of the Air Force for a while, so he expressed his gratitude to Li Mo from the bottom of his heart.

For Li Mo, Yu Sufu's mood is complicated. First, he was dissatisfied with Li Mo's control of the army and did not allow outsiders to interfere, and even he, the president of Somalia, could not command the army. Second, Yu Sufu was very grateful to Li Mo for spending great efforts to strengthen the strength of the National Defense Force.

Without Lemo's funding, the Somali Defense Forces would still be a group of militants with dilapidated AKs, rather than an army undergoing modernization.

Because the Somali Defence Force is growing stronger, especially after defeating the joint offensive of Kenya and Somaliland, Somalia's position in Africa has suddenly risen a lot. The number of foreign heads of state and delegations visiting recently is unknown, and Somalia's influence is gradually growing. When he talks with other heads of state, his confidence has also increased a lot.

Li Mo keenly captured the complexity in You Sufu's eyes, although it disappeared in a flash, but it made Li Mo's heart move. Why is this Mr. President sentimental?

In the afternoon, the group returned to the capital, Mogadishu, and Li Mo and Yusuf went directly to the presidential palace at the invitation.

The place where he spoke was not Yusuf's office, but a quiet private room, where Yusuf usually received his personal friends.

"Li Mo, do you have any ideas to come out and work together for Somalia?"

Yu Sufu's first sentence surprised Li Mo. What the hell is going on with this old man today? How could such a thing be said? Do you test yourself or do you really have the will?

Li Mo took a sip of water from the teacup, taking the opportunity to hide the change in expression on his face.

From behind the scenes to the front desk, Li Mo has already finished. However, in the eyes of most people, Li Mo's current identity is still semi-public. Because Li Mo's current identity is only the chairman of Xingchen Company, in the final analysis, he is just a businessman.

Although many people know that Li Mo cannot be treated with the attitude of a businessman, after all, Li Mo does not have any positions in the Somali military and political circles, so in many cases, whether it is domestic or foreign, there will always be some embarrassment when treating Li Mo.

Within the Xingchen Organization, it was not that no one proposed that Li Mo have a position in the military or political axe, but Li Mo refused implicitly because of inconvenience.

But Li Mo knew in his heart that sooner or later he would really go to the forefront. Not for anything else, but for the sake of unity within the organization.

Like Chief of Staff Hussein, in Somalia it can be said that one person is more than 10,000 people. The status is only below President Yussef, but this is only on the surface, in fact, in the army, Hussein is the first person who deserves to be the first.

But within the Xingchen organization, Hussein's real status is not as good as experts and stones, and now, Hussein's status in the organization is really difficult to divide because of the identity of the chief of staff of the Wehrmacht, and the identity of the stone is higher than Hussein's in the organization, but Hussein controls tens of thousands of Wehrmacht, but there are very few directly under the stone, and if it continues like this for a long time, it will inevitably lead to internal contradictions and problems.

This time, You Sufu suddenly asked this sentence, but Li Mo felt that this might be an opportunity. Regardless of whether Yu Sufu was tempted or really invited, Li Mo felt that he had to solve this hidden danger within the organization.

(To be continued)