Volume 4 Chapter 453 The Purpose Behind It
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More than 10 days have passed since the last military meeting, but the repercussions of that day's meeting have not been extinguished. After Colonel Hussein revealed that the Paramincho Army had formed four more infantry regiments, including President Yusuf, it was clear that in the coming period, if nothing else, the Paramincho Army's influence in the Somali Defense Forces would dominate.www.biquge.info
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After intense discussions, in addition to the armored brigade, the other four mechanized infantry regiments and five infantry regiments of the Palamincao Army were separately formed into two mechanized infantry brigades, which became the biggest winners of the armed forces of all parties.
Originally, in order to prevent various parties from having influence over the Somali Defence Forces, the newly formed Somali Defense Forces would be dispersed and deployed in the three major Somali military regions. The rest of the armament was not much of a controversy, but when it was the turn of the three armored forces of the Paramingchu Army, everyone had a small calculation in their hearts.
In particular, the three parties that received the commanders of the three military regions: the Provisional Axe represented by Yusuf, the Autonomous Axe of Puntland, and the former Aideed Axe in Mogadishu. All three parties want to deploy these three armoured units within the jurisdiction of the military districts under their control. And everybody's justification.
Hashi, the leader of the Puntland Autonomous Axe, said that although Somalia is united, there is still a formidable enemy in the northwest - Somaliland. In order to prevent Somaliland from undermining the hard-won peace in Somalia, the most elite armoured brigades should be deployed at the junction of the Northern Military Region and Somaliland. It would be better to add a mechanized infantry brigade.
This proposal was met with immediate and strong opposition from the Mogadishu faction, represented by Kenyare. Kenyare's objections are also well founded; Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia, and according to international practice, the capital of all countries should have one of their most elite troops stationed in the capital to defend the capital and ensure the security of the capital. So armored brigades should be deployed in the Capital Military District.
President Yusuf did not want to deploy armored forces in either the Northern Military District or the Capital Military District. But he was even more reluctant to deploy this elite force in the Southern Military District, which he controlled. Because that's the lair of the Paramin's cooking army. If these three armored units are also deployed in the Southern Military District, then does the commander of the Southern Military District still have power?
Because in the division of integrated forces under the military district, the Northern Military District will deploy 4 of the 11 infantry brigades. The same is true for the Southern Military District, which has three infantry brigades.
If three more armored units are deployed in the Southern Military District, the balance of strength within the Southern Military District will be very unfavorable to the commander of the military district. Because the commander was newly appointed, and the infantry brigade was a new unit that was broken up and reorganized. The commander of the Southern Military District sent by Yusuf could not influence any of the troops at all, and coupled with the control of the three armored units of the Paramingchu Army, the commander of the Southern Military District could be said to be a 'puppet commander' in name only. That's what Yusuf doesn't want to see.
None of the three forces compromised, and the issue was debated for almost a day. In the end, Colonel Hussein said that the two newly formed mechanized infantry brigades had just completed the rearmament (in fact, only two regiments had been reequipped), and they had not formed combat effectiveness at all, and it was inconvenient to be far away from the station's logistics supply, so it was better to place the two mechanized infantry regiments in the Southern Military Region for the time being, and discuss them later. However, because he is about to leave Mogadishu to serve as Chief of Staff of the Somali Defence Forces, in order to prevent others from taking him in the air, the armoured brigade will be deployed to the capital, Mogadishu. The reason, of course, is that Somalia is now in a critical period, and in order to prevent a small remnant of the enemy from rebelling, the capital must have a strong combat rapid reaction force under its command.
With three armoured units as his backing, Colonel Hussein's voice was significantly increased. The leaders of the other parties reluctantly passed the decision after a fruitless debate.
...... "Good, you did a good job this time." At the Camel Hill base, at the high-level meeting of the Star Organization, Li Mo praised Hussein's performance at the military meeting in Mogadishu in person.
This time, the forces of the other parties were scattered and reorganized, and the control of their forces fell to an incredible level, but the Paramingchu Army was exceptionally organized into three separate armoured units, and the position of the Paramingchu Army in the Somali Defense Forces was initially consolidated.
"I think Hussein's 'selling' of the Air Force is also very good. Although it seems that the air force is very weak and cannot compare with the army, everyone knows that the air force occupies a greater weight than the army in modern warfare. Moreover, don't we still have a dozen fighters in our warehouses? I wonder if it will be assembled and enriched into the newly formed Air Force? Increase the strength of the Air Force in the Somali Defence Forces! After Li Mo praised Hussein, Shi also expressed his views on Hussein's approach, which basically had the same meaning as Li Mo: praise.
Hussein was praised by his two superiors, and he was also a little proud in his heart. He felt that he had not only gotten the benefits he deserved this time, but also got some more. It should have been overfulfilled.
"There is no hurry to expand the strength of the Air Force for the time being, and now our strength is already the best in Somalia, and if we are exposing more strength, it will be detrimental to the organization. At present, in the Air Force, our main task should be to train pilots and other auxiliary personnel. Hussein should make this a top priority when he takes office! Li Mo thought for a while and vetoed Stone's proposal, now the strength of the Palamin Cook Army in the Somali Defense Force has made other forces uneasy, and if the strength of the Air Force is increased, it will inevitably lead to other forces uniting against the Palamin Cook Army.
Now that Somalia is united, most of the internal and external parties are reluctant to go to war in Somalia again. Other forces are unable to act by force against the influence of the Palaminke Army in the army, and they will definitely use political methods to stumble the Palaminke Army. Li Mo only wants to vigorously develop the arms trade organized by Xingchen after taking control of the Somali National Defense Forces, and does not want to get caught up in various intrigues and political struggles.
"I think the boss's proposal is very good, I think if I don't do it, other forces will find a way to do it. If they want to infiltrate the Air Force, they need to have personnel in the Air Force. And if you want to get talents in the Air Force, in addition to recruiting, you can only cultivate yourself. Although President Yusuf has temporarily relinquished control of the military, he will certainly not agree to the dominance of our family. "Hussein has gradually grown up after many 'lessons', and what he said is also very realistic.
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and many people were impressed by Hussein.
"Okay, now there is no big problem in the military aspect, let's discuss the 'subsidy' proposed by President Yusuf, the reason he gave is that the formation of the political axe, the reorganization of the army, and the transformation of various infrastructure facilities need a large amount of money, and the temporary political axe will definitely not be able to come up with such a large amount of money, so let the 76 forces contribute a part of the funds to alleviate the current financial predicament. In Yusuf's proposal, the Provisional Axe, Puntland, and our Paraminchu Army would each 'fund' $3 million, the other nine first-class forces would each contribute $1.5 million, and the remaining party forces would 'fund' $500,000 each, regardless of their size. If everyone comes up with it, the treasury will receive a 'subsidy' of $51.5 million, which will keep the political axe and the army running for at least three months. This matter has only been raised now, and everyone has not decided, what do you think is the purpose of President Yussef's move? Li Mo waited for everyone to laugh before asking another question.
Li Mo's words made the high-level executives in the conference room sit up straight unconsciously. From a normal point of view, Yusuf's move has no purpose. Because the problems that President Yusuf pointed out are all facts. The Somali political axe used to live in a tight situation, and it was not until Li Mo bought the copper mine that he gave the political axe a sum of 30 million US dollars in 'mining fees', and the temporary political axe was a little better. But now the political axe has to support more than 60,000 officers and soldiers, and the basic military expenditure alone costs $10 million a month. This does not include the expenses for the change of equipment and regular training of the troops. In addition, there is also the formation of the central political axe and the election of the local political axe, etc., which is really not a small cost. In Somalia, the richest people are not the rich merchants, but the big tribes. Today, most of the parties are the spokesmen of the tribe. I want to get the funds to sustain myself without financial collapse. Yusuf has no choice but to target the parties.
However, Li Mo's words were carefully pondered, and everyone felt that it was definitely not so simple. Maybe the boss saw something, otherwise he wouldn't have asked Yusuf about his purpose.
"Boss, is he doing this to weaken the strength of the parties?" The expert frowned and thought for a moment before replying with some hesitation.
Hearing this, the others looked at Li Mo one after another, waiting for Li Mo's explanation.
"Hehe, experts are good at administrative work. I think Yusuf's move is aimed at weakening the strength of the parties. And the main target is still a force like us that does not have the support of a large tribe behind it. What is most important in Africa? Some say it's armed, some say it's the support of great powers, and some think it's the support of big tribes. These are all good, but they are all inseparable from a core. That's money! In most parts of Africa, there are many people who do not have jobs or even are poor and do not have enough to eat. As long as a person has money, he can pull up a team. Of course, it is not much to say whether this team will survive in the end. But there is no doubt that money is the most important core of all non-political axe forces in Africa. Without funds, all the strength will be empty in the end. As we all know, in the chaotic region of Africa, two places are the focus of everyone's contention, one is the mine and the other is the city. And these two places are the best places to bring in money. No one here says anything about the countryside surrounding the city. Unless it's an organization with a steady stream of money coming in. Yusuf's move is mainly for two purposes, the first is the just-in-chief reasons he explained. The second is to weaken our forces that do not have the support of large tribes. Because Somalia is reunified, the previous methods of mining and selling mines to obtain funds by various forces are no longer available. Without funding, it is no longer possible to recruit armed people privately, and without armed men, it is impossible to obtain large sums of money. It's a cycle. Yusufu's move was to cut off everyone's way to continue to be the emperor of the soil. And now, although all the party forces have surrendered their arms, everyone still has a lot of 'reserve funds', and Yusuf's purpose is to dig up these 'reserve funds'. I believe that this is just a temptation for the first time, and if it can be effective, there may be more proposals for 'grants' in the future. ”
(To be continued)