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Li Mo and Hussein came to the Northern Military Region, in addition to inspecting the work, to cheer for the two infantry brigades of the Northern Military Region, which are now 'obeying' Hussein's chief of staff. www.biquge.info The unit that is about to be reequipped has already been chosen, which is one of the two infantry brigades that can be controlled by Chief of Staff Hussein, and this infantry brigade will be renamed the Third Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Somali Defense Forces after completing the rearmament, becoming another relatively modern army in Somalia.

As soon as the change of troops ended, the eyes within the Somali Defence Force were once again focused on one thing, and that was the issue of the ranks of the Defence Forces.

When the Somali regime did not collapse 91 years ago, the highest rank in the Somali political axe army was the rank of lieutenant general; But lieutenant general is only an honorary rank and is generally not awarded. Now that the Somali Defence Forces have been formed, there is still a lot of confusion among the ranks that everyone uses with each other, almost the same ranks that were arbitrarily awarded by each armed force during the civil war.

For example, Comrade Hussein, Deputy Chairman of the Somali Defense Council and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, is currently only a colonel. Today, there are more than 40 in the Wehrmacht with the rank of colonel, and the lowest position is now held by a regimental commander.

This chaotic rank system made Chief of Staff Hussein unhappy. He is the de facto leader of the Wehrmacht, and now he is the same rank as a regiment commander, which is too unusual! After Chief of Staff Hussein returned to Mogadishu, the issue of military rank was formally raised in the membership of the National Defence Rank, which was supported by the other members. After all, this matter is only good for everyone, and there is no harm in it, and once the matter of military rank is determined, the organization of the Wehrmacht will be a little tighter.

After several days of discussions, a new system of ranks for the Somali Defence Forces was introduced, which were generally based on the previous political axe ranks.

Under the new military rank system, members of the Somali Defence Commission, who are representatives of the military, are awarded major generals; At the ceremony, three people who received the rank of major general were Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Somali Armed Forces, Hussein, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, and Kenyare, Commander of the Capital Military Region.

In the original military ranks, the Brigadier General level was added in accordance with the Western military rank system. According to the new military rank system, brigadier generals will be awarded to commanders of arms, commanders of large military regions, commanders of special contingents at and above the brigade level, etc.

The rank of brigadier general was awarded to the commanders of the Northern and Southern Military Districts, as well as the commander of the 1st Armored Brigade of the Wehrmacht, Palmer.

Below the rank of brigadier general, there is the rank of colonel; In the new military rank system, the rank of colonel will be conferred on the principal of brigade-level units, as well as the principal posts of some military institutions and the deputy rank of large military regions.

At the special request of Chief of Staff Hussein, the first special forces unit of the Somali Defence Forces, the Meteor Commando, was formed. The Meteor Commando will become an important force in Somalia for counter-terrorism and special operations with a special force at the regimental level. The first commander, Colonel Luo Xiang, also became the only Chinese Somali in this award ceremony, which attracted considerable attention at home and abroad!

"Tut, look, our chief of staff is wearing a crown now!" At the high-level meeting of the organization, the mouse looked at Hussein's epaulettes and sighed repeatedly. The ranks of the Somali Defence Forces are greatly influenced by the former Somali "suzerain" Britain, and on the epaulettes of the general level, they are composed of a crown and a five-pointed star, like a brigadier general is a crown, and a major general is a crown and a white five-pointed star, and a lieutenant general is two five-pointed stars, which is also related to the fact that the Somali flag is light blue and has a white five-pointed star in the center of the bottom.

Hussein consciously straightened his chest and said with a smile, "If you are willing to come to the Wehrmacht, I can get you a set of such military uniforms!" ”

The mouse was stunned for a moment, and said with a look of disbelief, "According to the new military rank system, where is there still a major general position in the Wehrmacht?" Not even a brigadier general, don't fool me! ”

Hussein didn't explain, he directly raised a hand in front of him to make a flying motion, and then squeezed his brow at the mouse, "How is it?" I said I would definitely be able to get a set for you, as long as you are willing to do it! ”

"Oops, I forgot that you were also an Air Force Commander. The commander of the Air Force can be awarded the rank of brigadier general, and he can really wear a military uniform with a crown! The mouse patted his forehead and said with a look of remorse.

Li Mo, who was sitting at the top, saw that the time was almost up, and announced the start of the meeting. Like the current high-level meetings, once a month, a specific set of forms has long been formed. First of all, the head of each department will report the affairs of the department in charge, and if there is no major event, the meeting will be over after everyone has finished reporting.

At today's meeting, Liu Qingyue, who was originally in charge of finance, gave birth to a child, and now she is replaced by an expert to report. After everyone finished reporting, they all looked at Li Mo. Because as you all know, there are other important things to discuss at today's meeting.

"We have two more things to discuss today. The first thing is the oil field discovered in the Muderg area. According to our previous agreement with Huaxia, the discovered oil fields will be handed over to Huaxia Petroleum Company for exploitation, and Huaxia Petroleum Company will receive a 45% stake in the oil field after paying 10% of the total value of the oil field to the Somali government. We will get 20% of the shares. Moreover, according to the agreement, the crude oil produced by the oil field will be sold to Huaxia on a priority basis. What we need to discuss now is, what to do with the 20% oilfield shares in hand? ”

Generally speaking, the agreement reached with Huaxia is not much different from today's international practice of cooperative oil exploitation, and relatively speaking, Huaxia has taken some advantage. In other countries, such cooperation with foreign oil companies to extract domestic oil is generally signed first, and the oil extraction company is responsible for providing a full set of extraction equipment and other extraction costs. In the upfront profits, the oil companies will receive 30%-40% of the profits until the extraction costs are recovered, and after the extraction costs are recovered, the oil companies' profit share will be reduced by half to only 10%-20% of the total profits. Although Huaxia Petroleum Company initially had to pay a large sum of money, its share of the profits enjoyed by the oilfield has remained unchanged, which is twice as high as its similar cooperative exploitation profits. You must know that the new oil bill imposed by the United States in Iraq last year stipulates that the newly discovered oil fields in Iraq will be exploited by Anglo-American oil companies, and 75% of the profits will be shared in the early stage. In other words, it would have taken 10 years to recover the cost of oil extraction, but now it takes only 5 years to recover the cost, and the oil extracted after that is a pure profit, which can be described as a vampire-like bill.

Of course, Somalia is not Iraq, and China is not the United States. Now that both the Star Organization and the Somali political axe are in dire need of funds, and Hussein is exerting pressure from them, the agreement was adopted by the three parties.

"20% of the shares are worth about $2 billion, and we want to sell them at one time, and Huaxia Political Axe doesn't know if we can eat it?" The expert said with a frown. China's foreign exchange reserves are in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and it is not difficult to pay $2 billion. But buying $2 billion worth of oilfield shares for $2 billion would hardly make a profit, and it would take more than ten years to recoup the cost. No matter how you look at it, this kind of trade is not a good deal. What the expert means is that this kind of unprofitable trading Huaxia will not do!

"I don't think that's a problem." The rat spoke at this time, "Now the oil gap in all countries in the world is very large, and this is especially true in China. Moreover, $2 billion is only the value of extracted crude oil. There are a number of added values that have not yet been calculated in the refining of crude oil. Even if Huaxia Petroleum Company buys internationally, it will cost so much money, and now it can directly buy shares in the oil fields, which means that the oil has fallen into Huaxia's pocket, which is more insurance than anything else. Besides, the oil price is the same every year, the total oil reserves are fixed after all, and the recoverable reserves are definitely getting smaller and smaller. ”

Many high-level executives nodded after listening to the mouse's words. Now oil is almost equal to hard currency. It holds its value even better than hard currency. After all, gold can't get fighter tanks moving at critical times, but oil can.

The experts don't say anything when they hear this, and in any case, the organization always gets enough benefits, and it's almost nothing.

"Since everybody agrees to sell the oil at one time, the matter is decided. Hussein, does your military have any specific measures to protect this oil field now? Li Mo suddenly asked. The general environment in Somalia is calm for the time being, but it does not mean that the country is calm. Small-scale armed groups still exist, and criminals of all kinds are still rampant. And the Mudeg area is close to the Somali pirate lair in his memory, and the security surname is not high. Moreover, Li Mo also has to prevent other countries from making small moves in it.

"Boss, don't worry, as early as the day the oil field was discovered, an infantry battalion of the Northern Military Region rushed there and stationed there, which is enough to guard against the safety of the oil field!" Hussain assured with confidence. An infantry battalion of four or five hundred soldiers was enough to be harassed by a small group of militants.

Li Mo nodded with satisfaction and relieved. Then he saw Li Mo's face become serious and said, "Now let's talk about the second and most important thing!" ”

The high-level executives in the conference room immediately sat up straight, and the expressions on their faces were serious.

"According to the news from Mr. Michael, his mission in Angola has made progress in breaking through the surname, and the Angolan military is very interested in the Lion King 2 infantry fighting vehicle we produce, and will soon send a military delegation to Somalia to test the surname of the Lion King 2 infantry fighting vehicle to confirm whether it is purchased! If the Angolan military takes a fancy to our Lion King 2 infantry fighting vehicles and purchases them, it will be the first time that we have organized arms trade with the country, and it will be an important turning point for the organization, and everyone will have to focus on receiving the Angolan military delegation, and the Angolan military must be satisfied! When Li Mo talked about it, he was both nervous and a little excited. After all, this is the first time that the organization has been in contact with another party since it was legalized. If the Angolan military can really purchase the Lion King infantry fighting vehicle this time, Somali Star Industrial Group is bound to make a name for itself in the world. This is because this arms purchase is not an ordinary arms procurement case, but a case of Somalia, a country that has just recovered from the war, selling arms to other countries. Enough to catch the eye of most of the world's countries!

(To be continued)