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The city of Tinsoor, Baidoa region, has been selected by the Somali Defence Forces (SDF) since six months ago as a training base for Somali Defence Force pilots. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Today, the training base is headed by Major Assad, squadron leader of the Somali Defence Forces Air Force fighter squadron. At the base, there are now four second-hand PC-9 turboprop trainers purchased from the black market for primary flight training for pilots. With regard to the Air Force, an important force in the future of the defence force, other partisan forces, despite the influence of Chief of Staff Hussein on the army, have not given up on mixing sand with it, and half of the first 50 pilots to be trained are now selected from the entire Somali Defence Force. The other half is to select physically qualified soldiers from the forces controlled by the Star Organization, including the base guard company, and the Chad training base.

Whether it is Li Mo or Hussein, other partisan forces can be allowed to reach into the air force, but they will not be allowed to have any idea of controlling the future air force.

In order to show the importance he attaches to the Air Force, Chief of Staff Hussein has visited the Air Force Pilot Training Base for the second time.

After a few words of encouragement to these future pilots, Chief of Staff Hussein revealed to everyone the main content of this inspection: that is, to bring four Su-22 attack aircraft!

The Su-22 attack aircraft is an export version produced twice in simple assembly on the basis of the Su-17 equipped by the former Soviet Union. In 1977, 40 were sold to Peru and four to the then Afghan Air Force. However, just two years later, the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and the four Su-22 attack planes were hidden before they could play their role, and then they were given to Li Mo by Taliban leader Omar, and now they will become another batch of controllable aircraft at the air force training base.

After inspecting the Air Force training base, Chief of Staff Hussein went to Garowe, the capital of Nugar Oblast, where the Northern Military District Command is located.

"Welcome Chief of Staff Hussein to the Northern Military District to inspect the work!" Outside the command, the commander of the military district, Abdul? Val? Colonel Moose greeted the chief of staff and his party with high-ranking officers of the military district.

As a close confidant of Hashi, the former chairman of the Puntland Autonomous Region, Moose lost most of the elite of the First Guard of Puntland even in the battle to destroy the Rahanwen Resistance Army, which caused Hashi to be very dissatisfied. However, after the formation of the Somali Defense Force, he was still nominated by Hashi as the commander of the Northern Military Region. According to a private agreement between the major parties, the post of commander of the Northern Military Region was taken over by the Autonomous Region of Puntland. Therefore, other forces have no objection to Moos, an officer who has suffered 'defeat', as commander.

Moose, who was grateful and eager to die for Chairman Hash, learned that this position was not easy to sit in after taking office. According to Chairman Hash, his task is to gradually take control of the forces under the Northern Military District, so as to support Chairman Hash's voice in Mogadishu. But after actually taking office for a while, Moose realized that this task was not easy to accomplish.

Among the armies under the military districts discussed and decided by the National Defense Committee, the Northern Military District, like the Southern Military District, has four infantry brigades under its jurisdiction. However, because of the special surname of the mechanized troops, the Southern Military Region has two more mechanized infantry brigades, and the Capital Military Region has one more armored brigade in addition to the three infantry brigades.

Only the strength of the Northern Military Region is the weakest among the three military regions, but in terms of the enemy it is guarding against, the Northern Military Region has the heaviest task. Because Somalia's main enemy at the moment, Somaliland, is on the side. Add to that Ethiopia, which has a territorial dispute with Somalia!

At the beginning, Commander Moose was not dissatisfied because he was weaker, and was even full of joy. Because the Northern Military Region is the only one of the three military regions that is not armed with the original Palamin Army. Without the existence of the original Paramingchu Army, he, the commander, could be said to have a lot less heart. Don't worry about the behavior of the Paramingchu Army, which is gradually gaining strength, to 'seize power'.

But faced with four teams from different factions, Moose suddenly found a serious problem. That is, he did not have the ability to penetrate any infantry brigade. Because the first thing he had to do was to integrate these forces that had been armed with different forces. Otherwise these infantry brigades simply do not have any combat effectiveness. Originally, this was nothing, as long as the headquarters stepped up the training of the troops, sooner or later it would be able to integrate the armed forces from different forces together, and maybe it could also use the pretext of integrating the troops and giving full play to their combat effectiveness to install their own people in these infantry brigades. However, after studying the rules for the appointment of officers in the Wehrmacht, he reluctantly discovered that the military district command could only appoint commanders at the battalion level at most, and they had to report to the General Staff for the record. As for the appointment of officers at the regimental and brigade levels, it is all in the National Defence Council.

First, there was no large amount of money to bribe and bribe, and second, there was no power to appoint personnel, and Moose knew that the task ordered by Chairman Hash could not be completed. Later, the strange changes in the Wehrmacht made him lose confidence in controlling the army. Because during the eight months that he served as the commander of the Northern Military District, the four infantry brigades under the jurisdiction of the Northern Military District, a total of 12 infantry regiments, were replaced by the National Defense Committee with a total of 7 regiment commanders and two brigade commanders. And the officer who has been replaced now is obviously someone related to the Chief of the General Staff, Colonel Hussein.

Later, Moose learned from Chairman Hash that Chief of Staff Hussein and President Youssef had joined forces to control almost half of the Somali Defence Forces. Now everyone at the top level of the country knows that seven of the 12 infantry brigades of the Somali Defence Forces are commanders recommended by Chief of Staff Hussein. In the other five infantry brigades, although the post of brigade commander is still held by people from other party forces, the regimental level below the brigade is more or less a person transferred from the former Paraminghao army as the regiment commander. In the face of this 'general trend', Moose also let go of the task of hashing chairman and concentrated on serving as his commander. As long as it is normal military work, he is in charge, but he has no idea of controlling the army, because it is unrealistic.

Two days ago, after learning that Chief of Staff Hussein was going to inspect the work of the Northern Military District, Commander Mooss began to prepare. Today, Chief of Staff Hussein and his entourage were greeted at the headquarters by the commanders of the four infantry brigades under its jurisdiction, in addition to some officers of the headquarters.

When he invited Chief of Staff Hussein into the headquarters, Moose noticed that there were many Oriental faces among these people. Especially when he saw the young man who was almost walking side by side with Hussein, he immediately thought of a person who was no longer a secret in the top echelons of Somalia - Li Mo!

Legend has it that this 'Chinese-Somalis' was the de facto leader of the Paramingchu Army, the real boss of Colonel Hussein. Many people did not believe it before, because the person concerned, Chief of Staff Hussein, did not admit it. However, most of the party's top leaders still believe that this will not be groundless.

"Commander Moos, this is Mr. Li Mo, Chairman of the Somali Star Industries Group. He is here today because, according to the resolution of the National Defense Committee, there will be an infantry brigade in the Northern Military District for mechanized rearmament. And Chairman Li is the person responsible for providing equipment. Your military region can't snub people! In the conference room of the headquarters, Chief of Staff Hussein formally introduced Li Mo to everyone.

The officers of the Northern Military Region present are all senior officers of the Somali Defence Force. All of them are more knowledgeable about the things at the top. Originally, they were still wondering what this Chinese man in civilian clothes was doing, but when they heard the explanation of Chief of Staff Hussein, their eyes looked at Li Mo differently, and their eyes were full of what was called a fiery light.

The resolution of the National Defense Committee on speeding up the modernization of the Wehrmacht, which began to be discussed a month ago, has long been no secret in the army. The commanders of the 12 infantry brigades all used their connections to make their infantry brigade the fourth armoured unit in the Wehrmacht. Because it represents not only the improvement of combat effectiveness, but also the increase of his own influence in the army; The most important thing is that once it is upgraded to an infantry brigade, the officers and soldiers are treated much higher than that of the infantry brigade.

"Although the re-equipping will be produced from the four infantry brigades of the Northern Military District, I hope that the troops who will finally receive the re-equipping will not be arrogant because of this. Everyone should be clear that our military budget is very tight, and an infantry brigade is equipped with 48 infantry fighting vehicles as standard. And with the current composition of infantry brigades, 48 infantry fighting vehicles are obviously not enough. Therefore, those who have completed the mechanized refitting are still part of the infantry brigade. It can be said that in the current formation of infantry brigades, only the strongest regiment will become a mechanized unit in the true sense of the word, and the other two regiments will only add trucks and other means of transport. Therefore, the infantry is still the largest part of the infantry brigade after the completion of the rearmament. Just because you're equipped with some tanks doesn't mean you can abandon the infantry, it's a mistake. In a real sense, our current motorized infantry brigade is closer to the motorized infantry brigade......" At the meeting, Chief of Staff Hussein made an important speech. Directly point out the misunderstandings in the thinking of many officers below, so that everyone should be vigilant against this kind of erroneous thinking, and also correct and correctly treat the new unit such as the 'Infantry Brigade'.

Li Mo did not speak, his current status is only an arms supplier, and he is not yet 'qualified' to speak at military meetings. He can't say it, but that doesn't mean he can't communicate his will. The core content of Chief of Staff Hussein's speech was discussed with him in advance.

The refitting of an infantry brigade of the Northern Military Region this time was an idea put forward by Li Mo at a high-level organizational meeting. After discussion, everyone agreed. With the Lion King 2 infantry fighting vehicle, the two mechanized infantry brigades originally equipped with the Lion King 1 can be upgraded. However, due to the limitation of production capacity, it was finally decided to replace the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade with the Lion King 2 infantry fighting vehicle, and the replaced Lion King 1 infantry fighting vehicle was resold to the National Defense Force. For this kind of left-handed to right-handed business, Li Mo is very happy. Other partisans, while very dissatisfied, have not been able to find a reason to refute them. Because in a report submitted by Chief of Staff Hussein to the members of the National Defense Position, there is a 'bill of owe'. The contents of the bill of arrears refer to the infantry fighting vehicles and tanks originally equipped by the Palaminke Army, which were unpaid. The creditor is naturally Li Mo, a 'Somali businessman'. Now the Wehrmacht wants to use these tanks, and naturally has to pay for the purchase of arms.

(To be continued)