Song Chutian nodded and replied, "I'm going back to the base in a few days, you won the jackpot in the work you asked someone to do in Somalia, and you need me to go over there to take a look." ”

"Tell me about the situation?" Lei Dong knew that the new government here had a lot of things to deal with, and if it wasn't an important matter, Song Chutian shouldn't be in a hurry to return to the base.

"That's right, there is a fellow of Abin, who came out of the UK with some information and a piece of non-metallic material, during which he first hid in Tibet and traveled half the world, changed his name and surname many times, and even put himself in the midst of beggars and illegal workers, evaded the pursuit of British agents, and finally got on a ship in Belarus to send arms to South Africa, just so you ordered to be robbed in Somalia, he is a scientist, don't I want to build a research base, just enough to use."

Before the 20th century, the system of science and technology was relatively simple, and one or two practical inventions introduced by individuals were enough to have a huge impact on society, such as Bell's invention of the telephone, Edison's invention of the electric light, and so on. After the 20th century, with the rapid development of science and technology, the science and technology system has become very complex. It has become unrealistic for individuals to achieve major technological breakthroughs. Major technological breakthroughs since the mid-20th century have often been the result of large team collaboration. For example, the Manhattan Project, the famous nuclear weapons project of the United States, gathered hundreds of the world's top physicists at that time, such as Oppenheimer and Feynman. Song Chutian can now use some social resources in Mali to do things, of course, to recruit talents.

You are the scientific research controller, Lei Dong just said in his heart, the technology of the quantum radar last time is still sealed, and it can only be developed when it has its own territory and considerable strength, "I'll finish my work first and then go see this scientist." ”

A few days later, Lei Dong led people to Ségou, the pearl on the right bank of the Niger River, which stretches about 7 kilometers from east to west along the river, near the Sansandine Dam, a famous hydraulic project built in 1947, and a unit of the Malian Republican Guard is stationed at a base near the dam.

In Mali, this unit of the Republican Guard is called the "Black Lightning". Its origins can be traced back to the history of the previous president of Mali, Joseph. Joseph, who was the commander of the Republican Guard that year. He took over state power during the transitional period by means of a military coup d'état, as President of the National Reconciliation Commission and Chairman of the Transitional Committee for National Salvation and National Salvation. Joseph retired from politics a year later until he was elected president of Mali, where he remained in power for ten years. During this time, paratroopers wearing black berets were responsible for the protection of President Joseph for a long time.

At the beginning of last year, some middle- and lower-ranking military officers, under the leadership of Radi, suddenly staged a coup d'état to overthrow the Joseph regime. Later, under the framework agreement signed between the coup soldiers and ECOWAS, Joseph formally resigned. The "Black Lightning" seems to have fulfilled its historic mission, staying quietly in the base near the Sansandin Dam. In the immediate aftermath of the parliamentary elections in Mali, the commander, Colonel Lake, was ordered to regroup with other units and go to the front. Assisting the French army to purge the extremist religious forces in northern Mali, the soldiers were not afraid of fighting, but after reorganizing with other units and then going to the front, they were clearly breaking up their original establishment, which would violate the interests of the Republican Guard commander headed by Colonel Lake, so they delayed and delayed the operation. Moreover, when Joseph was forced to resign, the "black lightning" launched a counterattack against the coup army that overthrew Joseph's regime, although the coup army eventually took control of the situation. But the contradictions between the coup army and the Republican Guard have been hidden in the current crisis of the civil war in Mali.

"Are you ready?" Lei Dong asked in a low voice, black oil paint all over his body, making him look no different from the local natives in the night. Seeing the people next to him in the moonlight, they all nodded. With a wave of his thunder hand, a row of MK3A2 attack grenades was thrown forward, all of which exploded on the periphery of the base, and then gunshots rang out. The two sides caught fire, and the battle began.

When he was first attacked, Colonel Lake ordered the base to be defended. However, in the binoculars, it was found that the attacking troops had begun to retreat, and many of them had abandoned their armor and abandoned their guns and ammunition to flee, and immediately ordered the troops to take the initiative to attack.

For several years, the United States has worked closely with the Malian military through counterterrorism training programs in the Sahara Desert. In a $500 million joint project, U.S. special forces trained Malian officers in a number of tactical skills and provided military equipment. After the United States severed cooperation with the Malian military, in February this year, the European Union officially launched the Mali Military Training Mission to help Mali train and integrate its army. The entire training regiment consisted of about 550 people, of which the French had the largest number with 207 and Germany followed with 71. By July of this year, a battalion of Malian soldiers could be deployed to northern Mali after receiving training. This battalion will have its own chain of command and will be able to perform tasks independently. About 3,000 members of the Malian army have been trained, and it is planned that about half of them will be trained and mentored by the European Union. The commander of the EU military training mission in Mali said that the training tasks of the EU training mission are heavy and the Malian army needs to be reorganized.

As the fighting progressed, the Malian army began to move into the recaptured lost territory on the border and take on the task of garrisoning. However, the Washington Post published an article saying that the Malian army, which was once expected by the United States to be a model for counter-terrorism, is actually weak and vulnerable, and that it is not so much a potential force to deal with the crisis as it is one of the causes of the crisis.

Following a large group of people to the receiving location, Zhang Nanjiang said with a smile, "The US military's attack grenades are still good, and the flash shock grenades are also very cool, so I really can't bear to leave them behind." ”

"Mali is poor, and the army in Mali is even poorer, but their officers have all been trained by the U.S. military, and the guys on the ground must be familiar with it, so there's a good show to watch now." Lei Dong was very satisfied with the sneak attack at night, the effect was good, and the appearance of pretending to be defeated when he escaped was quite similar.

The leopard touched his dark face and said, "Does that make them think they are being attacked by government forces?" Isn't it a little simpler. "Pretend to be a government soldier, drop a few bombs casually, and then shoot a few shots in a dark place, and people will run away as soon as they shoot, so that the other party can think that the government army is attacking?

But Colonel Lake knows his own family, he didn't wait for the battle to end, as soon as he picked up the fire, he knew who he had encountered, the troops that had ended before the battle began, of course, were his peers Malian government army, who had fought and lived in the army for most of his life, and there was still a reason that he didn't understand in the Malian army, even if the Malian army was retrained by the European Union or the U.S. military, it was no better than the civil war back then, and the U.S. weapons left behind became good material evidence. Soon Colonel Lake contacted his master, Joseph, in Bamako, and gave him a detailed report on the phone about the attack he had just encountered.

The contents of the telephone conversation between Colonel Lake and former President Joseph were placed on the table of the newly appointed Minister of Posts, Song Chutian, five minutes after they put down the microphone. Since Song Chutian became the head of the post office, he intends to bypass the Ministry of Communications and the security services, and plans to build a huge surveillance database that records everyone's phone calls, text messages, e-mails, as well as Internet searches and online purchases, and this monitoring plan will allow the Mali Development Party to control the telephone call time, call length, telephone number, and mobile phone call location, even down to a few hundred meters. Similarly, the time when the email was sent and the recipient are monitored. However, the content of telephone communications can only be obtained through mid-route and terminal monitoring, but the Ministry of Posts is in charge of the maintenance and distribution of fixed telephones, and these problems have become a problem.

In the evening, Mr. Dipbins, Minister of Religious Affairs and Faith of Mali and Chairman of the Development Party, paid a friendly visit to the former President of Mali, Mr. Joseph, and the two sides held friendly talks. Joseph wants to say that there is no resentment about his downfall, it is impossible, but after all, he is a soldier and sees the situation wrong, and he pinches his nose and admits defeat, but later Raddie, who also seized power with the help of a military coup, was imprisoned by the security department, and he had to go through the judicial process to prosecute, although the final result may be amnesty, but this also made him feel cold, if it wasn't for Lardy's coup d'état that time to overthrow his own government, he would have come out to speak, not to mention that now the government army has blackmailed the Republican Guard twice, Joseph knew that it was ostensibly due to the help of France that had completely changed the decline of the government forces in a short period of time. The lost territory in northern Mali is gradually returning to the hands of the government, but the actual situation is that the existence of the black alliance has stabilized the situation in northern Mali, and now the third largest party in Mali's political arena has taken the initiative to come to the door.

On the third day, former President Joseph and his entourage, Colonel Lake, commander of the Republican Guard, and his senior leaders of the Development Party held a secret symposium in a villa on the outskirts of Bamako. At the same time, it is also a victory meeting, its significance is not trivial, the representatives of both sides who participated in the symposium expressed that they want to stand at a new starting point, in the land stained by the blood of the heroes of the Malian people, carefully cultivate the future pride of Mali, create excellent results, and meet a bright future.

When Lei Dong returned to the village, a group of little girls under the leadership of Yaya Koné were waiting for his arrival, and their resentful eyes were completely comparable to those of the deep resentful women, and finally took out gifts to coax the little girls, Yaya Koné suddenly asked, "Why is Manla Start not here, did she betray her master and run away?" I knew that this ungrateful woman was unreliable. ”

Lei Dong had to explain again, he didn't come back for a few months, and there were new changes in the village, the little girl finally had her own school, she could learn French and Arabic and the local language, and if she was interested, she could also learn English and Chinese. (To be continued......)