Chapter 0678: Pirates
The goddess guessed correctly, and sure enough, it was the famous jungle warrior mercenary in South Africa, who didn't know when he hooked up with the Somali government and came here to train the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
"Are all the soldiers of the Somali government dead? Isn't it strange how they could allow mercenaries to build military bases on their own territory? "The first time I came to this world-famous place, I couldn't figure out what their government was up to.
"Is there a government in Somalia? There are only pirates here, who call themselves children of the sea. "The monkey came over with a couple of bottles of water, threw them at everyone, and then leaned against the corner of the table and looked at me with a very innocent look in your eyes.
"The government still has it, but there are several, and I don't know who is the boss." Grizzly sat down in his chair and chuckled.
"The only thing that can be internationally recognized is the central government of Somalia!" I don't know about the situation in their country, and I don't have any interest, so I agree with this one government, and the others are all ** organizations in my opinion.
"Of course, otherwise the country will be divided, since the fall of the Siad regime in 1991, Somalia has been in a state of anarchy of armed secession, Somaliland in the northwest and Puntland in the center and the southwestern part of Somalia are essentially independent, although there is no international recognition, but it is enough to have popular recognition, in reality, they are no different from secession, but they are still calling the same name."
The star holds a coffee cup, sits on a chair, puts her legs on the table, and introduces the current situation in Somalia like an undedicated lecturer, which no one is more familiar with than her, and there is nothing she does not know about the affairs of the world.
"It's really chaotic, so many organizations grab a territory, don't they have to fight every day." I listened to the introduction of the star and got a general idea of the situation in the country.
"That's right, the civil war here has never stopped!" The star smiled.
"But why are there so many pirates, I think the pirates here are far more powerful than their armies." I don't understand why piracy is so rampant here, even if the government has limited capabilities, it shouldn't be allowed to develop!
"You Chinese often say that the time and place are favorable, and it is because of this that Somali pirates can have such a force today." The goddess's Chinese is getting better and better, and even words like heaven and place can be used, and it seems that we can use Chinese for dialogue in the future.
"Yes, the Somali sea is the only way for cargo ships from all countries to enter and exit the Suez Canal, and the Gulf of Aden, surrounded by Somalia and Yemen, is between the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, and is the sea throat from the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, according to statistics, there are 180,000 ships passing through the Suez Canal every year, which has raised the target of a large number of hijackings for pirates."
"And after the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, they have been in a state of war, the whole national system has completely collapsed, the local people have launched the sea since the 20th century, piracy as a cause, the government is even more powerless to stop it, after tasting the sweetness, they become more and more greedy, when more and more ransom money goes into the pocket, they become more rampant, so it has developed to the current scale."
The star took a sip of coffee and explained it to me, and it seemed that she knew more about pirates than the country.
"Have you dealt with pirates before?" I felt like a new student who didn't know anything about this strange place, while everyone else seemed to know a little bit about it.
"Of course, those skinny skeleton guys look like zombies with the virus." The monkey laughed.
"Grizzly Gatling, is it possible to smash them into meatloaf?" When I came in, I noticed that the soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces outside were all scrawny, and I wondered, how can such physical fitness fight in a war, can they carry bazookas?
"Don't underestimate those guys, they're definitely more vicious than you think." The striker curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and from the disdainful smile, it was clear that his words were not sincere.
"Thanks for reminding me, if they can grow more meat, I'll be more careful." I shrugged, lifted my backpack and threw it on the hard bed, looked up and asked, "Can I apply to sleep here?" ”
"Of course you can honey, that's my bed, if you have the guts to sleep with me, I promise no opinion." The baby came over with her ass twisted, put her hand on the edge of the bed on the top bunk, and posed seductively.
I shivered, got up and waved my hand again and again: "Forget it, I'm afraid that I will be sucked dry by you in one night, I don't want to end up." ”
"Haha! Ha ha! A group of people around immediately burst into laughter, the goddess pinched me hard, the baby and the star were even more laughing and trembling, and even the captain sat on the side grinning and showed a row of big yellow teeth.
"What are you laughing at, kind of you go to her bed for a night, a bunch of bastards." I hugged the waist of the goddess, buried my head in her hair, and scolded without raising my head, but it was okay not to speak, and I was laughed at by them again.
"Okay, okay, stop laughing, get down to business." After a while, the captain clapped his hands to stop everyone, and when it came to business, the whole room fell silent.
"Captain, we live at the base, do we have other missions?" The devil played with his saber and asked expressionlessly, since he walked into this base, everyone had this doubt in their hearts, so many mercenaries outside definitely didn't come to travel, since we also came, does it mean to do the same thing with them.
"No, we're only nominally joining them, because we need Eric's intelligence support, that guy has been here for more than a year, and he has planted a lot of insiders in the pirate group, and he needs his intelligence network to find Buck's whereabouts, of course, if we can make some easy gains, we won't refuse, right?" The captain said lightly.
I knew that his garrison must have a purpose here, and the captain of the old fox does everything with a purpose, and of course, this does not include us.
"Didn't the Jungle Warriors train the Self-Defense Force, why did they get involved with pirates again, and what did those mercenaries outside do here?" I asked all the questions in my mind in one go, and I thought the captain would know the answers.
"In February this year, a United Nations rescue ship was hijacked by pirates while passing through the Gulf of Aden, and the government failed to get the pirates to release the hostages.
We have also heard the kidnapping incident mentioned by the captain, and it was also a sensational news at the time, but there was no follow-up report, only that the hostages were rescued in the end, and the specific process is unknown, and now it seems that it must be the credit of the jungle warriors.
"After Eric and his men rescued the hostages, the government, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, reached an agreement with Eric that the government would fund the establishment of this base, and the Jungle Warriors would be responsible for training a maritime self-defense force to deal with pirates." The captain didn't know where to investigate the Jungle Warriors.