After sending Kiel off, Li Lan received more than a dozen heads of state in succession, during which there were pleasant conversations and bland diplomatic remarks.

Even if Li Lan did not get tangible benefits in some countries, it was also a huge gain to clearly understand the attitude of the other party.

In addition to South Africa, the rest of the countries he met with were countries in urgent need such as South Sudan. Li Lan did not intersect with those countries whose living conditions and military strength were relatively strong, who had good relations with the Western world, and who were still seeking help from the West.

It's not that he doesn't like it, it's not that it's unnecessary, it's that he doesn't have the energy to deal with every country in Africa right now. Even in Egypt, a traditional friend of Europe and the United States, it is necessary for Li Lan to carry out exchanges in bilateral relations.

However, there are some things that need to be done step by step, and it is impossible to cover the whole of Africa in one fell swoop, and the most important thing at the moment is to win over those countries that can be co-opted, and then free up time and energy to deal with those countries that are close to the West.

And, on the other hand, how much does Li Lan expect to establish deep relations with Egypt and other countries, Egypt, as the former number one power in Africa, even if it has now been replaced by Somalia, its strength should not be underestimated.

The Egyptian army has withstood the severe test of modern warfare and is very combat-ready. Its weapons and equipment are not only large in number but also relatively advanced in performance, especially the imported American-made M1 main battle tanks, F16 fighters, and Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and the Egyptian army's land, sea, and air triad strike capability has been greatly improved.

In the seven-year period from 1996 to 2003, Egypt imported $13.7 billion worth of military equipment from the United States. It has surpassed Saudi Arabia, a traditional major purchaser of American-made weapons. These include F-16 fighter jets, M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, armoured carriers, anti-aircraft missile systems, Apache gunships, Black Hawk multirole military helicopters, and some equipment used to upgrade older equipment. There are 450,000 active military personnel (regular army) in the Egyptian army. There are also 250,000 people in the reserve and 60,000 in the National Guard. 12,000 border guards, 60,000 public security forces, 7,000 coast guards - a total of more than 800,000 troops.

Today, Somalia's regular army has reached 200,000 and the garrison force has reached 150,000, which seems to be less than the total number of Egyptian troops, but its strong combat effectiveness and weaponry have far surpassed Egypt. It has also allowed Somalia to put Somalia above Egypt in many international military assessment groups.

One of the main reasons for this is that not counting Somalia's powerful navy, even the army and air force, Somalia's military equipment is produced by itself. The fact that it has not relied on imports and the ability to export large quantities has also raised the assessment of Somalia's military strength by at least two notches.

However, as far as Africa is concerned, Egypt is indeed a fierce rival, especially Egypt's strategic position echoes that of Somalia, one controls the Suez Canal, the other controls the Persian Gulf, and the two countries are equivalent to controlling more than forty percent of the world's maritime trade.

In particular, strategic oil corridors. At least sixty percent are under the control of these two countries. This also leads to the fact that as Somalia grows stronger, the United States has also increased its investment in Egypt, both emotionally and directly. The repeated visits of high-level US government officials to Egypt have already made this clear.

Therefore, Li Lan wants to open a common topic with Egypt. It's not a simple matter, not to mention that the two countries have little to do with each other. Even if there is a basis for the establishment of diplomatic relations, Western countries are bound to block it in every possible way.

Somalia can ignore it. Egypt has to consider the attitude of Western countries. After all, domestic weapons and equipment, whether it is technical support or maintenance, are tied to the hands of the United States. All weapons and equipment parts are also imported from the United States, and once the United States launches military sanctions against Egypt, Egypt's huge armaments will soon become scrap metal.

Li Lan is also very wary of developing relations with Egypt, and it is not a simple matter for both sides to want to go along with each other when both sides have concerns.

At this moment, after receiving all the heads of state, it is already midnight.

By the time Li Lan returned to the room, Lin Meiqi had already fallen asleep, and only the general was diligently guarding the door of the room, waiting for him to come back.

However, before Li Lan could take off his coat, the mobile phone on his wrist rang, and after connecting it, the slightly anxious appearance of the wolf warrior appeared in front of Li Lan's eyes, "Commander, something happened." ”

"The sky can't fall, say it slowly." Seeing the appearance of the wolf warrior, Li Lan first comforted.

The wolf warrior also took a deep breath slowly and said: "The team I sent to Ukraine has been out of contact with us for four hours, and the Russian military also said that they have also lost contact with the special operations team that went to Ukraine to pick up our team, and it has been four hours." ”

"Tell me more about the situation." Li Lan frowned slightly.

"The last time our team sent a message was that they had joined up with the Russian military responders, and according to the plan, they were all on radio silence afterwards, but four hours had passed, and under normal circumstances, they should have contacted us three hours before, and they arrived at the border between Russia and Ukraine to officially start their mission. As a result, so far there is no news at all, and the same is true of the Russian side. And according to information from the Russian military, Russia's ace Alpha special forces encountered an attack when they entered the territory of Ukraine, and although they repelled the attackers, it is enough to show that our squad and the Russian special operations detachment that received it, have already encountered danger. Wolf Warrior quickly reported the simple situation.

"Is there any other information on this matter?" Li Lan asked.

"According to the reconnaissance of Russian satellites, some suspicious traces were found on the face of a mountain road in Ukraine, and at the same time the Ukrainian military has isolated that place, and that road, officially the place where our detachment leads to Guò. This suspicious location is most likely the reason why our detachment lost contact. Perhaps, they have ...... "Wolf Warrior Dao" by now.

"Don't jump to conclusions, if it is really our detachment that has been attacked this time, plus Russian Alpha has also been attacked, it is obvious that our plan and that of Russia have been known to the other side. Therefore, it is even more important for us to remain calm at this time. Li Lan said.

"The Russian side has launched a full secret investigation, and Russia has admitted that this incident occurred on their own, because Alpha's operation is highly secret, and Russia hopes that we can continue to assist them and find out the current situation of our squad and their special operations unit." Wolf Warrior Road.

"Is there anything to gain now?" Li Lan said.

"At present, the Russian side has not found the person who leaked the information, and I also contacted Jastown three hours ago, and the intelligence service has also notified the Ukrainian branch to investigate the matter. Now I only know that this was done by the American company Blackwater, which is employed by the Ukrainian military. We don't know if there are any casualties or other casualties on our personnel. Wolf Warrior sighed and said.

"Don't worry, wait for my call." After Li Lan instructed the wolf warrior, he immediately hung up the phone.

This incident gave him a very bad feeling, if this matter was poked out, he would not doubt his soldiers, but he was a little worried that the Russian soldiers would not be able to survive the torture of the other party.

And he didn't want his soldiers to suffer at the hands of the other party, so the necessary rescue work was still very necessary. And it is also necessary to rescue the Russian soldiers before they can survive any longer.

Otherwise, Russia and Somalia will be passive in the matter of Ukraine and condemned by international public opinion, which will also directly affect the referendum in Crimea.

"Assistant, immediately search for the location and fate of all members of the armed MCV mercenary unit." Now, Li Lan can only use the capabilities of the base to figure out the situation as much as possible.

The assistant who received the order quickly transmitted a high-proportion map to Li Lan's mobile phone, and after clicking on it, the map was presented in front of Li Lan's eyes. On the map, hundreds of small green dots are slowly flickering.

On this map, which covers almost the entire world, Li Lan immediately narrowed the location of Ukraine and expanded it step by step.

When the map of the whole of Ukraine appeared in his eyes, there were only two small green dots on the map.

Seeing this, Li Lan's mood began to get worse, this time the team sent to Ukraine, there were twelve people, and now they only saw two green dots, and the remaining ten people had only one situation - they had died.

The base is able to find every member of the Red Police, but it is also powerless for those who have died. Of the twelve people, only two survived, which is enough to explain a lot of things.

"Assistant, immediately connect the equipment of these two soldiers, turn on the camera, I want to see and hear the situation there." Li Lan immediately ordered.

Soon, the map in front of him disappeared, and with it appeared a ruined building, and from the perspective of the camera, which should have been mounted on the helmet at this moment, should have been casually still on the floor.

On the screen, you can see nothing but a pile of rusty abandoned machine tools, and a few gun-wielding guards wearing black wrestlers in the distance.

"Ahh The son of a bitch is a Yankee, if you have the ability, you will kill me......"

"It's not so easy to die, sue me for your name, I can give you a good time, otherwise I promise you will be a hundred times more painful than now."

The only proof is the intermittent sounds of intimidation and painful moans. (To be continued......)