The White House, USA.

"Mr. Minister, this is a joint message from the CIA's Asian Intelligence Agency and the African Intelligence Agency." In Hagel's office, a black man in a suit put the document bag in his hand on Hagel's desk and said: "The information sent by the Asian Intelligence Agency contains a basic information about the Chinese in Somalia. And the African Intelligence Agency also sent information about the Chinese in the recent period. ”

"Read." Hagel, who was writing something, didn't raise his head.

"Name: Li Lan, male, Chinese nationality, age 23......

No military service experience, no government work experience, no record of membership in any organization, vague political leanings, and no political opinions.

The intelligence services began to pay attention to him two months ago, and he is currently at a paramilitary base 300 kilometres west of the city of Bossaso in the Boltland Republic of Somalia, where it is now concluded that the paramilitary base belongs to this person.

A month ago, just as the African intelligence services began to pay more attention to him, the local armed Shili led by this person first collided with a total of 18 armed Shili in Bossaso, and in the 10-day battle, they repelled the coalition forces of these 18 armed Shili. Immediately afterwards, the Bossaso government army also sent a large number of troops and horses, and there was a violent clash with it, and after twenty days of fighting, the government army retreated, and the paramilitary base was still alive.

According to the information collected by the African Intelligence Agency, the conflict caused at least tens of thousands of casualties, and the specific data cannot be fully counted because of incomplete information. ”

"How can this Chinese have this information?" After listening to the brief report, Hagel put down the pen in his hand and looked up in confusion.

"I'm sorry Mr. Minister, there is no such person in all our databases before, and this person has never been through the political and military type academies run by the Chinese government or even other government departments, and has never served in any government department. At present, these materials have just been collected by the Asian Intelligence Bureau, and they have also been verified by many parties, and they are the most complete information of this Chinese. ”

"That's not right, according to this information, how can such an innocent person suddenly go to Somalia to build up an armed shili, where will his weapons come from, where will his money come from, and who is supporting him if there is no political purpose at all. Hasn't the intelligence services collected any information about this in the past two months? Seeing that there was no information he was interested in, Hagel's mood began to become worse, he picked up the information he had just put down on the table, casually glanced at Li Lan's profile, and then slammed it on the table angrily, and said: "This information is the answer handed in by the CIA in the past two months, what is the use of this kind of information." At first glance, it is fake, how can such a decent person have such a sudden and huge change. ”

"I'm really sorry Mr. Minister, this information has been verified hundreds of times before we dare to submit it. There is no way to find out whether this person has a connection to an organization. The black man explained helplessly.

"Do you have all the poop in your heads? With such a clean and neat information, it is obvious that it is fake. Now I don't care what you do, no matter what method you use, in short, I have to find out the real details of this person. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to submit such information to the president, do you understand? Hagel said angrily.

"Yes, please give us more time."

"This matter is definitely a measure of the Chinese government, and they have been courting African countries for more than ten years and competing with us for the right to speak in Africa. And for a long time, China and we have been staring at Somalia's oil resources, and if it weren't for the turbulent situation in Somalia, the amount of money required to extract oil in large quantities would have been fully exploited. This matter has been dragging on for more than ten years.

I have every reason to believe that the containment measures against China under our strategic eastward shift have led China to be reluctant to take action against Somalia's oil reserves in order to obtain more oil. At present, we are supporting the Somali government, but the strength of the Somali government is too weak to control the situation at all, and we are in an embarrassing situation of difficult birth.

You should start from this aspect, and you must give me a thorough investigation of the last three generations of this person. ”

"Yes."

"Wait." Just as the black man was about to turn away, Hagel stopped him again and asked, "I just reported that the armed forces established by the Chinese were able to form a conflict of this scale with the local shili, and in a fierce armed conflict that lasted for a month, they were able to repel Bossaso's government forces. So about the armed strength of the paramilitary base owned by the Chinese. ”

"The paramilitary base was built quickly, and it took less than half a year to build, based on the time before and after, and it has a very strong fence, all reinforced concrete structure, capable of resisting small-caliber rocket attacks.

And the armed personnel inside are also well-trained, ranging in number from 3,000 to 4,000 people, all of them are Somalis, and the main weapons are AK-47s and RPGs. Apart from the target figures, no other Chinese were seen, and there were no non-military personnel and military personnel from other countries.

Another point is that the weapons used by this group are brand new, and they are by no means inferior products produced by some small processing factories. Previously, this Chinese had sold some weapons and equipment to the Bossaso government army, according to the appraisal of our military experts, these weapons and equipment have just left the factory, has not been run-in, and the workmanship of the gun parts is very good, and the industrial error rate between the parts is zero, even if it is the former Soviet Union military industry, it is just so.

Based on this, it can be concluded that the weapons in the hands of this group are by no means available in the underground arms market, and they are all from regular arms manufacturers, and they must all come from the same factory.

The current sources of intelligence on this paramilitary base have been spied on from the mouths of Bossaso government forces and Shili of all parties. We are also currently working on ways to penetrate the interior of the paramilitary base in order to obtain more and more detailed information. ”

"Since this Chinese has sold weapons to the government army, then the government army is going to attack him?" Hagel asked.

"According to the intelligence, it was because Awe, the de facto controller of Bossaso, wanted to collect armed taxes from the Chinese, and ....... Avel was not willing to be put on the table, so he had rumors spread in Bossaso to cause other shili to attack the target's base. Later, the development of events did not make Awei wishful, and each released Shili and collected troops at the same time, so the government army had to take action to save their authority and face. ”

"What rumors are spreading?"

"There are a lot of rumors, but they don't stand up to scrutiny. Some say that the military base can produce a large amount of weapons and equipment, and some say that there is a mountain of money in the military base. According to the investigation of the African intelligence service, these rumors are nothing more than false news that Awei wants to get Bossaso to release Shili operation. Therefore, there is no mention in the report. ”

"Since it's fake news, forget it. However, the source of those weapons must be investigated, and the intelligence department can start with this, and include those large arsenals that can produce these weapons in the scope of investigation, even those that have ceased production.

Also, get in touch with the Minister of Armed Forces in Bossaso. ”

"Understood."

After the black man left, Hagel picked up the document again and slowly looked at it.

In Hagel's outlook on life, such pale and complete information about Li Lan's identity does not need to be thought about to know that it is fake. Otherwise nothing can be explained. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has begun to set its sights on China, which has great potential for development and is the only major power that can challenge the United States' international status in the future.

Now, the United States has shifted its strategy eastward and begun to comprehensively contain China's development. This is a long-term and huge chess game, and every move requires caution. And in this situation, a Chinese has established an armed shili in Somalia, especially in the northeast corner of Somalia, which contains a lot of oil, how does this make Hagel not think about China.

Now, even if he gives Hagel the most authentic answer, he will never believe it, but will continue to follow his subjective wishes.