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Today is a very special day for all Somalis.

The hot and dry air was swept away by gusts of fresh wind, and the sun that baked the earth every day was blocked by the black and oppressive clouds, and the inky sky, as if the clouds were about to sink overhead, were telling the people here that it was going to rain.

This is the second rain in the Horn of East Africa, last year's rainy season, the rain has been kept near the Gulf of Aden, the whole rainy season has not stopped, continuous rain, so that the Gulf of Aden is now covered with a layer of green. This year's rains have covered the entire territory of Somalia.

Black clouds cover Somaliland and Puntland, extend to southwestern Somalia, and Ethiopia and Kenya are also in the range of rainfall.

For the first time in seven years, the rainy season has fallen across Somalia. Rather than concentrating on the Somali Free Alliance, which is known as the Land of God's Grace, as it did last year, it is concentrating on the area ruled by the Somali Free Alliance.

This year, it seems that Allah is truly watching over this abandoned land, and the rain seems to be moistening the whole land.

However, a day passed, two days passed, the cloudy day was still cloudy, and the coolness came, but the air still did not emit any moisture, and the rain just didn't come down. Even though the clouds were so low that they could be reached with a single hand, there were no drops of water to come.

Everyone was expecting a pouring rain, and three full days have passed, and they still haven't seen it.

The initiator of this matter is naturally Li Lan. After a year's absence, the rainy season in Somalia is upon us again. Without weather controllers this year, there would still be no rain in most parts of Somalia.

Last year's rainy season saw two consecutive months of rainfall. Let the harvest of the territory be quite rich, under strict control. The rains did not cause any disaster, and the planned planting land was also fully moistened, and the territory did not face water shortages throughout the dry season.

The water storage in the underground river and the mountain itself is still sufficient during this year's rainy season. A large number of pasture seeds have been swayed, and the original desert has long disappeared and has now been replaced by pastures. Last year's rains not only brought a rich harvest to the territory. It has also brought great development to animal husbandry.

Goats don't have to climb trees, and herders don't have to worry about food for their animals. Everywhere is lush and green, and the whole land is rejuvenated. Today's northeastern corner of Somalia, looking at satellite images, especially the territory, has been replaced by grass green. A very special place, like an oasis in the desert, and the surrounding picture is still yellow. It's just one heaven and one hell.

Today, two crops have been planted in the territory, and with the help of rain, the first crop of rice has been harvested. In the dry season, spice crops are planted. In the rainy season, rice and corn continue to be switched to. Somalia has always been a source of spices, and if it weren't for the perennial drought and war, spices here would be an important source of income for Somalis. Because of Somali spices. It is a very valuable thing and is also very popular internationally.

Naturally, Li Lan couldn't give up such a traditional and valuable thing. In this year's rainy season, he once again expanded his efforts to open up wasteland. Last year's planting area of 2,800 square kilometers has expanded to 6,000 square kilometers this year, all of which are mechanized planting, harvesting, and management.

And spices are as troublesome as cotton, requiring a lot of labor to harvest. However, the most important thing in the current territory is human resources, and a month's spice harvest can not only bring great foreign exchange income to the territory, but also allow the residents in the territory to get a lot of remuneration.

For the remaining land, many far-sighted Somalis have begun to contract and clear land, and thousands of square kilometers of cultivable land have been contracted out. As for what is important to plant, the territory does not give a detailed regulation, anyway, don't waste it.

Today, the total planting area of the entire territory has reached 7,000 square kilometers. It is 700 square kilometers larger than the Shanghai Municipality of China. With such a planting area, one season of grain harvested every year is enough for more than 5 million people in the territory to eat for seven or eight years.

With the grain harvested last year, five giant grain warehouses have been piled up, and each of these five giant grain warehouses can hold two million tons of grain.

Somalia has a sparse population, which results in a large proportion of habitable and cultivable area. If Somalia receives enough rainfall every year, Somalia will soon become a major food producer. This is true in many parts of Africa, especially in south-central Africa, where rainwater is more evenly distributed, and has now become a contracted grain growing area for many countries. A lot of deserted land, land that no one cares about, has become a base for other countries to rent to grow food.

If it weren't for the perennial drought in Somalia, it might have been targeted a long time ago. Among other things, the banana crops exported by South-West Somalia each year generate significant income for South-West Somalia. Somali bananas are very popular fruits in the international fruit market, known as the sweetest banana in Shijie, and Somalia was also known as the banana kingdom in the past, and the price was naturally very expensive.

In the whole of Somalia, only the southwestern region has the conditions to grow such bananas. This is also the most important economic source for the southwestern country after independence from Somalia.

During this year, the development of the territory has been very calm, and it has not set off too many waves. The arms trade of the Future Technology Group is still ongoing, and the armed MCV mercenary company has been successfully hired several times, and business has begun to flourish.

The shili in the territory and the surrounding areas also did not commit any offense, and the other shili were also forced by the strong military deterrence capability of the territory, and did not take the initiative to provoke trouble. They all maintain a peaceful relationship.

With the trade between the territory and other countries, the foreign population of the territory has increased dramatically in a year, and many people even choose to live and stay here for a long time. Many foreigners who have been to Somalia before are completely unrecognizable when they set foot on this land again. Because in this land. There were no armed vehicles on the road, and no weapons were seen by pedestrians. The chaotic arms market is long gone.

The streets are either neat storefronts or rows of thriving landscape trees. The ground is no longer dusty, but paved with straight concrete, and garbage is piled up at planned sites. The houses are neat, the streets are clearly located, the house numbers and road signs, the sidewalks, and the motorways clearly show the neat appearance of the place.

After more than half a year of expansion, the port of Bossaso has a daily throughput that is dozens of times higher than before. The water surface of the U-shaped bay has also been desilted and deepened several times, increasing the channel and allowing multiple large cargo ships to exit smoothly at the same time.

The Bagua City comprehensive port, which has been completed, is also under renovation of artificial zuihou. In order to increase the throughput of the port of Bagua City, Li Lan simply built four container handling ports together, and formed a super-large port from the original four ports, covering an area of hundreds of square kilometers. It spans 12 kilometers from east to west and can load and unload hundreds of large container ships at the same time. There are also hundreds of berths for professional large cargo ships. It has the functions of fast loading and unloading of fuel, and can also meet the loading and unloading of large ro-ro ships and bulk carriers.

The comprehensive port of Bagua City is no less than the famous civil port of Shijie, and the daily cargo throughput can also be squeezed into the top ten of Shijie. For this. After the construction of the four ports was completed, Li Lan also spent 10 million yuan to integrate the connecting parts between the four ports. It can be perfectly integrated to widen and strengthen the road passage between the port and Bagua City.

Because this port is directly across the edge of the Gulf of Aden. As long as it is well managed, it will inevitably become the best docking and replenishment point for ships in a short time. Such a huge project. Li Lan did not do any secrecy work, and also asked CCTV reporters in the territory to follow up and report on the later construction of the port. For this reason, it has also attracted the attention of many ships, and seeing the port that is rapidly improving every day, Shijie's major newspapers and media have also paid great attention.

Many people are also looking forward to the opening hours of this port, and at the same time express a strong curiosity and interest in the construction of such a large port in Somalia. Some people are even asking China, what if the capital cannot be recovered when the aid is such a huge port?

However, some military media in Europe and the United States showed a strong sense of worry in their words, and they looked sour. Shijie is constantly reminded that this port is likely to become the first truly large-scale overseas base of the Chinese Navy.

China did not make it clear about this, but only responded that this is just a very normal civilian port. can be regarded as helping Li Lan carry public opinion and explanations.

Russia also seemed to think of China suddenly, and was a little unbalanced in his heart, and asked Li Lan many times that Russia also wanted to help him build a port, and how big it was. It's just that he has been dragged by Li Lan all the time.

Of course, the impact of this kind of thing is only ten days and half a month, and after that, the international attention to this place is much smaller. However, all along, the military development of Li Lan's territory by European and American countries has never stopped.

The U.S. strategic treasury even propagated that Li Lan's army strength was enough to sweep through most of East Africa, and it was hoped that all of them would be wary of China's military expansion in Africa. And reports like this, every once in a while, they pop up. All in all, I want to tell Quan Shijie that the Chinese threat theory.

No matter what others say, Li Lan still carried out the construction of the army according to Jihua as always, because there were only four months before the deadline for the first base mission. There is not the slightest problem with the occupation of the entire territory of Somalia, but the aftermath has to be considered.

However, no matter how much resistance you will face, the best way to deal with it is to improve your own strength, and everything else is empty.

Over the course of a year, more than 400 ore refining plants have been successfully built in the territory, and 55 new high-tech drilling wells are also in working condition. These things are the basic guarantee for the development of the base, and they are also the focus of construction.

The port only increases the throughput of goods and speeds up the flow and liquidity of trade, while the ore refinery is a guarantee of the speed of ore consumption, maintaining the ability to generate enough base funds every day. With the existence of the ore refiner, the amount of funds recovered by the ore refining plant alone in the territory has exceeded five million per day.

And such a value can only just meet the needs of the construction of the naval, land and air forces of the base. As for drilling oil wells with science and technology, Li Lan has given up converting oil into base funds, and now in his territory, he can obtain more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day, and these crude oils can be immediately refined and automatically classified and stored.

In the 20 months since he was upgraded to Advanced Access, Li Lan has stored more than 300 million barrels of crude oil. Even if crude oil is cut off, these reserves could meet the needs of military operations in the next year or two.

Li Lan also spared no effort in the construction of military weapons, and most of the more than 5 million yuan of capital income every day went into the belly of the navy and air force. The lead ship of a conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which began construction fifteen months ago, has been docked in a military port, and with the help of crack generators and the cover of annular waterways, it has not attracted the attention of the outside world. And the second aircraft carrier, which has also been launched, is undergoing commissioning of electronic equipment in Zuihou. In the shipyard, there are two aircraft carriers under construction, one of which is promised to be given to China for free, and the other is purchased by China at a cost of two billion dollars.

As for the other warships, they are veritable dumplings, and four attack nuclear submarines have been quietly sailed out of the Gulf of Aden, and two more are being built on slipways, fed with a lot of money every day. The Aegis ships are launched twice every three months, and so far 12 Aegis ships have been successfully launched, and as long as Li Lan is willing, he can completely form three Aegis defense and strike groups.

The multi-purpose destroyers, which also have a certain regional air defense combat capability, are launched three every two months, and 22 destroyers have joined the navy so far. As for the sea dragons, due to their cheap price and very fast construction, three shipyards were used, and now there are 36 ships, which are dedicated to coastal defense patrols.

As for the big octopus and dolphins, Li Lan did not favor one over the other, and the dolphins are a sharp weapon for anti-submarine warfare, especially in waters like the Gulf of Aden, which are the favorite places for submarines from various countries to come over, and the Arabian Sea and the western part of the Indian Ocean are also the gathering places for a large number of submarines.

Whether it is a dolphin or a large octopus, the role is not at all worse than that of other naval units. In addition to not having to worry about logistics, their stealth, flexibility and persistence are definitely a major nemesis of enemy submarines. (To be continued......)