In front of the console, Li Lan continued to choose to build an amphibious dock landing ship and two fast combat support ships among other ship units, and then chose to build four air-cushion landing craft.

By the time he left, the base's daily capital consumption had reached three million. If the base's normal daily mining income was followed, it wouldn't take a few days for him to go bankrupt.

However, such a situation is no longer possible, and from tomorrow, the import of refined iron ore will resume, and the capital income will soon recover to more than 5 million per day.

After leaving the console, he did not return to his office, but returned to his room, where he once again changed into the commander's marshal's suit, which belonged to him.

Today is the official opening day of the Somali Military Academy, and the academy has all been enrolled, and in order to show that the government attaches great importance to the military academy, he will personally preside over the opening ceremony.

Located at the junction of Raguda Bay and Bagua City, at the confluence of the Persian Gulf tide and tropical warm currents, it is known to Somali fishermen for its treacherous sea conditions and undercurrent reefs. It was on the edge of this bay that a triangular convex piece of land was exploited, and after two years of construction, a walled college was officially built.

The entire college is not completely enclosed, the side facing the sea is open, and only an iron fence prevents pedestrians from falling into the water. The gate rises south-facing, and like many of the building's names, there is a row of Chinese characters in addition to a row of Somali characters. Somali Defence Forces Military Academy – Ten shimmering pale gold fonts shimmer dazzlingly in the sun.

By the time it was 10 o'clock in the morning, the students who had already entered the school had completed their first exercise at 8 o'clock. After a brief understanding with the instructors, the time for the first opening ceremony began to approach.

The first batch of 3,000 students enrolled. Some come to colleges and universities, and some transfer directly from universities. There are men and women. These 3,000 students are selected from tens of thousands of applicants, and in addition to meeting the academic performance standards, they must also have a certain physical fitness.

Here, no matter how high their studies used to be, now they are all the same, they are all cadets of military schools. Their instructors are all officers from the front-line units of the Red Police Corps, and some of them are applying for a job change. Some were discharged from the army because of injuries. But one thing is the same, every instructor here is out of blood. As soon as two people who were not in the same dimension met at all, just a look from the instructor would make these students shudder.

The rules of the military school are very strict, and the twenty-four school rules customized by the school are no worse than those of the West Point Military Academy, of course, there are basic similarities between the two rules.

Every cadet who enters this military academy automatically becomes a member of the Somali Defence Force. The Somali National Defense Force is the name of the Somali army announced by Li Lan, and it is a regular Somali combat force. Inside there were Wehrmacht reserve units. There are also Defence Force garrisons, while to the outside world, the Red Guard Corps is directly referred to as Somali Defence Force units.

As soon as they graduate, these trainees will join the Red Police Corps. Not into the garrison. That's why Li Lan attaches so much importance to them.

The construction of a military academy is not that he has nothing to do. Waste of money, but hope to select more excellent personnel from it to join the army. Meantime. This is also an explanation to the Somali people, so that they can have more ideological sustenance. And the construction of military schools is not the only one. There are three other military academies, including the Army Command College, the Air Force Flight Cadet Academy, the Navy Ship Academy, and in the future, more military academies will be established, such as the Armored Forces Academy, the Submarine Academy, and the Missile Forces Academy.

The military academy, which opened today, is a comprehensive command academy designed to train a group of cadets with comprehensive command ability who will join the Red Police Corps as fresh blood in the future and become basic commanders.

As soon as 10 o'clock arrived, 3,000 students and the assembly were completed, and on the playground surrounded by tree-lined paths, 3,000 people waited silently for Li Lan's arrival. Today's opening ceremony is not open to the public, so no journalists can enter the college.

Li Lan was very punctual, and did not let the students wait for a long time, accompanied by Natasha, he walked to the high position of the school, and as the Somali national anthem sounded, the four flags were slowly raised at the same time. One is the Somali flag, and the other three are the flags representing the Somalia's navy, land and air force. It also means that the professional knowledge of the navy, land and air force will be imparted here.

Of course, in this military academy, these cadets will also enjoy hellish training, in order to enable them to catch up with the same combat quality as the soldiers of the Red Police Corps.

Some people may ask, now it is all information warfare, the use of advanced weapons and equipment, and the use of computers in the future, if as a commander has the opportunity to command the battlefield on the basis of learning to use these weapons, will the wars of the past, such as street battles, encounter battles, gun-to-gun wars, still exist?

A soldier once said to the instructor who trained them to shoot that what was the use of practicing shooting, now it is all high-tech, artillery, missiles and so on to conduct combat. The instructor said that as long as you kill the enemy with one shot and make him unable to launch missiles, that's fine.

It is of course important to master informationized weapons to fight under informationization, but basically things like street fighting cannot be lost...... After the invasion of Iraq, there were many scenes of street fighting to eliminate the armed personnel who resisted. Although advanced military weapons can provide accurate targeted strikes, advanced military equipment cannot replace all ......

Teaching soldiers their combat ability is also training their mental quality, and a commander's combat quality, especially the combat quality of a grassroots commander, more often determines what kind of combat results the soldiers under his command can achieve.

Of the 3,000 students in front of him, the people who can really graduate from the academy smoothly are, in Li Lan's opinion, less than 1,000. Because once the academic and training standards are not met, they will be ruthlessly eliminated and return to their original school.

This cannot be said that Li Lan is too harsh, but that if it is a powerful force, the better the command personnel at the grassroots level will be. A strategist is very valuable, but those grassroots officers who will thoroughly implement the strategy are the factors that determine the success or failure of the strategy.

If these trainees are unable to catch up with the quality of the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Red Guard in their training and study, then Li Lan does not want any of them. From the very beginning, he wanted to keep improving, and he wanted one elite soldier, not ten miscellaneous soldiers. Especially for regular combat troops, the word elite has always been the standard.

Walking onto the podium in the national anthem, Li Lan slowly glanced at the neat square team on the playground, looking at the young students all wearing military uniforms, he did not have any pride in his heart. If all these colleges in front of him can successfully graduate, then he will have the idea of pride.

After the national anthem was completed, the four flags were also raised high to the top of the flagpole.

On the playground, there was silence again, and at this time, Tanya, who was the principal of the military academy, also walked up to the podium and stood behind Li Lan with Natasha on the left and right.

"There is a story that there are only two animals that can reach the top of the pyramid, one is the eagle, which flew up by its own talent and wings. I believe that there are many eagles in my eyes, and many students can reach the peak without studying too hard. Many students may easily go abroad to continue their studies at prestigious universities such as Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge after graduating from their original school.

So, gifted people are like eagles. However, everyone also knows that there is another animal that has also reached the top of the pyramid. That's the snail. The snail can only climb up. It can take a month, two months, or even a year or two to climb from the bottom to the top. At the top of the pyramid, one did find traces of a snail. I believe that the snail will never climb up smoothly, it will definitely fall, climb again, fall down, and climb again.

However, what we need to know is that as long as the snail climbs to the top of the pyramid, the world it sees in its eyes, and the achievements it reaps, are exactly the same as those of the eagle. So, maybe some of our students here are eagles and some are snails. All the while, including to this day, I have always thought of me as a snail. But I've been climbing, maybe not to the top of the pyramid yet. But as long as you're climbing, it's enough to give yourself a life-moving day. ”

There was no speech draft, nor did he say anything about military affairs, and on the podium, Li Lan just told a small story very casually, a small story that many people had heard of.

Maybe it's a little out of tune, and it doesn't fit the serious atmosphere of the scene, but the effect is very good, and all the students applauded the entire academy after Li Lan finished telling this story, including those instructors.

This is a very interesting story, and the truth told is also very simple, but in this simple truth, it has resonated with everyone. There are only four words for everything, and that is unremitting efforts.

Dreams may have an end, but the effort is endless, and the reason why human beings have everything today is because of this unremitting effort for the future. No matter which industry or which type, the so-called 360 lines produce champions, and champions are unremitting efforts.

This story is a powerful inspiration for these students who have just arrived in a new environment. Especially at the end of the year, Li Lan used himself as an example to tell every student that he was also an ordinary person. As long as they are like the snail, they will one day reach his place.

At the same time, Li Lan is also telling himself that there are more peaks to challenge in the future, and now there is just a new starting point, and the real peak is still in a higher place. (To be continued......)