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"This, this ......, it's amazing!" Hearing Suleiman's answer, Farah was very out of shape, his heart was already filled with all kinds of excitement, and he couldn't even open his mouth.

Muhammadi beside him was no better than him, his eyes were as wide as brass bells, his lips were wide open, and he was almost left behind.

The construction of the ocean has always been a pain in the hearts of Somali people.

The current titular Somali government has on more than one occasion hoped for international support to build its own naval force. But there has been no international consent, and no one in Somalia in such chaos would agree to such a request. This is true even for warships or patrol vessels that have long been abandoned.

It's not a question of money, it's about giving him warships in a place where the warlords are more fierce than the government army, and it's useless. And there may be accidents at any time, after all, it is not uncommon for soldiers and generals of the Somali government army to sell weapons without permission. A lot of times for money, but you can do anything, and in real terms, it's not much better than a warlord.

The same is true within the territory, and improving fishery resources is the main development direction of the territory at this stage. Some of the long coastlines of Somalia have an annual fishing season (coinciding with the rainy season. Together, sharks and tuna are huge, and shark fins and canned food are good things.

In anticipation of this year's fishing season, both Mohammadi and Farah are very attentive to the residents of the territory who have fishing experience or have been engaged in marine fishing for a long time. They are already actively preparing under the leadership of the government.

Fishing boats are trivial to Li Lan. In the civilian shipyards of the Bossaso subbase, fishing boats are launched every day. He was not required to build at the base, and with the start of the construction of engineers, each shipyard could start building twenty medium-sized fishing boats at the same time, and every day the fishing boats would be painted and launched.

At this time, hundreds of medium-sized and small fishing boats were already docked in the port of Bossaso, and it was not uncommon for large fishing boats to be docked. But until now, the fishermen of the territory have not gone out to sea once, and they are all preparing on the shore. Add nets and lights to your fishing boat, or learn how to operate the automated fishing equipment on your fishing boat.

It's not that these fishermen are very calm and don't rush to the sea. It's because they have always been controlled by Li Lan and don't want them to go to sea so soon. This kind of time has been going on for half a month. Now, the rainy season has arrived, and so has the best season for fishing.

At today's meeting, Mohammadi also asked when fishermen can go out to sea to fish normally. And Li Lan just told him. He'll understand when this meeting is over. Indeed, there is no need for Li Lan to explain, both Mohammadi and Farah understand.

That is, the territory has a navy, according to what they know about Li Lan. I'm afraid that this time the fishermen will not be too calm when they go to sea.

Far from it, as long as the war on the coastline. With a telescope, you can see the sea in the distance. Those fishing boats that do not fly the national flag are in the midst of a bumper harvest again and again. Mohammadi and Farah naturally had no taste in their hearts. And the same is true for Li Lan.

This kind of thing can be big or small, and Li Lan just wants to make it bigger, and it is best for everyone to know about it. Since we want to make things bigger, we need the cooperation of regular warships. Therefore, Li Lan would rather drag it out than forgive his fishermen to engage in those useless disputes with the other party. What he wanted was a thunderbolt and he did the job without anyone reacting.

"Is it necessary to react so much?" Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Li Lan couldn't cry or laugh in her heart: I was scared like this with just a little thing, and I didn't give me a big face.

"No, no, I want to confirm how big those warships are, and whether there are big guys of about 100 tons." Muhammadi asked, stuttering.

Li Lan suddenly felt that there were rows of black lines left in his head, and this was all about something. Not only him, but the military generals next to him all showed the same embarrassed look on their faces. Sitting with such a guy is really worth a lot.

"One hundred tons, is that called a warship? That's called a dinghy, and it's a big guy! I've been with me for so many years, why is my heart still so small. ”

Hearing Li Lan's words, Mohammadi and Farah also sobered up a lot, especially when the two of them saw Suleiman, whose faces were gradually darkening, they realized that things did not seem to be as simple as they thought.

"Sir, how big is that?" Farah hurriedly asked.

"How big do you want?" Li Lan did not answer him directly, but asked a rhetorical question.

"Five thousand tons!" Muhammadi thinks that he has shouted out a very high weight, a 5,000-ton ship, or shijie first-class, there is only a destroyer, if there is a destroyer in the territory, it is definitely the gospel of Somalia, the dream of generations.

"It seems that it is my fault." Li Lan pretended to shake her head helplessly.

"There are no five thousand tons, and one or two thousand tons is not bad, after all, the corvettes of other countries are only of this weight." Farah, who obviously misunderstood the meaning of Li Lan's expression, hurriedly said: "The chief's contribution to the Somalis is already huge, and we really can't ask for anything more. It should be replaced to repay the chief for his dedication to us. ”

"Alas!" Li Lan sighed helplessly, this time it was from his heart, "Your vision is too narrow, more than sixty warships, and you also have the ability to go to the sea, which can be done by these small fish and shrimp." Farah, remember what I said to you when we first met? ”

"Remember!" This time, both of them also knew that they had misunderstood, and their feelings were not overestimated, but overestimated.

Li Lan said very seriously: "I once said that in the future, my investment in Somalia will not be hundreds of millions, billions, or tens of billions of dollars. It's hundreds of billions, trillions. In the past, the construction of the army and the construction of the territory were only a part of it, and it was only a drop in the bucket.

You are in charge of the government's finances, and you know it very well. In terms of military input, except for the allowance of the garrison troops, which is allocated by the financial department, the expenditure on other weapons and equipment is not used by the Ministry of Finance. The same is true of the regular army, which, for two years, has not asked for a penny from the Ministry of Finance to procure weapons and equipment, except for salaries and allowances.

Centennial Navy, this sentence is not said in vain. I didn't tell you, and you don't know, that the real cost of building the army is about $100 million a day. It was all used to procure weapons and equipment, and if it were not for such a huge investment, how could our army have defeated Ethiopia so easily. You know, our 12-day military investment alone is the amount of Ethiopia's military expenditure for a year.

Maybe you don't have an intuitive impression yet, but let's put it this way, my investment in military weapons and equipment in one year is equal to one-tenth of the US military spending in a year. Combined, all African countries do not spend as much on their military expenditures as we do. According to the ranking of all shijie, we can already rank in the top eight. The purpose is to build a navy, land, and air force that can fight wars. ”

Hearing Li Lan's words, both Mohammadi and Farah fell silent at the same time, and their expressions became very serious.

Glancing at the two of them, Li Lan continued: "I just want to make it clear to you, don't underestimate my determination, I said that I must make Somalia a first-class country, this sentence counts now, and it will count in the future." You two don't have to guess, I can tell you very clearly that the current naval forces can sweep all countries in Africa and the Middle East. ”

"I'm ashamed of what I thought." Farah took a deep breath and said solemnly, "You will always be our commander. ”

"You will not be able to repay the kindness you have to our Somalis even to future generations." Muhammadi also said solemnly.

"I know your intentions very well, otherwise you two wouldn't have been following me all the time. The purpose of saying this to you is to make it clear to you. The current territory already has a strong Liliang, and I hope you can absorb this news as soon as possible to strengthen your self-confidence. The people who have the qualifications to sit on an equal footing with us are not those armed shili who do not enter the stream, but those mainstream countries. The strong should have the posture of the strong, so that we can look far. Don't stare at the one-third of an acre of land in front of us all day long, it is not the Somalis who stand in our way, but the European and American countries that are trying their best to prevent our reunification. ”

After Li Lan paused for a moment, he continued: "Of course, this is also what I didn't tell you in advance. Because I don't want to put too much pressure on you beforehand. Perhaps in your eyes, all mainstream countries are unattainable. And now, I need you to change your mindset quickly. When we face other countries, we can lose anything, but mentally, we must not lose. ”

"We were taught." Hearing Li Lan's words, both of them solemnly assured.

"It's best if you can comprehend, and I don't want to say this kind of thing a second time." Regarding the attitude of the two, Li Lan is quite satisfied.

Li Lan has long noticed the long-standing inferiority complex mentality in the hearts of the two of them, not only these two people, but also among Somalis. Strictly speaking, Mohammadi and Farah are already much better than the average person. But that is not the standard that Li Lan needs, Li Lan wants them to be able to fully establish pride and self-confidence.

He needs the kind of subordinates who can maintain a normal heart in the face of anyone. Even if the president of the United States stands in front of him and says the word war, he must remain calm and calm. (To be continued......)