Chapter 39: Fear Has Become a Habit

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Early the next morning, Li Lan and Mohammadi waited at the base early.

Ahmed has been busy since yesterday, with a company of conscripts sent out to act as scouts, scattered and hidden along the road from outside the base's cordon.

The other mobilized soldiers in the base have also entered a state of readiness, and have begun to patrol more intensively, and high sandbags have been erected on the fence.

Although in the eyes of ordinary people, Somali armed personnel generally have not received formal military training, but in the face of a large number of armed elements, even mobilized soldiers with basic training, the pressure is not small at all.

Perhaps in the eyes of Muhammadi and others, these mobilized soldiers are all qualified soldiers, but in Li Lan's eyes, these mobilized soldiers can only be regarded as a group of recruits who have undergone simple military training. It can't be compared with the current active soldiers of Shijie countries, and at most it can only be regarded as a reserve.

This can also be answered by the name of the conscript.

From the point of view of the military camp, in the Soviet Union, military service meant a rite of passage, and for boys and girls, it was the only way for them to become patriotic citizens. And, similar to the advent of adulthood, military service is not an option. Such opportunities abound, depending primarily on the academic performance and family background of young people, who will be loyal to the honor of their homeland, whether they end up sitting at their desks or crawling behind machine guns.

Most of these young Soviet men who joined the army did not have extraordinary physical, intellectual, or good backgrounds. But once they are trained and equipped, they are no longer the hairy boys of the past, but glorious mobilizers.

Most of the millions of conscripts recruited are very young - in fact, they are only new to the army. The mobilized soldiers were convinced that fighting the enemy of the Soviet Union would lead to a certain victory and great glory. Soldiers who complete their service are rewarded handsomely, which is the main reason why they are able to maintain their zealous zeal on near-suicidal missions. Despite their lack of rigorous training, they were armed with large-caliber assault rifles and highly volatile, low-cost, and time-tested bombs (Motorov cocktail Molotov cocktails) that they carried in their satchels.

In the game, the Mobilizer is basically a consumable class, and due to its low cost, it is suitable to take advantage of mass production in the early stage (especially when rushing to build and remove objects). However, because the defense and attack power are too weak, it is easy to suffer the fate of total annihilation. Mobilizers were the basic combat force of the Soviet army. Their strength is reflected in their extraordinary courage, determination, faith, and attitude of being perfectly competent (alas, they are strong in rushing, and they are dead in ice).

Now, the defense of the entire base must be handed over to these conscripts. For Li Lan, this is a choice that has no choice. Compared with the basic arms of the Chinese and American camps, which carry squad machine guns at any time and can be used at any time, the mobilized troops are really weak. If he could produce Chinese soldiers and American GIs now, he would have asked for another 500 of these two arms, and he would not have chosen 1,500 mobilized soldiers.

In his eyes, even a third-level elite mobilized soldier cannot be compared with a first-level American soldier or a Chinese soldier. Therefore, he showed an excited look after learning that as long as the authority can be successfully upgraded, there will be these two trump cards that can be called the basic troops.

However, no matter how unbearable the real strength of the mobilized soldiers is in his eyes, it does not mean that he has no confidence in these soldiers at all. The combat effectiveness of an army capable of fighting for the faith is definitely not something that can be measured by ordinary means.

Now, the entire base depends on them to protect it, and Li Lan has reason to believe that as long as there are not too many enemies to deal with, or the kind of weapons and equipment that are the same as oxen forks, the safety of the base is still guaranteed.

If, according to the current base of Liliang, facing the US army, then Li Lan will definitely go as far as he wants. People don't give you a chance to fight a land war at all, and a few cruise missiles can destroy this place very simply.

Of course, not to mention those Somali armed shili, even the government forces in Puntland do not have weapons for long-range precision strikes, and there is no air force.

In a land war, there will be no asymmetrical gap, so Li Lan will choose to compete with Bossaso's Shili.

"Are you scared?" Seeing Muhammadi, who was a little nervous beside him, Li Lan asked.

"Fear, living in Somalia, every day you have the feeling of being scared, afraid of being killed by bullets flying from nowhere, afraid of not knowing when the bomb will explode next to you. Fear has been with me for thirty years, and I've gotten used to its presence. Muhammadi smiled bitterly.

"There's no need to be afraid, just wait and deal with it according to the previous discussion of haode countermeasures, and I won't die." Li Lan was very satisfied with Muhammadi's answer, and then said solemnly.

Looking at Li Lan's determined eyes and serious face, Mohammadi nodded, changed the subject, and said, "When I went to Bossaso to trade weapons with Mr. Falah that day, he already knew about our purchase of grain from international grain merchants through Minister Bossaso's armed forces. I also know that the money obtained after trading with him is to pay for the grain ordered. ”

"And what did he say?" Li Lan asked.

"He suggested that next time we wanted to buy something, we could just go to him or give him a call. He told me that if he had made the deal, we would have at least twice as much for the same effort. The price of food has always been high in Somalia, and when the Minister of Armed Forces sold us food, he added nearly double the price. So, we paid $3.2 million to buy that little thing. ”

Li Lan naturally understands this, and 3.2 million US dollars, even if it is placed in China, it is a large amount of money. According to the price of grain in China, all this money is used to buy rice, enough for 2,000 people to feed for five years.

And he only got half a year's worth of grain, which in addition to the international grain merchants buying low and selling high, the head of the Bossaso Armed Forces Department must have gained a lot of benefits from it.

Regarding Farah's words, Li Lan could only say that he didn't understand the other party's energy at that time.

"What else did he say?" Li Lan continued to ask.

This time, when Muhammadi answered, he lowered his voice a little and said: "He seems to have known the purpose of our hoarding of food, and when he brought me the textbooks, he also called me, saying that if there is any difficulty in food in the future, you can go to him, and the price is absolutely fair." At the same time, he also vaguely pointed out that he also hated the greedy armed minister. ”

"Mr. Farah, what a man with a heart." Li Lan shook his head and thought for a while: "It is absolutely impossible for him to know what we think, and he said this to you, in fact, it is a trick." How did you answer. ”

"I didn't say anything, and I didn't answer his questions head-on." Muhammadi said.

"It is basically impossible to buy so much food and fuel at such a high price at one time without arousing the suspicion of others. But for now, we don't have to pay attention to that, just do what is in front of us. Li Lan said.

He knew this from the beginning, he couldn't hide it from others, otherwise he wouldn't have kept bringing great gifts to the minister, so naturally he took this concern into account. Now that the food and fuel are in hand, there is no need to worry about them.

"I see, about ......." Muhammadi said, and then hesitated suddenly, there was something he didn't know how to say to Li Lan.

"What do you want to say? No restraints. Li Lan saw that Muhammadi had something to say, but he didn't dare to say it, so he immediately said.

"Actually, I always felt that Mr. Farah would be a good friend of ours in the future, because he did a lot of things that made a substantial contribution to the Somalis." Muhammadi took a deep breath and said calmly.

"I also have a good impression of him, and I also want to make friends with him, but I just hope that there will be no conflicts of interest or faith in the future." Li Lan smiled slightly: "After this incident, I will find a time to talk to him." ”