While Obama and Hagel were discussing how to make trouble for China and Li Lan, they were in the Somali Gossip City, 12,000 kilometers away from Washington.

The Somali Government Reception Office, located next to the base, has already rolled out the red carpet, the guard of honor of the three services belonging to the Praetorian Guard has also been completed, and the military band has begun to be ready.

On the flag stand in front of the reception desk, two national flags, one is the Chinese flag and the other is the Somali flag.

The Somali side attached great importance to the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Navy, and not only received him with the highest etiquette during the mission visit, but also Suleiman, as the commander-in-chief of the Somali Navy, came to the reception in advance to wait for the arrival of the welcome convoy.

The welcome procession did not keep Suleiman waiting, and the welcome song played by the military band, four welcome motorcycles opened the way, and the welcome cars flying the Chinese and Somali flags slowly stopped by the welcome red carpet.

When Wu Shengli stepped out of the car door, Suleiman stepped forward with a smile on his face, and the two were almost fifty centimeters apart, so they both stopped, and then saluted each other, and then shook hands briefly.

At this time, the honor guards of the three armed forces also made a salute under the commander's command knife.

After shaking hands, Suleiman led Wu Shengli to slowly review the honor guard of the three services, and then in the expectation of many reporters, Wu Shengli made a simple speech, the content is also very simple, in addition to hoping to develop good relations with the Somali military in the future, and establish a new mutual benefit and mutual trust, his purpose on this trip is more to hold the launching ceremony for the two aircraft carriers purchased by China from Somalia.

Suleiman also stepped up to the podium, and after a few simple polite words. This simple welcoming ceremony ended with the national anthems of the two countries.

At this time, the theme had just begun, under the personal leadership of Suleiman, Wu Shengli and him came to the meeting room of the state guest reception, and after all the people who didn't want to do it were gone, the two sat down diagonally opposite each other and began to have the first real high-level exchange between the two armies.

"Are we going to be casual, or are we going to follow etiquette?" Once seated, Suleiman was fluent in Mandarin, no worse than the native-born Chinese. He was the same as every soldier. From the time of the call-up. Mandarin is like instinct, there is no language barrier at all. Despite his appearance as an African, the color of his skin was only given by the base, and he came from an American GI unit. If you count it. In fact, he is closer to the white race.

"I like to be casual. However, I was very surprised by your Mandarin. Although Wu Shengli has long heard of the Somali army, he basically speaks fluent Chinese. But I didn't expect that he was so fluent that if he didn't look at people, he wouldn't be able to distinguish the person in front of him from the Chinese, and in terms of pronunciation, he was more accurate than him, an authentic Chinese. It's time to become an announcer.

The two sat diagonally opposite each other, although one was a general and the other was a lieutenant general, but the identities of the two did not have any asymmetry because of their ranks. This is not only because of the same status of both of them as the number one person in the navy of a country, but also because of the equal status brought about by the exchange of information between the aircraft carrier and naval communications between the two countries.

"In our army, all communication is in Chinese, which is our unwritten rule, and it is the self-expression of each of our soldiers who have great respect for our leader. In our hearts, loyalty to the leader is the greatest honor, and every virtue of him is an example for us to learn from. As soon as Suleiman spoke the language, he began to express his and every soldier's incomparable respect for Li Lan.

Seeing the crazy admiration flashing in Suleiman's eyes, Wu Shengli was really difficult to understand, a commander with extremely high military power would actually worship a certain person like an ordinary person, and worship a certain person to a somewhat crazy situation, which seemed to him to be really incomprehensible. For everyone who can embark on the road of a general, there must be a very high psychological quality, this kind of person is difficult to be swayed by the spiritual will of a certain person, even if it is a leader who must obey himself, it is also obedient to orders and convinced, and it is difficult to have such a thing as worship.

Wu Shengli had also seen high-ranking generals from many countries, but he had never seen such a look in the eyes of a general about his leader. It's as if a devout believer is praying to his own gods. It would be a terrible thing if, as the lieutenant general in front of me said, the entire Somali army could be worshipped by this.

At the same time, he also saw the advantages and disadvantages of this extreme worship, the advantage was naturally that the military structure of the entire country would stick to one person, and every soldier would burst out with the strongest combat effectiveness. Just like in this war, many generals of the Chinese military were shocked by the fact that the Somali army fought many battles with the enemy on the battlefield to the last drop of blood, because this was not an individual Somali soldier, but the unchanging choice of every Somali soldier after falling into a bitter battle, resulting in the end of the war, the coalition forces did not capture a single prisoner. There are even many people who think of the Japanese devils who were controlled by bushido ideology during the Japanese war of aggression against China.

This is hard to imagine for many military observers, because in the eyes of the world, Africans are really difficult to combine with warriors. It's just that what they don't know is that although these soldiers have black faces, the genes in their bodies are not African. The appearance is just a disguise, including gold and jade.

No matter what country the soldiers are, the last thing they want to encounter is such an opponent, because they are so crazy that you don't know what kind of crazy actions they will make in the next moment.

Of course, this kind of extreme worship will also have another great impact, once Li Lan makes any wrong decision, it will not be a good thing for this army. China is not without lessons from the past. However, if Wu Shengli knew what had happened at the tactical level of this war, then he would also understand that although the Red Guard soldiers had extremely crazy loyalty to Li Lan, and they could not hesitate to fight the enemy on the battlefield, they would also appropriately modify Li Lan's orders in the context of the battlefield. Everything is for the victory of the war, and the core value is also to avoid the defeat of the war and plunge Li Lan into a crisis, which is the best understanding of the Red Guard soldiers for their loyalty.

"Your integrity is worth learning from every soldier of ours, because this is the essence of a soldier, we do not serve politics, we only serve the people and leaders, and the people come first." Wu Shengli tested the appropriateness, because he wanted to see if the Somalis were important or Li Lan was important in the eyes of these soldiers.

"There are traditions between the two countries that are very different, and I know Chinese culture very well, and it is like being born with it. Therefore, I can also understand your thinking very deeply, but this kind of military thinking is not suitable for us, and the leader will always come first. Suleiman said calmly.

"What if the leader changes! After all, Somalia is democratically elected, so what if another person comes to power as president? Wu Shengli could only express his incomprehension of Suleiman's answer in his heart, and of course he did not forget to continue to ask.

"No, it won't." Regarding the establishment of Wu Shengli, Suleiman said very seriously: "In our hearts, there is only one leader, and there is no second leader, and the only one who can command us in the whole world is Li Lan." ”

Suleiman is not a fool and understands the true meaning of Wu Shengli's questions, but these answers are also his heart's words, and there is no intention of deception. It was this fact that made him very relieved to pass on these thoughts to the Chinese admiral in front of him.

Wu Shengli has been a soldier all his life, and he has been rolling in the army and political circles all his life, and it is really difficult for him to understand the thoughts of the lieutenant general in front of him. In his opinion, this kind of thing is too outrageous, the whole army is surrounded by people of different races, or a lifetime of loyalty, as if he is a demon, that kind of unswerving loyalty to death, he can't understand it even if he wants to break his head. Now, even if someone told him that Li Lan knew the immortal method and controlled these people's minds, he wouldn't feel too strange. Because the facts themselves are incredible.

However, this kind of thinking of these people made him extremely satisfied. In other words, as long as Li Lan is in the army, there will be a shadow of Chinese in this army. According to the strategy of the No. 1 leader, it is necessary to try its best to win over Li Lan, that is to say, the China Association will always maintain friendly relations with Li Lan, so that the two military blocs will be linked together for a long time.

His idea is also very simple, having such a strong navy as an ally is definitely much more reliable than walking with Russia, and this navy not only has rich combat experience, but also is the top level in the world in terms of naval weapons and equipment.

"As a soldier, I admire your sense of honor as a soldier, and I believe that in the future, the two armies will definitely have a broader space for development." Wu Shengli politely put an end to the question he had just asked, and at the same time introduced the next topic.

"This is natural, our leaders have a strong sense of belonging to their own nation, which is the most powerful guarantee for in-depth exchanges between our two armies, and our whole army is very fond of Chinese culture, in terms of language exchanges, we have no barriers at all, and in the process of mutual understanding, it will also be very pleasant. With so many innate conditions, our future exchanges and development in various fields in the world will certainly be unfavorable. "Suleiman is not a politician, but that doesn't mean he can't be a politician. Of course, there is no political deception in these words. (To be continued......)