In East Africa, war has always affected the region, with the exception of a few countries that have been able to maintain a general peace, and other countries are in the midst of serious civil wars, two of which are Somalia and Sudan. And these two typical cases still have special significance, because the two major powers in the world are playing a big game of chess here, and these two countries are their chessboards, each of them presiding over peacekeeping operations in one country, and the situation in the two countries is good, but it is completely a matter of their wrists and faces.

Somalia is a country full of warlords and careerists, who are ignorant and barbaric, stealing humanitarian supplies sent by the United Nations, and constantly burning the flames of war on the heads of the people, such unrighteous people are naturally condemned by the United States and its Western allies who claim to be democratic and free, and they do not feel that there will be any great difficulties in Somalia, and the US military has sent soldiers to work with the peacekeeping forces of other countries to maintain order and protect the people in this area.

The situation in Sudan is a different story, this country was originally two British colonies, the northern region is mainly Islamic, the south is mainly Christianity and primitive worship of the indigenous people, after the two colonies merged into a single country, the northern Sudanese suppressed the South Sudanese, and in the late 1970s, after the discovery of large oil fields in South Sudan, the northern Sudanese coveted this major economic interest and tried every possible means to break into it.

So in the early eighties, a civil war broke out in Sudan, caused by President Jafar Nimairi's declaration of the abolition of southern autonomy and the imposition of Sharia law in the south, which aroused the resentment and dissatisfaction of the non-Muslim residents of the south, and the southern colonel named John Garang rebelled against some black soldiers, launched a mutiny, and formed the Sudan People's Liberation Army to carry out armed struggle against the north.

Civil wars in Africa are often characterized by a war that lasts for a decade or two, and in fact a limited number of people die on the battlefield, and many more die from contagion and famine, and this civil war has been fought for many years, and in another dimension it has ended with the independence of South Sudan after the 21st century. It's just that the civil war is over, because it's not a country anymore, but the war between North and South Sudan has been going on for a century, and the disputes over the interests of oil fields, water and other interests have continued.

In fact, it is difficult for outsiders to judge the civil war, except for the United States, which likes to meddle in other people's internal affairs, the official statements of most countries are often calls for restraint and dialogue to solve problems.

After the United Nations passed a resolution to deal with the civil war in Sudan, China led the country and brought a multinational peacekeeping force into Sudan to mediate the civil war. And Qi Yiming also actively participated in it, infiltrating his own power into Sudan.

From the very beginning, the appearance of Chinese peacekeepers entering Sudan is not like any peacekeeping operation, China has sent more than 6,000 people from an army brigade into South Sudan, unlike ordinary peacekeeping troops, this army brigade is a fully mechanized unit, equipped with all PLA main battle equipment, what 99 tanks, 09 infantry combat and the like, none of them have fallen, even Wuzhi-10 such offensive equipment has it.

Not only that, the Chinese peacekeepers have also brought a large number of engineering troops, starting from their entry into South Sudan, not to mention what kind of prefabricated camp they built, and paving roads for the locals, but what kind of rhythm they built military airports, foreigners looked at the busy Chinese sappers, and they were almost drunk.

More critically, after the powerful Chinese troops entered the war zone, they began to control the major transportation arteries, in fact, separating the armed forces of North and South Sudan, which of course worked very well, and the exchange of fire between North and South Sudan became less and less, because the Chinese were in the middle, and they could not fight. This would be an advantage for South Sudan, as they could withstand the stronger North Sudanese army and then build up on their own turf. However, if South Sudanese want to cross Chinese lines and attack North Sudan, Chinese forces will also stop them.

This kind of action is certainly not what a standard UN peacekeeping force should do, and the means of actively seizing transportation arteries and core facilities must be to take the initiative to attack the armies of North and South Sudan, which is something that the UN Security Council does not advocate. However, the Chinese peacekeepers wearing blue helmets gave full play to their own subjective initiative and quickly brought the situation under control in just two weeks, greatly reducing the intensity of the war.

Of course, this has also led to distorted reports by some Western media dissatisfied with China, believing that China is committing aggression in the name of peacekeeping. In particular, the initiative and the construction of military airfields and other military facilities are indeed somewhat indescribable.

However, the Chinese side pretended to be a white rabbit and did not make any mistakes, even when asked about this question at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the spokeswoman retorted righteously: "The Chinese peacekeeping force has played an important role in promoting peace and stability in Sudan, and we urge all parties not to play up the Chinese threat with ulterior motives, blame themselves for their evil and dirty psychology, and do more useful things for the peace and stability of Sudan and the world, and say less useless things." ”

Anyway, China has mastered the fire of North and South Sudan, and even if the two sides want to fight each other to the death, they do not have the ability, and with a group of them using AK-47s, relying on livestock and foot soles for transportation and logistics, and extremely lacking in heavy weapons, it is absolutely impossible to confront Chinese peacekeepers with a complete system and advanced and modern equipment.

Because of this, North and South Sudan knew that it was impossible to continue the war, and it was better to continue the peace talks, and in view of China's fierce land, North and South Sudan also jointly sought China as a mediator to mediate the conflict between them. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qi Yiming spilled out a large number of Red Alert spies and began to infiltrate into the official organizations of North and South Sudan, especially the South Sudanese regime that has not yet been fully formed.

The situation in North Sudan is not much different, although the infiltration efforts are not as strong as in South Sudan, Qi Yiming focuses on the traditional mutiny route, and he began to cultivate powerful men and careerists in the North Sudanese army, and then control them to overthrow the current Sudanese regime and thus gain power in North Sudan.

In this way, in the midst of his encounter, the largest country in East Africa will fall into his hands. Sudan has a large population, and rich resources, although because of the long-term war and economic backwardness, but to a certain extent to support and help, its economic development will not be much worse than Nigeria, Angola and other countries, control this East African country has huge benefits, economic aside, the back of the Middle East power Egypt has a restraining force, but also located in the Red Sea, convenient to strengthen the control of the Middle East, to the south and the vast Central Africa, the formation of influence radiation.

According to the talks between North and South Sudan in Beijing, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement of intent, the two sides will enter into in-depth discussions and studies on issues such as national system and sovereignty, during which a ceasefire will be carried out and any infringement on the other side will be stopped, and China will act as a supervisor and observer, and it will be agreed that China will garrison a certain percentage of troops in Sudan to supervise and deter military operations on both sides.

Although such an agreement has given the world a glimpse of reconciliation in Sudan, many people are still as uncomfortable as eating stinky flies. Because how did the clause that the overseer stationed troops in this place come about, and is this a supervision or a convenient acquisition of overseas bases?

In any case, the establishment of a military base in Sudan, an East African country, has been decided, and the air base previously built in Gadarif has also been officially put into operation. If it weren't for the fact that peacekeeping and monitoring the ceasefire had nothing to do with the navy, China would have built another naval base in Port Sudan.

However, even so, China has built four military camps and an air base in Sudan, plus two logistics and supply centers, the scale of which is amazing, although these facilities are still relatively simple, but if they continue to be built, they will inevitably become a cluster of Chinese overseas military bases in East Africa, which will have an important impact on the development of the situation in East Africa.

The Gadarif Air Base soon stationed two fighter aviation regiments of the Air Force, with a total of more than 50 fighters, including the J-9 Shadow Leopard and the J-10 Super Raptor, a fighter force of this size is enough to make half of Africa feel threatened. In addition, a transport aviation division was transferred, as well as a number of reconnaissance, electronic intelligence and other auxiliary units.

The army barracks, which are mainly used by peacekeepers in Sudan, are still being planned and built with the goal of stationing more than 20,000 Chinese soldiers. The peacekeeping force in Sudan has even become a weapons testing ground for the domestic military-industrial complex, and many companies have brought their own new equipment to the peacekeepers for testing, so the army barracks also include some training facilities.

The Chinese have done a lot of work in Sudan, making the US military not far from here very nervous and urgent, and the owner of the White House, Clinton, is very dissatisfied with the US military's delay in doing anything good to the warlords, urging the military to achieve immediate results, and allowing the United States to obtain a fulcrum in Somalia to contain China.

However, the commander of the peacekeeping force can only smile bitterly, because as an officer, he knows very well how much power China has invested in Sudan, and it is enough to fight a war of limited scale, but the United States is really here as a peacekeeping force, and it is not enough to complete Clinton's idea in terms of equipment or numbers.

When the situation was reflected, Clinton gritted his teeth and decided to send more troops to Somalia.