The battle for Mogadishu ended in a single day, and the outcome shocked not only the United States, but the world. The US military lost 91 killed, 27 captured, 45 wounded, lost 8 helicopters, 5 armored vehicles, 14 Humvees, and 9 military trucks.

No one could have imagined at the outset that the meagre force of the Somali warlord Aideed, with his meager force, would be able to rely on the city to strike such a blow against the invading Americans. The Americans stormed Mogadishu in a majestic manner, leaving behind dead bodies all over the ground and fighting extremely ugly.

In the analysis of many people in the industry, the Americans' operation can be described as full of problems, and the scale of the troops used in the first place is quite limited, not to mention the gun-wielding population in Mogadishu, and the militants in Aideed, but such a small-scale force, the US military stubbornly firmly believes that it can win more with less.

Secondly, the firepower configuration of the US military is obviously insufficient, and it is composed of two parts of combat power in the air and convoy transportation, and there are only light attack aircraft such as the AH-6 killer egg in the air, or the Gatling machine gun carried on the Black Hawk, and the suppression capacity is extremely limited. The convoy of the ground forces also lacked heavy firepower, there were no tanks and artillery, only some armored personnel carriers, and even a few machine guns, which made this convoy not strong enough in the face of the enemy, thus delaying the fighters many times.

In addition, the U.S. military underestimated the enemy in the process of planning the operation, and the size of their troops was quite small, but they also set up a number of mission points to carry out operations, and in the end, all these mission points were isolated and surrounded in the city, which also caused great trouble to the rescue operations of the rescue troops who arrived later. The lack of heavy firepower was also a major manifestation of the underestimation of the enemy, and the failure to advance or retreat in the operation also led to criticism from commentators and the U.S. government for General Garrison, who commanded the operation.

In addition, the battle for Mogadishu saw the emergence of anti-materiel sniper rifles and even man-made anti-aircraft missiles, prompting the United States to conduct a deep review of the capabilities of its intelligence agencies. Of course, this can also be attributed to the underestimation of the enemy, so the intelligence work is very sloppy, especially since they don't even know when the Somalis have planted a large fireworks in the city.

Either way, someone had to be held accountable for the Mogadishu fiasco, General Garrison, who was in charge, was suspended, and a CIA leader was disciplined.

However, the fiasco in Mogadishu is not the end of the situation because someone is responsible, and the defeat of the US military here has completely made the Americans and even many other countries in the world have a completely different understanding and understanding of the US military power. As long as there is a ground war, the United States often fights without flattery. From the Korean War to the Vietnam War, the Gulf War still had the blessing of the world's first army, and in Somalia, this kind of company-scale battle was fought in a mess, which really makes people wonder whether the US ground forces are really weak to a certain extent.

Of course, it is not only the US ground forces that have been satirized, the two Hornets that were shot down in Peru before were also used to talk about it, which means that the US force is like the fat of an obese person, who looks very strong, but has no strength at all.

And the people in the United States have also developed this consciousness -- Americans will not fight, and if they fight, they will send their young men to death, and this is the case in Vietnam, and now it is like this in Somalia. American politicians have not yet understood this truth, and they are slaughtering their own compatriots with other people's hands for the sake of so-called interests. For a time, in addition to the demonstrations against the great warlord Aideed, the United States set off a new anti-war and peace demonstration, and there was a new trend of revival of isolationism under the fusion of populism, believing that the United States was blessed with unique geography and conditions, and should not meddle in international affairs, but should better manage its own internal affairs.

In particular, the main reason why Clinton came to power was that the American people believed that his economic ability was stronger than that of Bush Sr., so he was chosen to take office, but Clinton did not take office for a long time, but like Bush Sr., he made decisions one after another, attacking Peru and Somalia, and making a mess, while the domestic economy did not improve much, and the number of bankrupt and bankrupt American enterprises gradually increased.

Internationally, there is also a lot of criticism of the Americans. Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath said that the United Nations should not be an umbrella for US military operations; Egyptian Foreign Minister Moussa said that what is happening in Somalia will add new obstacles to the Somali national reconciliation process; French Defense Minister Leopard accused the United States of going beyond a "humanitarian mission" and turning into an "intolerable confrontation"; According to the German press, the United States is fighting "a dirty war" in Somalia.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued a mocking statement: "What the US military is doing in Mogadishu is not constructive in promoting regional peace and stability." We have seen the Somali people's desire for peace and independence, and the international community should face that up and respect that. China has always upheld that developing countries should have the ability to determine their own destiny, and called on all parties to resolve disputes and problems through mature and rational negotiations, so as to make more contributions to world peace and development. ”

No matter how crazy Clinton is at this time, he will not send troops into Somalia to teach Aideed a lesson, and there is no doubt that he has already seen clearly that unless it launches a protracted war of conquest, the United States is unable to completely control Somalia. In other words, even if it conquers Somalia, it will continue to station troops there to maintain stability, and the United States obviously does not have such conditions, and there is no interest in doing so.

In contrast, China has a smooth sail in Sudan, which makes Americans envious and jealous. In terms of the size of the peacekeeping force, the Chinese sent nearly 10,000 people, which is actually not as many as the US military sent to Somalia. However, China has provided perfect support for its own peacekeeping forces and has developed detailed battle plans. From the very beginning, they had a clear goal, that is, to divide the conflict between North and South Sudan, and they did not hesitate to use force on their own initiative. Although this point has been attacked to a certain extent, there are still many people in the world who believe that although such peacekeeping methods are excessive, they are effective, and the United Nations should consider this method more in the future.

Moreover, the Chinese have never fought difficult battles in Sudan, and they do not attack the city when they see the forest, but use their mobile and intelligence advantages, coupled with a little patience, to crumble and round the not very sharp Sudanese army and play it at will. From this point of view, military commentators unanimously believe that China's use of tactics is obviously one level higher than that of the US military, and the US military often commits inconsistencies and poor planning continuity, and is rigid and rigid in tactical choices, and is completely less flexible than the Chinese.

This has become an example of the growing belief that the United States is less capable of fighting a war than China.

Qi Yiming sat on the shore of a Jingpo Lake fishing, his Mo Xiantong beside him, and said, "Director, Aideed has established a greater reputation in Somalia through this victory. Somalis are fierce and barbaric by nature, they don't trust civilization and justice, but they believe in strength and domineering, Aideed can defeat the Americans, many Somalis think that he should be the real master of Somalia, there are more Somalis who defect to him, and Aideed's ambitions are also greater, we want to further control them through arms imports, I'm afraid it will be more difficult. ”

Qi Yiming nodded slightly, and said, "This guy is indeed not a good thing, you make a plan to replace him and replace him with our people." "This trick has been played a lot by the Strategy Bureau, many small countries have their Red Alert spies, these spies who can be disguised are one of the most precious assets of the Strategy Bureau, Qi Yiming's control of the huge territory basically depends on these people.

Mo Xiantong said again: "Okay, so after replacing Aideed, will we increase our support for Somalia and let him unify the whole of Somalia?" ”

"Why not? The better Aideed mixes, the more stupid it means that the Americans choose to arrest or eliminate him, and this naked slap in the face should make the United States suffer, haha. Qi Yiming joked, raised the fishing rod in his hand, the bait on the hook had been eaten, but there was no fish.

He wasn't angry, he just smiled, didn't even let go of the bait, threw the fishing line into the water again, and said: "Weapons and other things are not too important, for the time being, the international community is very scared of the Somalis so ruthlessly, no one will want to get involved, so some ordinary light weapons are enough for Aideed to unify the country." However, for him, the key thing is that he still lacks effective organizational skills, his subordinates are mainly thugs, relying on them to oppress the people is nothing, relying on them to govern the country is absolutely impossible, even if the ideological and political work of the army they can't do it, which also makes the chances of his subordinates betraying him infinitely larger, such a force has no future, and will be easily alienated by interests. ”

Mo Xiantong also smiled, "You mean to make this group of Somali militants the same as our revolutionary army, an armed force with ideals and integrity, and loyal to the country and the people." ”

"Isn't that okay? Isn't the current situation of Somalia highly similar to the situation before our liberation, which was poor and weak, and warlords were fighting? We have completed the transformation from a weak country to a strong country, and Somalia can not say that it can become a strong country, but it is still possible to at least feed its own people and save itself from foreign aggression and civil war. ”

Qi Yiming said and suddenly shook the fishing rod in his hand, and the fishing line suddenly slashed in the water with a strange line, and the hook slammed into a half-catty carp, which was lifted up by him at once.

"You see, we don't use bait, we fish the same, haha."