Azure waters, due to being in the buffer zone. It was not affected by the December weather, and the wind and waves were not great. Because of its Red Sea communication artery, Somaliland's location is not as important as Yemen and Djibouti, but it still controls half of the Gulf of Aden, and Yemen has become the most important force in blockading the entire Gulf of Aden.

All of Somaliland are Hargeisa. The entire state under its rule has a population of about 10,000. Somaliland's most important fiscal revenue comes from Pappera, which accounts for about the fiscal capital. The other is income from animal husbandry. However, the vast majority of Somaliland's livestock exports go to Saudi Arabia, which is very dependent on it.

In Zhou Yuanqiang's view, the reason why Somaliland is so tough is mainly manifested in its military strength.

Somaliland's army consists of four tank brigades, four mechanized infantry brigades, four naval 6 combat units, a surface-to-air missile brigade, three artillery brigades, a field battalion and one martyrdom. Air defense battalion. This statistic alone shows that they have the strength to compete with the Somali Transitional Government Defence Force, plus they have the support of other countries. If it weren't for Zhou Yuanqiang's intervention, Somaliland would be more orthodox.

To be honest, Somaliland's military strength still makes Zhou Yuanqiang somewhat scrupled, and in terms of ground forces, it is even more than the national defense force in his own hands.

However, Zhou Yuanqiang can dare to put huge pressure on Somaliland entirely because of Somaliland's military, which is just one. Paper tigers only. Their equipment is extremely backward, like tank brigades, which have not reached full strength, and all tanks are very backward models, which are purchased from the decommissioning of some African countries, and the prices are very low.

The only thing that has a bit of technical content is probably the surface-to-air missile brigade.

The air force in Zhou Yuanqiang's hands is not very strong, although the parts in the warehouse of Sanyuan can form an aviation division in just one month.

However, familiar pilots are not something that can be trained all at once. It is easy to manufacture fighter planes, but it is difficult to train pilots, and three or two years can only be regarded as a small success, and if there are no five or six years, you cannot be regarded as a qualified pilot. But Zhou Yuanqiang didn't need to be afraid of the paper tiger of Somaliland at all, and even Lao Mei's ass exploded chrysanthemums for himself a few times. Somaliland, which is only 10,000 square kilometers, is not in Zhou Yuanqiang's eyes. As long as you want to, you can let Somaliland disappear into the river of history once again.

Far away from the port of Ppeila, a small gunboat converted from a pleasure boat is waiting alone at sea.

Somaliland does not have a navy, and the main reason is that they cannot afford to have a navy that can afford to eat the same money. Think about an ordinary frigate, it costs two or three hundred million dollars, and the annual maintenance cost of hundreds of dollars makes them dare not touch this gold-swallowing monster. As a result, Somaliland has no navy, but only a smuggling unit and a few yachts that are operating offshore.

The only thing that reassures them is that the neighboring country on the other side, Yemen, and the navy are also tofu scum, and the two sides are half-hearted.

The army occupies the largest part of Somaliland's finances, and it is barely balanced in terms of revenue and expenditure. This time, he took out the Vermiah dollar to purchase arms. It was indeed a surprise to those who knew the Somalia. After analyzing the economic situation in Somaliland, many experts agreed that this should be a smoke bomb between Somaliland and the US military, which is intended to deter the Somali government, which is in full swing.

Experts believe that if Somaliland had had this reserve of up to US$100 million, I am afraid that it would have done something a long time ago, and it would not have been forced to go to the door before it finally exploded.

Some military experts also believe that because Eritrea and Ethiopia have lost their access to the sea due to the latter's war, Somaliland has become an important export route for Ethiopia. These two countries have signed treaties to enable Ethiopia to use Brama for export and import goods for a fee. This has forced Ethiopia to be doomed to support Somaliland, and perhaps behind this arms purchase is Ethiopia's shadow.

But for Major Moore, the smuggler, none of this mattered.

After waiting here for more than an hour, a fleet finally appeared from the far sea. Through the binoculars, the Star-Spangled Banner hung on the warship made Moore understand that the appearance of the U.S. transport fleet also represented that the batch of weapons needed by Somaliland had definitely arrived in Somaliland.

All Moore needed to do was to use the small gunboat as a navigation ship and lead the ocean-bound fleet to dock in the port of Ppeira.

In front of the missile cruiser, the gunboat was like a small toy, and the American seamen with relaxed faces all laughed unscrupulously at the small gunboat in front of them, and their eyes were full of disdain. Even some of the officers above have joined the ranks. A strong country must have the pride and arrogance of a strong country, especially a small country that will be recognized by others. You won't enter the old four peasant realms at all.

In this world, it is a fool not to make money, not to mention, there is a certain strategic purpose, and the US military will naturally not give up such a good opportunity to intervene this time.

From beginning to end, the three warships did not even say a greeting, but only escorted a 100,000-ton ocean-going transport ship towards Ppeila. For this, Moore was not angry, but his heart was full of helplessness. The strength of the U.S. military only needs a sneeze to lift Somaliland into the air, and in front of others, it is better to honestly act as a grandson.

The frigate was very fast, far from being comparable to a small gunboat, and as the commander of the fleet, he was very annoyed by the kindness and politeness of Somaliland. If it weren't for this damn little gunboat to come out to meet it, the fleet would have been able to dock at Ppeira in half an hour at most. However, with a small gunboat to lead the way, it took half the time.

An hour and a half later, the port of Ppeira finally appeared in front of the fleet. As a sign of respect, Somaliland's Defence Minister Mohammed was also present on the port of Ppeira, accompanied by a large group of officers of all ranks. Hundreds of soldiers formed a grand welcome group to welcome the arrival of the American fleet. For Somaliland, militarily, it is already the highest style.

Zhou Yuanqiang, who was hiding in the distance, was holding a telescope to watch all this, his mouth slightly raised.

After the fleet docked, Muhammad began to order the soldiers to clear the field, martial law the entire port, and began handing over the weapons for the transaction. The present state of affairs could not be justified by Muhammad's impatience. The forces of the Somali Transitional Government are increasing rapidly, and the annexation of local governments has increased to 70,000 soldiers in just one and a half months. In particular, the 20,000 national defense forces under Zhou Yuanqiang's command are even more elite and extremely well-equipped, which seriously threatens the existence of Somaliland.

Muhammad simply hoped that this batch of heavy weapons would be delivered to the troops sooner rather than later. It is used to set up a temporary boundary between the two sides, and to deter the other party from acting rashly.

The U.S. fleet that escorted the U.S. fleet was also happy to complete the handover as soon as possible, and then returned home after resting for two or three days. In their opinion, Somalia is simply a barren land, full of desolation, and more importantly, there are almost no yellow or white people in Pelali, which makes the American GIs somewhat helpless, and there are not many of them who are interested in-like black girls. After sailing for half a month, they were bored and panicked, and they only hoped to return to their homeland as soon as possible so that they could be liberated.

This clearing of Muhammad was of little effect, for it was clear to see the same with some of the floors of the port, and with a telescope at a distance, there were no secrets at all in the harbor.

From the ocean carrier VII, the huge bridge was opened, and soon it was connected to the port, after which a large number of trucks that had been prepared long ago drove over the bridge and entered the interior of the carrier. Large containers are then lifted onto trucks by crane and transported off the ship. Because they were packed in containers, Zhou Yuanqiang had no way of knowing what these weapons were.

This time, Somaliland has invested a lot of money, and more than 100 trucks have been transferred, and the weapons have not been emptied at one time. Instead, they were transported to the warehouse of the military base not far from the port of Ppeira for storage, and then returned to the port. After doing this three times, all the containers were finally shipped.

Zhou Yuanqiang estimated that even if this batch of armed forces is worth less than 100 million US dollars, there are still more than 10 or 2 billion US dollars.

"It's strange to have such a lot of money. Buy ten missile frigates. I'm afraid I'm going to get into bad luck, why did they buy the weapons that they wanted, and it seems that almost all of them are used by the 6th Army? Loading weapons in containers, it's a shame that they figured it out. ”

Zhou Yuanqiang can't see through Somaliland either, but it doesn't matter, because Zhou Yuanqiang knows that he wants to know what Somaliland is procuring, and after tonight, he can clearly know. It is estimated that Somaliland will definitely not be able to cry at that time, gritting his teeth and squeezing out a little money, just like that,,

Zhou Yuanqiang didn't continue to watch. Instead, he put away his binoculars and walked around Ppeira to see what the port that supports Somaliland's economy was really like. The credit for the prosperity of Ppeira should be attributed to Ethiopia, if it weren't for their import and export through this port, how could they make Ppeila's tax revenue so considerable?

The biggest reason why Ethiopia supports Somaliland is probably because it is afraid that the strong Somali government will annul the agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland and pinch its import and export lifeline. If it assures itself that this treaty will continue to be implemented, will Ethiopia,

My friend urged it, but fortunately it was done!

The second is to ask everyone for a little red envelope, hehe!