Chapter 5

"Djibouti has the best geographical conditions, otherwise more than 20 countries and organizations, including the United States, France, and Italy, would not use this place as a supply base. But that makes the situation more complicated and difficult to deal with, more involved, and more difficult to operate. ”

As everyone talked, they turned to the issue of naval supply bases.

Through conversation, Muyang can understand from the words of these naval officers that they really desperately want to have their own place on the African continent where they can settle down, instead of needing the embassy to come forward every time they resupply, coordinate the consent of the local government, lease a temporary port, arrange supplies, and prepare a temporary rest station.

If they have their own place, after they have completed the mission, they can safely drive the battleship back to their base port to dock, and the ground staff will naturally carry out replenishment operations, they can sleep peacefully at the base, and then go to the mission full of energy.

When he came, Vice Minister Li gave himself the most important task, which was to obtain a long-term base or port terminal. Listening to the words of these naval officers and men now, it is absolutely from the bottom of my heart, and there is an urgent need for such a place.

They don't need to be fully equipped like a US military base, even if there are only a few port berths, a small warehouse where supplies can be stored, and a place to rest, they are satisfied.

The symposium is that everyone chats together, says what they want to say, and the atmosphere is very relaxed. Finally, we talked about the eradication of Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.

At present, China has several hundred cargo ships passing through the African navigation line every year, and the task of being an escort formation is still very arduous, mainly because the task volume is relatively large.

In many cases, these cargo ships are required to form a fleet and then escort together, otherwise they will be separated.

"We received the alarm and rushed over in a battleship, and as long as those guys saw us, they didn't run away, but drove a speedboat in the gap between several freighters, playing hide and seek with us. You also know that on escort missions, our country is not like Russia, where they fire when they see pirates, so sometimes, these guys also come by looking at people, and if they see Russian warships, they turn around and run. Captain Zhang Rong said.

"What then?" A young colleague from the embassy asked.

"Hehe, it's not that we don't fight, let's shoot a warning first, if you don't have a shame in your face, then you really fight, the two ships are outflanked, and the rapid-fire cannon is directly fired, and those pirates still scream."

Everyone laughed.

According to the plan, during the period of replenishment and recuperation at the port of the Daqing and Taihu warships, fuel oil, fresh water, and various fresh vegetables and fruits will be replenished, and officers and men will be organized to take turns to rest and recuperate, and the time will be four days.

During this period, Muyang has always focused on this matter and must be foolproof.

Four days passed, the officers and men of the navy boarded the ship and left the port, and Mu Yang and others went to the dock to see them off. Facing a row of naval officers standing on the side of the deck ship and saluting Mu Yang and the others, Mu Yang made up his mind that he had to complete the work of acquiring a military base.

And, to get the best, the Americans can get a 600-acre military base in Djibouti, equivalent to 2.4 square kilometers, why can't China have it?

2.4 square kilometers, the entire Republic of Djibouti is only 24,000 square kilometers, and one US base occupies one-ten-thousandth of the country's national territory, which is simply excessive.

Muyang decided that if he wanted to get it, he would get the biggest and best, and it would never be smaller than the military base of the Americans.

In order to achieve one's own goals, sometimes, it is inevitable to use some means.

Previously, Muyang wanted to find a breakthrough from President Guelleh, but after contact, he found that the current president of Djibouti did not have a strong intention of getting close to China.

There are many reasons for this, Djibouti is a key place, although the land is barren and the climate is hot and extremely unsuitable for survival, but its geographical location is very important, so it has caused the current situation of multinational military bases coexisting.

Djibouti is heavily dependent on the revenues from these leased ports, and Djibouti was a French colony, but despite its independence, French influence on Djibouti is still significant, sometimes even greater than that of the United States. The official languages of Djibouti are French and Arabic, and their indigenous languages are not among them.

And the United States is speaking here with great military strength, the United States has deployed more than 4,000 soldiers here, seven or eight warships, although this is nothing to the United States, but for Djibouti, it is definitely a behemoth.

The military strength of Djibouti as a whole is not enough for the strength of the US military base.

The total strength of the Republic of Djibouti is 3,500 troops, including 200 in the Air Force, 200 in the Navy and 100 in civilian personnel. The army has an artillery battalion, an armored regiment and three infantry regiments. The Air Force has several MiG-8, MiG-17 helicopters, and the Navy has several patrol boats and speedboats.

Just think about it, you can see how beautiful this picture is.

At present, Djibouti's defense mission, to be honest, mainly relies on the armies of these countries stationed in Djibouti, and if Ethiopia and Somalia, for example, want to invade Djibouti, then these countries will absolutely not allow it.

Therefore, these countries, especially the United States and France, have a very great influence on Djibouti, and it is normal for President Guelleh to be attached to them.

However, the leak of US Ambassador Tom Kelly this time has shrouded the original clear election situation in Djibouti. President Guelleh has also been affected by this.

Since he wanted to get what he wanted from President Guelleh, Muyang decided to find another way, and two months later was the presidential election, and the new president who was elected had a term of at least 5 years.

President Guelleh has been re-elected for two terms, and under Djibouti's electoral law, Guelleh can no longer hold the presidency. The "People's Alliance for Progress" party, to which President Guelleh belongs, previously put forward the candidate of Minister of Energy and Promotion, Hasin Aptidon, who had won the election, but now Hasin Aptidun has been implicated, resigned as Minister of Energy and Promotion, and has also lost his qualification as a presidential candidate.

Previously, people also thought that the "League of Progressive People" would win, so only three of the eight legal parties in Djibouti sent candidates to participate in the presidential race, while the other four parties did not put forward candidates at all. (To be continued.) )