"Welcome to Air China's HU79237 flight, this flight destination is direct to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with an estimated flight time of 5 hours and 35 minutes,"

"Sir, please fasten your seatbelts." The flight attendant checks the passenger's seatbelt in the hallway, and the plane is about to take off.

Muyang fastened his seat belt, looked out the window, and began to turn out what Vice Minister Li had said to him, as well as the situation in Djibouti.

"After arriving in Djibouti, your task is to lease a long-term naval port as much as possible to solve the problem of stationing our escort group."

"Establish channels, expand the Lucca route, and do our best to obtain the technology, materials and even advanced weapons technology that the country needs."

"The chiefs asked me to convey to you a sentence, that is, when you think it is necessary, you can directly reach a deal with the other party, and then ask for instructions from the country afterwards, and make arbitrary decisions in case of trouble."

I went to Djibouti by myself, with a difficult task, but I don't know if this trip will be successfully completed, and what obstacles will be encountered.

There will definitely be resistance, if it were simple, the previous Djibouti ambassador would have solved these things a long time ago, and there is no need to drag it until today.

Although Djibouti is a small country, with a land area of only 23,200 square kilometers and a population of less than 900,000, its geographical location is very important, at present, 80% of the oil transported from the Middle East to Europe has to pass through the Red Sea and Egypt's Suez Canal, and the rest has to go around the Cape of Good Hope, and Djibouti is located on the west coast of the Gulf of Aden in northeast Africa, choking the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean, so that the oil transported from the Middle East to Europe must pass through Djibouti whether it goes through the Suez Canal or the Cape of Good Hope. Although Europe can also get oil through the two oil and gas pipelines of Russia and Turkey, these two pipelines pass through many countries with civil strife, which is much riskier than shipping, so the Western powers have troops stationed in Djibouti, a small country in the Horn of Africa, to ensure their offshore oil lifeline.

The United States has built the largest permanent military base in Africa in Djibouti, France and Japan also have military bases, and the European Union, NATO, China, Russia, India, and more than 20 other countries and international organizations have used Djibouti as a supply point and temporary base for warships.

The fact that the military forces of so many countries and organizations are concentrated in such a small place shows how complicated the situation here is.

The United States pays $65 million a year to Djibouti for rent for these military bases, $34 million for Japan, $40 million for France, and other countries for temporary leases, but Djibouti is still one of the least developed regions in Africa and has not yet been lifted out of poverty.

The plane drove onto the runway, taxied slowly, and suddenly accelerated out of the runway and flew into the sky, looking at the slowly smaller capital, Muyang knew that it would be a long time before he could come back.

After a few hours of flight, the plane arrived at Dubai Airport, Muyang did not leave the airport, directly transferred to Djibouti, and in the afternoon, Muyang finally set foot on the land of Djibouti.

In the hall of Djibouti Airport, Muyang met with his embassy colleagues who came to pick him up.

"Ambassador Mu, I'm Xin Weitong, this is Zhang Jialiang, the director of the office, and we're here to pick you up." Xin Weitong stepped forward to shake hands with Muyang and greet him.

"Counselor Xin, you are too polite." Muyang knew that this Xin Weitong was the administrative counselor of the embassy and could be regarded as his deputy.

"Ambassador, give me your luggage." Zhang Jialiang, the director of the office, took Muyang's luggage cart with a smile on his face.

"Good work." Muyang Road.

"Ambassador Mu, our car is outside, and the comrades have gathered at the embassy, ready to greet you." Xin Weitong led Muyang out.

While walking, Xin Weitong also looked at the new ambassador, he was really as young as the legend, I hope we can get along well.

The three got into a commercial car and drove towards the city.

"It's really hot today." Muyang said.

As soon as I got off the plane, there was a heat wave in my face, and it was relieved by turning on the air conditioner in the car.

"Ambassador, Djibouti is recognized as the hottest capital in the world, Djibouti is a tropical desert climate, hot and rainy all year round, the average annual temperature is above 30 ° C, known as the "blazing coastal country", it is now July, it is the hottest months of the year, and it rarely rains, the temperature can reach about 41, 42 degrees, and the hottest time of the year, it can reach 46, 47 degrees. Counselor Xin Weitong said.

Djibouti Afar means "boiling steamer" in Djibouti, and now that I have experienced it, it seems that I will gradually adapt to the climate here in the future. Mu Yang said with a smile.

Suddenly, Muyang felt that someone was following his car, turned his head to look back, and through the window, he found an earthy yellow Hummer military vehicle, which was following their business vehicle.

Mu Yang's heart moved, and he used the exploration technique to scan behind him, and found that there were four American soldiers in military uniforms in the car, who were giggling and driving the car, but their eyes never left their business car.

What's going on.

Could it be that these American soldiers are preparing to be unfavorable to themselves, shouldn't it, Muyang was puzzled.

Could it be a coincidence, let's see.

However, after driving a few kilometers out and turning two forks in the road, the US military vehicle always followed, and the distance was very close, so it followed closely behind their car.

Muyang has now realized that the other party is intentional.

And it's such blatant tracking, it's no longer called tracking.

"There's a military vehicle behind that seems to be following us." Muyang said.

Counselor Xin Weitong and Office Director Zhang Jialiang looked back, and Counselor Xin Weitong said angrily: "It's the military vehicles of the U.S. military, they will do this kind of boring thing, this kind of thing has happened many times, sometimes our embassy car travels, they will blatantly track it." ”

Mu Yang's brows furrowed, "Was this the case before, did the embassy report this matter to China, and what purpose did they do this?" ”

"There have been cases before, especially after the arrival of the new commander of the US African Command, David Rodriguez, and the US ambassador to Djibouti, Tom Kelly, who have done the same when Ambassador Yuan first came, and it has reached the point where no one is in sight."

"We have also reported this matter to the country, and the ministry has also protested to the United States, but it has little effect, and in the end it can only be like this, those Americans just follow, and do nothing, we really can't do anything."

"The Americans know that you are taking office today, and maybe they want to give you a dismissal." (To be continued.) )