Battlefield Contractor

"It's a bit too much, but it's not impossible to discuss." Jonathan shrugged his shoulders.

"You old guy, if there are too many, you won't have this expression." Lin Rui teased.

Jonathan didn’t feel embarrassed, and instead shook hands with Lin Rui generously, “This is the case. On Wednesday, we will meet officially in Somalia. I will bring a few people and negotiate all the details. After that, we both officially signed the contract."

"Yes." Lin Rui nodded.

"I have expectations of you, Rick. Don't let me down." Jonathan patted Lin Yue's arm and turned to leave.

After they left, Lin Rui looked at the actuary Jiang An. "When do you think we can act? I mean, are the brothers below ready?

If we really want to take on this task, I am afraid we will have to invest quite a bit. "

The actuary pondered for a while, "At present, our manpower is almost expanded. We have actually not stopped recruiting when you are away. In the past few months, we have trained a considerable number of people.

It accounts for about 40% of the total. I think this group of people can be put into use first.

As for the other manpower, I think we can wait. After all, we didn't have to put all our troops into Somalia at the beginning. We can station a new batch of troops in advance, establish a forward headquarters, and then use the method of batch deployment.

And if the Somali National Army cooperates with us, the problem is not too big. "

"Okay. I have to say that you did a good job and inform Lincoln. Let him prepare to mobilize the troops. After the operation starts, we will put in about 1,500 troops. We will talk about the rest later." Lin Rui nodded. .

"I have the same idea. But I have to prepare my brethren first. If we really win this contract. It will be our first battle since the battle of Western Sahara and the reorganization.

We take it seriously. You can no longer leave the troops to me like before.

We are responsible to every brother who follows us. "The actuary looked at Lin Rui.

Lin Rui couldn't help but smile, "Well, these months have really worked hard for you. But you know I'm not good at handling these."

Three days later, Lin Rui wore his team members and consultants from the logistics team who were responsible for the contract. We went to Somalia together.

Said that there is still the same, as Lin Rui's impression of the first time he went to Somalia, poor and dirty.

The sheds with tin roofs are still there, but the kids who played football on the street back then are still the same. They will run over to beg when they see a vehicle passing by.

But when they saw the people in the car. After they all carried their weapons, they exclaimed and dispersed.

After arriving at the destination, Jonathan personally took them into the office.

This three-story office actually belongs to a headquarters of the Somali National Defense Forces.

Colonel Jonathan brought a few colleagues, holding a thick file.

After several people were seated separately, they began to talk about the details of this military contract.

Because this operation involves a very wide scale, but also very large. Some events still have to be decided by Somalia.

It took three days to negotiate all these specific issues.

They decided to start in Mogadishu, Somalia. Set up a temporary camp to house Lin Rui and others.

The Somali side fully cooperated with them to carry out the encirclement and suppression of the Somali youth army.

For the Somali youth army, the Somali authorities have suffered enough. As early as 2008, President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigned. In 2009, the main opposition leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the leader of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, was elected President of Somalia and established a new transitional government.

However, the anti-government armed "Somali Youth Army" refused to engage in dialogue with the transitional government, and armedly occupied most neighborhoods in Mogadishu and most of the central and southern parts of Somalia, assassinating many government officials and causing a large number of casualties.

With the support of the African Union Mission in Somalia, the Transitional Government secured some blocks in Mogadishu and some areas in central Somalia. The two sides once stood in a stalemate.

The Somali Youth Army once occupied most of the central and southern parts of Somalia.

Even the Somali Youth Army, which has joined forces with the pirate group, has repeatedly succeeded in the battle against the fragile Somalia Transitional Government.

It once controlled a large area of ​​southern Somalia, including some blocks of Mogadishu, the important western town of Baidabo, and the important port city of Kismayo in the south.

In its heyday, the number of armed forces reached 7000-9000, and in 2011 alone, they obtained nearly 100 million U.S. dollars in income through illegal taxation.

After the formation of a new government in Somalia in September 2012, with the assistance of the African Union peacekeeping force, the new government gradually expelled the Somali youth army from important cities, causing its power to be greatly reduced and had to retreat into remote areas.

Since then, the Somali Youth Army has often launched retaliatory attacks and expanded its targets to countries and organizations participating in the AU peacekeeping force.

In addition to many serious terrorist attacks in Kenya, the Somali youth army also attacked refugee camps, kidnapped and killed international aid workers, seized property and equipment of UN agencies and NGOs, and attacked AU military bases.

The existence of these people has long caused headaches for the Somali authorities. But there is no good solution for the time being.

Since the Americans are willing to take the lead this time, the involvement of private military companies as a special aid is something they cannot ask for.

So the Somali authorities immediately agreed to this plan without saying anything.

Lin Rui and others began to prepare for the entry of troops into Somalia and deployed the early personnel in place within a week.

Speaking of Somalia, this is a country that has suffered from wars, and it is also a country where pirates are white-collar professionals.

Since 1991, Somalia has been in a state of anarchy under warlords. Although Mogadishu is the capital, it is equally devastated.

There are many camels here, and it is the only city in the world where there are more camels than people.

Due to the perennial war, normal production and life have been greatly affected, the socio-economic development is slow, industry and commerce are backward, and jobs are scarce. Many people do not even have houses to live in and can only live in tents.

A military training base in the Wadaji district of Mogadishu was handed over to Lin Rui and others for use.

A Somali officer who came to assist them told Lin Rui, “This was the station of government forces before. A suicide bomb attack occurred just a month ago, killing at least 15 people.

Be careful, similar attacks can happen all the time here. "