Battlefield Contractor

Back at the US military base, Lin Rui received continuous intelligence again.

There have been three similar explosions in the surrounding area of ​​the US military base in Djibouti.

Colonel Nelson made several consecutive phone calls to inquire about the situation, and later came to Lin Rui in person with the US military at the base.

"Mr. Rick, things are not quite right. At the same time, there have been multiple explosions around the base.

This is most likely directed at us, and it is very unusual. "Colonel Nelson said solemnly.

Lin Rui knew what he meant by unusual.

Djibouti is a special country. Located on the west bank of the Gulf of Aden in northeastern Africa, bordering Somalia in the southeast,

It borders Eritrea to the north and Ethiopia to the west. Djibouti has an area of ​​only 23,200 square kilometers.

Resources are also very scarce. There are only about 940,000 people in Djibouti.

As one of the least developed countries in the world, Djibouti has a weak industrial and agricultural foundation.

The only thing you can rely on is the golden waterway in front of your home. Djibouti’s geographical location is close to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, facing the Arabian Peninsula across the sea.

Although there is no oil, oil from the Persian Gulf and cargo ships from East Asia must pass through Djibouti if they want to pass through the Red Sea and reach the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.

In other words, Djibouti is the southern gate of the Suez Canal. Most of the ocean-going ships passing through the Suez Canal need to be recharged.

Jibu mentioned that he started a business of renting out land to other countries to build military bases, so that not only could he obtain a relatively stable income, but also had security guarantees.

For a long time, the situation in East Africa has been worrisome. Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia and other countries are more uneasy, especially Somalia.

The armed conflict has lasted since 1986 and has been in a state of warlord melee and anarchy for a long time. The social and educational system has completely collapsed. This has led to a surge in refugees and has to resort to pirates.

The Gulf of Aden has become the most dangerous waterway in the world, and pirates attack merchant ships every year.

The piracy problem in the Gulf of Aden cannot be solved by pure force. All countries use fleet escorts and humanitarian assistance. In this way, Djibouti's development was unwittingly promoted.

Djibouti is located on the west bank of the Gulf of Aden, sandwiched between Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, and it just chokes the narrowest part of the Mande Strait exiting the Red Sea.

It is an important transit point on the Mediterranean—Suez Canal—Red Sea. The number of ships passing through here reaches 30,000 every year, and its strategic position is very important.

In view of this, countries around the world have established military bases here as an important node for displaying their military strength and building a global strategic system.

After the Somali piracy problem has become increasingly serious, Djibouti's strategic position has once again improved.

Li is located at the junction of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It is a natural military fortress and excellent port. All countries choose to establish military bases here as a supply and rest place for the **** fleet.

France is the former sovereign state of Djibouti. Currently, there are more than 3,800 troops stationed in France, including 2 army regiments, 1 paratroopers, 1 naval commando and 1 fighter plane;

The United States claims freedom of navigation, and all major trade routes around the world have American troops stationed there. Djibouti is no exception. It has deployed about 4,000 troops here, making it the only permanent U.S. military base in Africa;

In order to maintain its maritime trade security, Japan deployed its Self-Defense Force in Djibouti in 2011.

So far, Djibouti has more than 20,000 foreign troops stationed in Djibouti, far exceeding the country's total strength of 5,500.

Djibouti has benefited a lot from the presence of so many foreign troops.

These troops have guaranteed the national defense security of Djibouti to a certain extent and protected it from the turbulent situation of neighboring countries;

Secondly, Djibouti collected hundreds of millions of dollars in rent every year by renting out military bases, and the US military alone contributed $64 million;

Djibouti has also seized the opportunity of providing international military bases to win a lot of foreign aid, and can obtain hundreds of billions of dollars in economic aid every year.

The United States is Djibouti’s largest benefactor and has provided military assistance of no less than 100 million U.S. dollars since 1991.

Based on this, Djibouti has become the safest country in East Africa.

There are five major powers behind, and foreign military bases everywhere.

Even if the situation in other countries in East Africa is chaotic, its impact here will be limited.

Although Djibouti has suffered some attacks in the past, it is simply too safe compared to other East African regions.

Especially after the formation of the joint task force in the Horn of Africa, the security situation in Djibouti has improved significantly.

This kind of continuous attacks, all in the surrounding areas of US military bases, is really unusual.

Lin Rui was silent for a while and replied, "I have raised the security level to the highest level.

But my task is only to ensure the safety of the base. As for matters outside the base, I will not interfere. "

"But they are gradually creating panic. This panic will soon affect the Djiboutians and then us." Nelson couldn't help but say.

"The outside affairs are Djibouti's affairs. We only care about the inside of the base." Lin Rui looked at him and said.

"Even, I only care about the part within the scope of my contract."

"However, most of these bombing attacks occurred around the base, and it was obvious that they were directed at us.

Even if it is based on the precautionary principle, should you investigate this? After all, it is your company's responsibility to provide base security. "A U.S. military officer said.

"How do you know we didn't investigate?" Lin Rui snapped his fingers.

Several mercenaries pushed up a black man covered in blood and threw a bundle of packages on the ground by the way.

"What is this? Who is this person?" The US military officer looked at Lin Rui in surprise.

"The culprit of one of the bombings even planned to launch a suicide attack on me. We were able to catch it back smoothly."

Lin Rui looked at Nelson, "Don't move the packages on the ground, they are all self-explosive vests pulled off from them."

Nelson immediately retracted his hand and asked in surprise, "These are all bombs? You just brought the bombs back?"

Lin Rui smiled, "Don't be nervous, we have already dismantled the explosive fuze before bringing it back.

The reason why I brought this thing back is that we have to find an expert.

Let him see if he can judge the origin of these terrorists through the production of these self-explosive vests. "

Different terrorists have different techniques for making bomb vests.

Because this thing is basically made by indigenous methods, hand-made, and painted on the gourd.

Terrorists from different regions have different tactics, including the quantity and method of charge, the way of connecting leads, and so on.

And experienced bomb experts can judge from these bomb vests which region of Africa they originated from.