Doomsday Super Merchant

Chapter 431 Berbera

Gulf of Aden……

The blue water is not affected by the climate in December because it is in the buffer zone, and the wind and waves are not large. Because it is the Red Sea transportation artery, Somaliland's location is not as important as Yemen and Djibouti.

, but still controls half of the Gulf of Aden, and Yemen has become the most important force blocking the entire Gulf of Aden.

The capital of Somaliland is Hargeisa, and the five states under its rule have a total population of about 2.5 million. Somaliland's most important fiscal revenue comes from Berbera, accounting for about 85% of the fiscal revenue. The rest is brought by animal husbandry.

income. However, most of Somaliland’s livestock exports are to Saudi Arabia, and it is very dependent on it.

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

Somaliland's army consists of 12 divisions, including 4 tank brigades, 45 mechanized infantry brigades, 4 marines, surface-to-air missile brigades, 3 artillery brigades, 300 field battalions and an anti-aircraft battalion.

Judging from this data alone, they have the strength to compete with the Somali Transitional Government National Defense Force, and with the support of other countries, if it were not for Zhou Yuanqiang's intervention, Somaliland would be more orthodox.

To be honest, Zhou Yuanqiang still has some concerns about Somaliland's military strength. In terms of ground troops, it even exceeds the national defense force in his hands.

However, Zhou Yuanqiang dared to put huge pressure on Somaliland entirely because Somaliland's military is nothing more than a paper tiger. Their equipment is extremely backward, such as the tank brigade, which has not reached full strength, and the tanks are all very backward models.

It was purchased from retired soldiers in some African countries, and the price is very low.

The only one with some technical content is probably the surface-to-air missile brigade.

The air force in Zhou Yuanqiang's hands is not very powerful. Although the parts in Sanyuan's warehouse can form an aviation division in just one month. However, familiar pilots cannot be trained at once. Fighters are easy to manufacture.

, but pilot training is difficult. Three or two years can only be regarded as a small success, and less than five or six years cannot be regarded as a qualified pilot.

But Zhou Yuanqiang doesn't need to be afraid of the paper tiger Somaliland at all. Even the old American has had his anus exploded several times. Somaliland, a mere 130,000 square kilometers, is not in Zhou Yuanqiang's eyes. As long as he is willing,

Somaliland can disappear into the river of history again at any time.

Far away in Berbera Port, a small gunboat converted from a cruise ship was waiting alone on the sea.

Somaliland does not have a navy. The main reason is that their finances cannot support the navy. Think about an ordinary frigate, which costs 200 to 300 million U.S. dollars, and the annual maintenance cost is hundreds of dollars.

It even made them dare not touch this gold-swallowing behemoth. This resulted in Somaliland not having a naval establishment. It only established a private team, renovated a few yachts, and operated in offshore waters.

The only thing that makes them feel relieved is that their neighboring country, Yemen, has a lousy navy, and both sides are evenly matched.

The army occupies the largest part of Somaliland's finances, and it barely reaches a balance in terms of revenue and expenditure. This time it spent 3.5 billion US dollars to purchase arms, which is indeed beyond the expectation of everyone who knows Somaliland. Many experts have analyzed Somaliland's

After the economic situation, it was agreed that this should be a smoke bomb between Somaliland and the US military, and its intention was to frighten the Somali government in its ascendancy.

Experts believe that if Somaliland had such a reserve of up to 3.5 billion US dollars, it would have done something long ago, and it would not have been forced to visit the country before it finally broke out.

Some military experts also believe that due to the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, which caused the latter to lose its access to the sea, Somaliland has become an important export channel for Ethiopia. The two countries have signed a treaty so that Ethiopia can use Burama to export and import goods for a fee.

This forces Ethiopia to be destined to support Somaliland. Perhaps there is a shadow of Ethiopia behind this arms purchase.

But to Major Moore, who compiled the private team, none of this mattered.

After the lonely little gunboat waited here for more than an hour, a fleet finally appeared from the very far sea. Through the telescope, the stars and stripes hanging on the warships made Moore understand that the appearance of the US military transport fleet also meant that

This batch of weapons that Somaliland needs has definitely arrived in Somaliland.

What Moore needed to do next was to use the small gunboat as a navigation ship and lead the fleet from the ocean to dock in the Port of Berbera.

In front of the guided missile cruiser, the small gunboat was like a small toy. The US sailors with relaxed faces all pointed unscrupulously at the small gunboat ahead and laughed, their eyes full of disdain. Even the ones above

Some military officers also joined this ranks. A strong country must have the pride and arrogance of a strong country, especially for such a small country that will not even be recognized by others, it will not enter their eyes at all.

In this world, you would be a fool if you don't make money. What's more, there is some strategic purpose. Naturally, the US military will not give up such a good opportunity to intervene.

From the beginning to the end, there was not even a greeting from the three warships. They were just escorting a 100,000-ton ocean-going transport ship heading towards Berbera. Regarding this, Moore was not angry, but his heart was full of joy.

It's just helpless. The US military is so powerful that it only takes one sneeze to blow away Somaliland. In front of others, you should just act like a grandson.

The speed of the frigate is very fast, far beyond what the small gunboat can compare with. As the commander of the fleet, he is very annoyed when faced with Somaliland's kindness and courtesy. If this damn small gunboat does not come out to greet it, it will take up to half an hour.

, the fleet can dock in Berbera smoothly. However, with a small gunboat as the pilot, it takes half more time.

An hour and a half later, Berbera Port finally appeared in front of the fleet.

In order to show sufficient respect, Somaliland's Minister of Defense Mohammed also appeared at the Port of Berbera, accompanied by a large group of officers of all levels. Hundreds of soldiers formed a grand welcoming group to welcome the arrival of the US fleet.

For Somaliland, in terms of military, it is already of the highest standard.

Zhou Yuanqiang, who was hiding very far away, was looking at all this with a telescope, his mouth slightly raised.

After the fleet docked, Muhammad began to order the soldiers to clear the area, put a martial law on the entire port, and began to hand over the weapons for the transaction. The current situation did not allow Muhammad to be anxious. The troops of the Somali Transitional Government were rapidly increasing, and the local governments were gradually increasing.

In just one and a half months, the number of soldiers increased to 70,000. Especially the 12,000 national defense forces controlled by Zhou Yuanqiang were elite and well-equipped, posing a serious threat to the existence of Somaliland.

Muhammad just hoped that this batch of heavy weapons could be handed over to the troops as soon as possible so that they could be deployed on the temporary boundary line between the two sides to deter the other party from acting rashly.

The escorting US fleet was happy to complete the handover as soon as possible, and then rest for two or three days before returning. In their view, Somalia is simply a barren land, with patches of desolation everywhere. More importantly, Berberari

, it was almost impossible to find yellow or white people, which made the American soldiers somewhat helpless. Not many of them were interested in black girls who looked like black ghosts. After half a month of sailing, they were so bored that they just hoped to get there soon.

It's so liberating to return to my hometown.

Muhammad's clearing up the area was not very effective. He could still see clearly from some floors outside the port, and when using telescopes from a distance, there were no secrets in the port at all.

From the ocean-going transport ship, the huge ship bridge opened and was quickly connected to the port. After that, a large number of trucks that had been prepared for a long time drove past the ship bridge and entered the interior of the transport ship. Then one by one large containers were moved on by cranes.

They got into the truck and were transported off the transport ship. Since they were packed in containers, Zhou Yuanqiang had no way of knowing what these weapons were.

This time, Somaliland spent a lot of money and mobilized more than a hundred trucks. They did not remove the weapons at once. Instead, they transported them to a military base warehouse not far from the Port of Berbera and stored them.

Returned to the port again. 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 3.5 billion U.S. dollars, it is still worth more than 10 to 2 billion U.S. dollars.

"It's strange. If you have such abundant funds and buy ten guided missile frigates, you will probably be in bad luck. But why do they buy weapons? It seems that almost all of them are used by the army? They use containers to store weapons, and they also

It’s a shame they figured it out.”

Zhou Yuanqiang also can’t see through Somaliland, but it doesn’t matter, because Zhou Yuanqiang knows that he wants to know what Somaliland is purchasing. After tonight, he will know clearly. It is estimated that Somaliland will definitely not be able to cry by then.

Come on, grit your teeth and squeeze out a little money, just like that...

Zhou Yuanqiang did not continue to look, but put away the telescope and started walking around Berbera. He wanted to see what the port, which supports 85% of Somaliland's economy, looked like. The prosperity of Berbera should be attributed to

As for Ethiopia, if they didn't import and export through this port, how could Berbera's tax revenue be so huge?

Perhaps the biggest reason why Ethiopia supports Somaliland is that it is afraid that the powerful Somali government will invalidate the agreement between it and Somaliland, which will strangle its import and export lifeline, right? If it guarantees that this treaty will continue to be implemented, will Ethiopia not

meeting……