Chapter 918 Seres
Somalia is located in the Somali Peninsula, the easternmost part of the African continent, and has the longest coastline in Africa.
During the fifth voyage to the West, the fleet led by Zheng He visited several city-states on the Somali coast, including Mogadishu.
The entire Somali coastline is 3,200 kilometers long, with plains along the southeast coast, lowlands along the Gulf of Aden, plateaus inland, and mountains in the north. There are few rivers, and the main rivers are the Shabelle River and the Juba River.
Somalia is bordered by the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, Kenya and Ethiopia to the west, and Djibouti to the northwest. The eastern coast is plain with many sand dunes along the coast; the lowlands along the Gulf of Aden are the Giban Plains; the central part is the Somali Plateau with an altitude of 500-1,500 meters, which descends from north to south and southeast; the north is mountainous; the southwest is grassland, semi-desert and desert.
Since the fall of the Siad regime, Somalia has entered an era of warlord separatism. Somalia's 637,000 square kilometers of land has spawned hundreds of warlords. The big warlords have 10,000 to 20,000 square kilometers, and the small warlords have 1,000 to 2,000 square kilometers.
The big warlords have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the small warlords have thousands of soldiers and horses.
The weapons are mainly light weapons. Weapons such as heavy machine guns are already heavy weapons with great lethality in Somalia.
As for tanks and armored vehicles, there are very few of them.
In the past, the Somali government army had hundreds of Type 59 main battle tanks, some armored vehicles, and even cannons. However, after years of war, Somalia's original tanks, armored vehicles, and cannons were either blown up or damaged and could not be repaired.
Now, even if the warlords in Somalia are given tanks and armored vehicles, it is estimated that they will not be able to find soldiers who can drive them.
But light weapons are different. Ordinary people can drive them as soon as they get them.
There is a warlord named Seres near Djibouti, who controls 50,000 square kilometers of land and is a very powerful warlord in Somalia. Seres was originally a middle-level officer of the government army. He studied abroad at Changshan Command College for three years and received systematic military education. He is a military talent that Somalia focuses on training.
But not long after returning from studying abroad, the Siad regime fell, and Somalia's warlords fought each other.
Relying on the strength of his own regiment, Seres gathered a group of ambitious people and grew rapidly. In four years, he expanded his territory to 50,000 square kilometers.
"1, 2, 1"
The military camp is training.
Seres is wearing a military uniform and is patrolling the military camp. He has a special 78-type pistol on his waist. He walks straight and is full of military style.
Seres has always attached great importance to the construction of the army. He did not expand the army wantonly and recruit soldiers like other warlords, but strictly controlled the number of troops. After four years, he only had 30,000 troops, and he was not the warlord with the most troops in Somalia.
Originally, his territory could be larger and his troops could be more.
But he gave up, and he cared more about the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.
While building the army, Seres took a tough stance and adopted a series of reforms in the jurisdiction, breaking the tribal structure and establishing five-level administrations of villages, towns, counties, cities, and provinces. For the reform, Seres killed many people in the past four years, and he used a lot of energy and troops on internal integration.
"Commander-in-chief, the leader of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group is here." A confidant came over and whispered.
Seres nodded, and then left in a jeep.
Not long after, Seres met the leader of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group, Qiao Xinghua.
Qiao Xinghua, with dark skin and strong body, is about 35 years old, with short hair, wearing a bulletproof vest, camouflage uniform, and a 78-type pistol on his waist.
He has a badge on his shoulder with a "wild wolf" embroidered on it, representing the identity of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group.
Qiao Xinghua has been a mercenary for ten years and has been the leader of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group for four years.
He took over the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group for a few weeks, and Somalia was in chaos.
In recent years, the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group has continuously increased its troops, and now it has expanded to a powerful mercenary group with 2,000 troops.
The Wild Wolf Mercenary Group has a powerful tank armored force, equipped with 3 tank companies, each tank company has 10 tanks, including 1 Type 80 main battle tank company, 1 Type 81 medium tank company, and 1 Type 81 light tank company. In addition, it is also equipped with 30 Type 80 infantry fighting vehicles and hundreds of military transport vehicles, including all-terrain military off-road vehicles and military trucks.
The Wild Wolf Mercenary Group also has an artillery battalion and 6 armed helicopters.
Knowing the strength of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group, Seres has a very low attitude, because he knows that if his 30,000 troops face the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group, they may be defeated quickly.
Besides, they have been cooperating for four years.
"Captain Qiao, you have made a big move in just one month. Give them a taste of your own medicine!" Seres spoke Mandarin with some Changshan local accent.
Qiao Xinghua smiled faintly and said, "There is nothing we can do. If they don't follow the rules and don't let us live, then they can't expect to have an easy life."
The two exchanged pleasantries, and Seres got down to business. He said seriously, "Captain Qiao, we want to hire you to attack with us and take Garowe, Port of Bella, Cape Hafun, Bossaso, and Erigabo."
Seres took out a map of Somalia and pointed to the target he wanted to take.
Qiao Xinghua's eyes flashed. He didn't expect that Seres had such a big appetite to swallow up 150,000 square kilometers of land in one fell swoop. By then, Seres would control 20,000 square kilometers of land, which could be said to own one-third of Somalia.
"Seres, as an old friend, I have to say that your idea is very risky. There are 150,000 square kilometers of land here, which is three times your current territory. At the same time, there are more than 30 warlords here with more than 200,000 troops, and you only have 30,000 troops." Qiao Xinghua shook his head, "And to hire our Wild Wolf Mercenary Group, the price is not cheap!"
Seres smiled and said, "Myers and Jon are my classmates, and Taim and Nien are my seniors. I have already negotiated with them. We will form a coalition to fight for the unification of Somalia. 10 tons of gold, plus the 99-year lease of Bella Port to you, you help us eliminate Kohler."
Qiao Xinghua showed surprise.
Miles, Jon, Taim, and Nien are all big warlords, with at least 10,000 soldiers, and some with 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers.
If they unite, the five of them will have 150,000 soldiers, which is indeed capable of destroying the warlords in this area.
Kohler is a big warlord with a background of studying in the United States. He has support from Europe and the United States. He controls 50,000 square kilometers of land and has 80,000 soldiers. Port Bella is under his control.
Qiao Xinghua and his men are preparing to abandon the industry in Kohler's territory and withdraw from that area.
But if Kohler can be eliminated, there is no need to give up the industry there.
10 tons of gold, according to the current gold price, is worth about 160 million US dollars.
This price is naturally not enough to hire the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group to do such a big thing, but if the 99-year lease of Port Bella is added, it will be different.
This price is negotiable.