A Mercenary’s War - Chapter 2096

[Chapter 2064 Advance Base]

Djokovic’s death is destined to set off a huge wave, but all this has nothing to do with Satan, that is something that Big Ivan considers.

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After a short stay in France for two days, Satan all safely withdrew from France, and it was on the ship in Nice.

The reason why he wanted to get on the boat in Nice was because Gao Yang decided to take Satan to Somalia directly, and the rest period was shorter than expected, but Gao Yang didn’t want to go back anymore, he had a headache when he thought of Yelena and the other two women.

We have to go through Yemen, but Somalia is the springboard, so the first stop has to go to Somalia anyway.

Satan has his own base in Somalia, although Gao Yang basically has no time to come, but having a base is better than not having a base.

The cooperation between Satan and the Skeleton Gang is also very close. Since this time, Satan has been maintaining a team of about 100 people in Berbera. Just paying these people salaries every month will cost 240 people. One hundred thousand dollars, and in order to prevent these people from eating and not working, Gao Yang also found something for them to do, that is, to help the Skull Gang fight and train the soldiers of the Skull Gang.

Strictly speaking, the salary of 2.4 million US dollars a month is not high. The average monthly salary of one person is 24,000. But you must know that among these people, more than a dozen people who have fought side by side with Satan in Syria are considered elites. , get a high salary, often help the Skeleton Gang in battles or something, and if you have nothing to do, you will be training soldiers. Only then can you get a monthly salary of 20,000 plus combat allowances, which are bonuses.

There are also a few crew members who earn high salaries ranging from 150,000 to 20,000 a month, while most of the rest have only 7,000 to 10,000 dollars a month, and they can’t even earn a war. Can’t get combat perks.

In fact, Satan recruits mercenaries in Berbera, which is the normal state of mercenaries. They stand guard, send a sentry, and occasionally go out to help the Skull Gang fight a low-intensity battle, with a monthly salary of over 10,000 I am satisfied, because the salary is already very high. This is a notoriously poor and chaotic place in Somalia. If it is a peaceful place, a salary of 10,000 US dollars a month is impossible.

The salary expenditure of more than two million yuan a month is a bit high, because it is useless to support these people at present, but even so, the reason why Gao Yang has been burning money to support these people is to let Satan have a base in Somalia , to prepare a springboard for the Yemen plan, and the most important thing is that he has to strengthen his connection with the Skull Gang all the time.

The Skeleton Gang now occupies a large area and has more people to support. It only relies on collecting tolls from the sea as a source of funds to support the people in the control area of the Skeleton Gang. The financial resources are stretched, and they want the Skeleton Gang to come up with the money. But it’s not easy.

It stands to reason that the people of Somalia have been used to being poor for so many years, and they should be well supported. It is enough for the Skeleton Gang to not rob people for money

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The problem is that Majd is too idealistic. He wants to build an ideal country, so that everyone under his rule can live a good life, so Majd spent all the money just buying food to feed his people. It’s very tight, but Maid still has to build a hospital, build a school, and maintain the military expenses of the Skeleton Gang. Which of these can be done without money.

It is also a warlord. The bigger the territory is controlled by others, the more people he manages, the richer he will be, but Maid is better, the bigger the territory, the poorer he will be.

From the moment he first met Majd, Gao Yang knew that Majd was a person with ideals, aspirations, and connotations. The only problem was that he was too naive, and such people generally did not live long.

Seriously, if I hadn’t met Gao Yang and Satan, Maid would have died at least three or five times, that is, Maid had a good life and met Satan, although Satan and the early Skull Gang were very weak at that time. , but fortunately the enemy is not strong, it just survived the most difficult stage at the beginning, and it is getting stronger and stronger.

The current Skull Gang occupies one-third of Somalia’s territory and controls three-quarters of the coastline in the north, leaving only the easternmost promontory and a section of coastline near Djibouti that have not been captured. It was the Skull Gang that had to leave some space for the pirates. If they took all the coastline, the Skull Gang would have to go into the sea and become pirates themselves.

The Skeleton Gang has always tried to distance itself from the pirates. Although they charge tolls, the Skeleton Gang is not a pirate. The difference is very big. Maid’s ideal and the Skeleton Gang’s will to unite Somalia. , such an armed, certainly can not be branded as a pirate.

So what the Skeleton Gang did was to leave the pirates so that they could collect tolls and protection fees. This was called self-respect for pirates.

Now that the control sites of the Skull Gang and the Somali Al-Shabaab have bordered, there are no small battles between the two sides. The Skull Gang has an advantage over the Somali Youth Party in terms of strength, but the Skull Gang has chosen to enter a stalemate instead of fighting with Somali youths. The party fights.

Ma’id’s idea is very clear, that is, to stabilize the occupied area first, regain the people’s hearts, and fight steadily, and never let your control area be dragged into a situation of years of war.

In Somalia, it is basically impossible to form a stable front. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and most of them are deserts. Both sides of the war can drive a car and kill directly from the desert to the towns occupied by the other side. It is impossible to completely block the enemy’s offensive line.

In this case, Maid chose to stabilize the defense first and stabilize the hearts of the people, which is a reasonable and reasonable choice.

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and the war with the Somali Al-Shabaab is very important for the Skeleton Gang to establish an international image, at least not in the international arena will attract any strong enemies, the neighboring Ethiopia and Somali Al-Shabaab are mortal enemies, and the enemy of the enemy is the enemy. The principle of friends, even if Ethiopia does not have any substantial support for the Skeleton Gang, it will not adopt a hostile policy against the Skeleton Gang.

Except for Ethiopia, although the Skeleton Gang will attract attention in the world, it will not be interfered by major powers, because, well, there is really nothing to covet in Somalia, a poor, dilapidated and chaotic place. It is an important seaway, but the warships of the major countries have already patrolled the Gulf of Aden on a regular basis, and there is no need to occupy Somalia at all, and naturally there is nothing to do with Somalia.

By the way, the reason for the warships patrolling the Gulf of Aden is pirates. It is for this reason that the Skeleton Gang has to leave some sea lanes, so as not to let people create some pirates by themselves. It is good to maintain the status quo.

Therefore, considering all the conditions, Satan’s base in Berbera is still good, and it will not receive excessive attention. It is convenient to do everything. If you go to Yemen, you can sail there. It can be withdrawn in an hour, whether it is a bridgehead or a logistics base, it is more suitable.

(To be continued.)

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