It wasn¡¯t until evening that Lin Rui asked the o2 players to get up from the beach.
"It's almost time. Let's go back and eat something, take a shower, and get some sleep. We'll set off tomorrow." Lin Rui stood up from the beach and said.
"Boss, where are we going?" Sergey said.
"First go to Mali, and then to Niger. There are two training camps there. We are going there to help select personnel for the joint force and form a small mobile force to handle emergencies." Lin Rui turned around and replied.
Sergey shrugged, "It seems pretty easy."
"Only a layman like you would feel relaxed. The nature of this mobile team should be swat, which is a special weapons and tactics team. Just like the American swat tactical team." Crazy Horse patted him on the shoulder.
"What is that?" Sergey frowned.
¡°That¡¯s not a gadget, but a special anti-violence and anti-terrorism law enforcement unit in the United States with advanced technical and tactical means. It is affiliated with the FBI and was first established in 1965.
s.w.a.t, the full name is specialweaponandtactics, which means "special weapons and tactics". In the United States, city police, state police, federal police, and the military all have swat teams, but each has a different name.
Los Angeles is called swat, New York is called esu, Chicago is called hbt, Miami is called srt, etc. When performing major tasks, the swat teams in each state can form a joint swat team. If necessary, they can even form a joint swat team with the FBI. Intervention missions are carried out across the United States. There are many SWAT teams in the United States, but only about 20 are truly capable of performing difficult tasks. Crazy Horse replied.
"More or less, this unit is a tactical unit based on the SWAT tactical team, used for joint anti-terrorism operations." Lin Rui replied, "In addition to us, the Americans have also sent several SWAT team members with combat experience. Come here. We share responsibility for this team with them."
"I hate dealing with these people." Sergey shook his head.
"No one likes it, but this is work." Lin Rui looked at him and said, "So stop complaining and go back and prepare."
The next day, members of the O2 team boarded the water transport plane with Lin Rui and others and set off for Mali together. This is a landlocked country in West Africa. The area where many riots have occurred is the northern part of Mali. Recently, Mali has also been very unrest and very turbulent. The peacekeeping troops have been living here since 2012. After so many years of peacekeeping, peace has not come, but the peacekeeping troops have been attacked repeatedly. Car bombs and armed attacks occur frequently.
The attackers even directly attacked the UN peacekeeping force camp, intending to maximize international impact and openly challenge global anti-terrorism operations.
Currently, both United Nations peacekeeping forces and France have troops stationed in the Sahel. The United Nations has peacekeeping forces in Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, and Sudan, and France has established stations in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. In addition to their daily security tasks, they are also responsible for training local security forces.
Lin Rui and others went to the French Army Command Headquarters in Bamako, the capital of Mali. The French have always been known as the African Gendarmerie because they used to be the suzerainty of Mali. Before independence, Mali was also called the French Sudan.
At present, the French army has a main camp here. This camp has about 700 troops, and the main force is the Army's "Sparrow Eagle" troops stationed in Chad. This unit once displayed its talents in the Chad-Libya War, and also intervened in the Central African coup. It is a unit that is familiar with desert combat and has African combat traditions.
The French army was not surprised by the arrival of Lin Rui and others, because the security work of this camp was also provided by Black Island Company.
A captain of the French army brought Lin Rui and others into the office. "We don't have many people here. This plan is a bit different. In view of the fact that our army has launched military operations in Somalia at the same time and suffered setbacks, the Djibouti garrison with the strongest troops may not dare to mobilize large-scale deployment. Therefore, we are currently investing ground troops in Mali. Mainly drawn from troops stationed in Senegal and Chad."
"But you have good equipment." Lin Rui nodded.
"This is true, but what will be provided to the joint forces later is not bad. The newly established forward command post is located in the fishing capital Mopti, northwest of Bamako and close to the front line. The main force of our army is deployed in Bamako-Mopti. Puti first line.
From the equipment point of view, our ground forces have invested a total of 30 armored vehicles, mainly amx-10rc wheeled assault guns and VAV personnel carriers, both of which are light vehicles suitable for desert operations. Among them, the amx-10rc wheeled assault gun weighs only more than 10 tons and has strong maneuverability. It can not only undertake reconnaissance missions, but is also equipped with a 105mm large-caliber artillery, which can directly provide fire support for offensive forces.
Waiting for the formation of rapid reaction forceAfter that, some of the equipment will be transferred to you. ¡± explained the French captain.
"That's so generous." Lin Rui nodded.
"We hope to serve as the core and emergency maneuver force of this military operation in Mali, rather than the protagonist of the offensive operation. The offensive operation can only rely mainly on reinforcements from the Economic Community of West African States and the newly formed joint anti-terrorism force." The captain nodded, "Do you want to go directly to the training camp, or do you want to take a look at this camp first and get familiar with the situation? Because once the emergency force is formed, we will withdraw and hand over this camp to you."
"The handover of the camp is not urgent. We hope to go to the training camp first. Where is the training camp?" Lin Rui nodded.
The captain replied, "The training camp is in Mopti, but our people will not take you there." The captain shook his head and said, "Currently we have clear orders not to leave until the handover of the camp is completed. In addition, I do not recommend it. You take a helicopter in the camp. Terrorist attacks are currently very rampant. Helicopters are generally considered by terrorists to be worthy targets. It is best for you to take a ground vehicle, and I can arrange a VAV personnel carrier for you."
"Terrorist activities have been rampant recently?" Lin Rui frowned.
"Yes, not only us, they also dare to attack government troops and peacekeeping forces. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali has been attacked many times. Yesterday, their military vehicles were attacked again in the Mopti region of central Mali. was attacked by an improvised explosive device and caused serious casualties. According to the peacekeeping force, the attack killed 4 peacekeepers and injured 4 others." The captain shook his head and said, "All the terrorists in this place are It¡¯s crazy.¡±
"I understand, but Mopti is still under your control." Lin Rui nodded and asked.
"It still is. But attacks can happen at any time. Terrorist attacks have nothing to do with who actually controls the area. Especially in Mali, I advise you to understand this." The captain signed a communication certificate , handed it to Lin Rui, "You can pass the checkpoint with this. Of course, the staff card issued by your Black Island Company can also pass. I wish you good luck."
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