Through the wealth life

Chapter 1323 High Level Argument
At nine o'clock in the evening of Xiangjiang time, Li Guangyu received a call from Zhang Ziyu, and gave him a detailed report on the situation in East Africa, and asked Li Guangyu for instructions on the issue of the garrison.

There is nothing wrong with the investment, but the garrison has a lot to do with it. Li Guangyu didn't reply to Zhang Ziyu immediately. He needs to discuss it with the senior management of the consortium.

The influence of the garrison is very important. Generally, the garrison of the member states is organized, or the big country garrisons in some small countries.

And Bentley Island itself is just a British Overseas Territory, and its armed forces are mostly regarded as the private army of the Lee Consortium. If the Bentley Island army goes to Kenya to build a military base, it will change the attitude of many countries and forces towards the Lee Consortium. Viewpoint, whether this is good or bad, cannot be judged yet.

The purpose of Yinglun's active promotion of the Bentley Island army to go out is worth considering whether the Lee Consortium's garrison was worthwhile in the past.

At 09:30 a.m. on the second day of Xiangjiang time, that is, April 4, Li Guangyu held a high-level meeting of the consortium in the fifth meeting room on the second floor of the Wheelock Building, discussing matters in East Africa, focusing on whether to garrison Kenya.

After Li Guangyu's words fell, Du Yonghong, the general manager of the security company, said immediately: "Li Sheng, I personally suggest deploying a mechanized battalion to station at the border between Kenya and Somalia, and at the same time dispatch 12 Mirage 2000c and an electronic reconnaissance plane to go there. It is very good to protect the safety of our industry in East Africa.

And after our troops have passed, we can also provide some help and confidence to the southwest of Somalia to a certain extent. "

As the representative of Li's consortium's military in Xiangjiang, Du Yonghong naturally wants the army of Bentley Island to go out and let the troops be trapped on several small islands. This is definitely not what they want. With such an opportunity this time, he is absolutely unwilling Missed, as long as they can get out of Bentley Island this time, they will be able to usher in another military expansion.

As for whether this will affect the development of the Lee Consortium, this is not something he has to consider. They hope that the military strength of Bentley Island will be as strong as possible.

In the past, Bentley Island was only that big, and its armed forces were sufficient to meet its needs. Once Li Guangyu agreed to station troops in Kenya, the opportunity to expand the army came.

As for the possibility of military conflicts in the past, Du Yonghong is not worried about this. If the establishment of an armed force is just to become a veteran soldier who is afraid of going to the battlefield, then what is the point of establishing an armed force on Bentley Island? After joining these people, they should be able to imagine that one day they will go to the battlefield .

Wang Hui, who is a political research office, also supports the garrison in Kenya. The situation in East Africa is very complicated. The tribes may not listen to the government, and the interior is relatively chaotic. With Bentley Island military forces stationed in Kenya, the Lee Consortium is in East Africa Your investment can be safer, and you don't have to worry about being robbed suddenly.

Those tribes in East Africa are also bullying and afraid of hard things. They know what can be robbed and what can't be robbed, so as to avoid bringing disaster to their own tribe.

Chen Dong said: "Everyone is aware of the current situation in East Africa. Somalia is divided, and Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya and even Uganda are also not calm. The reason is that economic development is lagging behind and ethnic tribes are relatively independent.

Now we invest heavily in East Africa. In order to ensure our benefits in East Africa, we need a certain amount of force to protect the safety of our assets.

In the past, this was not to compete with the United States, France, etc., but to deter the tribes in several countries. In this regard, Bentley Island needs to have a clear understanding and not to conflict with the NATO military bases in East Africa and the French military bases. "

Now the military bases of the United States and France are in Djibouti, the British Navy will return to Kenya after this time, Italy is also planning to enter Somalia, and Germany is also actively operating, preparing to find a fulcrum in Africa.

In the future, this place will definitely become a battleground for the confrontation of various major powers. The military bases of all parties are spread all over Africa. The forces represented by these garrisons will also actively pull the host countries into their lineup, which will make African countries because of the interests of the forces behind them. It has also become contradictory.

It’s a little bit better at present. The rivalry between Western Europe and the United States is mainly about economics, and it will not involve military conflicts. If a big country gets involved in the future, it may be, especially the biggest successor left after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. In the future, the treatment of NATO will be quite tough, and conflicts will inevitably continue.

Moreover, due to the relationship of interests, several major countries also hope to maintain certain conflicts in some areas, so that they can show their value as a major country and their domestic arms can be sold smoothly.

You must know that selling weapons is not the point, and the maintenance costs in the later period will only flow slowly, especially when there is a conflict in the local area, the demand for military supplies will be very large.

At present, on Hengyu Island, the construction of a firearms production factory is underway, and there are also supporting bullet production workshops and grenade production workshops. In this regard, Bentley Island needs to be self-sufficient. As for technical issues, there is no Carlisle consortium in Western Europe, and their governments don't care about this profit.

In this regard, as long as the Li's consortium has the ability, it can build missiles and fighter jets. Let's see if the Li's consortium is willing to spend all its money in this industry with little prospect.

Without huge national support, Li's consortium's research and development has no benefit other than wasting money. Even if the demand for Bentley Island is great, the research and development expenses in this area are enough to buy Bentley Island's military expenditure for many years.

Not all of them agree with the garrison of the Bentley Island army in Kenya. Peng Xiaoli, director of the confidentiality department, said: "Li Sheng, if we only consider the security of our industries in East Africa, we can arrange security there. If it is a garrison, the nature will change. I am afraid that the North and the United States will have some ideas, especially the North, which is not conducive to the development of our industry in the North."

However, Peng Xiaoli's opinion was quickly refuted. Fujiwara Huiyin, director of the Internal Trade Coordination Office, said: "Ms. Peng is too worried about this. exists.

Our cooperation with the North is nothing more than mutual benefit. The two sides are based on mutual needs. They need foreign investment, and we need that huge market.

Whether or not to garrison Kenya is not the key to the cooperation between the two sides. When the other party thinks that we do more harm than good to them, they will naturally kick us out. "

Fujiwara Huiyin still has some things to say. In his opinion, the north can never become the foundation of the Li's consortium, because the Li's consortium can't control the initiative there and can only rely on the changes of the other party.

However, it is different in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Australia, the Commonwealth of Nations, and even Africa. Many ruling parties or opposition parties in these areas have close ties with the Lee Consortium. threatened.

In Fujiwara Huiyin's view, the Li's consortium must have its own strong armed force, so as to be able to protect its assets.

The top ten U.S. consortiums are protected by the United States, the six major Japanese conglomerates are also protected by Japan, the Korean consortia are also protected by South Korea, and the Singapore consortia are also protected by Singapore. This is not only political protection, but also military protection.

The Li's Consortium is extremely embarrassing. Due to the particularity of its location, it is difficult for the Li's Consortium to obtain protection in this respect when it competes outside. Over the years, the Li's Consortium has always relied on itself when facing competition.

The U.S. government can increase tariffs on the products of the Lee Consortium, and the Japanese government can impose restrictions on some industries of the Lee Consortium. The Lee Consortium can’t come up with the same countermeasures, so it can only bear it alone, racking its brains to avoid all aspects limit.

If it wasn't for some reason, Fujiwara Huiyin would have urged Li Guangyu to go to East Africa to lay down a territory. Bentley Island is too small to support the development of the Li Consortium.

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(End of this chapter)