Red Alert Somalia

In the No. 1 Barracks, under the wooden shed that had just been erected, Hoffmand ordered the armored soldiers who had just taken office to lift the tarp on the tank, and pointed to the domineering rhino tank beside him and said: "This tank, code name -Rhino, the main battle tank that our army will soon equip on a large scale, with only three crew members.

The main weapon of the Rhino main battle tank is a 125mm smoothbore gun with a thermal sheath and a barrel smoker. It can fire a stabilized tail wing armor-piercing projectile, a hollow-charge armor-piercing projectile and an anti-personnel grenade.The ammunition loading is completed by an automatic loader, which further increases the rate of fire.A 12.7 mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun can be used for longitudinal shooting inside the vehicle, and a 7.62 mm machine gun with a coaxial barrel.

The main gun has 39 rounds of ammunition, the heavy machine gun has a single 700 rounds, and the coaxial machine gun has 2,000 rounds of ammunition.

Its fire control system is a command ritual stabilizing fire control with automatic tracking, including a stable gunner sight with a laser rangefinder, a captain's perimeter mirror, automatic tracking, ground navigation system, control panel, ballistic computer, Thermal imaging cameras and various sensors, etc.The fire control system enables the tank gun to have the ability to fight day and night and on the move, with a high first shot hit rate.The commander can capture the target through the commander's scope and perform overtaking shooting.

The car body has the advantages of strong protection, low profile and short longitudinal dimension.The front deck of the hull and the front of the turret are equipped with clearance composite armor components.The tank can be equipped with explosive reactive armor on the front, front, side and top of the turret.Before the battle, the rubber track skirts on both sides of the car body can also be replaced with explosive reactive armor components.

The Rhino main battle tank is equipped with a power compartment with a 1200 horsepower opposed two-stroke engine and a double-sided planetary transmission system. It is small in size, light in weight, simple in layout, and the power/unit volume ratio reaches the world's highest level.The power and transmission system are cooled by exhaust gas jetting.The car can turn on the spot, and the minimum turning radius is zero.

The action system adopts torsion bar spring and sheet hydraulic shock absorber suspension device.Equipped with 6 pairs of double-rim large-diameter rubber-coated road wheels and double-pin caterpillars (both metal and rubber can be installed) to ensure that the vehicle has better passing performance.

In addition, the car is also equipped with excellent performance of the three-prevention system, automatic fire extinguishing and secondary explosion suppression system, thermal smoke screen system, smoke screen bomb, grenade bomb launcher and 10 kilowatt auxiliary power station.

Combining the needs of regional wartime, the vehicle is equipped with advanced air-conditioning devices, and in order to cope with the high-intensity battles on the front lines of the Somalia battlefield and urban street battles, dense rockets, special armor thickness of the tank, and detachable explosive response The rationality of armor mounting.

The total combat weight of the Rhino tank is 48 tons. The increased armor thickness limits its maneuverability. The maximum speed on a good road is 60 kilometers per hour, and the cross-country speed is 30 kilometers per hour. The speed can be increased from static in ten seconds. To 30 kilometers per hour.In order to strengthen the combat endurance in the desert zone, the tank's own fuel tank capacity without the auxiliary fuel tank can allow the tank to reach a maximum range of 480 kilometers without supplies.

The maximum climbing degree is 31 degrees, the maximum roll slope is 22 degrees, the trench width is 2.7 meters, the vertical wall height is 0.9 meters, the wading depth is 1.4 meters, and the diving capacity (depth-diving distance) is 5 meters-600 meters."

Hoffmand finished his introduction and looked at Farah and Mohammedi who were looking at the tank, and continued: "This tank is the third-generation tank in the world, although it cannot match the world's most advanced tank. , But its stability and operability are absolutely world-class. And it is specially designed and built for the desert and high temperature zone, which is very suitable for combat in Somalia.

Its powerful protection capabilities, even without external armor, bombarding it with rpg, can not break the defense of this tank.Because this tank is also prepared for high-intensity street fighting."

"My friend, it's amazing. Will your troops be equipped with this type of tank in the future?" Farah looked at the tank for a long time. After listening to the introduction, he couldn't help coming to Li Lan's side and asked very excitedly. Tao.

"Yes, this tank is not only my tank, but also the main battle tank of Somalia in the future. Somalia is located on the rhino horn in Africa. I hope this tank has the tenacity of a rhino and also has the strong power of a rhino." Li Lan patted Farah's shoulder and continued: "Don't be excited, this is just the first one. Every month, I will assemble a tank battalion. In one year, there will be twelve tank battalions. Two brigades. It won’t be compiled."

"How about the cost of this tank?" Farah couldn't help asking.

Li Lan stretched out her right hand, spread her five fingers, and said, "Each car costs five million dollars!"

"There are twelve battalions a year, and each one costs five million dollars. How many tanks should one battalion be equipped with?"

Hoffmander on the side said: "According to future combat needs, a battalion has 32 tanks: a platoon of 3 tanks, a tank company is 3x3+1 company commander tanks, that is, 10 tanks, a tank battalion is 10x3+2 battalion tanks. Including logistics platoons, maintenance platoons, reconnaissance platoons, artillery platoons, armored infantry companies, etc., a tank battalion must also include the same number of armored vehicles of various types as the tanks.

Excluding the usual training of soldiers, the cost of an armored battalion exceeds 250 million US dollars.If the two armored brigades were established, it would cost at least three billion dollars.This is still not counted as air defense, radar, anti-missile, and anti-tank systems.If you want to build a synthetic armored brigade suitable for modern warfare, you must at least add twice the price.

Our commander has unreserved input in this.Not to mention such advanced weapons and equipment, it is just our armored soldiers, each of which is very precious.Our armored soldiers have been trained and systematically taught for many years. In order to create these qualified armored soldiers, the investment is much cheaper than the price of equipment."

Hoffmander was very clear about Li Lan's purpose for bringing these two people over, and he had no reservations about the introduction, and at the end, he also emphasized Li Lan's efforts in this regard.

"It's been a long time since I talked about it. Let me introduce to you. This is Brigadier General Hoffmander. From now on, he will be the commander of the armored brigade. He is also one of the most powerful officers under my hand. He graduated from the armor of the Advanced Military Academy. Command system. The most important point is that he is also an authentic Somali." Li Lan first introduced Hoffmander to Farah, and added a lot of tone to the introduction of Hoffmander as a Somali. Then Farah was introduced to Hoffmand.

At this time, Farah was still immersed in the numbers that Hoffmander said, and did not show much excitement about Li Lan's introduction.

"So, the huge investment, I really can't think of any place in Somalia worthy of your effort. Please also clarify this point, otherwise I will always be uneasy." Farah thought for a long time and couldn't help Li Lan asked.

"It was God's will that made me choose Somalia. My biggest goal is to make Somalia the second Pakistan." Li Lan said vaguely.

It is not his intention to come to Somalia, nor is it his intention to have a red police base. It is not impossible to say that all this is God’s will.The development of Somalia is Li Lan's helpless move, because it is impossible to achieve his goal by relying on a base alone.

He needs a country, a country that will be accepted and recognized by other countries in a true sense.Somalia is very suitable for him. At the same time, he also needs the support of this country and people. Therefore, he must vigorously develop this country.

It doesn't mean how noble his character is, but everything is prepared to realize the grand desire in his heart.Indeed, after seeing more about the life of Somalis, he often feels sorrow and sorrow in his heart. Perhaps the development of Somalia is also his comfort for his soul.

He needs Somalia, but he cannot foresee what it will bring to the Somali people if Somalia is tied to him in the future.From the heart, Li Lan did not have any malicious intent towards Somalia, but many things cannot be controlled by means, and sometimes the sacrifices that are inevitable are based on the needs of the policy.

Therefore, this is also a major reason why he wants to develop Somalia.

China is a very important part of his development road, Li Lan needs the support of China.But this is only his unilateral expectation, and he has not seen the slightest news about this at present.If China can really support him, then he will also work hard to make Somalia the second Pakistan.

Therefore, his answer to Farah was not a dead letter.