svetikya Chapter 237
Chapter 237
Republic of Burkina.
dougagu,
presidential palace.
…
The trees have put on their autumn clothes, and the withered yellow leaves are blowing in the evening breeze and falling on the windowsill of the President’s Office.
The red sunset shines through the windows and falls on every corner of the office.
When France’s director of the General Directorate of External Security, Bordliet, was troubled by the situation in Sirinia.
Sankara was sitting behind his desk.
Smiling and talking with Defense Minister Katlay, who was standing in front of him, about things related to Liaiya.
“What’s your Department of Defense thinking?”
After nearly four years in the presidency.
Sankara has become accustomed to asking the relevant departments for their opinions before expressing his own opinions on anything.
Carteret replied: “The idea of our Ministry of National Defense is to agree to Comrade Liddell’s request and secretly send some officers to Liaya to strengthen our military control over Liaya.”
“How many officers are you planning to send this time?”
So far, Buginia has supported nearly 1,000 military officers at all levels to Liddell, who serves as the president of Liaya.
It was enough for Liddell to directly control almost three brigades of troops.
But excluding the Air Force and Navy.
Liaya also has 20 brigades of ground troops, nearly 140,000 people.
Three brigades of troops are simply not enough.
In other words, it is not enough to help Liddell completely control the entire Liaiya and carry out various subsequent reforms.
To prevent France from discovering the problem.
Under the instructions of Sankara, Liddell carried out moderate reforms that basically did not touch the interests of vested interests.
But even so, it still caused dissatisfaction among many upper-class people in Liaya.
They are ready to move!
Therefore, Liddell could only ask Sankara to send more officers to Liaya.
“We are planning to send 1,000 low-level officers to Liaya this time.”
“How many?”
Sankara thought he had heard wrongly.
Burkina’s army currently has 6 heavy equipment brigades, 2 of which were “military pay” given by the Soviet Union, as well as 24 infantry brigades, 1 airborne brigade and 1 special operations brigade.
All added together, there are about 230,000 people.
Among them, officers account for about 5%, which is more than 11,500 officers, which is a relatively low proportion.
Now, the Ministry of National Defense is going to send nearly one-tenth of the number of officers to Liaya in one go?
“1,000 junior officers.”
Carteret repeated.
Perhaps he saw the confusion in Sankara’s eyes.
Katlay immediately began to explain: “The military cadets we sent to study in the Soviet Union have completed their studies and are now on their way back. They are expected to arrive in Accra today and tomorrow.
We can just take this opportunity to free up some positions for them, so that they can integrate the advanced knowledge they learned in the Soviet Union into our army in the shortest possible time.
Moreover, the cadets from our own military academy have also graduated and are waiting for assignment, which can exactly fill the vacancies left by the 1,000 low-level officers. ”
“What? The officer who was sent to study in the Soviet Union came back?”
Sankara was a little surprised.
Because he felt like—
Obviously, he just signed the order yesterday to send these military academy cadets to study in the Soviet Union.
What a blink of an eye.
These military academy cadets have completed two years of study and are on their way back?
This time flies too fast!
There is a sense of déjà vu like going to the mountains for a few days, and after the results come out, decades have passed in the outside world.
…
Mediterranean.
A large passenger ship flying the flag of the Soviet Union, the flag of the East and the flag of Burkina.
Driving at high speed on the sea dyed red by the setting sun.
On the top deck.
Aaron, Croft and Klein, all wearing military uniforms, were lying on the white guardrail, looking at the direction of the passenger ship.
“We should be crossing the Strait of Gibraltar soon, right?”
Aaron could already vaguely see the coastline.
“Depending on the time, it should be.”
Croft looked down at the time on his watch.
“After passing the Strait of Gibraltar, we should be almost at Accra.”
“It’s still early for the journey to end! After arriving in Accra, we have to take a whole day’s train ride to Dugagu.”
“I really hope I can be home in the next second!”
“Hahaha… I hope so too, noBut this is unrealistic. ”
“This time can be said to be slow or fast. I was only 18 years old when I left, and now I am almost 21 years old!”
“I will be 34 soon.”
Just as Aaron and Croft were discussing whether to cross the Strait of Gibraltar soon.
“well–”
Klein let out a long sigh.
“?”
Aaron and Croft both looked at Croft in confusion, not understanding why he sighed suddenly despite being so well behaved.
Klein looked at the distant coastline.
He said: “The Strait of Gibraltar should belong to Burkina. We can actually dock directly in the Mediterranean instead of entering the Atlantic Ocean and then disembarking in Accra.”
“What’s the meaning?”
Kroof had already guessed what Klein wanted to say, but Aaron still didn’t quite understand.
“If Spain hadn’t seized that territory to the north of us.”
Klein added the last sentence.
“Spain takes over that territory to the north of us?”
Aaron’s mind still couldn’t turn around for a while.
Croft explained: “What Colonel Klein means is that the Northern Rif region originally belonged to the Republic of Ghana, but was forcibly occupied by the Kingdom of Spain.
And our Republic of Burkina legally inherits all the rights and interests of Ghana. Therefore, the Northern Rif region actually belongs to us in Burkina. ”
“Understood!”
Aaron nodded.
Subsequently,
Aaron continued: “However, it is impossible for us in Burkina to regain the sovereignty of the Northern Rif region from Spain in a short period of time.
Although the glory of the Kingdom of Spain is long gone, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. Spain’s comprehensive national strength and military strength are more or less stronger than ours.
Moreover, the Strait of Gibraltar is in the hands of Spain, which the Western world acquiesces to, and is even happy to see. After all, Spain can be regarded as their ‘own’.
If Burkina wants to compete for control of the Strait of Gibraltar, the British attitude is uncertain, and the United States and France will definitely not agree.
By then, even with the support of the Soviet Union and the East, a war is probably inevitable. After all, this is their home field, not the Soviet Union and the East. ”
“Indeed!”
Croft agreed with Aaron’s statement.
Subsequently,
Croft added: “If we don’t want to take it back through war, but use the general trend to overwhelm Spain, then it is estimated that it will take at least three to forty years.
At the current rate, if Burkina develops for another three to forty years, even with the support of the United States, France, and Britain, Spain will probably not dare to go to war with us.
If you don’t want to wait for decades more, then the only way is war! “