"Welcome to take Air China flight HU79237, the destination of this flight will be direct to Dubai, UAE. The estimated flight time is 5 hours and 35 minutes."

"Sir, please fasten your seat belt." The flight attendant checked in the corridor whether the passenger's seat belt was buckled, and the plane was about to take off.

Mu Yang tightened his seat belt, looked out the window, and his mind began to turn what Deputy Minister Li had said to him, as well as the situation in Djibouti.

"After arriving in Djibouti, your mission is to rent a long-term naval port as much as possible to solve the problem of stationing my escort formation."

"Build channels, expand the Luca route, and do your best to obtain the technology, materials and even advanced weapons and technologies needed by the country."

"The leaders asked me to convey a sentence to you, that is, when you think it is necessary, you can directly reach a deal with the other party, and ask the country for instructions afterwards, and make arbitrary decisions when encountering problems."

I went to Djibouti with a arduous task, but I didn’t know if this trip would be successful and what resistance would be encountered.

There will definitely be resistance. If it were simple, the previous Djibouti ambassador would have solved these things long ago, and there is no need to delay them until today.

Although Djibouti is a small country with a land area of ​​only 23,200 square kilometers and a population of less than 900,000, its geographical location is very important. At present, 80% of the oil transported to Europe in the Middle East has to pass through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal in Egypt, and the rest have to circumnavigate. Djibouti is located in the west coast of the Gulf of Aden in northeastern Africa. It hinders the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean, making it necessary to pass through Djibouti whether it is the Suez Canal or the Cape of Good Hope. If Djibouti is held, it is equivalent to cutting off the oil channel of Europe. Although Europe can also obtain oil through two oil and gas pipelines, Russia and Turkey, these two pipelines pass through many civil unrest countries, which is much more risky than shipping. Therefore, Western powers have garrisons in Djibouti, a small country in the Horn of Africa, to ensure their offshore oil lifeline.

The United States has built the largest permanent military base in Africa in Djibouti, and France and Japan also have military bases. The European Union, NATO, China, Russia, India and more than 20 countries and international organizations, including China, Russia, India, have used Djibouti as a warship supply point and temporary base.

Such a small place has concentrated military forces from so many countries and organizations, which shows how complicated the situation here is.

The United States pays $65 million in rent to Djibouti every year, Japan pays $34 million in rent, France pays $40 million in rent, and temporary rental fees from other countries. However, Djibouti is still one of the least developed regions in Africa and has not yet escaped poverty.

The plane drove onto the runway, slowly glided, and suddenly accelerated and rushed out of the runway and flew into the sky. Looking at the slowly getting smaller, Mu Yang knew that it would take him a long time to come back.

After several hours of flight, the plane arrived at Dubai Airport. Muyang did not leave the airport and directly transferred to Djibouti. In the afternoon, Muyang finally set foot on the land of Djibouti.

In the lobby of Djibouti Airport, Muyang met his colleagues from the embassy who came to pick him up.

"Ambassador Mu, I am Xin Weitong. This is Zhang Jialiang, the director of the office. Let's pick you up." Xin Weitong stepped forward and shook hands with Mu Yang and greeted him.

"Counselor Xin, you are so polite." Mu Yang knew that Xin Weitong was the administrative counselor of the embassy and was considered his deputy.

"Ambassador, give me your luggage." Office director Zhang Jialiang took Mu Yang's luggage cart with a smile on his face.

"Thank you for your hard work." Mu Yang said.

"Ambassador Mu, our car is outside. The comrades have gathered at the embassy to welcome you." Xin Weitong led Mu Yang out.

While walking, Xin Weitong looked at the new ambassador. She was really young as the legendary one. I hope she could get along with her.

The three of them got into a business car and drove towards the city.

"It's really hot today." Mu Yang said.

As soon as I got off the plane, a wave of heat came to me, and it was only after I turned on the air conditioner in the car that I could relieve it.

"Ambassador, Djibouti is recognized as the hottest capital in the world. Djibouti has a tropical desert climate, with a hot and low rainfall all year round, with an average annual temperature of more than 30℃. It is known as the "hot coastal country". It is now July, the hottest months of the year, and it rarely rains. The temperature can reach around 41,42 degrees, and the hottest time of the year can reach 46,47 degrees." Counselor Xin Weitong said.

"Djibouti Afar means "boiling steamer". Now I have appreciated it. It seems that I will gradually adapt to the climate here in the future." Mu Yang said with a smile.

Suddenly, Mu Yang felt that someone was following his car. He turned his head and looked back. Through the window, he found a yellow Hummer military vehicle following their business car.

Mu Yang's heart moved and used exploration techniques to scan back and found that there were four American soldiers in military uniforms in the car, who were driving the car with laughter, but his eyes were still not far from their business car.

What's going on?

Could it be that these US soldiers are preparing to be unfavorable to them? Mu Yang is confused.

Could it be a coincidence? Let's observe it before talking about it.

But after driving out a few kilometers and turning two forks, the US military vehicle was always following behind, and the distance was very close, so it followed closely behind their cars.

Mu Yang has now realized that the other party was intentional.

And it is also so blatant that it is no longer called stalking.

"There is a military vehicle behind it that seems to be following us." Mu Yang said.

Counselor Xin Weitong and Office Director Zhang Jialiang looked back. Counselor Xin Weitong said angrily: "It is the US military vehicle, they will do such boring things. Such things have happened many times. Sometimes, when our embassy car travels, they will follow them blatantly."

Mu Yang frowned, "Is this the case before? Has the embassy reported this to the country? What's the purpose of their doing this?"

"It has been there before, especially after the new commander of the US African Command, David Rodriguez, and the US Ambassador to Djibouti Tom Kelly, became even more rampant. When the Yuan ambassador first arrived, the US military also did this, and it was already arrogant."

"We have reported this matter to the country, and the ministry has also protested to the United States, but it has little effect. In the end, it has to be like this. Those Americans just followed and didn't do anything. We really have no choice."
Chapter completed!