. "My current identity is the assistant to the president of Dingsheng Group."

"Assistant to the president?" Mu Haoyang couldn't help but look at Li Mingyang, feeling that intelligence personnel were free and did whatever they wanted.

"Just just a temporary identity, do you know Sheng Shiping?"

"That rich man who dreams of spending all his money?"

Li Mingyang smiled and said, "I will see him later. Don't be too surprised. No matter what, you are the Major General of the Army."

"Mr. Huang sent him?"

"Not a pie, please."

"please?"

"We will talk about it slowly when we arrive at Gwadar Port. Anyway, you have to send us over and take us to inspect the construction of the port."

"The construction has just started, what's there to be an inspection?"

“The construction plan is OK.”

“What is the purpose?”

"Let the rich spend money."

Mu Haoyang was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Why do I feel like a scam after hearing what you said?"

"Don't talk nonsense, just be careful anyway."

Since Li Mingyang refused to say more, Mu Haoyang didn't ask more questions.

Strictly speaking, Mu Haoyang is also related to Sheng Shiping. After the end of the Second Korean War, Sheng Shiping initiated the establishment of a public welfare fund specifically for soldiers, and Mu Haoyang was the first beneficiary. After four years in the Naval Academy, Mu Haoyang received living allowances provided by the fund every month.

However, Mu Haoyang did not know the relationship between the fund and Sheng Shiping.

When he met Sheng Shiping face to face for the first time, Mu Haoyang felt that he was also an ordinary person, completely different from the photos published in newspapers and magazines.

If you look closely, you will find that Sheng Shiping's hair is half white and there are old spots on his neck.

Hair can be dyed black and collar can be pulled up, but no one can overcome the passing years. In the face of time, everyone is equal.

On the way to Gwadar Port, Mu Haoyang and Sheng Shiping started chatting casually.

Li Mingyang is right. Sheng Shiping came to inspect the investment environment, but the investment direction has nothing to do with port construction, and mainly focuses on supporting facilities construction.

This is understandable that Gwadar Port will not be just a military port.

After all the projects are in place, Gwadar Port will also become Pakistan's second largest commercial port and the nearest large port to the Strait of Hormuz. Relying on Gwadar Port, Sheng Shiping plans to build Gwadar into an industrial base facing the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

As a strategic investment, Sheng Shiping must come here to inspect it in person.

But is this pure business investment?

Mu Haoyang knew very well that what Huang Zhibo could pay attention to was definitely not just commercial investment, but definitely had something to do with the military.

Not to mention, if the ship base is invested in the construction of a ship base in Gwadar Port, the Chinese naval fleet operating in the Indian Ocean will not have to return to the country for maintenance. During the war, it can even become a warship maintenance base, greatly improving the naval fleet's continuous combat capabilities in the Indian Ocean.

Since it is related to the navy, Mu Haoyang is naturally particularly enthusiastic.

However, the port construction has just begun and the conditions are very simple. Fortunately, Shengshiping does not have high requirements for living environment and pays more attention to practical things.

After dinner, Mu Haoyang asked Zhou Yusheng to accompany Sheng Shiping to visit the port area.

"You won't go?"

"Old Zhou is responsible for the port construction, so I basically don't care." Mu Haoyang smiled and said, "In terms of professional knowledge, Lao Zhou knows more than me, just let him go."

Li Mingyang lit a cigarette and said, "The problem should not be big, Mr. Sheng is very satisfied."

"Yeah?"

"He said it himself, and after he went back, he started to formulate an investment plan."

"Old Li, what does this matter have to do with the military?"

Li Mingyang smiled and said, "Basically speaking, this is a military matter. Mr. Sheng is just the spokesperson, otherwise he would not have sent me to accompany him."

Mu Haoyang frowned, almost as he expected.

"There are three purposes to let Mr. Sheng come over to invest." Li Mingyang handed a cigarette to Mu Haoyang and said, "First is to promote regional economic development through investment."

"Is this a military project?"

"Of course, and it's very important." Li Mingyang sighed and said, "Although we have a very close relationship with Pakistan, it is limited to the central government. As a country with deep-rooted tribal culture, Pakistan's local political power has a great influence. Not to mention, since the founding of the country, Pakistan's prime minister and president have come from three major tribes. If we want to gain a foothold in Guadal, we must establish good relations with the tribes here, let tribal leaders taste the sweetness, and let them share the benefits of development."

“So, make economic investments?”

"Investment is only a means, not an end. Only through industrialization and benefiting more indigenous people can we build Gwadar Port into a naval advance base. Do you know why more than ten years ago, the Pakistani authorities sold the management rights of Gwadar Port to the Singapore Aviation Administration, but did not sell it to us?"

"this……"

"The root cause lies in the tribe. Although foreign intervention forces also had an impact, we did not attach great importance to tribal interests at that time, and believed that if Islamabad was settled, all problems could be solved. For this reason, we paid a great price. In 2002 alone, more than 100 engineers were attacked and killed. If we don't handle this problem well, foreign intervention forces will take advantage of the situation."

“What about the second purpose?”

"Speed ​​up the construction speed. According to the original plan, engineering equipment and materials must be transported from China. Not only is the low efficiency, the cost is still very high. If the main engineering materials can be produced locally, it will not only save a large amount of freight, but also improve efficiency, which will also help the future port operation. Of course, don't expect the first phase of the project. If the operation goes smoothly, the construction period can be shortened by more than one-third from the second phase of the project." Li Mingyang smiled and said, "If it is done well, the materials produced by Guadal can be re-sold to China in ten years."

"What is the third purpose?" Mu Haoyang did not bother with this question.

On the first day after arriving at Gwadar Port, Mu Haoyang felt that he should establish a cement factory locally to reduce the pressure on sea transportation and speed up the project progress.

“Prepare for the westward movement.”

"Every west?"

"Mr. Huang sent you here, wasn't it to manage engineering construction?"

"this……"

Li Mingyang smiled and said, "I heard that Cao Anguo is ready to go and can come by at the end of the month. The special forces are not large in size and cannot cause big waves. But in the long run, we must enter the Middle East, not only for oil, but also for more important strategic advantages. After the first phase of the project is completed, we will cooperate with Pakistan and Iran to build a strategic oil transportation pipeline. If necessary, a railway from Gwadar Port to Yecheng will be built. In other aspects, Gwadar Port will be our main transit station for selling goods to the Middle East. With this as a stronghold, our strategic passage to west can be shortened by thousands of kilometers."

“It will further enhance our strategic influence in the Gulf region.”

Li Mingyang nodded and said, "After our fleet entered Gwadar Port, no one can ignore our influence in the Middle East."

"So we need to build Gwadar Port into a strategic port?"

"That's about it, but this is a very time-consuming thing. Without ten years, the strategic value of Gwadar Port is difficult to reflect."

Mu Haoyang smiled and said, "That should start from now on."

"So Mr. Huang sent you here."

"Will you stay here?" Mu Haoyang asked.

"How do you know?" Li Mingyang was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "I don't plan to leave this time. I stayed as a senior assistant to Sheng Shiping in name, responsible for coordinating construction work. In fact, my main job is to provide you with intelligence support."

"Mr. Huang sent you here?"

"To be precise, it should be the arrangement made directly by Mr. Fu."

"Okay, you stay, at least you don't have to face Lao Zhou's dry eyes."

"Three people can still fight against Landlords, right?" Li Mingyang said with a smile, "You are from Chongqing and you must fight very well. If you have the chance, I have to ask for advice."

Mu Haoyang rolled his eyes. After leaving the amphibious special forces, he had never fought against the landlords.

Li Mingyang came over and shared a lot of work for Mu Haoyang.

The next afternoon, Sheng Shiping set out to return to Islamabad, giving high praise to the construction of Gwadar Port and stated on the spot that he would make strategic investments.

However, these things have little to do with Mu Haoyang.

Even if everything goes well, it will take until 2023 that Sheng Shiping's first investment will be completed, and the first one to build is the cement factory.

After being busy until the end of the month, Mu Haoyang welcomed his comrades from the amphibious special forces.

After Wu Jianjun was promoted to commander of the Marine Corps, Cao Anguo took over the amphibious special forces. Although the amphibious special forces have received great attention in recent years, Wu Jianjun still acted in the form of a special force in the position of commander of the Marine Corps, which not only did not expand the scale of the amphibious special forces, but also reduced by one third.

There is nothing wrong with the elite military policy, but the Marine Corps is a conventional combat force and it is impossible to completely adopt the special forces system.

After settling down the amphibious special forces, Mu Haoyang set off to return to China to report to Huang Zhibo on the port construction work and the situation of the special forces.

As for what tasks Huang Zhi Expo arranged, Mu Haoyang didn't think much about it.

The world is not calm. As long as there is dispute, there will be war and there will be a stage for soldiers. After nearly twenty years of hard work, Mu Haoyang finally stood in the center of the stage and got the opportunity to command the army to fight. For professional soldiers, he must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

What Mu Haoyang has to do is do his job well.

Although he is still a supporting role on this big stage and one of the many supporting roles around Huang Zhibo, he has become the main supporting role when he comes to Gwadar Port.

In the face of time, everyone is equal.

Huang Zhibo cannot always be the protagonist, and Mu Haoyang cannot always be the supporting role.

After all, this unknown supporting role will become gold after all, and under the tempering of the war, it will become the new protagonist.
Chapter completed!