Chapter 479: A Sudden Crisis
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Since Fan Heng took office, he has been quite dedicated, basically when Fan Wuxian saw his father Fan Heng, he was busy with work, which made Fan Wuxian very worried about the health of his father Fan Heng, so he went up the mountain to ask the teacher Fan Tianlan to give him a few nourishing secret recipes, and then personally purchased raw materials and came back to process them carefully, and then used them in his diet to enhance Fan Heng's immunity and energy.
In late March, Fan Wuxian felt that the domestic political atmosphere was a bit special, and the anti-US sentiment was very strong in both the non-governmental and official media, especially in the Kosovo war, which had recently begun, and the domestic media's coverage of this aspect was indeed somewhat detached from the principle of neutrality, and the accusations against the United States became more and more intense.
"That's not a good sign." Fan Wuxian is still deeply wary of this.
On 6 February this year, under pressure from the United States and NATO, representatives of Serbian and Kosovo Albanians held peace talks in Rambouillet, near Paris, on the basis of a plan drawn up by United States Special Envoy Hill.
The main contents of the plan are respect for the territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kosovo's enjoyment of a high degree of autonomy, the withdrawal of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia troops from Kosovo, the disarmament of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the formation of a new police force in proportion to the local population to maintain law and order, and the dispatch of a multinational force by NATO to Kosovo to ensure the implementation of the agreement.
This scheme is difficult for both parties. In this regard, the Albanians insist on eventual independence and are unwilling to disarm, while the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia does not agree to Kosovo's status as an autonomous republic and opposes the presence of NATO troops in Kosovo. However, the United States and NATO, which are presiding over the talks, said that 80 percent of the contents of the plan must not be changed and must be accepted, otherwise the side that refuses will be punished, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia will be militarily attacked by NATO.
After the negotiations reached an impasse, the meeting was adjourned for a time, and the meeting resumed on 15 March, when the Albanian representatives signed the agreement on 18 March, but the Serbian side still refused to sign it. On 19 March, NATO issued an ultimatum to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On 24 March, NATO launched an air strike against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the Kosovo War broke out.
NATO's war operations are under the guise of defenders. In the name of "ethnic cleansing", it has in fact led to a humanitarian catastrophe with its inhumane acts.
Unlike the Gulf War, NATO's war operation was not linked. The mandate of the UN Security Council has been widely criticized by world public opinion for violating the Charter of the United Nations and setting a dangerous precedent in the history of international relations.
From the Gulf to Kosovo, eight years have passed in the blink of an eye. However, it is in this. In the blink of an eye, many of the latest achievements of human civilization have become tools for arms dealers to make a fortune. In the Gulf War, the high-tech weapons of the multinational forces accounted for only about 10 percent of the weapons used, while the high-tech weapons of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in NATO's air raid this time reached almost 100 percent. From aircraft carriers cruising in the Adriatic Sea to stealth warplanes flying over the sky like ghosts, batch after batch of high-tech weapons have been put on the stage, and sad Kosovo has become a testing ground for these new weapons.
In terms of space power, this time the US-led NATO forces made . The scale of the use of space weapons has reached unprecedented proportions. NATO has directly participated in military operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with more than 50 satellites, providing guarantees for its combat operations. Two radar-imaging military reconnaissance satellites belonging to the CIA, three satellites transmitting images and data, and three other light satellites have also joined the ranks of intelligence support.
In addition to reconnaissance satellites, NATO has also used a large number of meteorological satellites, including the US Air Force military meteorological satellite, four meteorological satellites for observing the oceans and atmosphere, and two European meteorological satellites. The 24 spacecraft of the US Global Satellite System and various communications and data satellites are also providing information support for military operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As a matter of fact, a space data network has been densely woven over the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by a large number of NATO military satellites.
In terms of air strength, NATO concentrated 460 advanced combat planes at the beginning of the air raid against 170 old combat planes of the Yugoslav Air Force, and later increased to 1,200 planes.
The most advanced B-2 stealth strategic bomber, B-1 long-range strategic bomber, and F-117 stealth fighter-bomber in the U.S. Air Force were all put into battle. In particular, the B-2 stealth bomber, which is worth $2.2 billion, has been put into actual combat for the first time, which is particularly eye-catching. According to military sources, the world's most expensive stealth strategic bomber took off from Whiteming Air Force Base on the US mainland and arrived at the combat area after four in-flight refueling trips.
The reason why NATO's large-scale air operations have been able to proceed smoothly is precisely because it has completely mastered the supremacy in the sky, basically in the air, and in the battlefield in terms of information supremacy, and has formed a combat system that integrates information and firepower. NATO has repeatedly deployed EA-6B electronic jamming fighters and fighters capable of launching "Hamm" anti-radiation missiles in order to seize the right to control information. Precision-guided weapons, on the other hand, rely on the target information obtained by pre-reconnaissance and use real-time information to navigate, position, and actively seek direction during the projection process.
There is no doubt that the Kosovo war is the latest version of modern warfare. It tells us that modern warfare is no longer a traditional three-in-one war of land, sea, and air, but a war in a multi-space arena in which land, sea, air, space, and electricity are integrated. With the rapid development of science and technology, this kind of all-round, multi-level, and three-dimensional warfare will become the dominant form of warfare in the future.
Looking back at the thick clouds over the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, one cannot help but feel a great sadness. Science and technology, which are supposed to benefit mankind, have been transplanted to the bloody battlefield, and modern weapons that embody human wisdom have become tools for robbers to bully the weak. Thirteen of the 19 NATO countries directly participated in the air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, deploying 1,200 planes, sorties of more than 32,000, and blowing up 12 railways, more than 50 bridges, five civilian airports, and a large amount of infrastructure, resulting in the displacement of more than 800,000 refugees and the devastation of the beautiful Yugoslavia in the past.
However, the weak Yugoslavia, despite the obvious disadvantage in weapons and equipment, still used flexible and mobile strategies and tactics to effectively confront the enemy, demonstrating the indomitable national spirit of the Serbs.
At the end of April, Fan Wuxian handled a lot of the company's affairs, and did his best to guide the work in the United States, and when he returned to the capital, he found that his father was very busy and there was a tense atmosphere.
"What's going on? Why does everyone seem to be facing a great enemy? Fan Wuxi asked with some curiosity.
Because he can enter and exit the State Council at will, he drove here to talk to Boss Zhu about something after he came back, and then went to his father Fan Heng to see how he was doing, and by the way, he also wanted to see if the supplements he prepared for his father Fan Heng had achieved the expected effect.
Unexpectedly, his father Fan Heng also had a solemn expression, which reflected the surrounding atmosphere, making Fan Wuxi feel very uncomfortable, as if something big had happened.
"Something happened, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia shot down an American F-117 stealth fighter!" Fan Heng didn't hide anything, and said to his son Fan Wuxian.
"F-117 stealth fighter? Didn't you say you couldn't beat it? Can the Yugoslav Federation's ragged weapons take down the F-117 stealth fighter? Fan Wuxian said casually, but he quickly reacted, so he asked cautiously, "Could it be that it is our weapons and equipment?" ”
"What do you think?" Fan Heng replied angrily.
Fan Wuxian scratched his head, and his heart was really like this, this matter is indeed a bit difficult to deal with.
The Americans have been claiming that their F-117 stealth fighters cannot be shot down without seeing them, but who knows that they were actually shot down when they launched a military strike against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
In fact, Fan Heng can't control the confidence of the Americans, the problem is, what is the military strength of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia now, everyone is clear, to say that they can rely on their own weapons to shoot down F-117 stealth fighters, the Americans can not be so rampant to suppress them in the air, the only explanation is that there are external forces involved.
The United States bypassed the framework of the United Nations by attacking the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, because when the Security Council voted, Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council, voted against it, which means that this war is legally unjust.
Because of Russia's opposition, the Americans have always been very worried about Russia's military assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but it was inferred from later discoveries that it seems that the weapons that shot down the F-117 stealth fighter did not come from Russia, so there can only be one result, these weapons are from China.
Naturally, China also learned about this incident at the first time, and Sino-US relations were already relatively tense during this period of time, and if this incident became the fuse of the general outbreak, I am afraid that the conflict between China and the United States would escalate because of this.
"Sure enough, it's a very troublesome thing, you guys have Uncle Sam." Fan Wuxian said with a frown.
If the weapons used to shoot down the American planes came from within them, it is estimated that Uncle Sam would not be able to lose his temper, but if they knew that this thing really came from China, it is estimated that those belligerent military forces would definitely go crazy.
It's hard to say what extreme things are going to be done by crazy Americans.
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