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The air battle in the Persian Gulf was accompanied by another country, and that country was France. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

France's 'Charles de Gaulle' aircraft carrier formation in the Mediterranean Sea was raided by the Somali Air Force, losing a destroyer and a frigate, not to mention that even the aircraft carrier was almost sunk, which is simply a shame for the third navy in the world, how can the Gallic chickens endure it?

However, there is a gap with Somalia in terms of air force, and France has no choice but to cooperate more closely with the United States.

This time, the French are not only targeting Libya, but also Somalia. The 3,000 French troops at the legal base in Djibouti were first transferred to the border area near Somalia to show off their might. Do I still need to ask for their consent for the transfer of the team?

Then France began to use air transport planes to transport troops into Djibouti, and the original aircraft carrier fleet, except for the "Charles de Gaulle" returned to the base for repairs, the other fleets were organized and sailed to the Red Sea.

France's series of actions is undoubtedly telling the world that I am going to do something to Somalia!

When the U.S. Air Force and the Combined Air Force went to war in the Persian Gulf, a squadron of Rafale fighters stationed at the French military base in Djibouti crossed the Djisol border line that day and carried out an air raid on a military camp in the Somaliland Military Region. The French fought as soon as they came up, which caught the world a little off guard, and the Somali Defense Forces reacted a little slower, and for a time there were quite a few losses.

And the French team on land also crossed the border and went directly into Somalia. The Sof-French War officially broke out.

The French political axe used a battalion of marines, a regiment of the Foreign Legion, and two regiments of the army with a total size of more than 6,000 ground troops to participate in the attack on Somalia, and in the air, France mobilized a squadron of Rafale fighters, two Mirage 2000-5 squadrons, and several helicopter groups.

Because the main force of the Somali Air Force was all transferred to the Persian Gulf, France took advantage of the situation and for a time actually grasped the air supremacy in the Somaliland region.

In the Ogaden area, the Ethiopian army, which had lost its offensive spirit, also mobilized four army divisions, all Su-27 fighters and MiG-21 fighters of the air force, and launched a fierce counterattack against a Somali infantry brigade and an infantry brigade that entered the Ogaden area.

For a time, the East African region was in a state of war, with clouds and artillery rumbling.

The center of the underground command in Mogadishu, which was put to good use during the first air battle in the Persian Gulf. But it was the French attack on Somalia that really used it on a large scale.

Although Somalia was initially caught off guard by the French team, they quickly set their war machines in motion.

An infantry brigade of the Northern Military Region was immediately transferred to the Somaliland area to fight the French invading forces in conjunction with the 5th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and another infantry brigade of the Somaliland Military Region. The battle on the ground Li Mo is not worried, he is worried about the French air power.

Because the main forces have been transferred to the Persian Gulf, the Somali Air Force currently has only a few Su-27 fighters, and the rest are old aircraft such as the MiG-25 and MiG-23. At present, what the ground forces can rely on is the ground-based anti-aircraft missile force.

But such a passive war is not what Li Mo wants. He didn't expect that the French would really take the initiative to attack Somalia proper, didn't the French think that once the Somali strategic air force returned, it would be a disaster for France?

Or do the French believe that the Somali strategic air force will not survive the air battle in the Persian Gulf?

What to do? Do you want to be beaten passively like this? Li Mo was also a little at a loss at this time. The French, on the other hand, will look for an opportunity to launch an attack on Somalia at a time when Somalia is at its most weakened.

"Commander, just now there is news from the front that our side has lost a Su-27 two-seater fighter. However, we also shot down a Mirage 2000-5. "Major General Moose, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the General Staff, came to Li Mo's side and reported bad news.

At this time, Somalia had only four or five Su-27 fighters left, and the loss of one was a great weakening of strength. Although it also shot down a French warplane, it did little to help the situation at hand.

"Chief of Staff Moose, how many fighters does the Second Squadron of the Strategic Air Force currently have?" Li Mo frowned, thought for a long time, and asked a question.

Deputy Chief of Staff Moose was once the commander of the Northern Military Region and a subordinate of Hashi, a member of the National Defense Council who had been ordered to be shot by Hussein, the chief of staff, but he was later involved in Li Mo's side and was not removed from his post in the post-Hashi liquidation.

"Commander, the Second Squadron of the Strategic Air Force currently has only four two-seater 'Condor B' fighters, but these four planes are all on strategic duty, and they are an important part of the strategic nuclear strike, and they cannot be easily mobilized." As soon as Moose heard Li Mo's question, he knew what the commander was thinking, and quickly and tactfully put forward a different opinion.

The strategic air force is divided into two parts, one is the single-seat multi-role fighter participating in the war in the Persian Gulf, and its main task is to carry out various tasks of fighting for air supremacy to carry out conventional air raids, and the second unit is the second squadron, which has only a few two-seaters, and the existence of the second squadron is similar to the strategic bomber forces of the United States, Russia and other countries, and it is carrying out strategic nuclear strikes and nuclear counterattack missions.

Now Somalia is fighting the United States and France, both of which are nuclear powers. Who knows if it will trigger a nuclear war? Therefore, it is not enough for Somalia to rely solely on the Strategic Missile Regiment to carry out strategic deterrence, because the main force of the Strategic Missile Regiment is still medium-range ballistic missiles, and intercontinental missiles have not yet been formally equipped and deployed, and in order to prevent the enemy from preemptively launching a nuclear strike on Somalia, Somalia must preserve a certain amount of nuclear counterattack force that can be used at any time.

Therefore, Deputy Chief of Staff Moose was opposed to Li Mo's desire to use the Second Squadron to participate in the battle for air supremacy with the French Air Force.

Li Mo was not angry because of this, but he was glad that his subordinates could dare to directly raise objections. That way he won't make the wrong decisions at some point.

"You're right, it's better not to use the second squadron. So what do you think we can do to address the French air threat? ”

The Somaliland region is another relatively prosperous area in Somalia in addition to the capital region, and if it is destroyed by the war, it will be a serious blow to the development of Somalia. For the time being, perhaps the French are still trying to explore the hole cards of the Malian Air Force, and they still use five points of strength to save five points of strength in the attack, but once they know that Somalia is really unable to mobilize more superior air power, that is, the Somali strategic air force is all dragged in the Persian Gulf, and the French attack will definitely be more fierce.

Moose thought for a moment and said, "Commander, I think it's better to send some planes from the First Squadron back?" ”

"No, no. This method does not work, compared to the French, the battle on that side of the Persian Gulf is more important, that side is the overall situation, so the first squadron cannot move, and if possible, I also hope to send more air power to the Persian Gulf. Li Mo vetoed this suggestion without thinking about it.

Moose nodded slightly and then proposed, "Since France has temporarily lost its aircraft carrier, and there is only one air base in Djibouti nearby, I think it is better to use the conventional missiles of the Strategic Missile Regiment to destroy this base." ”

Li Mo thought about it for a while and felt that this method was good. If the French Air Force loses its base in Djibouti, it is difficult to guarantee that the French will look at the airports in Somalia, which will prompt the French to intensify their attacks on Somalia.

However, this method can be used, at least temporarily to contain the air power of the French.

“10、9…… 0…… Launch! ”

Following the order of the commander of the Strategic Missile Regiment, the Firmament 2 Missile Unit of the Strategic Missile Regiment, located somewhere on the plateau in northern Somalia, has already erected missiles in camouflage, and immediately ignited and launched them after receiving the launch order.

Three Firmament 2 missiles soared into the air with a long tail flame and plunged directly into the firmament.

The Sky 2 missile is a first-generation solid-propellant medium-range ballistic missile developed by the Missile Development Center of the Star Group on the basis of the Meteor 3 missile provided by Iran, with a maximum range of 1,800 kilometers and a conventional warhead of 600 kg to hit large fixed targets of the enemy.

As soon as the three missiles were lifted into the air, they were detected by a number of monitoring stations around the world, and then the alarms were sounded in many regions of the world, and the satellites and ground monitoring stations all entered a state of emergency, locking on the three missiles, judging the type and type of missiles, analyzing the flight trajectory parameters of the missiles, and figuring out the targets of the missiles and whether they carried nuclear warheads or anti-personnel warheads, and some tense areas even turned on the radars of the missile defense systems, and some interceptor missiles were ready to be launched and intercepted.

Countries like Russia and China are definitely doing their own thing, while some countries in the West share intelligence like a baton and eventually relay missile intelligence to missile targets.

Knowing that Somalia has launched a long-range missile, the most nervous thing is the French political axe, France's attack on Somalia itself can be described as a desperate gamble, intending to fundamentally solve the threat in Somalia, which is even more ruthless than the United States. If Somalia were to launch a nuclear missile at the French mainland, that would be something that the French government did not want to see.

But knowing that the incoming missile was not aimed at the French mainland, the French political axe suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, although the missile was to hit the Djibouti legal base, but this time it proved the previous speculation, the Somalis do not have the ability to hit the French mainland at the moment, that is, France is not worried that Somalia will launch a nuclear bomb on the French mainland, because Somalia does not have this strength when the air power is dragged down.

(To be continued)