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Because the Ethiopian border guards extinguished the fire, Li Mo's plan for the 'Ogaden counteroffensive' had to remain on paper because of his covert cooperation with Huaxia, and its implementation was postponed indefinitely. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A week later, Somalia and Huaxia reached a loan agreement in which Huaxia provided Somalia with an interest-free loan of $5 billion, to be repaid over 10 years.

Of course, this is only revealed to the outside world on the surface, and in the specific agreement, there are many exchanges of interests, which is not enough for outsiders.

With this fund, the Somali political axe left one-fifth of it into the treasury, and the remaining $4 billion was handed over to the Star Group.

At the same time, a large contingent of railway experts arrived in Somalia from China to survey the topography and geology of the Batada-Baidoa-Mogadishu railway, which was to be built by the Huaxia Railway Department under the agreement, with funds to be disbursed from the amount of the loan.

The second East African war did not take place, disappointing many and making many happy. Stability in East Africa does not mean that other regions are also stable.

In Iraq in the Middle East, since Saddam Hussein assumed the leadership of the Iraqi Revolutionary Front, he has led the Iraqi anti-US guerrillas in several large-scale attacks against US military facilities and personnel, causing heavy losses to the Iraqi US troops, and nearly 200,000 Iraqi US troops are also stepping up their efforts to clear up the Iraqi anti-US guerrillas.

In addition to military operations, the intelligence departments of various countries are also stirring up trouble in Iraq, some infiltrating and spying on anti-US guerrillas and assassinating important backbone of anti-US guerrillas, and some providing military training, tactical guidance, and material support to anti-US guerrillas.

In view of the deterioration of the situation in Iraq, the US political axe and NATO have begun to try to resolve the problem of confrontation and conflict between NATO and the anti-US guerrillas through political means, but now most of the anti-US guerrillas in Iraq are under the control of Saddam Hussein and various forces fishing in troubled waters, and it is difficult to solve the problem through peaceful means.

Although Li Mo did not directly intervene in the situation in Iraq, he did not watch the fire from the other side, and occasionally, he also asked the intelligence department to create some trouble for the Iraqi US military, and as far as he knew, there were several countries and organizations that acted similarly to him.

For example, Iran and Comrade bin Laden are very active in Iraq. Today's Iraq, except for the southern ports where the US military has the strongest defense and the most powerful military, other regions have become the places where the game and struggle among countries are the most intense.

Although the second East African war did not break out, the deterioration of the situation in Iraq also had some impact on international oil prices, but because the total amount of international oil trade was too large, the deteriorating impact of the situation in Iraq was not very bad.

After inspecting the construction of the Air Force Flight Academy and several important air bases, Li Mo devoted all his energy to the airline industrial park.

With the investment of funds, coupled with some technical experts that Li Mo 'recruited' from Huaxia, at the end of December, the first piston propeller attack aircraft had been produced in an experimental version.

This experimental propeller attack aircraft uses two 'Pentium' air-cooled 24-cylinder piston engines, each with a power of 1,800 horsepower. The attack aircraft adopts high-strength alloy as the skeleton, uses an aluminum alloy fuselage, and adds silicon-uranium alloy armor under the engine and belly to enhance the attack aircraft's bulletproof ability against ordinary bullets on the ground and anti-aircraft machine guns;

The attack aircraft is equipped with a navigation/attack radar modeled on the Su-22 attack aircraft, which is different from other fighters, the radar of the attack aircraft is like a longbow Apache helicopter, the radar is loaded on the back of the fuselage, and the radar shell part uses a new silicon carbide fiber stealth material developed by Laboratory 9, which has the effect of absorbing radar waves to achieve primary stealth.

The fire control system is taken from the Mi-24 helicopter gunship, and the main armament of the attack aircraft is two 30mm cannons under the nose and two AT-6 anti-tank missiles under the belly, which can also be equipped with bombs and rocket nests. The research department is designing a new missile launch system for the production of anti-ship missiles launched by navy-type attack aircraft.

The attack aircraft has an empty weight of 7.8 tons, a maximum take-off weight of 10 tons, a bomb load of 5 tons, a maximum level flight speed of 580 kilometers, a maximum range of 3,200 kilometers, and the addition of auxiliary fuel tanks can increase the range of the attack aircraft to 4,000 kilometers.

It can be said that this is a verification machine cobbled together, although the current test results are satisfactory, but whether it has the actual combat surname ability, still needs to wait for further testing.

When Li Mo inspected the airline's No. 1 Aircraft Factory and watched the flight test of the demonstration aircraft, he immediately decided to produce five of them for further inspection, and named the piston propeller attack aircraft the 'Golden Eagle', and the corresponding naval model 'Seagull'.

Since the establishment and construction of the airline industrial park, it has attracted much attention from the outside world, especially with the gradual rise of Somalia's reputation, the intelligence penetration of various countries into Somalia has gradually increased.

Soon, a report on the flight of the propeller aircraft in the industrial park was transmitted to the intelligence headquarters of various countries and military departments through various channels.

At first glance, when they saw this information, not to mention the other members of the Third OECD, they were all surprised by the 'enemy' like the United States and quasi-allies like Huaxia.

Originally, all countries attached great importance to Li Mo's actions, especially this aviation industrial park, which was a military base dedicated to the research and production of aerospace equipment, but I didn't expect that a few months later, such a conclusion would be reached:

The Aviation Industrial Park is testing piston propeller aircraft!

There are those who disdain, there are those who frown and ponder, in short, there are different attitudes.

Washington, United States of America, Arlington County Pentagon Intelligence Aggregation Center, a group of U.S. generals gathered here, the reason is naturally from the CIA Somali head James? Lee's intelligence.

The person who was introduced this time was Deputy Director of the CIA Dunlap, and the other officers were experts from the Department of Defense, the land, the sea, the air, and aviation.

"Mr. Austin, do you think this kind of propeller aircraft, which is similar to a light bomber during World War II, has a practical surname in modern military life?" It was an officer of the Department of Defense who was questioned, and it was John Brown, assistant deputy chief of staff of the Air Force General of Staff, who was asked. Austin.

The other officers present also looked at the Air Force Brigadier General, who was about forty years old, and none of them knew better than Austin about their knowledge of aircraft.

On the workbench, there are several zoomed-in photographs of a gray twin-engine propeller plane flying at low altitude, and although it is not equipped with any weapons, the two protruding cannons in the bow of the aircraft are so glaring.

"First of all, I want to show that any weapon is useful, even a Springfield-style rifle can destroy the enemy." Austin pondered for a while, and then made a joke, but his expression was so serious that people couldn't feel the smile in this 'joke'.

"Judging from the structure of this aircraft, it is very similar to my country's medium bomber B-25 during World War II, and the volume seems to be about the same, so we can estimate that this propeller aircraft has a large range and bomb load. Judging from the more prominent structure under its belly, the main role of this aircraft is also used for ground attack, and it must be equipped with protective armor, and in terms of design, this aircraft has an obvious prominent role in low-altitude flight...... We should pay attention to the design similar to the longbow Apache, the other side must have installed a radar on the aircraft, which improves the aircraft's ground-to-air detection and strike capabilities, but affects the aircraft's flight speed and detectable area. From the design and structure of this aircraft, we can confirm that it is used for ground attack without doubt, and what we need to confirm now is, what is the weapon of this aircraft? What are the objectives of the operation? Judging from the information provided by the intelligence department, Somalia now lacks precision-guided weapons except for the Su-27 fighters of the Air Force that have purchased precision-guided weapons from Ukraine, and without precision-guided weapons, the practical surname of propeller aircraft in the military will be greatly reduced, but we cannot deny that in Africa, propeller aircraft are used to fight those indigenous armed forces with rifles and bazookas, and they have a good effect. ”

Although Austin explained the aircraft with a solemn expression, due to the lack of sufficient information and parameters, he only made a more objective explanation based on his years of understanding of the aircraft. But this explanation obviously did not satisfy others, especially Army officers and Marine Corps officers.

Although they didn't understand whether this aircraft was useful or not, there was one thing Austin made clear, that is, the tactical target of this propeller aircraft was ground forces.

"Could it be that the Chinese general plans to use this kind of plane to hit tanks? Hit Abrams? Haha......" An army officer burst out laughing as he spoke, his tone full of disdain. He is not arrogant in what he said, in addition to the army aviation unit in the US Army division, there is also an air defense battalion; Taking the US Army's infantry division as an example, it has 36 Avenger air defense missile systems and 24 'Vulcan' antiaircraft guns, which may not be able to deal with modern high-altitude and high-speed fighters, but it can be used to deal with such low-altitude and low-speed propeller aircraft. In addition, the United States has the world's largest air force, as well as naval aviation, and this kind of propeller aircraft, which has long been outdated, is simply a small ant for the American team, which can be crushed to death at any time.

After this army officer finished speaking, several officers frowned at the same time, and they all felt that the Chinese general was not a fool, didn't he know the strength of the US Air Force and air defense?

(To be continued)