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On the blue sky, there are no clouds. www.biquge.info Jababa and his companions flew two light blue Su-27SS fighter jets to patrol the skies.

It is the western part of the Odal region, bordering Ethiopia and Djibouti, and is an important area for territorial disputes between the three countries.

"No. 3...... Note...... There is a case! "Jababa had just flown into the airspace of the border with the number 001 in order to resist, when suddenly two points of light appeared on the LCD screen. It didn't take long for Jababa to get the flight information of the target that suddenly appeared.

Ethiopian Air Force two Su-27 fighters.

As two neighboring countries, relations between Somalia and Ethiopia became delicate after the peaceful reunification of Somalia, especially after Somalia took back Somaliland in one fell swoop. On the surface, the two sides are still the same harmonious neighbors, but secretly the two sides are on the border, and there are conflicts from time to time, and the main flashpoint of the conflict is concentrated in the Odal region.

Ethiopia is a landlocked country with 1.1 million square kilometers and a population of 77 million people, and its economy is underdeveloped, because the change of domestic government has made the GDP almost the same as that of neighboring Somalia.

Many people with lofty ideals once believed that Ethiopia was poor because it had no access to the sea. The lack of access to the sea has severely restricted Ethiopia's foreign trade, resulting in Ethiopia's industrial backwardness and national poverty.

Looking at Ethiopian territory, it is easiest to open a passage in the north, close to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, to gain access to the sea. This is where the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea comes from, and the real purpose of Ethiopia's active participation in Somali affairs also has the reason to choose another path, that is, if it cannot defeat Eritrea militarily and occupy the sea mouth, then it is also good to defeat Somalia and obtain the sea access to the Gulf of Aden from the northeast.

Before Somalia reclaimed Somaliland territory, Ethiopia began to contact the then Somaliland President Kassin, trying to 'swap' territory, exchanging territory from the Dorai region in northeastern Ethiopia for Oldal. But Kasin had no time to negotiate such a matter with Ethiopia at that time, and he was busy purging the legacy of President Egal and consolidating his rule. After that, the main focus was on the search for the treasure of Egall. It wasn't until the Somali Court Coalition raided Somaliland to create civil strife that President Kassin's attitude suddenly changed and he became tempted by the 'deal' thrown out by Ethiopia. In order to show its sincerity, Ethiopia even dispatched its air force to fight the rebels for Kasin in the rebellion of the Somali Court Alliance.

But no one expected that just as the progress of the secret negotiations was accelerating, the Soken War broke out again, and Somaliland, instigated by the United States, dared to cross the demarcation line and attack Somalia. In the end, he was beaten in a mess, and even Cassin himself gave his life.

After the Somali political axe took back Somaliland, he naturally knew that Kasin had secretly contacted the Ethiopian political axe, and wanted to exchange the geographically important Odal for the mostly desert Dorai region, and President Yusuf and Li Mo were very angry, and naturally refused without hesitation about Ethiopia's subsequent secret contact.

As a result, relations between the two countries have become stalemate. In public, although the two sides do not see any contradictions, there are often some clashes and even firefights between the two teams along the long border between the two sides.

The No. 2 Fighter Squadron, to which Jababa belongs, was originally stationed at the Vanrael Air Base of the Northern Military Region, but after the private fighting between the two countries in Somaliland, half of the Second Fighter Squadron was sent to the Hargeisa Air Base of the Somaliland Military Region to patrol and deter the air in areas where border clashes between the two sides are frequent.

Jababa, who was about to return home, suddenly noticed two Ethiopian Air Force fighters appearing on the radar screen, and hurriedly took over the nearby wingman, and quickly reported the news to Hargeisa Air Base.

He took his wingman back up and circled in the area belonging to Somali airspace to monitor the two Ethiopian Air Force planes that suddenly appeared.

You must know that since the 2nd Fighter Squadron was on duty in the Somaliland Military Region, except for the fact that it began to patrol the border several times, causing panic among the Ethiopian army and hurriedly raising fighter planes to take precautions, the Ethiopian Air Force has hardly appeared since then.

Not to mention the price of aviation fuel, it is $1,000 or $2,000 for a take-off, and the service life and flight maintenance of other fighters are basically equivalent to spending $30,000 or 40,000 on a single takeoff. This number is not something that ordinary countries can afford, Li Mo is also gritting his teeth, in order to establish a large air force plan, in order to allow more pilots to take to the air for training, he has to pay out of his pocket.

The Ethiopian political axe and the air force, apparently, are not so generous, allowing advanced fighters to often take off and train pilots.

Call...... Jababa flew over the wingman in the 001 fighter jet, and he was already able to see the enemy aircraft appear with the naked eye, and two Su-27 fighters in desert camouflage were flying in formation towards the border.

Just as Jababa was about to warn the other side through the public channel, two Ethiopian fighter jets circled more than 10 kilometers away from the border.

The two sides were armed on the border line, no one spoke, and the pilots were all cautiously concentrating on observing the movements of the opponent's fighters, and once the other side had information about their rash actions, they immediately returned fire.

At a distance of more than 20 kilometers, four fighters with different surnames were not very different from each other in an area of hundreds of square kilometers, and it was not until the fuel alarm alarmed that Jababa called the wingman back with some disappointment.

If it weren't for the strict order from his superiors, he would have wanted to press the missile launch button.

After the two Somali fighters disappeared, the Ethiopian Air Force also lingered for a while before returning home.

The first aerial confrontation in October was initially unattended by the Somali side. Because the Ethiopian army is like this, occasionally showing its strength, and most of the rest of the time it is confined to the barracks. Ethiopia doesn't have a Li Mo who is looking for money everywhere, and most of the money is invested in the army. Taking Somalia as an example, a country with a GDP of $6 to 7 billion has invested more than $5 or 6 billion in the military in the past two years, which is absolutely impossible in other normal countries. But this is what is really happening in Somalia, where the Somali army is like a 'subsidiary' that has been stripped of in Somalia, taking care of its own profits and losses, making its own money and developing itself.

With the first air encounter, the two countries broke out more than a dozen armed confrontations along the border, including not only the air force, but also the army at the border post.

After receiving this information, Li Mo immediately suggested that a meeting of the National Defense Committee be convened to inform the other National Defense Commissioners and the commanders of the four major military regions of all the incidents that had occurred on the Sooe border.

Today's National Defense Commission, after Li Mo's 'purge' several times, is basically his own people, Yusuf's side is occupied by two people, one is President Yusuf himself, the other is the Minister of Defense, and there is also a commander of the Capital Military Region who basically does not express his stance and is very 'quiet', and the rest of the National Defense Commissioners are all Li Mo's family, which shows Li Mo's power in the army.

"Sir, what is the purpose of this phenomenon, when Ethiopia suddenly hardened itself and jumped up on the border with an armed confrontation? Whether there is support or not, we all have to think about it clearly. During this period, an important period of China's economic construction and national defense construction, everyone wants to fight a war, and they all want to bury their heads in peace and develop for a few years, so that Somalia can get out of poverty, but some people always forget their hearts and do not die, and they challenge our bottom line again and again. "Li Mo's number one vanguard, Major General Hussein, Chief of the General Staff, made an extremely strongly worded speech at the beginning of the meeting, implicitly implying that Ethiopia's provocations cannot be ignored, let alone easily compromised.

President Yusuf, who was sitting above, frowned undetectably when he heard this, and then glanced at Deputy Commander Li, who seemed to be distracted, out of the corner of his eye. He didn't know whether Hussein's words meant him or whether he meant them or what Li Mo meant.

If it is what Li Mo means, it means that the military has a plan to fight back against Ethiopia, a neighboring country, just like it did against Kenya.

Although he agrees with Hussein's proposal for a 10-year peace, he doesn't want to jump into battle when things don't completely deteriorate. Somalia needs peace so much, this country has been in civil war for a long time, from top to bottom and inside out, there is no one who does not want peace.

Give the Minister of Defense a look and signal the other person to speak.

Minister Palermo received the hint and coughed, indicating that he had something to say, and everyone's eyes were drawn to it, except for Li Mo, who was still distracted.

"Chief of Staff Hussein said it well, we must pay attention to and be vigilant against Ethiopia's frequent provocations on the border. Originally, everyone was very kind, why did they suddenly become tough? It's not normal. I think the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be like an Ethiopian political axe to take care of diplomacy and condemn the other side's provocative behavior, because it can easily lead to border firefights and even wars between the two sides. ”

The meaning of Palermo's words is very clear, he does not temporarily Hussein's idea of immediately counterattacking with a tough attitude, but hopes to salute first and then soldier, first through the form of diplomatic protest, if the other party reins in, this matter is forgotten, if the other party does not know how to rein, it means that the other party really wants to provoke the bottom line of Somalia, at this time there is nothing to say, and the most important thing is to hit the other party's arrogance hard.

His approach is common to all countries, and the advantage is to show the sincerity of peace in Somalia, and even if it triggers a war, no one can blame Somalia.

(To be continued)