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If it were not for the following explanation, the arguments and assessments given by the General Staff would undoubtedly be somewhat alarming. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBut those detailed information and logic without loopholes make people's hearts sink.

Could it be that there will really be a war in Libya as the General Staff predicted?

All of you here are senior members of the Somali army, and they know all too well the importance of Libya's 'ally' to Somalia. If nothing else, the missile base being built in Libya plays an important role in Somalia's national security, and it is an effective means to deter Europe before Somalia develops intercontinental missiles.

Otherwise, why would Europe and the United States be so easy to compromise in the nuclear crisis before? Isn't it because the missile base in Libya will hit the European continent directly?

And in the reasons of Chief of Staff Hussein, this clause should be added. For the sake of France's national security, it is also necessary to defeat the Gaddafi regime, which is close to Somalia.

The contradictions in Libya have reached a very dangerous situation, and even Li Mo has been openly attacked by opposition elements in Libya. What does Somalia need to do and what can it do at this time?

It is certainly not okay to sit on the hill and watch the tiger fight, but Somalia has signed a mutual defense agreement with Libya. When Libya is subjected to a third-party military invasion, Somalia has an obligation and responsibility to assist Libya in countering the aggressor.

Although many international agreements have been broken, Libya is very important to Somalia, and Somalia cannot easily abandon the Gaddafi regime.

"If there is indeed a military intervention by foreign forces, which direction is it most likely to come from, land, sea and air? And what can we do in these directions? Li Mo has some understanding of the assessment plan of the General Staff, but he is not very clear, as far as he knows, not only Libya, but also some countries have been included in this assessment system.

"Air and sea." Chief of Staff Hussein replied without hesitation, "With the precedents of Iraq and Afghanistan, France will never allow France to be bogged down in a war like Iraq, if it really comes out." Otherwise, France's actions lose any meaning. ”

Strike Libya with the most superior air and sea forces without the participation of ground forces. It is capable of destroying some military installations in Libya, but it is obviously impossible to completely destroy the Gaddafi regime. It is impossible for the ground forces to lose their effectiveness.

"As for the ground, we must not forget that there is also an opposition in Libya. These oppositionists, made up of declining royal families, conglomerates, and opposing tribes, also have a lot of resources and power at their disposal. And once the time comes for direct conflict, the Libyan people will quickly divide into two factions. Foreign Affairs is responsible for destroying Libya's air power and war potential, while opposition forces on the ground are to clear the Libyan political axe army that participates. ”

Hussein's explanation made it somewhat clear to everyone. And I think it's very likely that this will happen.

"Air and sea power, now our weak point. Don't talk about the Navy. What about the Air Force? Our air force is desperately trying to defend Somalia, let alone rushing to Libya to support it. Those countries have aircraft carriers. Rear Admiral Gedi, commander of the Navy, interjected. Although Rear Admiral Gedi accepted the fact that the navy was too weak, he still had some complaints in his heart.

Li Mo also had a headache when he heard this, and the foundation of Somalia was still too weak. Although the development has recovered in the past few years, it is still far from those old big powers.

As for the war or something, Li Mo doesn't care too much, the arms dealers are war criminals first, if there is no war, what do you want the arms dealers to do?

"That is, even if war breaks out, we will only have to watch?" Li Mo rubbed his forehead and asked.

Once the war breaks out, don't think about relying on sea support or anything, with the Somali navy, it will be a question of whether it can pass through the Suez Canal at that time. Not to mention that the Mediterranean must have been crowded with ships at that time. Those boats in Somalia must have been eaten, and there were not even bones left.

"According to our analysis, there are only two ways to resolve the crisis in this regard, the first is to strengthen the air force and air defense of Libya. The second is that we have an air base directly in Libya. Either way, we need to add at least 100 advanced fighter jets to Libya. Hussein explained with a flat face.

"Hiss......" There was a sound of inhalation in the conference room.

The most advanced in Somalia is the Su-27 fighter, but so far, there are only 23, originally 24, and one crashed some time ago. In the confrontation with those Western countries, the Su-27 fighter does not have an advantage, and if it cannot form an advantage in scale, the possibility of failure is even greater. After all, air combat is not only a test of fighter aircraft's ability, but also the quality of other pilots, such as satellites, early warning aircraft, and electronic warfare, and even pilots, are all important factors affecting the results of air combat.

What is the concept of 100? Even if you purchase it directly, you can't buy it in a year. And what about the money? It's billions of dollars.

In the 'big air force' plan proposed by Li Mo, Somalia is only equipped with 500 fighters, and only 100 fighters are planned to be equipped with the main fighters that are vying for air supremacy. It is impossible to change this plan easily for the sake of the Libyan crisis. And Li Mo can't come up with so much money.

Libya is rich, not to mention whether they are willing to pay or not, even if they do, it will not reach this scale in the short term.

After all, it's one thing to buy it back, and it's another thing to have combat effectiveness. The quality of the Libyan Air Force is not necessarily comparable to that of Somalia.

There are also suggestions that the Somali Air Force can be strengthened, and when needed, it can directly support Libya. Somalia is also only about 2,000 kilometers away from Libya, and Su-27 fighter jets can completely transfer to the field. But there are several countries between Somalia and Libya. If it is a normal time, you may allow a few military planes to cross the border after discussion, but in a special period, others will not necessarily open their airspace, after all, it will offend the other side.

"Okay, that's the end of this meeting, everyone go back and think about what else can be done." Li Mo felt that everyone had no good way for the time being, so he announced the adjournment of the meeting.

When he returned to the office, Li Mo received several phone calls in a row, all of which were from national dignitaries who were better with Li Mo. They all called to say hello to the attack in Benghazi, and most of them condemned the attackers in passing.

The last call was from Li Yanran, who probably got the news of Li Mo's attack from Li Yuting, and hurriedly called Li Mo to ask if Li Mo was injured or something. The words were full of worry and a hint of blame. blame Li Mo for not telling her when he encountered such a thing.

Li Mo explained a few words with a wry smile, and asked Li Yanran not to tell others, Li Mo didn't want his family to worry about his safety.

Thinking of this, Li Mo's anger towards the attacker grew again. If you oppose Gaddafi, you can oppose these damn guys, why are you still attacking me? Do you really think I'm a bully?

The next day, Li Mo hurried to the Aviation Industrial Park. At yesterday's meeting, Li Mo was aware of the crisis, and he had to figure out the research progress of Xingchen Group in aviation.

In An Li's office, Abic, the Minister of Scientific Research, gave a report on the latest situation in the scientific research department. He also knew about Li Mo's attack yesterday. So they tried their best to pick up those nice reports, but halfway through the report, they found that Li Mo's brows were furrowed, and he couldn't help but feel worried in his heart.

"Minister Abic, I don't want to hear those jargon right now, I just want to know, can we get on the fighter project now?" After listening to the report, Li Monai asked with a serious face.

Abic's face was suddenly a little embarrassed, now all the work of the scientific research department is on the 'tactical transport plane' proposed by Li Mo last time, although there are many aviation experts who have dug up, but in the short term, the 'tactical transport plane' still don't want to get out. At this time, where does the scientific research department have the energy to get fighters?

"Boss, even if we put down our work to study fighters, it will not be possible to reach the level of third-generation aircraft in a short time, at most it will be good to have one and a half to two and a half generations at most. Such an aircraft is clearly not what you need. Although Abic was very embarrassed, he still answered honestly.

Li Mo frowned when he heard this, if a generation and a half to two and a half generations of aircraft can still play a role in some third-rate African countries, but in the face of Western powers, it is purely a death.

"You haven't had a discussion about it? What do you think are the main difficulties restricting the development of fighter jets? Li Mo knew that he was in a hurry, but time waited for no one.

"Power!" Abic replied without thinking.

"The design of the aircraft, we can learn from the design of advanced fighters in other countries, and we also have our own advantages in terms of materials, that is, we can gradually solve the problem of optoelectronic equipment, but the power system is not so easy to solve. We now have a thrust-to-weight ratio of our own engines that do not reach 6, and now the thrust-to-weight ratio of general aircraft engines exceeds 8 or even more than 10. The engine is the heart of the aircraft, and without a good engine, even the best design will not produce a good aircraft. ”

Li Mo rubbed his forehead, he knew that what Abic said was right, the power is the heart, the heart is not good, how to make the main body work normally?

Suddenly, Li Mo thought of something. He immediately asked, "Do you know nuclear power?" Not the kind of nuclear reactor used on submarines, but a nuclear-powered jet engine? ”

Abic was stunned, he didn't understand what Li Mo meant, did he plan to install a nuclear engine on the plane?

"I have heard that during the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union began to study the use of nuclear power on aircraft, such as the NB-36H nuclear-powered bomber researched by the United States on the basis of the B-29 bomber, and the Tu-119 bomber researched by the former Soviet Union on the basis of the Tu-95 bomber. However, both countries later abandoned the "aircraft nuclear propulsion program" because many problems could not be solved and because of the intercontinental missile. ”

(To be continued)