Volume 7 Chapter 928 Approaching

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Two Somali Navy Regiment 'Seagull' patrol planes carrying anti-ship missiles took off from Hargeisa Air Base in Somalia to carry out patrol missions in the waters of the Gulf of Aden. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This kind of patrol plane, which almost has more electronic equipment and radar than the propeller aircraft during World War II, and more advanced weapons such as missiles, has gradually been accepted by the surrounding forces in the Gulf of Aden. Even for the multinational fleet carrying out the 'escort mission' in the Gulf of Aden, this is the only naval patrol plane in the world, and it is also a 'beautiful' scenery.

The reduction in the size of Somalia's territorial waters on the Gulf of Aden side of the Gulf of Aden at a cruising speed of 480 km/h over a period of 3,000 kilometres does not prevent them from expanding their patrols to the high seas.

While patrolling more than 80 kilometers northeast of Berbera, the pilots discovered a large fleet, which was none other than the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier battle group, which the United States hastily recalled after the Third Economic Cooperation announced the Persian Gulf exercise.

Forty kilometers away from the aircraft carrier formation, two "Seagull" patrol planes were hovering and unwilling to leave, which made the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier battle group a little nervous, and soon two F/A-18 "Hornet" fighters took off urgently to try to expel the two "flies."

Naturally, the F-18 fighter is much more advanced than the "Seagull" patrol plane, but the pilots of the Somali "Seagull" patrol plane are also undaunted and still linger in the airspace 40 kilometers away from the aircraft carrier battle group.

The reason why the 'Seagull' patrol planes are so bold is that since the 'Nimitz' aircraft carrier battle group entered the Gulf of Aden, it has slowed down and is getting closer and closer to the time of the exercise.

In Somaliland and several major air bases in the Northern Military Region, vigilance has long been raised, and all planes and pilots are on standby, and once a conflict breaks out, they will rush to the conflict zone as soon as possible. The strategic missile regiment, which is also hidden in the depths of the Hansuga Mountains, has also entered combat readiness duty, whether it is the Firmament-11 missile with a nuclear warhead or the Firmament-1 missile with a conventional warhead.

At the strategic air base in southern Somalia, a consignment of special ammunition with extremely strict secrecy was also secretly transported here. The staff in protective suits stored all of the ammunition in a special warehouse, and some of it was loaded with two Condor fighters parked in the hangar.

The same logo was painted on the casing parts of these munitions. Ocean blue undertones, a magenta circle, around this 'circle', there are three magenta patterns that resemble fan blades.

The commander of the Strategic Air Force, Colonel Jababa, was standing aside in protective clothing at this moment, silently watching the staff carefully put the ammunition into the plane's magazine.

Each of these bombs was very large, more than two meters long and more than fifty centimeters in diameter, and the bombs required tools to move and load on the plane.

Each aircraft has the same number of 12 bombs, and these bombs are not heavy ground-penetrating bombs, but are called 'nuclear bombs'.

When all the bombs were loaded onto the plane, Jababa glanced at the cockpit of the plane, and unlike the previous Condor, these two Condor fighters were two-seaters.

...... "This is the information we have, and when an hour before the exercise begins, our men will move and move the 'Allah right-handed' people, especially its leader, Iman? Cayem must be in control. And this person is under the direct control of the crown prince of Qatar, and if this person is caught, we have enough reasons to do something against Qatar. Li Mo handed the intelligence information of the 'right hand of Allah' to Safavi and said, "At present, this person is in the UAE, our people have been monitoring him 24 hours a day, and now I need your country's help here, once I control this person, I want to transfer him to Iran for interrogation." ”

After reading the information on the 'Right Hand of Allah, Major General Safavid nodded without hesitation, "This is no problem. There is just a question, what if Qatar refuses to admit it? Also, the US military has nearly 100 warplanes at the Al Udeid base, so if we do something against Qatar, will we preemptively attack this base? ”

It can be said that in this coming conflict, Iran and Somalia dominate. The purpose of the two countries, Syria and North Korea, to take a position is far greater than it is practical. So in the 'exercise command', the attitudes of Iran and Somalia also play a role in determining surnames.

"No, we can't take the initiative. By taking the initiative, we found a legitimate reason for the American politicians to go to war. However, we must strictly monitor the movements of the US military, and as long as the Americans intervene, we will teach them a lesson. Li Mo shook his head and said. In this contest with the United States in the Persian Gulf, Iran will put the greatest pressure, but it will also have the most benefits; once the conflict is won, it will be tantamount to the failure of the strategy pursued by the United States to contain Iran, and it will even be seized by other major powers to seize the dominance of the Middle East region.

Seeing this, the United States spared no effort to dispatch troops.

If Iran wants to break through the US blockade, it will have to contribute, otherwise the Iranians will be strangled sooner or later when the rope around the Iranians' necks gets closer and closer.

"Although Qatar's military scale is small, its strength is not weak." Major General Safavid suddenly said without a head.

Li Mo was stunned for a moment, then nodded and smiled, "Others have money, and all the legal equipment is equipped." If a conflict breaks out, the dozen or so Mirage-2000s in Qatar will be handed over to the Somali Air Force. ”

Qatar is currently armed with more than a dozen Mirage-2000s, half of which are the latest model, the Mirage 2000-5. If the Somali Air Force uses Su-27SS fighters to take to the skies, the results of the air battles between the two should be similar, that is, the air combat capabilities of the two are similar, and the actual results are far more external factors than the aircraft surname factors. If it is a follow-up modification of the Su-27, such as the Su-35/37, then the Mirage 2000-5 is certainly not an opponent.

However, the Somali Air Force has 'Condor' fighters, and although they have not yet participated in actual combat, Li Mo is full of confidence. If nothing else, the laser anti-missile system equipped on the 'Condor' fighter is a 'cheater' that reverses the comparison of advantages. Moreover, the forward-swept wing design and stealth surname ability all make the 'Condor' fighter occupy an advantage in air combat.

Time passed slowly, and the whole world lost its sound, and what I heard in my ears seemed to be the ticking sound of the alarm clock every second.

In the Persian Gulf, OECD III has gathered more than 200 warplanes of various types and more than 400 helicopters of various types. More than 30,000 elite troops from various countries.

The GCC countries have also raised their own alert to the highest level. Everyone can see that the purpose of the Persian Gulf exercise of the Third OECD is not simple, and it is quite a sharpening knife, and many people have already decided that there is a big conspiracy hidden behind this exercise.

On the other hand, there is another country that has nothing to do with it - the United States. One 'Eisenhower' aircraft carrier battle group cruises in the Persian Gulf, and the other 'Nimitz' aircraft carrier battle group cruises in the Arabian Sea. In Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, the U.S. military has once again deployed a large amount of air power in the region to prevent a 'sneak attack' by the Third OECD.

Some people estimate that the US military has deployed nearly 200 fighters of various types in the Gulf region, and there are even some rumors that the US political axe is planning to transfer an F-22 fighter squadron into the Gulf region.

If we zoom in on the map, there have been signs of abnormal military movements at many US military bases in the Gulf area, Djibouti in Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, and Europe.

Not to mention the two aircraft carrier battle groups that are rushing from the sea to the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf.

The U.S. political axe abruptly announced on February 10 that Secretary of Defense Robert ? Gates will go to Qatar on 11 November to inspect the US military Al Udeid Air Base.

Behind this high-profile announcement is the fact that the Americans have secretly put on the table the importance they attach to the Persian Gulf exercises.

On 12 February, there were only two days before the Persian Gulf exercise. On this day, in the city of Abbas, Iran, Iran, Somalia, Syria, North Korea and Libya made their first appearance to the outside world and participated in the special press conference of the Third OECD on the Persian Gulf exercise.

Hundreds of news outlets from around the world gathered in Abbas to a stadium in Abbas, and the 2,000-seat stadium was quickly packed.

The press conference was chaired by Deputy Commander of the Iranian Air Force, Karsaki. Speaking to hundreds of media reporters, Karsaki said the drills were not aimed at any country and were aimed at strengthening military cooperation and exchanges among the OECD member states.

He said that military exercises have now departed from the definition of political purpose in the past, and most of today's military exercises are implemented by various countries in order to test their skills in peacetime, and this is no the case with the current Persian Gulf exercise.

Karsaki then gave a general briefing on the process of the exercise, the precautions for the ships and planes passing through the area near the exercise, and hoped that the neighboring countries would remain calm and not react violently, which would lead to unexpected changes in the exercise.

In the course of a question from a reporter at a later stage, a reporter asked, "General Karsaki, after your organization announced the area and time of the exercise, the volume of maritime traffic in the Persian Gulf was reduced by two-thirds, which had a serious impact on global oil prices. ”

In the rise in international oil prices, the company has also suffered heavy losses. Billions of dollars have been spent on it, and even now it is difficult to maintain the needs of the whole country with oil imports, so it has to use oil reserves. Not to mention how resentful he was in his heart.

Karsaki smiled unhesitantly, "Mr. Reporter, have you read the map I divided the exercise area before?" If I'm not mistaken, the area of our exercise is only within 100 kilometers of the island of Rawan in the Persian Gulf, and it has no impact on transportation in the Persian Gulf. As for why the volume of transportation is decreasing, you have to ask the shipping companies about this. As for the rise in oil prices, I personally believe that this is an inevitable law of economic development. Of course, if you think the price of oil is too expensive, I personally recommend that you don't buy it, it's very simple. ”

(To be continued)