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In the end, the M Force Air Carrier lifted eight F-35G combat aircraft into the air to escort the fleet, and six Sky Knight unmanned fighters that GDI had seen before conducted patrol and alert missions in the outermost areas of the fleet.

Unlike the sluggish appearance when they first saw them, the M Army Air Fleet at this time was like a hedgehog that had been stimulated, fully mobilized, and the entire fleet also put on a combat posture after the fighters took off.

But their move, in the eyes of the clones who have already seen the real air fleet, and even the magnificent space fleet, the military air fleet can only be regarded as a primary school student compared to the global defense force in terms of scale, tactical level, and even technical level.

"That's pretty good." Although some people don't look down on the air fleet of the M army, Lieutenant Cody still agrees with it more pertinently, "After all, our air fleet has taken nearly a hundred years to build up to what it is later, and the people of country M have established such an air fleet in less than a year, and this learning ability is still very strong." ”

"But that's a waste of resources." Although some of them agree with some of Cody's statements, Liu Yan still opposes it, "They have the resources and time, how many troops can be expanded, how many other equipment can be produced, but they put resources into technical weapons that are not of great use and will not take long, and with that energy and resources, why don't they go all out to study and improve their production process on starships?" ”

"This can be regarded as a way of accumulating some kind of technology." Cody pointed to the air fleet on the screen and said, "Produce something in small batches that can be produced with their current technical level, find deficiencies and problems from them, master better technology, and then update their new products, and so on, forming a relatively good technology upgrade system." ”

"Of course I know that, because that's what my own country has always done. I don't think it's right to refer to the fact that the people of country M have obviously been beaten like this by the Sijing people in their homeland, but they still use their energy and resources in other places from time to time as before, as if they are still the overlord of the earth. Obviously, their own armaments are insufficient, and they are all purchasing advanced equipment from outside, and they are already unable to protect themselves, but they still have to reach out everywhere to take care of other people's affairs. Don't you think they are actually preparing for the division of the post-war world pattern? ”

"You don't want to be left behind us, you want to continue to maintain your previous position, do you mean that?" Lieutenant Cody shrugged, a little unconcerned, "You think too much, even if Country M wants to do this, the existence of GDI will not allow them to achieve their goal." And even if they get advanced technology in one way or another, they can't compare with us. Besides, who wants to watch their country fall from the top? Most humans have an insatiable sense of initiative. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that Country M was too conspicuous, the Sijing people wouldn't have regarded them as the main target of attack, right?" Liu Yan suddenly held his chin with a thoughtful expression, "It's a little strange to say, how did the people of country M send such a fleet to Europe?" Half of North America seems to be affected by the electromagnetic pulse generated by the plasma storm, and it is difficult for aircraft to pass through the area around New York. Looking at the appearance and structure of those air warships, they do not look like sea ships, and they should not take off after going to Europe by sea. Could it be that at this point, the people of country M still have large industries outside of their homeland that can make these things? ”

"Oh, that's quite possible." Cody took the data board and recorded the incident, "Didn't it be said before that the Holy Brotherhood and the Sijing people are carrying out sabotage operations against human industrial production areas in various regions around the world in order to reduce the potential of human warfare?" As a result, the local industry in country M has been more severely affected, so it is highly likely that they will build new factories in safer areas overseas. It's just that this matter is not in our grasp, so no matter what happens in the future, we must find the location first. ”

"That's the problem." Liu Yan looked at the air fleet and muttered, "They have secret factories overseas, we don't know, don't the Sijing people know either?" I've always felt that they were much better at intelligence gathering than humans. ”

"Are you worried that fleet might turn into an enemy?" Cody was stunned for a moment, and his hand that was entering the content on the data board also stopped, "Although there have been many mutinies of the M Army before, but as the most advanced and elite air fleet, it is impossible for the people of the M country to let the people of the Holy Brotherhood mix in and control the whole ship, right?" ”

"No, I'm referring to the fact that some of the senior personnel of the M Army may have a problem, and if someone is in command of the fleet, then we have to be careful that we will be fired from behind by that fleet. Such an important air fleet, even the Holy Brotherhood itself has never had one, and they could not let go of the opportunity to control it. ”

"Then I'll include this in the report and let the higher authorities decide how to deal with them."

"It's better for us to be careful ourselves, although it looks like the size of the air carrier doesn't look like how many planes it can carry, for fear that they will suddenly turn back at a critical moment, and we won't be able to get reinforcements so easily."

After discussing how to deal with the air fleet of Army M, the two of them didn't say anything more, but just watched as the air fleet of Army M followed the same route as them after sending fighter planes to escort the escort, and flew towards the assembly point of country Y.

And the escort fighter force on the side of the GDI fleet has also increased from a previous Dragon Eagle squadron to three wings in half an hour - although not all of them are Dragon Eagle fighters, most of them are still older Sky Eagle fighters and GDI version of F-35G fighters, but in terms of quantity, it can already be guaranteed that if the M Army Air Fleet wants to have any crooked brains, they can not only protect themselves, but also annihilate the other party.

Strictly speaking, GDI also has the technical ability to build an air fleet, but they already have a space fleet, and they do not plan to put valuable starships on the ground battlefield, if they only support the ground in low earth orbit, it doesn't matter, but to let the starship enter the atmosphere to fight, it will be a constraint, which seriously restricts the various capabilities of the starship, and cannot make the starship fully exert all its combat effectiveness.

Although Lin Hai also has plans to build some professional intra-atmosphere combat air warships at the right time, at present, all of their shipbuilding capacity is focused on manufacturing starships, and there is no spare capacity to make intra-atmosphere combat ships - compared to the more or less anti-aircraft missiles and fighters in the atmosphere, a sufficient number of starships in space is an important equipment for GDI and the Sijing people to compete for the right to control the universe - they can't spare the production line to make air warships that are not urgently needed for the time being.

It is also for these reasons that after seeing that the M Army has built an air fleet, Lin Hai simply asked Liu Yan and the transport ship they were on at this time to temporarily act as an air carrier in the GDI side to provide supplies and maintenance for those escort fighter units.

Thanks to the original design of the transport ship, which was the skeleton of the Kodiak-class battlecruiser, this class of starships originally also had the ability to carry fighters, coupled with the modular design, so that the huge hull of this transport ship, which did not carry many army units, still had enough space to provide berthing and repair capabilities for the fighters of the 108 fighters of the three wings.

Of course, transport ships also have shortcomings, that is, there is not much armament, in order to reduce the load, so that the transport ship can take off and land at will in the atmosphere - even vertical take-off and landing - GDI has removed almost all the heavy armament on the transport ship, whether it is a large-caliber railgun or a heavy laser cannon, or all kinds of heavy missile launch systems, they can basically be dismantled.

The freed up space will not only allow the transport ship to carry more personnel and equipment, but also more fuel and supplies, and now even more than 100 warplanes. But the price is that the transport ship only has a small number of laser point defense systems for basic self-defense, and once it encounters an enemy that the escort fighter fleet cannot solve, then the transport ship itself will be very dangerous, which is why the transport ship that Liu Yan and they were going to take before fell.

But it doesn't matter much at this time.

The transport ship is still the previous transport ship, even if it carries three wings of fighters, it is still very fragile, and the reason why GDI dares to let a transport ship transport tens of thousands of troops to the extremely bad war situation of country Y is because the GDI command senior management will send three Higra-class space destroyers that were originally to be launched into space to be equipped with intra-atmosphere flight devices, and sent to escort the transport ship.

The transfer of three space destroyers from the already urgently needed space destroyers for the use of the troops in the atmosphere also proves from the side that the top management of GDI still attaches great importance to the new trends of the M Army, and at the same time forces them to pay attention to the supply and renewal of equipment for combat units in the atmosphere.

On the rest of the journey, the GDI transport ship and the M Army air fleet arrived at the Y Army base in Plymouth without incident. After the more than 10,000 Y troops on board, as well as Liu Yan's GDI elite infantry company, were unloaded, the transport ship naturally returned to country D with the three wing fighters, and they had other transportation tasks.

The air fleet of the M Army, based in Plymouth, sent warplanes to the London area from here to attack the troops of the Sijing people and assist the Y Army troops in ground operations.

As for Liu Yan, he is an elite infantry company of more than 100 people.

Although the people of Country Y are very willing to throw them to the main battlefield in London to fill the battle line along with the returned Y Army, they do not have direct command of the GDI troops, and they need to apply to the GDI high command before they can do so.

It's a pity that how could Lin Hai give his direct troops to others as cannon fodder?