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The Chinese Foreign Ministry was soon greeted with a strongly worded diplomatic note from the United States, in which Washington directly conveyed to Beijing its bottom line that once China once again supported the illegal Somali armed forces, and Li Lan's Shili scope was once again expanded, affecting regional peace and stability. In the spirit of the overall situation of peace, the US military will be determined to maintain the stability of the situation in Somalia. The same note was sent to the Moscow Kremlin.

However, whether it is Zhongnanhai or the Kremlin, the laughter of the top leaders of the two countries can be heard at the same time. The United States is in a hurry, can they not laugh? In the past, it was the United States that laughed at the world and took such an opportunity to receive diplomatic protests from the United States.

This is enough to illustrate too many problems, the United States has officially taken into account the impact on the strategic pattern brought about by the closer and closer proximity of China and Russia in recent years, and in the recent period of changes in the situation in the Shijie region, many US policies have been aborted because of the alliance between China and Russia. The most direct Syrian issue, the United States is already ready to fly, and in the end it has died down.

This time, the tough posture shown by the United States has made China and Russia see the concerns of the United States. If it was the United States in the past, now it has been charged with a crime, and then it is very simple to say so much about missiles.

Both Putin and China's No. 1 chief know very well that the United States is not joking, and in order to prove its unanimous words and deeds, the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet have made moves at the same time and have begun to move towards the Gulf of Aden.

Of the two, the one who felt the funniest was the No. 1 chief. Because he knows the twists and turns best. Li Lan's weapons and equipment already made him smile a little. Of course, this is on the premise that Li Lan will give a copy of all this equipment to China. Especially. He knew that these equipment were not actually supported by China, and China was happy to have such a reputation on its back.

Being able to cause trouble for the United States in other regions is in China's interests, and it is also what Chief No. 1 would like to see. Although because of a Chinese, this matter is inseparable from China. But so what, if Li Lan really needs China's support, then the No. 1 leader will not hesitate to arrest Li Lan back, so as not to add to the chaos. But. Li Lan, on the other hand, relied on himself and did not receive any help from China in army building. There is such a person, and the No. 1 leader really wants him to live a long life.

If one day, Li Lan can come up with a navy and air force that can match the strength of his army, Chief No. 1 really wants to confront the United States on this, because it is completely worth it. In particular, he no longer doubts Li Lan's motives, and this matter is definitely not directed by the United States, these two points are enough for him to give it a go.

Under the attitude of Chief One. In response to the protest in the United States, China only replied with a sentence of the scene, a real official Tai Chi promoter. Half a day later, the Chinese Ministry of Defense announced. The third Type 071 dock landing ship, the Changbaishan, the Type 052C destroyer Lanzhou, and an ocean-going comprehensive supply ship Qiandaohu will be mobilized to the Gulf of Aden to replace the Jinggangshan, which has been carrying out escort missions in the Gulf of Aden for more than half a year.

China's reaction. Let the top of the United States be outraged because of such a move. The United States is not taken into account at all. However, the Chinese Foreign Ministry's soft and hard attitude made the United States helpless for a while. But. On the issue of the East and South China Seas, however, China has suddenly softened, and China's attitude has become unpredictable to the United States.

However, the core point of the incident, the protagonist around Li Lan, is not clear about the changing situation in the international situation, because at this moment he is organizing troops to encircle and suppress the few remaining armored forces in Ethiopia, and he has no energy to pay attention to these at all.

Within six hours of the complete start of the battle, the 2nd Armored Brigade and more than 200 other Rhino tanks had completed the encirclement of the three armored brigades on the Ethiopian side, and the heavy artillery brigade cooperated with the hoplite regiment to complete the occupation of the town of Zak and cut off all the retreats of the Ethiopian armored forces.

Just when the war of annihilation was in full swing, the Ethiopian side was completely anxious, and the main force was exhausted, including 15 Su-27s, a total of 33 fixed-wing fighters, rushing back and forth on the battlefield.

At this time, the Rhino tank suffered a lot of casualties, and the heavy artillery brigade had to retreat to the base air defense network, and the self-propelled artillery units were all in a state of rest because they were out of range, mainly because of the missile attack from the Su-27, while the air defense units on the ground could not threaten the Su-27. However, fifteen Su-27s are too few after all, and for a battlefield of this scale, the destructive power is limited. Coupled with the Red Guard's attitude of never giving up until the goal is achieved, Ethiopia's air strikes can only create a stronger desire for the Red Guard Corps to attack.

The mission of the Red Police Corps is clear, and according to Li Lan's order, it is to not grow an inch of grass.

This is an asymmetric war between Africans and Africans, in the past, in the eyes of normal people, Ethiopia should be in absolute advantage, but the result of the matter is completely opposite, the so-called asymmetry, in fact, Ethiopia is at a complete disadvantage, even if all the Su-27 of the Egyptian army is exhausted, it cannot change this.

Victory in the war was already doomed when Hofmannd delivered the good news to Li Lan. The 1st Armored Brigade and the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade had already completed the annihilation of the Puntland Republican Guard in the city of Carlin, and it was only eight hours before the battle began.

The five infantry brigades sent by Puntland, plus a façade armored brigade, were wiped out by two brigade-sized units under the command of Hofmander within eight hours, and nearly 30,000 men were captured. The reality of the battle was that when the 1st Panzer Brigade swooped down directly on the Puntland Republican Guard, the battle turned into a prisoner's capture.

At this time, the battle in Somaliland was still in full swing, and Li Lan did not let Hofmander rest, but ordered two tank battalions of the First Brigade, plus three infantry battalions of the mechanized infantry brigade, to march rapidly westward along the southern part of the Surud Mountains and directly attack another large city in Puntland, Erigabo.

Erigabo is located at the foot of Surud's highest peak, in a straight line with the territory, across the mountain. Erigabo belongs to the state capital and has a population of three or four hundred thousand. At the beginning, many of the refugees that Li Lan took in came to the base through the trail of Erigabo through the Surud Mountains.

Originally, in the Surud Mountains, there was a road leading directly to the coast of the Gulf of Aden, but it has not been maintained for many years, and the mountain roads along the way have long been impassable for vehicles. From the territory to Erigabo, along the westernmost part of the Surud Mountains, if you go around, it is more than a hundred kilometers, much closer than from the territory to Bossaso. It's just that Erigabo doesn't have much value, so Li Lan didn't choose here before.

Now, he and Puntland have made a difference, so naturally they don't need to have any worries, and simply order Hofmander to take this city that has been reduced in size a lot.

However, this was only a passing seizure, because the main order that Hofmand received was to bypass the western end of the Surud Mountains, intercept the retreat of the Ethiopian army, and form a new interception toward. This is the rhythm that really wants to drive all the Ethiopian troops into Somalia to death.

As a heroic general, Hofmann naturally knew very well the significance of Li Lan's order, so after receiving the order, he immediately sent troops to set off, and even he sat in the command car and commanded nearby. The remaining troops and artillery battalions remained in the city of Carlin and Bossaso as garrisons.

From the city of Kalin to Erigabo, the straight line travel is only more than 200 kilometers, according to the slowest march speed of the rhino tank in the ranks, it takes more than four hours to march, and after Erigabo, there are still hundreds of kilometers to go. This also takes a minimum of two hours.

However, Li Lan only gave Hofman eight hours, and the whole journey from the time the order was issued to the Jihua location where the Ethiopian troops were intercepted was only eight hours, and not a single tank unit could be left behind if all the tank units arrived.

In order to avoid picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons, the four battalions led by Hofmande, who went straight to the weakly armed Erigabo, swaggered and waved the Somali flag under the noses of the Shili armed forces in major places, and passed through Erigabo.

Under the tremendous momentum of more than 70 rhino tanks and hundreds of multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicles, all the armed forces of Erigabo were very silent, and now in the whole of Somalia, who does not know this battle, all the places shili, do not even have the qualifications to choose a position, they can only remain silent. Even if they wanted to do something, when they saw such a terrifying armored force, they were very sensible and pretended not to see it.

When Hofman ordered the marching procession to stop in front of the government gate in Erigabo, a dozen soldiers planted the Somali flag directly in front of the government building and announced the occupation of the area. Leave a message: "Erigabo has been occupied!" "Then I took a photo, and after I left, no one was left. And the government troops of Erigabo were very sensibly silent, and sent away Hoffman and his party with awe.

After the huge convoy completely left Erigabo, the convoy stopped again, and after more than half an hour of fuel replenishment, the fuel that followed the convoy was emptied, and the team set off again.

At this time, there were not many Ethiopian armored brigades left on the battlefield in Somaliland, and the remaining troops abandoned the troops behind the palace under the cover of the air force, and finally there were less than three battalions of troops to retreat.

However, when the U.S. military had already informed them that the retreat had been intercepted, and in the face of the situation of blocking the front and back, Ethiopia urgently sent a motorized division to meet it, and reluctantly stayed in Bulau. Because the outcome is already predestined. (To be continued......)