A full week after the fighting in Egypt, the two sides have increased their forces to 200,000, which is almost at the limit of saturation, and the fighting is now not limited to Cairo. ◇↓頂◇↓Point◇↓Small◇↓ said,

From Cairo to Alexandria and the Mediterranean front, there are battlefields everywhere, and the special forces of both sides have infiltrated the rear to conduct special operations against supply and support troops.

Fighting is spreading everywhere, the Nile River, the birthplace of Egyptian civilization, and the concentration of Egypt's population, and now, fighting has spread all around the Nile.

A large number of NATO special forces infiltrated all corners of the entire Nile River to strike at the river transportation and supply routes of the Somali logistics forces.

Conversely, the Somali special forces also quickly infiltrated the Mediterranean coastline and vigorously destroyed the supplies arriving from the Mediterranean.

On the frontal battlefield, the forces of both sides have reached saturation, and fighting is breaking out in every city north of Cairo, and reinforcements from both sides are continuous.

According to incomplete statistics, in the 10-day battle, the two sides have lost more than 500 fighter jets over Egypt, but both Somalia and NATO are still desperate to seize air supremacy.

The whole of Italy has become a bridgehead for NATO fighters to Egypt, with thousands of sorties taking off and landing every day, because unless it is a huge numerical advantage, they simply cannot stop the attack of Somali fighters.

On the ground, there are already many holes, a large number of residential areas in the city have been reduced to ruins, and many streets have lost their former cleanliness, and bomb craters can be seen everywhere. and artillery fire that rang in the ears.

It has been nine full days since the outbreak of the war in Egypt. At least tens of thousands of people were killed on both sides, and the losses of equipment were in the thousands.

But still no side chose to back down. Logistics supplies are still being sent to the front line.

In the base, Li Lan has been very busy every day since this week, and he did not go out of his way to command the troops to fight, but was busy with another job, building defensive weapons.

There is only one type to build, the Sentinel Cannon, and a large number of Sentinel Cannons are built.

Thirteen sub-base vehicles were constantly building sentry guns, in just nine days. He had already built a dense network of sentinel cannons north of Cairo.

It was his first attempt to build defensive weapons onto the battlefield, and it was easy to take advantage of the game's bugs in the game.

Back then, Li Lan's favorite thing was to build giant cannons around other people's bases, or minerals, to hit the opponent's minerals and bases.

It's just that there are no such bugs in reality, but now Egypt has been included in the friendly camp and can build defensive weapons in Egypt.

And he's been doing it all along, only this time. He did not choose to build anti-aircraft weapons, but all of them chose Sentinel guns.

Li Lan is very familiar with the sentry gun, and when he first owned the base, he could build this weapon. The twin-mounted 30mm rapid-fire gun has super lethality at a straight distance, with a strong killing range of 3,000 meters. The effective killing range is 5,000 kilometers.

Such a weapon is also not required to be operated manually as a defensive weapon. Ammunition resupply is not required, as long as it is not destroyed. Not to work for long hours.

It is a pity that this kind of defensive weapon has never been able to go abroad, and can only be used for passive defense within the scope of sovereignty. Li Lan deeply regretted this.

Now his regret can be remedied, and the fighting in Egypt has entered a stalemate, which is not a satisfactory result for both sides.

NATO needs to change its tactics as soon as possible, and Li Lan also needs to change its tactics as soon as possible. And he soon had a plan, the current front line of the battle can no longer be changed, because Egypt and Italy are not far away, it is difficult for the air force to gain an advantage as soon as possible.

It is not that he did not send fighter planes to Italy to attack the airfields deep in Italy, but the effect has not been very good, and the fighters that NATO sneak attacked have also been defeated.

Soon both sides gave up this kind of sneak attack, all kinds of electromagnetic weapons were also tried, and the silent battle of electronic warfare against the troops never stopped.

All kinds of new tactics were difficult to work, and Li Lan immediately thought of the possibility of using defensive weapons on the battlefield.

The cost of a sentry cannon is only 6,000 base funds, which is a very cheap and efficient weapon, and it is extremely cost-effective in terms of attack effect.

Soon the idea was solidified, and all defensive weapons in the thirteen sub-bases were stopped, and a large number of sentinel guns were placed on the construction list.

Then came Li Lan's busiest time, the sentry cannon was a defensive weapon, and once the enemy was found, it would counterattack, and it would also cause damage to its own soldiers and equipment in the trajectory.

Therefore, in the choice of construction site, he needs to plan well.

In order to prevent accidental injuries to his own troops, Li Lan chose all the sentinel guns he built around the area where NATO's heavy troops were assembled, and he also made careful designs to prevent the sentinel guns from attacking his own sentry guns.

In order to use the Sentinel Cannon as a surprise soldier, he had to turn off all the defense mechanisms of the base, turn off all the defensive weapons, and then choose the Sentry Cannon to build, all of which were built in a stealth way.

After several days of hard work, he continued to build sentry guns, a large number of which were spread throughout the streets of cities west of Cairo and along the coast.

He wants to give NATO a big surprise, and he will spare no effort in building it.

The construction of the Sentinel Cannon did not take long, and soon a large number of Sentinel Artillery was hidden at the feet of NATO soldiers.

Today, the entire north of Egypt has been divided into thousands of sentry guns, and nine days is already the limit of thirteen base vehicles.

As long as the rest state of the defensive weapon is lifted, under the base's friend or foe identification system, these sentinel cannons will suddenly exert force.

On the tenth day, Li Lan was still only building the sentry cannon, and he had not planned to unravel the rest of the defensive weapon like this.

The reason is simple, what he needs is to seize the advantage of the war, not purely to kill the other side.

Although the Sentinel Cannon has a good attack power. But there was no way to help him win the war. And the fixed sentry cannon that can't be moved, at most, can be effective for a short time. It will soon be destroyed.

Even if he turns on the whole maintenance state, he can't stop NATO's counterattack firepower.

Use the Sentry Cannon. It's just to change the situation of this war and give your side an advantage. This will not work only by relying on sentinel artillery, and the focus is still on air supremacy.

Only by seizing air supremacy in modern warfare can we occupy the superiority of the war, and at present neither side can gain air supremacy, which is also the main reason for the stalemate in ground warfare.

If air supremacy can be obtained for a certain period of time, the attack of the ground forces will become very smooth with the support of the air force, and the attack effect of the sentry artillery can be matched. Reverse the difficult situation of ground warfare.

However, if air supremacy could be obtained so quickly, he would not have waited until now.

The number of NATO fighters has always been about twice that of Somali fighters for a long time, and the quality advantage has been flattened by the quantity.

In order to gain air supremacy, it is necessary to attack with the same number of warplanes within a certain period of time, so that NATO's air supremacy in northern Egypt can be broken.

After putting the last set of sentry guns on the construction list, Li Lan asked Natasha, who had been by her side all along, "The construction of a temporary airfield in Egypt." How's it going? ”

"At present, three temporary airfields have been built, and the four air force command centers built by the commander can also take off and land fighters, and an hour ago, the two Apollo fighter wings of the 1st Air Division were all stationed in the air force command center in Egypt. In the next 12 hours, all other fighters will be stationed at Egypt's air bases and temporary airfields. Natasha replied immediately.

"How many fighters can we take off directly from Egypt then?" Li Lan asked again.

"There is no problem with taking off two hundred fighters at the same time. With the help of warplanes taking off from Eritrean territory, four hundred warplanes can be dispatched at the same time. And I've already arranged it. The fighters participating in this operation will all be fifth-generation fighters. All fourth-generation fighters are attached to ground attack weapons, and as long as our fighters gain air superiority, these fourth-generation fighters will all undertake ground attack missions. Natasha began.

"Twelve hours is too long, it's four o'clock in the afternoon, I only give the Air Force eight hours, and after eight hours, I want to have at least two hundred fifth-generation fighters to use, and the second wave group must have at least two wings of fifth-generation fighters, and I will not only seize the air supremacy of Egypt's airspace, but also launch a surprise attack on the NATO navy in the southeast waters of the Mediterranean."

Speaking of this, Li Lan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said with a bit of anger: "Does NATO really think that I can't do anything with the navy in the Mediterranean?" If it weren't for the lack of range, I would have given them a taste of the power of the cannon, and don't force me to build a cannon on top of the pyramid. ”

"I understand, and immediately inform the Air Force to speed up the work of stationing in Egypt." Natasha nodded, immediately picked up the phone next to her, and explained Li Lan's meaning.

When she put down the phone, Li Lan asked again: "Let the special operations brigade eliminate those NATO special forces who have infiltrated southern Egypt as soon as possible, I don't want to continue to hear the news of NATO special forces wreaking havoc in our rear." ”

After leaving these words, Li Lan walked out of the console, he was going to meet someone.

On the first floor of the base, in Li Lan's private reception room, Ceci had been waiting here for a few minutes.

And Li Lan stepped on the appointed time and walked into his office, and the second one-on-one meeting between the two was unusually quiet.

Because at this moment, the two already belong to the same camp, one is prosperous and the other is falling. To put it bluntly, it is two grasshoppers tied to a rope, and no one can escape.

"President Li, the war has hurt Egypt, and as the president of Egypt, I am ashamed!" As soon as he saw Li Lan, Cesi couldn't help but complain.

"The damage caused by war is unavoidable, and Egypt will have a better future in the future." Li Lan simply comforted.

"You were right at the beginning, Egypt is inevitably involved in the war, and now I just hope that this war can end quickly, otherwise I really can't give an explanation to the people. They believed in me and chose me, and I couldn't bring them too much disaster. Sisi said with a bitter face.

Li Lan patted Sisi on the shoulder and said very seriously: "Believe me, the war in Africa will not last too long. ”

"Hopefully!" Ceci nodded. Don't say that he doesn't believe Li Lan's words now, because he has no reason not to believe it at all. He is tied to Somalia in Egypt, and he has no choice.

"Everything will be fine." Li Lan didn't know what to say. He could only say a pale comforting sentence, and then said: "I took you from Egypt, first of all, for your safety, and secondly, I hope that you can better let the two armies fight together." ”

"I understand, anyway, now that Egypt is standing with Somalia, we will find a way to do whatever we need to do." Sisi spoke.

"Truth be told, I'm already organizing a bigger counteroffensive plan, if it goes well. It can quickly end the stalemate in Egypt at the moment. However, the plan also needed the help of the Egyptian army. Li Lan said.

As soon as Sisi heard this, he immediately became interested, he had a lifelong career as a horseman, from the highest military governor of Egypt to the president, he can be called an outstanding military strategist.

"No problem, my army will definitely cooperate fully."

"Okay, then I will hand over the next stage of the battle plan to you, and you will immediately mobilize troops and prepare according to the plan."

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At the same time. The Andes Mountains of the United States, inside the Supreme Command of the NATO coalition forces.

It is undeniable that the fighting in Egypt has become the focal point of the two military blocs, attracting all the attention of the top leaders of both sides.

It's just within the Supreme Command of the NATO coalition. The atmosphere had become oppressive already a few days ago and has continued to this day.

The thousands of staff members inside can feel the very dissatisfied attitude of the high-level.

Every order is given. All in the most severe tone, some generals. It was just because of some minor problems that it was directly replaced.

Everyone knows the reason for this dissatisfaction. Long before the Egyptian offensive began, everyone here was confident.

The first stage of the battle was indeed very satisfying, and the NATO coalition forces took advantage of the short-term sea and air superiority to take Cairo under control in just over an hour.

The subsequent landing force also supported Cairo with maximum efficiency, which was a good start.

However, this beginning did not last long before the form of Cairo changed dramatically.

He was just appointed commander of the Egyptian theater of operations, but was beheaded by Somali special forces, and the vice president of Egypt, who was finally wooed, was sniped at the gate of the TV station and became the laughing stock of the whole world.

Although the Supreme Command appointed a second Egyptian theater commander as quickly as possible, the fighting in Cairo has put the NATO coalition on the back foot.

The offensive of the Somali army still maintains a sharp style, and it has turned the attack on the NATO coalition forces in the Middle East into a defensive state.

If it weren't for the rapid arrival of follow-up reinforcements, who finally stabilized their position, the NATO coalition forces would have been driven out of Egypt long ago.

I thought that once again gaining a foothold, taking advantage of the convenient sea transportation routes, the coalition forces would soon regain the initiative.

But the result of the fact is that after nine days, the coalition forces of more than 200,000 troops are still unable to drive the Somali army and the Egyptian army out of Cairo.

How can this satisfy the Supreme Command, you know, for a modern war, a battle that lasted nine days is a very difficult thing to accept.

But they also know very well that the reinforcement of the NATO coalition is not slow, but the enemy's reinforcement is also very fast.

At present, Italy's domestic airports are also operating under high loads, and they are still unable to seize air supremacy, which is really helpless.

This is not to blame the soldiers for not working hard, but the strength of the opponent, far exceeding any opponent they have encountered before.

This war also gave NATO a taste for the first time how difficult it is to fight a symmetrical war.

The asymmetrical war is very refreshing to fight, so that the NATO coalition forces, which have not fought a hard battle, can fully feel the difficulty of fighting a tough war.

"The fighting in Egypt can't continue, although our sea transportation is convenient, but the speed of ground support in Somalia is not slow, I think we should immediately open up more battlefields, use our military superiority, drag Somalia down, and then concentrate on attacking its fatal point to establish our advantage in one fell swoop."

In the NATO Supreme Command, the top military commanders from all countries gathered together, and the top military representative of France was the first to propose.

The British Secretary of State for Defense also went on to say: "At present, this kind of fighting is more like a refueling tactic, whether it is us or Somalia, we are attrition, Somalia is also consuming, and Egypt is related to the Suez Canal, I think even if it opens up a new battlefield, Egypt cannot give up." Absolute control of the Mediterranean, which cannot be lost. ”

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

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The new chairman of the Joint Staff of the United States, Macedonia, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is imperative to open up a new battlefield, we have a strong army, but we cannot deploy it in Egypt, and we cannot let the troops watch from behind in vain. At the moment, there are many new battlefield locations to choose from, one of which is the oil lifeline, and the other is the North African battlefield, do you have any good suggestions? ”

"North Africa is far from the Somali Federation, and North African countries have already helped us build air bases, so we must have more air forces in Africa so that our air force can be numerically superior.

On the Saudi side, oil is also very crucial, although our oil reserves have been enough for a year of high-intensity fighting, but no one knows how long the war will last. I think we should start with both at the same time, opening up a third and fourth theater of war, and see how many troops Somalia has to deal with it. (To be continued......)