In the South Atlantic, night covers this calm sea, and the sea is thick with fog and visibility is getting lower and lower.

On the command ship of the Somali Atlantic Fleet, Vice Admiral Lynch, Commander Lynch, is sitting leisurely in the command of the command ship at the moment.

In front of him, NATO's five aircraft carrier battle groups were still sticking to the four sides of the fleet like a dog's skin plaster, separated by less than 1,000 kilometers, and at this distance, they were all within the combat radius of the carrier-based aircraft of both sides.

And the early warning planes of both sides do not know how many times they have greeted each other, with a radius of 500 kilometers, the carrier-based aircraft of both sides have passed by many times.

The active radar and fire control radar of each ship are all in a silent state, and the phased array radar is also in a semi-resting state.

This kind of situation where chickens and dogs smell each other but do not get along with each other is the scene that can test the patience of the command levels of both sides.

For the NATO fleet, what needs to be done now is to wait for the order to attack, or abandon the attack and prepare to return.

And for Lynch, he is now waiting for the NATO side to show an offensive posture.

At this time, on the decks of the aircraft carriers of both sides, a large number of carrier-based planes are in a state of readiness to fly, and once the other side's intention to attack is discovered, they will take off their fighters as soon as possible.

Therefore, both sides were very calm, but when this situation lasted for nearly a day, the tense nerves of both sides naturally tightened up.

Because at this time, no one dares to be careless, and NATO should also be vigilant against the active attack posture that the other side may take. Although the probability is not high, it can be in such a situation. Even if there is only a 1 percent chance, you must be careful.

And pose as a total blockade of the NATO Navy. The Somali Atlantic Fleet naturally needs to be more vigilant, especially the underwater submarines, this invisible threat is the most terrifying.

The six Typhoon-class attack nuclear submarines that followed the activities around the Atlantic Fleet's twin aircraft carrier battle group formed a hexagonal anti-submarine circle at the periphery of the fleet at this moment.

Following the fleet's speed of twenty-five knots, their duty was to find the trail of the local submarine. Prevent the opposing side from approaching their own fleet.

In terms of the requirements of anti-submarine warfare, a submarine that is hostile to its own fleet and a submarine that deliberately sneaks into the underwater dangerous defense circle of the fleet can be attacked.

At this point, the submarine forces of both sides were also ordered to allow the submarines to counterattack once the other submarines entered the underwater defense circle of the fleet.

This kind of silent confrontation under the water is the most able to test the suzhì of every soldier, and this kind of in a closed environment. Maintaining mental concentration for a long time is a great test for any officer or soldier.

It lasted almost a day, and the soldiers on both sides were already exhausted. But no one dared to relax, because no one knew if the battle would break out directly in a second.

as a military commander on one of the parties. Lynch is very easy now, because he has only one thing to do. Defense and counterattack.

From the moment of departure, the fleet sailed in defensive formations. On the outermost periphery are four Aegis ships, with eight multi-purpose destroyers in the middle, and around the two aircraft carriers, there are eight more.

These eight scorpions have only one mission, to help the aircraft carrier block the attack, and once an enemy missile cuts into the blind spot of the fleet's defense, the scorpion must use itself as a shield to prevent the aircraft carrier or command ship from being attacked.

Just this strike, the world-wide peace that has been maintained for nearly 80 years, is about to be broken.

Europe, the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and West Asia will all be enveloped in war. Definitely a world war-level battle.

However, this is no longer a problem that NATO is considering, and now the entire NATO top is considering that Somalia may have a successor.

For this reason, a large number of anti-submarine aircraft of NATO's Atlantic Joint Fleet have scanned this sea area in all directions, and it has been determined again and again that the underwater area is very quiet, and no ambush submarines have been found at all.

When this news was fed back to NATO's top brasser for the tenth time, more and more heads of state of NATO member states approved of the attack on the Somali Atlantic Fleet.

Even the hearts of the British and French heads of state began to waver, and the facts on the table had already told them that this sea area was safe, and there was no so-called underwater ambush at all.

However, Hillary Clinton was even more hesitant, because the victory that seemed to be in hand in front of her was too easy.

She really couldn't understand how Li Lan could let the two aircraft carrier battle groups return to Africa alone, and this kind of behavior didn't seem like Li Lan could do it at all.

So when Yiqiē pointed to the fact that the other party was absolutely not ambushed, she didn't believe it at all, but felt the danger inside.

The video conference had long since ended, the discussions had been fruitless, and Hillary Clinton had a sleepless night.

If she didn't figure out Li Lan's backhand, she wouldn't let her fleet take risks.

She also thought that the Somali V-1DD ballistic missile could attack a distance of 3,000 kilometers, and it was with this weapon that the Bush tragedy was carried out that year.

But now the fleet is more than three thousand kilometers from the African continent, and the range of this missile is also unlikely.

And launching missiles with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers is already expressly prohibited, because once the range of the missile exceeds 3,000 kilometers, it will be judged as a nuclear bomb.

Hillary believes that Li Lan will not do such a thing, since the threat of Africa itself cannot exist, and Hillary also takes into account the weapon in space.

The U.S. has a Pose-of-God satellite weapon system, and Somalia is likely to have a similar kinetic super-destruction weapon.

However, this weapon is not at all suitable for attacking moving targets, and its destructiveness is effective against fixed large and urban targets.

And when it is necessary, Hillary Clinton will not use God's war, even if she can destroy all the major cities in Somalia, but the major cities in the United States will be finished.

But after excluding weapons in Somalia and in the sky, Hillary Clinton really can't think of any back-up on the other side.

It's not just her. At this moment, all the staff members gathered in the Oval Office couldn't think of any results.

Because of the P-8 anti-submarine aircraft that took off from the US mainland. A carpet search has been carried out around the fleet in conjunction with the shipborne anti-submarine forces. It is almost possible to send the opposing side to lurk submarines.

As soon as they all began to point to a fact that could not be doubted, that is, whether Li Lan was playing an empty city plan.

As soon as this thought appeared, it was as if a boundless black hole was swallowing a qiē, and soon Hillary's mind was only this thought.

"Maybe that man just wants me to be suspicious of this kind of fearless behavior, and then let me not dare to do the so-called danger that is unwarranted. Shun lì let the two aircraft carrier battle groups go back. This qiē is based on his own familiarity with him, and with the help of his own understanding of him, he has put himself in a sense of crisis. False and real, impermanent, hypocritical and hypocritical tactics, let yourself have doubts in doubt. ”

Hillary propped up her chin, muttered a few words inwardly, and then shook her head again. Xin said: "But this is also very likely to be deliberately done by the other party, any possibility, it may become a reality." The culture of the Chinese people is really difficult to understand. ”

After a few thoughts. Hillary, who was still unsure, suddenly picked up the phone and blocked the face of all the staff. A number was broadcast that only she knew.

The phone was quickly connected, and a woman's gasp could be heard on the other end of the line. Then a man's magnetic voice said: "Looks like we didn't launch a missile!" ”

Hillary Clinton looked at the time. Listening to the obviously loving voice on the other end of the phone, there were a few more black lines on the door of her head, but she didn't have any reason to be angry, because at this time, the phone passed, and it was she who disturbed the other party's normal life time.

And the fact that the other party can answer the phone in this situation is enough to show that he attaches great importance to her call.

The only thing that embarrassed her was that as if she heard the voice on the phone, all the staff in the Oval Office looked at her with a strange look in their eyes.

"I'm about to launch an attack on your Atlantic fleet, why don't you send some troops to the rescue?" Hillary asked, calming down all the emotions in her heart.

"Haven't you found reinforcements yet? Seeing that I'm going to re-evaluate your combat capabilities, it's a waste of how much attention I'm paying attention to. On the other end of the phone, after Li Lan finished speaking, he hung up the phone very bluntly.

Hillary, who just said a word, frowned and listened to the busy tone on the phone, glanced around at the eyes cast by the staff around her, and said, "You say, Li Lan is an empty city plan?" Or is it a calculation within a calculation? ”

The chairman of the Joint Staff Council stood up and said: "Judging from the feedback results of the last 12 hours, even if the Somali side is prepared, it must have let the submarine sit and sink to the bottom of the sea a long time ago, and use the terrain such as the submarine trench to evade our anti-submarine reconnaissance, otherwise, if it is just sitting and sinking on the bottom of the sea, in such a long period of anti-submarine search, it will also be detected by us because of the change in the environment of the earth's magnetic field." ”

"You are saying that Li Lan is using a plan within a calculation, and it is estimated that he will release smoke bombs, but in a very early stage, he has already sent submarines to ambush motionless in a certain position in a certain trench on the bottom of the sea." Hillary asked.

"It is not ruled out at all that there is such a possibility, Li Lan is not to be underestimated, and he often has unexpected actions. And it is not difficult to plan this, with his intelligence, he can do better. ”

"Then let the fleet's submarines start searching along every trench to see if they can find the other side's dormant submarine forces." Hillary said.

However, the chairman of the Joint Staff Council shook his head and said: "There is no time at all, the submarine trenches in the South Atlantic are vertical and horizontal, the deepest is three or four thousand meters, and the spread is very long, and when we search every trench, the Somali Atlantic Fleet has long returned to the African continent, and this search will become meaningless." ”

"If we don't know if the other side has an ambush, how can we attack." Hillary said with an ugly face.

When the chairman of the Joint Staff Council heard this, he shook his head and said: "From the very beginning, whether or not to decide to attack the Somali Atlantic Fleet, the danger is no longer the first factor to consider, but whether we are ready for war, and whether we are ready for our own losses while attacking the opposing fleet. And the combat system of the global layout is ready or not, on the Turkish side. The attack on the Mediterranean coast is not ready. ”

"You mean, it's not the time to go to war yet." Hillary's eyes flashed. It became severe.

"I don't mean that, but once the war starts, we have to speed up our preparations, because I believe that the Somali side is not ready for a full-scale war either, so we can also take out this fleet first, and then step by step. Step by step, the scale of the war will be expanded. ”

"In that case, then order the fleet to attack, I don't want to wait any longer. The strength of Somalia is changing three times by the day, they are preparing faster than we are, and I don't want this fleet to return to the African continent, otherwise the Atlantic will not be under our control. "Hillary Clinton has made a very serious decision, and this is really not the time to keep it.

She is very much in favor of taking out the Somali Atlantic Fleet first, and in the backyard of her home, there are actually two aircraft carrier battle groups that threaten the security of the sea and the mainland at any time, and will let Yan zhòng hinder the pace of the war that NATO is beginning to prepare.

Once waiting for the Somali side to prepare for a full-scale war, and NATO is not ready. Then NATO is inferior in terms of strategy.

Therefore, Hillary's idea is very simple, first to defeat the exposed edge, and then further control the Atlantic, so that NATO will win the initiative in this war. A united NATO. No matter how strong Somalia is, it is definitely not an opponent.

The key here is to take out Somalia's hands as they reach deep into the Atlantic. Only then will the passage between the United States and Europe be unblocked.

In recent years, the United States has also focused on building anti-submarine forces. The purpose of co-opting Japan's navy was not to ensure underwater and surface security in the Atlantic. Because NATO needs Japan's anti-submarine capabilities too much.

Nowadays, the main forces of the Japanese Navy are concentrated in the Atlantic, and there is only one mission: to search for Somali submarines active in the Atlantic Ocean during the war and ensure the stability of the lifeline at sea.

"I think this order should be given a little later, our Fifth Fleet has not yet entered the cruising radius of Australian land-based fighters, and it is very likely that it will face a retaliatory attack by the Somali Navy.

And in order to ensure security, we believe it is necessary to destroy the Somali Atlantic Fleet in one fell swoop when it enters British St. Helena. The chairman of the Joint Staff Council persuaded.

"What do you think is the best time?" Hillary asked with a nod.

"In about ten hours, our fleet will enter Australia's territorial waters, and the opposing Atlantic fleet will be within the optimal attack radius of St. Helena Air Base."

"Then ten hours later, tell the commander of the Combined Fleet, launch the attack in ten hours, and ten minutes before the attack, at the same time, all the military bases in the world will sound the first-level combat alarm, and the fundamentally prepared response plan will start to act." Hillary Clinton gave the order again decisively.

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At the same time, after some hard work, Li Lan, who was wearing pajamas, came to Kongzhì Taizhong and received his call, and Natasha and Tanya also quickly came to Kongzhì Taizhong.

"NATO may have decided to attack our Atlantic fleet, but it is not yet possible to judge the timing of the attack." As soon as she saw the two of them, Li Lan immediately said.

"Why is the commander so sure?" Tanya asked.

"Because Hillary Clinton just called, I sensed that the other side was already a little impatient, and the war would definitely break out in the next twelve hours." Li Lan said firmly.

"In that case, then we'll take action." Natasha said.

"No, even if we strike first, there will be no benefit in this war, the key now is the survival of the Atlantic Fleet, even if we attack, the Atlantic Fleet will be dangerous." Li Lan shook his head and said.

"Then it is all the more necessary to be prepared, and I will immediately inform Lynch to begin to change course, and slow down to twenty knots, keeping the fleet within range of our submarine attack at all times, away from the NATO military base in St. Helena. Otherwise, five aircraft carrier battle groups, plus a naval air base, will make the Atlantic Fleet even more dangerous. Tanya said for the first time.

"Okay, by the way, tell Sù Lynch, once it breaks out temporarily, move towards the Cape of Good Hope position at full speed as soon as possible, and only there is safer."

Speaking of this, a cold light appeared in Li Lan's eyes, and he said sharply: "Tell Lynch again, when it comes to a desperate situation, I can allow the Atlantic Fleet to be wiped out by the enemy, but he must let the enemy suffer greater losses."

NATO thinks that it can easily take down my Atlantic fleet, so let the other side taste what is called the most powerful counterattack. ”

"Yes." Tanya's eyes lit up, and she immediately picked up the phone next to her and contacted Lynch, the commander of the Atlantic Fleet.

"If war breaks out, will it start cleaning up NATO military bases in Africa as soon as possible?" Natasha asked.

"This is necessary, and within twelve hours of the outbreak of the war, I do not want to see NATO military bases on the land of Africa and the Middle East, where others are allowed to sleep soundly." Li Lan nodded without hesitation and said.

"In that case, should the battle alarm be sounded now?" Natasha asked.

"No, just notify the troops involved in the clean-up plan first, let them be ready for battle, and once the war really breaks out, the battle alarm will be sounded as soon as possible. And from now on, the Air Force and Air Defense Forces must immediately be ready for combat. In particular, the garrisons and friendly forces in the Middle East should be particularly cautious. (To be continued......)