Chapter 831 Unreserved Support
On the outskirts of Nairobi, in the estate of Kenyan President Uhuru, as in the darkness of Nairobi, the lights of the manor were turned off at the same time under the interference of the strong magnetic field of the electromagnetic pulse, and even the backup power system was affected, and finally a diesel generator supplied electricity to the estate.
When the candlelight flame was once again replaced by the light of civilization, a heavy atmosphere began to permeate the manor.
Technicians are nervously repairing electronic equipment, and busy figures can be seen everywhere. In the conference room, Kenya's top brass looked restless.
"Mr. President, we still can't contact all the front-line troops, and technicians are rushing to repair equipment, and it is expected that it will take some time to know the situation on the front." The vice president, who was well informed, quickly came in and reported.
"Tell the technicians, we must speed up the rush repairs, every second counts in wartime, and we must not lose control of the troops. At the same time, the technical department was informed that the alternate contact channel should be activated immediately. Hearing this, Omamo immediately ordered his lieutenant.
The adjutant took the order, and when he walked to the door, he almost collided with a figure who came in a hurry, and the person who came did not slow down because he was almost knocked down, and quickly walked into the conference room in a flash, and said to everyone: "Everyone, I have very bad news for you, just now the AWACS aircraft sent a message that your air force has all been killed." Now, a large number of Somali aircraft fleets have moved into the hinterland, heading towards the airports. β
The person who came was dressed in traditional Arab attire, if it weren't for that white face, he really looked like an Arab, and everyone present was no stranger to him. It's just the news he brought that made everyone's faces change drastically.
"Mr. Anders. Are you telling the truth? As president, Uhuru quickly suppressed his inner throbbing and confirmed.
"Mr. President. I'm not a person who likes to joke, and no one is going to joke about such things, you heard it right, your Air Force is completely finished. Anders didn't get angry at the other party's questioning, but just emphasized it flatly.
"How is that possible?" Omamo muttered in disbelief: "Hundreds of fighters, just gone......"
The Kenyan Air Force is an important support for Kenya's national defense strategy, and it has been working hard to strengthen the direction for many years, and a large amount of military spending every year is tilted towards the Air Force. It has trained hundreds of excellent pilots and has the fifth-largest air force in Africa.
Now, as the country's most important strategic counterattack force, the counterattack they had had high hopes for before will be so simply destroyed, and no one can accept it at once.
"I told you at the beginning that the Somali Air Force is world-class, and your Air Force may be considered first-class in Africa, and it is in front of the world. It's still too weak, and even with our help, our own weakness can't be remedied. Anders said.
"But no matter how strong the Somali Air Force is, it is important to pay a heavy price to defeat us!" Omamo heard. Hearing the contempt in the other party's words, he immediately retorted.
"I'm very sorry to tell you, according to the information from the AWACS aircraft. It took the Somali Air Force less than half an hour to destroy your Air Force. And there are only single-digit casualties. With a one-to-ten record, you can also be proud. Anders shook his head. In the last sentence, he was not sarcastic about these people, but said what was in his heart, in his opinion, ten Kenyan fighters can fight one fighter of the other side, which is a very good result.
You must know that during the Somali War, the results of the contest between the air forces of the four-nation coalition and the Somali air force were at a disadvantage. Otherwise, Somali weapons and equipment would not have been so popular in recent years.
It's just that Omamo couldn't hear this heartfelt words, and in his opinion, the white man in front of him once again despised the Kenyan Air Force, which made him even more annoyed in his heart, however, he did not dare to express this anger. Although the white man in front of him is hateful, he represents the entire NATO bloc and can bring a lot of arms to Kenya, so he can only suppress his anger.
Anders, who has learned the skill of observing words and feelings, couldn't see the unhappiness on the face of the defense minister in front of him, and then said: "Although some of your fighters are fourth-generation fighters, they are aging and have not been upgraded. The suzhΓ¬ of your pilots has reached the standards of advanced countries. β
A light sentence made Omamo's heart feel a lot better, and Uhuru said on the side: "The air force is the biggest guarantee for this war, if we don't have the air force, then it will be over, and all the chips you put on us will not go back." β
Uhuru didn't continue halfway through his words, because when he pointed out this passage, the meaning of qiΔ had already come out.
Anders nodded, frowned, and said: "This is also the purpose of my coming, there are some things I need to tell you, although the entire NATO is united and fully supports your war, but this support also has a certain limit, and it cannot be beyond our capabilities." Like the fifth-generation fighter, first of all, you don't have to think about it, the fourth-generation fighter, we can continue to give it to you, but it is not an unlimited supply, so the next situation, if you want to continue the decisive battle with the Somali Air Force for air supremacy, it is absolutely impossible, and it can only meet your operational needs in the local airspace. β
"Exactly?" Hearing this, Omamo asked with a frown.
"The first batch of twelve F-16s is already on the way, and it will arrive in six hours, and it is estimated that your airfield has now received a strike from the Somali Air Force, so before the arrival of this batch of fighters, you must ensure that there is an air base to maintain the combat effectiveness of this batch of fighters. And in the future, more weapons and equipment will be shipped into Kenya, including a large number of third-generation main battle tanks - Leclerc, Abrams, Challenger 2 and other models. β
Anders said this, the eyes of all the Kenyan high-level leaders around him had begun to light up, and he was very satisfied with the reaction of these people, and continued: "In addition to these main battle tanks, there are several batches of helicopter gunships that will arrive one after another, accompanied by a large number of excellent retired non-commissioned officers, who will use these weapons to directly join your army and participate in the battle. I'm talking about only part of it, there are a lot of weapons and equipment on the way, here is the specific list. β
After saying that, Anders took out a piece of A4 paper that still smelled of ink, and handed it to Uhuru.
Uhuru, who was already shocked, looked even more exciting when he saw this list. He never dreamed that NATO's unreserved support would be so huge.
On this list, almost in addition to nuclear weapons and F-22 and naval equipment, other air force and army equipment are available, and even longbow Apache, Tiger helicopters, all kinds of automatic artillery, cruise missiles, long-range rocket artillery, the most important supporting ammunition types are very comprehensive, many European and American countries have just been installed new special ammunition, also on the list, what is even more valuable is that NATO countries will send a large number of excellent non-commissioned officers to use these weapons and equipment.
How did this not shock Uhuru, this kind of support seemed to him beyond the unreserved Cheng dΓΉ, it was simply unlimited.
"It seems that Somalia has really made it impossible for NATO to be silent any longer."
In addition to being shocked, Uhuru immediately understood that NATO's huge support for him is not worth this for ten Kenyas, and the only possibility is that NATO is really going to fight Somalia this time.
Omamo also saw the contents of the list, but his reaction was very simple, that is, excited, extremely excited.
As a liaison officer of NATO, he is very clear about the attitude of NATO, in fact, this list was originally prepared for the Vietnamese, but because of the distribution of interests and concerns between NATO, this list naturally cannot be passed.
Now that this list is given to Kenya, which has much less war potential, he naturally has a lot of criticism in his heart, and this time Somalia is not a long-distance operation, it can almost be said to be a local operation, and there is no additional pressure on logistics and supplies.
Although there are enough types and quantities of weapons on this list, in his heart, he is very optimistic about this war, because the quality of weapons is only one of the factors that determine the outcome of the war. It's just that as a liaison officer, he seems to be on an equal footing with Uhuru and others here, but in the NATO bloc, he is soft-spoken.
Now seeing these people's excited eyes, he still has some words, but now he doesn't know how to say them, as if there are only a few dozen fourth-generation fighters, he dares to fight a decisive battle with the Somali Air Force, he really doesn't know how to remind these people.
Sake red face, gold heart, these Kenyan high-ranking people have all been attracted to this list, until they have woken up from this euphoria one by one, Omamo asked, "Mr. Anders, I don't know when these weapons will arrive." β
Anders looked at the time and replied, "The first batch of weapons and equipment has now passed through Arusha, Tanzania, and is expected to arrive at the Kenyan border in two or three hours, and you should be ready to receive this batch of equipment by then." β
"No problem, I'll arrange for reliable people to take care of this right away." Omamo replied immediately. (To be continued......)