It was only after NATO really showed a strong posture of using force to resolve the Kosovo issue that Novakovic became nervous. In fact, it was not that he did not feel NATO's ill intentions towards Yugoslavia at the beginning, but there was always a fluke mentality that dominated him, believing that NATO would not easily use force against a country like Yugoslavia, which was not militarily weak.

Although Yugoslavia had a population of just over 23 million, it had a professional army of 180,000 men, including 15 in the army. 50,000 people, and through military cooperation with China, a very modern mechanized unit with no weak combat effectiveness has been established. In addition to being able to authorize the production of China's VT-1A/A2 tanks, Yugoslavia has also developed a lot of its own equipment through the introduction of technology, copycat Soviet-made equipment, and self-development. Including the copycat Soviet BMP-2 and the "Iron Knight" infantry fighting vehicle developed by combining the performance of the Chinese Type 04 tracked infantry fighting vehicle, as well as the truck's own 52 times the diameter heavy artillery "Mountain Fire", they are all weapons with good performance.

Previously, China judged that if NATO wanted to intervene in the situation in Kosovo, the most likely would be to conduct a non-contact mode of combat without sending ground troops, that is, using missiles and warplanes to carry out air strikes. And Yugoslavia is not weak in this regard, Yugoslavia has a lot of modified Yug-5 Sparrow Eagle fighters, in the face of Western fighters such as F-16, Tornado fighters, etc., Yugoslavia also has its own air defense force, equipped with a considerable number of former Soviet anti-aircraft missiles, as well as newer Kaishan-1A and other anti-aircraft missiles imported from China. If NATO intends to attack Yugoslavia by air, it must be prepared to suffer a large number of warplane losses.

But it is clear that NATO has a lot of determination, even if it knows that it may face a conflict with China, and Yugoslavia's own defense capability is not bad, they must carry out the operation to the end. Seeing that NATO forces are frequently mobilizing and that he has made a gesture of sending troops to Yugoslavia at any time, Novakovic could not help but panic. Only then did Novakovich remember that only the Chinese could help Yugoslavia at this time.

When Qi Yiming learned that Yugoslav Prime Minister Novakovic had finally begged the door of the Chinese ambassador, he couldn't help chuckling and said: "I don't usually burn incense, I have something to do, and I have discussed the signing of the mutual defense agreement with a good voice before, and I will definitely not sign it like that at this time. ”

Mo Xiantong was quite pessimistic, and said: "Even if the Yugoslav side is willing to sign this pact with us now, they will not completely give up some things, and it may be necessary to spend a period of time to deliberate and negotiate." And NATO's ultimatum to Yugoslavia is only five days away, and it will be difficult for us to negotiate this pact within five days. ”

Qi Yiming didn't care, he said: "Anyway, NATO is willing to fight, we will accompany it, Yugoslavia plus our troops in Yugoslavia are not so easy to be flattened and rounded by NATO." The probability of crushing Yugoslavia without a ground offensive is very low. Our troops stationed in Yugoslavia can also participate in operations in the name of defending bases, and any military bases that are close enough to our bases and may cause harm to our bases will be resolutely expelled or even shot down. Yugoslavia can fight theirs, we can fight ours, it doesn't seem related, but in fact it can be seen in a frame. ”

Moxian Channel: "Then we will officially start a war with NATO?" ”

Qi Yiming shook his head and said: "No, I think that even if NATO is bold, it will not dare to provoke our forces easily, and it can be suggested that the troops stationed in Yugoslavia should set up a warning area within a certain range around the base, and any aircraft flying in this area will be tracked and reconnoitred, and if we launch an attack on us, we will fight back mercilessly." ”

Mo Xiantong praised: "This is an excellent way, although our bases in Split and Sarajevo are still some distance away from Kosovo, but if a circumferential warning area is demarcated, then if NATO wants to avoid conflict, it must go around our warning area, and this will inevitably compress the action route of NATO's air power, and also provide convenience and reduce the difficulty of the defense of the Yugoslav air defense force." ”

"It can't be ruled out that NATO has really passed over our heads with iron heart, so let's have a good fight." Qi Yiming said lightly, without any nervousness or worry.

However, Mo Xiantong said worriedly: "But the air power of our troops stationed in Yugoslavia is probably less than one-tenth of the air power dispatched by NATO, as you said, NATO has really passed through us, and the number we can contain is definitely limited, and if we set up a warning area, and are arbitrarily shuttled and broken through by NATO, it will be a big blow to the prestige and morale of our army." ”

"Well, your concerns are a problem too. Well, immediately say hello to Yugoslavia and say that our air force will be stationed at the Sarajevo air base on a large scale, and inform them in advance. Well, in addition, take out a plan for emergency exercises, pick one from the reserve database, and ask the Yugoslav People's Army to send a few units to conduct joint exercises with us, so that we have to give NATO a little deterrence. The main training subjects were air defense operations, including fighter aircraft expulsion and combat training, operations of land-based air defense missile units, air defense drills of sea-based Aegis ships, and search and arrest of downed enemy pilots. Be more targeted and see if NATO will be afraid. ”

Mo Xiantong said with a smile: "If we come out of the exercise, if NATO breaks its promise, I am afraid that it will not be able to mix in the world in the future, and it is estimated that it is more likely that they will continue to do so." ”

Qi Yiming said disdainfully: "I can't control what they do, but no matter what kind of enemy situation we face, we must be able to recruit them, and we can fight when they come, the enemy is weak and I am strong, and the enemy is strong and I am stronger." ”

Under Qi Yiming's strong intervention, China's PLA began to increase troops to Yugoslavia on a large scale, and the Air Force dispatched two fighter aviation divisions and some other aircraft to Sarajevo Air Base, which is a super-large air base built by China that can accommodate nearly 1,000 aircraft, and is also an important node for the Chinese Air Force to deploy in Europe. A large fleet of Air Force aircraft will take off from mainland China or nearby overseas bases, where more than 300 Chinese aircraft will fly their missions.

Not only that, among the fighters sent to Sarajevo, there are not only J-10, J-9 and other fourth-generation fighters commonly used in previous wars in China, but also the latest fifth-generation fighters. The first to disclose the fifth-generation heavy air superiority fighter J-11 Black Hawk developed by China has been announced to be officially put into service at the end of 1994, of course, in fact, this fighter has been played by the Chinese Air Force for a long time, and the Air Force now operates nearly 900 Black Hawk fighters, part of which was supplied by Qi Yiming at the beginning, and part of it is the local mass production model after the Black Hawk was officially finalized and mass-produced, and there is no difference in performance.

In addition, the J-20 has also been put into mass production and entered service as a multi-purpose heavy fighter. The number of this fighter in service is less than that of the J-11, and about 400 are in service with the Air Force and more than 200 with the HNA Air Force. On the other hand, the J-31 Falcon fighter of the JAMTF program, jointly developed by the SCO, also completed various tests in mid-1998 and officially entered active service.

The maturity of a large number of fifth-generation aircraft has put a large number of fourth-generation fighters in a relatively awkward position in China. China's PLA Air Force now has more than 1,400 J-10 fighters, most of which are B-type fourth-generation and a half, and a small number are A-models, and the A models are continuing to be retired, even if these J-10A aircraft are no more than 15 years old, and the design life of these fighters is 30 years, and now less than half of them are used.

There are 954 J-9 Shadow Leopards, the main heavy fighters of the Air Force, because China's fourth-generation fighters have strong multi-purpose performance, and the air supremacy of the J-10 is also very good, so the J-9 has more ground attack missions in China than air supremacy. J-9 was originally replaced by J-7B in service, the age of the aircraft is newer than J-10A, basically in less than 10 years, and the performance is excellent, the cost of sortie and maintenance costs are not high, although the Air Force has discontinued the production of this fighter many years ago, but there have always been voices in the military to keep these fighters, as far as possible to retire after more than 20 years of service, that is to say, most of the Shadow Leopard retirement time will be around 2010.

It's a similar situation with HNA. As the main carrier-based aircraft of HNA, the F-14CN has not been discontinued due to the increasing number of aircraft carriers, and the fleet size has expanded to about 1,000 aircraft. Even though the next-generation aircraft carrier aircraft J-31 has been put into service, and the Navy also has a near-sixth-generation unmanned fighter such as the Knight UAV, HNA still has no intention of retiring the red Tomcat, which shows the Navy's love for it.

HNA's old flying leopards have long since been retired, some of them have been sold to allies, and most of them are in their own aircraft cemeteries, ready to be used at any time. HNA's main multirole fighter is now the J-16 Super Flanker, and their main role is a land-based multirole fighter for anti-ship operations and base defense, with a number of 412 units. In addition, with the carrier-based aircraft J-15 Flying Shark of two glide jump take-off aircraft carriers, the Navy also has about 100 aircraft. In this way, the number of fourth-generation aircraft in the Navy exceeds 1,500 aircraft.

In this way, the number of fourth-generation fighters in China's air force alone has reached 4,000, and together with the fifth-generation aircraft that have been equipped with more than 1,000 aircraft, the number has surpassed that of the United States to become the world's largest aviation power. The Americans were greatly frightened by this feat accomplished by China in a quiet manner, so in recent years they have spared no effort in the procurement of weapons and equipment, and the growth of military spending has also been quite rapid.

The situation of the arms race between China and the United States is well known.