The Yugoslav authorities refused to cooperate with the West and resolutely refused to withdraw their troops from Kosovo, and not only that, but Novaković also sent more tactical forces to Kosovo again at the instigation of the radical wing of the Yugoslav Communist Party. At the same time, the Yugoslav Air Force also dispatched warplanes to attack a number of important positions occupied by Kosovo.

In the reform of the 90s, the Yugoslav Air Force did not purchase a large number of China's fourth-generation fighters, but chose to purchase their abandoned MiG-29 fighters from Kazakhstan, the Far East, Siberia, Czechoslovakia and other countries at low prices.

This is because Yugoslavia's own aviation industry, after forming cooperation with China's AVIC, has introduced some good technology, and although it is not yet able to design and manufacture fighters as a whole, it has mastered some capabilities to transform fighters. In particular, with the addition of more experienced Chinese engineers, Yugoslavia spent two years to complete the local transformation of the MiG-29 and carry out a relatively thorough upgrade of the MiG-29.

The new MiG-29 adopts the Chinese-produced Condor Doppler pulse radar, adopts a relatively new fly-by-wire flight control system, and also adopts an advanced glass-based cockpit, and more importantly, integrates Chinese-made fighter weapons, such as Thunderbolt air-to-air missiles, Thunder, Thunderstone, and Feiteng series of guided bombs. The fighter system has been optimized to a certain extent, so that the Yugoslav version of the MiG-29 has increased its combat radius, which can reach about 1000 kilometers.

The ambitious Yugoslav Aviation Design and Research Institute renamed the national version of the copycat MiG-29 as the Yug-5 "Sparrowhawk", and aimed at the scene that after the war in Russia, the Mikoyan Design Bureau was seriously destroyed, coupled with the sharp decline in its defense spending, and the opportunity to revive the Russian aviation industry is slim, and wants to use the Sparrow Eagle fighter to fill the gap in the strength of MiG-29 countries such as Cuba, India, Belarus, Bulgaria, Poland and other MiG-29 countries.

These countries tend to have poor economies, but they still need the MiG-29, a fourth-generation fighter, to give their air force a façade, so if Yugoslavia can help them improve their performance, it is indeed a good choice. And because China exported more advanced fighters such as the FC-1 at low prices to its SCO allies, Romania, Czechoslovakia and other countries, these countries that originally operated the MiG-29 also abandoned this model and resold it to Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia now operates a total of 82 improved Yug-5 Sparrowhawk fighters, making it a force to be reckoned with throughout Europe. Because the Sparrowhawk was adapted from the MiG-29, its ground attack capability was relatively limited, and the Yugoslav Air Force mainly used it for air defense operations.

Yugoslavia has made quite a few models of semi-trainer and semi-light attack aircraft, but its ability to actually engage in ground attack is relatively limited. As a result, the Yugoslav Air Force purchased a batch of second-hand FBC-1 Flying Leopard fighter-bombers retired by the Chinese Navy as its own ground attack weapon platform.

In dealing with the Kosovo Liberation Army, the Yugoslav Air Force dispatched Flying Leopard warplanes, which were indeed a bit of a killer, using guided bombs mounted on composite pylons to bomb several important strongholds of the Kosovo Liberation Army, causing considerable casualties to them, and even several high-ranking cadres of the Kosovo Liberation Army were killed in a conference venue, which was a considerable victory for the Yugoslav People's Army.

After the Yugoslav ruling clique represented by Novaković took a tougher and more aggressive approach to KLM, KLM, although supported by the Kosovo Albanians, revealed itself to be just a group of cannon fodder militants who had been picked up and received only a small amount of military training. They simply couldn't occupy the larger cities, and the government forces could drive them out of the cities as soon as they arrived. Although some of the militants put up stubborn resistance in the city, it is clear that the KPA offensive is particularly resolute. Even the large-scale destruction of the city will completely wipe out this dangerous group of militants.

Of course, when the war really came, many Albanians who originally supported the Democratic League of Kosovo and Rugova to achieve Kosovo's independence had to reflect on it. Obviously, independence cannot be completed without bloodshed, and for the sake of an independent country, which cannot be eaten or used, it has lost a stable life and the lives of relatives and friends.

The support of the Kosovo Liberation Army will not be able to continue, and the dawn of Yugoslavia's victory is approaching. This is obviously not something that the United States and its Western allies can accept, and such a window of opportunity has finally emerged, and it must not be allowed to disappear as simply as it is.

Following the bombing of Kosovo by Yugoslavia, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Wolfgang condemned Yugoslavia's actions to escalate the military conflict and cause some civilian casualties, and called on the Yugoslav People's Army to cease fire immediately and not to continue to escalate the situation.

This is also the strange logic of some people in the West, if it continues to develop, it is obvious that the scientific solution will be eliminated and the situation will be stabilized, but they say that the situation will escalate, which shows that there is no discipline and conscience in international politics.

Then NATO Secretary General Solana jumped out and openly stated: "...... Yugoslavia's behaviour was inadmissible, undermining peace and stability and exacerbating the situation, and NATO was re-analysing and reassessing the situation and was inclined to use more effective means to prevent the Yugoslav side from continuing to violate the rights and interests of the Kosovars. ”

This statement immediately declared that NATO was ready to use force against Yugoslavia. Sure enough, a day later, US President Clinton issued an ultimatum to Yugoslavia, strongly demanding that Yugoslavia return to Rambouillet for peace talks, and accept the Rambouillet Proclamation, granting Kosovo near-independent autonomous status, and at the same time completely withdrawing troops from Kosovo. If Yugoslavia refuses to implement the Rambouillet Proclamation, the United States, together with NATO, will strike at Yugoslavia and force Yugoslavia to accept the contents of the Proclamation.

As soon as Clinton's ultimatum came out, it can be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves. In all kinds of shouts from the United States and NATO, the words Yugoslavia and Kosovo are all used, but China does not appear. Although China is an extraterritorial country, it is undoubtedly a stakeholder because of the existence of military bases. However, the United States and NATO have no intention of taking care of China's face and directly ignore China's existence.

Even the media in some European countries are worried about this, because judging from China's consistent behavior in recent years, it is absolutely impossible for China to back down and will protect its interests in Yugoslavia extremely toughly, even if it is with the United States and NATO, it is not impossible.

However, the more optimistic people believe that although China has a lot of troops stationed in Yugoslavia, with 9,000 troops, it is a guest army after all, and NATO forces can definitely drive China out of Europe, and China will need to send troops from East Asia to go on an expedition at that time, and this war is likely to be scrapped, and out of cost-effectiveness and pragmatism, it is very likely that China will not risk going to war with the West to protect Yugoslavia.

“…… In the case of a limited war, it is basically impossible for China to win the NATO coalition in Europe, even if China is superior to the European average in terms of military equipment and training, but except for the successful invasion of Europe by the Mongol Empire in the Middle Ages, even the Ottoman Turkey is not capable of fully attacking the interior of Europe. The situation is different now than in ancient times, and the military power of European countries should not be underestimated, coupled with the full involvement of the United States, China cannot bargain in Yugoslavia. And even if China is determined to wage an all-out war with the free world of the West, the European theater is definitely not a place where they can feel easy, and even if China fights well in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, they can only become losers in Europe. ”

The BBC's thematic political commentator analyzed bitterly that because the relationship between China and Britain was not very good, especially when the war between Nanyang and Britain was basically the Chinese fighting the British, after that war, Britain was greatly damaged, and it took many years to barely recover, and at the same time, the British people suffered from the syndrome of preventing Britain from intervening in any overseas war that had nothing to do with their national interests.

The German media believe that China and NATO are dancing on the tip of a knife, which is extremely dangerous, because if one is not properly handled, it may lead to the outbreak of a third world war. However, from a rational point of view, it seems unlikely that China and the West will go to full-scale war because of Yugoslavia, because it is not worth it, Europe and the United States have little interest in Yugoslavia, and China is not worthy of challenging the entire Western camp for Yugoslavia. Therefore, commentators believe that the game between China and the United States on the Kosovo issue is actually more of a battle of wills.

At this time, peace and development are still the main theme of the world, and although the struggle between China and the United States for world dominance has become increasingly clear, there is still a lot of economic cooperation between China and the United States, and the trend of economic globalization has a deeper impact on the other side with the rise of China. The catastrophe that an all-out war will bring to the whole world and even human civilization is incalculable, and most reasonable people feel that China and the United States will never break out into a hot war because of Yugoslavia and Kosovo.

Now it is still a battle between the east wind and the west wind, and the two sides are unwilling to lose the battle in words and momentum, but if it is really time to fight a real war, I am afraid that neither the domestic public opinion base nor the will and determination of the leading groups will be enough to support the two countries to pull their respective allies to fight.

This kind of judgment is actually very reasonable, including the top level of China and the United States, in fact, they are not willing to fight such a big war, but there are guys like Qi Yiming who are eager for a big war that will determine the overall situation, and some of the domestic hawkish politicians influenced by him also firmly believe that China is superior to the United States in terms of military capabilities, and with such expectations, although the impact of the war is huge, the benefits after victory are also huge. Therefore, relatively speaking, China has a better ability to withstand the outbreak of a major war.