Time flies, seeing that half an hour has passed, the US F-15 fighter jets are spinning in the airspace of Burundi and Kenya, and the J-10C of the People's Liberation Army is also hovering near Kigoma, after a long time, the opponent seems to have no intention of making a move, and the early warning aircraft dispatched together is also bold to approach the J-10C group, ready to better detect the air situation in Kenya, and provide better radar early warning services for J-10C, who knows that as soon as it gets close to Kigoma, AWACS aircraft have spotted several large aircraft flying near the border between Kenya and Ethiopia.

At first, intelligence analysts on the AWACS aircraft thought it was a large passenger plane passing by, but soon intelligence analysts realized that it was wrong, because these large targets had been circling there all along.

"That's an air tanker?!" The radar intelligence analysis system on the early warning aircraft came to a conclusion after getting more signals, and this result made the early warning aircraft intelligence analysts startled, although now the early warning aircraft has found nothing except this big guy, but the radar intelligence analysts on the early warning aircraft are shocked into a cold sweat, the US military must have a large number of fighters into Kenya, so there will be US air tankers, but it is too far away from the early warning aircraft, and the radar system on the plane has not yet been able to find the traces of the fighters.

"Command, this is Air Police No. 1, we have found traces of air tanker activity near the Ethiopian-Kenyan border, please instruct!" The AWACS aircraft in the air hastened to report.

"What?" As soon as Song Jihong, who was at the command headquarters, heard this information, he immediately jumped up from his chair, and soon, the airborne early warning plane transmitted the radar information back to the big screen of the command center, and through the high-precision large-scale map on the big screen, the integrated combat command system automatically drew the information obtained by the radar on the map.

"It must be a fighter plane that the US military took off from Saudi Arabia" Chief of Staff Zheng Quan glanced at the location of the air tanker and blurted out, then he closed his eyes and quickly calculated, "The F-35 fighter, from the US Saudi Air Force base to that place, happens to be the limit of the F-35 range, if they don't refuel, they can only land." Zheng Quan knew the performance parameters of various types of fighters in service in the US military well, and quickly deduced a conclusion that was closest to the truth.

"Oops, we've fallen for the U.S. military's suspicious tactics." Zheng Quangang deduced the type of fighter near the US tanker, and Song Jihong's face immediately changed drastically, because if it was the US military's F-35 fighter, the strategic intention of the US military would be obvious. If it is a stealth fighter of the US military, the distance that the air early warning aircraft can detect is only more than 100 kilometers at most, and now it is not known how many F-35s the US military has dispatched, and if it exceeds one squadron, the J-10C fleet in Kigoma is now dangerous!

"Old Song, is it time to withdraw the Air Force?" Deputy Brigade Commander Dai Qiliang suggested that the Air Force could still withstand the F-15s of a squadron of the US military, but if there really was one squadron or more F-35 fighters and the F-15 squadron to jointly attack, the Air Force would not be able to withstand it in any case.

At present, there is only this flight regiment in Africa, and once this flight regiment is disabled by the US military and completely loses air supremacy, the consequences will be unimaginable. If it retreats to Dar es Salaam Air Base at this time, the US military may not dare to launch an attack deep into Tanzania, because in Tanzania, there are also two battalions of Hongqi-9C long-range air defense battalions that come with the 86th Mechanized Infantry Brigade.

Tactically speaking, Dai Qiliang's proposal was in order, with the preservation of the air force as the first priority.

"The Air Force has retreated, and now what to do with the infantry battalion that is now on Lake Tanganyika? Card. And what about the Kurtu Armed Forces? Zheng Quan's two questions stopped Dai Qiliang at once. Two infantry companies and one firepower company are equivalent to more than half of the infantry battalion, so should they just be thrown on Lake Tanganyika? With the style of the US military, as soon as the Air Force retreats, their F-15 fighters will never be kind enough to let go of such a good opportunity.

Not to mention that as soon as the air force retreated, the Destroyer drones also had to retreat quickly, giving the Lu-Ukrainian coalition a chance to regroup against Barakaka. The Kurtu forces delivered a fatal blow. It means that all the previous efforts have been in vain.

"But what can I do if I don't return?" Dai Qiliang asked. If it weren't for the repeated strict orders of the General Staff not to cross the border without authorization, in Zheng Quan's view, the best strategy now is to launch a fatal blow to the US F-15 fighters, strike first, and solve this F-15 squadron, even if the US military has another F-35 squadron, the pressure on the air force will be much less.

Song Jihong didn't speak, but judging from the change in the color of his face, it was obvious that his heart was extremely uncalm now, Song Jihong thought about it for more than a minute, and finally made up his mind: "Order!" The Air Force immediately dispatched to launch a cross-border attack on the US F-15, and it is necessary to completely annihilate the US F-15 squadron! ”

Song Jihong's sudden order made Deputy Brigade Commander Dai Qiliang and Chief of Staff Zheng Quan's faces change greatly, "Brigade Commander, the General Staff has clearly instructed that we cannot cross the border to strike without accepting the orders of the General Staff Headquarters. Although Chief of Staff Zheng Quan said that he fully supported the brigade commander's decision tactically, the General Staff Department had clearly instructed the Tanzanian garrison not to go into battle without authorization, especially for cross-border operations, and it was strictly ordered that there must be an order from the General Staff Department.

"Otherwise, let's ask the General Staff to explain our situation," Zheng Quan, chief of staff, suggested.

"It's too late, not to mention this situation, the leadership of the General Staff is also very difficult" Song Jihong said, after making this difficult decision, his mind was clear, and he understood that there was indeed no better way in this matter, if this order was made by Song Jihong alone, no matter what, from a political point of view, there was still room for redemption in the General Staff afterwards, that is, at the expense of him, Song Jihong, on the grounds of his subordinates' resistance to the order, Song Jihong was sent to a military court to solve it, because of this political responsibility for taking the initiative to provoke the war, to plug the mouth of political opinion at home and abroad.

So far, the PLA and the US military have maintained a delicate balance, and the General Staff may not be able to shoulder the political responsibility of provoking a war with the US military.

"But," Dai Qiliang still wanted to persuade Song Jihong to think twice, but Song Jihong waved his hand to stop Dai Qiliang's words, "I have the final say in this matter alone, Staff Officer Li, immediately issue a combat order to the air force on the front line!" Song Jihong said categorically, "Lao Dai and Lao Zheng, your objections must be recorded." ”

Dai Qiliang and Zheng Quan were stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, this is the brigade commander who is ready to sacrifice himself to resist this matter. "No, Lao Song, since you have made up your mind, tactically speaking, I fully support your decision, in the current situation, we can only save the situation by striking first, otherwise our layout in the DRC will fall short, and even our troops will suffer heavy losses." Zheng Quan's heart was hot, and he couldn't help but say loudly, "As the chief of staff, I resolutely support the brigade commander's decision. ”