The welcome banquet at the Élysée Palace is still going on, but under the same blue sky, Toulouse in the south of France is a different scene.

Facing the still brilliant sunset, the wide reinforced concrete hangar door slowly opened, and the 10th Fighter Squadron of the French Air Force, which carried out all-weather cruise interception training missions, two gray-and-white fighter planes with sharp shapes and smooth lines were dragged out of the hangar by battery cars, bathed in bright red sunlight.

Like the French Air Force's previous fighter jets, these two fighters, like the other two companions hidden in the hangar, are the latest research and development from Dassault, the strongest sword in the French sky:

Rafale, Rafale fighter.

Straightening out his somewhat wrinkled flight suit and putting on soft aviation gloves, Major Pierre Reynaud walked to his new fighter plane, which he had just taken over a short time ago, and as he walked, he and his partner next to him looked at the long gray-green camouflage-painted MiG-29 on the tarmac in the distance. Since the signing of the peace agreement, they have shared a large aviation base with the Soviet 313 Front-line Fighter Regiment stationed at the base, and they have gotten along quite happily with these unsmiling but rather bold Russians, although after many actual confrontation exercises, no one has been convinced in private.

In the previous two simulated confrontations, they piloted the Mirage 2000-5 fighter as an imaginary enemy and played the role of the E/F-18 "Hornet", and they lost several times in the confrontation, but Major Renault always believed in his heart that the low-speed maneuverability of the MiG was the advantage of the Russians, and it was not a shame to fly the Mirage fighter even if he lost. However, the 10th squadron has replaced the newly designed Rafale fighters, although only four single-seat "Rafale" Cs have been sent, but the final assembly plant of St. Cloud now has the batch production capacity of new fighters, and soon his main fighter squadron will be fully reequipped.

"Francis, what do you think of this new fighter?"

"I didn't say it, but as far as I can observe, it is definitely better than the Russian MiG, maybe on par with the 'Typhoon'. - Well, that's how I felt during the two days of flying. ”

"Uh-huh, and she's pretty good-looking."

Approaching the fighter with a flight helmet in hand, and seeing the ground crews busy with their pre-flight routines, Pierre glanced at the several R550 "Magic" missiles on the bomb trailer, a somewhat outdated air combat weapon that no longer satisfies him.

It seems that today's training content is a direct combat training without over-the-horizon engagement?

Because it was designed to carry more advanced air-to-air missiles, and did not install the continuous wave illuminator required for the R530 semi-active radar-guided missile, the advanced Rafale fighter is now facing a situation where there are no over-the-horizon missiles available, and the French air knights can only wait patiently for the MICA (Missile-d'Interception-et-de-Combat-Aerien, interception and air combat missile, transliterated as "Mika" The national acceptance test was completed as soon as possible.

But in any case, even if only the R550 is still available, they are no longer technically inferior to their Russian counterparts who are just beginning to work together. Thanks to the advanced and exquisite M88 series engines and the latest achievements of the French military system, the RBE-2 passive phased array radar, the Rafale fighter with supersonic cruise and multi-target engagement capabilities is not only the pride of the French Air Force, but will also equip the French Navy in the near future and be deployed on newly built nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

Oh, now that this battle is like this, I'm afraid the matter of the aircraft carrier will be a little difficult to handle......

With this reverie, Pierre still climbed the boarding ladder with ease, beckoned the ground crew to help start the two M88-2 engines, and blew a somewhat out-of-tune melody in his mouth.

Yes, he does have reason to feel at ease now.

With the lightning end of the war on the European continent, the proud French had to make a compromise to the East; However, to the surprise of many Frenchmen, the heavy claws of polar bears did not press on their shoulders. After the initial confusion, the Russians had largely withdrawn their ground forces from France, leaving only a sizable air force to assist them in defending the long border between the north and south flanks of the country.

Thanks to the signing of the peace agreement, Pierre Reynaud himself did not have a special dislike for the Russians in the south of France, which had not experienced the war, but to be honest, he was more disgusted with those who took the initiative to provoke the war, or the Yankees who had often pointed fingers at them in NATO and were angry about not being able to station troops in France.

The Americans are like that, but what about the new Russians?

What was once a fearsome adversary who was always on the guard is now a comrade-in-arms is something that seasoned politicians are accustomed to, and there is little pressure on a dutiful soldier like Pierre. Thinking of the current war, what he wants most now is the bullfighter in the southern sky: In the past month, the Spanish Air Force, which flies EF2000 "Typhoon" and E/F-18 "Hornet" fighters to fight with the Americans, has repeatedly invaded French airspace, and the confrontation between the two sides has intensified.

Although until now the 10th Fighter Squadron, or any French fighter jet, has not fired at its former allies, it is only a matter of time before the two sides tear their faces and fight each other with the arrogance of the NATO Air Force.

-- Watching the Russians' MiGs attack frequently and fight to defend the French skies, these air knights with Gallic blood squatting on the ground as shrunken turtles!

Putting aside the honor of soldiers for the time being, where will France, which has always advocated independence and freedom and whose dignity cannot be taken lightly, put this face on?

What's more, in the face of the flaunting EF2000, like many people in the squadron, Pierre was also very reluctant to hold back this model with similar appearance and equally powerful performance. At that time, because of the different operational needs, France, which withdrew from the EFA plan and started anew, had the current Rafale; The dialogue between the "Rafale" and the "Typhoon" has always been a key topic for the French Air Force to ponder.

Although Pierre, as a fighter pilot with good skills, knew very well that the design requirements of the Rafale were not exactly the same as those of the Typhoon, and that the air combat performance of the Rafale, which focused on multi-functional design, was still slightly inferior to that of the Typhoon, this could not curb his competitiveness.

Piloting the fighter plane to glide into the air, the young French Air Force pilots all have the same idea at this moment: in the face of the stormy European shape, they must master the sword of "Rafale" as soon as possible, and bravely attack in the uncertain future of the war, to hold up a peaceful sky for France!

There may not be much time left for them.

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