"This ...... This...... This ......" Lieutenant General Ludwig Kruvel stared at the sky in amazement, and did not speak for a long time.

"Your Excellency, please return to the command car, the Chinese's plane may attack at any time......" the adjutant persuaded beside him

Cleuver put down the binoculars and said with a blue face: "Can anyone tell me that it was the pilots of our empire who fought the air battle with the Chinese just now, or the Africans?"

The adjutant said: "The commander of the air battle just now is Major Otto Schulenburg, one of the best pilots and air combat commanders in the Empire......"

"What about the pilots?"

"All of them are the elite of the Imperial Air Force, Your Excellency......"

"Okay, I see......" Lieutenant General Kruvel got into the armored command vehicle with a black face.

The adjutant stumbled upon the telescope on his boss's chest, the hapless telescope had been pinched to the point that it was a little deformed, and the rubber jacket was covered with obvious finger prints. It can be seen how depressed His Excellency the General was just now.

There is no way, the air battle just now was completely one-sided, and it really hurt the morale of our own side, and it was all tears when I said it! My air ladies of Great Germany used to be so invincible, cold and noble, but now they have become "dumplings in the air."

In that air battle, which took less than half an hour, I saw that the German, oh no, it was the fighters of East Africa who fell down like dumplings, and not a single plane of the Chinese fell, and even the plane that was seriously injured in the fight flew back under the cover of his companions.

Now the Air Force is unreliable and can only rely on itself. Now the First Armored Army in East Africa has formed an anti-aircraft array, all self-propelled anti-aircraft guns have raised their barrels high, all other vehicles that can fight planes have been uncovered, and even trucks or off-road vehicles without weapons have been quickly mounted with machine guns, and those without machine guns have also been set up with rifles.

In a word, that's what's the use, although everyone knows that in the face of high-speed jets, most of these things are useless, but it's better than nothing, even if you can't get off the plane, it's good to be brave. No way, the Chinese's planes are too terrible, and they don't have the power to fight back at all.

The air battle just now could not be regarded as a battle at all, but a massacre. The more numerically superior planes were pulled down one by one by Chinese fighters like turkeys hunting. Not to mention the obvious superiority in the performance of Chinese aircraft, especially those terrible rockets, which are simply too much.

It's cheating!

"Damn, what kind of rockets are those Chinese using? can actually guide themselves......" Lieutenant General Krüwell sat in the command car, very unsteady. As a veteran of the army, when he saw the missiles launched by the Chinese fighters, he quickly thought of even more terrible consequences, and the way he almost pinched the telescope just now was not only because of the fiasco of the air force.

He said to the chief of staff, Major General Hill von der Leyen: "Hill, you say, what would happen if the Chinese used that kind of self-directed rocket on land?"

"This ......" Major General Delane also frowned, and said with difficulty: "Then our combat vehicles may also be ...... like those planes of the Air Force."

Clewell's face was blue and he said: "I think this operation should be stopped, the First Panzer Army is the absolute main force of the empire in Africa, and once it is lost in the conflict with the Chinese, it will be very unfavorable to the future strategy." ”

In the original plane, Kruvel was Rommel's deputy, and continued to command the Afrika Korps after Long Sr. was recalled home. However, on the plane, they did not have a chance to get together, Rommel has always been in Germany, and Cruvel has been working in East Africa. Of course, in order to look good, these Germans in East Africa have East African nationality.

"I agree to withdraw, Your Excellency. Major General Delane also nodded and said, "Let's ask His Excellency the Marshal for instructions...... Delaine was the most opposed to this operation. He felt that at a time when he was torn apart with the Entente, it would be very unwise to enter into a conflict with China.

The two discussed for a while, and then reported to their old superiors. Their superior was the Marquis Paul von Leto Forbeck, the Marquis of Paul von Leto Forbeck, who held the rank of field marshal of both Germany and East Africa, and had been the chief of the General Staff since the founding of the East African army, controlling all the armies of East Africa.

Connected to the classified radio of the East African General Staff, Clywell reported in detail to his superiors the situation of the air battle just now, as well as his own considerations, and finally said respectfully: "...... It is for this reason, Your Excellency, that we propose to cancel the operation and withdraw from the Ethiopian ......"

There was silence in the intercom for a while, and then Falbeck said slowly: "I understand your concerns and agree with your judgment. However, this operation cannot be canceled, even if the 1st Panzer Army is completely wiped out......"

Faulbeck paused, and then said: "This is the order of the Chief of the General Staff, and we must show China our bottom line and attitude." It's a political mission, you understand?"

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal...... Clywell thought for a moment and then said: "However, in the current situation, what if war breaks out with China? East Africa now mainly relies on the People's Revolutionary Union for external supplies, and if we enter a state of war with China, our supply will ......."

"Hahahaha......" Falbeck laughed and said, "You can rest assured that this is just a one, well, similar conflict in the colonial war, and it will not affect the relationship between the two countries." Whether you win or lose, there will be no war between the two countries, so you can fight with confidence. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, I know how. But what about the Air Force? Our planes are no match at all, and if China launches air strikes against us, we will be very passive...... "Clausel was very worried about the air.

He knew very well that there were only a few dozen jet fighters in the entire East Africa, and they were basically reimbursed in the air battle just now, and the remaining few did not work at all. Now even Germany itself has only begun to equip jets, and it is not easy to allocate dozens of them to East Africa.

"You don't have to worry too much about Chinese air strikes, I just spoke on the phone with their military commander, Admiral Hong, and this conflict is mainly ......on the ground," Falbeck said meaningfully.

After the call, Cleuver said to the chief of staff in a depressed voice: "You see, it's a political battle again, and that's what I hate the most." It makes me feel like a monkey ......."

"Hey......" Major General Delane could only sigh.

There was no way, the military had to be subordinated to politics, so they had to carry out this operation, which looked silly from a military point of view.

Yes, neither China nor Germany wanted to fight this war, but again had to. If China wants to demonstrate its strength, expand its influence in Africa, and control Ethiopia, it must show its muscles and teeth. Germany is thinking the same way, and they want to ensure their presence and interests in Africa, and they also want to show it in action. Now the two sides are fighting for the sphere of influence in the East African region, and this kind of thing cannot be solved by negotiation alone, even if the mustache has the intention to give in, he must do a game, so that he can give an account at home and abroad.

So in this battle, the Germans put on an East African vest, also to leave room for them. China's demand to keep the conflict under control on the ground is the same consideration.

Generally speaking, this is a war game between the two sides, just like the European powers fought for colonies in the past, they will not fight to the death, but they must be fought. Wait for the two sides to do a game, see if you win or lose, and then talk about how to divide the meat.

This is the rules of the game between the great powers, or politics. When the European white-skinned guys grabbed territory around the world, they didn't play dog brains in the minds of the locals, but they were peaceful among the locals, and the bigwigs held the same dance and tea parties with each other, and they were very affectionate.

The words of the "African God of War" were indeed correct, and in the subsequent trip, the Chinese planes did not come to attack the air, they just sent a few reconnaissance planes to circle around the sky above.

With a tacit understanding, the Germans pretended not to see. Of course, there is still a minimum of vigilance, a large group of propeller fighters cover over the First Panzer Army, they do not dare to fly too high, they are all at an altitude below 3,000 meters, so that they can be supported by ground anti-aircraft fire.

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At this time, dozens of ugly-looking planes were hovering outside the sight of the Germans, and there were two types of these aircraft.

One of the planes looked like a rough one, a jet with a low-speed, straight, single-wing layout, and the most bizarre thing was that its two turbofan engines were mounted on the buttocks, with a cannon pod hanging from the belly and a 30mm rifled gun pointing forward. It's ugly, and it's definitely not a fighter if it's so clumsy.

That's right, this is the Qiang-7 "Thunderbird" attack aircraft produced by Chengfei, one of the latest main attack aircraft in service with Army Airlines. Its prototype is the famous A-10 "Thunderbolt II" attack aircraft.

This "Thunderbird" attack aircraft was hovering at a low altitude of 3,000 meters at this time.

In the sky above the "Thunderbird", about 5000 meters of airspace, is another ugly plane. They look a bit like the Air Force's main fighter, the J-12 "Warhawk", but they are fatter and bloated, and they are larger, not to mention that their nose looks as if it has been flattened, like a duck's beak sticking out.

This is the H-10 "Mountain Eagle" fighter-bomber produced by Efei, because of the use of parallel two-seater, so the nose appears flat, and its prototype is the Su-34 "Platypus" of the original time and space. It is currently equipped with the Air Force, mainly as a tactical bomber, as well as for operational ground support missions.

In addition to these two aircraft, at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 meters, there is a group of fighters of the Army and Air Force. The Army Aviation is the J-15 "Dragon Owl" and the J-11 "Nighthawk", and the Air Force is still the old combination of the J-12 "Warhawk" and the Nighthawk. At the top of the group is an Air Police-2 "Watchtower" early warning aircraft.

This combined air-ground group is hovering over the Great Rift Valley, and their target is supposed to be the 1st East African Armored Army on the ground, but it is constantly circling.

"Uncle Zhesheng, what are you doing here, do you want us to go around in circles here?" Captain Huang Jiawei muttered dissatisfied.

In the air battle just now, he hit three elements in a row at once, using combat missiles, medium-range missiles, and machine guns to shoot down one each. After returning with a full tank of fuel and back, the boss told them to wait here.

Huang Jiawei is in high spirits right now, originally according to his plan, he was ready to gather the results of five battles today and become one of the aces in one fell swoop, but now he can only watch the enemy plane more than 100 kilometers away, which makes him feel as uncomfortable as a cat scratch.

"Crooked fart, you kid managed to get three, and I'm even more depressed. This kind of good thing has not caught up with the ......," Major Liu Zhesheng, the captain of the brigade, said very unhappily. Liu Zhesheng is currently recognized as China's No. 1 air combat master, including the three armed forces of the air force, he has won the Golden Helmet for five consecutive years, and in many confrontation exercises, he has been wildly brushing his head.

In last year's "Red Flag Military Exercise", Liu Zhesheng swept through the three armies. It also created the amazing results of using the J-2 "Raven" to shoot down two J-14 "Bobtail Eagles" of the Navy, but the J-2 "Raven" was an old biplane that was installed in the army before World War I, and actually "shot down" the latest cutting-edge jet fighters. This result has thundered the whole army to the point that even General Jin Haihai, China's number one ace at present, thinks that he is inferior. General Jin Haihai declared that if Liu Zhesheng had been born twenty years earlier, he would have been China's number one trump card.

Even Wen Deji was scorched by the thunder, and he sighed at the time: "This guy is simply a combat AI!

Because his air combat technology is too much of a bunker, in the army, Liu Zhesheng has including but not limited to "Uncle Zhesheng", "AI Zhesheng", "Super AI", and "AI Uncle...... And so on.

Because the nickname "AI" was approved by Mr. Wen, he drew a square-headed and square-brained robot image under the cockpit canopy of his landline, and wrote the four big characters "AI Philosopher" as his personal mark.

But what made Uncle Zhesheng extremely depressed and angry was that the air battle a few hours ago didn't catch up. Because his girlfriend came to visit relatives a few days ago, he took leave to accompany his girlfriend to go shopping these days. When he was on duty today, the command headquarters did not arrange his shift. When he learned the news and returned to the airport in a hurry, he saw that many comrades-in-arms and subordinates were happily marking the results of the battle on their landlines.

But on the plane of China's No. 1 air combat master, the current result mark is still zero...... There is no way, who told him to be late, he didn't catch up with the previous war, although he also went to Spain to gild, but he was unlucky, and he didn't catch a single one.

If you want to say that the most depressed person now, it must be him.

"Uncle, why do you say this? Do you fight or not...... another pilot interjected.

"I don't know!" Uncle Zhesheng said angrily. "How do I know what the boss thinks? I'll say it first, if the fight starts later, I don't care about anything else, I'll book two German jets first, and no one will grab them! Whoever robs me will be in a hurry!"

"Okay, uncle......" The pilots agreed in unison.

"Uncle Zhesheng, there's already a fight down there!" At this time, a pilot suddenly shouted.

At this moment, Captain Gordonwan also shouted on the channel: "The Hans Meow with the number 1888 is mine, and no one is allowed to grab it!"