Chapter 969 Entering France

With the air war in the Persian Gulf, another country immediately took action. This country is France.

France's 'De Gaulle' aircraft carrier formation in the Mediterranean Sea was raided by the Somali Air Force, losing a destroyer and a frigate, and even the aircraft carrier was almost sunk. This is simply a shame of the world's Third Navy. How can the Gallic chicken bear it?

But there is a gap with Somalia in the air force. France has to cooperate more closely with the United States. When the Americans move in the Persian Gulf, France is also moved by the news.

This time, the French did not only target Libya, not even Somalia. The 3,000 French troops at the French [***] base in Djibouti were first transferred to the border area near Somalia to show off their power. As for Djibouti's political axe? Do I still need to ask for their consent for the transfer of the team?

Then France began to use air transport aircraft to transport troops into Djibouti, and the original aircraft carrier fleet, except for Charles de Gaulle returned to the base for repair, the other fleets were organized and sailed to the Red Sea.

France's series of actions is undoubtedly to tell the world that I am going to fight against Somalia!

When the U.S. Air Force and the Joint Air Force went to war in the Persian Gulf, France entered a gust fighter squadron at Djibouti's military base. On the same day, it crossed the Giesso border and carried out an air raid on a military camp in the Somaliland Military Region. The French fought as soon as they came up, which caught the world off guard, and the reaction of the Somali National Defense Force was also a little slow, and there was a lot of loss.

And the French [***] team on land also crossed the border and went directly into Somalia. It is said that the Sofa War officially broke out.

This time, the French political axe used a battalion of the Marine Corps, a regiment of the Foreign Corps, and more than 6,000 ground troops of the two regiments of the army participated in the attack on Somalia. In the air, France mobilized a gust fighter squadron, two Phantom 2000-5 squadrons and several helicopter battalions.

Because all the main forces of the Somali air force were transferred to the Persian Gulf, France took advantage of it and seized the air sizing power in Somaliland for a while.

In the Ogaden area, the Ethiopian army, which had lost its offensive spirit, also mobilized four divisions of the army, all the Air Force's Su-27 fighters and MiG-21 fighters, and launched a fierce counterattack against a Somali infantry brigade and an infantry brigade entering the Ogaden region.

For a while, there was a rumble of cannons in the East Africa region.

Mogadishu Underground Command Center, which has been fully utilized as early as the first Persian Gulf air battle. But the real large-scale use was this French attack on Somalia.

Although Somalia was caught off guard by the French [***] team at the beginning, it soon turned on the war machine.

An infantry brigade in the Northern Military Region was immediately transferred to the Somaliland region to cooperate with the Fifth Infantry Brigade of the Somaliland Military Region and another infantry brigade to fight against the French invading army. Li Mo is not worried about the battle on the ground. He is worried about the French air force.

Because the main force has been transferred to the Persian Gulf, there are only a few Su-27 fighters in the Somali Air Force at present, and the rest are old aircraft such as MiG-25 and MiG-23. If there is an air war with the French Air Force, it will be completely dead. What the ground forces can rely on at present is the ground anti-aircraft missile forces.

But such a passive war is not what Li Mo wants. He didn't expect that the French would really take the initiative to attack Somalia. Didn't the French think that once the Somali Strategic Air Force returned, it would be a disaster for France?

Or do the French think that the Somali Strategic Air Force will not survive the Persian Gulf air battle?

What should I do? Is it possible to be beaten passively like this? Li Mo was also a little at a loss at this time. The French will look for an opportunity to launch an attack on Somalia when the Somali air force was officially weakened.

"Commander, the news just came from the front line that we lost a Su-27 two-seat fighter. But we also shot down a Phantom 2000-5. Mu Si Shao, Deputy Chief of General Staff, came to Li Mo to report a bad news.

At this time, there were only four or five Su-27 fighters left in Somalia, and the loss of one was greatly weakened. Although a French fighter plane was shot down, it has little effect on the current situation.

"Chief of Staff Mours, how many fighters are there in the Second Squadron of the Strategic Air Force?" Li Mo frowned and thought for a long time and asked a question.

Deputy Chief of Staff Mous was once the commander of the Northern Military Region and a subordinate of Hash, a member of the National Defense Commission, who was once ordered to be shot by Hussein, the Chief of Staff. However, he was not dismissed in the liquidation after Hash's death.

"Commander, the Second Squadron of the Strategic Air Force currently only has four two-seat 'Eagle B' fighters, but these four aircraft are all on strategic duty, which are an important part of the strategic nuclear strike and cannot be easily mobilized." As soon as Moth heard Li Mo's question, he knew what the commander was thinking, and quickly put forward different opinions.

The strategic air force is divided into two parts. One is a single-seat multi-purpose fighter in the Persian Gulf. The main task is to carry out various conventional air raid missions for air power, and the second force is the second squadron, with only a few two-seat models. The existence of the second squadron is similar to the strategic bombardment of the United States, Russia and other countries. The bomber unit carried out strategic nuclear strike and nuclear counterattack missions.

Now Somalia is fighting against the United States and France, both of which are nuclear powers. Who knows if it will trigger a nuclear war? Therefore, it is not enough for Somalia to rely on the strategic missile regiment to carry out strategic deterrence, because the main force of the strategic missile regiment is still medium-range ballistic missiles, and the intercontinental missiles have not been officially deployed. In order to prevent the enemy's pre-emptive nuclear attack on Somalia, Somalia must preserve a certain amount of nuclear counterattack force at any time.

So the Deputy Chief of Staff of Moes is opposed to the idea that Li Mo wants to use the Second Squadron to participate in the battle with the French Air Force for air supremacy.

Li Mo was not angry about this. Instead, he was glad that his men could dare to directly raise objections. In this way, he will not make the wrong decision at some point.

"You're right. It's better not to use the second squadron. So how do you think we should solve the French air threat?

Somaliland is another relatively prosperous region of Somalia in addition to the capital region. If it is destroyed by war, it will be a serious blow to the development of Somalia. For the time being, it may be that the French are still trying to explore the cards of the Malian Air Force. The attack still uses five points of strength to preserve five points of strength, but once it is known that Somalia can't really mobilize more superior air power, that is, the Somali strategic air force is all dragged in the Persian Gulf, the French attack must be more fierce.

Mooth thought for a moment and said, "Commander, I think it's better to transfer some first squadron planes back?"

"No, no. This method doesn't work. Compared with the French, the battle on the other side of the Persian Gulf is more important. The other side is the overall situation, so the first squadron can't move. If possible, I also hope to send more air forces to the Persian Gulf. Li Mo rejected this suggestion without thinking about it.

Mouse nodded slightly and then proposed, "France has temporarily lost its aircraft carrier, and there is only one air base in Djibouti nearby. I think it's better to use the conventional missiles of the Strategic Missile Regiment to destroy this base."

Li Mo thought about it carefully for a while and thought it was a good idea. But it is also a way to treat the symptoms but not the root causes. Let's not mention that there are airports in Djibouti that can be used by the United States and Djibouti. If the French Air Force loses its base in Djibouti, it is difficult to guarantee that the French will look at the airport in Somalia, which will prompt the French to increase their attacks in Somalia.

But this method can be used, at least it can temporarily contain the French air power.

"10, 9... 0... launch!"

With the order of Viper, the commander of the strategic missile regiment, the Sky 2 missile force of the strategic missile regiment located somewhere in the northern plateau of Somalia, disguised missile launchers have erected missiles. After receiving the launch order, they immediately ignited and launched.

Three Sky 2 missiles rose into the air with a long tail flame and inserted directly into the sky.

Sky 2 missile is the first generation of solid-propelled medium-range ballistic missile developed by the Star Group Missile Development Center on the basis of the Meteor 3 missile provided by Iran. The missile has a maximum range of 1,800 kilometers and can carry 600 kg of conventional warheads to attack the enemy's large fixed targets.

As soon as the three missiles were launched, they were detected by multiple monitoring stations around the world, and then alarms were sounded in many regions of the world. One satellite and ground monitoring stations were all in a state of emergency, locking the three missiles, judging the type and type of missile, analyzing the flight trajectory parameters of the missile, and figuring out the missile's strike. Hit the target and whether to carry nuclear warheads or kill warheads, and some tense areas even turn on the radar of the missile defense system, and some interceptors are ready to launch and intercept.

Countries like Russia and China must do their own, while some Western countries share information like a baton, and finally transmit missile intelligence to missile targets.

Knowing that Somalia has launched a long-range missile, the most nervous thing is the French political axe. France's attack on the Somali mainland this time is desperate, intending to fundamentally solve the threat of Somalia, which is more fierce than the United States. If Somalia launches nuclear missiles at France, the French axu does not want to see it.

However, knowing that the incoming missile was not aimed at the French mainland, the French political axe was immediately relieved. Although the missile was a base to attack Djibouti [***], it proved the previous speculation that Somalis did not have the ability to attack the French mainland at present, that is to say, France did not worry that Somalia would France launched nuclear bombs at home because Somalia does not have this strength when its air force is dragged.

(to be continued)