Great Power Technology.

Chapter 423 Want to refute their face
In fact, it is not a shocking operation for an aircraft carrier formation to visit the sea. All countries with aircraft carriers in the world have basically conducted aircraft carrier formation visits. , is indeed extremely rare.

Huaxia's explanation for this is that the 003 formation itself is conducting ocean trials, and the planned route will pass through some seas near Europe, and it has also carried out a short-term escort mission near the Gulf of Aden, so it is just a matter of taking this opportunity. Exchange with other countries on escort and anti-piracy experience.

Such exchanges are essentially to ensure the security of the entire shipping system and international trade, and there is no so-called special diplomatic attribute, so there is no need to make special distinctions between the visiting objects.

Faced with such an invitation, the invited countries showed completely different reactions. Among them, the countries that were closer to the ugly country or had stronger power chose to decline after careful consideration, but those who had neither strength nor strength The countries in the background have no chance to choose. The only thing they can do is to repeatedly confirm to Huaxia that this is a normal friendly visit.

In this regard, Huaxia's answer is also very simple:
"If it's an unfriendly visit, why should we greet you?"

This sentence awakened a large number of countries and forces that were still vacillating. They seemed to wake up from a dream and saw the current situation clearly.

That's right, after Huaxia's high-profile public visit plan, even Ugly Country didn't make any response, so the answer is obviously already obvious:
Either they don't think it's necessary to control it, or they can't control it at all.

In either case, "cooperation" is the best option.

Because, if the Ugly Country thinks there is no need to control it, it means that the relationship between the two countries has tended to ease. At this time, as a younger brother, I cannot continue to confront; and if I can’t control it.
What a joke, things that my elder brother can't even manage, can I manage it myself?
Honestly, I have to lose a smile.

As a result, after the first batch of countries that responded to the invitation, almost all the remaining countries that were planning to visit readily accepted the invitation, including a large number of countries that Francis originally planned to visit.

They have not yet decided whether to cancel Francis' visit reception, because they all want to see the result of the first hapless person.

Francis' visit to Ireland has ended, and the No. 003 formation has arrived at the Djibouti supply base and is about to sail into the Red Sea.

Djibouti, Camp Lemonnier.

Camp Lemonnier is the largest military base of the Ugly country in Africa. It is the headquarters of the Ugly country in Africa. It guards the Mandeb Strait, a strategic passage from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. For a long time, it has been a "sentinel on the oil channel." "The name.

This base was first established and used by the Foreign Legion. After the Twin Towers incident, it was rented by the ugly country. It was nominally used to combat terrorist activities in Africa and the Middle East. Established deterrent bases.

这个基地中常驻着4000多名军人，部署了大量海空军装备，除了非常驻的B-2轰炸机之外，还包括F-35、F22、P-3反潜巡逻机、B-1B枪骑兵轰炸机等等一系列装备。

These equipments basically guarantee Ugly China's control over the Red Sea and surrounding areas. Even in the context of the current shrinking of Ugly country's overseas military bases, the personnel and equipment configuration of this base has never undergone any changes.

Regarding the 003 aircraft carrier formation docking at the Huaxia Djibouti supply base this time, the soldiers stationed at the Lemonier Battalion were a little at a loss. Before a month, they would never have any emotions in this regard.

At the time when the confrontation in the Western Pacific reached its peak, this base, which was only a dozen kilometers away from the Huaxia Djibouti base, took off and landed hundreds of aircraft almost every day. These aircraft could be said to be flying aimlessly over the Red Sea. Then it flew over the Djibouti base in a grand manner, declaring its absolute control over this sea area.

But now, things seem to have changed.

The base is still the same base, and the equipment is still the same, but the activity of this base is actually completely different from before.

Schneider is an ordinary pilot in this base. The fighter plane he drives is the famous Lancer bomber. During the two years he was stationed at Camp Lemonnier, he has flown the fighter plane over the Djibouti base countless times, and once He was warned by his superiors because of the demonstration of opening the magazine at an ultra-low altitude, but such a warning did not have any impact on his career, but instead made him a prestigious "hero" among his colleagues.

But at this moment, he was sitting bored in the open space of the camp, quietly listening to an old song that he had heard countless times.

In the hangar behind him was the "Lancer" he was very familiar with, but the plane at this time, like him, could only stay on the ground, in the small barracks and hangar.

When the music in the earphones entered the beginning of the cycle again, a person walked in front of him. The man took off one of Schneider's earphones and put them on, and then said:
"How about another boring day, have you received the flight mission?"

The person who came was Wood, the pilot of the Fighter Squadron, and his car was an F-22 fighter jet. Like Schneider, he belonged to the top predators in this base.

Hearing his question, Schneider shook his head helplessly, and replied:
"No. There are fewer and fewer flying missions recently. I haven't been in the sky for more than a month. I really don't know what's going on up there."

"Probably want to negotiate peace with Huaxia --- this time it seems to be serious."

Schneider hummed, but didn't answer right away.

The so-called "peace talks" have actually happened several times before, but every time such a signal is revealed from above, it is when they are most diligent in combat preparations. In their view, the peace talks are fake, and they are delayed in the name of peace talks Preparing for battle is real.

He still remembers a time when the commander revealed his intention for peace talks in front of the public media the day before, and the day after that, he drove the Lancers over the opponent's base and slapped the opponent hard in the face.

It happened to be Christmas Eve that day, and the other party politely expressed holiday blessings to their own side through the phone, but such blessings were like a joke to their own side.

Who cares about holiday wishes from the inferiors?Even if this kind of blessing is just a routine.

The response to this blessing was nothing more than a whole night of high-intensity flying.

And when the other party complained to his own side about this obviously malicious and harassing flight, the answer in the camp was extremely simple:
"This is a routine global joint training, using the same time in the ugly country."

Such an answer left the other party speechless and unable to take any countermeasures.

Because their personnel and equipment configuration were far inferior to those of the Lemonnier Camp, even if their planes were dispatched to carry out the same amount of harassment, they would be quickly driven away by their own planes, without any major impact at all.

Those days were so comfortable, even until now, he is still reminiscing about the pleasure of humiliating the opponent's fighter plane on the ground.

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and replied:

"I really hope that days like this will pass quickly, I'm almost going crazy."

Hearing his words, Wood sighed with emotion, and echoed:

"It was a good time and rest assured, I have a feeling it will be back soon."

"Why? Do you have any news?"

Schneider asked curiously.

"No. But, don't you think that no news is the greatest good news?"

".Wood, you know I'm not a smart person. Such reasoning is too difficult for me."

Wood smiled and comforted:

"It doesn't matter. As a pilot, we don't need to know too much about this kind of thing. However, what I want to say is that if there is no news, it means that our strength compared with them has not changed fundamentally, right? ?”

Schneider frowned slightly, and continued to ask:

"Why? They obviously have the No. 003 aircraft carrier formation, and they also have laser weapons, electromagnetic guns, and H-20. Isn't this why we are temporarily showing weakness?"

"...I don't think we are showing weakness now, on the contrary, I think this is just a longer preparation - just like we did before every flight."

"What laser weapons, what electromagnetic guns, and what bombers are all just things we have long been tired of using. Compared with our huge army, those are just toys."

"Even the No. 003 aircraft carrier formation is actually just a medium-sized aircraft carrier formation. We don't even need support from other areas. We can guarantee that it will be sunk [-]% only by relying on the strength in the camp."

"We know this, and the other side also knows this, so they have been very low-key when they docked at the Djibouti base this time, haven't they?"

"Don't worry, Huaxia is still that Huaxia, and Ugly Country is still that Ugly Country. Such peaceful days are only temporary. Maybe something special will happen tonight."

Schneider's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to ask:

"whats the matter?"

Wood on the opposite side smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice and said:
"I think we should resume night flying. And, we will probably fly over the other side's aircraft carrier formation."

"Think about it, they are so fancy about the ocean voyage of the aircraft carrier formation this time, and this represents their strongest strength, or it is their 'face'."

"You know, Chinese people value the so-called 'face' very much, because it is closely related to their international reputation."

"They want to use this voyage to flex their muscles, to build their global influence, to persuade other countries to submit to them. Do you think we will let this happen?"

"The answer is obvious. Even in the current situation, it is impossible for us to sit idly by."

"We will definitely try to destroy their 'face' in some way."

"At that point, things should get... interesting."

(End of this chapter)