Great Power Technology

In fact, the visit of an aircraft carrier fleet to the sea is not an overly shocking operation. All countries in the world that have aircraft carriers have basically conducted visits to aircraft carrier fleets, but the 003 fleet has not extended an invitation to non-allied and non-friendly countries like this. , indeed extremely rare.

China's explanation for this is that the 003 formation itself is conducting ocean trials. The planned route was originally going to pass through some sea areas near Europe, and it also performed a short-term escort mission near the Gulf of Aden, so it was just a good opportunity to take this opportunity. Exchange experiences with other countries on escort and anti-piracy experiences.

Such exchanges are essentially to ensure the security of the entire shipping system and international trade. There are no so-called special diplomatic attributes, so there is no need to make special distinctions between visit 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, after careful consideration, most of them chose to decline. However, those countries that had neither the strength nor the Countries with a different background have no choice. The only thing they can do is to repeatedly confirm to the Chinese side that this is a normal friendly visit.

In this regard, China’s answer is simple:

"If it's an unfriendly visit, why should we say hello to you?"

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

Yes, after China’s high-profile public visit plan, even Chou Country did not respond at all. The answer is obviously obvious:

Either they don't think it's necessary to take care of it, or they can't take care of it at all.

No matter what the situation is, "cooperation" is the best option.

Because if Chou Country feels that there is no need to control it, it means that the relationship between the two countries has tended to ease. At this time, as the younger brother, he cannot continue to confront; and if he cannot control it.

It’s a joke, can I still control things that my elder brother can’t control?

Just give me 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 made up their mind whether to cancel Francis' visit because they all want to see the outcome of the first unlucky person.

Francis' visit to Ireland has ended, and Fleet 003 has arrived at the Djibouti supply base and is about to sail into the Red Sea.

Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

Camp Lemonnier is the country's largest military base in Africa and its headquarters in Africa. It guards the strategic route from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and has long been a "sentinel on the oil channel." " known as.

This base was first established and used by the Outlaw Legion. It was rented by the United States after the Twin Towers Incident. It was nominally to combat terrorist activities in Africa and the Middle East, but in fact, it was still a place to protect the United States’ energy hegemony. Deterrence base established.

There are more than 4,000 soldiers stationed in this base, and a large amount of naval and air force equipment is deployed. In addition to non-resident B-2 bombers, it also includes F-35, F22, P-3 anti-submarine patrol aircraft, and B-1B Lancer bombers. Wait for a series of equipment.

These equipment basically guarantee the control of the United States in the Red Sea and surrounding areas. Even under the current background of the overall shrinkage of the United States' overseas military bases, the personnel and equipment configuration of this base have never changed.

For this time the 003 aircraft carrier formation docked at the Chinese supply base in Djibouti, the soldiers stationed at Camp Lemonnier were a little confused. They had no idea how to deal with this possible incident. In fact, if time went back a few times, Months ago, they would never have had any emotions in this regard.

When the standoff in the Western Pacific reached its peak, this base, which was only a dozen kilometers away from the Chinese base in Djibouti, had hundreds of aircraft taking off and landing almost every day. These aircraft could be said to fly aimlessly over the Red Sea. Then it majestically passed over the Djibouti base at low altitude, declaring its absolute control over this sea area.

But now, the situation seems 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, and the fighter plane he flies is the famous Lancer bomber. During the two years he was stationed at Camp Lemonnier, he flew fighter planes over the Djibouti base countless times, and also once He was warned by his superiors for demonstrating by opening the magazine at ultra-low altitude, but this warning did not have any impact on his career. Instead, he became a prestigious "hero" among his colleagues.

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

Parked in the hangar behind him was the "Lancer" that he was very familiar with, but at this time, the aircraft, 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 loop again, a person walked in front of him. The person took off one of Schneider's earphones and put it on, and then said:

"It's another boring day. How about you? Have you received the flight mission?"

The visitor was Wood, the pilot of the fighter squadron. His car was an F-22 fighter. Like Schneider, he was the top predator in this base.

Upon hearing his question, Schneider shook his head helplessly and replied:

"No. There have been fewer and fewer 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 we want to negotiate peace with China - this time it seems serious."

Schneider hummed and did not answer immediately.

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

He still remembered that one day, the commander revealed his intention for peace talks in front of the public media one day, and the next day, he flew the Lancer over the opponent's base and hit the opponent hard in the face.

That day happened to be Christmas Eve, and the other party politely expressed holiday blessings to me over the phone, but such blessings were like a joke to me.

Who cares about holiday greetings from a lower-ranking person? Even if this blessing is just routine.

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

And when the other party complained to us about this obviously malicious and harassing flight, the answer in the camp was extremely simple:

"This is a routine global joint training, using the unified time within the country."

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

Because their personnel and equipment configuration are far inferior to those of Camp Lemonnier, even if aircraft are deployed to conduct the same harassment, they will be driven away by their own aircraft very quickly, without any major impact at all.

The days at that time were so comfortable, and even now, he is still recalling the pleasure of humiliating the opponent's fighter plane by pressing it to the ground.

Thinking of this, he answered:

"I really hope days like this will pass quickly. I'm almost going crazy from the pain."

After hearing his words, Wood sighed with emotion and echoed:

"Don't worry, it was indeed a good time. I have a feeling that days like this will come 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 that I am not a smart person. Such reasoning is too difficult for me."

Wood smiled and comforted:

"It doesn't matter. As a pilot, we actually don't need to know too much about this kind of thing. However, what I want to say is that there is no news, which means that there is no essential change in our strength compared with theirs, right? ?”

Schneider frowned slightly and continued to ask:

"Why? They clearly have the No. 003 aircraft carrier formation, as well as laser weapons, electromagnetic guns, and H-20s. Isn't this the reason 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 what we did before every flight."

"Laser weapons, electromagnetic guns, and bombers are just things that we have long been tired of using. Compared to our huge army, they are nothing more than 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 100% sunk by just relying on the power 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, China is still the same China, and the ugly country is still the same ugly country. These peaceful days are only temporary. Maybe something special will happen tonight."

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

"whats the matter?"

Wood opposite smiled mysteriously and lowered his voice and said:

"I think we should resume night flights. And we will probably fly over each other's aircraft carrier formations."

"Think about it, they are so interested in this aircraft carrier formation's ocean voyage, and this represents their strongest strength, or in other words, this is their 'face'."

"You know, Chinese people attach great importance to the so-called 'face', because it is closely related to their international reputation."

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

"The answer is obvious. Even under current circumstances, we cannot sit idly by."

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

"Things should get...interesting then."