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Everything is ready, and the children of the four major families have already left Niger; France will naturally take action. At this moment, France is equivalent to being roasted on the fire, leaving Niger alone; then other African countries will inevitably continue to fight for independence.

Therefore, there is nothing to hesitate. We must give the Nigeriens a heavy blow; let them know who has the final say on the African continent.

As for the civilian children and more than 1,000 soldiers, they don't seem to be that important; perhaps their deaths can find more sufficient reasons and excuses for France to send troops; from this point of view, they can be regarded as a well-deserved death.

General Didier-Marie-Jacques is the commander-in-chief of the French army, navy and air force. Although the old boy's reputation is average, his marshal father is very famous in Africa; after an absolute general, whether he is a tiger still needs to be tested through war.

With his family background and his father’s connections in the military, his promotion has been smooth sailing. Of course, his personal ability is absolutely not bad, otherwise he would not be able to become an army general.

After receiving the order from the President and the Ministry of National Defense, we came to Algeria as soon as possible and established the temporary command headquarters as quickly as possible.

Judging from this point alone, General Didier Marije Jacques is still very qualified and has the demeanor of a promising general.

Niger still refused the last ultimatum; the French president directly issued an order to General Jacques to launch a joint military operation code-named Desert Storm.

When he heard this name, Bao Zixuan was obviously stunned; he didn't expect that the United States did not use it for Iraq, but asked France to use the code name for the Nigeriens. Perhaps it is a coincidence, but of course it may be inevitable; it seems that war is inevitable at all, and the countries where it occurs most are different.

The French have worked hard on an expedition, and Niger's military strength has been supplemented; if they cannot give the French a heavy blow, then we can only say that they are not worthy of support.

Even if it fails, it doesn't matter. Everything is controlled by the Soviets anyway; what does it have to do with the Black Cloud Group? The benefits of Lao Maozi's existence have been reflected.

The Soviet Union not only contributed people and efforts; even the satellites in the sky urgently adjusted their orbits to help Niger collect intelligence. The French army doesn't say it has any secrets, but when the army begins to gather, the Niger military will get the news immediately. However, these French people are still unclear. After all, the Gulf War has not started in this generation, and the world does not yet understand the true military strength of the United States; and what the large-scale application of satellites and precision-guided weapons means for war.

Even if intelligence shows that Niger's military strength has been strengthened to a certain extent, it is nothing to the powerful France.

Admiral Jacques knew very well that war is about inflicting pain on the opponent; the time cannot be delayed too long, France simply cannot afford it. This was true in the Vietnam battlefield and the Algerian war. He does not want to repeat the same mistakes, and he will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

If you want a quick victory, you must deploy a broad-based posture; the first wave of attacks will paralyze the Niger Air Force and armored forces. With only a few small weapons left, how could they possibly contend with the French army, which was armed to the teeth?

The French Air Force has more than 500 fixed-wing fighter jets of various types, and more than 300 of them were brought to the African front this time. Together with the navy's 80 fighter jets, the French Air Force has almost emptied the bottom of the country.

Although the country can produce advanced fighter jets, its economic strength is average; military investment has not been high in recent years. It doesn't matter at ordinary times, but once there is a war, weapons and soldiers are somewhat scarce.

However, with the size of France's economy and population, it does not dare to expand its army too much; if that were to happen, the entire country would have to be brought down.

It's not like fighting the United States and the Soviet Union, facing tiny Niger; that's enough. Even in Admiral Jacques' view, 50 aircraft are enough to deal with it.

Now that it has decided to open up its posture, there is no retreat for France. If you can't even take care of little Niger, you won't be laughed out of your mouth.

Admiral Jacques looked at the generals on the left and right, and said very seriously: "I order all air force fighters to dispatch; bomb according to the predetermined target."

"At the same time, the army is ready. After the air force completes its mission, it will drive straight in. Don't have any scruples and go directly to Niamey. The offensive must not be stopped until the Niger capital is completely occupied."

"Everyone, the French army has not shown its true strength to the enemy for a long time. The battle in Niger is related to France's entire African strategy; there is no room for loss; the glory of France needs us to protect it!"

It can be said that Admiral Jacques has not completely changed, and is still thinking about the blitzkrieg during World War II; but on second thought, there is not much wrong with him. After all, Germany back then was much stronger than Niger.

A full-scale attack, I believe Niger’s military strength will simply not be able to withstand it.

The supreme commander has issued the order, so there is nothing to hesitate; the French army began preparations at various military bases in Algeria.

As for the French pilots, they did not take the Niger Air Force seriously; they only had a few old-model fighters and could not make any waves at all.

Even though the war is about to begin, he still looks carefree; he looks very angry and thinks that soldiers should not be like this. But it's hard to say much now, after all, they will go to the battlefield to fight for their lives; as long as they destroy the enemy, they can't ask for too much.

280 planes took off from major airports in Algeria; after forming a formation in the air, they swooped towards Niger.

At the same time, the Niger army was also well prepared; with the help of Soviet advisers, it quickly mastered the weapon operation procedures. Of course, it has a lot to do with the fact that Soviet-made weapons are easy to use. The control is very simple; there are only a few buttons before and after.

If it is an American-made weapon with extremely high precision, it is really not that easy to master it quickly.

All missiles are camouflaged, and as for individual anti-aircraft missiles, they are all hidden on people's roofs. The Nigeriens also know that doing so is likely to result in crazy retaliation from France; but there is currently no other way.

All resources must be utilized. In short, there is only one core purpose: to completely defeat the French and drive them out of Niger.

Most of Niger's land is desert, and there are not many truly valuable targets. Therefore, after French Air Force fighter jets entered Niger's airspace, they did not conduct a bombardment immediately. The fighters in front need to go deep into the hinterland, which can be regarded as expanding the results.

280 fighter planes entered Niger without encountering almost any resistance.

Even the first batch of fighter planes taking off has almost arrived in the capital Niamey.

Knowing that the time had come, General Barre did not hesitate at all; he directly issued an order for the surface-to-air missile force to fully attack the French aircraft.

50 missile launch vehicles are already enough to cope with it; but what really makes French pilots uncomfortable is the large number of SA-14 individual air defense missiles.

You must know that in order to increase the accuracy of bombing, the French Air Force all adopts low-altitude entry; at this time, most flying altitudes are around 1,000 meters. In addition, the incident happened so suddenly that there was no time to pull up the aircraft; many pilots had not yet reacted, and the aircraft had already been attacked by missiles.

Lieutenant Colonel Polet is an excellent pilot of the French Air Force with a very impressive resume. He is rare among the French military and has performed many missions.

I had been stationed in Niger for a period of time before, and I was very familiar with the local terrain. When I was about to arrive in Niamey, the siren suddenly sounded, apparently due to radar exposure.

His good combat qualities allowed him to react quickly; he immediately started to dive downwards. Be prepared to use maneuverable and flexible positioning to cause the missile to lose its target.

When fully loaded, the fighter plane could not outrun the missile at all; but what it did not expect was that it had just escaped a surface-to-air missile attack and was locked by two Sam-14 individual air defense missiles.

He had no time to react and was shot down directly; similar scenes were staged across Niger.

After entering Niger, there was no attack. Coupled with the previous inherent impression, the French pilots instinctively believed that the Niger army basically did not have decent air defense weapons.

It is difficult for several anti-aircraft guns to deal with propeller aircraft; it is simply impossible to attack fast and maneuverable jet aircraft.

There is no regret in the world, otherwise the French Air Force would not be so reckless; it rashly carried out air strikes on Niger when the intelligence was not very sufficient and its own preparations were not sufficient.

The pilot complained in his mind to the intelligence department, what on earth did these people do with such anti-aircraft firepower, but they didn't say anything before setting off. While secretly cursing himself, he was so trusting; even if he was shot down, he deserved it.