Red Alert Somalia

Chapter 291

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Because of the Gulf of Aden, the exclusive economic zone extending along the northern coastline of Somalia is a very special existence.Yemen on the opposite side also has its own territorial waters and exclusive economic zone.According to the exclusive economic zone of normal countries, the maritime rights of Somalia and Yemen overlap.

In the face of this situation, the United Nations also has regulations. In such a situation, it is necessary for the two countries to jointly negotiate and formulate the scope of their respective economic zones.However, international waterways must be kept unobstructed and must not interfere with normal navigation.

Because Somalia, a country, has never had its own exclusive economic zone, nor has it been formally demarcated, the whole world has ignored it.Exclusive territorial waters are a place of national rights and interests.But the exclusive economic zone, if a country is not delineated, then ships of other countries naturally have no obligation to comply.

What's more, even in the exclusive economic zone, ships of other countries have the right to free passage.Although the exclusive economic zone and the high seas are somewhat different in nature, the freedom of passage remains the same.It's just that an intelligence ship enters the exclusive economic zone of another country and is close to the baseline of the country's territorial sea. In the eyes of a sovereign country, this is strictly not allowed.Although there is no international law to regulate this behavior, the country also has the right to expel.

When Li Lan dispatched the navy at the beginning, it was because of this problem that the navy was only on duty in the territorial waters and detained ships that illegally invaded the territorial waters.As for the exclusive economic zone, Li Lan temporarily has no plans to deal with it.After all, the current focus is still on the direction of unifying Somalia.Of course, Li Lan does not want Somalia's exclusive economic zone, and he also wants the right to extract resources from the continental shelf.

On the Somalia Continental Shelf and the Gulf of Aden, there are extremely rich oil and gas resources. That's all money!No matter what, he couldn't let these things be lost from under his nose.

Regarding this incident of the US intelligence ship, Li Lan also had some ideas.It is absolutely impossible for him to regress, otherwise everyone would dare to make trouble under his nose.He sent the Black Hawk fighter plane of the naval aviation to express his attitude.

If the United States really insists on going its own way and has to enter the territorial waters, then Li Lan has the courage to kill the opponent.Among the five Black Hawk fighters that were dispatched, one was a Black Hawk electronic warfare aircraft dedicated to electronic intelligence collection and electronic countermeasures, that is, the one that circulated around Wuxian.The other four fighters all carry v-1fj supersonic anti-ship missiles and v-1kz air-to-air range missiles.The target of carrying these weapons to deal with is naturally not Flawless.Rather, it is possible to support US combat ships and US aircraft.

The value of the captives of a ship like the Flawless is countless times higher than the value of destruction. Once a conflict occurs, Li Lan wants to capture the Flawless and destroys the US military's combat aircraft and ships.Of course, this is only a plan after the conflict broke out.If it can be resolved peacefully, then Li Lan will not conflict with the United States.After all, this time, he also considered a bargain.

However, the driver on the Black Hawk electronic warfare aircraft responded quickly to the clear reply from the No time: "Since you want to travel freely, you should immediately return to the normal international waterway and leave China’s territorial waters immediately. Otherwise, we will continue to treat it as a provocative act, and all the consequences will be borne by the United States."

After shouting these, the Black Hawk fighter closed the public channel and continued to hover around the No Time.

"Captain, what should I do!" On board the No Time, the chief engineer saw the Somali Air Force lazy and started to feel anxious.

"I can know what to do! If we really dare to pass, we will not be allowed to become prisoners of the other party." Medellin replied grimly, and then asked loudly: "When will the air force come."

"The air force has arrived!" It was not the communicator who answered Medellin's question, but the radar soldier. In the radar response, they had already seen the arrival of their own aircraft.

The four Super Hornet carrier-based aircraft, which took off from the USS Roosevelt, were originally responsible for the alert mission of the aircraft carrier strike group. After receiving the notification from the Innocent, they rushed to cheer for their intelligence ship.

The Black Hawk fighters in the air also spotted these uninvited guests early, and these Super Hornets also quickly spotted the Black Hawk fighters in the air. The passive search radar on the Black Hawk fighters began to lock the opponent.The passive phased array radar on the Super Hornet has also been locked on these five Black Hawk fighters.

The time for the two sides to meet was very fast. The distance of fifty or sixty kilometers was only a few minutes.Fortunately, both sides were restrained and flew in four-on-four formation, flying in parallel at a distance of seven or eight kilometers.

The already tense atmosphere, with the arrival of the US Army’s Super Hornet carrier aircraft, the atmosphere was once again lifted.

The pilots on the Black Hawk fighter have been prepared for combat. Although the phased array radar has not been turned on, they are ready to turn on at any time.The timing is when the opponent's fighters cross the territorial sea and air.

The U.S. carrier-based aircraft have long been prepared for combat, the missiles are all ready for launch, and the targets have been determined.As long as these enemy planes have any dangerous actions in front of them, they will take immediate action.

The US military pilots of these Super Hornets were also more restrained. They did not take any more provocative behavior when they saw the formation of the opponent's fighter planes. They also restrained themselves and did not go close to the opponent's territorial airspace.

This stalemate lasted for nearly half an hour. Whether the two sides acted or not, only the Black Hawk electronic warfare aircraft kept collecting various data.Regardless of the fact that this Black Hawk fighter has no weapons, the electronic equipment on it plays a much more powerful role than missiles.

The United States knows to collect information and intelligence on its opponents, so will the Red Police Corps.It didn't take long for the electronic signals and radar data of the four Super Hornets to be collected by the Black Hawk electronic warfare aircraft, which also included the electronic response on the No. Flawless.

As time continued to stalemate, the two sides seemed to have no room for retreat. As the Red Police Corps had closed the announcement channel, neither party had another dialogue.

This atmosphere, with what happened next, also began to change.The naval ships of both sides arrived as scheduled. Because the Red Police Corps dispatched fighters, the Aegis destroyer Paul Jones, which should have been here long ago, did not come alone, but waited for another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, and another ship under its control. Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in the US Fifth Fleet.

The arrival of three combat-capable warships did not cause a fundamental change in the situation of both sides.

Because the 031 Aegis of the Red Police Corps and two multi-functional destroyers also arrived one after another, and they also used the baseline of the Somali territorial waters and headed towards the Immaculate.Completely ignored the U.S. fleet that was larger than their tonnage.

This is the first time that the U.S. Navy has seen Somali Freedom Alliance warships in reality. As reported on the photos on the Internet, these warships are very advanced in terms of stealth performance and speed.

Especially the stealth performance of the opponent. The three US warships equipped with the Aegis system did not confirm that these were Somali Free Alliance warships until the opponent appeared on the horizontal plane.This is tantamount to giving the United States a great disarming force, a fleet that can hide in the ocean. This is a big threat to the US Navy.

The closer the distance is, it is enough for both parties to observe carefully.

I thought the two sides would have a conservative confrontation. After all, the distance was so close that the possibility of a battle breaking out was too small.However, the subsequent behavior of the Red Police Corps surprised the three US warships.An intelligence ship of only a few thousand tons was directly surrounded by three combat ships, and the distance between the hulls was less than 500 meters.

At this time, the U.S. warships couldn't just ignore it, and approached the besieged Immaculate at full speed.This is the exclusive economic zone of Somalia, but many rules for driving on the high seas can be used in the exclusive economic zone.

"Please stay away from our territorial waters immediately." The loudspeaker on the 031 Aegis ship sounded a warning after the three US warships speeded up.

"This is public, please stop the rude and provocative behavior immediately, otherwise we will treat it as a war." This is a reply from the US warship, showing self-confidence in its toughness and full of threats.

"Since this is an act of war, your side has already provoked a war. We will resolutely fight back. We will not waver in our determination to safeguard our territorial sovereignty." This is the response of the Red Police Corps 031 Aegis ship, tit-for-tat on Mai , You are tougher and I am tougher.

This annoyed the three US navy ships. The other side was really flabbergasted. Only the Soviet Union in the world dared to say such things to the United States. Unexpectedly, they had not experienced the Cold War, but they encountered hard-line consent here. Reply.At the same time, everyone is also wondering where the confidence of these Somalis can be said.

"Please leave our ship immediately, otherwise the war will start in the next second, and you will be responsible for initiating the war." Naturally, the US military cannot back down.

The Red Police Corps did not answer. Instead, it left the Immaculate and headed toward the three American warships. The speed quickly rose to 30 knots.

On the US warship, after seeing the other side leaving the Immaculate, I thought that the other side had retreated, and wanted to laugh at the timidity of these Africans. Even with advanced weapons, they could not change the cowardly fate.

However, seeing that the warships of both sides were getting closer and the speed reached 30 knots, a very bad picture flashed in everyone's mind.