In fact, the visit of aircraft carrier formations to sea is not an overly shocking operation. All countries with aircraft carriers in the world have basically conducted visits and travels to aircraft carrier formations, but it is indeed extremely rare to send invitations to the 003 formation to the African Allied and non-friendly countries.

China's explanation for this is that the 003 formation itself is conducting ocean-going trials. The planned routes originally had to pass through some waters near Europe and also carried out short-term escort missions near the Gulf of Aden, so it happened to take this opportunity to exchange experiences with various countries on escort and anti-piracy.

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

Faced with such invitations, the invited countries showed completely different reactions. Most of the countries with closer ties to the ugly country or stronger strength chose to decline after considering them carefully, but those countries with neither strength nor background had no chance to choose. The only thing they could do was to repeatedly confirm to China that this was a normal friendly visit.

In this regard, Huaxia's answer is also very 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 waving. They seemed to wake up from their dreams and saw the current situation clearly.

Yes, after China's high-profile public visit plan, even the Ugly Kingdom did not respond to any response, and the answer was obviously very obvious:

Either they feel there is no need to take care of it, or they can't take care of it at all.

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

Because, if the ugly country feels that there is no need to manage it, it means that the relationship between the two countries has tended to ease. At this time, as a younger brother, you cannot continue to fight; but if you can't manage it...

Joke, can you still manage things that your elder brother can’t even control?

I can just give up a smile.

So, after the first batch of countries that responded to the invitation, almost all remaining countries on the visit plan happily 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, because they all want to see the result of the first unlucky guy.

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

......

Djibouti, Camp Lemonnier.

Camp Lemonnier is the largest military base of the Chou Kingdom in Africa and the headquarters of the Chou Kingdom in Africa. It guards the strategic path of the Red Sea to enter the Indian Ocean, and has long been known as the "sentinel on the oil channel".

This base was first established and used by extra-legal corps. It was leased by the Ugly Kingdom after the Twin Towers incident. It was nominally intended to combat terrorist activities in Africa and the Middle East. But in fact, it is still a deterrent base established to ensure the energy hegemony of the Ugly Kingdom.

There are more than 4,000 soldiers in this base and a large number of naval and air force equipment deployed. In addition to the unsustainable b-2 bombers, it also includes a series of equipment such as f-35, f22, p-3 anti-submarine patrol aircraft, b-1b lances bombers and other equipment.

These equipment basically guarantees the control of Chou Kingdom in the Red Sea and surrounding areas. Even in the context of the current comprehensive contraction of military bases outside Chou Kingdom, the personnel and equipment configuration of this base has never changed.

The garrisons of Lemonel Battalion were a little confused about the 003 aircraft carrier formation docked at the supply base in China Djibouti. They did not understand how to deal with this possible event. In fact, if time went back a few months ago, they would never have any emotions in this regard.

When the confrontation in the Western Pacific reached its peak, this base, which was only a dozen kilometers away from the Djibouti base in China, had to take off and land hundreds of aircraft every day. These aircraft could be said to be aimlessly flying over the Red Sea, and then passed by the low altitude above the Djibouti base in a magnificent manner, declaring its absolute control over this sea area.

But now, the situation seems to have changed a bit.

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 jet he flew was a famous Lancer bomber. During the two years he was stationed in Battalion Lemonnier, he had flew over Djibouti base countless times. He was also warned by his superiors for opening the bullet bay at a very low altitude to demonstrate. However, such warning did not have any impact on his career, but instead made him a prestigious "hero" among his colleagues.

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.

The "lancers" he was extremely familiar with were parked in the hangar behind him, but the plane, like him, could only stay on the ground in a frustrated manner, in the narrow barracks and hangars.

As the music in the headphones entered the beginning of the loop again, a man walked over in front of him. The man took off one of Schneider's headphones and put them on, and then spoke:

"It's another boring day...how do you guys receive the flight mission?"

The person who came was Wood, a pilot of the fighter squadron. His car was an F-22 fighter. Like Schneider, he belonged to the top predators in this base.

Hearing his question, Schneider shook his head helplessly and replied:

"No. Recently, there are fewer and fewer flight missions. I haven't been to heaven for more than a month. I really don't know what the above is doing..."

"Perhaps we need to negotiate with China - this time it seems to be serious."

Schneider nodded, and did not answer immediately.

The so-called "peace talks" have actually happened several times before, but every time this signal is revealed, it is the time when they are most prepared for war. In their opinion, peace talks are false, and delaying preparations in the name of peace talks is true.

He still remembers that one time, the commander revealed his intention to negotiate in front of the public media the day before, and the next day, he drove the lancer to fly over the other party's base and slapped the other party in the face.

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

Who cares about holiday blessings from those who are inferior? Even if such blessings are just routine.

Responding to this blessing was nothing more than a night of high-intensity flight.

When the other party complained to his side about this obviously malicious harassing flight, the answer in the camp was extremely simple:

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

Such an answer left the other party speechless and could not take any countermeasures.

Because their personnel and equipment configurations are much worse than those of Lemonel Battalion, even if the aircraft is drawn for equal harassment, they will soon be driven away by their own aircraft, and there will be no major impact at all.

The days at that time were so comfortable. Even to this day, he was still savoring the pleasure of humiliating the other party's fighter planes on the ground.

Thinking of this, he answered:

"I really hope that such days will pass soon, and I'm almost going crazy."

Hearing his words, Wood sighed with emotion and said in agreement:

"It's indeed a good time... Don't worry, I have a feeling that such a day will be back soon."

"Why? Do you have any news?"

Schneider asked curiously.

"No. But don't you think that the biggest good news is the lack of news?"

"...Wood, you know I'm not a smart person, and this kind of reasoning is too difficult for me."

Wood smiled and comforted:

"It doesn't matter. As a pilot, we don't actually need to know too much about this kind of thing... But what I want to say is that without news, it means that there is no essential change in our strength compared to them, right?"

Schneider frowned slightly and continued to ask:

"Why? They obviously have the No. 003 aircraft carrier formation, and they have laser weapons, electromagnetic guns, and H-20... 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 it's just a longer preparation - just like we did before every flight."

"Laser weapons, electromagnetic guns, and bombers are just things we have been tired of using for a long time. Compared to our huge army, those are just toys."

"Even the aircraft carrier formation No. 003 is actually just a medium-sized aircraft carrier formation. We don't even need support from other areas. We can ensure that it is 100% sunk by relying on the strength in the camp."

"We know this, and the other party knows it very well, so they have been acting very low-key when they docked at the base in Djibouti this time, didn't they?"

"Don't worry, China is still the same China, and the ugly country is still the same ugly country. Such a peaceful day is only temporary. Maybe something special will happen tonight..."

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

"What's the matter?"

Wood on the opposite side smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice and said:

"I think we should resume night flight. And we will most likely fly over the other's aircraft carrier formation."

"Think about it, they are so interested in this long-distance voyage of the aircraft carrier formation, and this represents their strongest strength, or rather, 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 show their muscles, build their global influence, and convince other countries to obey them... Do you think we will let this happen?"

"The answer is very obvious... Even in this situation, we cannot sit idly by and watch."

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