Chapter 1113 Changes in the International Situation (Part 1)

The air is fresh, and the morning sun shines on the garden, making the whole garden look colorful. In the fragrance of flowers, you can hear the morning news broadcast by the radio station. The sweet voice of the female anchor floats in this fragrant garden, making people feel very relaxed.

In this relaxed atmosphere, Zhao Bei had just finished a long fist and was taking a hot towel from the guard, wiping the sweat on his neck and face, then walked into the pavilion with the towel, sat down on the recliner, opened a bottle of Coke on the stone bench, and poured half a bottle in one go.

"Madam, please go over and have breakfast together."

The captain of the guard Qin Sihu walked over, took the towel, and then muttered to Zhao Bei in a low voice.

"Well. Tell my wife, I'll go in a moment."

Zhao Bei nodded, put half a bottle of Coke back on the stone bench, and then adjusted the volume switch of the short-wave radio at his feet. At this time, the female announcer was broadcasting a front-line battlefield report.

"...According to a report by the front line observer of the 'Asian Liberation Front', the British colonial army near Muscat City has been completely wiped out, and the international troops of the Liberation Front are still pursuing the retreating British colonial army. According to rough statistics from the battlefield reporters in Muscat City, as of the early morning of this day, the Chinese Air Force fighter jets in Muscat have shot down more than 200 enemy planes, which is only the record of the 6 Air Force's military forces. According to the information obtained by our station in contact with domestic military experts, the strength of the British Air Force's aviation forces in Muscat is almost no longer left, or they can no longer launch a large-scale air offensive...."

Hearing this, Zhao Bei smiled. As the president of China and the supreme commander of the armed forces, no one knows better than him about the progress of the war on the Muscat front and the rise and fall of the strength of both sides. In fact, the "domestic military expert" interviewed by the radio station was still too optimistic. According to the relevant reports of the Chinese Front Air Force, at least so far, there has been no sign of obvious weakening of the air combat on the Muscat front. British Air Force bombers and fighters still rushed over Muscat City from time to time to harass and fought fiercely with the intercepted Chinese Air Force fighters. Even the front command of the 6th Army of China ate an aviation bomb last night.

All signs show that the British government seems to be a turtle and is determined to consume its Middle East Air Force power in the area of ​​Muscat's 6 games. The British government is obviously very clear about the importance of the Muscat Battle. Once more Chinese armored forces appear in the 6 games, the strategic support point of the UK in the entire Middle East will collapse. After all, it is a dry desert area, and the small plains along the coastal plains are the ideal channel for the Chinese 6th Army's armored forces to assault quickly. In addition, the Chinese Navy has completely seized the sea power of the Persian Gulf. Once the Chinese team advances directly to Iraq along the southern coastline of the Persian Gulf, then the most important oil supply line in the UK overseas will be cut off quickly. If oil from Iraq is lost, the British navy, air force and even the 6th Army will face a very critical fuel shortage.

However, the performance of the British Air Force's aircraft is really unsatisfactory. In the face of the advantageous Chinese fighter jets and bombers, the British Air Force was so helpless that it had to resort to allies and potential allies. As one of the evidences of the British government's crazy search for allies, it was that US-made military aircraft appeared over the Muscat battlefield. Not only did the Tomahawk fighter jets appear, but also the b1ob bombers appeared. Although these US-made fighter jets and bombers are not as good as the aircraft equipped by the Chinese Air Force in terms of performance, they are quite large, which greatly compensated for the shocking losses of the British Air Force in fierce air combat. This loss is not only in equipment, but also in personnel. The British Air Force has very lacked experienced pilots, so it is not surprising that some "American volunteer aviation personnel" appeared over Muscat.

In fact, just last night, the Muscat Front Command sent a top-secret telegram to the General Staff, telling the General Staff that the 6th Army troops on the front had captured several "Americans". At the beginning of the interrogation, they insisted that they were British pilots. However, when the interrogation officer asked about several scenic spots and famous universities in the UK, these "Americans" were exposed. Under the order of Zhou Daogang, the highest military commander of the war zone, the officers in charge of interrogation used some "extraordinary means" and finally pried open the mouths of these "Americans" and figured out the general situation of the "American Volunteer Aviation Personnel" in the British Air Force.

According to preliminary interrogation results, the "American Volunteer Aviation personnel" who flew fighters painted with Royal Air Force to fight secretly went to the UK during the Washington peace talks between China and Britain. On the eve of the Japanese-Australia War, they left the UK and secretly went to Egypt, where they received further training, and waited for the planes transported from the United States. Until China announced the resumption of military operations against the United Kingdom, these American pilots flew to the UK to control the plane.

The Aden protection country under the command was preparing to go to southern India to participate in the battle, but before they set out for Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Chinese side had already launched the "hot wind" operation and carried out the 6th battle in Muscat. Under such circumstances, the British Supreme Command urgently changed the deployment plan. Therefore, these American pilots participated in the Muscat anti-Language 6 operation and were shot down in the fierce air battle. Some were killed, and others were captured by the Chinese 6th Army after parachuting.

According to the confessions of these American prisoners, there are at least hundreds of American pilots who have entered the British Air Force to assist the British army in combat with "voluntary aviation personnel". They are basically active personnel of the US Air Force, but they retired urgently before leaving the United States. Therefore, their current identities are indeed civilians, not the "Americans" that Zhou Daogang said.

This fact is very important. On the one hand, it shows that the US government has been determined to take "effective means" to save Britain's strategic decline in Asia, and on the other hand, it also shows that the US government has not directly intervened in the war between China and Britain.

Regarding this sudden situation, there were differences of opinions within the General Staff. Some people believed that they should stop in time to avoid giving the United States an excuse to participate in the war, but others believed that there was no need to worry about the position of the US government. With the Sino-British, Japan-Australia wars at the same time, the international situation has become very complex and delicate. The US government will not be unable to see the tension in Europe. As long as Germany and Italy in Europe soon joined the melee, the attention of the US government will also turn to the European Great Six. Therefore, the more at this time, the more we should calm down. The Middle East battlefield will not only not stop advancing, but it is also very necessary to increase the attack to show China's determination to completely expel British forces from Asia.

Zhao Bei supports the latter of these two opinions, that is, he does not intend to stop the war with Britain immediately. As long as the British government does not seek peace, the war in the Middle East will continue until the Chinese armored forces advance into the Mesopotamia and even the Mediterranean.

However, Zhao Bei's idea was a bit risky to the military experts in the General Staff. According to his offensive plan, the Chinese 6th Army must cross the northern and western regions of the Arabian Peninsula and rush to the Palestinian region on the Mediterranean coast. According to this combat plan, the logistics supply line of the Chinese 6th Army will be very long. As long as this logistics supply line is attacked by the enemy, the front-line troops will quickly fall into panic.

This is not an exaggeration. According to the calculations of the General Staff, China's logistics supply capacity is approaching its limit. Ninety percent of the large ships in domestic civilian ships have been occupied by military operations. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to further mobilize, unless the central government wants to make domestic public grievances. After all, the transportation of civilian materials and daily necessities also requires ships, and railways and highways alone cannot meet transportation needs.

On the other hand, the British government is determined to continue the war. Although the British Navy suffered two consecutive defeats in the Indian Ocean, there are currently more British ships and submarines who are using South Africa to the Indian Ocean. It is only a matter of time before their arrival. These British naval ships may use the tactics of maritime raid warfare to compete with China and harass the maritime logistics supply line of the Chinese team. At present, most of the military supplies of the Chinese front-line troops rely on sea transportation. As for transportation at 6 places, they can only rely on the two highways connecting to Myanmar from Yunnan, and these two highways cannot directly lead to India. The middle section must be transferred by ship through the Bay of Bengal. From this point alone, we can see the fragility of the logistics line of the Chinese front-line troops.

The issue of fragility of logistics lines is also an important argument cited by those in the General Staff who advocated ending the war as soon as possible. They believe that relying on the current strength of the Chinese navy, it is difficult to ensure the smoothness of maritime transportation lines in all respects. Even with the assistance of the allied navy, this cannot be achieved. More importantly, there is only one allied country with strong naval strength and can provide assistance. As for Japan, it is trapped in a war with Australia and Britain, and it is impossible to provide strong support.

Zhao Bei had considered asking the Japanese Navy to go to the Indian Ocean to sweep the British fleet, but the problem was that the Japanese government wanted to use naval power to make a deal with the Chinese government, and the Japanese government wanted China to join this Axis alliance formed by Germany, Italy and Japan to jointly divide the world.

However, Zhao Bei still disagrees to join the Axis Alliance, so the main force of the Japanese Navy is still wandering in the Pacific Ocean to cover the Japanese 6th Army to land in Australia. The Japanese Navy only sent a few submarines to South Africa's waters to harass them. However, those submarines were mistakenly considered by the South African Navy as Chinese submarines. Indeed, the submarines of the two countries are very similar in appearance. In fact, Japan's most advanced submarine was designed by China, which was also a submarine with a snorkel, which was very fast underwater.

Since the Japanese Navy does not want to take the initiative in the Indian Ocean, Zhao Bei can only rely on China's own naval power and the small ships of the Lanfang Navy. In order to assist the Lanfang Navy in anti-submarine warfare and maritime anti-blasting warfare, Zhao Bei had officially signed a document at the beginning of the year, using a government-guaranteed loan to build 50 latest destroyers for the Lanfang Navy in domestic shipyards and hand them over to the Lanfang Navy for use. However, due to the construction cycle, these destroyers will have to wait until mid-year to be delivered to the Lanfang Navy. Before that, Lanfang Navy could only play an auxiliary role, and anti-submarine warfare and maritime anti-blasting warfare still rely on the Chinese Navy and Air Force.

However, at the same time, Zhao Bei was also patiently waiting for the changes in the international situation, and he also believed that this change would come soon.
Chapter completed!