Chengzheng has entered its sixth year. [Full text reading] for both warring parties. The situation is extraordinary.

Christmas in the West has just passed, and the Second Fleet's main flotilla, the main flotilla, and the chouli air flotilla, which have been operating in the waters near the Seychelles for several months, are all heading south. Sails Bay in South Africa via Mauritius. And in the early morning of the fourth day of the new year, he arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, the natural boundary between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, the southernmost temporary anchorage of the Republic Navy in the Indian Ocean, because it is east of the Cape of Good Hope, so False Bay belongs to the Indian Ocean geographically, and more than ten days before that, the Republic Navy took over this natural harbor from the South African government. Strictly speaking, False Bay is not a natural deep-water harbour.

before the end of the gravitational century force; False Bay is not a harbor, but Table Bay, north of Cape Town, is. It was not until the rise of large freighters with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons that the capacity of the Suez and Panama Canals was carried out, and the volume of shipping from the Republic to South America, mainly Argentina, increased rapidly, that Cape Town's position in the international maritime trade increased rapidly, and the capacity of Table Bay became less than sufficient. At the beginning of the decade, the South African government and the local government of Cape Town decided to open False Bay, where the largest port in southern Africa meets the two oceans. And for this grand plan! Attracting investment. It can be said that the South African government at that time was ambitious and wanted to take this opportunity to become a shipping power and make a lot of money by using the two-ocean route. It is a pity that the good times did not last long, first the Egyptian government decided to invest about 400 million US dollars in Jiuzhou, most of which was the investment of international consortiums, and the financial group of the republic invested about 100 million yuan to widen the Suez Canal and increase the navigable capacity of the canal, and then the Panamanian authorities announced cooperation with a number of American consortiums. During the year, the second channel that could be used for the navigation of 10,000-ton cargo ships was built during the year, so the original channel was finally widened and the navigation capacity was increased by building large locks. And so it goes. The market basis for the construction of a shipping hub in False Bay in South Africa suddenly does not exist. Although traveling from the mainland to parts of South America. Buenos Aires, Argentina, for example, is still the shortest and safest route from the Indian Ocean to the South Atlantic via the Cape of Good Hope, and False Bay is a major transit point on this route. But such a relatively single route. Even Table Bay is not satisfied, and there is no way to make the area bigger! o times the commercial value of False Bay. As a result, by the middle of the Blade Era, when the investment attraction was not going well, the South African authorities had to change their plans and build a breakwater between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Hangklep south of False Bay. According to the regulations of the South African authorities, after the construction of this breakwater, False Bay will become the most desirable tourist destination in South Africa.

It was the breakwater about 10,000 kilometers long about 10,000 meters below the surface of the sea at high tide that changed the fate of False Bay. From the previously mentioned it can be known. The South African authorities want to turn False Bay into a tourist destination, using the "Cape of Good Hope" as a signboard to attract tourists from all over the world. Especially tourists from the republic. To know. At the beginning of the blade years, the annual fulfillment of the Republic of Tourists to the African state has broken through the heart. 10,000 people And it is expected to increase to a blade within o years. In addition to 10,000 visitors, the Republic is also likely to become the world's largest exporter of tourists by the end of the year, with the United States exporting more than 40,000 tourists a year at the beginning of the century. While it is not possible to turn False Bay into a shipping hub, if it can be turned into a tourist destination that can attract thousands of foreign tourists, South Africa will not lose money, and it will even be more profitable.

Interestingly, this breakwater has turned False Bay into a good harbor.

It can be said that this is the intention to plant flowers and flowers, and the unintentional planting of willows and willows into the shade.

As early as the end of the Blade Era, shortly after the end of the Second Falklands War, the Republic Navy took a fancy to False Bay in order to advance into the South Atlantic, and the authorities of the Republic also approached the South African government to lease False Bay. To this end, the authorities of the Republic not only offered a lot of rent, but also put forward other preferential conditions, such as encouraging tourists to go to South Africa in the form of tax refunds, and opening special direct tourist flights from Guangzhou to Pretoria. Crock. Kilometer. The actual flight distance is more than 4,000 meters, if you use an ordinary electric airliner, the flight time is more than an hour, you have to make more than 2 stopovers, and if you use the latest high-altitude airliner that flies more than Mach 6. The flight time can be controlled within 4 hours, and there is no need for a stopover. It can be said that the main reason why citizens of the Republic are reluctant to travel to South Africa is that they spend too much time on the road. For example, the total travel time is old, and the time spent on the round trip alone is as much as 3 days, which greatly reduces the value of the trip. If you can shorten the time spent on the road to a day, it will increase the actual travel time by 30%, and it will naturally be very popular. It can be said that the conditions offered by the republic are not low, and if the idea of attracting tourists from the republic can be attracted, South Africa's tourism industry will increase its income by hundreds of billions of yuan every year and create millions more jobs. The South African authorities will also receive tens of billions of dollars in fiscal revenue. The problem is that the South African authorities did not lease False Bay to the Republic for the simple reason that it was a great political and diplomatic risk. At the beginning of the decade, especially after the early years of the Middle East war, the South African authorities ceased to have secret contacts with the Republic, and did not even mention the matter of leasing False Bay.

Of course, the problems related to False Bay don't end there.

Prior to yo years, the authorities of the Republic had been working to improve relations with South Africa. Even if the South African authorities did not lease False Bay to the Republic Navy, the Republic authorities adopted various policies to encourage nationals to travel to South Africa and encouraged the country's major tour companies to open more South African tourist routes. Of course, the authorities of the republic did not forget to do the most important thing, which is to open direct high tourist flights. These efforts continued until around the end of the Spanish years, and with the outbreak of the all-out arms race before the war, almost all countries believed that the Republic would once again engage South Africa with the offer of leasing False Bay, and that the United States would be able to make a big deal in South Africa in order to prevent the Republic from using False Bay to advance into the Great West. The question is. The Republic did not revisit the question of the Secret Tenant Little Siwan, nor did it make a big foray into the Atlantic. Although, in a sense, it can be seen that the binding provisions of the Stockholm Accords have restricted the exhibition of the Republic's navy, which has also limited the scope of activities of the Republic's navy. If the Republic's Navy does not have the ability to enter the Atlantic, there is no need to control False Bay in advance, but this can also be seen as the main manifestation that the Republic's early deployment is in place and there is no need to control False Bay before the war. The "pre-deployment" mentioned here mainly refers to the Republic's tourism investment in South Africa between the Likou and Lijun years, including the development of False Bay into the largest natural bay bathing beach in the southern hemisphere. Because it is located in the southern hemisphere, it is summer on the South African side, and the republic happens to be the coldest winter of the year, so there must be many wealthy citizens of the republic who are willing to go to South Africa to "escape the cold". "Sunbathing on the beach in False Bay. As a result, in addition to the need to build a large amount of ground infrastructure, much of it is concentrated in the north-west of the bay, that is, south of Cape Town, and the basic functions of the bay need to be expanded, such as allowing cruise ships that sail around the world to dock in the bay. So that the cruise ship visitors can enjoy the sun and beach in the most convenient way. In other words, it is necessary to build a few places on the breakwater in the south that can supply a displacement of more than 10,000 tons when the old 10,000 tons, or even larger ships, reach the age of the century, and most of the world's cruise ships have a displacement of more than the old 10,000 tons. Cruise ships with a displacement of about 10,000 tons are not uncommon, and tourism companies in the Republic and the United States are also envisioning the construction of maritime cities with the ability to navigate the globe, that is, movable island waterways similar to sea bases. These waterways can be used by cruise ships, and naturally they can be used by warships with similar displacements. Other words; With the completion of these waterways before the end of the year, it was not at all necessary for the Republican authorities to control False Bay before the outbreak of war, but could decide when to control False Bay during the war, according to operational needs, especially strategic needs.

It was with these early efforts that the authorities of the Republic demanded that South Africa open False Bay at the end of the year.

Because South Africa is still standing. In the year of the Fierce Mouth, this will also be established as a basic state policy by means of a constitutional amendment, so the Republic does not force South Africa to lease False Bay of permanent territory and territorial sea to belligerents under international law, but opens its territory and territorial waters for humanitarian aid. And the facilitation of it is not within the scope of this, but in the name of humanitarian relief, the right to use False Bay has been obtained. Because the war is not over yet, and the convoy carrying humanitarian relief supplies needs to be safeguarded, the Republic Navy has a reason to arrange for warships to escort it, and it can also deploy escort warships to False Bay. It is clear that the authorities of the republic drilled into international law

Hole.

In any case, "on the day of the month, the three battle fleets of the Republic Navy sailed into False Bay.

The combat fleet was followed by a large convoy of transports. According to the count. In the next three months, the engineers of the Republic Navy will establish the world's largest temporary comprehensive naval base in False Bay, including a longitudinal dock for large warships to serve large warships of the capital ship class at the same time, 24 horizontal docks for large ships to serve large ships of 10,000 tons, a cobalt berth, and a warehouse area capable of stockpiling 10,000 tons of various materials.

If there is enough time, by the beginning of July of the short year. A naval air station will also be built in Pringelbey, southeast of the bay. All in all, when marching into the Atlantic, the Navy of the Republic did not forget to lay a solid foundation.

Because the scale of infrastructure construction in False Bay was too large, many people thought it after the war. The Navy of the Republic is deliberately wasting war resources, and some even believe that it is the authorities of the Republic deliberately consuming excess war resources. This is also very understandable, by the grain year, when the United States is unable to launch a strategic counterattack, and the Republican ** team has not launched a strategic offensive for the time being, the republic's military production capacity is seriously overcapacity, and it is natural to find a place to use up all kinds of materials that have been hoarded like mountains. Of course, this does not mean that military construction in False Bay is meaningless, and in any case, the cost of military construction in wartime is very low. In addition to anything else, the thousands of engineers who built the False Bay Integrated Naval Base only received ordinary allowances, and in peacetime, these personnel costs alone would have to cost tens of billions of yuan. What's more, the result of large-scale infrastructure construction is far from the acquisition of a temporary naval base. Although nominally, False Bay is indeed a temporary naval base for the Navy of the Republic. The South African government can take back the bay and land it has lent at any time, but as a military base with tens of thousands of soldiers, it is definitely not something that the South African authorities can close if they want to. Decades after the war. False Bay is not only the Republic's largest comprehensive military base in southern Africa, but also an important bargaining chip in the Republic's relations with South Africa. It can be said that this is a direct result of the large-scale infrastructure construction during the war.

The problem is that in the war, False Bay is not very significant.

As mentioned earlier, the US Navy has already retreated to the north of the Cape Verde Islands, and even if the US Navy intends to fight a decisive battle with the Republican Navy in the Atlantic, it will not run to the southern tip of Africa, where the republican forces are densely populated, but will rely on the Cape Verde Islands and wait for the Republic's fleet to be sent to the door in the middle of the Atlantic. From this, it follows that during the Great War. The greatest value of False Bay's existence is to serve the fleet.

Although from the second quarter of the short year. The Navy of the Republic used the deployment of submarine carriers to False Bay to turn False Bay into an active base for attack submarines until the beginning of the third year. However, out of political considerations, the authorities of the Republic have not recognized False Bay as a military port, and most of the submarines are also docked on submarine carriers, and submarine officers and men rest on submarine carriers. By the fourth quarter of the year, with the Nigerian port of Lagos becoming the main force of the Republic Navy in the South Atlantic

In the early years of the third year, after the infrastructure on the island of Asunción occupied by the Navy of the Republic was repaired, the Navy of the Republic turned Falls Bay into a mere transit station, that is, only to serve transport vessels. Fortunately, the Republic's march into the American continent required a large enough fleet and a staging center for supplies, and False Bay played that role. Beginning in the second half of the year, all fleets bound for West Africa and South America will call at False Bay, and there are only two main criteria for redistributing cargo to measure the capacity of ships, one is deadweight tonnage, and the other is cargo capacity. In general, goods can only be formulated according to a certain standard. In order to maximize the efficiency of the vessel, it is necessary to distribute the cargo transported, i.e. to meet both standards as much as possible. To put it more bluntly, it is to fill the cargo hold and at the same time carry the cargo to the maximum deadweight tonnage. The question is. Objects shipped to a single location tend to be relatively simple and cannot be distributed. And so it goes. Transports, especially container carriers and bulk carriers, leave the Republic with cargo destined for several regions and then redistribute the cargo near the separation point of the route, in order to improve the efficiency of transport, especially the use of transport vessels. That's why it's necessary to set up a transit center close to the front line.

Because the construction of False Bay was still underway, the combat fleet of the Republic Navy stayed for only two days, and after a joint maritime search and rescue exercise with the South African Navy, it set sail north. I went to the civil engineering work that was also being carried out in a big way. And the environment is even worse in Lagos.

Strictly speaking, Lagos is the ideal base for the Republic's navy to advance into the North Atlantic.

It must be admitted that "the Gold Coast." It is the area with the highest concentration of natural harbors in the world. From Port Harcourt at the mouth of the Niger River to Abidjan at the mouth of the Comoe River, along this coastline of about 10,000 kilometers, there are about 10,000 bays and bays, with an average of one harbor per kilometer, and half of them are excellent harbors that can accommodate large ships of 10,000 tons.

These include Lagos in southwestern Nigeria. Before the outbreak of the war, the Republic would be so enthusiastic about West African affairs, and spare no effort to support Nigeria, had a lot to do with Lagos.

According to the idea of the Navy of the Republic, after gaining a foothold in Argentina, in order to protect this bridgehead in South America, it was necessary to create a new bridgehead in the adjacent area. Although geographically speaking, Venezuela on the southern shore of the Caribbean Sea is more ideal, this Latin American country has too many illusions about Russia and is not willing to get too close to the Republic in terms of military cooperation, so it is impossible to become a barrier for Argentina. Coupled with political, diplomatic, historical and other factors, in the entire Atlantic region, the only choice for the Republic Navy is Nigeria, which has always been at odds with Western countries, and Lagos is one of Nigeria's several natural harbors. The main reason why the Navy of the Republic chose Lagos over Port Harcourt, which has better basic conditions, is that Lagos is far from the oil-producing areas of the Niger estuary. It is also far from Romeroon, which is actively supported by the United States.

The problem is, Nigeria is not Pakistan. Lagos is not Gwadar either.

Although back at the end of the 2o, the authorities of the republic signed an agreement of intent with Nigeria to lease Lagos. Under the agreement, the Republic will build Lagos into Nigeria's largest integrated naval base in the form of construction assistance, and both parties will have equal access rights. However, due to the impact of the three wars in West Africa, especially in these three wars, Nigeria was subjected to a naval blockade by Romeroon because it did not have a strong enough navy, and the construction of the Lagos military port was delayed again and again. Until the outbreak of the Third World War, the first phase of the project was not completed. 4 years before the Great War. The Navy of the Republic did not plan to advance into the North Atlantic. The Army has also not made a big presence in the African theater, so infrastructure construction in Lagos is still very slow and even interrupted several times. It was not until the second half of the year that the Republican Army marched into the West African theater and defeated the United States-backed Cameron. And marched westward, sweeping the entire West African region in just a few months, and the work to turn Lagos into a military port was restarted.

Yan Ran, the time was too rushed, and it was simply impossible to complete the construction work before the fleet marched into the army.

Affected by this, when the three combat fleets went north, there was also a large supply fleet with a number of supply ships and maintenance ships, and an even larger transport fleet with hundreds of large ships of various types. According to the Navy's plan, the supply fleet will be based in Lagos and will support the combat fleet in two batches, while the transport fleet will send personnel, equipment and supplies for the expansion of Lagos. In addition, the authorities of the Republic have made good on their promise to provide Nigeria with a batch of emergency aid to help the Nigerians, who have been suffering in the war for more than four years, to tide over the difficulties and live a normal life, at least without hunger.

You must know that by the end of the year, Nigeria was already the world's largest "war-torn country". ”

According to data released after the war, at the end of the war in West Africa, Nigerians were about to lose their homes, and Nigerians were living below the subsistence line. Even among the remaining Nigerians, less than 10 per cent have access to adequate supplies. According to this calculation, at most, the number of war refugees in Nigeria exceeded 40,000 based on the trillion before the war, the number of hungry people exceeded 100 million, and the number of malnourished people also exceeded our strength. The livelihood of 10,000 Nigerians is guaranteed, and out of this 10,000-person population, there are only about 80,000 soldiers. For the rest, Ovan is the ruling group in Nigeria.

In any case, what Nigeria needed most at that time was not the fleet, but supplies, especially food and medicine.

In the words of a war correspondent who has been to Nigeria, if the problem of the survival of Nigerians is not solved before the first quarter of the second year passes, even if the war is won, the Nigerian authorities will be overthrown by starving war refugees. When you have to sit in the Lonely Mountain Fleet, send the food over, and make sure that these life-saving food umbrellas can be delivered to the difficult hands. Rather than being enriched by the Nigerian army and government officials.

It is not difficult to provide food, it only takes about 10,000 tons of grain to keep trillions of Nigerians alive until the next harvest season, while transporting 10,000 tons of grain only needs to be transported by 10,000-ton freighters. That is, a fleet of wrecked freighters can make three round trips in 4 months, or three fleets make one voyage.

Because the republic has a good harvest in both the field year and the anvil year. In addition, the expansion of agricultural plants in India is also in full swing, reaching maximum capacity by the beginning of the year. The amount of grain wealth of the intensive group has reached 200 million tons, second to the Western Group in the cat, the year, Canada suffered from a cold snap, Mexico suffered from drought, and the United States suffered from insect explosions in many places, which greatly reduced the grain output, plus Australia and New Zealand were bombed, and agricultural output plummeted by more than 70 percent, so at the beginning of the grain, the food wealth of the Western Group plummeted from more than 300 million tons at the beginning of the year to less than 100 million tons. So there is no big problem in providing enough food for Nigeria. As for the medicines used to treat malaria and influenza, there will be no problems.

The key question is how to ensure that these supplies reach the population.

It can be said that this is also the reason why the Republican Army has increased its troops in Nigeria but has not launched a large-scale strategic offensive in the West African theater, that is, most of the troops are in Nigeria and the task is to re-establish social order and establish food sub-stations in the form of military control. In order to avoid unrest, in Jin! At the end of the year, the Republic, in its capacity as a leader of the intensive group, also demanded that Nigeria reduce the size of its army by 60 percent, that is, disarmament of 10,000 yuan. Let these laborers return to their hometowns and return to their productive posts before the rainy season arrives. As compensation, the authorities of the Republic pledged to provide reconstruction assistance to Nigeria and to ensure the interests of the Nigerian authorities. Of course, just a few, the old 10,000 republicans in the combat units will definitely not be able to control Nigeria, which has a population of more than 20 people, so at the end of 2o, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and other African countries have successively sent military forces to Nigeria in the name of the group member countries to maintain social order. Assist the Republican ** team in setting up a rescue station.

It was with these preliminary preparations that at the beginning of the second year, the fleet of the Republic was able to go north with the fleet.

In a fleet of four merchant ships, the 10,000-ton bulk carriers are carrying high-quality rice, mainly from India's agricultural industry. Large containers carried medicines, while 20,000-class ro-ro carriers carried 10,000 vehicles and engineering equipment for post-war reconstruction. Because of the operation with the fleet, the fleet was not threatened in any way during the voyage. In any case, even if you encounter a U.S. Navy attack submarine on the way, it is the fleet, not the fleet, that is unlucky first. Of course, US submarine captains with a little experience and brains should know that attacking the main fleet and the fleet protected by the main fleet is not only voluntarily sending people to death, but also meaninglessly sending them to death.

Of course, after arriving in Lagos, the "escort mission" of the fleet also ended.

Because the infrastructure in Lagos is not yet complete. The conditions were so bad that even fresh vegetables and fruits had to be transported in small boats, so the three main fleets only stayed in Lagos for three days, and then went to Douala in Romeroon to show off their force to Llomelon, which had just surrendered, and also let the Romeroonian authorities know that it was not the American fleet that now dominated the Gulf of Guinea, but the Republic fleet. After completing this round of catwalks, the sizable fleet traveled to São Tomé, where it was there to greet the leaders of the island nation, which had just returned to the net and had concluded an alliance with the Republic, and gave them a taste of the power of the capital ships and aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons. For the next few days, the fleet was active in the eastern waters of the Gulf of Guinea and did not rush to the west. It is also quite understandable that this was the first time that the surface fleet of the Navy of the Republic reached the Gulf of Guinea during the Great War. Although before the outbreak of the Great War, the Navy of the Republic sent a fleet to the Gulf of Guinea in the form of round-the-world voyages, military visits, etc., and grasped the situation in that area. However, before going to the decisive battle with the US Navy fleet, the officers and men of the Republic Navy need time to familiarize themselves with the unfamiliar environment and adjust their psychological state.

In abundance, there is another reason for the fleet to stop advancing.

Until the end of the month, the three combat fleets operating in the Gulf of Guinea sailed westward to the Cape Verde Islands.

At this time, the naval base sent by the Navy of the Republic to the Atlantic Ocean was already in place, among which "Fuxi." The fifth-generation sea base was originally the third. It should have been built before the "Shennong", but due to the influence of 2 module ship construction plants, the service time was later than the "Shennong", and it was later than the "Yellow Emperor" who was originally sent in the fifth. After being formed in the waters south of Principe, it will sail to the western waters of the Gulf of Guinea south of Côte d'Ivoire in the south of Côte d'Ivoire, and several other sea bases will arrive before the old date in February to form a group of sea bases with the "Fuxi".

The counterpart to the sea base is the work of the republican army engineers on the shore.

Although the navy and the army have always been at odds, especially after Lin Xiaolei became chief of the general staff, the contradiction between the navy and the army surfaced, but the action of marching into the Atlantic Ocean was decided by the Supreme Command, and it was directly related to the interests of both the navy and the army, plus it was Yuan Chenhao and Hua Jianfeng who presided over the operation, so the cooperation between the navy and the army was very good on the details of the march.

By the time the naval fleet reached the Gulf of Guinea, the Republican Army launched operations on the mainland.

At that time, the Army did only one strip. That is, the field airfield that was originally planned to be used on the Middle East battlefield will be erected in West Africa, forming a huge network of air bases. Although each field airfield can only support one tactical aviation unit to deploy combat aircraft, and in order to maximize the combat efficiency of the air force, it is necessary to reduce the deployment density, that is, to deploy strong fighters at each base, so the ability of field airfields to support aviation is not as good as the ability to support the fleet's operations, and can also provide combat aircraft that can be used to support the fleet's operations, and this is definitely a combat force that cannot be underestimated.

In a sense, the importance of the actions of the army is no worse than that of the navy.

As mentioned earlier, the key factor in whether the U.S. Navy will come to the decisive battle is whether the Republic will send troops to capture the Cape Verde Islands and then use the Cape Verde Islands to attack Morocco north. Obviously, at this time, the factor of the fleet is secondary. The key remains the ground forces. As the Republic Army is engaged in large-scale construction in West Africa, it has set up field airfields in one breath and put on a strategic offensive appearance, and at the beginning of the month, the Republic Army has already launched an offensive on the Middle East battlefield. By the time the Republican naval fleet advanced toward the Cape Verde Islands, the ground forces under the command of Li Dongshi had broken through the US defense line and were steadily advancing towards Syria.

Taken together, it is not difficult to see that the actions of the Republican Army in West Africa must have had a greater impact on the United States than on the Navy.

From another angle, we can more clearly understand the great significance of this move by the Republic Army.

At the end of the second year of Judah, the US authorities had not yet made a decision to withdraw troops from the Middle East. And the U.S. military in the Middle East theater was overwhelmed, and this did not include the troops deployed in Malta, as well as the fleets and fleets operating in the eastern Mediterranean, and if you count them all, the total number of U.S. officers and soldiers and paramilitaries east of Morocco at that time was between Gowan and Chino-Wan. Although theoretically speaking, it was impossible for Li Dongshi's ground forces to reach the Jordan Valley overnight, and it was impossible for the republican authorities to disarm and surrender Turkey as they did with Romeron, as the republican army launched a strategic offensive and put in a one-time investment of Quanwan combat troops. Counting the armies of the allies, the total strength of the intensive coalition forces fighting in the Middle East battlefield is even higher, and Jinwan Iraq and Iran have mobilized about Xuwan fighters, so it can be said that the final outcome of the Middle East war has been determined, and the only thing that is not certain is when the United States will be defeated, and this is the most critical and most worthy of consideration by the US authorities.

Imagine if the Republican Army, with the support of the Navy, took Morocco in one fell swoop, and then jointly blocked the Strait of Gibraltar with the Navy. What will be the result? In order to keep millions of Jews, Israel will definitely surrender early, and even before the armored units of the Republic Army drive up the Golan Heights, Israel will surrender to the Republic conditionally. Accept post-war arrangements to be decided by the Republic and Europe together. Of course, Turkey will also be defeated. Unlike Israel, Turkey's fate is sure to be very tragic. Since Europe has already taken advantage of the Jewish question, it is unlikely that it will be able to oppose the Republic on the Turkish question. For Turkey, the best outcome is to be dismembered by the republic and Turkey, as Russia did, and a coalition government formed after the war, or the emergence of two Turkeys, East and West, and the worst outcome is naturally for the republic to throw off the burden after suppressing Europe, leaving the Turkish problem to the allies in the bloc, such as Iran, Iraq, Syria and Kurdistan to solve it together, and the end result is likely to make this Turkic state history.

In fact, none of this has anything to do with the United States.

For the U.S. authorities, regardless of the outcome of the war. The first thing that needs to be considered is the young ten thousand soldiers, especially the more than ten thousand officers and soldiers on the ground battlefield. You must know that if these officers and soldiers surrender to the Republican ** team, the United States will not be far from defeat, and it is very likely that the Republican ** team will be defeated before it lands on the American mainland. The reason is very simple, the blow to the morale of the US military is far greater than the loss of the surrender of the 10,000 soldiers. More importantly, the US military on the Middle East battlefield is far from running out of ammunition and food, and the possibility of surrender is not very great. In the face of an unfavorable frontal battlefield, the U.S. military must find a way, and the only way out is to attack west from Israel and retreat west through Egypt. Or open a new front from Egypt to the south and disperse the military forces of the republic. Theoretically speaking, the US attack on Sudan will certainly force the Republic Army to divide its forces, and may even delay the offensive operations of the Republic Army in the Middle East theater, but it is unlikely to change the final outcome of the Middle East war. The problem is that in doing so, the U.S. military would have to attack Egypt, which would be a republic, to take control of this key country at the junction of the Asian and African continents, and thus gain access to the Middle Sea. Of course, the impact on Europe cannot be ignored.

Returning to the previous question, the only option for the US authorities is to block the Republic's advance in the Atlantic.

To be precise, it was through a naval battle that the authorities of the Republic gave up their plan to march north into Morocco.

One might say that even without the support of the navy, the Republican Army could go north to assault Morocco. Although theoretically speaking, there is no problem in saying this, and with the assault capability of the Republican Army, even if the United States sends troops, it has a great deal of confidence to control Casablanca and other important port cities. But after the capture of these ports. It is still necessary for the fleet to provide sufficient combat materials for the army, and it is necessary to rely on the fleet to seize sea supremacy. Other words. It does not matter whether the Republic Navy occupies the Cape Verde Islands or not, what matters is to seize sea supremacy and drive the US Navy to the other side of the Atlantic.

Obviously, this is precisely the challenge facing the US Navy.

In the absence of a choice, the US Navy can only send a fleet to the decisive battle in a less favorable situation. Fortunately for the U.S. Navy, the Republic Navy sent only three combat fleets, and only two of them were the main fleet. Judging from the situation at that time, if the Republic Navy sent three main fleets and an air fleet, the US Navy's chances of victory would become very slim, and if the main fleet was increased, the US Navy would very likely take the initiative to abandon the Cape Verde Islands and begin to withdraw its troops from the Middle East theater at the end of the second year.

Why didn't the Navy of the Republic send more fleets to the Atlantic theater, especially the main one?