Chapter 636 636 Battle of the Mozambique Channel (1)

China and the United States are brewing a naval battle in the Indian Ocean at the same time, although they all know that a naval battle is unlikely to end China's dominant and even hegemonic position in the Indian Ocean, there will be many battles around the Indian Ocean to control the sea, and it is impossible for China and the United States to bring all their naval forces to the Indian Ocean, China needs a fleet to defend the Asia-Pacific mainland, and the United States needs a fleet to guard its Okinawa, Guam, Hawaii and other important towns, so although the two sides will invest in the Indian Ocean, it will never be all.

Since the United States and South Africa reached an alliance, the US military's strategy has gradually become clear, with the help of South Africa as a stronghold, to the northeast to connect India, and then blockade half of the Arabian Sea, so as to completely exclude the Chinese navy from this range, and China will not be able to penetrate into the Middle East, so that the United States can more freely move on the Middle East, access to the entire Middle East oil resources and its geographical advantages.

Of course, in order to complete this step, the United States must take the Suez Canal, and now although Mubarak has not publicly declared his favor for China, Egypt will not tolerate any actions harmful to China, so it is no different from supporting China. The U.S. military needs to break down the Egyptian obstacle in order to get the Suez Canal. On this issue, the United States hopes to get the support of Israel, a small power in the Middle East, because Israel has beaten the Egyptians to the ground in several Middle East wars.

Israel has not formally joined NATO, and there is also great hesitation in cooperating with the United States to deal with China, although China has always had good relations with the green religion countries, but it is not bad with Israel, and the two sides have relatively stable economic and trade exchanges and scientific and cultural cooperation, plus China was kind to Israel more than half a century ago, and following the United States to deal with China is really deviating from Israel's core interests, so there is a relatively strong opposition in Israel. In particular, parties such as Likud, which are known for their hardlines, are more resolute in their opposition to listening to the voice of the dollar, and instead call for a genuine focus on Israel's own interests.

After the Middle East was completely controlled by the United States, it was tantamount to severing China's ties with the Eastern European allies, and at that time, the United States could even manipulate Romania, Yugoslavia, and other countries. And the main war strategy of the United States to isolate China's westward development can also be declared successful.

Of course, all of this is contingent on the premise that the United States can gain at least half of the Indian Ocean, preventing China's military from continuing to advance westward.

In order to achieve this, the Americans dispatched three aircraft carrier battle groups, the USS Nimitz, the USS Eisenhower, and the USS Carl Vinson, from the home military port of Norfolk to the Indian Ocean. They will strike at China's major military bases and fleets along the east coast of Africa and seize effective air and sea supremacy. It is also the rescue of the USS Johnstennis, which is trapped in the Persian Gulf by Gwadar.

Even if the Americans are arrogant, they are a little afraid of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese, although they can hypnotize themselves that the great wars that the United States has always fought have basically been suppressed first and then raised, losing repeatedly at the beginning, and finally reversing the defeat and turning defeat into victory. However, no one can guarantee that this routine can be continued in the United States forever, and this time the enemy of the United States is not Germany and Japan, countries with a population of 100 million, narrow land, and limited resources, but China, with a population of more than 1 billion, pulling an alliance of more than a dozen countries, and whose military strength is equal to or even higher than its own.

Therefore, the US military has also prepared a backup plan, and in the event of an unfavorable dispatch of the three-aircraft carrier fleet, the US military will continue to send the three-aircraft carrier fleet to the Indian Ocean, so that the US aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean theater will reach about half of the number of aircraft carriers owned by the US military; in addition, the United States is also actively asking Britain, France, and other countries with aircraft carriers to participate in the war against China and share some of the pressure on the United States. However, Britain and France were still somewhat afraid of sending large fleets to act with the United States. After all, this time it's not about bullying people, it's about fighting an equally strong opponent, and a little carelessness may be a situation where the whole army will be wiped out.

Naturally, the Chinese Navy will not let the Americans carry out their plan to control the Indian Ocean so smoothly, and the Chinese Navy is further expanding its control position in the Indian Ocean, and its measures are to eliminate various bases of the US military in the Indian Ocean, and at the same time strike at India's port facilities, so that India will not be able to provide effective assistance to the US military for a while, at least the US military will not be able to mooring and replenishing in India's ports for the time being.

Zhang Juzuo, commander-in-chief of the Indian Ocean Fleet, led the aircraft carrier Jiangsu from the Bay of Bengal all the way south to the Diego Garcia base shared by the US and British forces, which can be described as an important fulcrum of the entire US Indian Ocean strategy, and it was here that the US military launched air strikes against Chinese troops in southern Tibet began. The island of Diego Garcia is so small that almost all of the island is used for military installations. After the U.S. military launched the Mjolnir program, there were not many military planes here, and only a few were still in operation.

Naturally, the aircraft carrier Jiangsu was not interested in approaching here, but sent a group of Qiang-7 stealth attack aircraft, escorted by F-14CN, to Diego Garcia Island for bombing. The US military deployed a certain amount of air defense weapons on the island, and the Chinese Navy's Aegis cruiser launched six Long Sword cruise missiles in advance to attack the island's air defense facilities in preparation for the arrival of the follow-up aircraft group.

The US military threatened the Chinese armed forces with cruise missiles, and the Chinese armed forces responded with cruise missiles. The tiny island of Diego Garcia was already choked by these cruise missiles, and the subsequent arrival of the J-7 directly plunged the island into a sea of fire.

In fact, the U.S. military knew from the beginning that Diego Garcia would not be able to hold it. The U.S. military does not have a large permanent fleet here, because it simply cannot accommodate so many ships and people, and the vicinity is full of Chinese overseas bases and fleets, and unless the U.S. military can quickly inflict heavy damage on the Chinese navy, the possibility of holding the island is almost zero. Therefore, the U.S. military used transport planes to withdraw a large number of troops stationed on the island at the beginning, leaving only a small number of soldiers to occupy symbolically. After the heavy bombardment began, the only remaining British and American soldiers on the island were very tormented, and for them, it was much better to surrender to the Chinese navy than to be constantly bombed by the Chinese naval aviation and could die at any time.

An hour later, two Chinese raid destroyers landed on Diego Garcia Island and captured this important U.S. stronghold in the Indian Ocean.