At the same time, after the liberation of the Middle East, the national strength of the Arab League will inevitably further increase, especially in terms of manpower and resources, which will most likely become a solid backing for the mustache in a decisive battle against the ultimate enemy, the United States. Moreover, the mustache also believes that once the connection between India and the British mainland is severed, then the Chinese government, which has been trying to restrain itself, is likely to be tempted to send troops to liberate India and ride on the chariot of the Axis powers, and Japan, which has made some progress in secret negotiations, can also attack the Nanyang Islands and Australia in the south, and the overall strength of the Axis camp will be greatly strengthened compared with the present, while the strength of the allies will be reduced

"If all this can be achieved, then even if the USSR and the United States join forces, they will by no means be an opponent of the Third Reich!" , the mustache, who has become more and more arrogant because of the string of victories during this time, said with confidence.

Although the mustache's road map is just his delusion, the current Arab League does have the strength to sweep the Middle East. Fearing that the Chinese army would launch a full-scale attack on India, the British have increased the total number of troops stationed in India to more than one million, of which the British mainland and the more combat-effective Australian and New Zealand troops totaled more than 500,000, which inevitably led to a significant decline in the defense of other neighboring colonies. The total number of troops in Sudan and the Middle East is less than 200,000, including about 100,000 army and marines from the British mainland. It is also more difficult to deal with the Mediterranean coast because of the presence of the British Mediterranean Fleet

Otherwise, the two battleships in Alexandria were a real headache for Krim, and now that the Arab League has also established its own navy, the officers and men still need to be trained, and the captured French naval officers and men will not help the Arab League fight against the British, so most of the ships are now unusable. What's more, even if it could be sailed out, the largest tonnage ship was only a light cruiser, and the UAE Navy would never be able to compete with the British battleships. In comparison, the UAF is in a slightly better situation, but the planes are mostly old (these planes are used against the rebels, and they don't need to be very advanced). And most of the pilots were also foreigners who had been captured. You may not be willing to do your best, how easy is it to take out those two British battleships?

Of course, even if you can't beat the battleship. As long as it is possible to sweep the British colonies and vassals in the Middle East on land. Sooner or later, they will have to retreat. But the best of the Arab League is mostly on the coast (although this is true for all countries, but few of them are as exaggerated as in North Africa). If these two giant ships are allowed to blast all the way through. The losses are too great

To this end, the mustache promised to send some Stuka to help, but to the surprise of both sides, the Italian Navy unexpectedly competed at this time, and their frogman troops sneaked into the British naval base in Alexandria and successfully sank the two Queen Elizabeth-class battleships of the British Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, the "Queen Elizabeth" and the "Warrior" in the harbor (historically, these two battleships were sunk like this, but they were later fished up by the British and dragged to the United States for repair, But they won't have that opportunity on this plane. ）

The mustache was pleasantly surprised, but also completely confused, the Italian Navy could not only lose a single defeat, but also achieve such an exciting victory, how strong were they? Not only the amateur of the mustache, but even the top brass of the German Navy were very puzzled by this. They did not know that the officers of the Italian Navy's large ship units were basically those second-generation rich second-generation officials, and these gentlemen were afraid of hardship and tiredness, and they were perfunctory in training. The officers are all of this kind of virtue, and the atmosphere of the Italian Navy's large ship units can be imagined, and it is strange that they have combat effectiveness

On the other hand, because most of the small ship units with relatively poor conditions are civilian children, they are not only more able to bear hardships and stand hard work, but are also generally more self-motivated, so they are much harder in training in peacetime, and their will to fight is far from being comparable to that of those who are timid and afraid of death, so their performance in actual combat is naturally much better. And they are also more innovative, as can be seen from the unexpected use of "frogmen" to blow up and sink battleships, which is the first in the history of the Shijie Navy.

In fact, in history, the Italian Navy was able to achieve those results basically set by small and medium-sized ships, and its performance was not inferior to the small ship unit of the British Royal Navy, which was recognized as the first, but the German Navy except for the submarine force, which received special attention, the rest of the small and medium-sized ships generally performed poorly in the war, mainly because the German army was more meritocracy, so those who had the ability ran to those valued troops, which was exactly the opposite of the corrupt Italian army, which was completely corrupt and the more important it was, the more it was finished.

The reason why the British Royal Navy has performed well in various ship types without too obvious differences is because it is far from the huge talent pool comparable to Germany and Italy, and the naval tradition formed over hundreds of years has given talents more opportunities for promotion, perhaps this is the so-called heritage

Although I don't understand what happened, the British sunk two battleships but the mustache was still happy to see it, and in this way, after Klim captured Alexander, he could send someone to salvage the two battleships, if it could be repaired, it would be an unexpected bonus! But the rise of the Italian navy has raised Italy's status in the mustache's heart a lot, at least it is no longer dispensable, just when the mustache is thinking about how to "have both fish and bear's paws", the British gave him a hint

After the surrender of France, Churchill's greatest concern was not the French Army, but the French Navy, due to the strong strength of the British Royal Navy, even if the French Army joined the German side to fight against Britain, it would only be more difficult for the Allies to win, and if the French Navy, which was the fourth strongest, was controlled by the Germans, then Britain would be in danger of extinction

Due to the late outbreak of the war in Europe, the French navy in this time and space was stronger than it was in history, with a total of 1 aircraft carrier, 7 battleships, 2 new battle cruisers, and 3 new battleships under construction (Richelieu-class modification) in June 1941, which will replace 3 old battleships when they enter service. (To be continued......)