The strategy for seizing the Suez Canal had been decided, and the Zhoushui Alliance immediately began to implement this plan. 【Reading.com】

The Zhou Shui Military Department was responsible for military planning and war deployment, and its troops were directed at the countries of the Middle East and Western Europe, and they were determined to compete with these two major military groups.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Industry of Zhou stepped up the production of munitions and munitions, and equipped a large number of second-generation rifles -- flint guns. The first generation of arquebuses were basically not used by the Zhou Shui army themselves, but were sold to Southeast Asian countries and Japan. Most of the second-generation flint guns were originally exported and sold to Pakistan and other places, and after the Pakistani army was equipped, it also began to equip its own troops in batches.

At present, the Science and Technology Department of the Zhoushui Alliance is planning to develop a third-generation rifle -- a carbine. This weapon has high performance and far superior combat effectiveness to arquebuses and flint guns. However, carbines used real bullets, not lead projectiles, and required a higher degree of industrialization. The research of steam engines is indispensable, and it is necessary to master the special stamping process before it can be manufactured. The Science and Technology Department of the Zhoushui Alliance had already built the first steam engine for pumping water from mines, which started the process of primary industrialization, but it would take a long time to produce carbines.

The Ministry of Commerce of Zhoushui adjusted its commercial operations, and stockpiled the military supplies, grain, medicines, etc., which were scattered to various places, and shipped them to the port of Hambantota in the Kingdom of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, ready to be used in this new campaign.

The Zhoushui Alliance is only one of the many players in Yandi, one of the nine regions of China, and it cannot seize the Suez Canal by its own strength, but the Zhoushui Alliance is not only its own strength. As soon as the Zhoushui Alliance moved, the strength of the entire Bohai Alliance also began to be mobilized. The Bohai Alliance encompasses the entire Yandi and the Far East, and almost all of the iron ore, grain, herbs, and industrial products are concentrated in several ports under the baton of the Zhoushui Alliance.

At the same time, Qin Xiaobai personally met with the remaining eight princely forces in China. Yan, Qi, Wu, and Chu, the great leaders of the four coastal princes' organizations, Qin Xiaobai, the Sword King, the Sea Soul, and the Wild Dragon. First, an agreement was reached on the issue of the struggle for control of the Suez Canal.

The Tianxia League and the Mounted Archery League of Qin and Zhao have passed through the Kashmir region from Route 6 and entered Pakistan. The 6th Army Corps of Qin and Zhao continuously entered Pakistan, participated in the Pakistani Reconquest War, and opened up the passage to the port of Karachi. The 6 armies and navies of the Chinese players are from two sides of the 6 seas. Participated in the war between Pakistan and India, and the two military forces converged at the port of Karachi, officially merging into one military force and completely encircling India.

The importance of Pakistan is also beginning to manifest itself, and the port of Karachi is very close to the Middle East.

Qin and Zhao's 6th Army Corps could reach the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and other countries in the Middle East in a very short time by using Chinese Indian Ocean naval warships at the port of Karachi. Therefore, Qinglian and Hu Fu, the bosses of the two major alliances of Qin and Zhao, are not opposed to fighting a war in the Middle East.

Qinglian made a request. The war at sea can be the responsibility of the General Command of the Navy, but the war in the 6 places must be the responsibility of the General Command of the 6 Armies.

In the interests of the consideration of the land. Qin Xiaobai agreed to this request.

So far. The six princes agreed to the plan to seize the Suez Canal land.

Wei and Lu are the sons of heaven and Feihong. Seeing that the general trend has been decided. And did not come forward to oppose it. But they also made demands. in certain important locations. There must be their people. to ensure their interests. This is not an overstatement. Qin Xiaobai agreed. Promised to be in the Navy Command and the General Headquarters of the 6 th Army at an important post at the local military level. Arrange these two great princes and landmen.

Finally, there is the Bashu Di Shu Zhong League. The requirements for the swordsman land are simple. He demanded that the Kingdom of Burma, the Kingdom of Bengal, Laos, Thailand. and the Bay of Bengal and other places to be classified as other territories. Run by his family. The rest of the forces cannot interfere. In return. He will provide abundant logistical support for the other eight princes.

The swordsman's request almost included half of Indochina in his pocket. But fortunately, this world is very large. Enough for the nine princes to divide. So the bigwigs didn't have much opinion.

After reaching an agreement on the distribution of benefits. On February 10 the Great Zhou Dynasty was in Parliament. The representatives of the nine princely lands unanimously passed a resolution to seize control of the Suez Canal Lands. It is listed as a strategic goal in the near future. Mainly with the Main Command of the Navy. The 6 Army Command was supplemented. Jointly implement this strategic objective.

At the eastern estuary of the Gulf of Aden, 240 kilometers east of the Kingdom of Somalia and 350 kilometers southeast of the Kingdom of Yemen, there is a group of islands called Socotra. The archipelago consists of 4 islands, with the main island covering an area of 3,635 square kilometers. Territories belonging to the Kingdom of Yemen.

This island is the throat of the Gulf of Aden. Control from the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, through the Suez Canal. The geographical location of the seafaring route into the Mediterranean, where the Arab and Chinese seafaring trade must pass, can be said to be very important.

But there are no Yemeni players on the archipelago right now.

As early as the Bronze Age and the Bronze Age, pirates were often encountered here. Somali pirates, Arab pirates, and Indian pirates are here to fight, occupy islands, cede land as kings, and rob Arab and Indian merchant ships passing through here.

The ground fleets of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries often come here to encircle and suppress pirates and assign them to their territory. The fleets of Yemen and Somalia also often fight here for the island.

However, the Arab fleet was short-lived, and the Indian player fleet in the Indian Ocean became increasingly powerful, sending troops to occupy Socotra in the name of clearing pirates, and refused to return the island to Yemeni players, claiming that it was an unowned pirate island.

In terms of naval strength, the player fleet of any Arab country is only counted with 1,000 warships, and it cannot be ** against the huge Indian fleet with 10,000 warships, and they did not work together against the Indian fleet, and were forced to withdraw from the competition for this archipelago, and this group of islands fell into the hands of Indian players.

After the Chinese expeditionary fleet sent troops to the Indian Ocean, and after taking root in the port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka, the Indian fleet began to massively shrink its front in the Indian Ocean so as not to be broken by each other. Socotra, because it is far from India, is easily cut off by the Chinese fleet. The Indian warships and the troops of the 6th Army on the island withdrew to the Indian mainland, and the number of troops was greatly reduced, leaving less than 10,000 BSPs; And the Chinese expeditionary fleet is insufficient, and it is not able to spare forces to take care of this archipelago for a while.

The fleets of the Arab countries were even transferred to the Suez Canal to fight with the European fleets, and they were unable and unwilling to compete with the Indian fleets at this time. It could only be occupied by Indian soldiers. Had it not been for the fact that the Chinese had not paid for the manufacturing process of black powder and firearms, they might not have been willing to participate in the six-region war between Pakistan and India.

After a long time, the pirates in the waters around the archipelago began to be active again, constantly attacking the Indian soldiers stationed on the island, trying to retake Socotra, causing a lot of headaches for the Indian players on the island.

The Indian general on the island, Rakesh, is having a headache for food.

Grain on the islands is usually transported from Mumbai, India's mainland, on a 2,000-kilometre route. However, in the past month or so, grain ships have been attacked by unidentified pirate warships one after another. At most, only two or three of the ten grain ships were able to reach Socotra safely, and the losses were already heavy. The island has some military value, but no commercial value. Losses of Indian players in Socotra. Far less than the profit after the occupation of the islands, the Indian headquarters has already had the idea of abandoning the Socotra archipelago, constantly withdrawing troops from the islands, and drastically reducing the number of grain ships.

But Rakesh did not want to give up, not to mention the importance of the islands. It took him months of hard work to take the archipelago from pirates and Arab players, and he didn't want to give it up. As long as he has access to food, he can hold on.

He even contacted Arab and African merchants in an attempt to buy food from Arab players. But nearby Arab and African countries are low-grain producing countries. He is short of food, and he is busy collecting food for war, how can he sell food to him? These Arab merchants were willing to sell everything else, weapons and medicines, but they did not sell grain.

In desperation, he even organized the army to cut down trees and build hundreds of fishing boats, so that NPC soldiers could go to the sea to fish. But those damned Arab pirates, intent on not making him well, constantly harassed and attacked his fishing boats. A month down. Fishing boats have suffered heavy losses, and food stocks on the islands are dwindling.

As he was thinking, an Indian player burst into the military tent in panic, shouting and reporting to Krash, "Rakesh, the pirate army is here again!" It's Somali pirates

"What's the panic, it's not the first time the pirates have come, just kill them."

Rakesh frowned. Quickly grabbed an Indian war knife. And the Indian player out of the military tent.

Hundreds of Indian players in the entire barracks were in a mess and racing. Command all NPC swordsmen and archers to occupy important defensive positions around the barracks, ready to fight the incoming pirate army.

Outside the barracks, a group of thousands of ragged pirates had rushed to a distance of several hundred meters outside the barracks.

The Indian player said bitterly, "Rakesh, there are thousands of pirates here this time!" And they're also "

Rakesh was about to climb an arrow tower to observe the situation of the incoming enemy troops, and couldn't help but look back and ask suspiciously, "And what?" ”

Before the player could speak, he only heard dozens of gunshots "bang, bang", and more than a dozen Indian NPC archers standing at the height of the arrow tower in the barracks planted down one after another, and fell to the ground next to Rakesh. A single shot is deadly, and the power of the musket is enormous. Then the Indian player had a chance to say, "And they're armed with muskets!" ”

Rakesh froze, and finally his face changed.

Speaking of firearms, in fact, the Indian army has also begun to equip them. But only the main army in India had time to equip some to fight the Pakistani army. A ragtag army like him, stationed overseas, is not qualified to equip firearms at the first time, and still uses cold weapons such as swords and armor.

However, the pirates around Somalia have always used cold weapons and equipment, which does not make him feel threatened. But he didn't expect that this group of attacking pirates was also equipped with firearms, and there were only a lot of them.

Where did these poor Somali pirates who barely sold their pants get their firearms?