Chapter 2 will be updated on July 1. Update time: 0:00, 12:00.

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Military Port, China's Indian Ocean Naval Command. In the commander's tent, more than a dozen player staff officers in the tent were whispering something to a world map on the desk.

Commander Sea Soul, standing to the side, stared at the world map on the desk, thinking about deploying the next fleet base, supply point, in the Indian Ocean or somewhere else in Africa.

After sending a small detachment to occupy the eastern gateway of the Gulf of Aden, Socotra, he stopped continuing further into the Middle East. Middle Eastern players are very sensitive, and if their fleet swaggers directly into the Red Sea, it is likely to cause misunderstanding and make Middle Eastern players too hostile. Therefore, he does not plan to take more measures to go deep into the Middle East to grab territory for the time being.

However, he has only one island of Socotra in his hands.

There are no deep-water harbors on the coastline of Socotra Island, so only some wharf ports can be built to berth small and medium-sized tonnage ships, and it is difficult for large and large warships to dock here. Because of this geographical constraint, the island can only be used as a small naval base, and the larger use is to serve as a supply base for China's Indian Ocean fleet in and out of the Gulf of Aden. It is not enough to use it as the main naval base. If his Indian Ocean fleet was to gain a foothold in the Middle East, it would have to find a better port base.

The sea soul was thinking about where to choose, when the voice of the intelligence soldier suddenly sounded outside the military tent.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

An intelligence player enters the tent and delivers a letter to Sea Soul.

The sea soul was slightly stunned, he rarely received letters. Usually only receive things like not too urgent and important documents from the General Headquarters or subordinates. If it is a very urgent and important intelligence secret, or if the Wolf Smoke organization transmits information internally, it is usually a direct contact after going offline, rather than using a very slow way of communication.

He took the letter and opened it, and after reading it, he thought thoughtfully.

The letter was sent by Sadad, the leader of the Egyptian Players Alliance, who, in the name of the Egyptian Players Alliance, expressed his hope to conclude a formal alliance with the Chinese Players Alliance. If it is only a desire to form an alliance with China, that is enough. What really surprised the sea soul was. In his letter, Sadat invited him to send a Chinese fleet of a certain size to the Suez Canal, which could not but shake his heart.

You must know that China's nine prince-level player organizations have joined forces to send troops to the Indian Ocean, and the military front is directly aimed at the Middle East, and the strategic goal of the key place is to control the Suez Canal, and then control the entire Middle East, and push the Chinese players' foreign expansion front to the Mediterranean.

Sadat took the initiative to invite him to send a fleet to the Suez Canal, which undoubtedly gave him a reason to send a fleet to the Suez Canal, which greatly facilitated his influence over the canal.

Sea Soul casually gave the letter to a few staff officers and said, "Look at this letter and tell me what you think." ”

The player counselors in the tent quickly read it. showed seven points of doubt, but with an expression of three points of surprise, they said one after another.

"Sadat must have known that we wanted to intervene in the Middle East, but how could he be so generous as to invite our fleet to be stationed in the Suez Canal? Do you think he has some plot against us? ”

"It's possible. However, with our strength, even if he wants to do something, he may not have the guts. Turn your face with us, to him. It would not be good for Egypt as a whole, and Sadat would not be so short-sighted. ”

"I think since he has invited, then we will go, otherwise it will not be a waste of such an opportunity to send troops to the canal in vain! As long as we gain a firm foothold in the Suez Canal and build forts and military bases, we are not afraid of any conspiracy from him. We already have Socotra in our hands, and if we can garrison troops in the Suez Canal again, we will be able to control the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden from the west and east. Complete the task of controlling the navigation line from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean in the shortest possible time, and advance warships and influence to the Mediterranean. At that time, not only the countries of the Middle East, but also the countries of Europe, will have to treat us differently. ”

"I'm afraid there's still something wrong. One should not take the liberty of accepting this invitation without figuring out Sadat's intentions. The world will not lose the pie in vain, and Sadat will not give us such great benefits in vain. ”

"Even if it's a trap, will our strength be afraid of him? We should accept this invitation and enter the Suez Canal. Once such an opportunity is missed, I am afraid that it will be difficult to want it in the future. ”

The staff members of the tent quickly divided into two opinions. One is to support an immediate military force to gain a foothold in the Suez Canal before Egyptian players repent. The other is to advocate prudence and not rush to send troops. Overall, the number of people who advocated immediate dispatch of troops was even greater, accounting for nearly two-thirds.

Sea Soul listened to everyone's analysis and did not express his position directly. The conclusion of an alliance between the Egyptian Players Alliance and the Chinese Players Alliance is directly related to the Middle East pattern. He can't be the sole ruler. You have to get the boss's permission.

After thinking about it for a moment, he said, "You guys prepare two backup plans first. One is to accept Sadat's invitation to send troops to the Suez Canal; One is the plan of refusing the invitation and not sending troops. As for which one to use, I'll come back and make a decision. ”

After finishing speaking, he went offline and left the game, and directly contacted Qin Xiaobai by phone.

The staff officers glanced at each other and began to plan two plans of action. The plan for sending troops was somewhat complicated, involving the number of warships to be sent, which Egyptian port to station, and the calculation of supplies. The plan of not sending troops is much simpler, just write a letter of refusal. "Sadat wants to make an alliance with us, and he invited us to send troops to the Suez Canal? Did he say how many warships he wanted us to send and in which port in Egypt? After listening to the report of the sea soul, Qin Xiaobai asked very suspiciously.

Sea Soul said: "No, he just said that he wanted us to send troops." There was no mention of the specific troops, let alone which of us were stationed in the port. I read the letter, and I suspected that he was not sincere, and that his purpose was not to invite us to send troops, but to have other plans. ”

Qin Xiaobai pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Of course he has no sincerity, this canal is Egypt's territory, how can he casually share it with others." Even if he did, the other Egyptian players wouldn't. If today he really sends a large fleet to the Suez Canal. I'm afraid tomorrow he's going to be ousted by angry Egyptian players. He did not say that the number of warships mentioned in the letter should be intended for us to send a symbolic small and small fleet, indicating that China and Egypt have reached a military alliance, and that a war with Egypt would be tantamount to a war with us. In this way, our small fleet will not be able to substantially affect his canal, but at the same time it will be able to deter other nations. ”

"The Egyptian fleet is now fighting against the European Crusader fleet in the Palestinian region, and he wants to use us to suppress the European Crusader fleet?" ”

Qin Xiaobai nodded and said, "Yes, that's basically what he meant." By the way, where is the point of attack of the Crusader fleet now? Sea Soul immediately said: "The landing location of the Crusader fleet is only limited to the coastline of Palestine. It didn't affect Egypt. The Egyptian fleet, the Syrian fleet, and the Crusader fleets in Europe were mainly engaged along the Palestinian coastline. The Egyptian fleet and the Turkish fleet were now the greatest resistance to the Crusader fleet. If this war continues, I think sooner or later the flames of war will still burn to Egypt itself. ”

Qin Xiaobai smiled: "Oh, that's right. Sadat wanted to pull us over to cushion our backs. If Chinese warships appeared in Egyptian ports, the Crusader fleet would have a lot of scruples, which would be tantamount to increasing the security of Egyptian ports and finding a strong military alliance for Egypt.

If the European crusades withdrew from the Middle East because we had joined, Egypt would have gained greatly. If in case of fighting. The military conflict between Egypt and the Crusader fleet will slowly turn into a conflict between us and the Crusaders, and we will be trapped in the pit of the Middle East. This is not at all, it is completely inconsistent with our strategic goal of manipulating the Middle East. ”

Sea Soul hesitated for a moment and said, "In that case, then I will write back to reject his request for an alliance." ”

Qin Xiaobai said: "Well, refuse to form an alliance, and don't send troops to the Suez Canal." Now the naval fleets of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are still quite strong, and their 6th Army is even stronger. Even if they were attacked by the Crusader fleet, they still had enough strength to hold Palestine, and even more enough strength to hold their homeland. There is no need for us to rush forward and withstand the pressure of the Crusader fleet for them. When their naval fleet is basically depleted, and the strength of the 6th Army is also seriously attrition in Palestine, it will not be too late for us to go in.

Sadat was badly defeated by the Crusader fleet, and sooner or later he will have to turn back and conclude an alliance with us. However, at that time, it was no longer their decision on how many fleets to send to guard the Suez Canal, but ours. That is the best time for us to take control of the Suez Canal and manipulate the situation in the Middle East. The time is not yet ripe. Don't rush ahead so as not to be taken advantage of.

In addition, although we will not form an alliance with Egypt for the time being, we can sell some heavy equipment to them and establish friendships. Don't we have tens of thousands of first-generation old-fashioned sailing warships in our hands, and these backward warships will probably be completely obsolete in a few months, and now we will sell them as soon as possible. Sold to players in various countries in the Middle East. They should be in dire need of warships. Although it is an old-fashioned warship, it is still very useful to fight the Crusader fleet in the Mediterranean. ”

Sea Soul laughed. "Okay, Boss, then I'll wait for him to be hurt before I consider an alliance with him. Leave the matter of selling warships to me. It's just that our Pacific Fleet, the Indian Ocean Fleet, and the fleets of various coastal areas have at least 40,000 or 50,000 old-fashioned warships in their hands, and I am afraid that the Middle East will not be able to eat so many goods. Qin Xiaobai said with a smile: "The players of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar should be able to eat about 20,000 ships."

In addition, about 10,000 ships will be sold to African countries, especially the four key countries of Sudan, South Africa, Senegal and Morocco, to support their naval forces. Anyway, it's not convenient for you to go deep into the Middle East now, so let's run Africa first, support pro-China player organizations in Africa, and turn Africa into our solid ally as soon as possible. The rest of the old-fashioned warships were sold to the countries of the Indian Ocean, and whoever had the money would be sold to whomever they could. ”