It took a short time for a small Chinese Indian Ocean naval fleet of ten five-masted warships to wipe out the Indian forces on the island and occupy the entire island of Socotra. Indian General Rakesh led 2,000 remnants of his army to surrender and became a mercenary of the Chinese fleet. In addition, there are Somali pirates, Kenyan pirates, Yemeni pirates, and Omani pirates, who have come to take refuge, or become mercenaries, or do trades, and even the regular player armies and player bosses of many countries have also come to the island to make friends with the Chinese fleet.

The reason why these pirates and miscellaneous armies rushed to come was simply that the Chinese fleet had a large number of firearms and equipment in their hands. Whether you become a mercenary of the Chinese fleet or trade with the Chinese fleet, you can obtain firearms and equipment from Chinese players.

Firearms and equipment have become popular in the countries of the Middle East. However, in weak countries such as Somalia, Yemen, and Kenya, firearms are still very scarce weapons and equipment, and only a very small number of strong player armies have them, ordinary small forces have none at all, and pirate players wandering everywhere are only envious. The opportunity to get firearms from the hands of the Chinese fleet naturally overjoyed them.

The alliance of players of the Kingdom of Yemen even exchanged a batch of sophisticated firearms equipment from the Chinese fleet at the cost of leasing the island of Socotra. In any case, the island of Socotra has never been in their own hands, and it is often frequented by pirates from Somalia and other countries, and even occupied by Indian troops, so they can use this island to trade with Chinese players, bring players from the two countries closer, and even form a paramilitary alliance.

After the Chinese fleet absorbed many pirates in the waters near Socotra Island and turned these pirate troops into its vassals and allies, it began to build ports, docks and walled cities on the island, truly completing its control over Socotra Island and choking the eastern gate into and out of the Gulf of Aden.

Nautical routes: Singapore Changi Port, Strait of Malacca - Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka Hambantota Port, Maldives Islands - Socotra, Gulf of Aden, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean.

This is the closest shipping route from the South China Sea to Europe. All Arab merchant ships, African merchant ships, and even European merchant ships that sail to and from this voyage must depend on the face of the Chinese fleet, otherwise it will not be possible to pass this safe voyage at all.

Singapore's Changi port is home to a fleet of 2,000 old warships and the Chinese Pacific Fleet. There are a large number of artillery batteries along the coast of Changi Port, and the Strait of Malacca is firmly under the control of the Chinese Pacific Fleet.

The port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka is where China's Indian Ocean Naval Command is located, with 5,000 old warships, 3,000 new gunboats, and countless hoarded armor and military supplies. Both the Andaman Islands and the Maldives have a large number of infantry from China's Indian Ocean Fleet.

After completing the control of the island of Socotra. It can be said that the Chinese naval fleet has advanced the front line to the doorsteps of various countries in the Middle East, and can send troops to intercept ships in the Gulf of Aden at any time.

Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other major players in the Middle East have complained about the Chinese fleet's occupation of Socotra, which is equivalent to blocking their access to and from the Indian Ocean through the Gulf of Aden. Although China is not a hostile country in the Middle East, and will not really go to war with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other countries, this kind of life is definitely not comfortable with being stuck by others. They even protested to the League of Players of the Kingdom of Yemen, demanding that Yemen take back Socotra from the Chinese fleet.

But the Kingdom of Yemen players have their own concerns. The Chinese fleet marched into the Indian Ocean in a big way. Grab territory and nautical lines. On this territory that was originally an Indian player. It simply suppressed the arrogance of the Indian fleet. They did not dare and did not want to fall out with the Chinese fleet at this time.

After all, Yemen is a weak country. Socotra has never been their own decision. In the beginning, it was the pirate army, the Egyptian fleet and the Saudi fleet that had the final say. And then it was the Indian fleet that had the final say. Now it has become the Chinese fleet that has the final say. They didn't care who controlled Socotra. They only care about how much benefit they can get. Since the Chinese fleet is willing to give them a large number of ground firearms to lease the islands. And not forcible seizure. They were already satisfied. Most importantly, it is. Even if they want to take back the island. Do they have the capital of this fleet to take it back? That's a joke. If only Yemen had the strength to compete with the Chinese fleet. They have long since become the hegemon of the Middle East. You don't have to wait for someone else to occupy Socotra.

Although it also belongs to Arab players. But the Middle East is not monolithic. As the big countries in the Middle East, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are players because of their own security and interests. Reluctant to see the Chinese fleet occupy Socotra. Controls the southern gate of the Gulf of Aden. But the small Yemeni players are in charge of their own security and interests. But they wished that the Chinese fleet occupied Socotra. so that their armies may be equipped with better firearms.

Egyptian and Saudi Arabian players were dissuaded by Yemeni players. I can only complain in my heart. Shut it down. It is impossible for them to send a fleet and a Chinese fleet to fight for Socotra. The Crusader fleet from the European Mediterranean has captured the port of Acre. It's a big headache for them. How dare they start a war with the Chinese fleet behind them at this time. Fight against two strong enemies at the same time!

Yemen. Sandwiched between the big countries of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and China, it's not a good place.

Middle East Group. Sandwiched between the two major military blocs of the European bloc and the Chinese bloc. It was more like being roasted on a campfire.

The French, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Greek fleets poured in from all over the Mediterranean like madness, storming the coastline of 6 Palestine and not retaking Jerusalem from the hands of the Middle Eastern countries. If it weren't for the strong 6th Army of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and other Middle Eastern countries, and they had the advantage of geographical proximity, I am afraid that the land of Palestine would have become the land of the European crusader fleet.

Right now. The Chinese fleet was even more powerful, coming from afar in the Pacific. After crossing the long Indian Ocean, he took root on the island of Socotra, the gateway to the Gulf of Aden. Unwilling to go, eyeing the entire Middle East. Sit back and watch the Middle East bloc and the European bloc fight over the land of Palestine, standing still. Only players in Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia know what they feel like.

Sadat was carefully reviewing some military documents. As Egypt's number one military and political leader, and the leader of millions of players in the Egyptian Gamers Alliance, he is very aware that every one of his bets involves the interests of many Egyptian players, and the life and death of tens of thousands of NPC soldiers. Of course, he doesn't care how many NPCs die, it doesn't matter if he dies, the important thing is that he is worth the money.

The documents that can be sent to him are very important military and political documents, and they are often a headache. The latest military movements of the Crusader fleets in Europe, the situation in Palestine, the military movements of the Egyptian army, and the power struggle within the Egyptian League of Gamers.

After he finished processing the latest batch of documents sent today, there was no latest military intelligence document about the Chinese fleet, so he couldn't help frowning and asked an attendant beside him, "What are the movements of the Chinese fleet?" ”

The attendant hurriedly said: "General, there is no movement, after they occupied Socotra Island, they couldn't stop, but they were constantly strengthening the defense of Socotra Island and transporting supplies. They did not even send a fleet into the Gulf of Aden. According to your orders, if there is no latest important military situation, it will not be reported. ”

"No new moves?"

Sadat's brow tightened.

Socotra Island is the eastern gate of the Gulf of Aden, and since Chinese players have sent troops to occupy Socotra Island, they have laid a hard nail in the Middle East, openly knocking on the door of players from Middle Eastern countries, indicating that Chinese players are very interested in Middle East affairs and have the intention of directly intervening in Middle East affairs.

To tell the truth, he was very unhappy with the Chinese fleet's occupation of the island of Socotra. The Chinese fleet occupied the island of Socotra and easily choked the key point in the Gulf of Aden. More than 90% of Egypt's seafaring merchant ships need to pass through the Gulf of Aden to trade with India, China, Southeast Asia, and African coastal countries. These Egyptian merchant ships are now passing under the nose of the Chinese fleet. One day, if the Chinese fleet is unhappy with Egypt, I am afraid that the Egyptian merchant ships will be unlucky. If it weren't for the fact that the Egyptian fleet was deployed on the Mediterranean coast, I am afraid that he would have to send troops to compete with the Chinese fleet.

He doesn't think that the Chinese fleet has come from afar to be a good person and help the Middle Eastern countries watch their homes. Since they have worked tirelessly to come, they must have come to collect benefits.

But after a few days, the Chinese fleet did not knock on the door, but stopped at the gate of the Gulf of Aden, without saying anything more, which made people very confused.

I thought about it for a moment.

Sadat's wisdom soon understood the reason for this and sighed.

The subtext of the Chinese player's hand is that they have "limited interference" in Middle East affairs. The secret of this is that they will definitely intervene in the affairs of the Middle East, but they do not plan to go too deep for the time being. As for when it will go deeper, I am afraid it will depend on the extent of the crusade between the countries of the Middle East and Europe. When the countries of the Middle East are exhausted and have to ask for Chinese players, the Chinese fleet will immediately penetrate into the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and directly intervene in the affairs of the Middle East.

This hand clearly wants to take advantage of the countries in the Middle East, but players from various countries can't do it, but have to greet each other with a smile. For no other reason, in case the Middle East players cannot hold out in the confrontation with European countries, they also need to rely on China's military power. Except for the Chinese fleet, there is no other country in the world that can give enough military support to players in the Middle East.

When Sadat thought of this, he already had a plan in his heart, and perhaps it was time to reach some kind of alliance with China as soon as possible. He wrote a letter to the retinue and said: "Send it to China's Indian Ocean Command and hand it over to Your Excellency Commander Hai Soul." ”

"Yes!"