383 Rogue Tactics
On July 1, the day after India suddenly and officially announced that it would accept hundreds of European submarines into the Indian port of Mumbai, the war in the Indian Ocean finally broke out inevitably.
Submarines from various European countries left the port of Mumbai and attacked all Asian merchant ships and warships on the "Sri Lanka-Pakistan," "Sri Lanka-Persian Gulf," and "Sri Lanka-Gulf of Aden" sea routes, sinking hundreds of large and small merchant ships. 【】
These three routes are the closest to the port of Mumbai and are also the easiest to attack.
The Indian Ocean Front, which was immediately referred to as the Third Front by Empire players.
The third front is different from the previous two.
The first front, the Siberian front, is dominated by the hard fight of the main tank army between Chinese and Russian players.
The second front, the Greek and African fronts, is dominated by the confrontation between the navies of China and Europe and the United States, and the six armies of the vassal countries fighting each other.
The first two fronts were fought in a dignified frontal war.
On this third front, European and American submarines are not at all engaged with China's Indian Ocean Fleet in Sri Lanka, because the Chinese fleet in Sri Lanka is very strong in anti-submarine forces. Instead, they went directly to civilian merchant ships and cargo ships with little offensive or defensive capabilities, with the goal of cutting off China's transportation lines in the Indian Ocean.
Undoubtedly, it has also affected the interests of Asian players as a whole, and even Arab players. For a time, these three routes in the Arabian Sea were completely cut off by submarines, and no merchant ships dared to sail at all.
Therefore, this third front has received the strongest reaction from Asian players, slamming Europe, the United States and India. If you can't beat it on the main battlefield, you can start playing yin, and you still find ordinary players to start and engage in this kind of indiscriminate means to save the decline.
The European and American alliances are silent about this, as long as they can save the defeat, what about the next three indiscriminately? When the battle is won, everyone will praise their tactical cleverness, at the most correct time. The most correct battlefield was opened up and the most correct war was fought.
However, it is worth noting that the Indian submarines did not make any sorties, and they still shouted that they were "neutral countries" and hoped that the two sides of the war would not start a war in India -- to put it bluntly. It was you who beat you. I'll just watch the excitement from the side, don't mess with me. It angered me, and I also sent troops to war.
And North American submarines. Also did not appear in the Indian Ocean.
On the day that India announced that it would accept European submarines, Salopek, the commander of the North American Alliance, made an urgent call to Qin Xiaobai of the Chinese Alliance, saying that the North American Alliance has always abided by the private agreement reached with the Chinese Alliance, that North American submarines will never appear in the Indian Ocean, and that Chinese submarines will not appear in the Americas. The opening up of the Indian Ocean theater is purely an arbitrary claim of the European Union and has nothing to do with North America. Fight in the Indian Ocean, and you will fight yourselves. Don't get involved with me.
Qin Xiaobai's reply was simpler: the North American fleet would not appear outside the Big 6 in Africa for a day. The Chinese fleet did not enter South America for a day. However, China could not guarantee the fleet of the Allies. Not found in South America.
Salopek was half speechless.
The atrocities of European submarines have affected the interests of countless ordinary players in dozens of countries. It provoked great indignation among Asian players. Players in Asian countries have strongly appealed for the Chinese and Pakistani camps to immediately retaliate against India and Europe, attacking Europe and India.
On the Empire forums and in the game, there is a lot of denunciation of Europe and India.
In a strong voice, almost all people, whether it is the Chinese and Pakistani camp, or the European and American camps, are paying attention to the movements of the squadron. Keep a close eye on the latest developments in the Indian Ocean Fleet and the African Fleet. Only the movement of the Chinese fleet will really determine how the war in the Indian Ocean will unfold.
Countless players are speculating about how China is going to fight back against India and Europe.
The possibility of a direct attack by the Chinese fleet on the port of Mumbai is very small.
The Port of Mumbai is no longer the Port of Mumbai it used to be. With the technical support of Europe and the United States, India has built a large number of the latest ironclad battleships, submarines, frigates, fighters, bombers, the main 6th Army, and long-range coastal artillery, most of which are gathered in the port of Mumbai.
It can be said that the current port of Mumbai is the hardest military fortress in India, and its equipment and technology level is not much worse than that of Europe, the United States and China. It is precisely because the naval and air defense of the port of Mumbai has become quite strong enough to block the attack of a large Chinese fleet that India dares to accept the presence of European submarines here to provoke the Chinese fleet.
Otherwise, ordinary ports will not be able to withstand the impact of China's main fleet in the Indian Ocean, and how can they dare to accept the presence of European submarines? Under the premise of no force, provoking Chinese players will only make a big joke and make a joke for players all over the world.
The comprehensive defense force of the sea and air forces in the port of Mumbai cannot stop China's three major fleets, but it is no problem to block one Chinese fleet. It is also impossible for China to send three fleets to storm the port of Mumbai and consume the main fleet on such a port.
How the Chinese fleet can win this submarine war in the Indian Ocean has become the biggest question and worry of ordinary players.
European submarines can easily ambush Asian merchant ships sailing on the surface of the sea and disrupt the shipping routes. But the Chinese fleet has a hard time tracking down these submarines that are lurking silently at the bottom of the sea. Under the premise of not being able to attack the port of Mumbai, a neutral supply port, it is very difficult to severely attack all European submarines.
If frigates are sent to escort Asian merchant ships, too few frigates will be dispatched to be insufficient, and too many frigates will be dispatched, which will seriously weaken the anti-submarine capability of Sri Lankan ports, and European submarines will not attack the kind of merchant ships with many frigates, and are likely to attack Sri Lankan ports that lack anti-submarine ships.
It can be said that this joint military operation between Europe and India, which opened up the third front of the "Empire" world war, was almost a perfect lore, directly stabbing at the heart of China's rear and hitting the soft underbelly of the Chinese player alliance. The means are unusually ferocious and vicious. It can be said that as soon as this front was opened, the balance of war was greatly tilted in favor of the European and American camps.
To the bewilderment of countless European and Indian players, the Chinese fleet did not react in any way, not even a single statement. Only to immediately interrupt the voyage that had been attacked.
However, to the shock of players around the world.
On that day, hundreds of the latest submarines with Asian symbols suddenly appeared in the Mediterranean, and launched a merciless massacre of European merchant ships for which they were barely prepared. Countless merchant ships were sunk, trade routes throughout the Mediterranean were interrupted in a single day, and "France-Tunisia," "Italy-Gibraltar," and "Black Sea-Mediterranean" were almost all severely attacked.
Especially around the Strait of Gibraltar. A large number of Asian submarines deployed mines, cutting off shipping routes, resulting in the entire Mediterranean Sea being unable to transport supplies to the Atlantic. Supplies from the Atlantic could not be transported into the Mediterranean.
The European and American camps were in an uproar, almost unbelievable. In the Mediterranean, the hinterland of Europe, how did so many hostile submarines suddenly appear against the camp. Beat their most prosperous Mediterranean route to the ground. Especially France, Italy, Greece, Spain and other countries. The losses were the heaviest.
It is absolutely impossible for an Asian submarine to bypass the long African coastline and pass through the Strait of Gibraltar. into the Mediterranean.
The only explanation is the Suez Canal in Egypt. As long as the Asian submarine goes out of the Indian Ocean, enters the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and passes through the Suez Canal, it can easily pose an extremely serious threat to the entire European Big 6.
However, Egypt in the Middle East is obviously a neutral country, how can it allow the submarines of the Sino-Pakistani camp to pass through the Suez Canal?
The leaders of the European Union jumped in anger almost constantly. Strongly denounced Egypt for not keeping its neutrality commitments. Smuggling of Asian submarines through the Suez Canal. Europe will retaliate and punish Egypt.
The countries of the Middle East, such as Egypt, immediately responded with a response. We strongly condemn the European submarine attack on a merchant ship in the Middle East and condemn India's act of luring a wolf into a house. It has seriously threatened the interests of the Middle East, and officially announced the establishment of a neutral port in Port Said in Egypt, the opening of the Suez Canal for Asian submarines to pass through, and the acceptance of applications for submarines from other Asian countries.
Countries in East Asia, such as South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Pakistan, have announced that their merchant ships have suffered heavy losses from European submarines, and that their submarines have entered Port Said to retaliate against Europe to the same extent.
These countries themselves are not able to produce higher-grade submarines, and they are all buying this undersea killer weapon from China to retaliate against Europe.
Finally, the Egyptian coalition issued a statement that unless India withdraws the neutral port area and European submarines immediately withdraw from the Indian Ocean, Egypt will always retain the neutral port area and retaliate against Europe to safeguard the interests of the entire Asian player. In addition, the countries of the Middle East remain neutral, and if the European Union dares to invade Egypt, the entire Middle East countries will be allied with China.
Egypt's "feat" immediately caused cheers and praise from the entire Arab players, the entire Asian players.
Egypt's statement suddenly made the whole of Europe and the United States feel bitter and unspeakable. It was originally their idea to set up a neutral port to attack Chinese shipping routes. I didn't think that Egypt would copy and plagiarize them as they were, and use their means to attack them.
An Egypt is not fearful, but the Chinese alliance stands behind it and comes up with weapons and technology, and the methods are the same as theirs. A plan that was originally intended to attack the hinterland of the China-Pakistan camp has turned into a mutual attack on each other's belly and a game of hooliganism.
Moreover, Asian hooligans are a little more ruthless and threatening than European hooligans. After all, the European hooligans are only playing scoundrels in the Indian Ocean, and they cannot threaten China's big 6 in East Asia. Asian hooligans, however, have already run to the doorstep of France, a big European power, to play scoundrels. The European Union is dumb and eats coptis, and there is bitterness that cannot be said.
If the European submarines stationed in India are withdrawn, will it work? They have already paid a huge price, once they retreat, they will return to the original point, and the war of the Big 6 in Africa will continue to disintegrate and rout.