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    "Can the Military Intelligence Bureau get the exact intentions of the British?" Wang Yuze asked.  Britain and France began to increase their troops in the Middle East on a large scale. Do they want to fight the empire with all their strength and completely determine the outcome, or are they just trying to compete with the empire for the Middle East.  Wang Yuze couldn't judge this.  If Britain and France want to fight China with all their strength, then China may have to prepare early and mobilize more Canadian troops.

    "Your Majesty, I am incompetent! The empire's agents in the UK have tried their best, but the British have done a good job of keeping secrets this time. We cannot obtain the exact information. In addition, the Strait of Gibraltar and Suez are controlled by the British.  Strict inspections have been carried out in the canal, and all ships flying the imperial flag are subject to strict inspection." replied General Wei Zhiyong, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau.  In the past few days, the agents of the Military Intelligence Agency in the UK have paid a heavy price, but they still have not been able to obtain accurate information.

    "Well! It seems that Britain is ready to fight us with all its strength!" Wang Yuze's face became serious.

    "Your Majesty, no matter what, we have to ensure victory in the war in the Middle East. No matter what the British plan is, we can only respond to changes by staying the same. Since the British have increased their troops, we can only increase our troops. General Staff  The plan is to dispatch five divisions from the six divisions directly under the General Staff to enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to fight. In addition, the Fifth Army in the Middle East is prepared. Once there is a change in the Middle East, the Fifth Army will immediately take over and enter from Persia.  Fight in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition, the Seventh Army will also be ready for combat and can immediately go to the Middle East if necessary!" said Xiong Wu, Chief of General Staff.  First dispatch five divisions to the Saudi region. If five divisions are not enough, then dispatch two armies. In this case, the Chinese army in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will reach more than 400,000 people. As long as Britain and France do not use all their strength  If we have enough troops to fight China decisively, then the empire's army in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be able to deal with all problems.

    "Okay, let's do it this way. No matter what, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia cannot be lost. This is directly related to the future of the empire!" Wang Yuze said solemnly.

    "Yes, Your Majesty!" everyone replied.

    "Your Majesty, the main force of the Indian Ocean Fleet will go to the Middle East to deploy defenses. The French Navy's four 'Gourba-class' battleships are currently operating in the eastern Mediterranean. The British Navy has also dispatched two 'Dreadnought-class' battleships to the Mediterranean.  With such strength, it can already compete with the Imperial Navy for sea control in the Indian Ocean!" said Navy Minister Zhang Cheng.  The Indian Ocean Fleet only has two 'Qin-class' battleships, two 'Zhonghua-class' battleships, and one 'Baiqi-class' battlecruiser. In terms of the number of capital ships, the Indian Ocean Fleet does not have an advantage, but in terms of combat power,  The two sides are just equal.  However, the Indian Ocean Fleet also has many heavy cruisers, which can pose a certain threat to the battleships of the British and French navies.  If the British and French navies wanted to seize the sea control of India Yoga, it would be almost impossible.  Departing, the British Navy sent all four of its domestic 'Dreadnought-class' battleships to the Indian Ocean.  However, this is simply impossible.  The German navy had been operating in the North Sea during this period, containing most of the British navy's strength.  This is also because of the agreement reached between China and Germany. If Germany wants to share the oil profits in the Middle East, they must make their own contribution. If they want to get something for nothing, China will not agree!

    "The main task of the Indian Ocean Fleet is to ensure the security of the empire's routes in the northern Indian Ocean. Once the empire goes to war with Britain and France in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, almost all supplies will rely heavily on sea transportation. If the sea transportation lines are cut off, the consequences will be disastrous.  !" Wang Yuze warned solemnly.  Once China deploys hundreds of thousands of troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the supplies consumed by these troops every day will be astronomical.  If the safety of sea transportation lines cannot be guaranteed and there is a problem with logistical supplies, it will be a disaster for the frontline troops.  In particular, the geographical conditions in the Middle East are harsh, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is simply unable to provide much supplies for the huge army. It has to rely on China itself for everything.  Therefore, the maritime transportation lines in the northern Indian Ocean are particularly important.

    "Your Majesty, if that's the case, should we temporarily deploy some warships from the Pacific Fleet to fight in the Indian Ocean?" Chief of General Staff Xiong Wu suggested.  The U.S. Navy has only deployed some cruisers and destroyers in the Pacific. The four battleships and one battlecruiser of the Pacific Fleet seem to be a bit wasted.

    "No need for now! With the strength of the Indian Ocean Fleet, it should be enough to deal with the British and French coalition forces!" Wang Yuze said.  Whether it is the British Navy's Dreadnought-class battleship or the French Navy's Guba-class battleship, their combat power is only comparable to that of the Chinese Navy's Zhonghua-class battleship, or even slightly insufficient.  Against the 'Qin-class' battleship, there is no advantage whatsoever.  Two 'Qin-class' battleships and two 'Zhonghua-class' battleships of the Indian Ocean Fleet.The battleships are already fully capable of resisting two 'Dreadnought-class' battleships and four 'Guba-class' battleships.

    In response to Britain and France¡¯s frenzied surge of troops to the Middle East, China has also made a tit-for-tat response.  The Army's 15th Division, 16th Division, 35th Division, 40th Division and 41st Division boarded the ship one after another and headed from China to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  During this period, the British Navy's Indian fleet was completely holed up in the port and did not dare to go out for fear of being attacked by the Chinese navy, let alone threatening China's maritime transportation lines.  At the same time, because China did not declare war on Britain, after the British Navy's Indian fleet took the initiative to retreat, the Chinese Navy did not attack them.  Both sides still maintained a certain degree of restraint.

    In the blink of an eye, time has entered late October, and the expeditionary forces sent by Britain and France to Egypt and the northwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have reached 300,000 people.  However, they still did not take the initiative to launch an attack, and the front lines of both parties still remained in the western part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  After receiving the support of five domestic divisions, the Chinese army in Saudi Arabia is not as strong as the British and French coalition forces, but it also appears to be relatively well-off.  However, fighting in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is very logistically stressful.  Almost all of the 100,000 troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have become transport teams, responsible for transporting strategic materials needed by the Chinese army from Dammam in the east to the front line.  To this end, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also mobilized more than 200,000 civilians to participate, which ensured the consumption of materials on the front line.

    The entire Middle East region has completely entered a strange calm.  However, this kind of calmness exudes an unbearable pressure that makes people unable to breathe.  Even a fool can see that the clouds of war over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are getting thicker and thicker. No one is sure when it will break out.  But everyone knows that once it breaks out, the world will be shattered.

    The Red Sea is a narrow sea area between northeastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, extending southward from the Suez Canal to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, with a length of approximately 2,100 kilometers.  After the opening of the Suez Canal, it became the only way to connect the East and the West.  Even though there are now clouds of war in the Middle East, the shipping routes here are still very busy, with merchant ships traveling between the East and the West plying the sea.  Although everyone is afraid of being affected by the war, if they do not go here and go around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, the entire voyage will be tens of thousands of kilometers longer, which will be a huge cost for businessmen.  Everyone also hopes that it is best to control the war on land and not spread to the sea.  However, this is obviously impossible.

    Although the Red Sea is the traditional sphere of influence of the United Kingdom, the British Navy has a small naval base in the Aden Protectorate.  However, after the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet made a large-scale westward advance, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, the main force of the British Navy has withdrawn from here and retreated to Alexandria, Egypt.  Warships of the Chinese Navy also often patrol in the Red Sea.  However, most of the warships entering the Red Sea are light cruisers or destroyers. These two types of warships are fast and can escape quickly even if they encounter the British Navy.

    On October 25, the heavy cruiser "Nanjing" of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet, along with a "Tianshui-class" light cruiser "Linxia" and a "Fuqing-class" destroyer "Changle", entered the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.  the Red Sea, and sailed all the way north.  Britain and France continue to increase their troops in the Middle East, and now the total strength has increased to 400,000. This has put great pressure on the Chinese army stationed in Saudi Arabia.  China needs to figure out what the British want to do.  The purpose of the "Nanjing" heavy cruiser's trip is to explore the truth.  Previously, warships dispatched by the Chinese Navy were often intercepted by the British Navy as soon as they arrived in the northern Red Sea.  This time the heavy cruiser "Nanjing" is dispatched. As long as it does not encounter the "Dreadnought-class" battleships of the British Navy, it can forcefully suppress other battleships of the British Navy.

    The Chinese side had no idea at all at this time that the main force of the British Navy had secretly left the British mainland and entered the Middle East.  The battleships left in the British naval port are not the British Navy's Dreadnought-class battleships at all, but the U.S. Navy's Connecticut-class battleships. The two use the same drawings, and there is not much difference in appearance. As long as you don't look closely,  It's easy to get confused.

    Two ¡®Dreadnought-class¡¯ battleships passed through the Suez Canal at night, entered the Red Sea, and sailed southward under the escort of several light cruisers and destroyers.  Behind this fleet are densely packed transport ships.  Their destination is Yanbu on the Red Sea coast, where the British and French forces plan to land and attack the Chinese army entrenched in the southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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