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Text Chapter 342 Yang Feng¡¯s Indian Ocean Fleet

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    After having enough performances in the United States as a philanthropist, a peacemaker, and of course a conspirator, Big Boss Yang returned to China via North Africa with satisfaction. By the way, he was invited by the Germans to visit the Seril Oil Field. After getting his oil well distribution map, Xiao  Huzi has started production of this oil field as quickly as possible.  According to their estimates, millions of tons of crude oil can be mined this year. This is a huge surprise for the German tanks. When Rommel, the desert fox, welcomed Yang Feng, he was extremely friendly. If it weren't for him  With two wives by his side, it is probably indispensable to give him some Arab beauties to enjoy. Now this guy is like a king in the whole of North Africa.  Because Mustache transferred all the main forces to the Soviet battlefield, there are actually only five German divisions in the entire North Africa, one of which is an armored division. There are also about 200,000 Italian troops and a volunteer division composed of Arabs.  His opponent, Montgomery, had less than 60,000 British troops, plus about 50,000 Jews armed with Chinese weapons. Considering the Italians' tragic combat effectiveness, the two sides were actually evenly matched, separated by the Suez Canal.  There was nothing anyone could do about it. Yang Feng was very satisfied with the result. As long as the mustache did not enter the Arabian Peninsula, he had nothing to care about.  After hypocritically expressing his expectation for peace and visiting the pyramids, Boss Yang flew to Islamabad with a mouth full of sand. Now Pakistan has become China¡¯s most loyal ally, with nearly 800,000 Pakistanis armed with Chinese weapons.  Stationed in their homeland and northwest India, together with the Chinese army in India and the British army, they control the vast land from Pakistan to Assam. The newly opened India-Burma highway will continuously transport weapons and ammunition produced in Chongqing here.  .  Their main enemy is a hodgepodge of about 1.5 million Indian puppet troops, mainly the merged Indian army, or as the British call it, the Indian puppet army.  There are Vietnamese, Burmese, Malays, and even Indonesians. There is no Japanese army on the front line.  About 200,000 Japanese troops were stationed in southern India and Sri Lanka, enjoying the suppleness of the Asans just like the British colonists back then.  However, here Jinnah asked him to help build the navy. They were mainly worried about the Japanese attacking Pakistan from the sea. Although the main force of the Japanese navy has been transferred back to the country to deal with the increasingly tense situation between the United States and Japan,  However, a fleet with the Zuikaku light aircraft carrier as its core still remains in the Indian Ocean.  Jinnah hoped to have a force with destroyers as its core.  The offshore defense fleet, which includes submarines and large torpedo boats, does not need to be too numerous. Ten destroyers, twenty or thirty large torpedo boats, and five submarines are enough. After all, they cannot afford any more.  The British will not pay for this fleet.  Life in the UK is very tight now, and it is not easy to maintain the expenses of the Pakistan Army and Air Force. Therefore, the Pakistan Navy has to spend its own money.  Jinnah¡¯s goal was to purchase them from the United States, but as a country at war with Japan, the Germans would not allow these warships to pass through the Suez Canal. The Japanese fleet did not care. They are now supporting the army in Australia.  So Jinnah hoped that Yang Feng would come forward to deal with the mustache.  This was a trivial matter for Yang Feng, and he agreed without hesitation. It was not that he was very enthusiastic about the construction of the Pakistan Navy. He suddenly thought that it was time to start building a base for his own navy. Since the Pakistanis wanted to build a navy, then  By the way, they should also build a base for the Chinese Navy here, so that Ma Hongbin's UAE garrison will have maritime support, and like the Pakistanis, they can order warships from the United States and deploy them directly here.  Jinnah naturally welcomed Yang Feng's request. The Chinese fleet stationed in Pakistan was equivalent to providing them with protection.  Otherwise, the small navy in his plan is really not very confident.  The two quickly agreed on some details. The location of the military port is naturally Karachi. Although Gwadar Port is more suitable, it is just a small fishing village now and there is not even a road to build a military port.  But there is a railway here in Karachi, so both oil and other transportation are very convenient.  After negotiating these, Yang Feng flew back to China, and then went to Todman to tell him that he wanted to purchase a naval fleet, including two heavy cruisers and four light cruisers, plus twenty destroyers, thirty  A large torpedo boat and ten submarines, this fleet will enter the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal.  "Of course, no problem, we are friends, this little thing is nothing to worry about, but I have a suggestion that I don't know if you want to hear." Todman said with a smile.  "Say." "It's very simple. Now you want to obtain a fleet with sufficient combat effectiveness as quickly as possible to deal with Japan's increasingly powerful navy, so you are building dozens of shipyards on both sides of the Haihe River at one time, but  warshipThe construction cycle is very long, especially for large warships. As far as I know, the largest one you have on your slipway is only a 10,000-ton heavy cruiser, which is obviously not enough.  So you should have aircraft carriers or even battleships. Ah, you already have aircraft carriers. To be honest, even I was shocked by the giant merchant ship you dragged. Converting it into an aircraft carrier is indeed a good idea, but you still lack battleships, but this  Even if you let the Americans build it, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it within three years. In that case, why not buy it ready-made?" Todman said with a mysterious smile. "Ready-made? Where can I find it ready-made?" Yang  Feng was stunned for a moment, but then he came to his senses and exclaimed somewhat eccentricly: "The Richelieu.  " He suddenly remembered that he had missed a big deal. The French Vichy Navy stationed in Dakar and Toulon. After being tricked twice by their allies at the time, this navy was still alive as tenaciously as a cockroach, with members including Lebanese.  The three battleships Selieu, Dunkirk, and Strasbourg are quite powerful, but the current French Vichy government will definitely not be willing to continue to maintain this fleet, especially the Lebanese fleet in Dakar.  The battleship Seliu was injured in the British Navy's attack last year. It is actually blocked in the harbor and used as a fixed fort. Moreover, with the loss of the British colonies in North Africa and the current corrupt situation in their country, it is definitely no longer possible.  If we continue to attack French West Africa, it will be meaningless to keep this battleship there. If the French Vichy government offers to purchase it, they will never refuse it. What's more, since Taudman said this, Germany will definitely  It will also put pressure on the French and buy it to deal with the Japanese. This is undoubtedly very appetizing to the French. The Saigon Tusha has made the French people hate Japan. "But as an ally, you.  Doesn't it seem appropriate to do this?" Yang Feng said with a half-smile. "It's very simple. First, we are friends. Second, we don't want the Japanese to turn their attention to Asia again.  "Taudman shrugged and said, this is actually Mustache's gratitude to Yang Feng. In addition, the recent performance of the Japanese has also made the Germans worried that they will continue to attack China. After all, the hatred between China and Japan is too deep.  , especially between them and Yang Feng. Moreover, the recent development of the Japanese military power has made Xiaohu very worried that they will have the courage to take revenge, but the last thing he wants to see is the Japanese going to war with China again.  , In fact, in his opinion, it is most beneficial for Germany to maintain hatred but never fight between China and Japan. Once China and Japan go to war again, if the Japanese lose, it will definitely affect their determination to go to war with the United States. Now Xiao  Huzi and Yang Feng are eagerly looking forward to the war between the United States and Japan. If the Japanese win, then Germany will have to face a huge empire that almost unifies the entire Asia. At that time, Japan and Germany are crowded on the same continent, and it will definitely become  A direct opponent, so now he hopes that China can have a navy that is enough to calm the Japanese. Yang Feng soon understood this. In this case, he would naturally welcome it, and leave this job to Germany.  The person is responsible for contacting him. He doesn't care much about the price. It costs tens of millions of dollars. Now this amount of money is not worth mentioning to him. The money he got from the British alone is enough to sell it.  There are more than a dozen ships. Of course, the Richelieu needs to be bought, and the other ones originally planned have to be sold as well. And since the battleship has been bought, then the aircraft carrier will also be bought, and the ones currently being built on the slipway must continue to be built, such as warships.  Don¡¯t be afraid of having too many things, especially when you have to prepare for the land grab after the war. The more things, the better. Yang Feng even asked Todman to ask him about the two French battle cruisers and Daxuan that he wanted to sell.  If he is willing to sell, he would not mind buying more. As for the warships purchased in the United States, this is an easy choice. There are two Essex-class aircraft carriers, and the Baltimore-class heavy cruisers are now available.  The United States has just started building this type of warship. Let them speed up the progress by adding two more. It is estimated that they will be able to obtain the Cleveland class light cruiser four or three years ago. This is also a new type of warship currently under construction. Let them move it from the navy's orders.  Four ships are expected to be available by the end of the year. The destroyers are also the latest Fletcher class. They are built very quickly. All twenty ships are expected to be delivered in one year. By then, with the battleship Richelieu as the core,  Four Cleveland-class light cruisers, twenty Fletcher-class destroyers, and preferably two more Utopias, and then paired with shore-based aviation, the entire Persian Gulf will be your sphere of influence. When aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers join, then the Indian Ocean  If you go up to yourself, you can say that you are the overlord.
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