ps: The new book already has 40,000 to 50,000 words, and it is also on the list. I hope everyone can vote for the new book "The Legend of the Passion of the End of the World" ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ªThe following text¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª Li Lan¡¯s trip to Saudi Arabia can be said to have ended perfectly. , but for many people, his official state visit to Saudi Arabia has hit the bottom line. As a major oil country, Saudi Arabia is also a very important oil base for NATO. Once a full-scale war breaks out, oil will be the vital blood of the war. Even in modern warfare, which has made great progress, oil is no less important than it was during World War II. Every powerful country has its own strategic oil reserves, but this strategic oil reserve cannot support the war for a long time. It can ensure that the war lasts for a few months at most, which is already very good. If it is a full-scale war, it will inevitably limit the supply of domestic fuel to ordinary people, and all will be transferred to war-related supply mechanisms. But even so, no country's oil reserves can support a full-scale war for more than a year. The United States and Russia may be able to, because both countries are super oil-producing countries, with daily oil production of more than 10 million barrels. Somalia can also ensure the supply of domestic fuel for the war, because the daily oil production of the Somali Federation has reached 2,000 barrels. Thousands of barrels. Every major oil-producing country in the Middle East has become a brother country of Somalia. Once the war breaks out, they will definitely side with Somalia, and they will even join the war directly. This in itself has cut off the possibility of Europe obtaining oil from the Middle East. Regardless of the current peacetime, the Middle East is still providing oil to all parts of the world before a war breaks out. But once the war breaks out, the supply of this oil. It must stop instantly. And Saudi Arabia has become NATO's most important oil exporting country. Once Saudi Arabia gets closer to Somalia, NATO will most likely be insufficient in energy supply for a future all-out war. Although no one can yet estimate the extent of the war that seems to be about to break out, as long as the wars in the Middle East and Africa start at the same time. Calculated based on a medium full-scale war intensity and half of the armored force, air force, and navy, the fuel consumption required per day will exceed 20 million barrels. If it is a high-intensity all-out war. The fuel consumption required every day will definitely exceed 40 million barrels. You must know that fuel and crude oil are different. Crude oil can be used as fuel for weapons and equipment only after it is extracted. Ten million barrels of crude oil can extract only part of the fuel, so once the daily fuel consumption exceeds 20 million barrels, it will already be a heavy consumption pressure for NATO. If there are high-intensity combat needs, NATO must use a large amount of fuel reserves. certainly. The same is true for Somalia, but with the existence of Middle Eastern countries, the difficulties it faces are naturally much smaller than those of NATO. However, as long as Saudi Arabia joins, there will be no difficulties at all. ¡°Coupled with the fact that NATO has reduced Saudi Arabia¡¯s oil supply, the effect is not just a simple addition or subtraction. So Saudi Arabia¡¯s attitude became very critical. Almost as soon as Li Lan left, Hillary¡¯s special plane arrived in Saudi Arabia. No one is a fool. Hillary naturally hopes that Saudi Arabia can side with NATO, and no third party knows about Li Lan¡¯s talks with the Saudi King. Li Lan is not in the mood to pay attention to the outcome of Hillary's trip. Because he was flying around the Middle East, after leaving Saudi Arabia, he went to Yemen. This country, already controlled by the Houthis, also welcomed him. The next few days. Li Lan continued to travel to various countries in the Middle East and began an intensive diplomatic trip. A whole week. Li Lan traveled to seven countries in the Middle East. On the eighth day, Li Lan¡¯s special plane arrived at the Union of South American Nations again. The special plane landed at the Mexican Capital Air Force Base. The four Apollo fighter jets that escorted the special plane also landed at the air base at the same time. This is Li Lan¡¯s first state visit to the country closest to the United States. In the past, the United States conducted diplomatic operations around Somalia, but now Li Lan has also begun to move around the United States. Not only to fan the flames, but also to bring reassurance to these countries. In South America, Li Lan stayed for a whole week and visited almost all South American countries before finally arriving at the Cuban military port and holding a farewell ceremony with the President of Cuba for the returning Somali Second Fleet and Fourth Fleet. After this week, a large amount of Somali investment funds were transferred to South American countries. Pieces of land were designated as factories, and a large number of factories began to be built in full swing. Not to mention that the outside world doesn¡¯t know what these factories are, even the heads of state of South American countries don¡¯t know about them.The real purpose of these factories. Li Lan doesn¡¯t intend to trick these South American countries, but he doesn¡¯t want the plan to fail before it even starts. The United States has penetrated more into South America than any other country. Once the true purpose of these factories is known to a second person, it may be known to the Americans. When the time comes, it will inevitably cause a huge backlash, so that the effect of the surprise attack will not be exerted. The only thing he regrets is that the global deployment model cannot build buildings within hostile forces, not even neutral countries like Russia. ¡°Otherwise, Li Lan has already begun to invest in the construction of factories in Russia in a formal name. When the time comes, he can change the civet cat to a prince, and change it into a tank factory or even a military barracks. ¡°In Saudi Arabia, several tank factories have been built. After Hillary¡¯s visit to Saudi Arabia, he can still build them in Saudi Arabia, which shows that Saudi Arabia¡¯s attitude has been firmed up and it is ready to advance and retreat together with Somalia. While Li Lan was making a complicated diplomatic itinerary for the future war, the Somali Atlantic Combined Fleet, composed of the Second Fleet and the Fourth Fleet, left the Caribbean Sea, and the journey was not peaceful. A total of five aircraft carriers, including the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, the British Royal Navy HMS Prince of Wales, and the French HMS Charles de Gaulle, have been hovering around the Somali Atlantic Combined Fleet. Five aircraft carriers. Three of them are American super aircraft carriers, all of which are already Lightning carrier-based fighter jets, as well as many X-47 unmanned carrier-based aircraft. And on the USS Charles de Gaulle. There are no longer Rafale carrier-based fighter jets, and they have been replaced by Lightning carrier-based fighter jets. For this reason, the Charles de Gaulle also underwent an eight-month system upgrade. The British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales battle group is also equipped with Lightning carrier-based fighter jets, and its combat effectiveness is very powerful. Being surrounded and advancing by such five aircraft carriers, the Somali dual aircraft carrier battle group is under tremendous pressure. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? To put it bluntly. The two sides are already at war with each other, and no one knows whether a war will break out in the next second. ¡°Perhaps it¡¯s just that no one wants to take responsibility for starting a war. But once NATO decides to keep these two aircraft carrier battle groups, there will be no problem at all in operations. There are two aircraft carrier battle groups, and they are still surrounded by each other, even if the Somali Navy is full of iron. Still unable to resist the fate of being annihilated. And in this sea area, there is an unsinkable aircraft carrier located on the British colony St. Helena Island in the South Atlantic. NATO has built this island into a super aircraft carrier in the South Atlantic that will never be boring. A large number of NATO air forces are stationed on this island, and almost all of the more than 5,000 indigenous people on the island have been relocated. It became a completely militarized naval military fortress. It is only 1,900 kilometers from the west coast of the African continent and 3,400 kilometers from the east coast of South America. The Somali Atlantic Combined Fleet wants to return to its military port on the west coast of Africa. It is bound to pass around this island. With the entire island as the center, it radiates to a radius of 1,500 kilometers, within this distance. They are all within the combat radius of NATO fighter jets. With five aircraft carrier battle groups, NATO can easily kill the two Somalia aircraft carrier battle groups. Therefore, an invisible pressure hangs on the Somali Navy. The two sides are at war with each other. The loss of the combat effectiveness of an aircraft carrier battle group will cause huge changes in the situation. If anything is lost to these two aircraft carrier battle groups, it is the situation of the navy. Will completely lose the ability to take the initiative to attack. Even if Li Lan takes out the four hidden aircraft carrier battle groups and the eighth fleet that is about to be completed. With the combat capabilities of ten aircraft carrier battle groups, it can be said that the advantage of attack in front of NATO no longer exists. After all, the United States alone has fourteen super aircraft carrier battle groups, the United Kingdom has two aircraft carrier battle groups, France will soon have two aircraft carrier battle groups, and Japan's huge navy also has five or six so-called Lightning fighter jets that can take off and land. Destroyer. Now, NATO¡¯s gathering of such a large force is definitely not just to see the two aircraft carrier battle groups in Somalia. The Americans probably also want to take revenge, for the USS Bush, which was rendered useless by a missile, and for the collision outside the Caribbean a while ago. You will get your lost honor and dignity back at once. However, the war has not really started yet, and NATO may still be considering whether to launch a war immediately. ¡°After all, these two aircraft carrier battle groups that are talked about will be unsatisfactory in the future if they are not used. This can also establish the absolute superiority of the NATO navy in the Atlantic Ocean. As long as these two aircraft carrier battle groups are killed, NATO warships will be able to attack the west coast of Africa. You can choose a place to attack at will, and it is also very convenient to launch a landing battle. To this end, NATO heads of state have been discussing with their own think tanks for a long time. A subsequent NATO summit video conference was held immediately after every NATO leader fully listened to the opinions of the think tank. The person who presided over this video conference was Hillary, and the heads of the 24 NATO member states that decided to participate in the war also appeared on the video screen. In a secret video conference room under the White House in Washington, Hillary sat in front of thirty-six huge screens. In front of her, every NATO head of state was ready. "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you all have the answer in your hearts now. Do you want to kill the two aircraft carrier battle groups in Somalia?" Hillary, who presided over the meeting, went straight to the topic at the beginning of the meeting and was the first to do so. He expressed his position: "I have convinced Congress. If everyone has no objection, we will kill these two aircraft carrier battle groups and knock out a quarter of Somalia's naval strength." The French President said: "President Hillary, we don't think so. Now is a good time to start a war. After all, we have not had a long time to prepare. The country has not yet adjusted its economic structure to a full-scale war, and a large amount of weapons, equipment and supplies are not in place at this time. But in terms of the overall strategy, we don't have any advantage. " "Time is too tight. The Royal Navy's third aircraft carrier has not yet been completed. Domestic weapons and equipment production will also reach saturation, and the recruitment of soldiers will also be limited. Not yet. The bottom line is that we don't have a wartime economic strategy ready," the British Prime Minister continued. "Unless our air force is fully prepared now. Otherwise, I do not recommend starting this war in a hurry. After all, this war will definitely not end in a day or two. A long-term war requires sufficient preparation time. A hasty start will not do us any good. " "Of course this move can weaken the strength of the Somali Navy, but I don't think our own aircraft carrier battle group will suffer any losses when it annihilates the opponent's two aircraft carrier battle groups. Once the loss gap is evened out, and we are not ready for war, this impulse will lead to the failure of the overall strategy.¡± ¡°I agree with the United States¡¯ decision that the Atlantic Ocean is an important sea channel for communication between us, whether it is supplies. Or the transportation of weapons. They all need the support of the Atlantic. As long as the Somali aircraft carrier is active in the Atlantic, our crisis will always exist. "Don't forget the German submarine tactics during World War II. Nowadays, the navy is becoming more and more dependent." , Both the supply of weapons and the transportation of raw materials rely on the Atlantic Ocean. The security of the Atlantic Ocean must be ensured. The two aircraft carrier battle groups in Somalia must not exist. ""We must not miss this opportunity now, if we do not take advantage of it to kill the other two in a sneak attack. "It will become more difficult to destroy these two aircraft carrier battle groups in the future, and our losses will be greater." "I suggest that when the Somali Atlantic Fleet approaches St. Helena, it will become more difficult." Combine the air forces on the island to completely destroy the two aircraft carrier battle groups and completely reduce the other side's arrogance. When the war begins, Somalia will lose its troops first." Everyone said something here and there, some were in favor of the attack, some were opposed. There are also many attackers. The opinions could not be unified for a while. After everyone expressed their opinions, all eyes turned to Hillary, hoping that she could combine the opinions of both parties at this time and make the final decision. "When I was thinking about definitely attacking the Somali Atlantic Fleet, I kept thinking, what is Li Lan doing at this time?" Hillary shook her head and said with a puzzled look. "It is indeed strange. The Somali Atlantic Fleet has been heavily surrounded by us. It has been several hours. Li Lan has not made any move. There are also a large number of airports in Africa. It seems that the entire Africa has not seen it. The two endangered aircraft carrier battle groups may sink to the bottom of the icy South Atlantic Ocean," the French president said. "Based on his repeated dealings with Li Lan and his consistent style, it is impossible for him to let us take advantage of his two aircraft carrier battle groups. The most important thing is that these two aircraft carrier battle groups left Cuba. What's more, Li Lan also personally went to the Cuban port to attend the farewell ceremony held by the Cuban side, which has to make people think about its deep meaning," the British Prime Minister continued. "That man looks young, but his mind and ability cannot be inferred by common sense. We are here to discuss how to deal with his two aircraft carrier battle groups. I even feel that he seems to be too.At his command post, looking at the scene in the South Atlantic at this moment, I seemed to have heard his sneer. "The French President said. "Are you scared of Li Lan? I don't believe that he can plan everything so perfectly. Now there is not a single Somali fighter plane in the sky over the South Atlantic, and there are also our submarines on the bottom of the sea. , could these two aircraft carrier battle groups grow wings and fly away? "A voice full of disdain sounded, that was the voice of Shinzo Abe. The Japanese Navy, which still has strong strength, became the guarantee for Shinzo Abe to enter this circle. NATO countries need the strong anti-submarine capabilities of the Japanese Navy and are willing to help Japan maintain this force. Fleet, that¡¯s why Shinzo Abe was able to participate in such a meeting. The French president¡¯s expression changed and he was too lazy to look at Shinzo Abe. He snorted and turned his head away, not looking at Abe on the video screen. ¡°I also think that the Somali side is not. It may be possible for us to kill the opponent's two aircraft carrier battle groups so easily. I have always had an intuition that this may be another conspiracy of Li Lan. They deliberately allowed two aircraft carrier battle groups to return to Africa in the South Atlantic without support, and then attracted us to take action, and then used mysterious backhand to start this war. "Hillary said calmly. "But intuition cannot be used as the basis for military operations, because many times intuition is wrong. " Shinzo Abe said. "This time, I have been unable to really make up my mind, because Li Lan is not someone who lets us succeed so easily, and his ability cannot be easily ignored. Moreover, intuition is often right. "Hillary said at the end, she looked at Abe specifically. "Then what should we do now? Could it be that just by watching the opponent's two powerful aircraft carrier battle groups return to Africa, we will not have such a good opportunity in the future? "Shinzo Abe said. "Don't you know that the better opportunities seem to be often accompanied by greater crises? The French president couldn't help but said: "This is a factor that must be considered as a decision-maker." We cannot be blindly deceived by what we see in front of us, and think about any possibilities hidden behind it. " "I think you are all fooled by Li Lan. Is there still the strength to threaten the strength of five aircraft carrier battle groups? Are you saying that Somalia has a large number of submarines hidden in the surrounding waters? Prepare to annihilate our five carrier battle groups. "Shinzo Abe said disdainfully. "It's not impossible. Hillary nodded in surprise and said, "Think about the fate of India's Virat aircraft carrier battle group." Nothing is impossible. "(To be continued)