The passage from the Atlantic Ocean into the Indian Ocean has been blocked. Re-breaking through South Africa is not a combat mission that can be accomplished overnight. The United States has begun to seek a passage from the Atlantic Ocean into the Indian Ocean. Although it may be more difficult than the South African passage, if it can win this The strategic suppression effect that the Pacific Ocean Channel can play will be even greater. The Pacific-India Channel is located at the southern end of the South China Sea. After it is controlled by the United States, it will directly threaten China's southern line and then threaten China's mainland. It is much greater than the threat in South Africa or even India.
This is because China suffers from its complex geopolitical environment. Unlike the United States, there are no powerful countries around it, and its geopolitical structure is very simple and concise.
The Americans have designed multiple routes for the Pacific-India Sea Route. One is from Hawaii to the Philippines via Guam and then through the South China Sea and into the Indian Ocean via the Strait of Malacca. This route was also a common civilian route in the world before the outbreak of the war, but it is also difficult. It is conceivable that first of all, the route from Guam to the Philippines may face attacks and interceptions by the Chinese blue water navy. There are also a large number of Chinese submarines active here, especially after the war, China rebuilt a large number of submarines for mid- and offshore operations. AIp submarine, the new model is the Type 04l conventionally powered attack submarine, which uses a new type of graphene battery. Its continuous combat capability has exceeded one month, and it is also equipped with heavy-duty supersonic anti-ship missiles that were originally only equipped with attack nuclear submarines. Ships traveling through this route will be extremely dangerous. Even if the US Navy is confident, it is not optimistic about opening up this route, not to mention that fighting for sea control may be a long and difficult process.
The second route is from Guam through the Greater Sunda Islands belonging to the Nanyang Republic. It is relatively safer than the first route, but the safety is also limited. This is also China's sphere of influence, and it has to control so many small islands. Island to prevent the Chinese from deploying shore-to-ship missiles and the like. The United States may need to deploy a large number of troops here to guard the waterway, which is relatively uneconomical.
The third route, which is also the route finalized by the US military, is from Hawaii through the Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands, bypassing Papua New Guinea, entering the Arafura Sea and Timor Sea from the Torres Strait, and entering the Indian Ocean. This route is basically outside the countries controlled by China. The only troublesome one is Papua. There is a military base established by China. Although the scale of the establishment is not as large as that of bases such as Gwadar, it is definitely not weak. There are also countries along the route such as Indonesia and Malaysia that are not at odds with China and Southeast Asia. The southernmost is Australia, a staunch ally of the United States. Therefore, relatively speaking, the United States has more cards to play and has a greater chance of winning.
Choosing this route is actually not easy. The US military plans to seize the stronghold in Papua and at the same time win over Indonesia, Malaysia and other small countries on the island of Sumatra to deal with the Chinese and Nanyang coalition forces that may land and fight. After these areas are stabilized, the US military will be able to smoothly enter the Indian Ocean to help India, which is almost dying.
Since European allies are unlikely to travel tens of thousands of kilometers to assist the US military in combat, the Americans plan to convene a new combined fleet and allied forces. At the suggestion of George W. Bush, NATO established the Asia-Pacific Theater Command, and the commander-in-chief naturally It is an American, headed by Admiral Fargo. The national armies participating in the Asia-Pacific Theater Command include the Australian Navy, New Zealand Navy, Canadian Navy, Chilean Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Because the Pacific region is the forefront of the US military's fight against China, the Seventh and Third Fleets here are extremely powerful. Together with naval powers such as Japan, their strength exceeds that of the expeditionary fleet participating in the South African battle.
During the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Theater Command, Japan has rapidly transformed from a country bound by a pacifist constitution to a country that has restored the ability to use war and, to be precise, has the right to collective self-defense.
"Japan has experienced profound and thorough changes after World War II and has become a model for democratic countries in East Asia. It has made great contributions to world peace and development. People in the free world respect Japan's achievements, and the free world This crucial battle cannot be fought without Japan's participation. We hope that Japan can become an important force in safeguarding world peace, democracy and freedom." Bush personally went to Tokyo to deliver such a speech, which greatly encouraged the Japanese political circles, except for left-wing Japan. The CP strongly opposed it, and other center and right-wing parties unanimously supported it.
Japan quickly completed its own constitutional amendment and gave the country the power of war. Although the name of the Self-Defense Forces was not immediately changed, it began a large-scale nationwide mobilization, preparing to follow the United States to start a war.
Japan, which experienced the Ebola and Aum Shinrikyo incidents in the 1990s, was severely traumatized. Especially during the one-year lockdown, China squeezed out many industries in which Japan had an advantage, leaving Japan in the second half of the 1990s. The development of China has also been stumbling and is not as good as before. High unemployment, economic setbacks, inflation, and class conflicts have all caused Japan to rapidly transform from a prosperous and advanced country to an unstable country.
Because of the Shinrikyo incident, the Japanese have done a lot of reflection, and they also have strong opinions.war power, but the Japanese also have a lot of anti-Chinese sentiments. Considering that in the Shinrikyo incident, China took the opportunity to regain the Diaoyu Islands, and at the same time, the rise of China's economy is an important factor in overthrowing the Japanese economy, coupled with the right-wing's deliberate exaggeration , which has made the Japanese people's hostility and hatred towards China increasing day by day in recent years. Coupled with the brainwashing propaganda that China is an evil country and Japan is a key force in safeguarding freedom and democracy, many people are willing to go to the battlefield to defeat China, an evil country.
Another factor that makes Japan's mobilization and recruitment go smoothly is that the serious unemployment situation makes it difficult for many people to find jobs and even receive relief. Joining the army can bring small but stable benefits to their families, and they can also have enough food for themselves. There are also those who have a fluke mentality and think that they will be lucky and will not die in the war, so such people have joined the Self-Defense Forces.
The US military dispatched the latest aircraft carrier USS Ford and a Kitty Hawk-class USS Constellation. After leading the navies of Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile and other countries to converge in Guam, they sailed to the Solomon Islands and anchored in Honey, the main port of the Solomon Islands. Yala and China face each other at the Rabaul naval base on New Britain Island.
Such a large-scale military mobilization of the US military could not escape the eyes of the Chinese. The military quickly determined that the US military was launching a campaign in the Southwest Pacific, preparing to open the Torres Strait, threaten the Nanyang Republic, and open the Pacific-India waterway. In response to this situation, the Chinese Navy specially dispatched two aircraft carrier battle groups, the Ulyanovsk-class aircraft carrier Jilin and the Type 6 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Shangri-La, to Papua New Guinea, along with two amphibious assault groups. battle group, because the war will not only be limited to naval battles, but also capturing the islands dotted in the Southwest Pacific will be a key point of the war.
Seeing that a new Pacific War is about to break out, the Navy is gearing up to teach the Americans a lesson. However, considering that the US military still has a large military presence in Japan, and the Indian Ocean Fleet is also quite tight, it has deployed two aircraft carriers to participate in the southwest war. The battle in the Pacific is already considered very difficult.
After careful consideration, Qi Yiming felt that it was no longer necessary to cover up the matter, so he sent a surface ship combat group in his hands to Rabaul to assist the Navy's aircraft carrier battle group in operations. This surface ship combat group includes two general-class nuclear-powered battleships (Liu Rengui and Zhou Yu), four dreadnought battleships (Tianma, Tianying, Tianyan, and Tianlong), a Pandao-class cruiser, and six raiders. Destroyer.
Because battleships and arsenal ships are no longer officially accepted by the navy, their names are not in the navy's naming rules. Qi Yiming directly named the battleships after the names of ancient Chinese navy generals, while the dreadnought battleships were more casual, in order to indicate whether they existed or not. Animal naming. As for the battleships below cruisers in the Red Alert Fleet, they do not have ship names and are called by numbers.
A fleet of this size is enough to have a major impact on the battlefield situation, especially the two battleships and four arsenal ships. The battleships' electromagnetic guns and the arsenal ship's more than 700 missiles may be more powerful than an ordinary super aircraft carrier. They are terrifying, and their combat methods are unprecedented in the US military. The deterrence and dominance they produce on the battlefield are absolutely satisfactory.
Because a sub-base has been installed in Rabaulqi Yiming for a long time, the Red Alert Fleet arrived here without even sailing. Their dispatches will also be more elusive. Without the US military being aware of it, the Red Alert Fleet It will give it a fatal blow.
At the same time, China has also mobilized its own fleet of allies, and Nanyang has also sent more than ten surface ships and submarines to Rabaul to assist in the battle. Nanyang's ships are basically variants of Chinese naval warships, and the two sides have also conducted many joint exercises. There is a tacit understanding, even better than the cooperation between Japan and the United States.
Having a premonition that the war would break out at their doorstep, the Nanyang Republic also launched a full-scale mobilization. The Nanyang Republic, which originally had a small army, will mobilize an army of millions in size before the middle of two years to assist China goes to war. After all, 90% of the citizens of the Nanyang Republic are Chinese, so this war is no stranger to them. It is also a war for them to fight for the future destiny of the nation. Ethnic minorities are also fighting for the country enthusiastically under the propaganda. Because of the wartime regulations, the negative voices are covered up, and the so-called democrats who lead the way cannot cause any trouble at this time.