Section 224 Middle East
In fact, some things that surprised the British Empire were, but some were valued, and some were not valued. Now the most deadly point was not valued by them. The Chinese have begun to penetrate into the Middle East. How could Mao Yuanshan, the world's oil depot, be spared? As early as a long time ago, Mao Yuanshan sent his own ship to this area and pointed out several places for exploration of Mao Yuanshan. The result of the exploration was that all of them were large oil storage areas, and these places had to be taken down. Now all of them are British colonies. During World War II, this place was also the easiest place to be taken down.
It is impossible to tell the British that this place belongs to me. No matter how weak the British are, the British will not do such a slap in the face. Any British Prime Minister dares to cede this place to China? I am afraid that after returning, they will face sanctions from the entire country and will never be able to raise their heads for the rest of their lives!
There were two reports on Prime Minister Churchill's table. One report said that the Chinese are very active in the Middle East, but Prime Minister Churchill didn't even look at it and threw it aside. The other report was that the Chinese fleet began to cruise the Indian Ocean. This was the most important thing. In Prime Minister Churchill's eyes, there was a desert in the Middle East. What else was there? There was also a group of disobedient people. For those wearing white robes and beards, the British government did not care about them at all. Those who liked them would do whatever they wanted. The most important thing was India. This was the granary of the entire British Empire and was known as the jewel of the crown of the British king. If something happened here, it would be really deadly.
Prime Minister Churchill immediately asked his subordinates to find an Indian defense report. The entire British Empire was very concerned about the defense of the Indian region. Now India has about 100,000 British Empire Army and 300,000 local indigenous troops. These Indian troops are worthless in Churchill's eyes. The combat effectiveness of these guys can be said to be zero and has no effect at all. It is okay to let them follow the British army and pick up something and let them fight against the Chinese. Then forget it. According to the drills of the British Empire's military intelligence department, a hundred Chinese soldiers can kill thousands of miles of Indian troops. This is the combat effectiveness of the Indian army. Although many people do not believe it, this is the fact.
The navy was not satisfied. Although all the navy in Asia were dispatched to India some time ago, the gap between the Indian naval fleet and the Chinese fleet is too big. India has only two British fleets, and the aircraft carriers are still very old and need maintenance in all aspects. During the war, India did not have that kind of maintenance equipment, so it can only be repaired in small fuss. Cruise missions are still OK. If you want to carry out combat missions, you may not need the enemy to do anything to him. You have to have problems first. Many naval soldiers also refuse to drive such old warships to fight, which is simply going to die.
In addition to these two aircraft carriers, the larger warships are four battleships. It sounds like a lot of them, but there is only one brand new battleship. The remaining three were all modified during World War I. Although they have been modified in all aspects, the lifespan of warships cannot be modified. From the outside, the rusty scenes outside betray their age. This is definitely much older than the sailors. For such things, you still want to fight head-on with the latest Chinese battleships. Then forget it, it seems terrible to think about it.
During the entire Second World War, the British purchased a large number of warships from the Chinese. Now that the relationship between the two countries has reached this point, it is impossible to buy warships from the Chinese. Unless they buy warships from the Americans, the US navy is now undergoing a comprehensive expansion. Although there are more than a dozen warships built for Britain in the United States, it is very difficult for those warships to arrive in India safely. There are Japanese warships and Chinese warships in the Pacific Ocean. However, whether it is Japan or China, they will not let British warships arrive in India honestly.
It is obviously impossible to increase the strength of the navy. Now it seems that the air force will be strengthened from the middle to increase the strength of the air force. It is very important to fight the naval aviation at sea, but if you defend, the air force will be more important. Therefore, Prime Minister Churchill made a decision to add 500 aircraft to India. All of these 500 aircraft must be of the latest model. In the past, pilots could not be two swords and had to fight in China. This caused dissatisfaction among some people in the UK. No matter how important India is, it cannot be more important than the British.
In order to balance all aspects of ideas, Prime Minister Churchill could only compress the plan and then compress it. After a week, the entire plan began to be implemented. The number of aircraft was reduced from the original 500 to 300. All experienced pilots were left behind. In the past, the hundreds of pilots had just graduated from the school, and they were not even qualified for flight time. Who made the British lack fuel? After arriving in India, they would probably be even less fuel. The British fleet in Asia bought oil from the Netherlands. Now the Dutch themselves have no oil, how could they sell it to them? There are only two places where oil is produced in Asia, one is the Netherlands. The original oil field is now occupied by the Japanese, and the other is the oil field of China in Malaysia. Will the Chinese sell it to you?
Fortunately, Americans also know the importance of India. After hearing about the British's plan, they squeezed out a hundred planes from the gap between their teeth. As for the pilot's problem, we really can't help. Americans now lack pilots, and they will suffer huge losses every day when fighting against Japan in Southeast Asia, especially the losses of pilots. Americans also need to continuously transfusion blood to Southeast Asia, otherwise Australia will also be in trouble. The British originally wanted Americans to provide more support, but when the Americans proposed Australia, the British also shut up honestly.
Chapter completed!