At the same time, after the liberation of the Middle East, the national strength of the Arab League will inevitably rise further, especially its human resources and resources, which will most likely become a solid backing for Mustache in the future decisive battle with the ultimate enemy, the United States. Moreover, Mustache also believes that once India and the British mainland compete,
If the connection between them is cut off, then China, which has been trying to restrain itself before
The government may be tempted to send troops to liberate India and get on the Axis chariot. In addition, Japan, which has made some progress in secret negotiations, can also go south to attack the Nanyang Islands and Australia in the future. The overall Axis camp
The strength will be greatly enhanced compared to now, while the strength of the allies will wax and wane...
"If all this can be achieved, then even if the Soviet Union and the United States join forces, they will never be the opponent of the Third Reich!" Mustache, who has become more and more arrogant due to a series of victories during this period, said confidently.
road.
Although Mustache's road map is just his delusion, the current Arab League does have the strength to sweep across the Middle East. Worried about the Chinese army launching a full-scale attack on India, the British have increased the total number of troops stationed in India to millions.
Among them, the British mainland and Australia and New Zealand, which have stronger combat capabilities, total more than 500,000 troops. This will inevitably lead to a significant decrease in the defense power of other neighboring colonies. After all, the European War broke out
In the end, Britain had to retain sufficient military strength to defend its homeland, so it could only draw troops from other colonies and allies. Now Britain and its allies are stationed in Egypt. The total military strength in Sudan and the Middle East is less than 200,000, of which 50,000 are from Britain.
The total number of armies and marines is only about 100,000, and Krem can easily solve it without even requiring general mobilization. The Mediterranean coast is more difficult because of the presence of the British Mediterranean Fleet...
Other than that, the two battleships in Alexandria really gave Krim a headache. Although the Arab League has established its own navy, its officers and soldiers still need training, and the captured French naval officers and soldiers do not know how to do it.
To help the Arab League fight against the British, most of the ships are now useless. Moreover, even if they can be driven out, the largest ship is only one
The light patrol Arab Navy is also determined to be unable to compete with the British battleships. In comparison, the Arab Air Force is in a slightly better situation, but most of its aircraft are old (these aircraft are used to deal with the rebels and do not need many
Advanced...). And most of the pilots are foreigners who were originally captured. They may not be willing to try their best. It is not easy to kill those two British battleships.
Of course, even if they cannot defeat the battleships, as long as they can sweep across the British colonies and vassal states in the Middle East on land, they will have no choice but to evacuate sooner or later. However, the essence of the Arab League is basically along the coast (although this is true for all countries, the proportion is very small).
Few things are as exaggerated as North Africa.), if these two giant ships are allowed to bombard them all the way, the losses will be too great...
For this reason, Mustache promised to send some Stukas to help, but to both parties' surprise, the Italian Navy unexpectedly got a chance to succeed. Their frogman troops secretly sneaked into the British naval base in Alexandria and successfully defeated the British.
Two Elizas of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet
The White Queen-class battleships - "Queen Elizabeth" and "Warrior" were bombed and sunk in the harbor (this is how these two battleships sank in history, but they were later picked up by the British and towed to the United States for repairs, but in this time and space
They won't have such a chance.)......
Mustache was pleasantly surprised, but also completely confused. The Italian Navy could not only suffer a crushing defeat, but also achieve such an exciting victory. What is their strength? Not only mustache, a layman, but also the senior leaders of the German Navy,
This is also very puzzling. They don’t know the large ship department of the Italian Navy
The officers of the team are basically the second generation of officials and the second generation of rich people. These dudes are afraid of hardship and tiredness, so they do half-heartedly during training. As the saying goes, "A soldier is in charge, and a general is in a den." This is the moral character of all officers.
One can imagine the ethos of the Italian navy's large ship fleet, and it is strange to have combat effectiveness...
On the contrary, the small naval force with much poorer conditions is not only more able to endure hardships and stand hard work, but is also generally more motivated because most of them are civilians. Therefore, their daily training is much harder, and their fighting will is far less than those of ordinary people.
timid
They are comparable to the playboys who are afraid of death, so their performance in actual combat is naturally much better. And they are also more innovative. This time, they unexpectedly used "frogmen" to sink battleships, which was the first in the history of the world's navy.
It's spot on.
In fact, the achievements achieved by the Italian Navy in history were basically achieved by small and medium-sized ships. Its performance is no less than that of the British Royal Navy's small ship force, which is recognized as the best in the world. On the contrary, in addition to the submarines that receive special attention, the German Navy
Troops, the rest of the small and medium-sized ships generally performed poorly in the war. This was mainly because the German fleet was more meritocratic, so the capable ones went to those units that were valued.
The Italian army is exactly the opposite.
The reason why the British Royal Navy performs well in various ship types without too obvious differences is because it is far from having a huge talent pool comparable to Germany and Italy, and the naval tradition formed over hundreds of years has given more talents.
Promotion opportunities, maybe this is the so-called background...
Although I don’t understand what happened, Mustache is happy to see Britain sink two battleships. In this way, after Krim sends his troops to capture Alexandria, he can send people over to salvage the two battleships.
, if it can be repaired, then it is
What an unexpected gain! But the rise of the Italian Navy has made Italy's status in Xiaozhu's heart rise a lot, at least it is no longer dispensable. Just when Xiaozhu was thinking about how to "have the cake and eat it too"
When the time came, the British gave him a hint...
After France surrendered, what Churchill was most worried about was not the French army, but the French navy. Due to the strong strength of the British Royal Navy, even if the French army joined the German side to fight against the British, it would only be more difficult for the Allies to win, and the strength was fourth in the world.
If the French navy is controlled by the Germans, Britain will be in danger of national subjugation...
Because the European War broke out later, the French Navy in this time and space was more powerful than in history. In June 1941, it had a total of 1 aircraft carrier, 7 battleships, 2 new battlecruisers, and 3 new battleships.
Built (an improved version of the Richelieu class), it will replace three old battleships after entering service. (To be continued...)