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Chapter 342 Yang Feng's Indian Ocean Fleet

The performances in the United States were enough for philanthropists, peace messengers, and of course conspirators. Boss Yang returned to China via North Africa with satisfaction, and by the way, he visited the Serier oil field at the invitation of the Germans. After obtaining his oil well distribution map, Xiao Wangzi had already started the production of the oil field as quickly as possible.

According to their expectations, millions of tons of crude oil can be mined this year, which is a huge surprise for German tanks. The desert fox Rommel was extremely friendly when he welcomed Yang Feng. If it weren't for his two wives, it would be inevitable to give him a few Arab beauties to enjoy. Now this guy is like the emperor in the whole of North Africa.

Because Xiaomoushi transferred all the main forces to the Soviet battlefield, there are actually only five German divisions in North Africa, one of which is the armored division, and there are about 200,000 Italian troops and a volunteer military advisor composed of Arabs. His opponent Montgomery had less than 60,000 British troops, and then about 50,000 Jews armed with Chinese weapons. Considering the tragic combat effectiveness of the Italians, both sides were actually half a dozen, and no one could do anything to each other across the Suez Canal. Yang Feng was very satisfied with this result. As long as Xiaomoushi didn't enter the Arabian Peninsula, he had nothing to care about.

After a hypocritical expression of his expectations for peace, and after visiting the pyramids, Boss Yang flew to Islamabad with his mouth full of sand. Now Pakistan has become China's most loyal ally. Nearly 800,000 Pakistanis armed with Chinese weapons are stationed in their own homes and northwest India. Together with the Chinese army stationed in India and the British army, they control the vast land from Pakistan to Assam. The newly opened Indian-Myanmar highway transports weapons and ammunition from Chongqing to continuously.

Their main enemy was about 1.5 million of the merged Indian zhengfu army, or the hodgepods mainly composed of the British sayings of the Indian puppet army. The Vietnamese, Burmese, Malays, and even Indonesians had no Japanese army on the front line. About 200,000 Japanese troops were stationed in southern India and Sri Lanka, enjoying the compassion of the Ahsans just like the British colonists back then.

However, here Jinnah asked him to help build a navy. They were mainly worried that the Japanese army would attack Pakistan from the sea. Although the main forces of the Japanese navy have been transferred back to the country to deal with the increasingly tense situation between the United States and Japan, a fleet with the Ruihe light aircraft carrier as the core is still retained in the Indian Ocean.

Jinnah hopes to have a near-shore defense fleet consisting of destroyers as the core. It does not require too many numbers, including ten destroyers, twenty or thirty large torpedo boats, and five submarines. After all, no matter how many of them are, they can't afford it. The British will not pay for this fleet. Now Britain is living a tight life, and it is not easy to maintain the expenses of Pakistan's army and air force, so the Pakistani Navy has to spend their own money.

Jinnah’s goal was to buy it from the United States, but as a belligerent country with Japan, the Germans would not allow these warships to pass through the Suez Canal. The Japanese fleet didn’t have to care. They are now supporting the army in Australia. So Jinnah hopes that Yang Feng will come forward to get the bearded.

This was a small matter for Yang Feng, and he agreed with his chest. He was not so enthusiastic about the construction of the Pakistani 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 they would also build a base for the Chinese navy. In this way, Ma Hongbin's UAE garrison would have maritime support, and he could also order warships from the United States and deploy them directly here like the Pakistani.

Jinnah naturally welcomed Yang Feng's request. The Chinese fleet stationed in Pakistan was equivalent to providing them with protection. Otherwise, the small navy he planned would not be very confident.

The two quickly agreed on some details. The location of the military port is naturally Karachi. Although Guadal Port is more suitable, it is just a small fishing village now, and there is no military port even on the road. However, there is a railway in Karachi, which is very convenient for both oil and other transportation.

After the negotiations were made, Yang Feng flew back to China and then went to Todman to tell him that he was going to buy a naval fleet, including two heavy cruisers and four light cruisers, plus twenty destroyers, thirty large torpedo boats, and ten submarines. This fleet would enter the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal.

"Of course it's okay. We are friends, and this little thing is nothing to say, but I have a suggestion I don't know if you want to listen to it." Todman said with a smile.

"explain."

"It's very simple. You want to obtain a fleet with sufficient combat effectiveness at the fastest speed to deal with Japan's increasingly powerful navy, so you have built dozens of shipyards at one time on both sides of the Haihe River. However, the construction cycle of warships is very long, especially large warships. As far as I know, the largest heavy patrol on your ship is only 10,000 tons, which is obviously far from enough.

So you should have an aircraft carrier or even a battleship. Ah, you already have an aircraft carrier. To be honest, even I was shocked that the giant merchant ship you towed. It is indeed a good idea to convert it into an aircraft carrier, but you still lack a battleship. But even if you asked the Americans to build it, you may not be able to see it within three years. If that is the case, why not buy a ready-made one?" Todman said with a mysterious smile.

"Original? Where is there any ready-made one?" Yang Feng was stunned for a moment, but then woke up and exclaimed with a somewhat disobedient attitude: "Riceliu."

He suddenly remembered that a big business was missing. After being exposed by their allies twice, the Vichy Navy in Dakar and Toulon still lived tenaciously like a cockroach, with considerable strength including the Richelieu, Dunkirk and Strasbourg, but the current Vichy government of France will definitely not be willing to continue to maintain this fleet.

Especially the battleship Richelieu in Dakar, which was injured in the British navy's offense last year, was actually blocked in the port as a fixed turret. Moreover, with the loss of Britain's colonies in North Africa and the current decay in their country, it is definitely impossible to attack French West Africa again. In this way, the warship is meaningless to stay there. If they ask for a purchase from the French Vichy government, they will never refuse. What's more, since Todman said that, Germany will definitely put pressure on the French.

And buying it to deal with the Japanese is undoubtedly a very appealing thing for the French. The Saigon Tusha has made the French people hate Japan so much that they grit their teeth.

"But as allies, it seems that it is not appropriate for you to do this?" Yang Feng said with a smile.

"It's very simple. First, we are friends, second, we don't want the Japanese to turn their attention to Asia again." Todman shrugged and said. This was actually the bearded man's thanks to Yang Feng. In addition, the recent performance of the Japanese also made the Germans very worried that they would continue to attack China. After all, the grudge between China and Japan is too deep, especially between them and Yang Feng.

Moreover, in recent times, the development of the Japanese military power has made Xiao Beizi very worried that they will have the courage to revenge, but the Japanese went to war with China again, which was the last thing he wanted to see. In fact, in his opinion, China and Japan maintain hatred but never fight, which is the most beneficial for Germany.

Once China and Japan fight again, if the Japanese lose, it will definitely affect their determination to start a war against the United States. Now Xiao Wang is as eagerly looking forward to the war between the United States and Japan as Yang Feng. 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 were crowded on the same continent, and would definitely become direct opponents, so now he hopes that China can have a navy that is enough to calm the Japanese down.

Yang Feng soon understood this point. Since this was the case, he naturally welcomed it very much. He handed over the work to the Germans to contact him. He didn't care much about the price. There was tens of millions of dollars, and now this little money was not worth mentioning to him. The money alone was enough to sell more than a dozen ships from the British.

Of course, the Richelieu needs to be bought, and the other originally planned have to be sold. Since I have bought the battleship, I might as well buy the aircraft carrier. The ones being built on the ship must continue to be built. The warships are not afraid of too many, especially to prepare for grabbing territory after the war. The more you are not afraid of, the better. Yang Feng even asked Todman to ask him, whether the two French warships and big bombs wanted to sell, and if he wanted to sell them, he would not mind buying more.

As for the warships purchased in the United States, it is easy to choose. There are two Essex-class aircraft carriers, and the heavy cruisers are naturally Baltimore-class. Now the United States has just started to build these two warships, so that they can speed up the progress by the way. It is estimated that they will be able to get it 40 or 3 years ago.

Light cruisers use Cleveland class, which is also the newest being built now, allowing them to move out of the naval orders and will probably get it by the end of the year. The destroyer is also the latest Fletcher class. This thing is built very fast, and twenty ships are probably delivered in one year. At that time, with the Richelieu battleship as the core, four Cleveland light cruisers, and twenty Fletcher class destroyers, it is best to have two more fantasies, and then match the shore-based aviation force. The entire Persian Gulf is its own sphere of influence. When the aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers join, they can be said to be the overlord in the Indian Ocean.
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