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Volume Fourteen, Smoke of Gunpowder, Chapter 113, Key Issues

Whether Jueyuan sent troops to the Middle East is not the key to Europe, but the issue of cooking or hunger.

As mentioned earlier, the Middle East War has been delayed for a long time. A key issue is that the warring parties have serious differences on the issue of resettlement of Jews, and even there are serious differences within the intensive group.

Based on the situation at that time, Islamic countries such as Iraq, Syria, Kurdistan, and Iran advocated the removal of Israel. As for how to resettle Jews, that is not the question they consider. The problem is that even if these Islamic countries deal with the Middle East issue after eradicating Israel, that is, how to divide the sphere of influence and how to fulfill the interests of the war, there are still serious differences. To put it bluntly, Iraq and Syria hope to establish a "big Arab country" and take two countries as the core. Iran advocated establishing a "pan-Islamic alliance" to replace a unified country with a loose alliance of states, thereby avoiding confrontation with superpowers. Kurdistan hoped to maintain the status quo, that is, the Republic should control the Middle East and avoid the emergence of regional powers with dominant forces. The views of these three parties are also easy to understand. A unified Arab country will definitely become a regional power and may even become a quasi-major power.

Unifying the Middle East with Islam as the main body can expand the influence of Shiites in the Islamic world and also expand Iran's influence. As a new country, Kurdistan has the weakest strength. Even the winner of the war has very limited voice in the Middle East, let alone confronting Iran and Arab countries, and the basis of its national interests is to form an alliance with the Republic.

This is not the whole, the intensive group.

If we expand the scope a little, we can find that within the intensive group, there are many countries that advocate the retention of Israel and even support Israel. For example, Argentina has always believed that it should not force people too much and should leave a little hope for the Jews, retain the country of Israel after the war, and promise to provide security guarantees. This attitude of Argentina has obtained some African-State countries, as well as many

In fact, even within the Republic, there are many people supporting Argentina's view.

This is also easy to understand. A powerful Israel is not only the nemesis of the Arab world, but also the control of Islamic civilization. Imagine that if Israel perishes, even if tens of millions of Jews are properly placed, and with the weak Kurds and Iran's ulterior motives, who can prevent the Arab world from being unified again? You should know that the broad Arab world starts from Morocco in the west, goes to Oman in the east, and arrives in Sudan in the south, covering a vast area including North Africa, Central Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula, with an area and population exceeding the EU. If a brand new country is established in such a vast area, even a loose country will pose a threat to the interests of the Republic. Not to mention anything else, republic enterprises may never think of mining rare metal mines in Syria and Sudan.

Actually, this is just the beginning.

Influenced by many historical factors, "Abianbai" is no longer a simple nation, and can only be regarded as a national symbol at most. In the vital national culture, there are great differences between Arabs in different regions. Of course, this is very similar to the situation of the Han people. For example, there is a big difference between Han people living in the north and Han people living in the south. The problem is that for the past two years, the Han people have basically been under the rule of the same dynasty. Even if there is too much division, it is difficult to last. There are no rifts that cannot be healed. The glorious period of Arabs in history was very short. Even the Arab Empire did not exist enough to smooth out cultural differences.

To put it bluntly, what connects Arabs is not the inner culture of the nation, but religious beliefs, that is, Islam.

On the religious level, the problem is much more complicated. You should know that countries that believe in Islam are not only Arab countries, but also not only distributed in the Middle East. By population, Indonesia is the largest Islamic country. By land area, Saudi Arabia is the largest Islamic country, and by comprehensive strength, Pakistan is the most powerful Islamic country. In other words, if religion is used as the basis, Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity. After the Western world with Christianity as its core falls, if the Islamic world grows and grows, then Eastern civilization based on Confucian culture will inevitably encounter more severe challenges. To be honest, if the republic cannot prevent the Islamic world from becoming a unified force, then World War III will lose its meaning.

Keeping Israel is the key to preventing the revival of Islamic civilization.

It can be said that on this issue, the Republic and the United States share common interests, that is, they are all to prevent the renewed expansion of Islamic civilization.

Of course, this kind of cultural awareness cannot reach a political height.

Judging from the situation at that time, whether the Republican authorities are willing to adopt Argentina's suggestion, Israel must be eliminated before the war is over, otherwise the war will not end, at least it will not end in the most favorable way for the Republic. As the leader of the country, Pei Chengyi cannot let thousands of republicans take risks for a purpose that no one can confirm, and there is no reason to let the Republic's citizens endure the torture of war for a few more years.

The problem is that intensive groups are not the only dominant party in the war. Even if the Republican authorities do not have to consider the influence of the United States at all, they must consider the will of Europe.

It can be said that after Russia was defeated, Europe replaced the United States in the issue of determining the fate of Israel and became a different body clam for Youyi Xunshushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushu

At first, Europe firmly opposed the eradication of Israel.

Of course, this attitude did not last long. With the Republic winning a great victory on the Pacific battlefield, coupled with Russia's devastating defeat, Europe took the initiative to make concessions. The focus was on how to protect the interests of the Jews rather than protect Israel. This led to the subsequent negotiations, that is, how to resettle tens of millions of Jews after the war ended.

It can be imagined that the negotiations are not going well.

It was not until the beginning of the year that the Republic's Navy won a great victory in the naval battle of the Cape Verde Islands. It seized the control of the South Atlantic and opened the door to march into the North Atlantic, making the Middle East war lose its strategic significance, especially when the Republic's team was long attacked Morocco, and at the end of March, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and occupied the Gibraltar Fortress, which was controlled by Britain for hundreds of years. The Republic only promised not to attack Britain's overseas territory, otherwise it would not have occupied many British tombs including Digo Garcia and Asuncion in the previous combat operations. Gibraltar Fortress is also the British overseas territory, and it is no different from Digo Garcia in terms of basic attributes. Europe completely lost the initiative in negotiations, and the situation changed.

According to the conditions proposed by Europe in early April, as long as the Republic can provide a suitable resettlement site, Europe can help convince Israel to surrender and bear half of the cost of transferring Israeli nationals.

Of course, "suitable. It means that it is not possible in any place.

By the end of April, the Republic had proposed a total of three resettlement plans.

The first set is still proposed earlier. If you choose a suitable location in the southwestern Pacific, such as Tasmania, New Britain or other islands, or even western Australia as a Jewish resettlement area, and establish a Jewish state in that area, the Republic will undertake the security and defense of the new Jewish state. It also promises that within twenty years after the war, Jewish people will gain the right to independent development.

The second set was also proposed before, that is, to choose a more suitable place on the Eurasian continent. For example, the Russian Far East that has been occupied by the Republic, or the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuye Island, or the farther Chukotchi area to establish a Jewish state. The Republic also undertakes security work and ensures that after the war is over, the state power will be gradually transferred to the Jewish government.

The third set is newly proposed, that is, select several suitable locations from the occupied areas of the Republic's ** team, and are selected by Jewish organizations, including the Israeli government. Of course, according to this plan, the Republic only provides security guarantees and does not bear all other responsibilities and expenses. It will not be until the end of the war, if the Republican authorities determine that it is necessary, then the state sovereignty will be gradually transferred to the Jewish government.

Because the first two plans are indeed not attractive, the negotiations focus on the specific terms of the third plan. The problem is that time is already very tight and both parties cannot delay at the negotiating table.

To put it more directly, the greatest pressure is not from the millions of Jews in Israel, but from the millions of American troops trapped in the Middle East.

According to relevant information transferred to Europe by the US authorities, at the beginning of the year, the US military's basic material reserves on the Middle East battlefield could only last for six months. In other words, even if the losses caused by the comprehensive strategic bombing of the Republic's Sky Army were not considered, the US military will eat up all its food by the end of June.

If it is just a unit of hundreds of people, then forget it.

For a unit with millions of officers and soldiers, this is almost unimaginable.

On this extremely important issue, the Republic's authorities are extremely tough. In addition to the US military's voluntary surrender, Europe must first solve the Jewish problem if it wants to march into the Middle East battlefield. Otherwise, the Republic's army will definitely march into Israel on the day when Europe sends troops, and the Republic will not make any guarantees to the Jews in Israel.

Of course, this attitude of the Republic is easy to understand.

Under the circumstances at that time, if Europe sent troops to the Middle East and accepted millions of American prisoners of war before the Jewish issue was properly resolved, or before a specific settlement agreement was reached, it would be very likely that all of these prisoners of war would be placed in Israel and allowed to participate in the reconstruction work. It should be noted that among the US troops fighting in the Middle East, the proportion of Jewish soldiers was very high, and conservatively estimated to be around Macao. In other words, among the US troops of Judo Ten Thousand, there were about 10 to 1000 Jewish officers and soldiers, and these people might become citizens of the new Israeli controlled by Europe in a way of changing nationality after the war, thus making the new Israel a big problem. Not to mention the way the Republican authorities intend to solve the Israeli issue, it is unlikely that an Israel controlled by Europe would be allowed to appear on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.

The problem is that just putting pressure on the other party at the negotiating table is definitely not a good way to solve the problem.

In the Republic of China, properly resolving the Jewish issue was also the key to safeguarding post-war interests.

In early March of the year, after the great victory in the naval battle of the Cape Verde Islands, the Republican authorities launched a combat operation to enter the American continent in advance, and directly selected Panama as the destination for entry.

If it were months ago, someone would definitely think it was crazy.

With the US Navy becoming a tragic dog, marching into Panama is no longer a crazy operation.

Of course, unlike the previous plan to attack Panama, this time it was from the old Bushang Army, and with the Atlantic Ocean as the sixth, according to the navy's advance plan, the Atlantic Fleet first seized the sea control power, forcing the US troops to retreat from the small Andres Islands, and then the Marines landed in the Panama Isthmus from the Pacific Ocean. Under the cover of the Pacific Fleet, the entire Panama Canal Area was captured. During this period, the Atlantic Fleet will head north at an appropriate time.

Threat the Greater Andres Islands, forcing the US Navy to retreat to the Gulf of Mexico, and attack US military bases deployed in Haiti and Jamaica, eliminating the threat of US long-range artillery to the Panama region. If everything goes well, the Atlantic Fleet will march into Cuba after the Pacific Fleet is strengthened, and help Cuba resist the attacks of the US military. Create opportunities for attacking the US mainland with Cuba as the base.

Obviously, this is a bold and large-scale combat plan.

Although there is no reason to believe that this combat plan has a direct relationship with Pei Chengyi, it is certain that Hua Jianfeng is definitely one of the drafters of the plan. And it was his influence that made this well plan support from the Supreme Command. In fact, before the Supreme Command was supported, the Navy launched an action.

At the end of March, the main fleet of the Republic's Navy crossed the Cape Verde Islands for the first time and entered the North Atlantic Ocean. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, it bombarded US military bases and military facilities on the Little Andres Islands.

Of course, the symbolic significance of this action is more obvious.

Although the Republic Navy was absolutely sure to defeat the defeated US Navy in the next naval battle, even if Hua Jianfeng had the will, Li Chengyi would not allow the navy to advance into the Caribbean Sea in advance without a firm foothold and the overall situation was not determined.

You know, the Republic was trying to win over Venezuela and Bolivia at that time.

According to some data released after the war, in early March of the second year of Judea, the Republican authorities sent invitations to Venezuela and Bolivian authorities through the Chilean government, and promised to give the two countries enough benefits, such as extraditioning the former Bolivian president who defected to the United States to the Bolivian government after the war, ensuring Venezuela's leadership in the Caribbean region, and promising to provide enough voice for the two countries within the intensive group.

In fact, Venezuela and Bolivian authorities are also considering the issue of participating in the war.

The problem is that both authorities need time, time to make decisions.

Although the Republic needs to prove its ability to enter the Caribbean, after appropriate publicity, it requires patience rather than rushing.

Affected by this, it was not until the end of April of the year that Venezuela and Bolivi announced their participation in the intensive group and declared war on the United States as member states of the group, that the Supreme Command of the Republic made the decision to send troops to the Caribbean Sea and let the navy take action.

By this time, the Republic's Navy also had the strength to enter the Caribbean Sea.

In terms of fleets, in addition to the three combat fleets that first entered the Atlantic Ocean, two main fleets have been added. In terms of more important support forces, the Republic's Navy has sent three maritime base groups to the Atlantic Ocean, two of which have arrived in the Cape Verde Islands, and the third will be deployed within the month. With the advance deployment of submarines and the shore-based aviation forces in the region, the Republic's Navy's troops deployed on the Atlantic Ocean account for about 30% of the total force.

Most importantly, by this time, the Republic's Navy will be able to mobilize more maritime forces.

As mentioned earlier, for the Republic's Navy, the key to fighting on the Atlantic Ocean is not how many fleets are invested, but how many transport ships and support ships can be concentrated.

Because the result of the Cape Verde Islands naval battle was a bit unexpected, when dispatching maritime forces, the Republic's Navy could appropriately weaken the investment in the Middle East battlefield and turn the focus to the Atlantic battlefield. More importantly, as the US Navy retreated completely, attack submarines that could be sent to the South Atlantic Ocean to quickly reduce the ammunition carrying capacity of small attack submarines with a displacement of about 50% or so. When fighting away from the base, the support of submarine ships is needed. In the Cape Verde Islands naval battle, the US Navy lost several submarine ships, so the Republic's Navy could appropriately reduce the strength of the escort fleet when arranging escort forces, so that it would cover more fleets or larger fleets without increasing the number of escort warships to improve transportation efficiency.

The strengthening of transportation power is not only the navy, but also the Marines and the Army.

It can be said that, under the circumstances at that time, after Venezuela and Bolivia declared war on the United States, even if the Republic's navy did not attack from the Pacific, the Marines or the Army could launch an attack from the Atlantic and attack Panama by land.

With this impact, the possibility of the US military defending Panama is greatly reduced.

It can be said that this is why the Republican authorities postponed their entry into the Caribbean until the beginning of the month.

However, many people did not expect that the US military's retreat was so fast that it could not even match the advancing speed of the Republican team!

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