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Occupying the entire territory of the Ottoman Empire is of great benefit to China. The territory of the Ottoman Empire includes Yemen. Yemen is a small country located on the Arabian Peninsula and is one of the gateways to the Red Sea. If China occupies Yemen, it will undoubtedly be The Arabian Peninsula gained a stable base, and it will be much more convenient to enter and exit the Red Sea in the future.

The territory of the Ottoman Empire also includes Libya, which is a country in North Africa, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. If China uses Libya as a base, then it can use the entire Mediterranean Sea as its own swimming pool. It is convenient to send troops from here to attack Britain and Germany. too much.

Once the Ottoman Empire was destroyed, Lin Yuan decided to attack Britain and Germany.

Lin Yuan focused his attention on one location——Gibraltar, which guards the Strait of Gibraltar. It is located in Spain, but it is a British colony. The British built a military port here. This military port is so strong that it is almost indestructible. synonym.

The reason why Britain is so fancy about Gibraltar is because it is the key to control the Strait of Gibraltar, which connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. If China takes Gibraltar, the Chinese navy can enter the Mediterranean Sea without hindrance and then station in Libya.

Even if it is not stationed in Libya, the Chinese navy can also be stationed directly in Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a famous deep-water port, and it can even park an aircraft carrier. Once China takes control of Gibraltar, it means that it has obtained a stable base at the doorstep of the British.

How to capture Gibraltar, Lin Yuan really took a lot of thought. Lin Yuan knew that Gibraltar was originally Spanish territory and was occupied by the British. Could it be possible to jointly capture Gibraltar with Spain?

Lin Yuan thought about it carefully, and it was impossible to do so. First of all, Spain hated China deeply. When China liberated Southeast Asia, it once took the Spanish colony of the Philippines as its own.

Secondly, once it unites with the Spaniards, after China captures Gibraltar, the Spaniards will make territorial claims, and it will be very difficult for China to do so.

So Lin Yuan decided not to seek any assistance, but to rely on China's strength to take down Gibraltar.

From where to march, of course, it is most convenient to march from Turkey. At this time, Libya is still the territory of Turkey. Libya is only about [-] kilometers away from Gibraltar. The distance to march from here is obviously much shorter than from any other place.

The reason why Lin Yuan wanted to attack the Ottoman Empire first was that apart from looking for a softer persimmon, there was another reason, that is, after defeating the Ottoman Empire, Turkey could serve as a major base for attacking Gibraltar.

Lin Yuan then ordered Shen Xin to gather troops and attack Gibraltar, but before Lin Yuan gave the order, he suddenly thought of another difficulty, that is, Gibraltar has always been a military fortress managed by the British painstakingly, and the defense facilities are quite complete. To attack Gibraltar, sea power can only rely on the battleships and cruisers left over from the Tsarist Russia era. Can this be used?

Lin Yuan immediately found information on Gibraltar's defense facilities, and found that the British deployed old-fashioned coastal defense guns in Gibraltar. From the analysis of aerial images, the British did not build an airport in Gibraltar, which means that the British's Fighters such as Charizard, Thor, and King Arthur's Sword were all unable to take off, and the British Navy no longer had any decent warships.

As for those old coastal defense guns, they were all exposed to the firepower of the air force, and they could all be leveled by sending out a few H-Shi guns.

Can the H-[-]'s voyage guarantee that it will fly to Gibraltar? The answer is yes. The combat radius of the H-[-]'s fully loaded ammunition is [-] kilometers. The distance from the Selstopol Fortress to Gibraltar is only [-] kilometers. The bombing mission can be completed. If you are worried about an accident on the way, you can reduce the bomb load to increase the range.

So Lin Yuan decided to order Shen Xin to dispatch troops to directly attack Gibraltar. When Lin Yuan gave the order, he also carried out some strategic deception, that is, to continue to deploy heavy troops on the border between Poland and Ukraine, while several naval aircraft carriers fought The group remained silent, making the British think that Lin Yuan would destroy Germany first, and then cross the sea to attack Britain.

The time came on October [-], [-]. Shen Xin ordered his troops to depart from Istanbul and arrive at Tripoli, the provincial capital of Libya, from where they would attack Gibraltar.

Tripoli is a famous historical city. As early as the seventh century BC, the Carthaginians built a city-state here. Later, the Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Italians successively occupied here and left their respective marks here. Finally, the Ottoman Turks took it, and it has been an Ottoman province ever since.

The Chinese army and navy task force sailed out of Turkey and passed through many small islands in the Aegean Sea, attracting the tracking and surveillance of the warships of the Kingdom of Greece, but the warships of the Kingdom of Greece did not make any extraordinary moves.

When the nobles of the Ottoman Empire in Tripoli heard that the empire had fallen, they all ran away with their belongings. Tripoli also lost its original prosperity. After the Chinese troops arrived here, it began to look prosperous.

This time Shen Xin dispatched a force of 5 troops, of which only [-] were Chinese troops, and the rest were recruited from Turkey. Originally, Shen Xin didn't want to recruit so many Turkish soldiers, but there was no way. There are many unemployed young people who have nothing to do in the city and are a huge destabilizing factor.

According to past practice, China can attract these laborers through infrastructure construction, but in Turkey, this has encountered considerable resistance. That is because the citizens of Istanbul oppose China's infrastructure construction. They feel that Istanbul is a city. A famous historical and cultural city cannot be destroyed, and our life is very good now, without electric lights and street lights, and without clean asphalt roads, it is not a big deal.

These unemployed youths have nothing to do and cannot go to the countryside to farm because their families are in cities. If many families are moved to the countryside, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among rural residents.

So Kemal, after seeking Lin Yuan's consent, ordered the army to recruit on a large scale. Originally, 2 people were recruited, but the people enthusiastically signed up, and the number of recruits could only be doubled.

The quality of these soldiers is still good. Turkish youths generally endure hardships and stand hard work. Although they look stupid because they have not received much education, they are still acceptable.