Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 3190 Suez Canal

21 days later, China's Wudao Tianwang aircraft carrier fleet sailed into the Suez Canal.Interestingly, on the day when the Chinese fleet sailed into the Suez Canal, King Farouk of Egypt sent a special envoy to contact Chen Shichang and invited him to Cairo for a private visit.The Suez Canal trip could have been completed in one day, but the sudden arrival of the Egyptians disrupted Chen Shichang's original plan.Will you accept Farouk's invitation?After a brief consideration, Chen Shichang finally decided to accept it happily.Although the Suez Canal is now actually controlled by the British, the Egyptians are landlords after all.It is never wrong to make good dealings with landlords.In addition, in Africa, Egypt is also considered a big country.Considering that the little chief had visited Egypt before, and had established a good personal friendship with Farouk.Therefore, Chen Shichang felt that it was necessary to take a walk.

Chen Shichang just felt that it was necessary to go through it, but in Farouk's eyes, the huge Chinese aircraft carrier fleet was like a life-saving straw.As early as when Ouyang Yun went to Egypt to attend the Cairo Conference, there were already signs of revolution in Egypt.But now, with the further weakening of British influence, Farouk has gradually become a real loner in Egypt.Farouk and his cronies know very well that if they can no longer obtain strong support from abroad, they will soon become targets of revolution and lose their existing power and wealth.Farouk's natural appeal should have been Britain.However, the British were severely injured in World War II, and now they are committed to unifying Europe and cooperating with the United States and Japan to contain China, so they are not willing to invest more chips in Africa.As a result, Farouk and the others felt a little hopeless.Just at this time, China's huge aircraft carrier fleet appeared in front of them. For them, this was a blessing from heaven.

Falkenhausen was quite dissatisfied with Chen Shichang's private visit to Cairo at the invitation of King Farouk of Egypt.On the one hand, Falkenhausen worried that this would drag down the itinerary of the Chinese fleet, thus losing the opportunity to intersect with the US Seventh Fleet; There will be surprises.It's okay for the Chinese fleet to be blocked east of the Suez Canal and unable to enter the Mediterranean Sea, but as a result, the weapons and equipment purchased by Germany cannot be shipped back to China as soon as possible, which is not something Falkenhausen can afford.

The persuasion was ineffective. In order to prevent Chen Shichang from being calculated by the British, he could only pinch his nose and ask to accompany Chen Shichang to visit Cairo.What he never expected was that it was because of his appearance that the Farouk dynasty in Egypt completely fell to China.

Farouk is standing behind the British, which is almost a well-known thing in Europe.In addition, during World War II, Egypt and Germany were de facto hostile countries.Therefore, no matter how critical Falkenhausen looks at Farouk, it is not an exaggeration in Farouk's view.Not only that, after thinking about it, Falkenhausen's move was also identified by Farouk as having a special meaning-the Germans and the Chinese are so close, it seems that the rumors that Germany formed a deep alliance are not groundless .And a stronger China plus Germany, in Farouk's view, is enough to rival any superpower in the world today.

"If it's just China, I have to worry about the British, Americans, and Soviet Russians. But if I add Germany, I think this force is completely worthy of our trust." After Chang and Falkenhausen held an unprecedented and extremely luxurious welcome banquet, Farouk and his cronies discussed using the power of the Chinese to eliminate dissident forces in the country and made a final decision.

As for China, because of the in-depth contact with Ouyang Yun during the Cairo meeting, Farouk has been paying close attention to it.Therefore, compared with the vast majority of heads of state or high-level officials in the world who only have a half-knowledge about China, the amount of information, accuracy and depth of Farouk's grasp are far superior.It is also for this reason that when he was desperate and the Chinese fleet passed through the Suez Canal, he had an idea and came up with the idea of ​​signing in from China.

Regarding Egypt, Africa and even the Middle East, Chen Shichang basically obtained information and information from Ouyang Yun.Just because Ouyang Yun always emphasized the importance of the Middle East intentionally or unintentionally, Chen Shichang accepted Farouk's invitation after a little thought.As a rising handsome star in China's military circles, Chen Shichang definitely lacks military and political vision.The importance of Egypt, the Suez Canal alone is enough to explain everything.And if China wants to become a world power in the true sense, it is absolutely necessary to have the power to pass through the Suez Canal cheaply.

When Farouk and his cronies were making their final decision to join the emerging power alliance of China and Germany, Chen Shichang was presenting to Falken in the luxury hotel that Farouk had prepared for Chen Shichang and Falkenhausen. Howson explained why he had ventured into Cairo. "...Although the Suez Canal is now controlled by the British, we should change this situation just because of its strategic position. I think this is also in the common interests of China and Germany. We need to deepen our alliance If we want to establish a relationship, we must have a reliable communication channel. And because the Suez Canal can avoid detouring the Atlantic Ocean, for your two countries, its significance is no less than that of the Silk Road connecting the Western world in ancient China..."

When Chen Shichang mentioned the meaning and ownership of the Suez Canal, Falkenhausen's heart was already loosened.If the Germans had to rank the European countries in order to determine which country is the greatest threat to Germany, there is no doubt that Britain is definitely in the top three.During World War II, when Germany marched into North Africa, the reason why it did not regard the capture of the Suez Canal as its top priority was because Germany did not have a powerful navy, so naturally it was not particularly interested in such a convenient water transportation channel.But now, the situation has changed.After discovering that China has strong shipbuilding capabilities, at least Falkenhausen has thought of a way to quickly expand the size of the German Navy.If the Germans want to achieve this goal, the control or right of passage of the Suez Canal is too important.

"The Suez Canal is indeed important, but Germany's main task now is to be able to block the attack of the Soviet Russians and even the Soviet-American-British coalition forces. General, with all due respect, at least for now, our country will not invest too much energy on the Suez Canal," although in his heart loose, but with his mouth, Falkenhausen still seemed very stubborn.Of course, this can also be regarded as his posture and bargaining.

Chen Shichang didn't care much about this.Because in his mind, helping Egypt regain control of the Suez Canal, China will definitely get the most benefit from it.China's domestic advanced electronic products and military products have already shown signs of overcapacity, so they need to obtain new markets.There is no doubt that Europe, Africa, and even the Middle East will be the dumping grounds for Chinese products signed in China.Then, being able to use the Suez Canal cheaply is too important for the newly grown Chinese national industry.

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