Chapter 53 Military Deployment
While formulating a war plan, Mu Haoyang also made adjustments to military deployment.
Because the third Nanling and the fourth Wuyishan, the second batch of the Kunlun Mountain class aircraft carriers, as well as other warships of the two aircraft carrier battle groups, have formed combat effectiveness, and the Chinese Navy's aircraft carriers have reached eight aircraft carriers, Mu Haoyang left the "Yangtze River" and the "Yellow River" in the West Indian Ocean Fleet, with Gwadar Port as the home port, mainly in the Arabian Sea, while the "Qinling" and the "Taihang Mountain" remain in the East Indian Ocean Fleet, with Haoyang Port as the home port, mainly in the Andaman Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the East Indian Ocean.
As a result, only four aircraft carriers remained in the Pacific Ocean. [bsp; Because the Philippine civil war has ended, the elected government is more pro-China, and it terminated its alliance with the United States at the end of 2040, and is now in alliance negotiations with China. Subic Bay is expected to be leased to the Chinese Navy. So Mu Haoyang left three aircraft carriers in the East China Sea Fleet, of which the Kunlun Mountains use Zhoushan as the home port, the Tianshan Mountains use Naha as the home port, and the Wuyi Mountains use Yokohama as the home port, and the South China Sea Fleet is only the Qinling Mountains, and Yulin Port is temporarily used as the home port, and it is expected to be deployed to Subic Bay in the future.
This deployment plan has been supported by Teng Yaohui.
In Teng Yaohui's words, even if the United States provokes the war, the two aircraft carrier battle groups of the East Indian Ocean Fleet can return to the South China Sea within two days, increasing the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier battle groups in the Pacific to six, and the two aircraft carrier battle groups remaining in the Indian Ocean are enough to ensure sea control.
Of course, the key is whether the third batch of four ships in the "Kunlun Mountain" class can be put into service before 2045.
In order to speed up the construction progress, Mu Haoyang hired lawyers and accountants to formulate a detailed reward and punishment agreement. As the deputy chief of staff, Dalian Shipyard, Qingdao Shipyard, Jiangnan Shipyard and Guangzhou Shipyard, which were responsible for the construction work, signed an agreement.
In fact, Mu Haoyang's move is a bit redundant.
As long as the funds are sufficient, the four shipyards have sufficient capacity to deliver aircraft carriers in 2043 to ensure official service in 2045.
You should know that before the outbreak of the war against Japan, Dalian Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard each had four 100,000-ton ships, and Qingdao Shipyard and Guangzhou Shipyard each had two. The four shipyards could start construction of 12 100,000-ton warships at the same time. Moreover, the "Kunlun Mountain" class adopted a modular design. In addition to the core modules being built directly on the ship platform, the main job of the shipyard is to assemble each module. With eight ships already built, the module construction technology has become mature and the manufacturing efficiency is much higher than the early stage.
Based on the speed of construction during wartime, it may be completed one year ahead of schedule.
The Qinling and Taihang Mountains were built during wartime, and the construction period was shortened by nearly one-third. Japan was defeated before formally serving.
In the Air Force, Mu Haoyang focused on base construction.
Because the dual-track railway from Lhasa to Kathmandu has been opened to traffic, and the railway connecting Medog and Liga has been connected to Kiramu, and the railway connecting Medog and Liga has also been connected. Therefore, the foundation for building an air force base is available in the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley. The Air Force plans to establish five bases here, with the runway length of two bases reaching 3,000 meters, which can provide take-off and landing of large transport aircraft and strategic bombers.
All five air force bases will be completed by the end of 2044, and thousands of combat aircraft will be able to be deployed by then.
On the Western Front, Mu Haoyang did not let the Air Force make a big breakthrough, but instead came forward to contact Pakistan to ensure that Pakistan's air bases could be used during the war.
According to China's alliance with Pakistan, even if Pakistan does not participate in the war against India, it has an obligation to provide China with military bases and logistical support. Of course, Mu Haoyang has enough reason to believe that as long as the war breaks out, Pakistan will not be out of the matter because the Kashmir issue has not been resolved.
Apart from Pakistan, Myanmar has little problem.
At that time, Nepal and Bangladesh were really likely to be out of the matter. Because these two countries did not sign a military alliance treaty with China and were quasi-ally allied countries, they did not have the obligation to provide China with military bases, and they could even refuse the Chinese army to attack the printing level.
In fact, this is also the main reason why the Chinese Air Force built an air force base in the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley.
Of course, Nepal and Bangladesh have little influence.
Even without the assistance of these two countries, the Chinese Air Force can deploy 2,000 fighter jets in areas around India, and is confident enough to seize air supremacy.
After visiting Islamabad, Mu Haoyang also went to Colombo.
Sri Lanka is also a quasi-ally of China. Although it leased Galle Port to the Chinese Navy, to be precise, it was a separate naval base south of Galle Port, but in terms of bilateral relations, Sri Lanka does not assume any obligations and has no responsibility to provide China with more military bases.
Relatively speaking, Sri Lanka's status is very important.
The reason is very simple. The southern region of India is more than 1,000 kilometers away from China, almost 2,000 kilometers away from the nearest China Air Force Base, and more than 1,000 kilometers to the South Andaman Island, and nearly 2,000 kilometers away from the military base in southern Pakistan. Such a long distance will greatly reduce the combat efficiency of the air force, and the navy cannot fully emerge, so it is necessary to make a fuss in Sri Lanka.
The purpose of Mu Haoyang's trip to Colombo was to inspect the military bases in Sri Lanka.
As for renting military bases or opening military bases to China during wartime, that is the business of government officials, and it is not Mu Haoyang's turn to come forward.
Before returning to China, Mu Haoyang also went to the Maldives.
As an island country in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives are so small that almost no one knows, but the Maldives' strategic position cannot be denied because of this.
As early as the 20th century, India rented an island in the Maldives and opened a military base.
After the First Indian Ocean War, the Maldives took back the rented island, but did not lend it to China, but instead developed it into a tourist destination.
This is understandable that Maldives is a country that makes a fortune entirely through tourism.
Mu Haoyang went to Maldives mainly to conduct preliminary investigations.
According to his plan, it would be better to rent an island, but it was not used to deal with India, but to be wary of the United States, because not far south of the Maldives is the largest military base in the Indian Ocean: Digo Garcia Island.
The island belongs to Britain and was leased to the United States after World War II.
During the Cold War, Digo Garcia was the most important joint sea and air military base in the Indian Ocean and the main logistics support base for the US military to fight in the Middle East and the Gulf. To put it more appropriately, Digo Garcia is Guam in the Indian Ocean, an indispensable part of the US global military base network, and a strategic intersection of the Pacific War Zone, the Central War Zone and the African War Zone.
For China, this is a major concern.
After the First Indian Ocean War, the United States increased Digo Garcia's status and expanded the scale of air bases and naval ports. During the war, Digo Garcia's air base could accommodate 200 large military aircraft, while the military port could dock an aircraft carrier battle group.
With Digo Garcia as the base, the US military does not need to use a fleet at all, and can block most of the Indian Ocean with planes.
At the beginning, Teng Yaohui divided the Indian Ocean fleet into two, not to surround India, but to confront the US military in the Indian Ocean.
According to Teng Yaohui's deployment, the main task of the Western Indian Ocean Fleet is to focus on Digo Garcia, while the East Indian Ocean Fleet is responsible for focusing on US military bases in western Australia, such as Darwin and Perth, to prevent US troops from entering the North Indian Ocean, posing a threat to China's strategic routes.
Relatively speaking, the situation of the East Indian Ocean Fleet is relatively ideal.
With Haoyang Port as the base and Indonesia's military base group, the East Indian Ocean Fleet has enough room for movement and enough rear support.
The West Indian Ocean Fleet is not so ideal, mainly because the Gwadar Port is too far away from the core area.
If an island could be obtained in the Maldives, even if it was so small that it could only establish a naval air station, it would be enough to change this passive situation.
Mu Haoyang knew very well that when considering the war against India, he must not forget the United States.
If the early deployment is not sufficient, the possibility of US intervention will greatly increase. Only when sufficient can the US realize that military intervention cannot change the course of the war, but will instead detonate a world war at the wrong time and make the US miss the opportunity to win.
However, Mu Haoyang did not have much hope for this, because the Maldives is the only country in South Asia that pursues a non-aligned policy.
In a sense, the Maldives is a paradise, and no one wants to be involved in external disputes.
Of course, the scenery in Maldives is indeed good, especially those deserted islands that are rarely visited. After staying for three days, Mu Haoyang even lingers.
For him, this is also a rare opportunity to relax.
After basking in enough sunshine and enjoying the beach and sea bath, Mu Haoyang lazily returned to Beijing and reported to Teng Yaohui about his work.
Although Teng Yaohui rarely cares about it, Mu Haoyang must give him face.
In any case, Teng Yaohui is still the Chief of Staff and has a much higher prestige than Mu Haoyang. At some point, he has to be asked to come forward to solve the problem.
At this time, Qi Kaiwei also came up with the first detailed ground combat plan.
Instead of monopolizing the power, Mu Haoyang fully mobilized and utilized others, such as asking Qi Kaiwei to formulate ground combat plans, Zhou Yusheng to be responsible for the strategic blockade plan, Zhang Yuting to be responsible for the naval combat plan, Pang Yuelong to be responsible for the amphibious combat plan, and Ma Mingtao to be responsible for the intelligence work. In addition to reviewing these combat plans, he mainly coordinated and integrated into a complete war plan.
This is the experience taught to him by Teng Yaohui. In Teng Yaohui's words, no matter how capable a person is, he cannot take care of everything.
Mu Haoyang has a deep understanding of this.
If he still keeps everything as he did in the past, he will become tired and sick if he is not exhausted.
Besides, after the war broke out, he could not command every battle and let the generals of each branch of the army formulate plans so that they could know more about how to fight.
Chapter completed!