Zhu Cixiang agreed to Louis XIV's request after considering it.
A few "Arjun" MK2 main battle tanks were left for research, and the rest were handed over to the other party.
Equipping troops with this kind of thing would be a disaster for the Ming Army.
There is a saying: a cup of tea, a pack of cigarettes, and a day of repairing an "Arjun"!
Having said that, "Arqiong" may not be repairable even if it takes a week to repair, let alone a day...
The outdated "Tejas" light fighter aircraft, "Jaguar" attack aircraft, and MiG-27 attack aircraft were also given to Louis XIV.
A certain emperor can just keep the Su-30MKI heavy fighter, which is just right for a high-low match with the "Typhoon" medium fighter.
"Sarat" BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle, "Kestrel" 8*8 wheeled armored vehicle, "Garuda" 105mm truck-mounted self-propelled howitzer, and "Dhanush" 155mm howitzer were all given to France .
Among the weapons of his third brother, Zhu Cixiang took a fancy to the T-90S main battle tank, the K-9 155mm howitzer, and the Predator M4 armored vehicle.
In addition, three "Vikrant" aircraft carriers, six P15B "Vishakapatnam" class destroyers, and six P15A "Calcutta" class destroyers will be delivered to the other party every year.
There are twelve "Shreevak" class frigates, "Kamolta" class frigates, "Shadur" class tank landing ships, and "Aditya" class supply ships.
If the third brother's gift package ends the summons, assistance will be provided in proportion to the actual number of summons.
If he is still not satisfied with the three aircraft carrier battle groups that assist Louis XIV every year, Zhu Cixiang suggested that his old friend should just take the lead and fight in person next time if something happens!
This is the era of winner-take-all. I hope you will be well fed and drunk on the battlefield before returning triumphantly!
Zhu Cixiang was not interested in most of the weapons and equipment in the third brother's gift bag, but over-arming Louis XIV was something Zhu Cixiang did not want to see.
In addition to the new French mainland, Louis XIV also owned two large overseas territories, French India and French West Africa, which was enough for France.
If the strength further expands, it will easily stimulate Louis XIV's ambitions.
Zhu Cixiang believed that these old friends had bad hearts and could easily reduce the number of nuclear warheads in the Ming Empire...
Maintaining the status quo throughout the world is the best result. If you don't want to, just wait until France has a Napoleon!
Even if Louis XIV was dissatisfied with the compensation he received, he had to admit defeat. His strength was inferior to others, and this was the result.
France is trying to regain control of French India and West Africa. It will not do itself any good to fall out with an old friend at this time.
Who could have expected such a bizarre thing to happen?
Except for the Ming Empire, the Ottomans, France, Korea, Japan, Switzerland and other countries that suffered heavy losses, the four countries of the Netherlands, Sweden, Prussia, and Venice were not greatly affected.
The rebellion in the Inca Empire was quickly quelled, and everything was restored as before. Troops were also sent to aid the Fujian state in southern Africa to fight the invasion.
On the contrary, Persia became the biggest beneficiary of this incident, because the gift from God was given to the Prince of Persia, which greatly increased the country's military strength.
Switzerland and Japan were almost destroyed, while South Korea managed to escape with the help of the Ming Empire.
Ottoman losses were considerable, and fighting in their homeland continued.
France also suffered heavy losses, but fortunately all suspense was basically over.
There were many rebellions in the Ming Empire, but because its overall national strength was too strong, the so-called rebellions eventually turned into a farce.
The Czech Army surrendered directly after being bombed. The Polish Army chose to run overseas and was destroyed in South Korea.
The Sumatra Legion, the Australian Legion, and the Brazilian Legion also suffered the same fate. Three months of tossing is already the limit.
What gave Louis XIV a little balance was William III and Frederick the Younger. These two main neighbors did not take advantage.
At least based on intelligence speculation, there are not a large number of novel weapons in the navy, land and air forces of the two countries.
This shows that those two people have not been favored by God, and Louis XIV will not care too much about this aspect.
Louis XIV instructed Tourville to try his best to find opportunities to participate in the battle to annihilate the Japanese main fleet. What if he was lucky enough to receive a gift from God?
In the eyes of some people, this war has become a game of grabbing treasure chests, and it is nothing more than a very high price to pay.
Of course, Tourville must also be allowed to control the fleet. Don't rush too far forward. If the other party destroys the French fleet first, then the gain outweighs the loss.
For Tourville, His Majesty the Emperor's request sounds simple, but in practice it is simply astonishing.
Even if I have decades of experience in commanding fleets, it is extremely difficult to successfully complete this task.
Louis XIV also took this into consideration and did not issue a death order.
If the fleet has a chance, attack it. If you don't have a chance, try to protect yourself. Don't rush in impulsively.
The French Indian Squadron suffered an unprecedented defeat and almost the entire fleet was destroyed.
The French West Africa fleet did not even have a few small-tonnage battleships, and it was already in name only.
The only one left that can still fight on the move is the local fleet. We must not let anything happen again at this time.
Once the home fleet is finished, the French Navy will really have to start from scratch...
Even if three aircraft carrier battle groups can be allocated from old friends, one aircraft carrier battle group can only be delivered every four months.
Louis XIV still wanted to rely on the local fleet to survive the first three years. Don't let Tourville get lost in one go.
Considering the contradiction between his two orders, Louis XIV could only choose to tolerate it temporarily and canceled the previous order.
Let Tourville focus on preserving ships, at least most of the capital ships, and abandon other ships when necessary.
Louis XIV was worried that Tourville's behavior of stealing credit would be too obvious, and in the end he did not think of anything good, but offended his old friend.
Afterwards, I couldn't even get the Indian weapons promised by the other party, especially the three aircraft carrier battle groups. It was so embarrassing. Doesn't this mean that my work was in vain?
Zhu Cixiang would not let the fleet that returned favors come to travel, not only to prevent them from grabbing the big gift package from him, but also to let them do some work.
What exactly is the job?
For example, the two largest islands in the Fiji Islands were recovered!
Satellite images show that the main force of the Japanese fleet has left there and is basically in the waters north of New Zealand.
Since the opponent's rear defense is empty, it is appropriate to send the combined fleet to take advantage of the situation and cut off the opponent's retreat first.
The combined fleet is not very modern and is still slowly switching from naval guns to missiles.
Without the catalysis of war, this process would probably take nearly a hundred years to complete.
Based on the principle of waste utilization, Zhu Cixi asked these old warships to directly bombard Fiji.
If you can't defeat the Japanese coast defense troops, you really deserve to be sent to fish!
Zhu Cihong believed that Shiren should hold the battle in his fleet instead of commanding from the empty rear.
If you guess wrong, then whoever kills this guy will get the Japanese gift package. Let’s see who has this fate!
Five days later, the European fleet and the Zheng fleet, which rushed across the Indian Ocean, entered Crab Claw Bay, resupplied in Crab City (Melbourne), stopped briefly, and then stationed at Flynn between the Australian mainland and Tasmania. Island (Flinders Island).
The Inca fleet had retreated to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, while Huang Ting's fleet remained on the Gold Coast.
As long as these three fleets cross the Tasman Sea, they can go straight to New Zealand.
The person in charge of commanding the Zheng fleet was not Zheng Chenggong, but Zheng Guangying.
Zheng Chenggong wanted to show off, but the country of Fujian had just taken over the southern part of the Congo, and production had to be resumed in various places. At the same time, he had to pay attention to possible rebellions. The situation was complicated and there was a lot of work at hand, so he could only entrust Zheng Guangying to come.
However, Zheng Guangying may be more suitable to partner with Jiexuan because of his three expeditions to North America from 1660 to 1666.
The commander of the Ming Dynasty fleet is Jie Xuan, and the deputy commander is Zheng Guangying. The two are old partners.
To be able to work together to defend against the enemy again after a hundred years is truly a match made in heaven!
Back then, this pair of platinum partners was good at fighting and the other was good at grabbing.
Everywhere the fleet went, it was as clean as if it had been shaved by a razor, so the cooperation was quite tacit...
The commander of the battle was Jiexuan, and the four deputy commanders were Huang Ting and Zheng Guangying, as well as Admiral Pacho, who commanded the Inca fleet, and French Admiral Tourville, who commanded the four-nation combined fleet.
This battle has little to do with the four-nation combined fleet attacking Fiji. Giving Tourville the title of deputy commander was just to take into account the face of the allies.
After the assault on New Zealand, the three fleets will be combined into one large fleet to enhance their air defense capabilities.
Huang Ting's fleet is responsible for the forward mission, while Zheng Guangying's fleet and Pacho's fleet are respectively responsible for the security of the two wings of the main fleet.
"What? Retreat?"
Zheng Guangying was stunned when he received Jiexuan's order. This battle was really outrageous.
"..."
Huang Ting was really speechless for the second time. He didn't know what his master thought.
"Return to your respective temporary anchorages immediately, the reinforcement fleet is about to arrive!"
Jiexuan's order was so concise and concise that of course others were confused.
In fact, Jie Xuan was also very confused, but the person on the satellite phone was calm and composed.
Not long after Jiexuan led the fleet south, Zhu Cixiang summoned the aircraft carrier battle groups of Britain, India, Russia, and Spain.
The British gift package includes a "Queen Elizabeth" class aircraft carrier, an "Invincible" class helicopter carrier, an "Ocean" class amphibious assault ship, a "Poseidon" class dock landing ship, and two "Fort Victoria" class supply ships Ships, four Type 45 "Valiant" class destroyers, four Type 23 "Duke" class frigates, and four "Supporter" class conventionally powered submarines.
The Indian gift package includes one aircraft carrier "Vikrant", two P15B "Vishakapatnam" class destroyers, two P15A "Kolkata" class destroyers, four "Shrevank" class frigates, Four "Camorta" class frigates, four "Scorpene" class conventionally powered submarines, four "Shadur" class tank landing ships, and two "Aditya" class supply ships.
The Russian gift includes a large aircraft carrier "Tbilisi", a helicopter carrier "Baku", two "Glorious" class cruisers, four "Modern" class destroyers, four "Dreadnought" class destroyers, four There are one Type 22350 frigate, four Type 11356M frigates, four "Kilo" class conventionally powered submarines, four Type 11711 amphibious landing ships, and two Type 23130 supply ships.
The Spanish gift package is slightly worse, but it also has one "Asturias" class aircraft carrier, one "Juan Carlos I" class amphibious assault ship, two "Galicia" class dock landing ships, four "Bazin" class Aegis destroyers, four "Santa Maria" class frigates, four S-70 conventionally powered submarines, and two "Cantabria" class supply ships.
There are also small fleets from Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, and Poland. The eight-nation fleet combined has 6 aircraft carriers, 4 amphibious assault ships, 2 cruisers, 24 destroyers, 72 frigates, 28 conventional submarines, and 23 landing ships.
The fixed-wing combat aircraft include 76 F-35B, 36 MiG-29K, 24 Rafale M, and 28 AV-8B. The first three types of fighters can all perform anti-ship missions.
Its combined combat power can be equivalent to two heavy aircraft carrier-based aircraft formations, and the fleet has even more outstanding anti-submarine capabilities due to its two helicopter carriers and the presence of a large number of destroyers and frigates.
It can be said that this is a six-carrier battle group that is relatively balanced in all aspects. There is nothing particularly outstanding and no obvious shortcomings. It is very suitable to be added to the Ming Dynasty's fleet.
Zhu Cixiang also needs to observe the loyalty of this summoned fleet. Once there is a betrayal on the battlefield, he can directly use nuclear bombs to greet them.
Sending a big gift package to Jiexuan, at least the fleet's regional air defense capabilities and short-range air defense capabilities will be significantly strengthened, and there will be no need to fear anti-ship missiles launched by the Japanese army.
Everything is developing as a certain emperor expected. Both sides have strong air defense capabilities, but their anti-ship capabilities are relatively weak. The final result is a classical naval battle.
Shiren could obtain a Japanese four-carrier battle group every month, and Zhu Cixiang could also obtain a six-carrier battle group in the same period to suppress the opponent.
Even if the coalition forces failed in this naval battle, half a year later, they could still form a large battle group with twenty-four aircraft carriers to fight the Japanese fleet again.
Zhu Cihong is now determined to fight a war of attrition with Shi Ren to see who can consume whom to death!
The process of Shiren's troops landing on the North Island of New Zealand was extremely smooth because the opponent's coastal defense forces had already withdrawn to the mountains.
The people on the island are also in the mountains. Fortunately, it is the beginning of the year and it happens to be summer in the southern hemisphere, so it is not too difficult for the people.
Initially, it was said that Master Wang would be able to call back in a few days, but a week passed and Master Wang was not seen.
Then half a month passed and there was still no news. Now everyone started to get scared.
The area of Beidao was not very large, and the Japanese army did not invest many troops. This allowed the people to survive.
The most puzzling thing is Shiren. He doesn't know why the Ming fleet turned back halfway. Is it because he is afraid of the powerful strength of his own fleet?
It shouldn’t be!
Or if you want to use that super weapon on yourself, you don't need to send a fleet over?
But for many days, there was no movement on the island, and no tsunami occurred in the surrounding waters.
Shiren was very confused about this and didn't know what the emperor of the Ming Empire thought...
