At this point, it is useless for Shiren to think so much. The top priority is to repel the invading enemy fleet.
The fleet on hand still has many anti-ship missiles that can be launched, given that the target has entered the 400-kilometer range of the Type 17 anti-ship missile.
Shi Ren simply ordered all missiles of this type to be launched, and then hit again when the remaining targets entered the 200-kilometer range of the Type 12 anti-ship missile.
Although the Type 17 anti-ship missile has good performance, its number is far inferior to the anti-ship missiles previously launched by Japanese military aircraft groups, only a few hundred.
Huang Ting's fleet still has many anti-aircraft missiles, and a large number of close-in anti-aircraft guns are still available for use.
The Ottoman Navy followed the Ming Empire's approach to the development of surface ships, neglecting stealth and instead strengthening air defense.
Each 5,000-ton destroyer is equipped with at least six close-in defense guns, and each 10,000-ton cruiser is equipped with at least ten close-in defense guns.
Each landing ship has four close-in defense guns, and its anti-aircraft firepower is absolutely extraordinary.
The advantage of this is that it can minimize the losses caused by a saturation attack on one's own fleet.
Several previous actual battles have fully proved the brilliance of this strategy, so the Ottoman warships will definitely have no shortage of anti-aircraft guns.
The "Sea Harrier" vertical takeoff and landing fighter cannot do very high-end tasks, but it is still adequate as a patrol aircraft, especially when it can provide early missile warning for the fleet.
The remaining carrier-based aircraft from the previous air battle destroyed more than two hundred incoming anti-ship missiles a hundred kilometers away from the fleet.
This means that only about half of the anti-ship missiles can break through the air defense network and attack the final target.
At a position about twenty or thirty kilometers away from the fleet, it was intercepted by the "Extended Range Sea Sparrow" medium-range air defense missile.
The fish that slipped through the net were picked up by various close-in defense guns, and less than twenty anti-ship missiles actually hit the warship.
This is mainly due to Huang Ting's rapid change of formation after receiving the remote warning.
Orders were ordered to move missile boats and frigates that can move at high speed to the side where the missiles are attacking to ensure that the fleet's one-way air defense capability can be increased.
The missile boats of the Ottoman Navy are also equipped with one or two close-in defense guns, and the dozens of ships add up to nearly a hundred.
Moreover, missile boats can fill the fleet's defense gaps at high speed, which is why Huang Ting asked the Ottoman Navy to carry missile boats.
This kind of gadget that doesn't look like much at ordinary times, as long as it is used properly, can perform miraculous feats for one's own fleet at critical moments.
Huang Ting can completely bear the losses caused by this incoming missile.
It is nothing more than the reduction of one amphibious assault ship, two destroyers, four frigates, and two landing ships.
Any warship that has been severely damaged but will not sink in a short period of time can withdraw from the battle sequence and go to the rear to rescue officers and soldiers who fell into the water.
The remaining ships continue to move south, and the ultimate goal cannot be changed.
Huang Ting has learned from a certain master about the refresh of the gift pack, that is to say, before midnight on August 1st.
Shiren should not get new warships, unless David sends a fleet to assist in the battle, or Shiren gets a gift package from someone else.
But this possibility is slim, because the Red Sea is now controlled by Jiexuan's main fleet.
Not to mention David sending warships for reinforcements, not even Israeli fishing boats could easily sail away from the coastline.
It is now a wartime state, but any ship that attempts to approach the coalition forces without prior notification will be directly sunk!
Even if he was beaten, it would be in vain. If he was accidentally injured, getting compensation would be a matter after the war.
Anyone who dares to be dissatisfied can come over and give it a try. Jiexuan's main fleet is feeling extremely uncomfortable in the Red Sea...
An army of the Ottoman Empire and an army of the Ming Dynasty in East Africa that came from southern Egypt have landed in Gurdaiqi, a city in the northwest of Egypt on the Red Sea.
It is less than 400 kilometers away from Cairo and has been warmly welcomed by the local residents.
, everyone believed that the Ottoman army was the king's army and did not accept the Japanese invaders at all.
Due to the war in Anatolia, the Ottoman Empire did not deploy many combat troops in North and East Africa. The huge Egypt only deployed three brigades and some border defense battalions.
Egypt refers to the lower reaches of the Sixth Cataract of the Nile River, that is, the area to the north, including half of Sudan in later generations.
The upper reaches of the Sixth Waterfall, that is, the area to the south, are all under the direct jurisdiction of His Majesty the Sultan, that is, private territory.
This is similar to Australia and North America in the Ming Empire. In fact, Ibrahim copied Zhu Cihong's work.
Including half of Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti in later generations.
Originally, this place was either used for livestock raising or it was a barren land with little economic value.
However, after oil was discovered and the seafood processing industry flourished, this place became Ibrahim's small treasury.
With this place, Ibrahim can support his large family without having to pay any money from the national treasury.
The family controls many local areas including petrochemicals, metallurgy, animal husbandry, aquaculture, agriculture, electricity, water supply, etc., not to mention hotels, casinos, hospitals and other places where money is made daily.
Children who do not want to pursue an official career or join the army can go to East Africa to live, and at least they will have enough food and clothing.
If you still dare to cause trouble locally, you can be demoted to North Africa, where the environment is even worse.
If you commit a capital crime, you can kill yourself. If you can't do it, a certain sultan will send someone to help him...
Due to the Russian army's rampage on this land before, the directly-administered territory is still resuming production.
Now that something like this has happened in Egypt again, Ibrahim naturally hopes to regain the lost territory as soon as possible.
Ibrahim, who had four gift bags in his possession, was certainly more satisfied than Chipolo's one gift bag.
However, the Inca Empire's rebellion was quickly suppressed, and the economic losses caused to it were negligible.
In turn, there was a large-scale rebellion in the Ottoman Empire, first in the European part, which was finally put out.
The Middle East and North Africa have started to make trouble again, which makes Ibrahim a little concerned about one thing and not the other.
Even if one or two gift packages can be compensated afterwards, the huge economic losses caused will be difficult to fill in a short period of time.
According to the ranking of the total financial income of each country before the war, the top six should be the Ming Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the New Inca Empire, the French Empire, the Kingdom of Fujian, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
After this global rebellion, the ranking will change. Ibrahim estimates that it should be the Ming Empire, the New Inca Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Fujian Kingdom, the French Empire, the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
The overlord is the unbeatable Ming Empire. In the short term, the Inca Empire should surpass the Ottoman Empire and become the second largest in the world.
But with an advantage of four gift packs to one, Ibrahim was confident of regaining second place within ten years of the war.
The reason why Fujian was able to rise to fourth place is because the country was established with the help of old friends.
Zheng Chenggong was not only a disciple of his old friend, but he also received a gift package.
This means that Fujian has certain advantages over France and the Netherlands, especially in terms of military equipment.
As a personal experiencer, Ibrahim is well aware of the huge role that gift packages play in promoting military modernization.
It is not an exaggeration to describe it as almost fast, not to mention that Fujian is surrounded by the sea on three sides and has no old enemies in the north.
This is very beneficial to the economic development of its own country. Over time, it will become a competitor of the Ottoman Empire.
However, as long as it continues to control the three major oil-producing areas of North Africa, East Africa, and the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire will remain invincible.
Poirot controls the world's largest mining area, and he controls the world's largest oil field area. This is a distant echo...
In order to ensure the recovery of Egypt as soon as possible and open up the oil transportation line, the Austrian army's northward operation was inevitable.
The Fifth Army includes one armored brigade, two mechanized brigades, and two motorized brigades. This time, it is responsible for three heavy equipment brigades going north.
The armored brigade has 360 Tiger 4 (prototype Leopard II) main battle tanks and the same number of Wolf tracked infantry fighting vehicles.
The mechanized infantry brigade is only equipped with 120 main station tanks and 360 infantry fighting vehicles, but the number of artillery and rocket launchers has increased.
All advanced equipment was purchased as complete vehicles from the Ming Empire, and then the technology was introduced, assembled in the local arsenal of the Ottoman Empire, and finally the full set of technology was digested.
For buyers who are not short of money, directly purchasing the entire vehicle is the best way to ensure the quality of weapons and equipment. The disadvantage is that it is expensive.
But for rich people like Ibrahim, expensiveness means excellent performance. As long as it can be exchanged for ships of oil or refined oil, it is not a disadvantage.
For the "Tiger"-4 main battle tank alone, Ibrahim ordered 5,000 complete vehicles from his old friends. He also purchased related technology and has begun assembling them in local Ottoman factories.
After seeing the wonderful performance of the K2 main battle tank at a training ground near Istanbul, the greedy Ibrahim ordered another thousand.
Even though the unit price of this new tank is very expensive, as much as three times that of the "Tiger"-4.
Ibrahim also has three improved versions of the T-72 -95 "Fallen" main battle tank, -84 main battle tank, and TR-125 main battle tank.
At first, these three gadgets made Ibrahim overjoyed, thinking that their combat performance was very excellent, at least on par with the "Tiger"-4 main battle tank.
Then he was sent to the Aleppo battlefield, and then...
I was beaten to pieces by "Merkava"!
The "Merkava" has artillery-launched missiles, and its range itself is much longer than the new tanks equipped by the Austrian army.
Secondly, the gap between the two sides in night vision devices and thermal imaging cameras is even greater. The Austrian army is completely unable to take a beating in this regard.
It's not that the Southeast European improved version of the T-72 does not have night vision and thermal imaging capabilities, but that these two instruments are completely short-sighted.
The "Merkava" can see two thousand meters away, and the artillery can shoot two thousand meters away.
The Southeast European improved version of the T-72 can only see one thousand meters away, so even if the artillery can shoot two thousand meters, it is useless...
The Austrian army was able to achieve the great victory in Kayseri and repulse the Israeli attack entirely by relying on the strength of their numbers and their continuous success.
To be honest, the Austrian army's combat operations in the Kayseri area can be called a model of losing troops and generals.
The summoned Hungarian soldiers, Croatian soldiers, Serbian soldiers, Romanian soldiers, plus the locals as the main force, as well as the recruited Macedonians, Albanians, Slovenes, Bulgars, Tatars, Chechens...
There are considerable difficulties in coordination, and the summoned weapons and equipment are completely incompatible with the models already installed by the Austrian army. The actual command can simply be messed up.
The idea of the battle is to use the advantage of the human sea to make a bold move first. If they fail to win, wait until the retreating troops are assembled and find an opportunity to make another bold move.
This is because multiple gift packages are intertwined with the internal problems of the Ottoman Empire. This is true in wartime and also in peacetime.
The Inca Empire was dominated by Inca people. White people were mainly responsible for livestock and black people were mainly responsible for mining. It was very easy to manage.
Therefore, in this case, it is not surprising that we suffered some defeats on the battlefield and lost some technical weapons.
Ibrahim had previously bought out all the main battle tanks in Zhu Cihong's hands, but it still could not meet the needs of the front line.
Judging from the intensity of the frontline fighting, an armored brigade of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles will be consumed roughly every day.
Calculated in one year, that is a loss of 100,000 main battle tanks. It is simply an astronomical figure, but it is by no means an exaggeration.
The Israeli military doesn't have much else, it just has a lot of missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles can be used for anti-tank.
From Kayseri to Aleppo, Austria
Every time the army takes a step forward, it must pay a corresponding price.
There is another reason why the Israeli army can defeat a large number with a small number, and that is that the Kurds, who believe that they have been oppressed by the Ottoman Empire, have been a big help.
From Mesopotamia in the east to the Aleppo battlefield in the west, Kurdish soldiers are everywhere, and Israel is their natural ally.
Their demand is also very simple, that is, to establish a Kurdish state, and neutral countries such as the Ming Empire and Sweden must serve as guarantors.
This is something Ibrahim cannot tolerate at all. He is trying to break up the soil in his own home to build a country, not to mention the Kurds, even his own son!
Once the Kurds' conditions are agreed to, the Macedonians, Albanians, Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs will automatically line up!
If things continue like this, not to mention the European part of the Ottoman Empire, even the Holy City will be lost sooner or later...
All Ibrahim can do now is to keep urging his old friends to deliver enough advanced weapons to him.
I wish the entire Ming Empire could become the arsenal of the Ottoman Empire, delivering hundreds of thousands of main battle weapons of its own every day.
Anyway, we have enough oil resources, which are the best in the world, and we don't need to worry about being unable to pay for the goods.
In response to Ibrahim's request, Zhu Cihong promised to make the Ming Dynasty's arsenal intensively produce weapons and equipment, and on the other hand, he contacted his old friends.
Rich people have needs in this area, who wouldn't be interested?
There may not be many first-hand ones, but there are always a lot left over second-hand ones, right?
On the contrary, the war situation in the Middle East is unprecedentedly fierce, and no matter how good the technical equipment is, it is just a one-time thing.
The most efficient way now is to use the huge numerical advantage to fight everything in the hands of those three guys...
