Chapter 1323 Fujairah Region
The actions of the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers on the southern battlefield had an important impact on East Africa's activities in the Indian Ocean, especially the Persian Gulf region.
This has hindered East Africa’s withdrawal from the Beibu Gulf Territory (UAE). In order to prevent being affected, East Africa not only cannot withdraw its four divisions from the Beibu Gulf Territory, but may also increase local troop strength in the future.
The number of troops in East Africa in the Beibu Gulf territory is more than 50,000. You must know that the current number of troops in East Africa is only more than 200,000. The reason why so many troops are deployed there is in addition to the previous purpose of suppressing and expelling the locals. Apart from the Arabs, all operations in East Africa in the Persian Gulf in recent years have basically revolved around the Beibu Gulf territory, so a strong military is essential.
The results were also very significant. Some time after East Africa occupied the Beibu Gulf territory, East Africa successively conducted negotiations with Oman, the Ottoman Empire, and the Arabian desert tribes.
This brought the Beibu Gulf Territory in East Africa to an area of 148,000 square kilometers as of 1918.
When East Africa acquired the Beibu Gulf territory, it was about 100,000 square kilometers. In the past two years, East Africa has continued to move the Beibu Gulf territory northward through war, threats, deception, extortion and other imperialist means. Expanding in three directions: west and south.
And you must know that the area of the United Arab Emirates in its previous life was only a little more than 80,000 square kilometers. It was on this basis that the Beibu Gulf territory in East Africa continued to erode the surrounding areas.
An important reason for the smooth expansion of East Africa's Beibu Gulf territory lies in East Africa's strong military strength in the Beibu Gulf territory.
Although East Africa has only more than 50,000 troops in the Beibu Gulf territory, these troops basically come from the three theaters of northwest, east and south of East Africa.
Although it is not the most elite force in East Africa, according to European standards, the equipment level and personnel configuration of the Beibu Gulf Territory in East Africa are no different from those of European front-line combat forces, especially those of military powers such as Germany and France.
In addition, the territory around the Beibu Gulf is basically a desert area that does not receive much attention. East Africa did not expend much effort to acquire these lands.
It is precisely for this reason that according to the original plan of Ernst and the East African Ministry of National Defense, only one brigade of troops, about five to six thousand people, is enough in the Beibu Gulf territory.
After all, East Africa’s military configuration in the Beibu Gulf territory is almost a dimensionality reduction attack on the surrounding Arab countries. There is no need to maintain such a large force all the time, not to mention the East African navy to cooperate in maintaining local security.
However, after 1918, the situation completely changed. As the British increased their troops to the Persian Gulf coast, the number of British troops in the Persian Gulf quickly exceeded one million. Although most of them were Indians, This also upset the military balance along the Persian Gulf.
This forces East Africa to postpone the withdrawal plan of the Tonkin Gulf Territory, and in order to ensure the security of the Tonkin Gulf Territory in East Africa, it is necessary to accelerate the construction of Fujairah Port and Khorfakkan Port.
These two ports are the result of negotiations between the East African and Omani governments. Of course, this does not mean that these two ports belonged to Oman before.
In fact, as early as the last century, before East Africa invaded the Beibu Gulf territory, Fujairah, a tribe that formed the United Arab Emirates in its previous life, was independent from Oman.
Fujairah is the Emirate of Fujairah in the previous life of the United Arab Emirates. From a political perspective, it is at the same level as Abu Dhabi and Dubai and was the original shareholder of the previous life of the United Arab Emirates.
The Fujairah tribe and Oman have always had territorial disputes. This is a legacy of history. East Africa will naturally have to solve this problem when it takes over the Beibu Gulf territory.
Oman obviously was not as tough as it faced the Fujairah tribe in East Africa. In 1917, the border between the two countries was formally established in the treaty signed by the two countries.
The reason why the Beibu Gulf Territory can become the core of East Africa in the Persian Gulf region is inseparable from the Fujairah region.
As we all know, in the previous life, the main body of the UAE was located within the Persian Gulf, on the north side of the Strait of Hormuz, but the UAE is actually a country that spans the Strait of Hormuz.
A geographical concept needs to be mentioned here. Regarding the Middle East, the Persian Gulf is very famous. After all, it was the most important oil producing area in the world in the past life, and this has caused the status of the Strait of Hormuz to rise sharply.
But the Strait of Hormuz is the gate to the Persian Gulf, but passing through the Strait of Hormuz does not mean entering directly into the Indian Ocean or the Arabian Sea, but first passing through the Gulf of Oman. Therefore, the Strait of Hormuz actually connects two gulfs, one is the Persian Gulf and the other is the Gulf of Oman. The Strait of Hormuz is like the iron rod in the middle of a barbell.
The Fujairah region is the area where the Beibu Gulf territory connects to the Gulf of Oman, which allows East Africa to connect to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman respectively through land.
At the same time, the East African navy also relies on the Fujairah region to avoid being blocked by the British. If East Africa did not have a military base in the Gulf of Oman, then East Africa would definitely not be able to maintain the "Berlin-Baghdad-Basra" trade route before. Unblocked.
After all, the United Kingdom controls the Strait of Hormuz. If East Africa only has a military presence in the Persian Gulf, the British can easily block East Africa in the Persian Gulf.
With the Fujairah region, the situation has changed, and the Strait of Hormuz has been sandwiched by the East African Navy, and the so-called blockade cannot be realized.
The two most important ports in the Fujairah region are the Port of Fujairah and the Port of Khor Fakkan. These two ports are small in size, but they are the two most important military bases of the East African Navy in the Middle East.
Now, seeing that the Persian Gulf is about to completely riot, East Africa will naturally strengthen its military arm in the Fujairah region to ensure that East Africa's interests will not be interfered by the British.
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Fujairah.
Siting at the Fujairah Naval Base is the Third Fleet of the East African Indian Ocean Fleet. The command center covering the entire Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea coast is located here. .
Third Fleet Commander Lomach is discussing with his subordinates the deployment of naval power in the Middle East.
Lomach held a cigarette and said: "Nowadays, British ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz every day, transporting supplies to the British troops on the front line. I am afraid that the British troops in the entire Persian Gulf region have already More than one million.”
“Moreover, the British Navy has become more active in the Persian Gulf in the past year, which shows that the British deployment in The Indian navy is definitely involved, and the pressure we are facing is increasing."
"In order to ensure peace in the Middle East and the security of the Third Fleet, please put forward any good suggestions you have. . ”
Due to the distribution of its jurisdiction, the Third East African Fleet can clearly monitor the British military activities in Hormuz.
The Port of Fujairah, where the command center is located, is not far from the Strait of Hormuz. The Third Fleet has detailed data on how many British transport ships and British warships pass through the Strait of Hormuz every day.
But it is precisely because of these data that it triggered the concerns of Third Fleet Commander Lomach. In the Middle East, the British Navy revealed its strong strength.
Although the main force of the British Royal Navy is currently distributed in the Atlantic Ocean including the Mediterranean area, the total tonnage of the British Navy in the Indian Ocean can reach close to one million tons.
Of course, if compared with the entire East African Indian Ocean Fleet, Britain is definitely at a disadvantage, but now the British navy in the Indian Ocean is basically concentrated on the line from India to the Red Sea. This has caused problems for the East African Third Fleet in the middle. great pressure.
Although East Africa's Indian Ocean Fleet is far larger than the British Indian Ocean Navy, East Africa's forces in the Indian Ocean are now relatively scattered, especially after the Fourth Fleet moved to Phuket and took charge of the East Indian waters.
In the past, the Fourth Fleet was mainly responsible for the northern waters of East Africa, that is, the waters from Mombasa north to the middle of the Arabian Peninsula. It could be the horns of each other and look after each other with the Third Fleet. But now that the Fourth Fleet has moved, the situation has happened. change.
(End of this chapter)