Chapter 677 The Persian Gulf Is Too Small (for the Leader "Zai" 3 More

"Choosing Umm Qasr is to see the natural bay here. The cost of building a military port is not very high, but this place is not very safe, and it is only leased from the Iraqi government at present."

Cai Ruichen simply replied to Gertney that this place was actually his favorite from the very beginning.

Although going in along the waterway, there is still a suitable place to become a military port near Basra.

But the places are all too small to build a large military port. Even the Iraqi Navy's military port in Basra is just a small military port.

That military port, not to mention warships over 10,000 tons, even destroyers with thousands of tons, is currently unable to conveniently dock.

And the cost of building Umm Qasr is not very high. When Cai Ruichen got the construction unit Science and Technology Military Port, he had already started construction here.

However, a scientific and technological military port cannot satisfy such a huge area here. If you want to use the entire U-shaped bay, you need to build at least six scientific and technological military ports. In fact, a scientific and technological military port can satisfy an aircraft carrier with a full combat establishment. group needs.

But in this bay, if six aircraft carrier battle groups are really parked at one go, it looks a bit crowded. If only five aircraft carrier battle groups are docked, it will be more relaxed.

Of course, this docking can also take turns. After all, once the Red Police Corps has multiple aircraft carrier battle groups, it is impossible for all aircraft carriers to dock in the military port at the same time.

There will inevitably be aircraft carriers in training and on duty. The aircraft carriers docked here will at most maintain a quarter of all aircraft carrier battle groups, because there are still certain aircraft carriers that are being maintained or upgraded in the shipyard.

Here, let alone docking six aircraft carrier battle groups at the same time, even if only three aircraft carrier battle groups can be docked at the same time, it can already meet the needs of ten aircraft carrier battle groups of the Red Police Corps in the future.

Therefore, once this military port is built, it can almost meet the docking needs of all the warships of the Red Police Navy, and there is no need to rebuild other military ports in the Persian Gulf.

But such a situation has great disadvantages, the reason is like putting all the eggs in one cage.

However, based on the current situation, it is already a very good thing to have such a military port.

"It's really a pity that such a place is not my own, and the Persian Gulf is too small to be suitable for large-scale naval deployment. For those large fleets, the size of the Persian Gulf is not as big as a water cup, and it is also a place that can be easily destroyed. A small drinking glass for a large fleet," Gertney said regretfully.

"I agree with this statement. If the enemy is in the Persian Gulf and has a certain amount of air force and naval power, then a large fleet will not be able to use it when it comes to such a bay, but it will become a place that restricts the fleet's flexibility. There are not many fleets at all. The room to dodge the attack will be very dangerous." Cai Ruichen said in agreement.

In the Persian Gulf, the warships that are really suitable are not those with a 10,000-ton class, but those with a few thousand tons are the most suitable.

Because compared with those large warships, the Persian Gulf is too small.

If the opponent is on the edge of the Persian Gulf and is a country with certain shore-based anti-ship and shore-based aviation, it is not suitable for the fleet to come in at all.

In the narrow Persian Gulf, large warships are difficult to avoid even mines. During the Gulf War, the US Navy's 10,000-ton large drive and Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers were all damaged by the Iraqi Navy's mines.

At that time, if it weren't for Iraq's lack of shore-based anti-ship capabilities and the ability of shore-based naval aviation to strike the fleet, the U.S. Navy would have suffered huge losses here in the Persian Gulf.

As far as the current combat capabilities of the Red Police Corps are concerned, Cai Ruichen is not afraid of US air strikes at all, and if the US military dares to send aircraft carriers into the Persian Gulf, then Cai Ruichen will definitely let the US aircraft carriers not get out of the Persian Gulf.

This is not to say that today's Red Police Corps already has the ability to confront the US Navy.

It's because the Persian Gulf is not suitable for large-scale fleet operations at all. Once it encounters a saturation attack from fighter planes, ballistic missiles, and anti-ship missiles, there is no room for evasion.

Once all incoming attacks cannot be intercepted, the aircraft carrier battle group will be sunk by Lun Ou.

The same is true for any country's aircraft carrier battle group, so why every time a US aircraft carrier enters the Persian Gulf, it is very cautious.

The cautious target is not Iran, but those extremist forces disguised as small boats. For this reason, the US military has even formulated very strict regulations for the Fifth Fleet. Compared with other places, the rules for warning attacks are more relaxed.

This independent rule brings about the fact that many of them are accidental injuries, just like those uninjured fishing boats and civilian flights that were shot down at the beginning were all due to mistakes under such high alert.

However, it is precisely because of this high level of vigilance that the US aircraft carrier has always been so safe here in the Persian Gulf.

"If you want to survive here, one day is not walking on thin ice." Gertney said with emotion, recalling that he has not slept well almost every day since he became the commander of the Fifth Fleet.

For every Fifth Fleet commander, this position is not easy to do, and the Persian Gulf is not a safe place.

More than 40% of the world's crude oil is transported from here, and the Fifth Fleet of the US Navy must ensure the smooth flow and safety of the entire crude oil transportation line.

It is also necessary to crack down on the extremist forces operating in this sea area, and to keep an eye on Iran. If it is easy, among all the fleets of the United States, the Fifth Fleet is the most difficult.

Now, it is even more necessary to reduce the force structure of the Fifth Fleet, which makes Gertney deeply feel that it is really too difficult for him as the commander of the fleet.

"It's not easy for anyone."

Cai Ruichen didn't say anything either. The American police around the world are used to it. For those American soldiers, it is indeed really not easy.

But this is also the inevitable result of the global hegemony of the US military. It is not an easy task to become the hegemon.

In Cai Ruichen's view, the global layout of the United States is really a very tiring job, whether it is a person in power or a soldier at the grassroots level, it is a test.

Now, in the face of constant financial cuts, it is even more of a huge test for the U.S. military to maintain its global hegemony.

But for other countries, this is a good opportunity, and for Cai Ruichen, it is also an opportunity.

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