Chapter 1323 Fujairah Region

The actions of the Allies and the Entente on the southern battlefield had an important impact on East Africa's activities in the Indian Ocean, especially in the Persian Gulf region.

This hindered East Africa's withdrawal from the Beibu Gulf Territory (UAE). In order to prevent being affected, East Africa could not only withdraw the four divisions in the Beibu Gulf Territory, but also increase the local troops in the future.

East Africa has more than 50,000 troops in the Beibu Gulf Territory. It should be noted that the current local troops in East Africa are only more than 200,000. The reason why so many troops are deployed locally is that in addition to suppressing and expelling local Arabs, all of East Africa's actions in the Persian Gulf in recent years have basically revolved around the Beibu Gulf Territory, so a strong army is indispensable.

The results are also very significant. After East Africa occupied the Beibu Gulf Territory for a period of time, East Africa successively negotiated with Oman, the Ottoman Empire, and the Arab desert tribes.

This made the Beibu Gulf Territory of East Africa reach an area of ​​148,000 square kilometers by 1918.

At the beginning, East Africa obtained the Beibu Gulf territory of about 100,000 square kilometers. In the past two years, East Africa has continuously expanded the Beibu Gulf territory to the north, west and south through imperialist means such as war, threats, deception, and extortion.

And you should know that the area of ​​the United Arab Emirates in the previous life was only a little more than 80,000 square kilometers. It is on this basis that the Beibu Gulf territory of East Africa has been constantly eroding the surrounding areas.

The important reason for the smooth expansion of the Beibu Gulf territory of East Africa is the strong military strength of East Africa 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 war zones 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 of East Africa are no different from those of the front-line combat troops in Europe, especially the military forces of military powers such as Germany and France.

In addition, the surrounding areas of the Beibu Gulf territory are basically desert areas that are not valued, so East Africa did not spend too much effort to obtain these lands.

And it is precisely for this reason that according to the original plan of Ernst and the East African Ministry of Defense, it is enough to keep a brigade of troops in the Beibu Gulf Territory, about five or six thousand people.

After all, East Africa's military deployment 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 changed completely. With the British increasing troops on the coast of the Persian Gulf, the number of British troops in the Persian Gulf region quickly exceeded one million. Although most of them were Indians, this also broke the military balance along the coast of the Persian Gulf.

This forced East Africa to postpone the withdrawal plan from the Beibu Gulf Territory, and in order to ensure the security of the Beibu Gulf Territory in East Africa, it was also necessary to accelerate the construction of Fujairah Port and Khor Fakkan Port.

These two ports are the results of negotiations between East Africa and the Omani government. Of course, it 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, this place was separated from Oman by the Fujairah tribe that formed the UAE in the previous life.

Fujairah is the Emirate of Fujairah in the UAE in the previous life. From a political point of view, it is at the same level as Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and is the original shareholder of the UAE in the previous life.

The Fujairah tribe and Oman have always had territorial disputes, which is a historical legacy. East Africa took over the Beibu Gulf Territory and naturally had to solve this problem.

Oman obviously did not face East Africa as tough as the Fujairah tribe. In the treaty signed by the two countries in 1917, the border between the two countries was formally established.

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, the main body of the UAE in the previous life is located in the Persian Gulf, on the north side of the Strait of Hormuz, but the UAE is actually a country across the Strait of Hormuz.

Here we have to mention a geographical concept. 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, and this has made the status of the Strait of Hormuz rise sharply.

But the Strait of Hormuz is the gate to the Persian Gulf, but passing through the Strait of Hormuz does not mean directly entering the Indian Ocean or the Arabian Sea, but passing through the Gulf of Oman first.

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 Northern 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 United Kingdom. If East Africa does not have a military base in the Gulf of Oman, then East Africa will definitely not be able to maintain the smooth flow of the "Berlin-Baghdad-Basra" trade route.

After all, Britain controls the Strait of Hormuz. If East Africa only has a military presence in the Persian Gulf, then the British can easily block East Africa in the Persian Gulf.

With the Fujairah region, the situation has changed. The Strait of Hormuz is sandwiched by the East African Navy, and the so-called blockade cannot be achieved.

The two most important ports in the Fujairah region are Fujairah Port and Khor Fakkan Port. Although these two ports are small in scale, 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 become completely chaotic, East Africa will naturally strengthen its military forces in the Fujairah region to ensure that East Africa’s interests will not be interfered with by the British.

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Fujairah.

The Third Fleet under the East African Indian Ocean Fleet is stationed at the Fujairah Naval Base. The command center covering the entire Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the coast of the Arabian Sea is set up here.

Commander of the Third Fleet, Lomachi, is discussing with his subordinates about the deployment of naval forces in the Middle East.

Holding a cigarette in his mouth, Lomage said: "Nowadays, British ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz every day to deliver supplies to the British troops on the front line. The British troops in the entire Persian Gulf region may have exceeded one million."

"Moreover, in the past year, the British Navy's activities in the Persian Gulf have become more and more frequent, which means that the British Navy deployed in India must have participated in it, and the pressure we face is also increasing."

"In order to ensure peace in the Middle East and the safety of the Third Fleet, please put forward any good suggestions."

The Third Fleet in East Africa can clearly monitor the activities of the British troops in Hormuz because of the distribution of its jurisdiction.

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 the commander of the Third Fleet, Lomage, has worried that the British Navy has revealed its strong strength in the Middle East.

Although the main forces of the British Royal Navy are currently distributed in the Atlantic Ocean including the Mediterranean region, the total tonnage of the British Navy in the Indian Ocean can also reach nearly 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 from India to the Red Sea, which puts great pressure on the East African Third Fleet in the middle.

Although the East African Indian Ocean Fleet is much larger than the British Indian Ocean Navy, the East African forces in the Indian Ocean are now relatively scattered, especially after the Fourth Fleet moved to Phuket and took charge of the East Indian Sea.

In the past, the Fourth Fleet was mainly responsible for the northern waters of East Africa, that is, from Mombasa to the north to the waters in the middle of the Arabian Peninsula, and could complement the Third Fleet and take care of each other, but now that the Fourth Fleet has moved away, the situation has changed.