Chapter 1298 Consequences of Oil Embargo

Indian Prime Minister Shastri firmly opposed the oil embargo on India by the Gulf oil states, stating forcefully that the war must continue until it is won.

Then turned his head and contacted Britain through the Ministry of External Affairs to express his concern about the oil embargo, Britain’s presence in the Persian Gulf was still very high and New Delhi hoped that London, would be able to use its influence on the Gulf countries to stop the oil embargo from happening.

“Let’s just say we’ll do our best, but there’s no guarantee it will work.” After listening to Dixon’s report, Alan Wilson replied with a smile on his face, “But this time it really impressed me, the Americans every day in Vietnam just know that the bombing in the bombing, the ground forces did not attack to the north at all, completely shrunken in South Vietnam passive response. Can we count on the air force to succeed? The Army is still needed to solve the fundamental problem at the critical moment.”

Britain and the United States in World War II on Germany’s strategic bombing, in fact, far from their own propaganda so useful, in fact, Germany is hard against the strategic bombing of Britain and the United States, Germany’s industrial level to the highest peak.

Germany’s military industry is when a fall, is 1945 January, when the Soviet Red Army launched ten Stalin raids in the second half, from the seventh raid, has recovered all the land occupied by Germany, ten Stalin raids finished the result, is Germany’s Romanian oil was cut off, Germany’s military ports in the Baltic Sea was occupied, and Norway’s iron ore routes were paralyzed, East Prussia The industrial base of East Prussia was already in the midst of the war.

That is what has caused Germany’s military industry to fall apart, not the strategic bombing that has been going on for more than two years, and the air force cannot replace the land forces in a total war, although air control is important.

“The Secretary General is impressed with India? That’s rare!” Dixon was surprised, as if this was the first time he had ever heard the Supreme Authority compliment India when it came to the Indian question.

“It’s rare, but I’m telling the truth. There are not many countries that can fight large scale wars, and there will be fewer and fewer in the future.” Alan Wilson sighed and said, “Sooner or later you’ll understand.”

In fact, to deal with large-scale wars, the design concept of Soviet-style weapons was more suitable, American-style weapons were less suitable, and since the Gulf War, the cost of war for American-style weapons had risen higher and higher. More and more countries that use American-style weapons can’t afford to fight. Not to mention the general country, five or six billion dollars of military spending, Britain and France, a Royal Navy is left with six destroyers, an air attack on Libya to hit all the inventory, but also the United States to help.

India even in the twenty-first century, can fight out hundreds of thousands of troops scale of war, in the world has been very few countries can do, sound and colorful big country is not all blown out, as long as do not compare with the neighbors in the north, India of course, can then be proud of the general country in front of the chest up.

Unfortunately, both of India’s neighbors have that ability as well, Pakistan is just a bit smaller, and as for the other one, it’s also a country that excels in land warfare.

It may not be as oppressive as the Soviet Union was, but it’s just as unbeatable for the world decades from now.

Than bombing in bombing Vietnam, Allen Wilson still like this kind of mutual piggyback ground war, looking at the blood boiling. Not like the Slavic brothers civil war, one according to the city to die, a heavy artillery plowing the ground, what is this? This is how trench warfare was fought on the Western Front during World War I.

India’s weaponry is still mainly British Centurions and Victory tanks, of which there are not many Victory tanks, accounting for only one-fifth of the seventeen British armored cavalry regiments.

Pakistan, on the other hand, had already completed the changeover to American equipment, and by the outbreak of the war, the Pakistani Army had produced a strong armored force, including fifteen armored cavalry regiments equipped with forty-five tanks.

The vast majority of these had American-made m47/48 Patton series tanks. In addition, they retained two hundred m4 Sherman tanks, which were World War II classics, and one hundred and fifty m24 Kasumi light tanks to supplement them.

As for the lowest proportion of m36 tank destroyer, is also not to be underestimated powerful equipment. The Pakistani army has centralized the above armaments into the 1st and 6th Armoured Divisions, expecting to crush India with a heavy-handed attack.

After the news of the oil-producing countries announcing that they were collectively going to impose an oil embargo on India reached Karachi, the Pakistani military cheered and expressed its gratitude for the support of the brotherhood of the Religion of Peace, which increased Pakistan’s confidence in the war this time around, and began to mull over a massive offensive, which the Pakistani military christened as Operation Grand Slam.

Karachi was immersed in an atmosphere of dominance, the war two years ago proved that the Indian army’s fighting power was just that, this time there was also an embargo on India by the brotherly countries of the Religion of Peace, so it could be said that the vibrant realm of the world was still in front of us, wanting to replicate the splendor of the Himalayas again after two years.

The Pakistan Air Force, trained by the U.S., took over the main air-control tasks, and PAF Commander Noor Khan ordered thirty-two f-86s and eight f-104s to launch raids on five airfields and three radar stations deep in the Indian homeland.

It has to be said that the Pakistan Air Force, which had the training of the USAF, was a good student and was far more comfortable in the field of the use of air power than India. flying coffins of the kind of the f-104s were used by the Pakistan Air Force in a decent manner.

Donald, the US ambassador in London, approached Alan Wilson and set out the US view of the war, there was no doubt that India was still too close to the Soviet Union after Nehru’s death and that both Britain and the US should support Pakistan to balance Indian influence in South Asia.

“Dear Ambassador, this will only take India further and further away from the free world, and then there is the fact that India is a Commonwealth country.” Alan Wilson of course could not agree, Britain could never stand against India, India stayed among the Commonwealth, but Britain supported a Pakistan that had already left the Commonwealth? It doesn’t make sense in the eyes of the beholder, “It’s like if the US was at war with the USSR and we supported the USSR, do you think that’s possible?”

“Secretary-General, that analogy is not appropriate. Quite a few Arab countries have sided with Pakistan, and while India certainly carries a lot of weight, is the Persian Gulf not important?” Donald thought to himself that it would be better for Britain to support India, so that perhaps anti-British sentiment would erupt in the Middle East.

He certainly did not know that the Arab oil embargo on India, the originator is on the opposite side of him, Allen Wilson can not destroy the relationship with India, but also can not stand on the side of India. Anyway, when the time comes, he will say that he was coerced by the United States and that originally Britain was going to help India.

In fact because of this oil embargo, it also made the Soviet Union’s original intention of expanding its influence in India, change.

The oil embargo involves too many countries, not only a bunch of monarchies, but also Iran and Saudi Arabia, which the U.S. is very optimistic about, and Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan, where Britain has traditional influence. It even includes Syria and Sudan, which have turned pro-Soviet, and Yemen, which the USSR is focusing on pulling together.

These are not just the Arab world, but the entire pacifist world, involving different mountains of pro-American, pro-British, pro-French, and most importantly, pro-Soviet states.

Because Britain facilitated the split between North and South Sudan before it left, one of the consequences of this is that Ibrahim Abboud is very unhappy with Britain and has adopted a pro-Soviet policy in recent years. In fact, Sudan’s turn to the Soviet Union was much earlier in its history, and the process was greatly accelerated by Allen Wilson’s desperate attempts to fish for South Sudan’s oil.

The oil pipeline built by Britain afterward in South Sudan via Kenya, patted itself on the back, and North Sudan thus began to hate South Sudan as well as Britain, who started it, and it became the current situation.

Syria and Sudan are pro-Soviet countries in the Arab world, and now the USSR is still close to securing the Yemeni Free Officers Organization, which represents progress, in the hope of planting a nail in the ass of Saudi Arabia, a pro-American country, and also to establish influence near the Suez Canal.

Now this Arab world, and even the entire pacifist world, has copped the oil embargo card, making no distinction between pro-American and pro-Soviet and pro-British and French, leaving the Soviet Union, which wants to expand its influence in India, scratching its head as well.

Kremlin, still in the honeymoon period with Shelepin Brezhnev, called Shelepin over to discuss how to deal with the current situation, “Shurik, now it seems that the entire Pax Christi world is united in solidarity, and if we are too obviously biased in favor of India, it will be a great help in offending the entire Pax Christi world. It’s obviously unfavorable for our fight against imperialism.”

“Yes, I didn’t realize that so suddenly, that king of Iraq still has this kind of idea?” Shelepian was surprised, “So many countries are on Pakistan’s side, if we support India, we will definitely get New Delhi’s friendship, but we can’t account for it in front of Arabia. After all, our official position, too, is to support the cause of Arab liberation.”

Supporting the cause of Arab liberation is the official attitude of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union does want to draw India in, but when it comes across the clear position of so many oil states, it’s not as if the official attitude can’t be a little flexible.

“Even Britain’s colonies and protectorates are on Pakistan’s side this time, and I remember as if Britain also has huge interests in India. Even Britain doesn’t dare to say anything.” Brezhnev pondered for a moment, “I believe that Britain is also in a dilemma right now, or else, we can try and communicate with the British side and jointly mediate for the two countries to end the war, what do you think?”

If it was just the Soviet Union doing this, there was a chance that it would become a target, but if it was with Britain, this matter would not be impossible. Britain also had its own interests in the Persian Gulf, tens of thousands of garrison troops were still there, and there were legacy British-owned businesses in India, Brezhnev felt that Britain and the Soviet Union were in a similar position.

Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union in World War II, the three giants, because of the emergence of the matter of the oil embargo, did not know how to respond for a time, the United States is the easiest, the United States has always supported Pakistan. In the midst of the silence were Britain and the Soviet Union, avoiding taking an attitude to prevent offending any of them.