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Chapter 241: Unification of the Great Cause

The European Federation declares war on the United States, which is definitely a good thing for China.[..com]

It can be said that even if the European Federation does not provide much help and becoming an ally of China will avoid a big fight in Europe.

In fact, whether Europe participates in the war has no effect on the outcome of the war.

To put it more directly, even if the European Federation does not form an alliance with China but continues to remain neutral, China may not necessarily attack Europe in 2056.

The reason is very simple. By 2056, the Chinese army was able to attack the United States.

In other words, the European Federation has the opportunity to stay out of the matter and remain neutral during the war, but the military pressure imposed by China made the European Federation feel that it was at a loss.

Obviously, the participation of the European Federation in the war has an extremely long-term impact.

At that time, the most prominent one was the negative impact of the European Union's dispatch of troops to Slovakia, which had on the great cause of European unification.

Although Liechtenstein was officially incorporated into the European Federation in January, and Hungary and the Czech Republic were also officially incorporated, until the end of the war, countries such as Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina that originally had the intention to join the European Federation did not take action, while pro-American European countries such as Greece, Spain, Portugal and Britain did not merge into the European Federation, and the four Nordic countries also maintained their independence.

The question before the European Federation is: Can the European Federation, which has only ten states, still represent the entire Europe?

The answer is obviously no, because the population, land area, economic scale, etc. of these ten states do not account for the vast majority in Europe.

In addition, Slovakia's resistance also caused great trouble to the European Federation.

Until the end of the war, the European Federal Defense Forces failed to quell the rebellion in Slovakia, and the Slovak guerrillas continued to grow and grow.

It is also true that the European Federation did not invade other European countries during the war.

Of course, this is also related to China.

The reason is very simple. There is one of the alliance treaties signed with China. When the European Federation is at war with a third country, China has the responsibility and obligation to send troops to provide assistance.

In other words, if the European Federation sends troops to other European countries, China will also send troops.

Obviously, in this way, it would be impossible for the European Federation to complete the great cause of European unification through military operations.

The problem is that the fundamental purpose of the European Federation to form an alliance with China is to avoid fighting with China, and to use this war to complete the great cause of unification.

Unfortunately, until the end of the war, the European Federation did not complete the great cause of unification.

The problem arises is that in the second year of the war, the negotiations between the European Federation and China broke down and the two countries officially terminated their alliance.

At that time, the main factor that led to the breakdown of the negotiations was that China refused to give up the clause of sending troops to aid the European Federation.

To put it bluntly, this clause is to limit the European Union to become larger and allow Europe to continue to maintain a state of division. An incomplete European Union is obviously not a world-class power, so it is impossible for it to compete with China after the war and become China's number one rival.

Going forward, the European Federation proposed to join the war after obtaining ten states, which is also related to this.

It is undeniable that the European Federation, which has ten states, is already the most powerful country on the European continent, but its influence is limited to the European continent.

The problem is that not fighting with China does not mean that European wars can be avoided.

After the alliance was terminated with China, the European Federation immediately launched the "War of European Unity", conquering Poland, the three Baltic Kingdoms, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Balkans by force, and finally burned the war to Greece, sent troops to the Iberian Peninsula, conquered Spain and Portugal, forced Denmark to merge into the European Federation, and after occupying Norway, they signed a city alliance with Sweden. In the end, only Finland and Switzerland remained independent as permanent neutral countries, while Britain across the sea became the mortal enemy of the European Federation by surrendering to China.

Obviously, the European War was only a few years late.

After conquering the European continent through a series of military operations, the European Federation became the second largest country in the world and gained the strength to compete with China.

The problem is that the European Federation, established by force, is not a solid country.

More importantly, Britain still maintains independence, and China can easily influence the future of the European Federation through Britain and Russia to the east.

Later, it was not strange that the European Union was divided due to ethnic conflicts.

Of course, these things happened a long time later. During the war, the European Federation joined the Oriental Alliance Group, which definitely had great strategic significance.

The most important point is that the United States has lost the last valuable ally that it can win over.

Although after this, under pressure from the European continent, Britain participated in the war as a member of the Western Alliance Group, but Britain was not as good as the European Union at all. At most, it only established a strategic fortress for the United States on the other side of the Atlantic, making it impossible for China to make a fuss on the Atlantic.

Of course, China's entry into the Atlantic Ocean is certain.

At the end of January 2056, the Chinese naval fleet entered the Mediterranean. Based on Cagliari on Sardinia, Italy, it captured the Gibraltar Fortress after Britain joined the war. Then a fleet of twelve aircraft carrier battle groups entered the North Atlantic.

Before the end of the war, Chinese naval submarine troops had already entered the Atlantic port in France.

In a sense, the greatest contribution of the European Federation to participate in the war was to provide the Chinese Navy with a submarine base directly facing the North Atlantic. With the French military port, the Chinese Navy's submarines can enter and exit the North Atlantic directly, and the combat efficiency of breaking the war is greatly improved.

Later, Britain announced its surrender before the United States, which was related to the full blockade of Chinese submarines.

Because Britain surrendered before the European Union completed its preparations for the war, it was the Chinese army that occupied Britain, and the European Union failed to seize this opportunity.

Interestingly, among the reasons that led to Britain's surrender, the European Federation's war mobilization was one of the key factors.

To put it simply, Britain would rather be defeated by China and be occupied by China than be occupied by the European Federal Defense Forces led by France, Germany and Italy. The reason is very simple. If the European Federal Defense Forces occupied the United Kingdom, then Britain would inevitably be annexed by the European Federation. The direct reason for Britain's participation in the war was that it did not want to be annexed by the European Federation, so it is not surprising that it chose to surrender to China at the last moment.

Unfortunately, Britain did not choose to form an alliance with China at the beginning.

There is no way to do this, because the British regime was controlled by the United States at that time, and most of the weapons and equipment of the British army came from the United States. If the United Kingdom decided to form an alliance with China, the US military would occupy Britain before the Chinese army arrived.

In fact, the participation of Britain in the war was the result of the US's persecution.

According to the situation at that time, if Britain had not participated in the war at the end of January 2056, the United States would definitely send troops to Britain to bring a new regime to power. The reason is very simple. The information the United States had at that time was that China would use Europe to attack Britain and could launch an attack in early February.

It is undeniable that China has a combat plan to attack Britain, but it will definitely not be implemented in February 2056.

More importantly, when the battle was most difficult, China did not destroy the basic principle of not attacking neutral countries. When it was about to achieve the final victory, would it still undermine this basic principle that had been adhered to for more than three years? Obviously, as long as Britain remains neutral, China will not attack Britain. In early 2056, China was preparing to bomb the United States and land on the west coast of the United States. It was impossible to launch a large-scale attack on the North Atlantic, and it would be even more impossible to attack Britain at this time.

In fact, until Britain announced its surrender, the Chinese army did not board the British Isles.

At that time, the biggest impact of the European Union's participation in the war was that Mu Haoyang no longer had to worry about the ground battlefield and could concentrate on planning combat operations to attack the United States.

Obviously, this is also the biggest impact of the European Federation's participation in the war.

On January 1, Mu Haoyang approved the combat plan for strategic bombing of the United States.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Chinese Air Force dispatched 3,000 bombers from Maui and Oahu to intensively bomb the major military ports on the west coast of the United States.

This bombing did not have fighter escort, so the bombers used all heavy cruise missiles.

At that time, the fleet only dispatched carrier-based fighter jets to expel US early warning aircraft that penetrated the Eastern Pacific, and did not fly over the US mainland to fight.

Similar bombings continued until January 4th.

It was not until January 5 that the Pacific Fleet advanced and deployed, pushing the patrol waters to less than 1,500 kilometers away from the United States. With the support and assistance of a large number of escort aircraft carriers, they began to dispatch carrier-based fighters to cover strategic bombers to strike the West Coast of the United States.

In this way, bombers no longer need to use expensive heavy cruise missiles.

In addition to the first few days, when bombers and fighters used a lot of tactical cruise missiles when attacking US air defense systems, the subsequent bombing operations mainly used guided bombs. When attacking large-scale targets such as industrial areas, non-guided bombs were also used in large quantities.

The high-intensity strategic bombing has achieved immediate results.

At that time, the three thousand bombers of the Air Force were basically dispatched once a day and rotated every five days to allow pilots to rest and allow bombers to return to the air base in the rear for comprehensive maintenance, reducing the work burden of ground crews at the frontline air base.

In fact, the Chinese Air Force does not lack bombers, what is lacking is the base for deploying bombers.

Fortunately, it is enough to keep 3,000 bombers in combat at any time to destroy the West Coast of the United States according to the plan formulated by Mu Haoyang.

Chapter 241: Unification of the Great Cause
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