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When the Second Fleet entered the Maluku Strait, Du Xiaolei had already held talks with the Indian Prime Minister for four hours.

The joint military deployment between China and Pakistan has indeed put huge pressure on India, forcing the Indian Prime Minister to reconsider the basic national strategy.

You should know that after the First Indian Ocean War, India's national defense strength was no longer as good as before.

During this period, China's military strength was growing rapidly, completing the transformation from strategic defense to strategic offensive, and even Pakistan's military strength was greatly improved.

At that time, India had two million troops nominally, but in fact it was not the opponent of China and Pakistan at all.

The only thing that can really intimidate your opponent is probably an astonishing population base.

In 2033, India's total population exceeded 1.7 billion, officially surpassing China, which has a population of only more than 1.6 billion, and became the world's largest population country.

Such a large population provides basic security for India.

To put it bluntly, even if China and Pakistan can defeat India, it will not be possible to occupy India. No country has the ability to occupy a country with 1.7 billion people, let alone long-term occupation.

The problem is that China and Pakistan have absolutely the ability to blow India back to the Stone Age.

Faced with the military threat between China and Pakistan, the Indian Prime Minister must make a rational choice, or have made a rational choice, but he did not show up to Du Xiaolei, because India's choice will definitely give China great help, and the Indian Prime Minister hopes to get the rewards he deserves.

Du Xiaolei's emergency visit to New Delhi was mainly to win over India.

In four hours, Du Xiaolei first mentioned that India must close all military bases rented to Japan and prohibit the Japanese army from using Indian ports, airports and other military facilities. Later, Du Xiaolei also mentioned that if the Japanese fleet enters Indian ports again, India must detain Japanese warships, repatriate Japanese officers and soldiers, and hand over the Japanese warships to the Chinese navy to ensure a neutral nature.

The Indian Prime Minister first agreed to close the military base leased to Japan, but did not agree to detain the Japanese fleet.

The reason is also very simple. India's ports are open, and India has no conflicts with Japan, nor is it in a state of war. There is no reason to detain the Japanese fleet.

Du Xiaolei did not give in, but made a promise that China would thank India for its help.

As for how to thank him, Du Xiaolei did not explicitly mention it, but agreed to lead a diplomatic team to visit New Delhi after the war ended to discuss economic and trade issues.

Obviously, the Indian Prime Minister is not satisfied.

Politically speaking, such verbal commitments have no value at all. More importantly, Du Xiaolei is just Foreign Minister and cannot represent China's supreme leader.

Of course, the Indian Prime Minister also knows that China is polite first and then military. If there is no agreement, India will not be the one who is unlucky.

At the last moment, the Indian Prime Minister proposed a compromise solution, that is, India can detain the Japanese fleet, but will not hand over the Japanese warships to the Chinese navy. Instead, after the war is over, it will decide how to deal with the Japanese warships based on the outcome of the war.

Du Xiaolei is a diplomat and knows very well that this is India's bottom line.

In theory, India does not have the power to detain Japanese warships, and at most it can only be disarmed, making it impossible for Japanese warships to perform combat missions.

After the talks, Du Xiaolei did not leave New Delhi immediately.

According to her promise, after the first transport plane carrying anti-radiation drugs arrived, she will go to the airport with the Prime Minister to receive the aid.

Of course, the Chinese Embassy in India did not forget to send the message immediately.

Because all communication satellites were damaged, the embassy could only use long-wave radio stations that had been eliminated for decades, and the communication volume was very limited.

In this diplomatic telegram, only one thing is mentioned, that is, India has compromised with China.

After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Council, the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff transferred the telegram, the telegram was delivered to Mu Haoyang at around 1:00 a.m. on the 17th.

At this time, Mu Haoyang was waiting for news from Zhuo Yuming.

The search operation made no progress. The two destroyers that advanced to reconnaissance had reached the Malugu Sea, but no Japanese Indian Ocean Fleet was found.

“What does compromise mean?”

"Anyway, I just won't help Japan." Ma Mingtao smiled and said, "You have to understand that after the satellite was paralyzed, I returned to the era when communications were basically yelling. It would be great to receive the message in time."

Mu Haoyang smiled and shook his head, without saying anything.

For him, the biggest impact of particle storms is the communication problem, so the basic tactics of the fleet are greatly affected. Not to mention long-range communication, even fleet communication is a problem. In order to use high-bandwidth data links, warships must be close enough to start directional communication equipment. If they communicate with warships outside the line of sight, drones or helicopters must be deployed to act as communication transit platforms.

Of course, communication is only one aspect.

After the navigation satellite is finished, the fleet mainly relies on the inertial navigation system, and errors are inevitable and will increase with the increase of navigation distance. At night, when the particle storm weakens, remote navigation radios have to be used for precise positioning to correct inertial navigation errors.

As for tactical reconnaissance, we can only rely entirely on our own reconnaissance power.

Mu Haoyang didn't know that at this time, all the five nuclear powers had entered the highest strategic alert level.

The reason is very simple. All strategic early warning satellites are finished and it is impossible to detect in time whether the potential enemy countries have taken this opportunity to launch strategic attacks. For security reasons, or after being attacked by the enemy's strategic strike, they still have the ability to destroy the enemy through strategic counterattacks. The strategic alert level must be improved. Take the Chinese army for example. Starting from July 14, all strategic nuclear submarines have entered the missile launch waters, all mobile missile launch vehicles have been evacuated to the standby area, and strategic bombers have taken nuclear weapons to take turns to patrol. Of course, other countries, especially the United States, are no exception. All troops carrying out strategic threat missions have entered the highest alert state.

In order to eliminate the strategic threat, the permanent ambassadors of the five nuclear powers to the United Nations held their first informal meeting on the afternoon of July 14. This is mainly to show their strategic position, eliminate unnecessary suspicion, and minimize the probability of a full-scale nuclear war.

Fortunately, the five nuclear powers have long formed a strategic balance.

Without ensuring that the opponent is destroyed in one fell swoop and not being strategically retaliated by the opponent, no nuclear power will provoke a devastating war.

After pondering for a while, Mu Haoyang said: "Have India announced the news?"

"Not yet, but it's too soon."

"So, the Japanese Indian Ocean Fleet will definitely not go to Indian ports."

"The Japanese fleet will not go to Indian ports until we have no way out, but after we block all the waterways, the Japanese fleet will have no choice."

Mu Haoyang nodded and opened the chart on the table.
Chapter completed!