"Choosing Umm Qasr means seeing the natural bay here. The cost of building a military port is not very high. It's just that this place is not very safe. It is currently only leased from the Iraqi government."

Cai Ruichen simply replied to Gertney, that this place was actually what he had seen from the beginning.

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

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

That naval port, let alone a warship of more than 10,000 tons, even a destroyer of thousands of tons, currently cannot be docked conveniently.

The cost of building Umm Qasr is not a lot. Cai Ruichen has already started construction here when he extracted the construction unit of the science and technology military port.

However, a science and technology military port cannot satisfy such a huge area here. If you want to use the entire U-shaped bay, at least six science and technology military ports must be built. In fact, a science and technology military port can satisfy an aircraft carrier battle with a full combat organization. Group needs.

But in this bay, if the six aircraft carrier battle groups are really parked in one go, it seems to be a bit crowded. If only five aircraft carrier battle groups are parked, 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 an aircraft carrier in training and an aircraft carrier on duty. The aircraft carrier docked here is at most a quarter of all aircraft carrier battle groups, because there are still certain aircraft carriers that are 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 the 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 Red Police Navy's warships, and there is no need to rebuild other military ports in the Persian Gulf.

But in this situation, there are great drawbacks. The reason is like putting all the eggs in a cage.

However, based on the current situation, it is already a 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 still a one that can be easily destroyed. A small water cup 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, the large fleet will not only be unable to use it by itself, but will become a place that restricts the flexibility of the fleet. The fleet will not have much. The room to avoid attacks is very dangerous." Cai Ruichen said in agreement.

In the Persian Gulf, the really suitable warships are not those of 10,000 tons, but those of several thousand tons are the most suitable.

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

If the opponent is on the edge of the Persian Gulf and is a country with a certain amount of shore-based anti-ship and a land-based aviation force for takeoff, it is not suitable for the fleet to enter.

In the narrow Persian Gulf, large warships and even mines are difficult to escape. During the Gulf War, the US Navy’s 10,000-ton destroyer and Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers were all injured under the mines of the Iraqi Navy.

At that time, had it not been for Iraq’s lack of shore-based anti-ship capabilities and the ability of shore-based naval aviation to strike fleets, the US Navy would most likely suffer 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 airstrikes at all, and if the US military dares to send aircraft carriers into the Persian Gulf, Cai Ruichen will definitely prevent the US aircraft carriers from getting out of the Persian Gulf.

This is not to say that today’s Red Police Corps has the ability to confront the U.S. Navy, but because the Persian Gulf is not suitable for large-scale fleet operations. Once it encounters a saturated attack by fighter planes, ballistic missiles and anti-ship missiles, there is even room for evasion. No.

Once it is impossible to intercept all the incoming attacks, the aircraft carrier battle group will be sunk by rounds of Europe.

The same applies to the aircraft carrier battle group of any country, so every time a US aircraft carrier enters the Persian Gulf, it is very cautious.

The target of caution is not Iran, but the extreme forces disguised as small boats. For this reason, the U.S. military has even formulated very strict regulations for the Fifth Fleet, and the rules for warning attacks are more relaxed than in other places.

This kind of independent rule has brought about many accidental injuries, just like those uninjured fishing boats ~lightnovelpub.net~ and the civilian flights that were shot down because of this high level of alertness. Incident.

However, it is precisely because of this high level of alertness that the US military’s aircraft carriers have always been so safe here in the Persian Gulf.

"If you want to survive here, one day you will not be walking on thin ice." Gertney said with emotion. Thinking back to the fact that he had been the commander of the Fifth Fleet until now, he could not sleep well almost every day.

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

More than 40% of the world’s crude oil is transported from here, and the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet must ensure the smoothness and safety of the entire crude oil communication line.

It is also necessary to fight against the extreme forces operating in this sea area, and to keep an eye on Iran at all times. If it is easy, the Fifth Fleet is the least easy among all the US fleets.

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

"It's not easy for anyone."

Cai Ruichen didn't say anything. The US global police are used to it. For those US soldiers, it is really not easy.

But this is also the inevitable result of the US military's global hegemony. It is not easy to be the hegemon.

The United States has a global presence. In Cai Ruichen's view, it is really tiring work, whether it is a person in power or a grassroots soldier, it is a test.

Now, in the face of continuous financial cuts, it is even more a huge test for the US military to still 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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