In the year and month, the officers and soldiers of the Republic Marine Corps were in Tateliago! "Fengshu controlled the ports on Cuba's islands such as Antia, Nuevetas, Raisabella, Varadero, Matanzas, Havana, Cienfuegos, and the Youth Island Special Zone. The strategic strikes against the American mainland's western region were also fully launched.

Because experience is needed, the early attacks are mainly concentrated in the area west of the Rocky Mountains.

At this time, the Republic's actions in Cuba were even more eye-catching.

As mentioned earlier, as early as the era of the century of strength, with the collapse of the Red Empire and the international socialist camp, Cuba, as the main member of the camp, suffered heavy damage and was once in trouble. Without the strong market demand of the Republic, Cuba's red regime would have likely come to an end at the end of the century. After entering the century, especially after the end of the old era, with the acceleration of the strategic expansion of the Republic, the relationship between the two countries was consolidated. The Republic is not only Cuba's main economic and trading partner, but also Cuba's main diplomatic and political partner. In a sense, the major achievements made by the Republic in the field of economic construction have become a role model for Cuba's national construction. In emulating the economic construction of the Republic, the Cuban authorities opened the Youth Island into a special economic zone. It is undoubtedly the most representative.

Youth Island is the second largest island in Cuba. It is southwest of the island, separated by Batavano Bay and Broa Bay. To the south is the Cayman Islands, which belongs to the United Kingdom. In the early years, affected by the global economic crisis, the Cuban authorities decided to increase the intensity of reform and opening up, open more areas to foreign capital, and increase investment attraction. Although there is a reference for the reform experience of the Republic, the Cuban leaders are very clear that Cuba is not a republic and cannot become a major power like the republic, so it cannot completely copy the reform experience of the Republic and must be selectively absorbed and utilized. For this reason, the Cuban authorities decided to establish a special zone. First implement new economic policies in the special zone, and then promote it nationwide. Youth Island is a special zone opened by the Cuban authorities and fully open to foreign capital.

There is no doubt that the United States is definitely not the one who is keen on helping Cuba conduct economic development.

Influenced by the United States, Western countries such as Europe are not very popular in Cuba's modern economic construction. Besides, Cuba is just a small country, even Havana cigars are very famous. It has attracted celebrities from Western society. The sugar produced by Cuba is also famous around the world, and billions of tons of zeolites. However, these cannot change the basic situation of Cuba. That is, a country with a land area of ​​only 10,000 square kilometers and a population of less than 10,000 is not very attractive to Western capitalists. By the same token, although Cuba is a Latin American country. However, the basic national policy that has long been hostile to the United States has made Cuba seem out of place in Latin America. Apart from close contacts with several Latin American countries such as Venezuela and Bolivia, its relationship with other Latin American countries is not very good. Of course, Latin America has no rich countries. Even regional powers such as Mexico, Brazil and Argentina do not have much power to help Cuba get out of the predicament.

The only one who is enthusiastic about helping Cuba is the Republic.

To be precise, it was the republic authorities, not the republic merchants.

In terms of economic benefits, Cuba does not really have many resources worth mining, and it is indeed attractive. In the words of Lin Yanbo back then, except for the Havana cigars that are very attractive to smokers in the world's largest cigarette producers, especially those who are becoming rich in the economic tide and are becoming more and more tasteful, Cuba does not really have other resources worth investing in and opening factories by merchants from the Republic.

Of course, it's a bit extreme to say that.

In terms of agricultural products, in addition to cigars, the sucrose produced by Cuba accounts for about the total global output. The sucrose exported by Cuba accounts for the global sucrose trade ship. In addition, the high-quality rice produced by Cuba is not inferior to Thai rice at all. It is even more popular among consumers. Cuba also produces high-quality tangerine pokes and various tropical fruits. These products have huge market demand in the Republic.

In terms of mineral products, Cuba's nickel ore reserves are more than 10,000 tons, and there are also a considerable number of rare metal minerals. In addition, its zeolite reserves of up to 10,000 tons of state have the greatest development value. The United States is the second, followed by Russia, and Cuba ranks third. The zeolite reserves in the Republic are very limited, so zeolites are more attractive to the Republic.

In addition, Cuba also has rich forest resources and tourism resources.

The problem is that for the capitalists of the Republic, these resources seem too far away. You should know that whether you are walking on the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, or passing through the Cape of Good Hope, the distance from any port in the Republic to Havana is more than 4,000 meters. The farthest is close to the Likou 0,000 meters, and the closest one is almost 0,000 meters, which is equivalent to spanning the entire earth. In this way, even if Cuba's resources are very cheap, it is difficult to compete with the countries around the Republic after considering the freight. In fact, this is the fundamental reason why the Republic would rather improve relations with Australia and import iron ore from Australia than get close to Brazil. Cuba is far from being as attractive as Brazil, so naturally it is unlikely that the Republic will allow the capitalists of the Republic to invest.

It can be said that without some special reason, Cuba will be difficult to become a friendly country of the Republic.

Fortunately, this special reason does exist. And it cannot be changed by any force.

In a sense, geographical location limits the development of the ancients and also determines the importance of Verpool.

After the successful Cuban Revolution, the Soviet Union pulled it into the socialist camp at all costs and turned it into a frontier position against the United States, because Cuba is very close to the United States, so close that it can use tactical missiles to carry out strategic strikes on the United States. In fact, after the United States defeated Spain, planning Cuba independence was to turn Cuba into a shielding wall for the United States and block foreign threats. In any case, Cuba's geographical location forced the United States to fight, and it had to take the world from the United States.

There is no better choice for a hegemonic republic. Because the republic is not the Soviet Union, even for political and national strategic needs, it cannot force domestic national capitalists to invest in Cuba, and it is impossible to strengthen its existence in the Cuba Union in the form of a movement. Therefore, the republic has won over Cuba for a long and decades of process. Of course, this steadily advancement also absorbs the religion of the former Soviet Union and avoids direct conflict with the United States on the issue of Cuba, especially before the republic is ready for war.

In short, with government support and support, Cuba's economic construction began to accelerate in the early years.

Because the Republic's authorities did not intend to deploy short-range ballistic missiles in Cuba, and did not even strengthen military cooperation with Cuba, the United States had no reason to obstruct the normal operation of Republican enterprises in Cuba. They could only use sanctions to prevent those companies who have sex with Cuba from entering the US market. Of course, this sanction itself has little meaning, and at most it only creates some small trouble for Republican enterprises. For example, if Sanjian Group wants to go to Cuba to mine mining, it must establish a sole proprietorship, and cannot be in the name of a group or a subsidiary of the group.

.The success of the Youth Island Special Economic Zone has made the Cuban authorities determined to expand reforms.

In the era of entering, that is, after the establishment of the Youth Island Special Zone, the Cuban authorities made the decision to open up nationwide and open to all countries, but there were differences in specific bilateral relations. For example, the Republican enterprises enjoyed a full tax exemption for five years in Cuba, and the intensive group member companies can also enjoy a full tax exemption for three years in Cuba and a half in the next two years. Most other countries can enjoy a 5-year tax incentive for half, while enterprises in the United States, Europe and other Western countries do not have any preferential treatment.

At this time, Cuba made a request to join the intensive group, but the Republic politely rejected it.

The reason is very simple. The Republic is not ready for war, and the direct result of Cuba's entry into the covenant is to trigger war.

Of course, the purpose of Cuba's request to join the alliance is not to join the intensive group immediately, but to attract the attention of the Republic, that is, Cuba's interests cannot be ignored.

Influenced by this, in the early years, the Republic sent military personnel to Cuba in the name of economic investigation to help Cuba formulate a national defense strategy, and conducted a comprehensive investigation and evaluation of Cuba's military facilities, main strategic facilities, ports and airports, etc.

It was at this time that the Republic had a new understanding of Cuba.

Although the Republic had been secretly supporting Cuba to strengthen its national defense construction for the old years that followed, in order to avoid overstimulating the United States, the Republic did not provide Cuba with offensive weapons, and most of its military aid was concentrated in the field of defense. In general, the Republic did not want to get into trouble in Cuba until it was ready for war.

It can be said that the Republic has long known Cuba through years of investment.

On this basis, the Republic Marines can enter Cuba within an hour and control dozens of strategic locations in Cuba, and control this country with a population of nearly 10,000. You must know that there is a special force in the Marines participating in the operation. This special force is all composed of foreign personnel working and living in Cuba for the New Year and above. Their mission is to act as the guide of the Marines and help the Marines resolve disputes. In a sense, these special guides play far more role in combat operations than ordinary Fengze.

Of course, arranging the guide can be regarded as the experience learned by the Republican team in the war.

In the early days of the war, the Republic's authorities did not consider equiping the troops with guides, but only according to the plan formulated before the war, "equip the troops that went out to fight with appropriate numbers of sieges. In the first two to three years, these sieges performed the tasks well. Their own shortcomings were not exposed. This is easy to understand. After all, in the first two to three years, the Republic's Army mainly fought against the Russian army on the mainland battlefield, and on this battlefield, there was almost no need for guides, and no one would care about national and cultural conflicts. The Marines fought in the Western Pacific, although there were serious ethnic and cultural conflicts. However, there were not many residents on the islands captured by the Marines, and the conflicts caused by this were not very prominent. It was not until the Republic's Army marched into Ukraine and the Marines attacked the Fiji Islands when the Marines attacked the Fiji Islands.

At some point, conflicts caused by ethnic and cultural differences are more destructive than war itself.

In the battle against Kiev, the Republic Army handled thousands of vicious cases suspected of shooting civilians and prisoners of war. Hundreds of officers lost their jobs, and thousands of soldiers were repatriated in advance. Although these matters were suppressed and did not develop to the point of being uncontrollable, and the domestic media of the Republic also fully understood the mental pressure of the frontline soldiers, turned a blind eye to it and reported it. But the problem itself could not be suppressed. If you do not try to solve the situation, but let the problem continue to exist, then when it erupts, no one can suppress it.

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It was at this time that the Republican authorities began to consider equipping professional guides to the frontline combat forces.

Of course, those who are qualified to be guides are citizens who have lived abroad for several years.

In the subsequent wars, especially on the battlefield on the African continent, the guide played a very important role. Using the investigation report released by the Republic Army after the war, the role played by the guide Tian Ming, who served on the front line at that time, played an equivalent role of half a combat unit. It was precisely because of these guides that the officers and soldiers of the combat troops did not get into trouble due to cultural differences, nor did they lead to greater tragedies.

Of course, the Republican team was not taken by the guide to travel.

After successfully controlling the ports in Cuba, the Republic Marines controlled all airports that could support the take-off and landing of large aircraft in the second time. In accordance with the secret agreement signed by the Republic and the Cuban authorities, they took over the military command of Cuba, and the Cuban army controlled the railway and highway transportation hubs across the country.

On the second day of landing, ships carrying a large number of engineering equipment entered Cuba one after another.

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On this day, the vertical take-off and landing transport planes transported Marine Corps officers to the island sent over to the island to send the engineers who stayed on the sea base.

Because the Republic's Navy has already controlled the sea, there is no need to worry about the US military crossing the Florida Strait.

Of course, the US authorities are also very clear about the purpose of the small Republican team entering Cuba.

That's why on the day the Republic Marine Corps landed in Cuba, the US military organized a group of strategic bombers and carried out two large-scale bombings on Cuba. The next day, the US military dispatched strategic bombers again to bomb the main strategic targets in Cuba, especially the transportation hub. Unfortunately, the US military did not have air supremacy, and the Republic Marine Corps brought a large number of air defense systems when they went to the island, plus the air defense cover provided by warships deployed in the waters near the Cuba island. The US military's strategic bombing had little effect and instead lost a lot of bombers. In the next ten days, the US military had been trying to bomb Cuba.

In order to increase the strike force, the US military even used large warships deployed in local ports to bombard the important target of Cuba Ben-Ukraine with large-caliber electromagnetic cannons. In fact, this US military's action happened to be the reason for the Republic's Navy to launch a retaliatory strike against the areas around the Chesapeake Bay.

In general, in the first half of February, Cuba became the central battlefield.

Although the crackdown on Cuba has achieved outstanding results according to the propaganda of the US authorities, the reality is completely opposite. The best evidence is that the US military made the decision to abandon Puerto Rico on February, that is, let the Puerto Rico defenders decide whether to continue to resist or surrender. Just two days later, the Puerto Rico defenders issued a surrender order to put down their weapons. This is easy to understand. With the Republic Marines successfully entering Cuba and effectively protecting Cuba's strategic infrastructure, it is meaningless for the US military to continue to stick to Puerto Rico.

When the war reached this point, almost everyone believed that the Republic was preparing for landing on the United States.

At that time, many people even believed that the Republic would set off from Cuba before the end of June and land on the United States in a place in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The most likely area was near St. Petersburg, west of Florida, because it was swampy areas north and south of the region, which was not suitable for ground troops to fight. Some people also believed that the Republic Marines had long abandoned the landing method of sea assault. As long as they make full use of Cuba's airports, they could directly attack a port in Florida, such as Miami or Tampa, obtain a place to dock the fleet, and then gradually advance northward in a three-dimensional assault manner, occupy the entire Florida, and eventually occupy the eastern United States.

In short, almost everyone believes that face-to-face war is inevitable.

This is also easy to understand. At that time, the Republic's ground troops in the Caribbean were so shocking that it was difficult to understand. The battle for Puerto Rico ended early. At least there were also the officers and soldiers of the Nagwan Marine Corps who were not useful. The US military took the initiative to retreat from Panama, resulting in the approximately ground troops that had been planned to be put into the Central American battlefield in the year. In addition, before that, the US military voluntarily gave up the Little Andres Islands and did not pose a serious threat to Cuba and other factors. The Republic in the Caribbean

The ground troops have exceeded 10,000. Although this force is not enough to capture the US mainland, it is enough to launch a strategic landing operation. Besides, before landing onto the US mainland, the Republic's authorities do not need to send all the troops used to capture the US mainland to the front line. After the Marines landed, they can gradually invest more ground troops. Because the ground troops can be sent directly to the US battlefield at that time, there is no need to make a transit, so it is more convenient.

No one expected that the strategic strike would begin at this time!

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