Chapter 265: Global Key Straits! Mongolian Navy Needs Strengthening!
In Zhu Di's great ambition, the sky curtain continued to play.

[The Turkish Strait is also a very important regional strait. ]

[The Turkish Straits are actually composed of two small straits: the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.]

[This strait is extremely narrow, with the smallest point only 800 meters.]

[It can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack. 】

【Otherwise Constantinople would have fallen long ago. 】

[Between the two small straits is the smallest sea in the world, the Sea of ​​Marmara. ]

[Next to the Turkish Strait is the historic city of Istanbul. ]

【This city has been known as the city of world desire for a long time. 】

【It was an important transit city for trade between Europe and Asia in ancient times. 】

[Although the Turkish Straits seem to be located in the inland area of ​​​​Eurasia, they do not connect two oceans like other straits. 】

[But in fact, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, etc., which are connected by this strait, are all major grain-producing countries. ]

[Especially Russia and Ukraine! These two are among the world's largest grain producers! ]

[The food of these two countries plays an important role in ensuring food security in Africa and the Middle East.]

[It can be said that the Turkish Straits can determine whether more than one billion people in the world will go hungry! ]

【On a military level.】

[Whether Russia wants to get out of the Black Sea and increase its influence. ]

[Or does the United States want to enter the Black Sea to threaten Russia. ]

[They also need to negotiate with Türkiye and pass through the Turkish Straits. 】

[The importance of connecting the East and the West has also become a major political asset for Turkey.]

……

[Another regional strait that can influence the global situation is the Strait of Hormuz. ]

[The importance of this strait can even be ranked among the top three in the world! ]

[The Strait of Hormuz, also known as the Oil Channel. ]

[The Gulf region is currently the most important oil producing area in the world. ]

[The Strait of Hormuz connects the Gulf region and the Indian Ocean. ]

[The ocean to the west of the Strait of Hormuz is the Persian Gulf, a small ocean with an area of ​​only 24 square kilometers and not very deep.]

【But it is extremely rich in oil resources!】

[The proven, recoverable oil reserves in the Persian Gulf region are close to half of the Earth's! ]

[Its oil production accounts for more than one-third of the world’s total.]

【Oil is one of the most important strategic resources in the world. 】

[Except for Saudi Arabia, the other oil-rich Gulf countries basically only have one outlet to the sea, the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.]

[It can be said that whoever controls the Strait of Hormuz controls most of the oil production in the Persian Gulf. ]

【Whoever controls the world's oil prices. 】

[In order to ensure the stability of oil in the Gulf region, the United States has also set up several US military bases here. ]

[Even the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet is located in the Persian Gulf.]

【At the same time, Iran, a regional power north of the Strait of Hormuz. 】

[It is also using the importance of the Strait of Hormuz to engage in fierce confrontation with the United States. ]

[It is foreseeable that Iran will continue to use its locational advantages to enhance its control over the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. ]

[And the United States will definitely maintain its influence in the Persian Gulf region. ]

【Continue to confront Iran.】

[The next two straits are mainly because there are superpowers around the straits that can influence the whole world. ]

[It is an extremely important strait, a frontier of military confrontation.]

[One of them is the English Channel! ]

[Although Britain is now almost under the joint rule of India. ]

[But it is undeniable that Britain at its peak was the undisputed overlord of the world. ]

[Most countries and regions on earth have been invaded by Britain.]

[And most of the current geopolitical conflicts in the world. 】

[Most of them are planned and designed by the UK.]

[If we use the Metian method, the number of people who died at the hands of the British in the world would be at least 500 million, if not 1 billion.]

【So, this country that is causing trouble all over the world. 】

【Why can it continue to exist? 】

[A big factor is the English Channel. ]

[Although the English Channel is only more than 30 kilometers wide. ]

[But with the UK's long-standing world-leading naval power, it can effectively protect the mainland from being landed. ]

[Even if the enemy unifies the European continent, they will not be able to advance. ]

[While using the Channel and the navy to protect the homeland, Britain can exert pressure on the enemy in many directions around the world.]

[It can be said that the English Channel is Britain's national strait. ]

【If there is no English Channel. 】

[Based on the strength of the United Kingdom itself, it is impossible to develop to the level of invading the world at its peak. ]

[Napoleon and Hitler had already swept the British hoods to the ground! ]

[A strait can protect the world's most powerful country for hundreds of years. ]

【Making Britain safe would kill at least hundreds of millions of people, but at no cost.】

[The importance of the English Channel is naturally self-evident. ]

[The next strait I will talk about is similar to the English Channel, which is the Korean Strait. ]

Yuan Dynasty.

When I saw this.

Kublai Khan was a little unhappy.

He thought of the Yuan Dynasty's army, which failed to conquer Japan because of the existence of the Korea Strait.

And in the previous narration of Tianmu.

It also made Kublai Khan very disgusted with Britain, a country that lacked great morality.

It can be said that if Kublai Khan were asked to choose two overseas countries that he most wanted to destroy.

That is Japan and Britain.

But these two island countries happen to have straits protecting them.

This made Kublai Khan very depressed when he thought about it.

"Alas, my Great Mongolian Navy is not strong enough!"

"If the Mongolian Navy had a powerful flagship like the Yamato battleship that appeared on the sky."

"How can the Korean Strait and the English Channel stop our Mongolian Navy? They can be easily crossed!"

Canopy.

【The English Channel has actually declined in importance as Britain has declined.】

[The Korean Strait is located in the heart of East Asia’s monster house. ]

【With the further strengthening of the East Asian monster room. 】

[The importance of this Korean Strait will become increasingly higher. ]

【Finally, I will tell you something that may not seem particularly important now. 】

【But in the long term, the Strait may become a new focus. 】

[That is the Bering Strait where the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean meet. ]

[The Bering Strait separates the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, and separates Asia and America. ]

[It is also the strait connecting the United States and Russia, two countries where the conflict is most intense.]

[The Bering Strait is currently not suitable for shipping due to its remote location and the presence of Arctic Ocean ice.]

[But the trend of global warming is clear and irreversible. ]

As global temperatures rise, Arctic Ocean ice that threatens ships may disappear.

[The navigation capacity of the northern route will be greatly improved. ]

[The northern route through the Bering Strait can connect East Asia and Western Europe, and the distance is closer. ]

[It is foreseeable that with global warming, the Bering Strait will effectively divert part of the shipping volume of the Strait of Malacca and become a new busy strait. ]

[It is located in a special position directly at the border between the United States and Russia. ]

[It may also play an important role in potential future conflicts. ]

The short sky screen video ends.

It mainly talks about those straits that are important in later generations.

Geographical knowledge.

Although the ancient Chinese people did not have much use for this geographical knowledge during most of the time.

But you can gain more knowledge and understand the world better.

It is also a great pleasure.

After watching the sky curtain, everyone felt that they had gained a lot.

At the same time, many ancient people also had this thought.

The focus of the ancients was on a noun that was repeatedly mentioned by the sky curtain.

That's oil!
(End of this chapter)