As the safest country in the world, Mongolia has always had ambitions that others cannot understand. In recent years, Mongolia has been trying to bypass China and the United States to make friends with Western countries, and even "open the sky" and "export rare earths" to them.
The United States is also happy to woo Mongolia, because once Mongolia is co-opted and military bases are deployed in its territory, it means that the United States' military layout against China and Russia can complete the closed loop. Therefore, after improving relations with Mongolia, the United States has repeatedly expressed the hope that it can establish military bases on its territory.
In this regard, Mongolia immediately stated that according to the provisions of the domestic constitution, no foreign troops can be stationed in Mongolia. Mongolia also showed its loyalty, inviting the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to participate in the army's joint training for the first time. You must know that before that, Mongolia only invited Western countries to participate in such events, and never invited Chinese countries. This year, however, it has been reversed, largely because of the desire to express its position with the Chinese side.
This time, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was invited to the north to participate in the "Steppe Partner-2024", and a brigade of the 79th Group Army was dispatched, and the troops will be divided into three echelons to enter a certain place in Mongolia's East Gobi Province by railway to participate in joint training. It is worth mentioning that the equipment brought by the People's Liberation Army this time is very powerful, especially the Type 09 wheeled infantry chariot, which has the reputation of "Shenzhou Iron Cavalry". In addition, there are different types of light and heavy guns, self-propelled artillery, air defense systems, rocket launchers and other heavy equipment, and the main training content is fire coverage, logistics support, joint operations, and so on.
In order to suppress China and Russia, the United States has been unremittingly wooing Mongolia
In addition to completing the closed loop of the Indo-Pacific region deployed against China, the United States is also an important part of the blockade of Russia. In addition to Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the three Baltic countries are all within the scope of the United States.
In the event of a war between the United States and Russia, the US military bases located in these countries can be of great use, especially the follow-up supply can be guaranteed.
The same purpose is also played out in the periphery of China, the Philippines, India, Taiwan, Japan, etc., if there is a fly in the ointment, that is, there is a gap in this "encirclement", which has not formed a closed loop, and this gap is Mongolia. In order to complete the closed loop, coupled with Mongolia's great ambitions, it has always been unwilling to be "flanked" by China and Russia, and wants to get rid of the "control" of China and Russia to find another way out, and intends to get closer to Western countries, especially the United States, so the United States has used Mongolia's psychology to tempt repeatedly over the years.
The United States took the initiative to woo Mongolia and gave a lot of benefits and orders. In order to show the importance of the United States, US Deputy Secretary of State Campbell took the lead in going to Mongolia to meet with the Mongolian prime minister as soon as he took office.
The US side probably wants to give Mongolia such a great honor, and we have also released a lot of friendly signals and orders for Mongolia, hoping that Mongolia can also recognize and give us what we want.
And what the United States wants is nothing more than to build a US military base in Mongolia. The US side has mentioned it many times over the years, but each time Mongolia's answer is ambiguous. They know very well that once they nod their heads, relations with China and Russia will not be able to go back at all, and Mongolia, which is completely surrounded by two big powers, cannot be saved by the outside world even if it wants to save China and Russia.
But unexpectedly, when the United States put forward this request again recently, Mongolia actually refused with righteous words, and even gave up the opportunity to conduct joint military exercises with the US Army, and chose to invite the People's Liberation Army, making it clear that it was telling China and Russia: Although I am inclined to the West in diplomacy and trade, my key position has never deviated.
And Mongolia's refusal directly broke the deployment of the United States in the Indo-Pacific, and this encirclement is incompatible!
The rejection of the US request to build a military base is only because China and Russia have a lifeline
The Sino-Mongolian border is about 4,710 kilometers long, and if the United States deploys missile launchers in Mongolia and stationes a large number of US troops, it will not only pose a threat to the Sino-Mongolian border, but also pose a great threat to China's northern and central regions, as well as to the northeast and northwest regions. If the US military launches missiles at the slightest disagreement, will the mainland still have a peaceful life?
In order to let Mongolia regain its mind and abandon some unrealistic illusions, China and Russia took Mongolia's seven inches and revealed the news to the outside world: The second natural gas pipeline currently being negotiated between China and Russia was originally intended to go through Mongolia, but the route may be modified later and changed to Central Asia.
In addition to the import and export of some commodities, agricultural products and other things, an important way for Mongolia to make money from China and Russia is this gas pipeline. Mongolia is said to have made an annual profit of about $1 billion from the first Sino-Russian gas pipeline project, while the second pipeline transports more gas than the first, the first being about 30 billion cubic meters, while the second may be about 35 billion cubic meters. This means that if this gas pipeline goes to Mongolia, Mongolia will make more profits every year. But now that China and Russia have suddenly released that they do not intend to let the pipeline go to Mongolia, how can Mongolia make money?
Perhaps in order to stabilize China and Russia, this changed from the previous ambiguity to righteous rhetoric, and invited the PLA to conduct military training together.
Therefore, Mongolia's refusal of the invitation of the US military is entirely due to the fact that China and Russia have grasped Mongolia's economic lifeline. Mongolia's ambition to get rid of China and Russia and its pro-American intentions may continue to occur in the future, and China and Russia need to find a way to deal with it thoroughly as soon as possible. Mongolia's location is too special for the United States to use.