"China seems to have forgotten that the British Empire paid a heavy price in the Iran War, and now, they are brazenly contacting the Germans without notifying our country or asking for our opinions. This is betrayal! This is against the Allied Powers Group

Provocation! We must contact the United States and France and reposition ourselves directly with China.

relations, and re-evaluate the cooperation that has already been carried out!" When Chamberlain was convinced that China had entered into contact with the Allies, his angry roar resounded throughout the Prime Minister's Office No. 10 Downing Street. Although according to intelligence, it was the "Iranian government" and the Germans

Negotiations, but everyone knows that this is just a cover-up!

Of course, the British seemed to have forgotten that helping Iran actually ensured the security of British India, and they even forgot that in the second half of the war, especially in the large-scale army decisive battle, one country in China played the leading role! Let’s discuss it!

In terms of personnel and equipment losses and money lost, the United Kingdom and the United States combined

Not as good as China! And they even forgot that long before the Germans launched Operation Monsoon, the British were preparing to withdraw their troops and rejected the plan proposed by China as an ally. Since you have done the first year of junior high school, then China has done the fifteenth

Of course, there is nothing wrong with it. Xu Jie deeply hates the extreme egoism of the British government!

However, the British's subsequent actions still surprised China and even the Germans! If we say that Britain after World War II in history can only use lip service on most occasions, and occasionally find two fish belly to act.

As for the countries that took action. (For example, Britain and France used the three countries to go to war over the Suez Canal and Egypt, and another example is the horse racing team known as the last afterglow of the British Empire Task Force.

Island Sea Battle.) So before World War II, Britain was still an aggressive Walker dog! And the boldness of its actions was admirable, both against enemies and allies! In this way, the British thought that Germany

How could the British government, which is bent on establishing a safety isolation belt in southeastern Iran, not take action when it has been weakened by China and has exhausted its strength?

China did not notify Britain during the peace talks. Naturally, the British would not inform China when they took action. As Chamberlain said, the interests of the British can only be safeguarded with British swords! So a group of British troops and

Indian local troops, under the name of guerrillas in southeastern Iran, slowly began to penetrate into Iran through the border between the two countries. The British decided to use force to create a neutral area in southern Iran, or at least turn it into a guerrilla territory.

district!

Not to mention, at the beginning, the British hastily assembled troops did have a certain impact on the "vacation" German air force and naval ground forces. To say that the British special operations performance in World War II was eye-catching

.Whether it was the devil troops rampaging in the North African desert or just a dozen people blowing up the Nazi heavy water plant in Norway,

These performances can be described as wonderful. In this dimension, the British have further developed it. British Rangers and their Indian servants riding off-road vehicles or even camels attacked German outposts, attacked transport convoys, and assassinated German officers and puppet army leaders.

, and even planned to imitate the Italians in using mini-submarines to attack German naval warships anchored in southern Iran.

On a bright moonlit night, a British mini-submarine passed through the Strait of Hormuz, entered the waters outside Bandar Abbas, and then found a passage on the seabed covered with sunken ships and mine protection nets.

, Lieutenant Jess, who led the team, accurately locked the cross ring of the periscope on one of the huge figures.

After carefully comparing the battleship atlas in his hand, he estimated that this large ship hidden in the deep-water berth should be the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Aegean aviation cruiser. The overjoyed Ensign Jess decisively aimed the three torpedo tubes on the bow of this ship.

target, and then launched three 533mm torpedoes at a distance of 1,200 meters!

Jess looked at the stopwatch in his hand nervously. The moment after the torpedo entered the water, he began to calculate the time for the torpedo to hit the target! About 1 minute later, with a series of loud noises, the battleship in the distance was instantly blown into pieces.

Three paragraphs! Jess saw it through the telescope

Looking at its raised bow and stern, Jace knew very well that this guy was dead! So he didn't care to appreciate his victory. Jace immediately decided to evacuate the battlefield. He thought he knew how big a thing he had done.

If you don't run, it will really be over!

Unexpectedly, something went wrong in the process. When it was about to leave Bandar Abbas Port, the propeller was suddenly entangled in a fishing net. As a result, the small submarine with a displacement of several tens of tons immediately became a dead fish and was later arrested by the German naval officers who came after hearing the news.

What a surprise! "Damn British guy!"

You ruined our two months of rations!" When Jess just got out of the submarine, a German navy soldier without saying a word hit Jess with the butt of his gun. The butt of the gun hit Jess inexplicably, and he sank it himself.

Isn't it a battleship? What does it have to do with rationing?

And then, Lieutenant Jess finally knew what the target he was sinking was. It was not a battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy at all, but a transport ship that had just arrived from the mainland to bring supplies to the Germans. This ship

The tens of thousands of tons of transport ships were loaded with biscuits, sausages, cigarettes, various candies and medicines sent from Germany. If what was sunk was an Austro-Hungarian warship, it would be nothing like ordinary German sailors.

relationship, but with the sinking of this transport ship, the German Navy's rationing standards for Iranian troops have dropped several notches in the next two months. The ship sank so fast that it could not even be forcibly grounded.

Arrive, all the delicacies and medicines are fed to fish! This situation is unacceptable to both the British and the Germans! (The British regretted missing the target, while the Germans lamented about their stomachs.)

However, this incident finally touched the sensitive nerves of the German Navy. Count Luckner, who became the commander of the Indian Ocean Squadron of the German High Seas Fleet after annihilating the Iranian fleet, had just arrived in the Middle East and had not yet had time to take over as a new officer.

The British burned his logistics! Isn't this just a slap in the face? When the logistics officer reported to Earl Luckner with a sullen face, what would happen in the future?

For a period of time, the German Navy's rationing standard will be halved, and even when it is necessary to raise funds locally to ensure basic consumption, Mr. Count vowed to give the British something to show! So after transferring a large number of ships from Basra and Fao

After the Marine Corps, the German Navy was the main force. With the Army as the supplement, the puppet army began to launch a clearing operation in the southeastern region of Iran.

The German Navy stated that although land warfare is not its essential job, it would still have no problem relying on its equipment and numerical superiority in troops to crush the British who were also fighting on the road. This battle was nicknamed "Fighting for the Belly" within the German Army.

Lasted for 3 whole days

For weeks, under the attack of BF109 and JU90 in the air and various armored vehicles and mortars on the ground, the guerrillas organized by the British hastily were beaten to pieces by the German army step by step, and Chamberlain's plan also suffered a military defeat.

And it ends!

"No matter what happens, our actions in southeastern Iran will hinder the negotiations between China and the Germans, right?" Chamberlain once comforted himself after receiving the intelligence of the frontline collapse. In fact, neither Germany nor China had any response.

The actions of the British paid too much attention and everyone was busy talking

While we are bargaining at the negotiation table, we have no time to care about the British. If the British come to cause trouble, just fight back. Let everyone do what they should do! The Germans did not even discuss the British attack on the negotiation table.

, but China said that this was a personal behavior of the British and had absolutely nothing to do with China.

In sharp contrast to the British jumping up and down and irrational actions, the US government has not expressed much opinion on the situation in Iran. They are very quiet, as if the Iranian incident has nothing to do with them. According to the agreement between the United States and China,

U.S. troops stationed in Iran began to evacuate in large numbers through the Middle East and China. The equipment was converted into U.S. dollars and then received by China, while personnel were transported via transport planes, railways, and ships.

The ship returned to the United States. Because until the armistice, the U.S. government still provided China with the help it could, such as logistics, transportation and equipment repair. China was quite polite to the United States, at least diplomatically informing the Americans that China was prepared to choose a suitable time to end Iran

War, and politely asked the Americans for their opinions. Although the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning. But after all, it gives Americans a lot of face, doesn't it?

Of course, silence does not mean that there is no action. On the contrary, the United States, under the leadership of Roosevelt, who can be said to be a heroic man, is re-evaluating the international situation and military situation faced by the United States through the gains and losses of the Iran War. This Iran War covers the navy, air force and army.

All-round confrontation. This has great reference value for the Americans. Roosevelt was a politician, and military matters were left to the generals. It now needs to reposition the value of the major powers within the Allied Powers system.

"China is indeed very powerful. They have the ability to block the westward advance of the German army in the Middle East and South Asia. Moreover, they have a huge appetite, and China has begun to make arrangements very early. They are trying to form a small group within the Allied Powers, a group with China as the core

, this is in their

This can be seen in their actions over the past few years. First, they showed full goodwill to the Italian naval government during the Italian War, and the top Italian government-in-exile, headed by Tycho, responded positively to China's goodwill. They gained the Italian

People’s goodwill.”

"China's bloodshed and sacrifices in the Iran War made the Iranians grateful. Although it was inevitable that Iran would lose its southern region, the Iranian royal family was still grateful that China could retain their rule in northern Iran. The plan we made with the British before

It is meaningless. The current Iranian government cannot be overthrown. Our plan to create a new regime and bring Iran into our sphere of strength has failed. More importantly, Iran’s civil forces are more inclined to China.

This makes us face many difficulties in preparing for the subversive actions in our plan." Yes, Americans also have their own little calculations, and they even ask for more than the British! It's just that Roosevelt is smarter than Chamberlain, and he never takes it seriously.

These ideas are put on the table, and they will take the initiative to retreat when they know that they cannot be done. This flexible strategy makes Americans more proactive in diplomacy! Fortunately, Xu Jie is also very defensive about Americans.

.This time, the Americans did not succeed!

"These are not the main points. Compared with Iran and Italy, the pro-China attitude of the Russian government across the Eurasian continent makes us even more worried. Although the European steamroller has completely disappeared from history with the end of World War 1, in

Under the sabers of China and the Allied Powers, Russia has been completely reduced to a second-rate country. However, as long as conditions permit, Russia will still become a powerful country that surpasses Austria-Hungary, Italy, and even France. Russia is of great importance to the future situation of Europe and the entire world.

is important, and this

At this time, an important country hopes to get closer to China, and the Russians have already sided with China in this war. They have sent a large number of troops and played an important role. This is what makes me most uneasy."

When Roosevelt said these words, the recorder next to him was about to write this down, but was stopped by Roosevelt. "Such words that may lead to unpleasant consequences with China should stay in the Oval Office. I don't want them to remain in the Oval Office."

All of you here today said such things outside."

Roosevelt was very conflicted. On the one hand, he knew very well that the Allies must rely on China's power to win the decisive battle in the future.

To occupy a dominant position in the competition, they must suppress China. There are naturally fewer means on the surface, but secretly

It can be described as using every possible means. In another meeting, Roosevelt even asked the military leaders: "Without China, could we defeat Germany?" He also once asked his staff: "

Without China, how much price would the United States have to pay to defeat Germany?" These words show Roosevelt's attitude towards China.

However, what happened next made Roosevelt somewhat unexpected. After some discussions and research between the American and British military circles, the top military leaders of the two countries believed that in future confrontations, China, the United States, Britain and France would be enough to contain their opponents' ground offensives in Europe.

, and the air force and navy will have a certain advantage. This conclusion shocked and pleased Roosevelt. If this is the case

If so, doesn't that mean that from now on, China's status within the Allied Powers will be reduced? Although Roosevelt was somewhat doubtful about this conclusion, he still indicated that the military could formulate a plan based on this conclusion, which surprised him.

What is surprising is that, with the promotion of the British, this plan actually became the military strategy of the United States, Britain and France in the early days of World War II!
Chapter completed!