Chapter 1580 Turkey's ambition
Turkey's reorganization lasted for more than 6 months. Although China had armed Turkey and also dispatched a team of instructors before World War I, the team of instructors was not in depth. This time, Turkey even asked China to send a team of 150,000 instructors and would give four instructors. In other words, among the instructors, all the top leaders from top to bottom were Chinese, and the Turks served as deputys to increase the combat effectiveness of the Turkish army.
This is the first time that the world has been created. Turkey once faced Germany in this way. For various reasons, especially in that era, the army had little role in the system. Turkey is located on the Black Sea coast. The war with Russia is mainly naval warfare, and land warfare is a secondary role.
But now, the entire Black Sea is basically blocked by Germany, and Turkey is also facing Central Asia. The main war will shift from the navy to the army. When the war reaches this level, even if the German army suppresses Britain, France and the United States, it is still the strongest in terms of combat performance and strength. The most important thing is that only the Chinese can send such a huge team of officers.
There are 250,000 troops in a division. If it is just a full-time officer, there may be more than 100, but their meanings are different. The four teachers are also the most elite troops, originated from the Turkish Guard. They have also passed the preliminary test of war and have certain combat effectiveness. I believe that the full set of Chinese equipment, plus the Chinese chief officer, although his combat effectiveness may not be as strong as the Chinese team, nor will it be weaker than the Japanese army. If this army takes action, at least the British army of Iran is not an opponent.
It is not occupied by China, but also carried out military tasks. The religious complexity is too complex. China may not consider it. Iran is also an oil-producing area. Even in a hurry, only a fraction of the oil production of Baku. China is willing to do so. After receiving a diplomatic note from Turkey, China will reply to Turkey as quickly as possible. At the latest 7 days, the first team of instructors will arrive in Turkey, and they will carry at least 10 divisions of supplies.
These supplies were almost dammed from the Arab army. These guns that had not been tragic fighting could play a role as long as they were slightly maintained. They could also be fed for 10 divisions to fight for three months. This part was loaded directly in the Basra. At the same time, 800 outstanding officers were drawn from the General Staff, the highest position was brigade commander, and they were all transferred. They all participated in the war and served in the field army, not in the reserve force. This almost treated this army as elite. If necessary, it took 3 months to complete the equipment of the 4 tutors and then entered Iran.
Oil is the most important thing for China at present. Baku's oil has allowed China to obtain rich income on its basis. In the eyes of most senior management, China is an oil-poor country. If the war cannot take advantage of the war to import a large amount of oil, the war will end in the future, or if the war is more intense, where will it get oil?
Such rumors have also been spread to Yang Yuanzhao. He just smiled at the time, but when he thought, it was true that the exploration work of Daqing, Shengli and even Karamay had never stopped. However, after discovering these oil fields, they only had some construction on the surface and surrounded the area, and they were not developed again. As for the Tyumin Oilfield and Ural Oilfield in Siberia, there was no time to take care of them. The current oil fields in China are not just Yanchang Oilfield in Yan'an.
China has only so many oil fields with 30 million square kilometers of land, but it is not just a poor country. The most important thing is that China has entered the era of motor vehicles ahead of schedule. The number of motor vehicles exceeds 80 million. On average, every 10 Chinese people own a motor vehicle, automobile, aircraft, and ships. All of them rely on various oil cracks. In this case, oil, as part of national security, is essential as an important reserve resource.
Domestic oil fields cannot be developed because, whether it is Karamay, Victory Daqing, or Daqing, it can be said that it is the only world-class oil field in China. It can be mined and has a large reserve, but the storage depth is relatively large, both above 1,000 meters. This is also the fundamental reason why Japan came to search for it during World War II, but did not find it. If the Daqing oil field was really discovered in the Northeast, the entire World War II pattern would undergo profound changes. Japan would definitely hide in China and would not go to Southeast Asia, challenge Britain and the United States, or even sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. I don’t know what will happen to World War II in the future, and China will definitely be the first to be unlucky.
At this moment, Japan's threat is no longer there. Japan is dependent on China and there is no possibility of any rebound. I don't know whether World War II will happen. To solve the oil problem, some bans seem to be needed.
Reserve oil and use it at the last time is what the United States did, and China can learn it as well, but ensuring a certain amount of oil production and a basic safety line for China's oil is also an inevitable choice. It is not convenient to exploit it in China, and the Middle East is the same, so there is only one goal, Indonesia will save.
Although Indonesia's province is not as amazing as the oil resources in the Middle East, it has 5 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, Indonesia's 3.7 billion and Brunei's 13.5 billion, which does not include shallow sea reserves. Of course, it is still incomparable to the Middle East. It turns out that Saudi Arabia in the Middle East has 210 billion barrels of oil reserves.
The external acquisition remains unchanged. Baku is relatively mature and must increase its efforts in mining. If Turkey is willing to go to Iran, it can also fully support it. After all, Iran is the fourth largest oil storage country in the world, with a reserve of 140 billion barrels, second only to Saudi Arabia in the Middle East. Even if it cannot increase production a lot in a short period of time, it is a target worth occupying.
However, at this moment, Turkey's ambitions are hidden under the pattern of the world war. Among the allies, the most eye-catching ones are Germany and Japan, and even China, which have not been in war for a long time, are ignored. However, in the second half of 1916, China once again shocked the world.
In the whole year of 1916, there were not many wars. Britain and the United States were deliberately trying to create a tank plan, which was dismantled in front of the rocket launcher. Not only did it destroy a large number of living forces, but it also completely destroyed their confidence in counterattack. In a short period of time, the casualties of a large number of troops were not easily compensated. The war has entered its fourth year. This is the most destructive war in the world. In this era, it has become more destructive.
Germany, which was in the late stage of the war, had a perfect trench war, and the use of heavy firepower and machine guns, made Germany the Scythe of the Death Scimitar that slaughtered the world. The war loss ratio between the Allies and Germany continued to be 4:1, and even changed in 1916. In that only war, the war loss ratio exceeded 1:30. Germany used meager losses to exchange for a large number of personnel and equipment losses in the Allies, and reimbursed the entire 1916 offensive.
For the Allies, time must be used to recover. Even if the entire Allies occupy most of the world's population and land, it is impossible for people to be brought into the army and become military. Especially in the current situation of large losses, Britain, France and the United States began to suffer huge losses since they joined the war. In four years, the overall loss was more than 3 million each year, and in four years, 12 million is not a small amount. This represents the ultimate mobilization ability of 1.2 billion. So far, 7 million troops have been maintained throughout Europe, which is the result of piecework. If there are another few million losses, it would be strange if it can continue to fight?
The Allies cannot fight. They must accumulate strength before they can. Germany's losses are much greater than those of the Allies. In four years, it is about 3 million, of which about 20%. After treatment, they can return to the battlefield. There are about 1.2 million people who are disabled, and the actual death is less than 1.2 million, which is much smaller than those of the Allies.
The seriously injured are unable to work, but most of them are not completely unable to take care of themselves. They are still doing some work within their ability in the rear. Germany's overall industrial capacity and mobilization ability have not been hit by a devastating blow, and at least one or two failures can be recovered quickly.
However, the reason why Germany did not go to war with such a good opportunity is that they are not in a hurry to start a war with the Allies. Whether it is the newly occupied territory belonging to Russia or an oil center like Baku, as long as it takes a long enough time, it will increase Germany's strength. After seeing China's strategic firepower, Germany is preparing to popularize 155 heavy artillery at the division level, and is preparing to increase the number of artillery above 100 mm by 20%, and machine guns and small mortars will also increase by about 20%.
At that time, the projection ability of a German division will reach 15 times that of now. For the German army, firepower projection ability represents combat effectiveness. Such firepower projection ability is the first-class in Europe. Once it is invested in the Bordeaux battlefield, one or two divisions will be fine. If more than 70 divisions on the Bordeaux battlefield undergo similar modifications, it will be a nightmare for the Allies, and it is not impossible to drive the Allies into the sea.
In the history of World War I, in 1916, in addition to the European war and Alaska landing, there was no excuse for it. However, after September, when wars in other parts of the world gradually stopped and gradually began to fight, China started the final war against Australia. Including the war that lasted almost three years, it was finally coming to an end. (To be continued.)
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