ps: I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!

Before President Inonu could figure out how to reply to the German diplomatic delegation, the intelligence system came up with the latest news that a large number of Russian troops had begun to enter Persia from Armenia and Azerbaijan, and it seemed that there were no less than 100,000 troops in terms of troops, and the intelligence system showed that these troops were not a group of people who had been confronting the Turkish army for many years, but were probably sent from the direction of the Caucasus.

"That's not good news...... The Russians don't want the Don front anymore? ”

"It's just 100,000 troops, but the Russians can still get it, and don't the Germans also send more than 100,000 troops into the Middle East? Purely in terms of the comparison of troops, the Russians can draw more. ”

Sarajolu frowned and asked, "The Russians are adding fuel to the fire, what are they thinking?" Purely to protect Persia? The British can't keep Persia, and now it will work with Russian soldiers? ”

"It's not as far as you think, they only need a part of Persia." Inonu shook his head and gestured with his hand at the map, "It's only more than 700 kilometers from Mosul to Baku, and it's more convenient to walk from us than from Persia, otherwise what do you think German planes are constantly crossing the border?" ”

Salajolu was stunned, and he immediately rushed to the map to check the situation - apparently, the president was right. He couldn't help but come up with this sentence: "Send planes to bomb? They don't want oil from Baku anymore? ”

"With Iraq, and maybe Persia and Saudi Arabia, will the Germans be short of oil in the future?" Inonu sneered, "As long as the Baku oil field is blown up, Russia will lose more than half of its oil source, and it will cut off their energy supply at once." And is 700 km a long way? As soon as the tanks reached 300 kilometers from Baku, the Russians would have to figure out how to blow up the oil fields themselves - just as the British did in Persia. ”

"So, are the Germans really coming to us this time?"

"Of course it's true." Inonu smiled bitterly, "There is another situation that must also be considered, there are still a large number of mountain Turks on the way from us to Baku......"

Sararuolu couldn't take the next sentence, the so-called mountain Turks are actually Kurds, the Kurdish gathering area spans Turkey, Iraq, Persia, Syria, and Turkey is the largest in number and the most extensive area, has been seeking independence or national autonomy, and even does not hesitate to use force to confront, more than 20 years have launched two large-scale uprisings, each time it takes a lot of effort to suppress. Now that the Germans have control of Syria and Iraq, the Kurds in both countries will certainly seek German support – in other words, if Germany does not get the results he needs in Turkey, it will likely turn around and support the Kurds. For Germany, such a move is not significantly different from their support for Ukraine, Cossacks, etc., on the territory of Russia.

Imagine a Kurdish region under the support of German forces, Sararuolu shuddered, Germany can send so many arms to the Turks, can send more arms to the Kurds, anyway, they have captured a lot of things, this basically means that the Kurds are invincible - once there is a risk, the Kurdish forces can directly hide in Iraq or Syria, can the Turkish army dare to cross the border to fight the Germans? If Turkey had such courage and level, it would have accepted the assistance of the Americans and declared war on the Axis powers long ago.

"They'll be coming to see you early tomorrow morning, what should I do?" Originally, according to diplomatic etiquette, diplomatic envoys of the rank of Keitel and Ribbentrop were supposed to be entertained by the president that night, but because the German side stated that it was a secret visit and the Turks did not want to escalate the situation, only the military came forward to entertain Keitel and his party -- and the personnel were kept to a very small extent.

"What else did they say today?"

"Chief Keitel didn't say much, but Foreign Minister Ribbentrop spoke plainly about his strange attitude towards the Russians, citing the example of Finland and Romania, suggesting that we could take advantage of the opportunity to regain our territory - not even to declare war on Britain and the United States." Sara Ruolu smiled bitterly, "What to do, even I am a little tempted by this, after they meet the military top brass, they will definitely try their best to encourage them - I can't stop them." ”

"You're not tempted by the $500 million Americans you have?"

"Tempting, why not tempting? If the Russians are willing to give us back the territory, I would rather give them $500 million, not to mention 500 million, 1 billion. ”

"Let me think about it." When he thought about the attitude of the United States and Germany, Inonu felt very distressed.

At the hotel, Ribbentrop, who was drunk and slightly drunk, asked Keitel: "Do you think they listened to what I just said?" ”

According to the original division of labor, Ribbentrop was responsible for bragging about the progress of the war and the great victory of Germany, and then unscrupulously co-opted the top echelons of the Turkish army to fight against the Soviet Union, while Keitel's attitude was relatively "pragmatic", and he always used just the right examples and facts to prove that the German foreign minister was not exactly bragging-Germany was indeed thinking about it, but the specific plan still needed to be coordinated. This is both a full expression of intent and not a madness for the Turks. Ribbentrop drank a lot of wine, and Keitel barely touched it.

"Of course I listened to it, didn't I think they all looked at each other differently after that?" Keitel laughed, "The presence of our tanks in Iraq and Syria is the best illustration of this, which is more convincing than any words." ”

"Do you think the Führer's first proposal would be useful?"

"It's just a matter of contact, and the Führer didn't expect to succeed at the first time, we sent some arms to Turkey just a Lala relationship, if the Turks were really so cheap, they would have been launched a long time ago, and we provided a battle cruiser in the last war...... "Keitel smiled, "Besides, isn't the second plan also being prepared?" ”

Ribbentrop laughed: "Now the situation is good, if the Syrian card is played again, I don't believe the Turks will be able to parry." ”

"Listening to our words and taking our gifts, there will be people who put pressure on President Inonu, and there are words that make the Turks themselves think more useful than we say. Military personnel and politicians have different positions in considering issues, and military people always have to be impulsive, and President Inonu is now a politician, and he is not in this ranks. The problem is that he is first and foremost a soldier, and without the support of the army, he is nothing. ”

"The Führer's current diplomatic strategy is truly brilliant." Hahahaha, the two of them laughed together.

"However, I am afraid that the Turks will open their mouths." Ribbentrop gestured, "What if they offer something we can't agree to?" ”

"It's a problem, but it's not serious, the point is that the Turks have to take a stand first." Keitel smiled, "Once the position is in place, the Turks cannot be allowed to look ahead and backward, and the question of whether to give or not to give and how much to give is only a technical ......" (to be continued. )