PS: Modified.

Sarajolu knew more than the general public: with the successive victories of the German army in the Middle East, the territory under German control was now directly bordered by Turkey, and after the German army took control of the island of Cyprus, German planes taking off from the island were able to carry out air raids on Turkey with impunity.

Theoretically, the Turkish Wehrmacht should be wary of the Germans, but on the contrary, due to the many wars with Russia in history, since the Ottoman Turkish period after the Young Turks came to power, Germany and Turkey have carried out large-scale exchanges and cooperation, and the relationship between the two armies is very good, and now Turkey's largest warship, the Yavos, is the Goeben battlecruiser presented to Turkey by Germany during World War I.

Therefore, when Keitel made a point of making a statement that he was communicating with the Turkish military and explaining the military plane parade incident, Sarajolu knew that trouble was coming -- it was better not to let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs protest in the first place, anyway, what could he do if he really found out that the Germans had crossed the border and dared to shoot down the German plane? Speaking of which, only Switzerland, a neutral country in Europe, dares to fight German planes, because they have Bf-109 in their hands, but after the Germans put the Fw-190A and Bf-219 into patrol together and erected the K-5 train cannon at the border, the Swiss can only swallow their anger, not to mention that the Fw-190 and Bf-219 eat Bf-109 to death after the high and low matching, and the Bf-109 will die just for endurance.

On the question of Switzerland, Hoffmann was more radical than Hitler, and he knew that Switzerland would not join the European Union even if it were to be established, so he had to make the Swiss aware of Germany's attitude and make them aware of the strength of the German army. It is indeed not cost-effective for Switzerland to send ground troops to fight all the soldiers, and many people will die, but if he uses planes and train guns, he is sure that he will turn Switzerland into ruins -- subduing a country, especially the countries of Western Europe, does not necessarily have to occupy it, and this is the biggest difference between him and Hitler, and he does not want the land and population of Switzerland. As for the Swiss crossing the border to attack Germany, the Swiss would not dare to borrow three more dares.

This is also why after the German occupation of Cyprus, the Turkish high-level smelled the smell of the coming risk, Germany can start from Cyprus to attack Turkey unscrupulously, Turkey has no way to counter, on the air force, not Germany's opponent, on the navy, Turkey only has the old-fashioned Goben, now not to mention the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean is the axis of the world, on the army, Germany has armored divisions in the Middle East, besides, once Turkey crosses the border to fight, the world is completely chaotic.

You know, the Bulgarian forces in the Axis camp are still intact, the Bulgarians and the Russians are the same Slavs and will not move, but they will not be soft on Turkey, and the Greeks, who are subject to the Germans, but not necessarily have no ideas about Turkey.

"You're saying they're here to thank you and apologize?" That night, President Inonu, who had listened to Sararuolu's report, had his eyes wide open and an expression of incredulity.

"Yes, that's right." Sarajolu stated the reasons of the Germans: first, Turkey gave the German fleet convenience to the last time it passed through the Black Sea straits; The second is that during the Middle East campaign, Turkey detained British troops who had fled into Turkey; Third, thanks to the 26 divisions deployed by Turkey on the Turkish-Soviet border, at least 200,000 Russians were pinned down......

"Here's their giveaway list."

Looking at the list of things, Inonu frowned again - there were not too few things on the list, but too many.

It reads: 30,000 rifles; 1000 light and heavy machine guns; 300 small and medium-caliber artillery pieces and mortars; 24 guns of caliber 105mm or above; 60 armored vehicles; 48 No. 3 tanks; 36 Bf-109 fighters......

The total amount of arms is basically enough to arm two infantry divisions, and it is also an infantry division with heavy firepower.

"It's a hot gift." He gently placed the list on the table and couldn't help but sigh. President Inonu is no ordinary man, he is a politician who grew up with Kemal, the founding father of Turkey, and who grew up completely in the army, and he knows what these equipment means.

If the Germans were simply coercing and luring or pat their chests on promises, he could have made false promises and skillfully maneuvered, because the Americans had also offered $50 million in gifts and $500 million in long-term interest-free loans, and there was still room for further negotiations and bargaining between the two sides, and even if he wanted to join the Axis, he could also fight for better terms.

But now that the Germans have come up with a large amount of arms, and then they have not said a word about the follow-up foreign policy and political positions, and Keitel and the senior officers of the army have to "catch up", things have completely changed. In the final analysis, he held the position of president because of his prestige and means for many years, and on the other hand, because he had the support of the army, but if he dared to refuse to accept the goodwill of the Germans, the army would immediately clamor or even turn away from Germany with him -- these arms are more attractive than dollars, and having dollars may not necessarily be exchanged for arms, nor may they be used for the army, but arms have only one place.

"What do you think should be done?"

"What should I do?" Sara Ruolu smiled bitterly, "What can I do, I must take it, otherwise the army will rebel." ”

Both fell silent at the same time, as soon as this batch of arms was accepted, Turkey's position in Britain and the United States would immediately waver, enough to miscalculate and not be explained, and then the Russians would move in a targeted manner, which in turn would irritate the nerves of the Turkish army.

After all, the current factions in power in the military are basically people who have gone through the last war, and Turkey was beaten so badly in the last war, there is not a day that they do not think about revenge. Russia and Turkey have had 12 large-scale wars in their history, losing large swathes of territory, and they are also constantly thinking about revenge. And only Germany has shown goodwill in Turkey's modern reforms, from industry to military, there are active Germans everywhere, and in the last war, the Germans and the Turks were comrades in the same trenches.

Therefore, it is difficult to imagine that Turkey joined the same camp of the Allies as Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, and the Americans originally whimsically asked Turkey to send 50 divisions to attack Germany, and the United States was willing to pay all the costs. (To be continued.) )