Chapter 1780: Sino-German Support
The plan of the Eurasian Railway was adopted in this way, and Turkey began to prepare for an attack on Persia, but when it was really prepared, it was found that things were complicated, although Turkey's current economic situation was much better than before, but to attack the whole of Persia, the pressure of military spending and army was a big problem. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Turkey is not saying that it can't squeeze out so much money, but once it sends troops, spending money like running water, Turkey thought about it a little too shallowly before, and now when I think about it carefully, I understand that with Turkey's current capabilities, it is already good to occupy Persia, and even Persia can only occupy the south, and it is difficult for the north, otherwise, just the maintenance cost will make Turkey bankrupt.
However, Turkey is also smart, they quickly found a solution to the problem from the current complicated situation, that is, to seek support from Germany and China at both ends of the Eurasian land bridge, for China has been demanded, if there is not a little substance, I am afraid that Turkey will not be able to open its mouth to China.
China has asked for it, but what about the other side? Germany is also a beneficiary, can it afford to pay a little money? Turkey immediately informed the German side that the end point of the Eurasian Land Bridge was Germany, and the construction of such a railway line should be very good for Germany, although on the surface, this railway, the part to be built, are on the side of Turkey and China, and have little to do with the German side, but Germany has obtained huge benefits, after the completion of the construction of this railway, the materials transported to Germany are not only fast, but also convenient.
Germany heard Turkey's request, symbolically to Turkey, supported 80 million marks, directly from the bank began to disburse, but also from the arms obtained from China, allocated 300,000 troops of arms, handed over to Turkey, this money and arms for Germany, is really not much, but for Turkey, it is a lot of money, at least, the first military expenditure to send troops to Persia.
Turkey was very difficult before, sitting on the successor of the Ottoman Empire, but Turkey is really miserable, Germany's support, just reluctantly let them build a military foundation, China has promoted them, so that they have the ability to protect themselves, in the leisure of the world war, no one cares about him such a small country, even the Balkan countries that are enemies with him, because of the defeat in the last war, is licking the wounds, it can be said that until now, it is really still ongoing, which is the best opportunity for Turkey, An opportunity to expand.
Turkey's idea is just an intention, and even to complete this intention, Turkey still needs to continue to work hard, at least to take down Persia, and even open up the passage in Central Asia, and ensure that these passages, under the premise of integrity, can open the Eurasian land bridge plan, which Turkey knows very well, because the only one who promotes this railway, is Turkey, Germany is now everything is relatively stable, as long as the Central Asian side continues to run out of supplies, they have no other requirements, the Eurasian land bridge has been built better, It doesn't matter if it's not built.
Turkey has weapons and funds, has begun to gear up, to strengthen the training of the newly established several armies, seeing that Turkey has really paid for the action, China has also begun to help, not only advanced 400,000 arms, but also sent a large team of instructors to help Turkey train this new army.
Turkey's actions in Central Asia also play a significant role for China, a channel conducive to the export of China's goods, but also conducive to the collection of resources, itself does not directly support Turkey, is because Turkey is not Japan, it is impossible to be controlled by China, now Turkey itself is moving, then of course China will help.
For the way to increase strength, China has always been willing to do it, to support Japan to ascend to North America, at the beginning, China was fully supported, Japan with the help of Alaska's resources, this is paid off, relative to Japan, although Alaska is rich in resources, but there are not many world-class, but Persia is different, this is the future Iran, the future Iran is larger, the world's third largest oil reserves, even if it can be exploited only partially, it is enough to support this investment.
China is really not short of money, there is no shortage of investment, several fist industries, arms industry, is all over the world, a steady stream of high profits, a 2,500 kilometers of railways, China to build them is not a problem, even Turkey's new army, not only equipped with technical equipment, far less than China, at most is similar to Japan, but this part of the army into Persia, into Central Asia, and even into India, those unstable territory for China, for Turkey, but no problem, Turkey is not asking for long-term stability, it is just a fortune.
Turkey's training is in full swing, and a railway that can connect the entire Eurasian continent has been opened in this context, and even a year or two later, but when it is completed, it is no longer as expected, but China's interests are still protected.
Regardless of any premise, the interests of a strong country must be protected, even in the case of defeat, in the current situation of China, the possibility of defeat is almost non-existent, a 20 million square kilometers of Russia, has been called the steamroller of Europe, a 30 million square kilometers, a population of more than 900 million China, what will be the concept.
At this moment, Britain and the United States have already thought about it, but they don't want to believe it, no way, before defeating Germany, they can't think so much, think about it carefully, in fact, China's current position is even better than the United States, China is far away in the Far East, the distance from Europe to China, even farther than to the United States, to the United States is only across an Atlantic, but to the Far East, but to the Far East, but need the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, and then to Southeast Asia, along Southeast Asia is China.
Not to mention, now China has control of the Arabian Peninsula, even if China does not do anything about the Suez Canal at present, the Suez Canal is still in the hands of the British, but Britain does not dare to use it at all, the Arabian Peninsula is in the hands of China, if China wants to cut off the Suez Canal, the Red Sea will not be passable, until now, the Red Sea is only ordinary ships, some cheap raw materials, some important, or expensive, do not dare to go through the Suez Canal at all.
Compared with the Suez Canal saving voyage, the real danger is more terrible, the war began in 1913, to now, has entered the fourth year, compared to history, 4 years of the First World War, the time is exactly the same, even in the loss, more, Germany has been helped by China, from beginning to end is quite strong, from the very beginning, it pressed the Entente to fight, even if Britain, France and the United States barely supported, only barely held Bordeaux, but whether it was sacrifice, or consumption, it is far more than in history.
Historically, it was the Entente that dragged Germany down, but in this era, even if there was the intervention of the United States, Britain and France could not bear it, and it was possible to be dragged down by Germany. They don't dare to take the challenge lightly.
In Central Asia, it is just an intention, or Turkey's main promotion, a railway across the entire Eurasian continent, his importance, in some cases, is even stronger than the Pacific Railway of the United States, the Pacific Railway, to put it bluntly, is only the east and west of the United States, all his connections, or the United States, but the Eurasian land bridge is different, this is through the entire Eurasian continent, in addition to the Entente as one, the future war is won, the whole of Europe and Asia, will be more convenient, this is also China's purpose.
Although China is still taking the old road of striving for hegemony, but starting from Japan, it has embarked on the road of economic invasion, using the economy to control other countries, more convenient than force, but also more secretive, when the whole world, into China's downstream factory, when the whole world's economy is dependent on China, even if China does not seek hegemony, what is the difference between hegemony and hegemony?
However, this is the prospect, China clings to the current territory, at most in the borders scattered, for example, to occupy a better geographical advantage, these corners of the correction, in the world pattern is not determined, and even the borders and borders between countries have not been finally established stalls, will not be noticeable at all, to penetrate the Eurasian land bridge, the key is Turkey, China and Turkey are obviously different, even with China's support, Turkey's armament war, it will take more than half a year, The earliest was to send troops in the spring of 1918, in this case, the fastest speed, one year, the slowest, may take two or three years, millions of square kilometers of land, Turkey is not China, has a strong army force, even if there is no obstacle, under the horse race, it will take a long time, not to mention, Britain in Persia, in India still stationed forces.
When Turkey bordered China, it was the construction of the Eurasian land bridge, so even if China's efficiency was amazing, it would not be opened until the end of 1918, or even the beginning of 1919, which was two years later, and now the key is still in the Americas.
The Sakura Plan and the Chen Cang Plan behind it, any of the two, is an unprecedented blow to the United States, as long as they succeed, they can greatly weaken the United States, for the time being, China's only enemy is the United States, as for the Soviet Union, there is no technology transferred by Germany, and the United States in the 1929 economic crisis, the Soviet Union was recruited by the Soviet Union to take away science and technology and talents, the Soviet Union is destined to be unable to completely complete modernization.
China has never underestimated the United States, in fact, Japan has also detected the strength of the United States, which is more or less different from what they expected, and the armored force of more than 50,000 vehicles, even the most rudimentary, is a terrible force, from which the strength of the United States can be inferred.
Regarding Turkey's request, it only caused a small wave in China, the War Department and the General Staff Department have set up a department to be responsible for liaison with Turkey and the Eurasian land bridge, some key things will be reported, and even directly with the chief of staff, and even the high-level liaison of the Military Commission, but this is destined to be a side, and the real key is the Americas, especially when the Sakura plan has been opened.
The afternoon sunset, filled with infinite heat, the nameless valley, around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the summer in North America, is the best day of the year, even if it is in the whirlpool of the new army of these soldiers, they even forget the danger of war that may appear, wholeheartedly into the preparation of the battlefield, today's successful past, next, every day represents a step further with the United States, can be selected into the new army, are life and death out of the way, they have only one purpose, That is to enter the United States, relying on its own strength, to turn the United States upside down.
Japan is a very unique nation, he is inferior, and arrogant, even if they defeated Russia and entered the forest of great powers, they also have a very strange perception of the United States, the United States is the existence of opening the door of Japan, breaking the peace of Japan in one fell swoop, since then, Japan's entire social thinking has changed, from the previous learning from China, to learning from the West, under the overall transformation, let Japan successfully rise, seize the opportunity.
However, the United States has become more powerful, and even after Japan defeats Russia, it is not capable of challenging the United States, and Japan has suppressed this idea, until World War II, when they feel that the distance between them and the United States is close, and even if they do not have the ability to fully overwhelm the United States, they still do not hesitate to challenge the United States.
In this time and space, because of the emergence of China, Japan has cut off the road to the strongest, but from another aspect, it has found a new way, so that Japan has a strong foundation, and with the support of China, it can challenge the ability of the United States, which is the fundamental reason why the new army has so many applicants, and under the premise that there is no huge generation gap in weapons, willpower can be regarded as the basis for defeating the strong with the weak, and there is no doubt that the new first army actually has this ability.
At this moment, in the history of later generations, in the entire history of World War I, the most outstanding action, an action that almost turned the United States upside down and completely changed the fate of the United States, is still in a situation that no one knows, let alone the United States does not know, even Japan and China, did not expect that this action will eventually evolve into the situation later, a strong and unified United States, in this operation, will cease to exist, completely wiped out, and the history of North America will also be completely changed.