Iran, with a land area of about 1,636,000 square kilometers, ranks 17th in the world - located in southwest Asia, bordered by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to the north, Turkey and Iraq to the west, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, Kazakhstan and Russia across the sea, and the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to the south.

The vast majority of Iran's land is a plateau country on the Iranian plateau, and the altitude is generally between 900 and 1,500 meters. In the southwest, there are Alborz Mountains and Kopitt Mountains, in the east by the Gahn-Bir Jande Highlands, and in the north by the Erbuz Mountains, and the Desavand Peak is the highest peak in Iran at 5,670 meters above sea level. To the west and southwest is the broad Zagros mountain system, which occupies about half of the country's land area. The central part is a dry basin with many deserts, including the Cavill Desert and the Lute Desert, with an average altitude of more than 1,000 meters. Only the southwest of the Persian Gulf coast and the northern Caspian coast have a small area of impact plains, and the plain from the foothills of the Zagros Mountains in the southwest to the head of the Persian Gulf is called Khuzestan.

The main rivers are the Kaliulun River and the Sefid River, and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, the world's largest saltwater lake, belongs to Iran.

At the same time, the southwest region and the Persian Gulf are rich in oil and natural gas, with the world's largest reserves, as well as copper, coal, lead, zinc, barite, manganese, borax and other resources.

Oil is the lifeblood of Iran's economy, Iran is extremely rich in oil and gas reserves, and in another world Iran is the world's second largest exporter of crude oil. The proven oil reserves are 93 billion barrels, accounting for 10% of the world's total reserves, ranking fifth in the world. The proven reserves of natural gas are 24 trillion cubic meters, accounting for 16% of the world's total reserves, second only to Russia.

In later generations, Iran had an oil production capacity of 4.1 million barrels per day, and oil revenues accounted for 90% of all foreign exchange earnings, making Iran the second largest crude oil exporter among OPEC members. Forests are Iran's second largest natural resource after oil, covering an area of 18 million hectares. Iran is rich in aquatic products, caviar is world-famous, and the Caspian Sea coast is a warm and humid agricultural area.

These resources are enough to make an average small country a rich country, but unfortunately the husband is not guilty, and Iran's geographical location is simply too bad.

In later generations, many people know that the Middle East is one of the richest regions on the planet with oil resources, such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, which are almost all among the top countries in the world.

However, the first oil well in the Middle East was discovered in 1908 by the Englishman Darcy (M.I.S.), and the first oil well in the Middle East was born here.

Iran was already living in the gap between Russia and Britain, and after the discovery of oil, Iran's living environment became even more difficult.

At the same time, Iran began to be divided into two halves by Russia and Britain, with the northern part of the country under the Russian sphere of influence and the southern part of the country under the British sphere of influence. This continued in later generations until the German invasion of Russia in World War II...

Iran has traditionally been the main contest between Britain and Russia, and after the 1907 Anglo-Russian agreement, it was also regarded by the two countries as a forbidden country, and no third country could get involved. However, suffering from Anglo-Russian intervention, Iran's pro-German sentiment is very strong. In April 1915, during the First World War, the German consul in the city of Bushehr, known as the "Lawrence of Persia" (USS, 1880-1931), took the nomadic tribes of southern Persia to his side, formed a guerrilla unit with the help of the pro-German Persian gendarmerie, swept away the British army in the province of Fars, and captured the city of Shiraz.

At the instigation of German and Turkish spies, the Arab nomadic tribes of southwestern Persia also cut off Masjed? Several major oil pipelines between Suleiman and Abadan halted Anglo-Polish oil shipments for four months. In order to counter the German and Turkish threats, Britain and Russia jointly sent troops to Persia, and the two ** teams met at Kermanshah in Persia on April 2, 1917. …,

After the end of World War I, Reza Khan, the deputy commander of the Cossack brigade in Persia, staged a coup d'état in 1921 to overthrow the Qajar dynasty and establish the Pahlavi dynasty in 1924. After the establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty, King Reza Khan established close cooperation with Germany. In 1925, the Royal Iranian Air Force purchased the first batch of three JOF-13 aircraft from the German Junkers company. In 1927, Lufthansa was granted a concession to exclusively carry postal transport throughout Iran. In 1928, a German company contracted the construction of the Northern Railway in Iran. In 1930, the German was hired as a manager of the National Bank of Iran.

On January 30, 1933, Hitler came to power. The Nazi propaganda department then vigorously exaggerated the fact that the Germans and Iranians belonged to the Aryan nation, and that both countries would oppose British enslavement and the expansion of the country. Germany used Iran to threaten the southern hinterland of the British Indian Empire and the Soviet Union, while Iran used Germany to defend against its old enemies, Britain and the Soviet Union, and wanted to use Germany's advanced technology and expertise to modernize Iran. The two countries had common strategic interests, so German-Iranian relations became closer, and by 1936 there were more than 5,000 German specialists working in Iran.

The Iranian army's artillery, rifles, pistols and other weapons and equipment are all made in Germany, and the University of Tehran and some other institutions of higher learning are also run by the Germans. Lufthansa has opened a direct route from Berlin to Tehran, and thousands of Iranian students have gone to Germany to study. The German Embassy donated a large number of printed propaganda materials and books to the National Library of Iran and set up an information center in Tehran.

In addition to this, economic cooperation between Germany and Iran is growing rapidly. In 1937, Germany was second only to the Soviet Union in Iran's foreign trade, and the following year it became the number one. Iran exports wool, cotton, lead ore, tin ore, fruits and high-quality leather goods to Germany, as well as various machinery, telecommunications equipment, automobiles, rail and railway equipment, chemical products and medicines.

In September 1939, World War II broke out, and Iran declared neutrality. After that, Britain imposed a naval blockade on Germany, and trade between Iran and Germany was interrupted for a time, and the two countries later traded through the Soviet Union.

By the spring of 1941, Germany had occupied almost all of Europe. On April 1 of that year, Iraq's pro-German "Golden Phalanx" officer group staged a coup d'état, deposing the prime minister and regent. Ali took power. The new government was recognized by the Soviet Union, Italy, Japan, and Saudi Arabia, restored diplomatic relations with Germany, and demanded the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. In May, the Germans captured Crete and took over the airfield in Syria from Vichy France. For a time, British interests in the Near and Middle East were in jeopardy.

On July 18, 1941, Britain and the Soviet Union sent a joint note to the Iranian government, demanding the expulsion of Germans working in Iran. In the reply, the Iranian government noted that Iran's industrial sector needed the guidance of German specialists, and it would be difficult to find a replacement for them in a short time. Moreover, the limited number of German experts, and the strict surveillance of the Iranian government, do not pose a threat. On August 16, Britain and the Soviet Union sent another note demanding that Iran expel all German nationals in order to put an end to the activities of the German agents. In the reply, the Iranian government said that the total number of German expatriates in Iran was only 470, far fewer than that of the allied nationals. Neutral Portugal did not expel German nationals, nor did Switzerland, Sweden, and the United States. The expulsion of these German nationals would be a violation of the principle of strict neutrality.

On August 23, King Reza also asked the United States to intervene to stop the British and Soviet coercion of Iran. However, the U.S. minister to Tehran persuaded Iran to join the allies and declare war on Germany. The king of Reza felt that the allies were acting strangely, so he asked the minister in London to inquire about the true intentions and demands of the allies, but received no reply. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the German Minister in Tehran that Iran had decided to repatriate German nationals who had not yet been evacuated and that arrangements were in place for the repatriation of German nationals via Turkey. However, before these expatriates could move, Britain and the Soviet Union took military action. …,――――――――――――――――――――

The current military action against Iran by the Nationalist government is based on these things.

Historically, due to Iran's pro-German tendencies, Britain and the Soviet Union joined forces to invade Iran, but during this period, because Kazakhstan and other places had been occupied by the Communist government, what happened in Iran had almost nothing to do with the Soviet Union, and because of the commitment made by the Communist government to Britain, the influence of the British and Germans in Iran was equally strong in addition to the power of the Communist government.

(By the way, due to the invasion of Britain and the Soviet Union, the Iranian king Reza Shah? Pahlavi had to abdicate until the king recuperated, and after the British and Soviet troops marched into Tehran, all the Germans in Iran were arrested, and half of them were picked up by the Soviet Union and exiled to Siberia; The other half were exiled to Australia by the British... ）

In this world, although Reza Shah does not need to worry about the threat of Soviet Russia, he needs to face the infiltration of the British and the Nationalist government, so Reza Shah needs Germany as a counterweight more than Iran in the other world...

And it is precisely because Iran belongs to the competition between the forces of China, Britain, and Germany that Yan Guang has a reason to occupy Iran without offending Britain and Germany.

That is to completely expel the British and German forces in Iran...

Of course, expulsion is secondary, and the most important thing is to bring Iran, an oil-rich land, into China's territory, as in Iraq.

Although Iran had a population of more than 14 million at this time, more than three times the population of Iraq (under the Communist government, Iraqis lived on average and reproduced faster than in history), this is almost the same as China's nearly 800 million population.

If Yan Guang didn't take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to swallow Iran in one gulp, then he would even be sorry for his more than 100 secretaries...

(To note here, after the 30s, China began to implement voluntary family planning policies, and although voluntary family planning is certainly not as efficient as compulsory family planning, the impact is still somewhat significant.) In addition, there is also a relationship between population growth and urbanization, for example, young people in urban areas will marry later and have fewer children due to living pressures, while rural areas will have the opposite. During this period of China, after 20 years of development, some areas have reached a certain degree of urbanization, although many people still hold the old ideas, but the new generation due to the pressure of life, how much will be affected by family planning, in addition to many incentives for family planning, so the population growth rate in the book is lower than that of China in history―――――― China in the book is more or less a capitalist society, life pressure will definitely be, as for the population or something, If the population is now over 1 billion, then the Chinese population is estimated to reach 2 billion in the 21st century... ）

In fact, Yan Guang has also been thinking about Iran for a long time, after all, it is really hard to imagine not thinking about Iran when Iraq and Kuwait have been occupied. For Yan Guang, even if he can't take Japan and other places, it is worth taking this opportunity to include the Indochina Peninsula and Iran in the sphere of influence...

And most importantly...

Why did the dollar become the world's currency in the future? In the beginning, of course, because the United States suffered the least losses in the war and at the same time had the strongest economy, and it also had rich gold reserves, but what about after the 70s?

Petroleum...

As industrial blood, oil and the dollar are pegged, that is, if you want to buy oil, you must buy it with dollars, and it is for this reason that the dollar has become the ...... of the world currency, and now?

Needless to say, China has already mastered Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

Among them, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the Caucasus and Kazakhstan are among the world's largest oil producers, coupled with China's influence on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other countries, and the possibility of the dollar becoming the world's currency after the war will no longer exist.

Of course, things may not be so rosy, but in any case, at least for now, the possibility of the dollar becoming the "world currency" is gone...

In other words, no matter how the United States develops, it will not be possible to become the powerful and unique superpower of the future...

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At this time, Tehran was completely enveloped in the sound of gunfire, and the ministers and servants in the royal palace were panicking, loyal to Reza Shah? Pahlavi's two Royal Guards divisions have been routed by the invading Wehrmacht outside the city, and the remnants have retreated into the city of Tehran.

It's just that how long these remnants of the Royal Guard can last is an unknown unknown to anyone...

The ministers were pale and talking, and the servants were curled up in the corners one by one, and I don't know how long had passed, when a bloodied officer of the Guards suddenly rushed in from outside.

"Your Majesty, we can't stand it anymore, you better get out of here quickly..."

"Leave," Reza Shah smiled bitterly. Tehran has been surrounded by Chinese, where can I go now? ”

"But!"

"If I had to be pulled out of my hole like a mouse, I'd rather be judged in the palace," said Rezashah waving his hand. Needless to say, you go down first..."

"This—" Seeing that Reza Shah didn't seem to change his mind, the guard officer gritted his teeth and nodded. Yes, sir! ”

After the officer disappeared from Reza Shah's presence, Reza Shah looked up at the ceiling above him.

"Is that the end of it..."

At this time, the gunfire outside suddenly became much louder, and the ministers and servants naturally screamed in surprise for unknown reasons, but Rezashah, who was a soldier, understood that this meant that the Chinese were not far from here.

After all, Reza Shah was a soldier and the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty through a coup d'état against the former Qajar dynasty. Although Reza Shah could not be compared with some of the heroes in the world, he could also be called a character, so seeing the sound of gunfire getting closer and closer, Reza Shah just sat there calmly and tidied up his clothes.

"Just let me see what the Chinese want to do with me..."

Just as Reza Shah was thinking this, with a hail of bullets, several officers in pure black uniforms had already entered the palace surrounded by a group of Wehrmacht soldiers.

"Your Majesty Reza Shah, it's been a long time..."

Looking at Resashah, who had a calm face, Lin Ju said with a smile.

However, looking at Lin Jun who was smiling and groaning, Resashah, who was still calm, smiled bitterly.

"I didn't expect it to be you..."

"I didn't expect it either, but since I was sent from above, then I can only carry out the mission..."As he spoke, Lin Ju glanced at the ministers and servants around him, and his face sank. Kick them all out of me..."

Under the clearing of the soldiers, soon only Reza Shah and Lin Ju and others were left in the building. At this time, the originally dense gunfire outside the city also became sporadic, and it seemed that the royal guard division in the city had almost been wiped out. "Well, what are you going to do with me..."

Looking at Lin Ju in front of him, Reza Shah sneered.

Originally, Reza Shah still had a good impression of this young man who had helped Iran train troops, but it was this young man in front of him who took the opportunity to train troops for Iran and infiltrated his influence into these troops.

As a result, when the Wehrmacht invaded Iran not long ago, many Iranian troops under the influence of the Nationalist government defected, otherwise the Wehrmacht would not have been able to march to Tehran so quickly, and it was precisely because of this incident that Reza Shah hated Lin Ju deeply.

"How to deal with..."Looking at Reza Shah's appearance, Lin Ju shook his head and pulled out his pistol from behind his back. I'm sorry, but Iran won't have a king in the future! ”

With that, Lin Ju pointed his pistol at Reza Shah.

However, looking at Lin Ju's movements and the words just now, Reza Shah felt a chill in his heart.

Originally, in Reza Shah's view, this time Chinese took advantage of the opportunity of the Great War between Britain and Germany to invade Iran, probably set himself up as a puppet, or forced himself to abdicate and then choose another person to succeed him――――――, which was what Britain and the Soviet Union did in history, first let Reza Shah abdicate, and then force Reza Shah out of Iran, and set up Reza Shah's eldest son to inherit the throne, of course, these Reza Shah did not know.

However, looking at Lin Ju's current meaning, it seems that he wants to kill them all...

It didn't matter to Reza Shah that he died, because he was already mentally prepared after the Wehrmacht invaded Tehran, but...

"What about my family, what will you do!"

When he said this, Reza Shah could no longer keep his composure, and there was a hint of pleading in his tone.

At this time, a trace of helplessness and hesitation flashed in Lin Ju's eyes, but in the end he still shook his head and said.

"I'm sorry, but don't worry, I'll send them down to meet you soon!"

Hearing Lin Ju say this, Reza Shah's eyes widened in anger and he opened his mouth and scolded.

"Bastard!"

However, the word "mixed" had just been exported, and Lin Ju had already knocked on the trigger.

An 11.43mm pistol bullet was fired into Reza Shah's chest from the muzzle of the gun, and Reza Shah fell to the ground before he could even struggle.

Looking at Rezashah, who had lost his life almost instantly, Lin Ju seemed to think of the man who personally went out of the city to greet him a few years ago.

Lin Ju walked up to Reza Shah and closed his eyes, which were still open with rage.

"I'm sorry, my friend, but it's all an order."

Shaking his head helplessly, Lin Ju looked at several of his subordinates after getting up.

"Go, find out all the family members of Reza Shah, and ......... Secret executions! ”

"Yes!"

A day later, news spread in Tehran that the Reza Shah family had committed suicide after the city was destroyed...

Although many people have various opinions on this news, it is an indisputable fact that Iran has completely become China's territory when all the Reza Shah family "committed suicide".

The British naturally protested diplomatically against the military action against Iran by the Nationalist government, but they also knew very well that it was impossible for China to withdraw from Iran when war with Japan and Germany had begun.

So not long after China occupied Iran, Britain signed a secret treaty with China.

In the treaty, Britain recognized China's occupation of Iran in exchange for assurances that it would not engage in military action against British India.

This is a disadvantage in the eyes of many people, because after the occupation of Iran, the IDF can already carry out military strikes directly from Iran against India, without having to cross the Himalayas, but Yan Guang also has his own ideas...

Why Yan Guang is so looking forward to World War II, in addition to the fact that World War II can change the world pattern, another important reason is that the power of white people will be severely hit in this war.

Think of Europe in World War I, World War II, in Europe after the Cold War and the end of the Cold War...

After the end of World War II, leaving aside the Soviet Union, a European country, the original glorious Europe has retreated from a leading role to a supporting role, and the most fundamental reason for this is that in the two world wars, the power of the Old Continent was consumed too much...

And now, Yan Guang just hopes that the Old Continent can endlessly consume his strength in internal friction, so Yan Guang cannot take India away from the British, because without India as an important colony, the British may not be able to survive the blow of the Germans.

In this way, Yan Guang's idea of consuming the power of the old continent naturally cannot be realized...

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Those of you who have played Iron Ambition should remember that Iran has a high chance of becoming an Axis country in the game ^o^!