Although Iran has fallen into the hands of the Communist, except for a little surprise from the people at home, the only one who has expressed concern and protest is the United Kingdom, after all, the actions of the Commune government have damaged British interests in Iran.

It was only after the signing of the treaty with the Nationalist government regarding Iran and India that the British stopped protesting a few times, after all, the British had other things that were more noteworthy at this time.

The same is true of several other countries, and with Germany and Japan simultaneously conducting military operations in Europe and Asia, the United States, the Soviet Union, and other countries are not interested in paying attention to the fate of a country that has little to do with them...

In the current situation, Yan Guang is happy and relaxed.

However, although the Wehrmacht has occupied Iran, it is not easy to manage the country well...

"Want to run? Do you think you'll be able to run away!! ”

In the Iranian port of Hakhbahar, under the watchful eye of more than a dozen IDF soldiers, a group of Iranians lined up towards the ships on the pier.

Seeing that the team was getting closer and closer to the ship, an Iranian young man seemed to want to escape from the team, but the soldier in charge of guarding next to him was quick and quickly knocked the young man who wanted to escape to the ground with the butt of his gun, and then signaled several other people to drag this guy into the boat like a dead dog...

The Iranians in the team were naturally very indignant at these behaviors of the soldiers, just looking at the muzzle of the gun pointed at them, looking at the blood red under their feet that had not faded, these Iranians could only try their best to endure it...

After the capture of Tehran and other important Iranian cities, the National Defense Forces occupying Iran also began to administer the work, first by "merging families and villages" to administer the scattered Iranians, and then by moving all the Iranians who dared to resist to Sakhalin Island, just as it happened in Iraq.

Unlike Iraq, Iran has existed as an independent state for so many years, so it is much stronger in terms of resistance, and even though the new government has adopted the approach of "merging families and villages" and "connecting villages", there are still many Iranians who resist activities.

As a result, ports like Hakhbahar send hundreds of Iranians to Sakhalin almost every day, along with the resistance elements mixed in.

In the process of escorting, there are naturally many Iranians who are unwilling to resist like this, and those who have fled like this are already the lightest level, and even the snatching of guns and attacks on soldiers have occurred from time to time, after all, many of these Iranian resistors are the rout of the Iranian army after being defeated.

Faced with this situation, the soldiers in charge of escorting were not ambiguous.

Although according to the regulations, these Iranian civilians sent to Sakhalin are Chinese "citizens" who have been "forcibly relocated", so the soldiers are not allowed to treat them roughly.

But everyone knew that these were just prisoners who were taken to Sakhalin.

In addition, there is a 10 percent possibility of these people being mixed with the resistance, so it is okay for the ordinary old and weak women and children, and for those young and middle-aged people with strong physique, these soldiers are often punching and kicking, and they have never been soft on those who want to escape.

As for snatching guns or attacking escort soldiers?

On the ground of the dock, from time to time, there will be some ground covered with dark red marks, and those are the fate of the people who attacked the soldiers...

Although these people are nominally ordinary new Chinese citizens, and they are not suspects, let alone prisoners, according to the instructions issued by the Ministry of National Defense, these soldiers have the right to judge for themselves whether they should be shot or not at the critical moment...... of course, although the Kuomintang and the government are very lenient in some matters, they are still very strict in controlling rape and plunder. After all, Iran is not a poor country, and Yan Guang hopes that through the oil stored underground here, the "Chinese dollar" will become the "world currency".

If the soldiers who occupied this place really did look like the Japanese, then unless all the Iranians were killed, there would be no need to talk about the occupation...

Fortunately, when Iraq and other places were occupied at the time, this kind of thing also happened in Iraq and the Caucasus, and the Ministry of Defense at that time dealt with public executions. This treatment not only reassured the hearts of the local people, but also shocked many people.

So when the Ministry of Defense announced such a disposal regulation again, there were very few people who dared to commit crimes against the wind...

Of course, the Chinese have never been a soft-hearted nation, so whenever an attack occurs, they will never waste their physical strength to run a few more steps if they can pull the trigger, and because of this, the death rate of the attackers is more than ninety percent, and half of the remaining ten percent are gunshot wounds...

It is strange that this does not arouse the resentment of the Iranians, but fortunately these people are going to be sent to Sakhalin, and even resentment is useless, unless they can swim back to Iran from Sakhalin...

"But is it really okay to go on like this..."

Looking at the people queuing up on the dock to get on the boat, the officer on a three-story building said with some concern.

"Isn't the pace of expansion a little too fast?"

In fact, this is also an argument that there is a market within the national government, because in recent years, the national government has expanded its territory too fast, and the newly acquired territory is not much worse than the original old territory in terms of area

Although the Nationalist government is still able to control the situation, the resistance in these new territories has never stopped, and if this continues, many people fear that sooner or later there will be a bad day...

"What's the use of worrying about so much, besides, even if we don't grab these lands, other countries will rob them, so it's better for us to grab them." Beside the officer, his companion said with some relief. "Besides, why was our country bullied by the great powers in the past? It is because when other countries are expanding their power, we are closing our doors and talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and now? Our territory has almost doubled in the last twenty years, and our national power is growing exponentially, so don't worry too much..."

After saying that, he also patted the officer on the shoulder.

Compared with the argument just now, this argument is more marketable in the Commune government, and many government officials and army generals are not only "Greater Asianists", but also "expansionists", otherwise the offensive against Iran would not have been effectively implemented so quickly...

Hearing his companion say this, the officer let out a long sigh...

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Although people are sent to Sakhalin almost every day in Iran, this is not a big problem, considering that Sakhalin can accommodate at least a million people.

During this period, the Japanese offensive on the Indochina Peninsula became more and more fierce.

With the cooperation of the local resistance forces, many important places in French Indochina were captured in just a short period of time.

On the other hand, the Thai ** team, because of the large number of heavy weapons and equipment provided by the national government, coupled with the help of the Burmese resistance group, also defeated the British ** team in Burma.

At the same time that Burma won a partial victory, the Thai government also allocated a part of its forces to the direction of Singapore, in order to take the ...... of Singapore in the shortest possible time, at this time, Japan did not waste a large number of troops on the Chinese battlefield like another world, let alone the so-called hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army sitting in the northeast to guard against the Soviet Union. Therefore, while sending a large number of troops to launch an offensive against French Indochina, a large number of troops can also be sent to the South Sea Islands.

If Britain and France can still organize some troops to resist on the Indochina Peninsula, then there is really no resistance at all on the Nanyang Islands.

At this time, Hitler, after completely solving Poland with the Soviet Union, also transferred his troops back to the Western Front to prepare to deal with Britain and France. Of course, he was not stupid enough to directly attack the "Maginot Line", which was indeed built by the French and was indeed impregnable, not to mention whether Germany was capable of capturing this line of defense, and even if it could be captured, the price paid for it was not acceptable to Hitler.

Fortunately, although France built the "Maginot Line" on the border between Germany and France, it did not build such a line in Belgium, so...

"Just go around it..."

Looking at the map of Europe on the wall, Guderian said.

What's more, on the Franco-Belgian border, there is such a loophole as Ardennes.

The Maginot Line was a fortification in the east of France, made of reinforced concrete and very strong. Inside the line of defense there were all kinds of artillery, trenches, forts, kitchens, power stations, hospitals, factories, etc., and the passages were extended in all directions, and there were tram passages in the larger fortifications.

It was indeed very difficult to capture such a fortification.

So, since you can't attack it, don't attack it well...

Of course, later generations also have a question, that is, why did the French not build the "Maginot Line" all the way to the Franco-Belgian border, making him a "solid stone" in the true sense? ”

In fact, the reason is very simple, first, the cost of the Maginot Line is too high, and after World War I and the economic crisis, the French economy has not improved much.

Second, and most importantly, who is the fort built on the Franco-Belgian border to defend against? Belgium? This is a political issue, not a military one.

You must know that at that time, France promised to guarantee the safety of Belgium, and if it was to defend itself against the German attack, then did it not clearly tell Belgium and Luxembourg, 'We were going to sell you two from the beginning'? At that time, France was still one of the leaders of the Allies, boss, are you embarrassed to only care about yourself and ignore your allies, not to mention how to explain the governments of Luxembourg and Belgium at that time?

If France really does this behind the backs of Belgium and Luxembourg, perhaps Germany can still support the right-wing to come to power through diplomatic means, or at least be close to the axis.

Of course, the lack of money for the French is still the most important reason, otherwise even if Belgium protests, maybe they will be able to repair it like this...

Having made the decision to "bypass", the German government began to prepare for the upcoming military operation.

And just when Europe and Indochina were all fighting, after the occupation of Iran, the Nationalist government put on a posture of watching the excitement, of course, not only watching the excitement but also carrying out many other interesting work, such as...

Selling arms...

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In Abu Kemal, a city on the border between China's Iraqi province and French Syria, a train loaded with arms and other supplies has just pulled into the station.

"Here, this group of Chinese has finally arrived..."

More than a dozen people waiting on the platform stood up one after another after seeing the shadow of the train, ready to go to the platform to greet them.

But at this moment, a French official stationed in Syria suddenly spoke in broken English to a middle-aged man dressed as a gentleman next to him. ..., "Is this really good?" Buy weapons from the Chinese, know that the Japanese and Thais are the ones who support the military operations in the Far East ..."

In a London accent, the middle-aged man dressed as a gentleman smiled bitterly.

"We know that, too, but we all remember how long the last big war was......... The Germans have been secretly preparing for this war for a long time, but we have not, so we must be fully prepared before the outbreak of the war, for which even the purchase of weapons from the quasi-enemy country is tolerable, knowing that after the outbreak of the war with the Germans, whether it is from the Chinese or from the Americans, it will not be this price..." said the middle-aged man glanced at the Chinese flag on the train. "And at the moment, our most important thing is to deal with the Germans and Japanese, and it is not appropriate to quarrel with the Chinese for the time being..."

The Frenchman nodded in understanding, but understanding did not mean acceptance.

After all, it is difficult for the proud French to bow their heads, unless ―――――― unless they are ruined in a little more than a month.

I can understand the pride of the French somewhat, so the Englishman didn't say anything when he arrived, and only waited until the train stopped before he commanded the others.

"Let's go, go unload the things..."

"Yes!"

At this time, several Chinese also walked down the stopped train, and when they saw the British and French standing on the platform, these Chinese greeted them with a smile.

"I've kept you waiting."

A middle-aged man at the head spoke, gesturing to the train beside him.

"It's all just out of the factory, just waiting for your acceptance."

The Englishman smiled and nodded, and then led a few people towards the train.

When one carriage was opened, it was filled with wooden crates full of weapons.

Pry open a wooden box, and the Englishman brought a few people to start sampling and inspecting, and only nodded to the Englishman after a half-ring.

"These weapons are fine..."

Of course, no problem, these are new weapons that have just been baked in the arsenal of the Kazakh province.

"It's okay if it's okay..." said the Englishman and looked at the Chinese. The rest is in the station, come with me..."

Saying that, the British led them into the station, and in the station, dozens of British ** people surrounded a wooden box full of gold with a serious face.

Seeing the gold in the box, the Chinese led by nodded their heads, and the next step was naturally the process of inspection.

Originally, according to Britain's industrial strength, there was no need to buy arms from China at all. It's just that, unlike Germany, Britain didn't make any preparations before the war, so it was somewhat deficient in preparation, and most importantly, after the last war, the British also had a lesson in experience, that is, after the outbreak of the war, unless your industry is as strong as the United States, even if the industry is strong in peacetime, it will be completely insufficient in a world-scale war.

For example, in the last war, how much benefit did the British government get from the Americans? That's real money...

So this time the British also kept an eye on it, although the head-on conflict with the Germans had not broken out so far, they had already begun to prepare for a war that might last several years.

And as one of the preparations, it is natural to take advantage of the fact that the two sides have not yet formally exchanged fire, and first buy arms from a few neutral countries, so as not to wait for the outbreak of war after the price of arms to rise several times...

After all, arms are always the cheapest in peacetime, and when you really need it urgently, the arms dealer has the final say...

It is true that although the price of arms has risen a lot after Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and other countries declared war on each other, the war has not yet developed to a white-hot stage after all, so the price of weapons exported by China and the United States can be more or less ......borne by Britain, France, and other countries, so the British can now buy the whole car and the whole ship, and if they really have to wait until the mountains and rivers are exhausted like another world, I am afraid that the British can only sell their colonies in exchange for weapons as they did in history.

Seriously, Britain is not the worst one.

Although Britain suffered heavy losses in the last war and the title of the world's financial center was also snatched away by the United States, as the former empire on which the sun never sets, Britain still has some family background, so now Britain can still take out some spare money to buy weapons, and Japan is much worse than Britain...

It is true that Japan declared war on Britain and France only at the instigation of China, but this does not mean that the Nationalist government has to pay for the war waged by the Japanese.

At that time, although the Japanese government also had an annual output of more than 6 million tons of iron and steel, and it was not considered to discredit the "foreign powers" in terms of industry, it was really a great burden for the Japanese to wage war on the Indochina Peninsula and the Nanyang Islands at the same time.

What's more, Japan is a maritime country, although after being taught twice by the national government, in addition to continuing to promote the spirit of bushido, it also began to pay attention to the firepower of the army, but due to its own weak industry...

So there was no way, and the Japanese had to use such a means to buy it.

It's just that unlike Britain, Japan does not have as much money as Britain, after all, Japan does not have colonies all over the world like Britain. Moreover, in 1938, that is, in the 13th year of Showa, the Japanese government's annual revenue was only more than 3.59 billion yen (there is always a comparison, so some of the data of the countries in the book are taken from historical facts). This 3.59 billion information comes from the official website of the Ministry of Finance of Japan, unless the Japanese cost it on their own official website, otherwise this information is absolutely true and credible... ）

And since it is a purchase, the only channels are China, which is a good neighbor, and the United States, which is a half-good neighbor. It's a pity that China, as a good neighbor in this matter, didn't even give a friendship price, and in the end, even the Japanese prime minister came to visit him in person.

It's useless to scold, after all, the war still has to be fought, and seeing that the military operations on the Indochina Peninsula and the Nanyang Islands are going well, the Japanese are also very enthusiastic, after all, these places are going to be occupied, which is several times larger than Japan's existing territory, not to mention that there is an Australia in the back.

Therefore, even though the Kuomintang government set a black price on the price of weapons, the Japanese still decided to get out the money for equipment and materials even if they smashed the pot and sold iron―――――― although the current Indochina Peninsula was actually fought by the Japanese for China...

It's just that to be honest, with Japan's little family background, even if it is really a pot and selling iron, it is estimated that it will not be able to spend much money, not to mention that the Japanese often do this kind of thing, and it is true that they can't get anything.

Fortunately, Yan Guang still needed the Japanese to fight for him, so he didn't really block the road, so in the end he left a way for the Japanese.

"You can exchange supplies for weapons, and exchange supplies for weapons..."

However, since it is exchanged for materials, a simple 1:1 is obviously not enough, after all, Yan Guang also needs to feed domestic workers, so...

"Isn't there such a saying, capitalists will sell the rope that hangs themselves for profit, cough, no, this is what Lenin said, I will say that for the sake of a 300% profit rate, capitalists can risk going to the guillotine..."

"So, all you have to do is give me 300% of the supplies......... To put it simply, it's three times as many supplies..."

Not to mention three times, for that poor country in Japan, even 1:1 can't bear it, but in the end, the Japanese really came up with a way, or Yan Guang thought it for him.

That is to mobilize the indigenous people of the occupied territories to mine and excavate local resources, and then send them directly to China to change equipment, so as to save the trouble of smelting and manufacturing the resources after transporting them back to the mainland.

Although I don't want to admit it, the Japanese have to admit that the equipment of the Wehrmacht during this period was indeed much stronger than that of the Japanese army, but a Type 18 submachine gun can make the Japanese salivate for a long time.

And Yan Guang sells not only ordinary weapons, on Yan Guang's shelves, everything from pistol bullets to aircraft carriers are clearly priced, as long as you pay for it...

In the final analysis, Yan Guang hopes that Japan can stand on the front line against the United States, and Japan alone cannot do it to this point...

In addition, in the matter of selling arms to Japan, Yan Guang is not afraid of being bitten by snakes, although the final declaration of war on Japan is absolute, but now Yan Guang is studying a top-secret weapon that can "make a final decision" in the desert, although it is the first time to get this kind of thing, it is still known when it will come out, but at least before the defeat of Japan, it is no problem to throw two or three...

And even if the situation is bad at that time, having such a weapon can have the effect of "final word".