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Chapter 489 A Distress Voice from Turkey [Second Update]

But soon, Wang Shizhen's next report made Wang Chenhao worried. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info**Read with me h-u-n mixed * h-u-n mixed * small - say - net, please keep in mind

"Your Majesty, the latest intelligence shows." Wang Shizhen took out a piece of information and presented it to Wang Chenhao, who explained on the side: "The red power of Soviet Russia is constantly expanding, and not long ago, the foreign ministers of Soviet Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Transcaucasia held a secret meeting, and it seems that they want to form a coalition government!" ”

"The Soviet Union?" These two words suddenly popped out of Wang Chenhao's mouth.

Wang Shizhen was stunned for a moment, and then thought that Wang Chenhao had always been unfathomable, so it was not surprising, and nodded: "That's right!" The four Soviet Socialist republics were ready to form a coalition government, known simply as the Soviet Union. ”

Wang Chenhao thought for a while and said: "Ukraine and Belarus are located in Europe, and the development of these two socialist countries is very restricted and threatened by the West, and it is not surprising that they join the Soviet Union, and we cannot stop it." However, Transcaucasia controls the Baku oil region here, and if it joins the Soviet Union, it will be tantamount to solving the oil problem necessary for the future development of the Soviet Union. ”

"That's right!" Wang Shizhen agreed: "More than a dozen Soviet regimes have emerged in Europe, West Asia, and Central Asia, and the red power is really strong. Now they are scattered into small states that pose no threat to the empire, but if they unite to form the Soviet Union, they will be a threat to the empire. ”

"Transcaucasia cannot be allowed to join the USSR!"

Wang Chenhao immediately set the tone and continued: "Order the Kuwait Garrison Command to contact Persia and Afghanistan to hold joint military exercises on the coast of the Caspian Sea to cut off the foreign oil export channel of the Transcaucasian Republic. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Wang Shizhen suddenly rejoiced: "The military exercises of the coalition forces in the Caspian Sea are obviously targeted, and the economic pillar on which Transcaucasia depends is the oil export of the Baku region, and they will inevitably send people to the empire for help, and the empire will take the opportunity to put pressure on it to prevent it from joining the Soviet Union." ”

Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "That's right! This will be the first game between the Reich and the USSR! ”

Wang Shizhen nodded in understanding, and then asked: "Your Majesty, what about the three countries of Arash (Kazakhstan), Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan in Central Asia?" Now that they have also become socialist countries, and they border the western and northern regions of the empire, is there pressure on them as well? ”

Wang Chenhao thought for a while and said, "Of course you have to exert pressure!" It's just that the way it needs to change a little! ”

Wang Shizhen hurriedly asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Wang Chenhao smiled faintly and said: "Isn't this year going to hold the third joint military exercise of the member states of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere, the venue of the exercise is set up in the Western Xinjiang Military Region, and at the same time invite these three countries to participate in the exercise. ”

Wang Shizhen reminisced about it, and suddenly said in surprise: "Your Majesty's strategy can be described as killing two birds with one stone!" Although there are some Russians in these three countries, the main body is mainly Turkic (Kazakh) race, and with the help of military exercises, they are attracted to join the Greater China Co-Prosperity Circle and prevent the Soviet Union from joining them. But ......"

Wang Shizhen changed his words and asked: "I heard that Soviet Russia is preparing to attack the remnants of the White Russian army in these three countries, and at this time, we invite the three countries to join the federal military exercises, I am afraid that we will directly fight with Soviet Russia... /Mixed * Mixed * Small * Say Net / Full Text"

Wang Chenhao snorted coldly and said: "With the current strength of Soviet Russia, they will definitely not dare to argue with the empire. Besides, I also want to test the attitude of Soviet Russia towards China, if they still want to take back Western Siberia or even Eastern and Western Beria, then I will not hesitate to fight and completely wipe the Soviet Union off the face of the earth. ”

Wang Shizhen nodded and said: "The empire did not intervene in the Russian civil war before, which seems to make some Soviet Russians think that the imperial ** team is as vulnerable as the European intervention army, and it is time to show them the power of the imperial ** affairs." ”

Wang Chenhao said: "Since it is a show of force, the scale of the exercise must be so large that the forces hostile to the empire or contempt for the empire will not breathe, and I will greet the Ministry of Finance on the issue of military spending for the exercise." ”

"Command!"

After Wang Shizhen got Wang Chenhao's approval, he immediately began to prepare.

Just when the Chinese Empire was preparing to hold large-scale military exercises to deter the Soviet Union and pacify its neighbors, war broke out again in Europe, and Greece took advantage of the collapse of the Central Powers and the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire without worries, taking advantage of the internal turmoil in the Ottoman Empire and the surging revolution, the Greek army provoked the Second Greco-Turkish War.

The Greek army dared to openly go to war against Turkey, mainly because it was backed by the Entente. After World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was in the Allied camp, collapsed, and the Entente camp as a whole gained the upper hand. However, the Entente were limited by the Five-Power Pact and had no strength to start a war, but they were not reconciled, so the Entente decided to use other small countries to attack the members of the Allied camp in order to test the reaction of the Allied camp.

Greece had been spying on Turkey's territory, so the Entente stabbed Turkey.

The Entente financed an armed rebellion in Asia Minor and threatened a military invasion in an attempt to force the Ankara government to split, and the Ottoman Empire would disintegrate as Austria-Hungary had done, cutting off the wings of the Central Powers. And Greek Prime Minister Vinizelos knew that only by extinguishing the flames of national liberation in Anatolia could Greece's permanent annexation of the territories of Asia Minor be ensured.

He then took the opportunity to ask the Entente to attack Turkey, which was quickly approved.

On 22 June 1920, the Greek army launched an offensive from the Izmir region, heading north toward Baleksir and Bursa, and east toward Ushak and Afyon. At the same time, the Anglo-French Entente, on the pretext of mediation, also sent troops to Mudaniya and Banderma, echoing the Greek army.

The Turkish National Self-Defense Forces and the local garrison failed to effectively withstand the sudden blow of the Greek regular army, equipped by the British, and were forced to retreat. The Greek army of the northern route, consisting of six divisions, quickly advanced northeast after the capture of Baleksir, and combined with a Greek column that landed at Bandrma to attack Bursa, and soon captured the military town of this strait area. As a result, the Greek army had two base areas in Izmir and Bursa in the south and north of the peninsula of Asia Minor.

Shortly after the capture of Alaşehir, the South Luhi army drove the Turks out of Ushak.

By July 8, the Greek army had advanced 150~250 kilometers to the top of the Dumlubonar mountain, and the Turks who came one after another only temporarily curbed the eastward advance momentum of the Greek army by virtue of the favorable terrain.

The defeat on the Western Front sent shockwaves through the Grand National Assembly of Ankara, but it wasn't long before more serious news came from Thrace. At the beginning of its establishment, in order to defend the territory in Europe, the Turkish Grand National Assembly government had contained three divisions of the local garrison of the Sudanese government in Thrace, and formed a provisional 1st Army, which was composed of the general Zafar who was inclined to the national liberation government of Ankara. General Teyal was the commander. Divisions of the 1st Army were stationed in the vicinity of Kokrarelli, Edirne, Uzunkepulu and Tekilda, as well as in the vicinity of Keshan.

In June 1920, in order to cooperate with the war in Anatolia, Greece sent one division from Asia Minor to attack Tequilda on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara. In July, the Greek army in Western Thrace, which belonged to Greece, also crossed the Maricha River and attacked eastward, in order to form a flanking attack on the Turkish army. On the 20th, a fierce battle broke out between Greece and Turkey in Edirne, and the Turkish army was attacked by the enemy, and the situation became increasingly critical because of the lack of assistance from the rear.

At this very moment, the commander of the 1st Army, Zafar? General Teyal was again captured in battle, and the Turkish army, which had lost its leadership, quickly collapsed and fled, and the Thracian region was occupied by the Greeks.

In Anatolia, after advancing to the Bursa-Ushak line, the Greek army temporarily halted due to the elongation of the battle line and began to deploy defenses in the mountain passes. At the same time, the Turks were preparing for a counteroffensive, targeting an isolated Greek division in Gditz, northwest of Dumlubonar.

On October 24, 1920, the commander of the Western Front, Ali? Fouad Pasha commanded two Turkish divisions and the National Guard Army of Ezeum to launch an offensive against the enemy, and on the second day, the Turkish army launched a diversionary attack on the Bursa side to complement the military operation in Gediz.

At the same time, however, the Greek army suddenly attacked and captured the Turkish positions on the Dumlubonar ridge from the Ushak side and posed a threat to the Turkish forces in the counteroffensive. The Turkish army was unprepared and had to retreat hastily from Gediz, and then Yenishehir and Inagul were occupied by the Greek army that followed. Far from recovering the lost ground, Gediz's counteroffensive deprived the Turkish army of some important strategic positions and moved the front slightly eastward.

Bad news followed, the crisis on the Western Front had not yet eased, and the Eastern Front was in a state of emergency. Already after the Russian Revolution, the Daknash in the southern Caucasus established the state of Armenia. In order to defeat the Ottoman Empire, the Entente promised to give Armenia the areas of Trabson, Erzurum, Bitlis, and Lake Van to Armenia. At the end of 1919, Armenia took advantage of the civil strife in Turkey to actively expand its influence to the east.

In June 1920, the Daknash intensified their offensive. The Turkish army resisted unfavorably and was defeated one after another, at this time Turkey asked the League of Nations for help, but the League of Nations had no army, Britain and France used their veto power to prevent the League of Nations from intervening, and the support of Britain and France in Greece and Armenia was ignored and continued to attack Turkey.

When the Turkish Empire saw that the country was about to be destroyed by enemies on both sides, the Grand National Assembly decided to appeal to the Chinese Empire for help.

In the Forbidden City's Qinzheng Palace, Wang Chenhao held a military imperial meeting to discuss the situation in Turkey.

"Your Majesty!" War Minister Duan Qirui first said: "The empire cannot sit idly by and watch Turkey be destroyed, Turkey is located at the junction of Europe, Asia and Africa, and its strategic location is extremely important, and it is an important chess piece used by the empire to contain the threat of Soviet Russia and defend against the invasion of Western forces into the Persian Gulf oil region." If Turkey were to be dismembered, the Allies would be left with Germany, surrounded on all sides by the Entente, and the European balance would be upset, which would not be in line with the strategic layout of the empire in Europe. ”

Wang Shizhen added: "Another point is that the key connection point of the Empire-controlled Baghdad Railway is in the Turkish capital, and the Greek army and the Armenian army will cut off this railway communication line if they attack again, this railway is the only link between the Central Powers and the Empire, and during the world war, the Entente side can be said to hate this railway to the core, and this time their purpose is already obvious, that is, to cut off this railway and completely isolate the Central Powers, so that when the next war breaks out, the Allies will be completely isolated." The railroad had earned tens of billions of dragon dollars in profits for the empire during the world wars, and if it was cut off, the empire's economic losses would be immeasurable. ”

Chief of the General Staff Feng Guozhang also agreed: "Armenia is a member of the Transcaucasian Federal States, and behind it is the shadow of Soviet Russia, perhaps Soviet Russia also wants to open up a passage into the Mediterranean." Didn't Soviet Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Transcaucasia secretly unite to form the USSR recently? Since the Reich wants to deter Transcaucasia from joining the Soviet Union, I think military exercises are more effective than direct participation in the war. ”

Wang Chenhao asked, "Do you mean that the empire directly sent troops to Armenia?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Feng Guozhang hurriedly said: "There is no better way to show the deterrent effect of the empire in the Transcaucasia than directly sending troops!" Armenia was enough for the coalition government of the Transcaucasia to intercede with the Empire, and once the Transcaucasian government submitted to the Empire, the Empire could raise its concerns about its accession to the Soviet Union. ”

Wang Shizhen frowned and said: "Will this make Transcaucasia dissatisfied and hateful to the empire, won't it directly force them into the Soviet camp!" ”

"Lord Wang's worries are not unreasonable!" Duan Qirui turned to Wang Chenhao and said, "Your Majesty, now that Britain and France are manipulating the League of Nations, it seems that they are suspected of challenging the authority of the empire, and the empire needs to take action, otherwise they will intensify it in the future." In response, a swift and thunderous halt to Armenia's aggression would not only deter Britain and France, but also bolster the Empire's international image by sending troops to stop it, and compensate for the negative international impact of the Empire's acquiescence to Mexico's invasion of Louisiana. ”

Wang Shizhen asked again: "What about the Greek side?" Do you want to send troops to intervene too? If there is interference, then how should the reaction to the Balkan Union be responded? ”

Wang Shizhen raised a series of questions, all of which were the possible negative effects of direct dispatch of troops, which had to be taken into account.

Duan Qirui snorted coldly: "What is there to fear from a mere Balkan alliance? They don't dare to go against the Empire! ”

Feng Guozhang said with a smile: "The Balkans are a powder keg, although the empire is not afraid of them, they are very vindictive, and it will not be comfortable for the empire to be hated by them every day in the future!" ”

Wang Chenhao thought for a while and said decisively: "If you don't send troops first and put pressure through diplomatic channels, you really can't use the army to intervene directly, but you have to have a justifiable reason, Wang Shizhen, you have to communicate well with the Turkish side and let them make a request." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Shizhen immediately received the order.

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "Let's decide like this first!" Let's see! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone immediately responded in unison.