When the Han army firmly wedged a nail in the Atlantic, when the sea and air bases in the Azores connected the west coast of Africa with the European continent, when the movement of the Grand Alliance army was no longer held hostage by other countries, the domineering spirit of the Han Emperor was finally revealed after a fierce counterattack with a set of combination punches.

In view of the fact that Germany privately signed the Treaty of Frankfurt with the Entente countries, which violated the original purpose of the Iron Alliance, the Han Empire and all the countries of the Grand Alliance withdrew from the Iron Alliance.

Given that the USSR had already had a total truce with the Grand Alliance, Turkey, a country of the Grand Alliance, was to open the Bosphorus and Dardanelles to the Soviet Navy.

The three Siberian countries were to resume free trade with the USSR.

If these three are like a left-right hook that knocks the Germans into a daze, then Franco and Mussolini have also announced their withdrawal from the Iron Alliance, and the news of joining the Grand League is definitely an uppercut - ruthless and deadly.

"These two/sons raised, it turns out that their previous statements are all fake, and they have already decided to join the big league!"

Adolf, who had just returned to Berlin from the "wolf's den" in the eastern theater, banged the table in front of him, and the betrayal of this "two/son" was even more infuriating than that "hateful Han Emperor".

The Führer was surrounded by all his cronies, but even Air Marshal Goering and SS national leader Heinrich did not dare to snort at this time, the Führer in anger was terrible, and he would never play his cards according to the routine.

"Stalin was also raised as a bitch, and he would rather give up nearly 10 million square kilometers of land than surrender to us......"

The Führer had fallen into madness, and Heinrich and Goering looked at each other, and both saw the worry in each other's eyes. But at this time, what else can they do but nod their heads?

Well, except for the Germans, the heads of all European countries are "bitch-raised", but the problem is that the Soviet Black Sea Fleet is already about to arrive in Istanbul, and once the Red Navy is allowed to enter the Mediterranean, then the Libyan oil routes will be threatened. Coupled with Italy's withdrawal from the Iron Alliance, landing on the Adriatic, crossing the Alps, and transporting oil back to Germany would certainly not be usable.

It was only then that the Germans understood why the Han army had unprovoked the landing of marines in the Gulf of Lyon, preferring to exchange fire with the Free French army and control Marseille and Montpellier. This was simply aimed at Germany, and after Italy had made a statement, it would cut off the transportation lines for oil back to Germany via France.

Everyone knows that it is okay to scold no matter how much you want, but before ending the war with the USSR on the Eastern Front, Germany simply does not have enough strength to tear its face and directly wrestle with the big alliances in Western Europe and even in the Mediterranean.

If you want to continue to get Libyan oil, you have to go far and go the Balkans, but fortunately, Romania and Bulgaria are still closely following in the footsteps of Germany, and the Greek islands are also in the hands of German troops.

It was only after both Han and Italy withdrew from the Iron Alliance that the German navy's power in the Mediterranean was really insignificant. The Han Emperor released the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Union, and this trick of killing people with a knife was too insidious.

If the Black Sea Fleet remains in the Black Sea, it can only rely on the narrow Bosphoruk Strait and the even narrower Dardanelles. However, the Sea of Marmara is Turkey's inland sea, and although the Balkan Peninsula is the territory of the German army, only the southernmost corner is Turkish territory, which is not controlled by the German army.

I don't know what benefits the Han Emperor gave to Inonu, so that Turkey followed him so desperately, and even joined the Grand Alliance.

There was a hint of gloom on the mustache's face, and in order to block the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, the Germans would have to take control of one of the two straits. That meant that the Germans were going to take Istanbul or Ssulanije Fort by surprise.

From a military point of view, whether it was in Paulijaya or in Greece, the German army and its servants **** did not have much problem completing this campaign. In addition to the 200,000 Turkish army troops stationed in Spain to join the Allied forces and participate in the war, most of the rest were deployed in the northern mountainous areas to guard against the Soviets.

But the problem now is not that the Germans have fought and cannot defeat the Turkish army. Turkey had already joined the Grand League before Spain and Italy. If the Germans crossed the border to attack Turkish cities, it would be tantamount to a declaration of war on the Grand Alliance.

Although the two sides have fallen out, they have not finally torn their faces and declared war on the grand alliance led by the Han Empire before ending the war on the Eastern Front with the Soviet Union?

Adolf was almost insane, but not that mad.

But can we just sit back and watch the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, which has lost its home port, swagger into the Mediterranean Sea to attack and kill German oil tankers? To cut off the oil routes that the Third Reich had so hard to get?

"Air Force!" The Führer suddenly calmed down in his irritation, although the German Navy really couldn't take it, but there was still the Imperial Eagle. The Soviet Air Force was almost crippled, especially in the Black Sea region, and the Red Army simply could not come up with too many aircraft to escort the Black Sea Fleet. And on the Balkans, there are numerous air bases for Germany and its client states. Leaving the Air Force to complete the attack on the Black Sea Fleet is undoubtedly the most effective and safest way to do so.

As for the fact that the air force sortie was also an invasion of Turkish airspace, the Führer did not consider it at all. "Invasion? In such a world war, does the word invasion have any other meaning than for the groans of the weak? ”

Germany's 52nd Fighter Wing and the 1st Bomber Wing, known as the "Screaming Grim Reaper", were ordered to urgently transfer from the Volga front to the southern Bulgarian city of Haskovo.

At the request of the Führer, the commander of the Air Force, Marshal Goering, personally went to the Balkans to direct the "Long Sword" operation, "I hope that the eagles of the empire can cut off the demons in the Black Sea like the sword of Helles!" ”

Thinking of the Führer's instructions before his departure, Goering knew that Operation "Long Sword" was his best chance. Whether it can go one step further in the competition with Heinrich and sink the Soviet fleet will be crucial.

After the battles of Sedsa and Sevasporol, the Black Sea Fleet lost its most important home port and lived a life of exile, having to retreat to second-tier bases such as Poti.

However, such a base simply does not have the ability to support the maintenance and repair of large and medium-sized surface combat ships, so the condition of the main ships of the Black Sea Fleet is deteriorating. After the signing of the "Harbin Treaty", when the Soviet High Command ordered the Black Sea Fleet to attack, only one battleship, four new and old cruisers, one destroyer and eight destroyers could quickly go to sea, and there were quite a few submarines, although the performance could not be compared with the Dongfeng-class and German U7 submarines of the Han Kingdom, but the number of more than 20 ships was enough to create enough threat to the German tankers in the Mediterranean.

In the USSR, the full name of the Black Sea Fleet was the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet. Its commander, Vice Admiral Oktyabolsky, was dismissed from the Supreme High Command after the Battle of Sevaspotor, and Vice Admiral Ryuchenkov took over as commander of the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet.

Admiral Kuznetsov, commander of the Soviet Navy, personally sent a telegram to Vice Admiral Ryuchenkov with the highest level of secrecy: With the assistance of the Grand Alliance, all efforts will be made to cut off the oil routes of fascist Germany in the Mediterranean, and the islands around the Aegean Sea will be captured by planes.

The message was clearly meant to be all or nothing!

Anyway, the Black Sea Fleet was also hit by the Luftwaffe in the narrow Black Sea. At the end of the Battle of Sevastopol, the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet lost three destroyers in an air raid during an operation. Stalin, furious, ordered large warships to stop sorties unless otherwise permitted.

It's definitely a bad move. After suffering heavy losses in their navy, Bigbeard and Mustache actually chose a very similar tactic -- to avoid fighting instead of fighting. In fact, in Chinese history, there is also a person who has given the same order as the big and small mustaches, and that is Li Hongzhang. After suffering heavy losses in the Battle of Dadonggou between the Beiyang Naval Division and the Japanese Combined Fleet, he telegraphed Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, not to go to sea for cruise. Outcome...... The Beiyang Naval Division finally perished on Liugong Island.

How similar are the histories? It was just that the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Union avoided the fate of being trapped and dying in a small port. Admiral Kuznetsov, who did not agree to "protect the ship and avoid the war", issued this secret order to Ryuchenkov.

But whether this secret decree was approved by Stalin has remained a mystery. After the war, Kuznetsov was killed because of this secret order, but on the European battlefield, the Red Army's counteroffensive was also initiated by the "Black Shirts" of the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet.

Vice Admiral Ryuchenkov could never have imagined that the operation of leading the fleet through the Turkish Straits would later be called a turning point in the European war and would go down in history. At this moment, the heart of the commander of the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet is full of worries, is it safe on both sides of the Turkish Straits? Will the Germans seize Istanbul and/or maybe the Fort of Sultaniyeh? Moreover, even if the fleet could smoothly pass through the Turkish Straits and enter the Mediterranean, the entire fleet, which had lost its port supplies, could only rely on the covert support of the Grand Alliance to maintain the operation. For the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet, the blessings and misfortunes are not yet known?

If there is one word to describe Lyuchenkov's current mood, then the most appropriate one must be confusion, yes, confusion, confusion about the outcome of the Great Patriotic War, confusion about the future of the fleet, confusion about his own fate.

But what is he who is confused!

Göring, who had always insisted that everything that could fly in Germany was under his control, would not allow the existence of naval aviation and the like in Germany at all. Therefore, the German pilots, attacking ships has always been an absolute weakness.

Fighting in the air, the German pilots were fearless. In high-altitude or dive bombing, the German warhawks also had many brilliant achievements. It can attack surface targets, that is, several Soviet destroyers sunk in Sevasporol.

For the first time, he commanded the Luftwaffe to strike at a large fleet, and the commander of the Air Force was also uncertain. Goering was also very confused about whether he could beautifully complete the "long sword" operation under the gaze of the Führer and beat Heinrich in the Führer's mind.