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Shijiān entered October, and Shijiè's eyes were still unaware of the subtle changes taking place in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, still focused on Europe and the Persian Gulf.

Just two weeks after Hitler lifted operational restrictions on the Anglo-French coast, the U47 dived into Scapa Bay, which had humiliated Germany, and sent the 33,500-ton battleship HMS Royal Oak to the bottom of the sea. This attack announced the return of the U-boat nightmare after a two-three years, and when the Royal Navy intercepted the German merchant ships, Ziji's merchant ships were also torpedoed into the bottom of the sea one by one. And this time is more ferocious than history, because in the Rhineland plan, Hakan and others have participated in the development and construction of many Chinese submarines, so German submarine technology is stronger than history! At present, it has not been fully played, because of the lack of numbers, which makes Dönitz unable to implement Ziji's wolf pack tactics.

It is precisely because the wolves have not yet arrived, that compared with the Atlantic, which is full of intrigue and dark war, the war that has swept the whole of Iran can attract shijiè more. In order to recover the unfavorable situation after the defeat of the Battle of Ahvaz, from the beginning of September, the General Staff of the Soviet Army began to frantically increase troops in an attempt to regain control of the situation.

In the first round of the offensive, the Soviets invested 300,000 troops, and the competition was mainly concentrated on the Ilam, Daurud, Shahr Kurdish and Isfahan lines. On the third day of the Soviet counteroffensive, after stabilizing the western front, Bai Chongxi also dispatched three divisions to attack Isfahan, Yazd and Kerman in the center from Behbehan, Shiraz and Hormuz respectively.

Since both the Western Front and the Central Offensive Line began to enter the highlands and mountains, the armored superiority of the Persian Gulf Army began to be limited. On the contrary, Pavlov, who commanded the Soviet army, was extremely disliked the tactics of armored clusters, so he scattered the tank and armored forces of the Front as soon as he took office. Historically, this tactic has made the Soviet army suffer greatly in the great plains of Europe, but it has achieved good results in the plateau and mountainous areas, not only effectively avoiding cluster attacks from the air, but also providing the most basic fire support and counter-assault capabilities for each infantry division.

But Pavlov, who was wrong and wrong, still could not solve the problem of air supremacy, and the Persian Gulf Army, which was in absolute superiority, took only a week. The area south of Hamadan and Qom was turned into a Soviet no-fly zone, and in the words of Xiong Bofei, the ace pilot who was transferred to the northwest of Yijing, as long as this line was crossed, even Soviet birds were not allowed to fly! If it weren't for the General Staff's explicit ban on the bombing of the Caucasus and Baku now, and the demand that the two most important cities in Iran, Tehran and Isfahan, be destroyed by carpet bombing, the boys would have let the Soviets taste the Shime Bomb Wash.

Relying on strong air supremacy, the Persian Gulf Army, which was weakly armed, was temporarily stalemate in the west, but the progress in the center was very rapid. The two divisions from Shiraz, in cooperation with an armored regiment and the air force, advanced until Mount Herud. The two infantry divisions from Hormuz and one mountain infantry division that arrived later were also aided by more than 10,000 pack horses and camels. It took less than half a month to capture Kerman, an important town in the central and eastern parts of the country defended by only one Soviet infantry division. By the end of September, it had penetrated directly into Lake Sabiri on the Iranian-Afghan border, and joined forces with the Muslim League and Afghan guerrillas operating there to build a medium-sized field airfield, directly to Mashhad.

As the war in Iran continues to expand, the General Staff of the National Defense Forces has increased its troop at a faster pace, and from the signing of the secret treaty to the beginning of October, a total of 523 10,000-ton ships and 13,122 transport planes have arrived in the Persian Gulf, bringing not only a large amount of supplies. Two armies were also sent.

While the military war is in full swing, the political power of the Persian Gulf is also rapidly changing dramatically! After Pahlavi established an interim government in Ahvaz, many Iranians, who were nostalgic for the stability of the Reza Khan period, declared their support, and a large number of former Iranian officers and veterans also arrived from all over the country. And using the captured Soviet-made weapons, four infantry divisions were quickly formed. And those Iranians who were originally inclined to Mossadegh also began to think, and many began to complain that the imams and Mossadegh colluded with the Soviet army to push Iran into the war, although it could still be barely maintained by religion. But as more and more people want an early end to the war, the rift between the Mossadegh government, the Soviet army and ordinary Iranians is growing.

After Gu Weijun's trip to the United Kingdom, he also visited Qatar, Bahrain and West Oman (now the United Arab Emirates) while the iron was hot. After handing over the military bases in three places with the British. He publicly declared the colonial agreement between the three regions and the British null and void, and pledged on behalf of the Chinese government that it would help their chiefs establish a state after the war.

After the establishment of Saudi Arabia, who among the sheikhs of the Persian Gulf region did not dream of independent statehood? The temptation could not be resisted, so the chiefs of the three regions immediately signed the "Persian Gulf Friendship and Peace Agreement" with China. Under the agreement, each of the three countries will lease an area of their country to the National Defense Forces as a military base to protect the right of navigation through the strait, following the example of Saudi Arabia and Iran, and China has promised to ensure that their sovereignty and diplomatic independence are not violated. At the same time, the chiefs also took out the priority of oil and mineral exploration rights, the establishment of a settlement with China's people's yuan, etc., in exchange for Chinese loans to build docks and cities, and began preparations for the establishment of an independent state, and finally Gu Weijun also signed a secret agreement with the chiefs of the three regions to persuade them to join the Asian League after the founding of the country.

The advent of the Persian Gulf Friendship and Peace Agreement meant the rapid collapse of the centuries-old British colonial system in the Persian Gulf. Ahvaz is now the driving force behind this dramatic change.

Yijing, a city that was almost completely destroyed by bombing, cannot see the tragic situation of two months ago. Thanks to the hard work of 50,000 Soviet prisoners of war, the small city was gradually restored to its original appearance. The railway connecting Abadan was repaired, even the wharf at the port of Shahpur was reduced from one to three, the number of berths was increased to seven, and an improvised narrow-gauge railway connecting Ahvaz was quickly laid.

The Dusantapee Air Base, which was the worst bombed in the past, has also been basically renovated, and the collapsed integrated command center Yijing has become the joint command headquarters of the Persian Gulf Army.

"Commander, why are you causing me all this trouble?"

At the office window on the second floor of the joint command, Bai Chongxi pointed to Stilwell and the others at the Pángbiān Airport in the distance, and secretly smiled bitterly: "I'm messy enough here." Four divisions of the Pahlavi asked me to send officers to supervise the training, and Ibn Saud came to me to find the captured Soviet supplies. The British clamored for me to return the oil fields and refineries every day, and cut off Abadan's way to Iraq. The sheikhs of West Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar came to bother me when they couldn't find Foreign Minister Gu, and they wanted me to sell some weapons and send officers to help them build their armies. Even Kuwait has come and said if you can support their independence. Am I fighting a war, or am I here to be a diplomat? Now you have added a U.S. military observation group, with these eyes, you can't let go of your hands and feet! ”

Bai Chongxi frowned, but Qin Zhangshu didn't eat him, and said with a smile: "Stop!" You Bai Jiansheng shimeshihou has become nàme scared? If you think it's troublesome, there's a shortage of people in Guangxi, so it's good for you to be the commander of the garrison. ”

"Guangxi! Isn't that someone there? "Bai Chongxi is reluctant to return to Guangxi as a garrison commander. Although it is my hometown, and there is a Japanese eshihou on the side, there is only a day zhidào to fight. Not to mention that this side of the Persian Gulf is now the largest. Those chiefs sent the ziji woman here, how could they be willing to transfer away. However, when I thought of the US military observation mission, I was still a little worried: "Commander, let's not talk about anything else, why do you think the president promised to let Roosevelt get an observation group to spy on us?" ”

"There is no shime surveillance, and there are frequent incidents of military observer missions sent by various countries to each other. What's more, this is also a good thing, which means that Roosevelt Yijing realized that Ruguo was forcing us to the German side, and I am afraid that he will not have shime good fruit to eat, so he sent an observation team. With this kind of small-scale cooperation, we will stabilize first. Qin Zhangshu had concerns, and continued to explain: "Actually, don't think too much, you can let them see it, and if you can't see it, just take a gun and drive it away." ”

"With your words, I'll do it."

After settling the matter with the American Observer Mission. Qin Zhangshu asked Pahlavi and Samotai: "Hasn't Mosadai sent anyone yet?" Originally, according to the idea of the General Staff, as long as Ahvaz was taken and Pahlavi returned to China, Mossadegh would definitely come to negotiate a compromise, but I didn't expect him to insist on not sending anyone until now. Yang Qiu was a little worried.

"Don't worry, Commander, this slippery head of Mossadegh will definitely come. I guess it's because the strength of the Soviet army has risen sharply recently, and he is afraid that there will be problems if he comes to us in private. I believe that as long as he takes Qom and Hamadan, he will come sooner or later. "Bai Chongxi has been with Pahlavi almost every day lately and knows the situation very well, so he is not worried about Mossadegh not compromising. On the contrary, he was very interested in the Talas plan that was about to begin, and asked: "Commander, is it possible that the Kazakh side will start fighting?" ”

"Not yet, it depends on Stalin's determination to draw troops from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan." After Qin Zhangshu finished speaking, he said: "There are not many tasks on your side, the main thing is to attack Qom and Hamadan with all your might, and contain the main force of the Soviet army in Persia and prevent them from sending reinforcements to Mashhad. Recently, we will continue to increase the strength of Kerman and Lake Sabiri, and when two divisions of the Muslim League come, we will ask Pahlavi for a division to attack Mashhad together and cut off the way for the Soviet troops in Afghanistan to withdraw to Iran. In addition, you have to pay more attention to the movements in Iraq, the Security Service and the Strategic Intelligence Service have recently received information, the Iraqi Golden Phalanx group has been with Germany frequently recently, if Germany makes a move against France, they will make a lot of trouble, you have to make sure that Baghdad does not fall into the hands of the Soviet Union! Also, the president and the chief of the general staff asked me to take care of you, the Caucasus and Baku north of Tabriz will not move for the time being, and now Germany is all counting on the Baku oil fields, and they cannot be bombed hastily. ”

Iraq is indeed very important, Ruguo can control Baghdad, Nàme Caucasus can fight more easily, and it can also influence the Turkish government, so Bai Chongxi has long been waiting for them to act. As for the importance of the Baku oil fields, not to mention, as long as there is not a day of bombing, the Soviet Union must use oil to buy peace from Germany, and what Germany lacks most is oil, with sufficient oil guarantees, Hitler can be more determined to solve the strategy of Britain and France first.

"Commander, Kuwait knock knock." Bai Chongxi was about to ask Kuwait what to do when he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Come in."

It was Li Mingrui who came in, and when he saw the two of them, his face suddenly became happy: "Commander-in-chief, it's an emergency call from the Ministry of National Defense!" The Chief of the General Staff asked you to go back immediately, saying that last night and this morning, there was a big movement of the Soviet Uzbek Front! ”…… (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )