The British still have a lot of ideas about Iran, not only because Iran can be used as a barrier for British India, but more importantly, the British are also ready to dig a pit in Iran and let China jump into it! The Americans are most concerned about the Atlantic Ocean, and although the Americans have organized a powerful Indian Ocean fleet to be stationed in Mumbai and other places in accordance with the agreement between the two sides, the Americans have repeatedly told the British, both openly and covertly, that the future land war in the Middle East should be dominated by China and Britain. The implication is that the United States does not intend to invest too much land in the Middle East theater. If now the British Air Force is at the first-class level and the Navy is quasi-first-class, then it would be good if the Army could be regarded as second-rate! It's not that the officers and men of the British Army are not good and poorly equipped, but because the resources that Britain can allocate to the Army as a maritime country are too few! So in order to ensure the security of India, the British had to bring Huaxia in!

When necessary, the Entente will not be ambiguous when Huaxia pits the Entente, and in the same way, the British will definitely not be soft when digging a pit for their own interests to let Huaxia jump! What's more, Huaxia has publicly stated that it will not sit on the fact that Iran is occupied by a powerful country, and this declaration has been implemented. Therefore, it has become a foregone conclusion that China will enter Iran, and the British will design a game around China in order to exchange the greatest possible benefit for as little price as possible, and at the same time let China pull away as much hatred as possible! To paraphrase a common saying, that is, let Huaxia be a monkey who takes chestnuts from the fire! And the British eat sweet chestnuts on the side!

Like Germany and China, the British need to determine what they need to gain in the Iranian game, and how to get it at the smallest possible cost. The idea of the British was simple: to preserve as much as possible the strategic buffer between the Allies and India. The southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders British India, became the best buffer zone, even in the event of the collapse of the current Iranian government. Directly send troops to invade Iran, and then annex this region to British India. This is something that the British absolutely cannot give up. Otherwise, British India would be directly under the sharp sword of the Central Powers. And if this is to be achieved, there must be a country that can involve the energy of the Germans, and this country is China! The most powerful country in the Far East.

If you only think that the British claim in Iran is only the southeastern province, then you can only say that you are underestimating the British, Britain is a colonial power, but it is also the most powerful sea power in the world, and it is impossible for him not to consider the maritime factor when considering the gains and losses of key issues. The value of Sistan-Baluchistan is not only on land, but also at sea, as can be seen from the map.

If the Allied fleet wants to enter the Indian Ocean from the Persian Gulf, it needs to pass through the following areas. The first is the narrow Strait of Hormuz, the second is the Gulf of Oman, and the third is the Arabian Sea! Before entering the Arabian Sea, neither the Strait of Hormuz nor the Gulf of Oman was very wide, and if the British could gain a foothold in southeastern Iran, then theoretically speaking, the RAF from here could easily blockade the entire Gulf of Oman, and both the German convoy from the Persian Gulf and the Allied Indian Ocean Fleet would be blocked back by the RAF. And if the sea does not guarantee the smooth flow of transport lines, then the offensive on land will be limited, even if the air force is insufficient. The deployment of submarines in the southeastern provinces of Iran to launch an attack could still delay the pace of the German offensive, and there was no reason why the British would not do it!

Well, after the British understand what they want, it's time to think about how to get it. Originally, the British thought that they planned to directly lead troops to occupy the southeast when the Iranian regime collapsed, and then annex it to British India. But when ventilating with Huaxia, Xu Jie raised objections. And for good reason. Iran, as an ally of China and the Entente, needs to be helped and treated with a certain degree of respect. This kind of robbery is obviously not deserved, but as a staunch ally of Britain. Huaxia believes that "under the condition of ensuring the territorial and sovereign integrity of Iran, it is reasonable to enter Iran through humanitarian or other interfaces to temporarily take over the control of a certain area!" ”

"Look at the boss of the family, it is also a robbery, but how can it be so high-grade when it comes out of people's mouths?" Yang Yonglin, who was on the side at the time, almost didn't vomit out the overnight meal after listening to it, and after talking for a long time, Huaxia still acquiesced to the British attempt to enter Iran, but it was more tactful verbally!

"What? Do you have an issue with my statement? Xu Jie has never been a person who repays grievances with virtue, and Yang Yonglin's expression naturally fell in his eyes. As a result, just after the meeting with the British, Xu Jie took the initiative to come to the door. "You are obviously living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain! In other words, the results of the future guide zhì are different, you, you are a military excellent political zhì unqualified! Xu Jie teased with a smile. The British wanted to incorporate this area into their territory, and after we did so, the British only took over it temporarily, and they had to leave after the war. In those few words, we have done the Iranians a great favor! They should thank us! ”

As for whether it would be okay for Huaxia to directly refuse the British to take over this place, the answer is definitely not, and there is no need to stop it! The reason for this is actually as mentioned earlier, this is the lowest goal of the British, and it is also the lowest reward for the British to intervene in the Iranian issue. What's more, Britain took the initiative to share some of the pressure, which is something that Huaxia can't ask for, why should Xu Jie stop it?

From the current point of view, the plan of the British is going very well, and they have won the support of Huaxia, and at the same time they have made a good layout for the future, but in the eyes of the discerning people, this seemingly beautiful plan of the British cannot be realized at all, because they ignore the other party's ideas, this other party not only refers to the Allied bloc led by Germany, but also Huaxia, and the actions that seem to be in tune with you do not mean that the other party's real thoughts are the same as yours. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as yang and yin in this world!

Starting with Germany, the British had a good plan to use the northeastern part of Iran as a springboard to contain the expansion of the Allies into South Asia. But why can't the Germans see such a question? What is the minimum bottom line for the Germans? It was to build a land and sea passage from Turkey to India, and for this purpose the Germans did not hesitate to pay a price! The result of the British fighting against Germany on this issue is that they will not stop fighting, and the Germans will definitely fight to the death with the British for this most fundamental goal! Even if you give up other areas!

The success of the Chinese plan was due to an insight into the intentions of the Germans, while the British estimate of Germany's strategic objectives was skewed. From the point of view of businessmen, they believed that the primary target of the German attack on Iran was Iranian oil, and where was the main source of Iranian oil? At present, the exploration is mainly in the northwest, along the Caspian Sea coast, and in the central part of the country, near Qom. These places are all in the north of Iran, and if you expand a little, then you can find that the capital of Iran is also in the north, and one of the signs of a complete defeat of a country is to occupy its capital, so the British believe that once the war starts, the Allies must be pointing to the northern part of Iran! And the southeast, as a secondary aspect, may have escaped the catastrophe! The idea is good, but alas, the Germans are aiming more at India! So it is absolutely impossible for the Southeast to escape this catastrophe!

A gambler's tragedy is not just that he bets the wrong bet on one casino, but that he bets the wrong bet on another very important casino at the same time! And the British are just like this miserable gambler. Not only did they misanalyze the strategic goals of the Germans, but they also pulled the greatest hatred on themselves. At the same time, it also gave Huaxia a chance to control the overall situation of Iran alone! The British analysis is right, Iran's political center and economic center are in the north, since the British want China to bear a certain share in the future Iranian war, then they must give certain benefits, so what are the benefits? Naturally, the Entente will withdraw its influence in Iran from the north, and at the same time abolish some of the unequal treaties signed in those years! Of course, after this qiē was packaged by Huaxia, it became Huaxia's fight with the Entente for Iran's sake, so that Iran could regain its lost interests. What a noble act in the eyes of Iranians! It has directly brought the relationship between the two countries closer.

The British miscalculated twice in succession in this game, which can be described as a lost opportunity. The mistake of strategic direction cannot be remedied by effective action, and it is undoubtedly best to describe the British in the opposite direction, and the more efficient the British are, the farther away from their original goal! And when the British planned their actions according to their own wrong strategy, then Huaxia planned and cleverly pulled Britain into the situation they had set up. Take the power of the British to share the pressure caused by Germany!

"Actually, this is not a cheat, we have all paid so much for the British to hold India, do the British have to pay some price in order to keep their own territory? Since the British want to defend the south and occupy the southeast, let's give them a chance. Xu Jie looked at the map and muttered to himself.

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