Even Americans themselves may not realize that the ideas in their minds are being quietly changed. A year ago, most of the things they were thinking about were how to balance the forces in Europe and find a way to strangle the damned Soviet Union in the cradle, but now they think about the same way - avoid a head-on conflict with Germany, and then what about it.

There is already an inexplicable shadow in the hearts of the top echelons of the United States, who no longer dare to provoke the Third Reich at will, at least in the field of war, these North American politicians lack the self-confidence to defeat their opponents. However, they shifted their self-confidence to other areas, such as the production chain, and the United States produced more weapons, ammunition and equipment ships throughout April than the Germans. To a certain extent, this satisfies the fragile vanity of the American leadership, who at least look at their own production reports and are still full of illusions about victory.

The efficiency of wartime is always amazing, and on the fifth day after the decision was made at the top of the United States, General Patton secretly came to Baghdad, from where he changed cars and rushed to Mosul, where he formed his forward command. Disguised as an Arab businessman, he evaded German spies in the area and successfully completed his preparations.

After careful preparation by the Allies, the heavy weaponry of the US army on the front line in the northern Middle East was increased to 100 tanks of various types, of which 20 were new Sherman tanks, 40 old M3s and 40 British tattered Matilda.

Although these tank forces were no longer a terrible force in the eyes of the Germans in the front, on the Turkish front, this armored force of about one regiment was enough to change the balance of forces between the two sides on the entire battlefield. And the Anglo-American coalition also prepared more than 100 armored vehicles, as well as the terrible more than 170 large-caliber guns.

Such a force is simply a knife for Turkey, which is to be targeted, and the reason why the Allies have mobilized so many troops is completely because they are afraid of the German infantry divisions behind the Turks. Although the Germans only had 3 infantry divisions deployed in Turkey, and the Allies had repeatedly confirmed this fact with spies, Patton still prepared a full 1 armored regiment and 4 infantry divisions for these German divisions.

At dawn on 2 June, at about the same time that the Soviet Red Army had lost its last hope of breaking out of the Tver encirclement, American units at the ready, crossed the Turkish lines and launched a fierce offensive against the Axis member Turkey. Instead of the nervousness of the war against Germany, American and British soldiers played their basic demeanor as a world power.

More than an hour after the start of the war, the two divisions deployed on the Turkish border were routed by the US troops, and neither division could escape the pursuit of tanks and armored vehicles, and the battle flags became trophies under the lens of American reporters. The U.S. troops in cars drove straight in, and in a few hours captured the border town of Cizre, while the British on the other side were not slow to approach Hakkari.

On June 3, just as the news of the German army's complete victory in Tver reached the Middle East, the United States also annihilated 50,000 Turkish elites in the area south of Bartman, winning a real victory in the Middle East war. At the same time, the British captured the important town of Hakkari and began to attack in the direction of Van.

The whole country of Turkey heard the news of the rout at the front, and the government and the opposition were shocked. The Turkish ambassador to Germany immediately asked for a meeting with German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and stated Turkey's hopes for German military assistance. However, at this time, Germany did not have any extra troops to come to the aid of distant Turkey.

After all, it is impossible to withdraw troops from the distant eastern front to Turkey; the Atlantic barrier has just had a problem, and it does not dare to easily appropriate troops; the first task of the J Army under the command of General ****, which is closest to Turkey, is to keep an eye on Italy, and it does not dare to move lightly -- the unanimous idea of Germany is to let Turkey fend for itself.

It was not that Germany did not want to help Turkey tide over the difficulties, but that it really drew troops to help Turkey win the war. Germany's veritable defense ministry estimated that 100,000 men would be needed to repel an American attack, and some generals felt that at least 40,000 to 50,000 would be needed to stabilize Turkey.

If these sources were thrown on the Eastern Front, they might immediately get a large area of territorial occupation in return, but if they were thrown to Turkey, the Germans would have no other benefit than to stabilize Turkey, which was on both sides.

"You know, Mr. Ambassador. Now the Soviet-German war is entering the most critical moment, at this time, the Third Reich really does not have troops, and it is going to the far south of Turkey to fight a long war of attrition. Ribbentrop politely declined the Turkish envoy's request.

In fact, according to Turkey's performance within the Axis powers, it is indeed only worthy of Germany's sincerity -- in addition to standing in line and making a stand and using a quiet attitude to contain some British and American forces, Turkey's contribution to the Axis is indeed better than nothing.

"I have to remind you, Foreign Minister Mr. Ribbentrop. Turkey's position within the Axis powers was not that of those client states of the Third Reich. We are under attack! Onslaught from hostile countries!" the Turkish envoy asked, looking at Ribbentrop's face with a hint of annoyance.

Ribbentrop had already communicated these things to Führer Accardo, and the Third Reich, in addition to the three infantry divisions already in Turkey, could only provide some assistance in terms of weapons at most. Unfortunately, these weapons only refer to small objects such as rifles and ammunition.

"We will mobilize all German units already in Turkey to stop the Allied advance as much as possible. We will also try our best to provide assistance to Turkey in the area of military weapons, and I am sure that your country will also be of great interest in this regard. Ribbentrop ignored the Turkish ambassador's irritation and threats, and replied calmly.

The Turks stared at Ribbentrop with their eyes, and finally gritted their teeth and issued a real threat: "This is the reply of the Third Reich to the allies? You are not afraid of breaking the hearts of the allies within the Axis powers!"

"Mr. Ambassador, please pay attention to the tone of your voice when you speak. Ribbentrop sneered, looked at the other party's unfriendly retort, and said: "It was you who did not listen to our advice and launched the war of invasion of Iraq and Syria without authorization, and as a result, your military strength was exposed! Is this kind of thing also to blame on the Third Reich?"

The Turkish ambassador, who knew that if such a stalemate continued, he would not be able to get any benefits, but finally relented. He sighed helplessly, and began to play the emotional card and pathos card again: "Minister Ribbentrop, Turkey has lost a large amount of territory, and as a well-deserved leader of the Axis powers, the Third Reich cannot sit idly by! As long as 5 divisions are drawn! As long as 5 divisions are drawn, we can defeat the Americans and the British and attack the Middle East from the north!"

Five divisions, almost 100,000 men? You Turkey really dare to open your mouth! Why don't you say that as long as Army Group J is sent over, you will definitely be able to defeat the Americans? Ribbentrop scolded in his heart.

He raised an eyebrow and didn't burst out on the spot. Because he knew very well in his heart: We will be able to defeat the Americans and the British? I am afraid that we Germans will shed blood and sacrifice, and you Turks will occupy the Middle East to pick up the bargains, right?

I figured everything out in my heart, but as a diplomat, he couldn't remove the last fig leaf and tear it up in front of him, after all, even if the back was dirty, everyone still had some face for each other.

So Ribbentrop spread his hands, and also took out the killer idea of crying poverty, and prevaricated the Turkish ambassador: "We really don't have any troops to draw, if Turkey is really in urgent need of support, then, I suggest that you can go to Italy for help, Mussolini leaders may have extra troops to support Turkey's resistance war." ”

What are you kidding? The Turkish ambassador secretly cursed in his heart: What do I want a group of Italian soldiers for? Turkey will surrender to us! No one else will do it for you! Those bastards who have no combat effectiveness, in addition to having to share a lot of food and supplies, can withstand the attack of the Americans after they come!

Moreover, Turkey and Italy have been fighting within the Axis for the so-called second-in-command, and they also have serious differences on the Balkan issue. If it weren't for the big brother of the Third Reich on it, there might have been a war between the two countries...... In this case, if Italy borrowed troops, didn't they drink expired fake wine?

So the Turkish ambassador stood up, looked at Ribbentrop with a somewhat strange expression, and without even taking his own hat, turned around and rushed out of the meeting room. He left without looking back, ignoring even the shouting and reminders of the German waiters behind him.

It was only when he reached the staircase at the end of the hallway and disappeared around the corner that Ribbentrop walked back into the conference room, opened another door, passed through another empty room, and knocked on the opposite door.

After receiving the answer, he walked into the room, stood up and saluted respectfully, and greeted Accardo in front of him: "My Führer! The talks are not going well, and it is obvious that the Turkish character of riding on the wall has begun to trouble again." ”

Accardo nodded, put down the half-read document in his hand, stood up, walked over and patted Ribbentrop on the shoulder, and said: "There are some countries that you can't keep if you want to, and some friends, they are always on our side even if you don't need to keep them - we just need to prepare good wine for our friends, and as for the countries that betrayed, the Third Reich was never short of artillery and tanks." ”