If Turkey really had the ability to help the Germans capture the Baku oil fields, it would not be impossible for the Germans to set the main direction of their offensive in the Caucasus and give half of the oil production to Turkey. Because the Germans could abandon the difficult Stalingrad and march directly into Moscow.

But does Turkey have the ability to do this? Turkey, which seems to be a formidable force, can act as a kind of barrier between the Middle East and the Soviet Union. But once this barrier began to attack, it also "leaked".

"If Turkey's attack on the Soviet Caucasus, or its attack on the Middle East, is thwarted...... Have you ever thought about the consequences of this? Accardo didn't want to pour cold water on his staff, but at this time, he had to let them see the facts clearly before speaking.

"......" Everyone is discussing what will happen to Turkey once it sends troops and wins the war, but they all ignore what kind of situation the current war situation will be if Turkey really loses.

Field Marshal Brauchitsch, arguably the most professional person present, immediately thought of the consequences of the collapse of Turkey - there would no longer be any obstacles between the Soviet forces in the Caucasus and the American forces in the Middle East, and the variables of the war would increase.

If the Allies really blew up the Baku oil fields, and then let the Soviet troops encircled in the Caucasus go south to the Middle East, or blow up the Middle East oil fields and let the American troops go north to the Caucasus, it is possible to create problems for the German army's strategy of quick victory. You must know that the German superiority in the Caucasus is not as obvious as it was at the beginning of the war, and once the American and British troops are involved, the situation in the entire Caucasus may really be reversed by the Allies.

"Turkey...... After all, both the Soviet troops in the Caucasus and the US forces in the Middle East seem to have only the strength to parry, and they have no strength to fight back. After thinking about the defeat of Turkey, Brauchitsch raised the question of whether Turkey would lose or not.

Accardo sneered, then stood up, walked over to Brauchitsch's side, and looked down at the marshal. He held Brauchitsch, who wanted to get up, then looked at the people around him, and said slowly: "In the last world war, Turkey was our ally, and we hope that Turkey will send troops to the Middle East, but what is the result?"

Of course, Turkey, which was superior in strength, was stumped by the stragglers of the Arab world, and turned to Britain and France at a critical time - in short, this ally was extremely unreliable in the last war.

Everyone's face was not very good, Turkey did not do well in the last war, and the psychological shadow of betrayal left by the Germans was greater. This kind of ally is often a troublemaker when it wins, and it is an anti-water boy when it loses.

"Let Turkey take the risk, it is better to stabilize them, let us do it ourselves!" Accardo finally spoke, and when he said this, he could not help but envy the other enemy of the Third Reich, Japan in the Far East.

Few of the allies of the Third Reich were decent, and the allies of the United States were even more unreliable, on the contrary, it seemed that Japan, which dominated in this respect, had its own advantages: its allies were a group of outright junior brothers, and they had no strength to influence Japan's victory or defeat.

As a result, Japan does not need to think about how to stabilize its allies, as long as it continues to develop itself according to its own wishes. What a happy thing this is -- look at those "allies" of Japan, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, the stronger puppet Manchukuo...... Which one dares to make irresponsible remarks with Japan? Which one dares to make demands on Japan?

Of course, on the other hand, as long as Accardo thought of these allies of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, he suddenly felt that Italy, Romania, Finland and other allies suddenly burst into combat effectiveness - Italy, for example, was at least much stronger than the troops of the puppet Manchukuo, right?

Sometimes allies are an interesting dialectic: when allies are strong, they tend to become less reliable, and when they are so reliable that they do what they say, it often proves that these allies are too weak to help. This was true of Italy during World War II, and the same is true of NATO's relationship with the United States in the 21st century.

"You have to rely on yourself in everything!" Accardo sighed: "The troops sent are used to stabilize Turkey and prevent them from succumbing to the pressure of the United States and the Soviet Union...... I don't dare to think about this kind of thing, and when we occupy the Caucasus and force Turkey to go south, it will be the best choice. ”

"There are Jews who are agitated to demand that Turkey go south. Accardo stared at his subordinates who were eye-to-eye with the Jewish forces, and said coldly, "It's better for me to keep an eye on the iron ore of Norway! That's what really works for the Empire!"

"Goo-dong" a few politicians and officials who were privately friendly with the Jews swallowed a mouthful of spit, and were criticized by the Führer by name, which was no fun thing, because anyone who made the Führer angry had to directly bear the wrath of the SS. The guy who was at odds with the Führer last time is now working in a "factory" called Auschwitz.

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At the same time, in the Far East, China accompanied the wartime capital of Chongqing. Chiang Kai-shek was furious with his confidants and generals, because the American aid he relied on most had just been completely cut off.

"Bench. Our army's Hanyang Arsenal had just been bombed by the Japanese army, and its production capacity could not be restored for a while, and the lack of ammunition for the front-line soldiers led to this rout. As one of Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted generals, Chen Cheng took the lead in speaking. The incident of the Americans falling into the well also made him quite unhappy, but for a while, everyone couldn't think of any particularly good countermeasures.

Chiang Kai-shek's wife, Soong Meiling, went to the United States as a special envoy to China, and the Soong family was also a well-known capitalist in the United States with extensive connections. However, despite the efforts of the Song family and the activities of the Chinese president's wife, they still did not impress the US high-level and asked the United States to provide more military aid.

This is a betrayal of the Chinese battlefield! Chiang Kai-shek looked at the war-torn map of China on the wall with annoyance, and shouted loudly in his heart. He knew that his officers had done their best, and he knew what he had lost from the recent rout.

A full 30 divisions of troops lost their armor, and the two remaining German divisions of the main force were completely annihilated. General Zhang Zizhong, a fierce general of the Northwest Army, fought the battlefield for 6 days, and finally died on the battlefield because there were no reinforcements. The First World War in the Chinese Theater lost land in dozens of counties, and the important heavy industrial base from Wuhan to Hanyang, which was still some distance from the front line, is now less than 100 miles away from the front line.

With the increase in the density of the bombing of the Hanyang Arsenal by the Japanese Army Air Force, China's self-produced weapons and equipment became less and less, and it could no longer meet the needs of the war.

What about the hateful Americans, who went so far as to abandon China as if they were on their tracks, and directly stopped the transportation of supplies to aid China's battlefield in spite of the threat of a large number of Japanese troops being pinned down by the Chinese army. As a result, the planned counterattack operation of the Chinese side could not be carried out, and even the subsequent defense became a difficult task.

"When General Sickett came to China, we weren't as strong as we are now. Chiang Kai-shek said with emotion to his subordinate He Yingqin and other generals: "He helped us establish the current Wuhan industrial base, so that we have the capital to produce weapons and strengthen national defense." ”

"We were able to play so well in Shanghai, and we were able to lose so decently in Nanjing, Guangzhou, Hebei and Xuzhou, thanks to the old foundation left by Sickert and our German friends. Liu Zhi stood behind Chiang Kai-shek and said softly: "If we lose Wuhan, we will be all finished." ”

"Niang Xipi!" Chiang Kai-shek gritted his teeth and didn't know who to scold, but everyone heard it clearly. Everyone lowered their heads, for fear that the anger of the commission would be vented on themselves.

The Germans left, leaving behind an industrial base, which allowed China to fight like a rainbow in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan. The Americans also left, leaving nothing behind, so now the Chinese battlefield is passive to the extreme.

This situation could not help but make China's top brass even more nostalgic for an old man named Sickert, who was old-fashioned and lacked a sense of humor, and countless Chinese soldiers remembered one rigid tactical move after another under the old man's instruction, and still dare not forget it.

Man is a strange animal. Their memory is selective and carries subjective emotions. Although the Americans gave more, the Chinese were more grateful to the Germans for giving more timely. As the saying goes, it is better for everyone to get paid than to send charcoal in the snow. No matter how much weapons and ammunition the Americans give, they are not as good as the modern industrial base built with the help of the Germans, and they are inferior to the modern military ideas that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the Chinese soldiers.

"Don't think about it, the Germans are so good, but they can't control us. Chiang Kai-shek coughed, and said with some interest: "At present, it is still necessary to enlist the assistance of the Americans and try to consolidate the frontal defense line." ”

He was also helpless, after all, even if the Germans were nostalgic, they were far away in Europe. Even if Germany has the heart to win over China, it is also powerless because of the distance. At present, China is in urgent need of all kinds of material assistance, and it is unrealistic not to hug the thighs of the Americans. Besides, the Germans lacked such a poor friend as China, and Chiang Kai-shek had no bottom in his heart.

But it is very necessary to give the Americans a warning, or rather, to remind the Americans of the importance of China in the Allied camp. So he continued: "Send a telegram to the expeditionary force and tell them to shrink their lines......! Let the British fight on their own!"