I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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The Japanese Army strongly requested the Japanese Navy to assist the Japanese Army to march towards Australia and India, and to swallow these two continents and two large pieces of fat into Japan's mouth. There is no need to say more;

There are different opinions within the Japanese Navy. Some high-level officials believe that the sea defense line should be operated next, and all those islands should be built into maritime strongholds to defend the Japanese mainland. Take the initiative to attack, search for the remnant 8th Fleet of the US Pacific Fleet, and completely annihilate it.

Yamamoto 56 held the second point of view. He always felt that the U.S. Eighth Fleet was stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t eliminate it for a day. Yes, the fleet has already retreated to the west coast of the United States. Under the protection of thousands of land-based aircraft, the Japanese fleet came to the door not to wipe out the enemy, but to seek death. Therefore, the Japanese fleet should attack the key points of the US military and force the US military to dispatch The 8th Fleet provided reinforcements, and then wiped them out in sea encounters, so as to achieve the goals of "leading the snake out of the hole" and "surrounding the point for reinforcements".

As for where is this "crucial place"?The high-level Japanese navy is arguing endlessly again. Some people think that it is Australia. The United States and Australia have established a sea transportation line. The United States is transfusing blood to Australia. The U.S. military dispatched the 8th Fleet to throw itself into the trap. Some people think it is the Aleutian Islands, because the Aleutian Islands are located at the northern end of the Pacific Ocean and are the weakest point in the "comprehensive defense circle" of Japan's mainland. Moreover, it is the territory of the United States, which can stimulate the top leaders of the United States. Attacking the Aleutian Islands will not only ensure the security of the northern part of the Japanese mainland, make the "comprehensive defense circle" of the Japanese mainland more solid, but also lure the US 8th Fleet to attack.

Although the Japanese navy has not yet made up its mind, the Japanese army can't wait. Its "Australian Expeditionary Force" and "Indian Expeditionary Force" attacked almost at the same time. Darwin Port launched an amphibious landing operation; on May 5, the vanguard of the Japanese "Indian Expeditionary Force" landed in Chittagong, which is under the control of the Nanjing Army in eastern India, and then launched a massive attack on the inland areas of eastern India.

Australia and India are at war.

"Attack two places at the same time? Isn't this a war on two fronts?" Jiang Weiguo couldn't help laughing when he saw the latest battle report sent to him, "Little Japan is really awesome!"

There are three reasons why the Japanese army fought on two fronts and attacked Australia and India at the same time. One is the greedy nature of the Japanese, because Australia and India are both "good places", and the Japanese can't wait to take both of these places together. Swallowing, the second is determined by time. The Japanese army knows that the U.S. military will come back sooner or later, so they have to seize the time and make a quick decision to maximize Japan's victory before the U.S. military launches a counterattack. As for the third reason, it is The Japanese army did not take the enemy seriously at all. The Japanese army believed that the British and Indian troops in India and the American and Australian troops in Australia were soft persimmons.

Seeing that the Chinese army beat the British and Indian troops to pieces on the Southeast Asian battlefield, and the U.S. military on the Hawaiian battlefield and the Philippine battlefield, the Japanese army looked down on the British and Indian troops and the U.S. military at this time (the Japanese army certainly did not think that I am not as good as the Chinese Army. Since the Chinese Army can completely defeat the British and American troops, the Japanese Army believes that it can do it too), so it is something that the Japanese Army has nothing to fear when fighting the Australian, American and Australian troops and the Indian British and Indian troops at the same time. The combat effectiveness of the Australian army is actually relatively strong, greatly surpassing the US and British troops. In addition, there are New Zealand troops participating in the Australian battlefield. Because Australia and New Zealand have a close relationship, and Australia and New Zealand also share the same language, so the New Zealand army has no hesitation. He went to the Australian battlefield to fight side by side with the Australian army.

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"Fight hard! Anyway, I just need to watch the fun! The harder you fight and the more people die, the happier I am!" Jiang Weiguo put aside the reports on the war in Australia and India in his hand, and picked up the war in the Middle East seriously. Report.

At this time, the Japanese army was fighting on the two fronts of Australia and India. In fact, the Nanjing Army was also fighting on the two fronts of Central South and the Middle East. Expeditionary Army" and "Middle East Expeditionary Army", and the reasons why the Nanjing Army did this are exactly the same as the Japanese, one is "greedy", the other is time constraints, and the third is knowing that the opponent is not strong.

Jiang Weiguo is indeed full of "greedy desire" for the treasure land of the Middle East, which has more than [-]% of the world's oil. He had "coveted" the Middle East a long time ago. Convincing Hitler to be "pro-China and sparse Japan" and let Germany vigorously assist China in the war of resistance against Japan, but Hitler would never believe in empty promises. In fact, he relied on those few solid and generous gifts, the heaviest of which was the "Middle East Oilfield".

There are more than 1800 billion tons of oil in the world, and there are more than 1000 billion tons in the Middle East. It was this earth-shattering super gift that made Hitler completely believe in Jiang Weiguo "in ecstasy, gratitude, and touch", and then fully supported Jiang Weiguo and China. In the end, Jiang Weiguo and China had everything they have today.

At the end of February, the Middle East Expeditionary Force and the Central South Expeditionary Force were established together, and the units that were successively assigned to the Middle East Expeditionary Force (mainly the Nanjing Army) successively went to Central Asia and Iran for targeted desert combat training. The combat areas of the Expeditionary Force are mainly mountainous jungles, which are not suitable for mechanized troops to take advantage of. Therefore, the units of the Central South Expeditionary Force do not have too many tanks, armored vehicles, and cars, while the Middle East Expeditionary Force is responsible for the combat areas of deserts, Gobi, and wastelands. ( There are also mountains and hills), which is very suitable for mechanized troops to take advantage of, so the troops of the Middle East Expeditionary Force are all armored divisions, armored infantry divisions, and mechanized infantry divisions, and a large number of military vehicles have been supplemented for reinforcement, making the Middle East Expeditionary Force. Highly mechanized.

Regarding the Middle East, Hitler was as "salivating" as Jiang Weiguo. Taking the Middle East was a war plan that Germany had formulated from the very beginning. Opening up the sea transportation lines between Germany and China and Japan, "turning the Indian Ocean into the inner lake of the Allied Powers", also laid the foundation for the Allied Powers to carve up the Indian Ocean Rim (Africa and Australia).

Because it is inevitable and determined to win, the German army participating in the Middle East campaign is as good as the Nanjing Army, with a strong lineup, and the commander-in-chief of this "German Middle East Army" is also a confidant of Hitler. Erwin Rommel, who performed well on the battlefields of Western Europe.

Jiang Weiguo is the clearest. In the original history, Rommel was the commander-in-chief of the German African Army, and now he is the commander-in-chief of the "German Middle East Army". The difference seems to be small, but in fact the difference is very big. , Hitler did not intend to regard North Africa as the main battlefield at all. North Africa was the territory of Italy by default within the Axis powers. The German army went to North Africa to fight in North Africa. The war plan was completely out of the German High Command's war plan, because Italy was beaten by the British there, and Germany We had no choice but to help him. At that time, Germany was preparing to attack the Soviet Union on a large scale. At the same time, it also had to carry out air strikes, sea strangulation and even landing operations against the United Kingdom. Therefore, Hitler's war resources were already very tight and he could not give Rommel too much capital. No matter how strong Germany is, it is unable to fight on the third front. Hitler sent Rommel to North Africa just to "stabilize the situation" and fight a defensive battle to contain the British army. Victory, he did not fight defensive battles at all, but "offensive and offensive". Although he won many battles in the early stage, he was doomed to fail due to lack of stamina in the later stage, and Germany invested too much national power and military power for this. But it’s different now. Rommel got Hitler’s war capital that was responsive, everything, and sufficient to the point of saturation, so he could flex his muscles without distraction. Coupled with the strong assistance of the Nanjing Army’s Middle East Expeditionary Force, a reliable ally that is by no means comparable to the Italian army, The situation in the Middle East is naturally conceivable.

Just as the Sino-Japanese coalition forces were invincible on the Southeast Asian battlefield, the Sino-German coalition forces are also invincible on the Middle East battlefield.

Chapter 651 Capture the Middle East (1)

It can be said that the Chinese and German coalition forces fought in the Middle East at the right time. One side was in the strongest state and had the advantage in almost all aspects, while the opponent was in the weakest state and was at a disadvantage in almost all aspects.

First of all, excluding those negligible local armed forces, the enemy of the Sino-German coalition forces in the Middle East is the British army. There is no American army, because the United States has neither time nor power to intervene in the Middle East war. Fighting side by side, assisting the British army to defend the British mainland is the maximum effort the United States can make to the United Kingdom at this time. How can the United States have extra power to help the British army protect Britain's overseas colonies, so the US government can only sit back and watch China and Germany The army teamed up to attack and kill the British army on the Middle East battlefield, and there was no way to "interfere with the good things of China and Germany". Part of the national power and military power is used to defend the homeland. After all, no matter how rich and rich the overseas colonies are, they are not as important as the homeland. Therefore, the British and the British army have no way to "go all out" on the battlefield in the Middle East, and can only invest limited national power and military power; Both China and Germany have nothing to worry about. There is no war between Germany and the Soviet Union, and there is no war between China and Japan. They will not be dragged down by the two-front battle. Not as good as the Chinese and German armies, not only that, but the situation in Britain can also be described as "misfortunes never come singly", because the Japanese army also attacked its Indian colony and vassal state Australia (Australia has actually separated from Britain and took refuge in the United States).

The British Empire, which once dominated the world for more than a hundred years, is no longer glorious at this time, just like the Mongolian Empire, Russian Empire, French Empire, Qing Empire, Persian Empire, Arab Empire, Ottoman Empire, Spanish Empire, etc., which flourished in the long river of history. Just like the imperial dynasty in the past, its life is exhausted, the country is over, and it is irresistibly heading towards destruction and defeat. This formerly daunting empire has reached the point where the sun never sets and the sun never sets.

More than 30 years ago, the then British Admiralty of the Navy, Winston Churchill, satirized the Ottoman Empire, which was already decayed and on the verge of extinction, but was still lingering: "Europe has been waiting for its death, but year after year, this patient is not reconciled. Death, with weak hands still holding on to the key to a huge family fortune!" Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, these words are now used to describe the situation in Britain at this time, and they couldn't be more appropriate.

The United States "Time" News Weekly commented on the situation in Britain at this time: "Just like what it did to the Soviet Union and France not long ago, the four upstart powers of Germany, China, Japan, and Italy are fighting fiercely. Trying hard to send the British Empire to an early grave before rapaciously carve up its legacy.

If Britain really falls, its huge and fat corpse (referring to the vast British colonies) will allow Germany, China, Japan and Italy to start another crazy feast of gluttony, so that they can have a big meal.

After eating the Soviet Union and France, they (Germany, China, Japan and Italy) want to eat Britain, so what's next?Will they really be full after eating the four continents of Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia? "

There are two springboards for the German army to attack the Middle East. One is Italy’s North African colonies (Libya and Tunisia. Tunisia was originally a French colony. After France was defeated by Germany, Hitler “has been reluctantly supporting him” for the sake of gratitude, comfort, and rewards. Mussolini, let France ced Tunisia to Italy), and the second is Turkey.

Although Turkey is a second- and third-rate country, the country lies at the junction of the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, and its geographical location is very important. In addition, Germany is very dependent on the country's chrome ore (Turkey owns most of the world's chrome ore, just Like China owns most of the tungsten mines in the world), Germany has been vigorously wooing Turkey. At the beginning of this year, Turkey, which was originally wavering and hesitant, saw that the Allied Powers were getting stronger and stronger and unstoppable. Germany, which joined the Allied Powers, hopes to take a ride with the Allied Powers like Iran and get a share of this world war.

Taking the Italian North African colony and Turkey as a springboard, the German army divided into two routes. The first route was in North Africa from west to east, attacking the British colony of Egypt, and the second route was in Turkey from north to south, pointing at the Arabian Peninsula. The army is marching forward triumphantly, with frequent successes.

There was only one springboard for the Nanjing Army to attack the Middle East, namely Iran. In fact, the Nanjing Army could also transport personnel and materials directly to the Arabian Peninsula through the naval fleet through the Indian Ocean and Zeeland Province (Ceylon Island) as a transit point.

When the Nanjing Army sent troops to the Middle East, Iran strongly supported it. At the beginning, Iran followed China to fight the Soviet Union, and Iran was assigned to Turkmenistan. The territory increased greatly, national pride increased, and national vanity was also stimulated. The dream of rebuilding the Persian Empire means that if you want to rebuild the Persian Empire, you must continue to expand the territory. Therefore, the Iranian high-level officials asked the Chinese high-level officials that "Iran will fully support the Chinese army in the Middle East war, and at the same time hope that China's war in the Middle East will end. Then Iraq can be assigned to Iran."

Iran wants to acquire Iraq for two reasons. One is that Iraq is a neighboring country of Iran, and the two countries border on all sides. After Iran annexes Iraq, it is naturally very convenient to rule, manage, and integrate Iraq. The second is that the two countries have the same religious beliefs.

Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries are all Muslim countries and all believe in Islam, but Iran is unique. There are two differences between this country and other countries in the Middle East. One is that this country is not an Arab country, and it is inherited from the Persian Empire. It is a different matter from the Arab Empire. It speaks Persian instead of Arabic. Second, the country believes in Shiite Islam, while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East believe in Sunni Islam.

Although Sunni and Shia belong to Islam, the relationship between the two factions is very tense.

There are two factions in Iraq. About 55% of Iraqis believe in Shiites, and about 40% of Iraqis believe in Sunnis. Therefore, after Iran occupies Iraq, there will be a "mass base" in the local area, and more than half of Iraqis belong to Iran. The same belief faction will naturally further benefit Iran's digestion of Iraq after its annexation.

It is worth mentioning that although Iraq was a British colony at this time, there were relatively strong pro-German forces in the high-level ranks (since they were pro-German, they were also pro-China or did not exclude China). Discovered early and then thwarted.

"Don't even think about it!" Jiang Weiguo categorically vetoed the request from Iran's top management, "Iraq will be China's territory in the future, even if the local puppet regime is supported, Iraq will still be under the direct control of China, and it is not Iran's turn to intervene! "

Jiang Weiguo did not agree to assign Iraq to Iran. On the one hand, it was for China to directly control Iraq in the future and to obtain local oil resources more conveniently.

It is impossible for any suzerain state to allow the subordinate state to become too strong. The suzerain-vassal relationship is like that of father and son. If the son's wings are hardened, naturally he will not listen to Lao Tzu's words.

Iran is the world's third largest oil country (with reserves of about 210 billion tons), and Iraq is the world's fourth largest oil country (with reserves of about 200 billion tons). Iran annexed Iraq, so what?Directly surpass Saudi Arabia and Canada and become the world's largest oil power. At that time, it is difficult to guarantee that Iran's top leaders will not have any unreasonable ideas.

The more divided the Middle East, the better. Neither the Arab Empire nor the Persian Empire can give it another chance to live again.

Huang Wei, deputy commander of the Middle East Expeditionary Force, hesitated: "If we reject the Iranians' request, our Middle East war will definitely be greatly affected. Our rear is Iran, and we must rely on Iran. Although the Iranians dare not turn against us directly , but it will definitely be negative and sabotage!"

Chen Mingren, the commander of the Middle East Expeditionary Force, was somewhat disapproving: "There will be an impact, but it will not be too great.

We refuse to give Iraq to Iran. The top Iranian officials certainly don't want to send troops to fight Iraq with us. I wish for that.

At the beginning of the Soviet War, although the Iranian army participated in the war hard, its performance was mediocre and the results were mediocre, and it would hold us back from time to time.

Letting the Iranian army fight with us is tantamount to wasting our food and bullets.

To fight the Middle East, we only need the Iranians to provide their domestic transportation network and oil for us to use, and we don't need them to provide troops.

We don't ask them much, so they naturally have no reason to ask us too much. As for the use of their transportation network and oil, we pay tolls and oil fees, how dare they refuse? "

Jiang Weiguo showed an almost smirk expression: "The Iranians want to get Iraq, certainly not for oil (Iraq has not been found to have a lot of oil in its territory at this time), but for the so-called 'expanding territory'.

OK, I'll just satisfy them.

Don't the Iranians want to expand their territory?OK, going west won't work, and going north and south won't work, let them go east!We support a large amount of weapons and ammunition for them to 'expand their territories', and they provide transportation networks and oil to support us in taking the Middle East, mutual benefit and win-win, no one owes, the best of both worlds, everyone is happy!"

"East?" Huang Wei seemed to understand, "India? Let the Iranians fight the British India?"

"No!" Jiang Weiguo said with a chuckle, "India is the territory we gave to the Japanese, how can we let the Iranians snatch it? I'm talking about Afghanistan!"

"Wonderful!" Chen Mingren immediately understood Jiang Weiguo's scheming, "Afghanistan is also a British colony, which was repeatedly contested by Britain and the Soviet Union (Russia). Continue to effectively rule Afghanistan. We, the Japanese, and the Germans have no time to fight Afghanistan. The local area is in a state of "ownerlessness", so let the Iranians hand over this glorious task! Destroying the British overseas colonial system is We, the Japanese, the Germans, and the Italians are all busy with the war missions of the member states of the alliance, and the Iranians are also doing it. This can be regarded as Iran fulfilling its responsibility as a member of the alliance! "

Jiang Weiguo grinned: "The most important thing is that Afghanistan is not small. It covers an area of ​​10,000+ square kilometers. Iran's annexation of it will greatly expand its territory! Isn't this what Iran's top leaders want now? Of course, the most The most important thing is that Afghanistan is a ghostly place with no resources and poor people. There is no oil and water. I don’t feel bad about giving it to the Iranians. Not only that, but it’s also a mess Terrible, the Iranians swallowing it is equivalent to swallowing a powder keg. Although Iran has a large territory in the future, it will definitely be turbulent and frequent internally. Do you still want to become a Persian empire? Dream! Just to maintain stability will destroy the Iranians. I'm exhausted and exhausted!"

Chen Mingren nodded: "Yes, in fact, we have another friendly army besides the Iranian army when we attack the Middle East, and the combat effectiveness of this friendly army is much stronger than the Iranian army, because their purpose after joining the war is to 'fight back to their hometown '!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded with a smile, Huang Wei suddenly realized: "Jews! The Israeli army!"

After receiving the proposals from China's high-level officials to "distribute Afghanistan to Iran instead of Iraq" and "Iran does not need to send troops to participate in the war in the Middle East", the Iranian high-level officials readily accepted.

Annexing Turkmenistan, and then annexing Afghanistan, Iran's territorial area will reach about 290 million square kilometers, and it is indeed a "regional power".

While the Sino-German coalition forces were galloping across the battlefield in the Middle East, Iran was busy attacking Afghanistan and it went smoothly.

The Nanjing Army participating in the Middle East War includes the 77th, 88th, 99th, 150th, 200th, and 20th divisions, all of which are elite, including affiliated units, with a total strength of about 25. Among them, the 20th division does not directly participate in the war , in charge of logistics in Iran. The other five divisions were divided into three groups in late March, and attacked from the northwest, west-central, and southwest of Iran respectively, and invaded Iraq. Mosul, Erbil, Kirkuk), Baghdad, the capital of the country in the middle of the country, and Basra, which is located in the southernmost part of the country and guards the country's sea estuary.

The three-way army drove straight in, like a broken bamboo.

At the same time, one part of the German army stormed Egypt, and the other united with the Turkish army to storm Syria and Lebanon (Syria and Lebanon belonged to French colonies. After France surrendered to Germany, Germany forced France to transfer these two places to Germany, but the British in the Middle East In order to protect Britain's Middle East colonies, the army seized both Syria and Lebanon).

For a time, the British army in the Middle East was besieged by the Chinese and German coalition forces.

The commander-in-chief of the British Army in the Middle East was Admiral Henry Maitland Wilson. His right-hand men on the Middle East battlefield were Admiral Clout Auchinleck and Admiral Harold Alexander. The former was responsible for commanding the British No. 1. The 8th Army defended against the German Army, which was responsible for commanding the 9th, 10th, and 15th Army in the Arabian Peninsula to defend against the German-Turkish Allied Forces and the Nanjing Army.

These three generals are all excellent military strategists. Wilson is sincere and friendly, good at coordinating the overall situation and coping with complex situations; Known for their decisiveness, however, these three generals fell into the embarrassing, helpless, and bitter situation of "the defeated generals are not brave enough" on the Middle East battlefield. The reason is very simple: first, the Chinese and German generals on the opposite side are just like them Second, the strength of the Chinese and German generals on the opposite side is several times that of them.

Fighting wars is the same as doing business. With no capital or very little capital, even a well-prepared strategy is still a castle in the sky.

The British army on the Middle East battlefield has a total of 4 armies, with the 8th Army as the main core. It looks like a strong lineup and a large scale. In fact, the total force is only more than 30, and the British native soldiers only account for about half, and most of the rest are Among the Arabs recruited locally, some were Australian soldiers, New Zealand soldiers, Canadian soldiers, and South African soldiers. The combat effectiveness of this complex "Commonwealth Army" can be imagined. The German army dispatched more than 20 troops, and Turkey also dispatched more than 30 troops, a total of more than 60 troops. The number of soldiers is twice that of the Commonwealth Army. In other aspects such as the quality of soldiers and the overall situation of the war, almost all the Allied forces have the upper hand or even an overwhelming advantage.

Before the outbreak of the war in the Middle East, Wilson, Auchinleck, Alexander and other high-ranking British troops in the Middle East had already sensed the intention of the Allied Powers. The army has almost no chance of winning.

They sent a telegram to London with four proposals:

First, directly abandon the Middle East (Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula) and conduct a strategic retreat.

North Africa is the sphere of influence of Germany and Italy, and the Arabian Peninsula is the sphere of influence of Germany and China. Both Germany and China are very strong, and the British army must avoid them. East Africa is a colony of Italy. Central Africa is a colony of France and Belgium. South Africa is a colony except for Britain itself Outside, only Portuguese colonies.

Italy, France, Belgium, and Portugal are all soft persimmons. After abandoning the Middle East, the British army can fully withdraw to East Africa, Central Africa, and South Africa. First, it can preserve its vitality. Second, it can keep British colonies in the local area. A British army is retained in the east, central, and south of Africa, so that it can contain a large number of Confederate troops (mainly the German army) in Africa; South African Prime Minister and South African Army Commander-in-Chief Jan Christian, who holds the rank of British Field Marshal · Smuts strongly supported this plan;

Second, directly abandon the Middle East and conduct a large strategic retreat. Instead of withdrawing to East Africa, Central Africa, and South Africa, it will withdraw to India, that is, to attack Iran with the cooperation of the Indian British army, and create a channel to withdraw to India through Iran. Merge with the Indian British Army to keep India, the most important colony of the British Empire, and at the same time make the Indian British Army stronger and contain a large number of Allied forces (mainly Chinese and Japanese troops); Commander-in-Chief of the Indian British Army Wavell strongly supported this plan. The Chinese and Japanese troops took turns attacking India, which made him almost unable to hold on. If the British troops in the Middle East could go to India, it would naturally alleviate his urgent needs.

Third, open up a second battlefield, form an elite army of no less than 30 people to land in West Africa, force the Allied Powers to deploy troops to fight in West Africa, and indirectly assist the British army in the Middle East.

Fourth, provide large-scale and substantial reinforcements to the Middle East from the British mainland.

After repeated studies, the British high-ranking officials in London found it difficult to accept the first and second items, that is, abandoning the Middle East, because "guarding or abandoning the Middle East is not only related to the interests of the British Empire, but also related to the dignity of the British Empire." From Western Europe to Southeast Asia, the British Empire is losing battles everywhere, can't it create miracles in the Middle East?" "The British people have never been so eager to get news from the front as they are now. They are eager to hear the news of victory. But our army didn’t even send news of a single victory back home.” “We were defeated in Western Europe, we were also defeated in Southeast Asia, and we fled without fighting in the Middle East. Do the British people still have the confidence to persevere after knowing it?”

Admiral Andrew Brown Cunningham, commander of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, said at the British high-level meeting: "The Middle East cannot be abandoned, because abandoning the Middle East will not only lose a few colonies or the dignity of the United Kingdom, but will also cause a series of bad chain reactions.

The Mediterranean is still basically under our control. We do this because of two things, one is my Mediterranean fleet, and the other is that the two major throats of the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar, are always under our firm control in hand.

Abandon the Middle East, the Suez Canal will be easily occupied by the Germans, and the Strait of Gibraltar will also fall together. Then, the Italian Navy that has been blocked by us in the Mediterranean Sea and the French Navy that has been controlled by the Germans will be able to escape. This big cage, next, what we fear most may happen, the German army uses the combined fleet of Germany, Italy, and France to land on the British mainland!"

The top British officials headed by Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee made up their minds because of this, and then formulated countermeasures against the war in the Middle East.

Attlee sent instructions to Wilson, asking him and the British Army in the Middle East to:

First, keep fighting in the Middle East. If you really can’t support it, you can give up other places, take keeping Egypt as the first goal, and stick to the core of Egypt-the Nile River Delta, because keeping Egypt (Nile River Delta) can keep the Suez Canal. is the most important.

In addition, the British troops in the Middle East withdrew to Egypt at the last moment, and it was also convenient for them to abandon Egypt when the war situation continued to deteriorate, withdraw southward from Egypt, and retreat to East Africa, Central Africa, South Africa and other places.

In order to keep Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula can be abandoned;

Second, the British mainland will deploy troops to land in West Africa, open up a second battlefield, and assist the British troops in the Middle East.

After receiving instructions from the London High Command, Wilson simply issued an order: the British troops in the Arabian Peninsula retreated while fighting, and tried not to start a war of attrition with the Chinese and German troops, so as to preserve more vital forces for Egypt's defense.

Because of Attlee's instructions and Wilson's orders, the Nanjing Army that entered Iraq from Iran basically did not encounter strong resistance from the British Army. The march was as easy as holding a military parade. Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the British Army on the Arabian Peninsula, had no intention of following The Nanjing Army fought hard, and he only wanted to take as many and better troops as possible to retreat to Egypt, and he did not want the troops to "suffer meaningless casualties and losses" on the Arabian Peninsula.

I don't know what was inspired by it, so Alexander specially sent a major general-level senior officer to the Nanjing Army, "requesting to have a dialogue with the supreme commander of the Chinese army on behalf of General Alexander himself."

Chen Mingren received the British major general.

The major general of the British army is well-dressed and brightly dressed, and he looks polite and neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Excellency, China and Britain are both civilized countries. China is the main birthplace of ancient Eastern civilization, and Britain is the main birthplace of Western modern civilization. Therefore, even if you and I are at war, it can be done in a civilized manner, without being unruly like savages.

If there is a way for both of you and me to get what we need without bloodshed, why wouldn't you and me do it? "

Chen Mingren couldn't help laughing: "Well, I admit that we Chinese and you British are civilized people, even if it's a war, we can do it while drinking black tea.

Now, please tell me, what good advice does General Alexander want to make to me through you? "