Chapter 1245: The Middle East Scramble
If you don't know where the 500,000 troops are, I'm afraid that no country will be able to sleep, and finally after many inquiries, a more reliable answer appeared, 500,000 troops entered the Suez Canal, and did not come out again, about a few days of effort, there is no news that the Entente troops came out of the Suez Canal.
At this moment, it has become a huge problem, is the purpose of these Entente countries for the Middle East, the Suez Canal is located at the junction of Europe, Asia and Africa, either Asia, or Africa, and the latter, although there is competition between colonies, it is not obvious, Germany's colonies in Africa are also, Britain and France just rely on the strength of the colonies, it is enough to suppress the German colonies, not 500,000 troops at all.
Then the possibility of the Middle East came to the fore, and the entire army staff began to function, spread all over the world intelligence agencies, began to collect information about everything, including the soldiers who had not noticed the Entente before. Of the 500,000 men, 300,000 were in the United States, 150,000 in the United Kingdom, and only 50,000 in France, but none of them were newly formed troops, and even troops were withdrawn from the front line in Bordeaux.
Yang Yuanzhao has never leaked, the Middle East has a huge amount of oil, and it has never been exploited for oil, in this case, it is impossible to leak, so the Entente troops in the Suez Canal are here for one purpose, that is, the 3B railway, more than a year after the outbreak of the war, began to prepare to limit Germany's foreign aid.
At this moment, China became nervous. The Allied 500,000 troops entered the Middle East through the Suez Canal. It is almost certain that war in the Middle East is about to break out.
In the era of the original Northwest. The 3B railway has been arranged, leaving a lot of back-hands, but these back-hands are not suitable for pointing out now, the matter of the 3B railway, for the time being, still depends on Germany, even if it is really China to use the back-hand in the future, it is also detonated at the request of Germany, which is in line with the law.
Middle East. In the eyes of the Entente and the Central Powers, they are all barren land in a desert, with not much population and not much output, but Yang Yuanzhao knows that the underground of this desert in the Middle East will store such precious wealth, occupying a large part of the world's oil resources, in the era of oil economy. This is a more precious deposit than gold.
The Chinese General Staff, after repeatedly confirming the news, contacted the German War Department directly to inform them of the situation. Yang Yuanzhao knew very well that at this time, the possibility of the Entente attacking the Middle East was very high.
After the German War Ministry received a notice from the Northwest. is also shocked, they are also very strategic. It was almost immediately apparent what the British were aiming for. In order to cut off the 3B railway, the only German communication line to the outside world, the only place to have a stable access to external resources, if the 3B railway is cut off, it will have huge fluctuations for the entire German strategy.
The Army Staff, some of the staff officers directly thought of sending a large army to fight with the Entente in the Middle East, compared to the Entente spending so many things, Germany can use the 3B railway, such a land artery, to directly transport the army to Baghdad, not much, only 300,000 people, enough to resist the 500,000 troops of the Entente.
The more we understand the current situation of Germany, especially the contact with Germany's 1915 battle plan, Germany has spare strength, and 300,000 troops can also be deployed, but this is not the final result, the future Middle East will become the focus of contention, and both sides will continue to invest troops, so that Germany has to continue to increase its forces and put all the remaining troops into the Middle East, not only will the front be lengthened a lot, and it may not be possible to win, the other side has been prepared for a long time, and in advance at the beginning of 1915, hundreds of thousands of troops were mobilized. Coming to the Middle East, they are preparing, it is a little late, and they really put the goal here, then their battle plan for the Middle East will become another core of the European war, in the Middle East, there is no basis for European trench warfare, everyone fights encounters in the desert area, after losing the basis of trench warfare, Germany's advantages cannot be brought into play, and it may gain the upper hand, but the losses will continue to increase.
Giving up their strongest place and fighting with each other is not a point of action, on the other hand, they don't want to give up Baku.
The Middle East and Baku, if it is changed in the future, anyone will make a choice, the Middle East is the most important, but in this era, most of the oil has not been found, the Middle East is a barren land, but Baku, with a huge amount of oil reserves, the peak accounts for half of the world's output, how to look, how to fit the target.
Thinking about it more, Germany's enthusiasm began to wane,
If China intervenes in the Middle East, it is the best choice, Basra, China's largest overseas colony, in the past few years, the fortress of Basra has been completely completed, less than 10 times the strength of the defenders, and they are all delivered.
It's a pity that this is not the time to expose China's team, even if it is to wait for another half a year, or a year's time, for China, it is precious, when it is really a world, a huge population of 450 million, as long as the power is used in one place, the power generated is amazing, at this time, it can be late in the first half of the year, or even a year to participate in the European war, for China, it is still considerable.
Since China could not enter the war, and Germany had its own strategic goals, there was only one country left that could intervene here, yes, that is, it joined the camp of the Allies, and after the development of the northwest, it has now occupied the entire Lanfang in Southeast Asia.
After occupying the entire Southeast Asia, Lan Fang's expansion has reached the limit, although the battle has not stopped, but the battle of the Grand Army will no longer appear, the next target selection is above, one is India, this is Oceania, India needless to say, is the heart of the British, if there is a certain problem, the British will definitely have to fight hard.
Can't over-stimulate the British, so they didn't choose India and Australia to do it, then the choice of the Middle East has become an inevitable choice, taking the new port of Basra, which is equivalent to China putting a hand deep into the Middle East, if in the name of Lanfang, in the Middle East, there are huge benefits for the future control of the Middle East.
When Germany made it clear that it was difficult and hoped that China would help, Yang Yuanzhao instructed Lan Fang that he could stand up, but the conditions could be negotiated.
The conditions Yang Yuanzhao said are very simple, the Iraqi region and the Saudi Arabian region in the Middle East should be controlled by Lanfang, even if it is not a territory, it should be a sphere of influence.
After all, in order to resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Entente, Lan Fang has to use a lot of troops, this is just a start, if it really starts a war with the Entente in the Middle East, maybe more will be sent if it is wrong.
In itself, the Middle East is a power that belongs to Turkey, but Turkey's influence is declining, and in several Russian-Turkish wars, Turkey lost to Russia, and its military power has been greatly weakened.
Germany has the intention to introduce Lanfang and China into the European war situation, which was previously avoided by Lanfang and China, and now Lanfang takes the initiative to send it to the door, if it is a densely populated and rich place, their actions may not be so fast, this is a desert, it is a poor country in everyone's consciousness, no one likes them, let alone occupy him, since the Chinese like it, let them toss, as long as the claws of the Entente deep into the Middle East are chopped off. ,
In this era, the countries of the Middle East have not yet been established, but they do not exist, although Iraq has, but it is not strong, it has been under the influence of Turkey, after China occupied Basra, and was infiltrated by China, itself already has the capital of expansion, and the attack of the Entente has become the best opportunity to expand its influence and strength in the Middle East.
However, it has been determined that the 500,000 troops of the Entente will appear in the Middle East, and when the Entente did not block the 3B railway, China accelerated the speed of transportation, with the help of the new train schedule, it took half a month to transport the materials that could only be transported in the past 2 months, almost all the locomotives, all the materials, are running at full capacity, and even the experience of the command system in the northwest, and part of the railway operation chart and computer system have also been made into the 3B railway.
Since we want to occupy the Middle East, then let the indigenous people take the front first, and consume them in essence, this land in the future, but the most complicated and war-torn place in the world, the doctrine of ******, even the United States in later generations is a little helpless, terrorism and suicide attacks, the Northwest does not want to release this terrifying, uncontrollable beast, if it can be weakened, it will be weakened as much as possible, it has nothing to do with justice or not, this is a real national interest.
The rise of a country and a nation will inevitably bring the pain of other countries and nations, China under the reversal of Yang Yuanzhao, it only took a few years to re-usher in the road of development, and now, it is time to show its fangs to the outside world and reveal its sense of existence.
With the fastest speed, under the radio and ambassadorial talks, Germany, Turkey, and Lanfang quickly signed an intention that Lanfang will be responsible for all operations in the Middle East theater, and the areas occupied during the operation will be supervised together with Turkey, and some of the areas will be handed over to Lanfang.
As for Iraq, no one cares about his opinion at all, and China's hand has not only reached into the Middle East, but has also exerted great influence in the Middle East. (To be continued.) )