It is impossible to say that the United States has not done anything in South Asia. But it is impossible to say that there is any big move in this Iranian strategy, and the key is that Roosevelt bit the word Navy, not the Army or the Air Force! Roosevelt, on the other hand, was a far-sighted and calculating. The scale of the fleet he sent seems to be huge, but in fact it is only a deterrent force, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there is a fleet! Even to put it mildly, Roosevelt calculated that a large-scale naval battle would not break out between the two sides this time, so he proposed that the United States send a fleet to help Britain defend India!

It is said that in this Iranian war, the Allies will definitely send the main fleet to fight, so why will the American fleet not participate in the war? The root cause is not with the Americans, but with the British! The British did not have the will or the ability to fight with the Allied fleet in the Indian Ocean! It is easy to understand that Britain is treating Iran as a battlefield that can consume the Allies, a pawn that can be abandoned at any time, since they are all pawns, how can the British consume a valuable fleet in the Indian Ocean? What's more, the Germans will not attack India directly, because that would foreshadow a full-scale war, and the purpose of the Germans determines the scale of the war, and it is far from the time for a showdown, so Britain and Germany can coexist peacefully at sea!

As for whether it is incapable, it is even more obvious, the British fleet cannot be compared with Germany in terms of size or growth rate, let alone compete with the entire Allied Combined Fleet, the main force of the German High Seas Fleet went south to the Mediterranean, so that the entire Allied Navy was huddled, and the British obviously could not pull the entire fleet to India, although India is good, but how can it be more important than the mainland? Judging from the current situation, how can half of the British fleet and less than half of the American fleet withstand the allied combined fleet? So. As long as the German fleet did not reach India's doorstep, Britain and the United States had no intention of going directly to the Arabian Sea to trouble the Germans.

So what appeared to be generous aid was in fact just a blank check, and the British fleet did not move. Naturally, there is no need for the US fleet to attack alone, so the Americans did not have any capital this time. But it has already gained a good reputation. But that's all in the past, and when the Chinese and British ask about the next steps of the United States in Iran, it indicates that the good days for the United States to be alone are over!

There is a world of difference between sending an army into Iran and sending a navy into India, the latter is just coping and preparing, while the former is going to fight with the Germans! So Roosevelt found out that this time he blindly jumped into the pit, and then Huaxia and Britain decisively picked up a shovel and began to fill the pit! It seems that in the face of national interests, whether it is China or the Entente. Everyone's discipline is the same low. Since neither China nor Britain was willing to face the Allies alone, the best way was to pull one more person into the water, and the three of them would work together to block the Allies' attack on Iran.

Under the coercion and temptation of the two companies, Roosevelt would be too much to say if he did not make some statements, and from Roosevelt's personal factors, he was still a person who could take the overall situation into account; in history, when the Big Three discussed the opening of the Western European front at the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt stood on Stalin's side and expressed support for the early implementation of the overlord plan. Therefore, in order to prevent the complete miscarriage of Iran's strategy due to the contradictions between China and Britain, the United States still has to do something, after all, this time China easily agreed to send a large number of land forces to the war. And this meant that China and the Entente finally got into a trench. Even in order for China to completely join the Entente, it is worth it for the United States to pay some price in Iran. …

Of course, Americans are not good people who act bravely. It's okay to send troops, but there has to be some benefit, right? Even the help that the Americans gave to Britain under Lend-Lease was definitely not in vain. So, this time, the United States asked directly what the British compensation was. After all, on the surface, all the actions of China and the Entente in the Middle East are to help Britain, and China wants half of Iran's control from the British, so the United States can only look to Britain if it wants to gain any benefits.

Of course, it is impossible to get a piece of the pie directly in Iran, and Huaxia has to spend a lot of money for this cup. What's more, it has already begun to take control of northern Iran, and it is impossible for the United States to get involved. And if you want to take over the south, you have to invest enough money. Although Roosevelt had decided to let the U.S. military participate in the land war in Iran, he did not have the determination to invest a lot of money in the end. Case. Then there is naturally nothing to gain on the mainland. Therefore, the Americans consciously demanded that Britain give certain compensation in terms of economic and trade interests, rights and interests in some islands, and the sharing of military facilities.

After some scrambling and calculation, the United States was finally pulled into the battlefield of Iran by China and Britain. Now, Huaxia can finally discuss the future war situation in Iran with Britain and the United States!

"First of all, all the coastal provinces of Iran can be waived at their discretion, which we agree, but there is a question of limit and time here. It is impossible for the Chinese army to face both the enemy in the west and the south at the same time, so the American and British armies must resolutely hold off the Allied attack in the northern part of Iran's Khuzestan Province, and at least not withdraw from Lorestan Province until we defeat the enemy in front of us. We will commit at least 100,000 troops to western Iran, as well as a large number of aviation and other troops. Coupled with the subsequent steady stream of Iranian troops through the Caspian Sea route, we could not only hold off the other side, but even attack Kirkuk, an oil town in northern Iraq. "It's time to get serious, Xu Jie will definitely not spare his money!

"Your country does not have to worry about retreating at all, and even if we are unable to hold the northern part of Iran in the end, we can still withdraw to Central Asia through the Caspian Sea and then into China. If the Northern Front was facing the Germans, then I think the British and American armies would have no problem dealing with the Turkish and Austro-Hungarian forces, right? If we were facing the Turkish army, we would be able to crush the frontal enemy together with the Iranian army in a maximum of 2 weeks. At least two integrated armored divisions will take part in the offensive campaign. This is Huaxia's guarantee to the Entente! Xu Jie said with an oath. This is not a joke, it is going to be written in the meeting memo!

"If the Iranian government is overthrown or unable to control the situation in the country, the British Empire troops in India will be stationed in Sistan-Baluchistan. I hope that the Iranian government will give some support. Churchill didn't have much idea about the arrangement of the army, and Huaxia's plan was still relatively realistic, not allowing the British and American armies to maintain a defensive line running through the north and south, but as long as they could protect Huaxia's flank. The British and American teams were backed by the flanks of Huaxia, and while the Chinese troops provided protection, Huaxia also became the backup of the British and American teams, and in the documents just submitted, Huaxia expressed its willingness to provide general supplies such as fuel and food for the British, which also greatly reduced the pressure on the British and American teams.

The only thing that concerns Britain now is whether Britain can control the southeastern provinces of Iran and increase India's strategic depth in the event of Iran's collapse. As for this question, Xu Jie's answer is that it is possible to do so in extraordinary times, but only if the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Iran is recognized and that it must be returned to Iran after the end of the war. The British thought about it for a while, it was not bad, anyway, it was still early for the war to end, so let's hold it in our hands first, so the British also agreed very happily. …

However, with the change of the battle line of the British and American armies, the deployment of the air force has also become a problem, and the British and American forces in the Middle East and South Asia have been divided into two parts, one is the British and American army stationed in India, they can naturally get the support of the British and American air forces in India, and what about the British and American air forces in western Iran, which are responsible for covering the flank of China? It is difficult for British and American planes flying from India to support the British and American troops stationed in Iraq thousands of miles away, unless part of the air fleet is directly transferred to western Iran, which requires China and Iran to provide airfields, fuel supplies, and various accessories. It is more about the question of command. It is naturally impossible for the Huaxia Air Force to support the United States and Britain. But can the United States and Britain listen to Huaxia? Obviously, it is not very realistic, you must know that the strategic bombing of Germany by the United States and Britain in World War II in history was only to coordinate the attack target, and then the US imperialists bombed during the day and the British imperialists bombed each at night.

After some consultations, the compromise plan that China and the Entente countries saw was as follows: Fighters, attack planes, and twin-engine bombers could be handed over to Britain and the United States to command on their own, but all kinds of electronic warfare planes, heavy bombers, and transport planes should be centralized and under the unified command of the Theater Air Force Command, because the number of these planes is relatively small, and a certain number is needed to exert strong combat effectiveness, and at the same time, these planes also need additional cover when they are dispatched, so it will be more troublesome to mobilize. In northern Iran, the Huaxia Air Force is the absolute main force, which can provide cover for these special aircraft, and these aircraft also have relatively high requirements for ground support, and need to be deployed in several large airports, and these large airports must be managed by the Huaxia Air Force, so whether from the perspective of application or daily maintenance and safety, it is undoubtedly the best choice for these aircraft to be handed over to Huaxia for unified arrangement.

And just when China and the United States and Britain began to carry out substantive cooperation on the Iranian issue, the Allies were not idle, and the heads of the German Army had already begun to formulate future strategies, and the Germans found that because of the large-scale intervention of certain countries, Germany's original low-cost solution seemed to be somewhat unworkable!

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