"Brauchitsch was defeated like this?" Just a few hours after Brauchitsch withdrew from the battlefield, Kruger on the Northern Front received a telegram from the German General Staff. To be honest, Brauchitsch's defeat was still unexpected by Kruger, who thought that the three fully equipped German divisions and the air superiority would not make the other side make dumplings. In fact, although not a single regimental unit of Germany was destroyed in an organized manner, in terms of the degree of losses, all the German troops participating in the war were already on the verge of collapse, and the loss of heavy equipment could be quickly compensated, but it was too difficult for experienced commanders to replenish it. It will also take a long time for Germany to close this loophole in the absence of a full mobilization. So, it's time for it all to end!

Kruger took out a telegram that had already been drawn up and handed it to the adjutant who turned to leave. It was a telegram requesting a retreat. It was written long before Brauchitsch launched the campaign on the Southern Front, and in the event of a defeat on the Southern Front, then Kruger would demand that the German troops on the Northern Front withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible. And the Iranian campaign between the two sides will also come to an unsatisfactory end with the withdrawal of the Kruger Corps. When asked if there was still a chance on the northern front, Krueger shook his head helplessly, he knew the current situation better than anyone else.

"Huaxia has defeated the Brauchitsch corps in the south, and Brauchitsch's three divisions are the last mobile forces in the southern part of the two river basins. According to intelligence analysis, after a short period of rest and replenishment, the Southern Front Army Corps of Huaxia, as the victorious side, could free up at least one division and one brigade, and the southern part only needed to leave those half-crippled troops to guard it. We are unlikely to launch a new offensive in the south, even if we are faced with a tired army. If the main force of the Southern Front Army goes north, the ratio of forces between the two sides will become 6 divisions against 4 divisions and 1 brigade in Huaxia, and if the losses and replenishment speed of the previous stage are taken into account, then the strength of the two sides will be closer. And after a period of recuperation, the Huaxia Air Force has rebuilt their front-line base system, and our air supremacy will also be greatly reduced, in this case, our strong attack will not have any effect, and the other side gradually has the ability to counterattack, if we lose again, it is impossible for the entire Germany and even the entire Entente to draw out a strong enough corps in a short period of time to deal with the Huaxia Army. ”

"Think about it, what happens if we fail? The entire valley of the two rivers will become an undefended area, and the strength of several Chinese divisions can destroy everything we have prepared here, and the oil fields, military bases, and even southern Iran that we have fought in the past few months may all change hands in a matter of weeks, and such a price is unacceptable to the Empire. The best outcome now is to maintain the superiority of our army on paper, enter a defensive state and confront China, they are fighting in enemy-occupied areas, and the cost will be very high. The value of our existence is to make the other side realize that it is not beneficial for either side to continue fighting, and then cooperate with the government to preserve the gains we have begun in diplomacy," Brauchitsch said of the current situation.

Compared with Brauchitsch's analysis of the battlefield situation, the German top brass thought further, and they no longer simply focused on the war, but even analyzed and predicted the situation in the years after the war. In the Iranian campaign, the Germans fought three major battles with Huaxia, and at the beginning of a major battle in Iran, Xu Huaide's armored division easily destroyed a German army of the same size. Then in the valley of the two rivers, the German army concentrated the largest army corps since the end of World War 1, although the plan of the Chinese siege of Kirkuk and then cut off the Eastern Railway did not materialize, but after the end of the two wars, the huge losses and embarrassing battle losses made the Germans realize the strength of this eastern power!

War is a continuation of politics and interests, and if the benefits of war are less than the possible costs, then both sides will try to avoid war. The Germans were not unaware of the demands of China, whose purpose was to preserve the independence of northern Iran. And this condition, although very unsatisfactory to the Germans, was also within the acceptable range. The Germans believed that if the two sides continued to fight, they would only be mired in an endless war, and at least so far, the Kruger Corps and the Huaxia Corps on the northern front were evenly matched. The benefits for both sides in the Middle East are nothing more than some oil. It seems that there is no need to put on the troops and armor of several or even a dozen elite mechanized divisions and thousands of aircraft for this oil. The Germans believed that at this point Huaxia should think the same as themselves. In this case, the two sides have a basis for negotiation!

Ribbentrop, after analyzing a large amount of intelligence and making an in-depth analysis of the reactions of Britain and the United States, also came to the conclusion that "there is still a certain distance between the alliance between China and Britain and the United States, and although they fought side by side on the battlefields of Italy and Iran, their cooperation also revealed their different political demands." The interests of Britain and the United States, especially Britain, are incompatible with the political demands of China! ”

"Britain is a stingy ultra-egoist who only cares about their own interests and does not want to invest too much in their allies. In the Italian War, because China and the Entente were fighting with the attitude of using Italy to consume the Allies, the differences between them were not very big, but later, after we successfully controlled southern Iran, the differences between the two sides expanded rapidly, and the British believed that Iran could no longer be used as a shield for India, so they did not hesitate to give up Iran, and China insisted on it in order to maintain its foothold in the Middle East, according to the past style of China, Retaliation for this betrayal of the British was inevitable. And if we can make proper use of this opportunity, it will expand the contradictions between China and the Entente! "Ribbentrop's suggestion was very constructive. The war has been carried out to such an extent that even such a proud task as the Kaiser has to admit that Germany has a little more enemies, and it is impossible to defeat all enemies on all fronts! And the first point of the so-called differentiation of the opponent is to improve relations with Huaxia and push back the time of Huaxia's participation in the war as much as possible!

"We had to make concessions to China on the Iranian issue in exchange for the neutrality of China at the beginning of the decisive battle (the Second World War was called a decisive battle within the German army). Everyone knows very well that our first target after the war is France, and then South Asia. Before the capture of France, our military presence in South Asia will be very limited, and it will be very reluctant to resist the United States and Britain. Ribbentrop did not flinch in the face of the murderous gazes of the German high-brass, for he knew that everyone here could discern the situation, and that the present performance was only a face-saving gesture, as long as one person made this suggestion. And he is this person! To put it bluntly, it is to give all the bigwigs a step down, of course, if this matter is successfully promoted, then it will naturally be happy, and if it fails or is not satisfied, then he is a scapegoat, in the German high-level who advocates military merit and force, Ribbentrop's position is very embarrassing! Everything about him is not so solid!

Ribbentrop's proposal was finally approved by the German leadership, so now there is only one question left, that is, whether Huaxia is willing to negotiate peace? Where is their bottom line? How to gain an advantage in negotiations, and how to ensure that Huaxia will not break the contract? Some of the agreements between the two parties are certainly not likely to be put on the surface. The two sides can only sign a secret treaty, and the secret treaty will naturally not be guaranteed by the country's credibility, it completely depends on the situation of the two sides, and only by maintaining the balance of power on the scene can this secret treaty last!

Just when the Germans were preparing for peace talks, Xu Jie also said that he couldn't bear it. The Germans did not turn into a wartime state, and China's industrial system and material rationing system were also playing soy sauce, and the two sides were far from the extent of flipping the table, so China also used the peacetime system to support this costly war, and China's roots were at home, or in other words, in the east and center, and the cost of sending materials and personnel to Iran across thousands of kilometers can be imagined. Especially when Britain left it alone and the United States was powerless, Huaxia almost single-handedly blocked the two large-scale attacks of the Allies, and the losses and consumption in them were completely false to say that they were not distressed! Although Huaxia and the Entente have already calculated their alliance, but in the case of Britain and the United States doing nothing, and the main spearhead of the Germans is pointing at India, there is no need for Huaxia to fight with the Allies alone endlessly! It's time to stop!

But at this time, how can the two sides be separated like this? What's more, everyone is a big country, and they all want to save face, how can we convey the meaning without ** share? This is really a question, in this seemingly evenly matched situation, who opens up first will suffer! Huaxia doesn't want to be embarrassed, and Germany doesn't want to suffer, so the best way is naturally to start with the battlefield first, and the Kruger corps in the north temporarily retreated to the defense is a good decision, while Huaxia is powerless on the one hand (Xu Huaide's corps in the south has just ended the war and has not yet completed its rest. On the other hand, they also felt some goodwill from the other side, so on the one hand, they strengthened their own military forces, and on the other hand, they did not make any drastic moves against the northward withdrawal of the Germans. With the disengagement of the Army, the Air Force also began to distance itself, the Germans would no longer wander around the Huaxia positions, and the Huaxia Foxbat fighters would no longer go deep into the German front line to scout and attack. Listen to the sound of the piano and know the elegance. Both the Germans and the Huaxia understood from these actions what the other side meant, resulting in a de facto armistice, and then all that remained was to prepare for the upcoming contacts and diplomatic contacts.

Germany, as an old nature, will not jump out in person at the beginning, and this aspect of the matter will naturally be handed over to the younger brother. As Germany's most loyal and important junior brother, Austria-Hungary took over this glorious and difficult task! The level of other younger brothers is not enough, and the Austro-Crarian coffee table is also a power at the same level as France. (Well, after the victory in World War I, Austria-Hungary looked a lot bigger on the map, and Ferdinand, who was ambitious and talented, didn't think much of France anymore.) Naturally, Austria-Hungary would not be stupid enough to communicate directly with China, and he also started with Iran, first released the detained diplomats, and indicated to the Iranian government through diplomatic channels that the Allies were willing to restore diplomatic relations with Iran under "certain conditions"! What does that mean? It means that Germany will not pay attention to Iran for the time being, you tell your boss to see if the two sides can sit down and talk!

The goodwill of the allies was soon spread to Huaxia, and Xu Jie also began to send diplomats to communicate secretly with the German side, although the Iranian government ambassador had asked Huaxia to recover the southern territory of Iran, no matter how bad it was, it would maintain a southern outlet to the sea, but unfortunately, Huaxia was not interested in this suggestion and did not have the strength. The most fundamental reason why Xu Jie was able to achieve such an ending in the Iran War was that Huaxia knew what the Germans needed most. Knowing what the Germans could throw away and what they had to fight for, a corridor that ran through the east and west was something that Germany would not give up desperately, even if Germany had to face the armies of China, the United States and Britain, the Germans would not stop until they achieved this goal. Therefore, there is almost no need to talk about this, Huaxia has no will, no ability and the Germans to fight further in the two directions of southern Iran and the two river basins, you must know that although the German ** forces in the two river basins are almost exhausted, the south is controlled by the Luftwaffe and the German Navy. On land there are airborne troops and marines. There are hundreds of thousands of tons of warships and a large number of sea-based aircraft at sea, and this battle will be a big one!

Guaranteeing Iran's territorial integrity is too far away, and what China needs now is how to stabilize southern Iran and get the Germans to come up with practical measures. As a traverser, Xu Jieke is very aware of how fierce the German Army was during World War II, look at the Third Reich in history, and then look at the current huge German and Austrian and other junior brothers and vassals, its combat effectiveness will definitely make any country and national alliance feel threatened. Xu Jie signed an unknown number of secret agreements, he naturally knew that the only binding force of the secret agreement was in the situation, and how to ensure the stability of the situation was the key to ensuring the effectiveness of the secret agreement! And the Germans are indeed right, if World War 2 starts, China really does not have the intention of joining the war at the beginning! On the one hand, it is an improper shield, and on the other hand, some countries are too inauthentic!

Some countries are very dissatisfied with this kind of event, which was originally a tripartite war and finally turned into a finalized outcome between the two sides, while some countries are relatively calm. As the backbone of the Entente, the United States and Great Britain. However, the two sides have different views on this peace talks.

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