The British finally decided to withdraw from the war in Iran ahead of schedule, believing that since the Germans' Operation Hanging Garden, the British army's struggle in Iran had become meaningless, and that they could have been evacuated from Iran at that time, and that they had been able to fight side by side with Huaxia to the present time. So their retreat was beyond reproach. However, withdrawing from the war was a big deal after all, and the British, dressed in gentleman's skin, thought that it was still necessary to talk to Huaxia in a more formal way. So, Churchill came to Beijing on behalf of the British government, hoping that Huaxia would "understand" what the British government was doing, and of course, if Huaxia was willing to offer a reasonable price, then Britain could continue to support in some aspects.

"In the Iran War, the British government sent a large number of troops to defend the southeastern region of Iran according to the prior agreement, and sent a powerful aviation corps, and in the months-long war, the British ** team always fought on the front line, and repeatedly thwarted the attacks of Germany and its client states. We have expended a great deal of resources and manpower to fulfill our commitments to our allies, and now that it is only a matter of time before Germany wins in Iran, the British Empire government considers it a great waste of precious resources to continue fighting in this inevitable lost region, so the Empire has decided to withdraw its armed forces stationed in Iran. ”

Xu Jie was not very interested in the historical Churchill himself, and the brutal and arrogant approach of this British Empire supremacist in his bones was very unpopular, and even Roosevelt was sometimes unaccustomed to it. And when Churchill said these high-sounding words in front of Xu Jie, Xu Jie was even more dissatisfied with the British government and the Englishman in front of him with a hint of arrogance in his eyes! In Xu Jie's eyes, if Churchill was not firm enough to confront Germany, it would really be useless!

"Your country has set a very bad precedent by abandoning your allies and choosing to evacuate when the war was still unclear and when the friendly forces were still fighting. This is a betrayal in a sense! Everyone has come together for the common good, but your country has clearly undermined the basis of the previous alliance by putting your allies in a very dangerous situation for the sake of your own selfishness! Xu Jie then stopped Churchill's explanation: "The right or wrong of this matter does not lie in your country's explanation, nor in how Your Excellency the Special Envoy sitting in front of me tells your country's suffering, but entirely in our understanding." You want Huaxia's understanding, but if we don't want to, then your words are meaningless. ”

"I've always been an activist and consider myself a strong-willed person. You can do what your country is willing to do, but I hope that today you will remember that it was the British who first abandoned their allies. Then Xu Jie waved his hand to signal that the latter could leave.

At this time, the war has entered the juncture that is about to end, and Huaxia has paid a huge price for it, Xu Jie will never allow a loss to happen! Whether China can keep the northern region of Iran depends on how well the next battle is fought. The roads of the Germans at sea were already open, and the rate of replenishment would have increased significantly. The recovery of the combat effectiveness of the army and air force is rapid. At this time, it is obviously unrealistic to stick to the original plan, not only can the plan of cutting off the Eastern Railway not be realized, but now it seems that even the capture of Kirkuk may seem a little difficult, the German ground corps has regained numerical superiority, and after the withdrawal of the British Air Force, the number of the Chinese front-line aviation corps will be at a great disadvantage! Although it is not as good as the Germans estimate that there are only 500 available aircraft, it is difficult to support ground operations, and it is difficult to hold up an umbrella for ground troops! And at the critical moment, the British decisively sprinkled salt on the wound! I can't bear it!

However, it is obvious that China cannot give up Iran now, and Iran's significance to China in the future is too great. So we must not give up, since the Germans want to win or lose with a hammer, then Huaxia can only accompany to the end! Isn't it just to continue to increase the number of troops? In order to win Huaxia, it has already paid 120% of the effort, and in the end, it is almost such a trembling, so what about adding more? For this reason, Xu Jie signaled the Ministry of Defense to spare no effort to fight the last battle, the budget is not capped, as long as it can be won, it can be spent as much as it wants!

With the support of Xu Jie and the close cooperation of various military regions in China, the volume of materials from China to Iran has once again reached its peak. The convoy of transport ships that are constantly sailing out of the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea and the transport crews that take off from the airfields of Central Asia form a huge torrent of equipment, fuel and ammunition that the front-line troops need, the ship transport is responsible for transporting heavy equipment, fuel and ammunition, and the transport aircraft unit is responsible for transporting personnel, electronic equipment and aero engines. At its peak, Iran's Tehran airport was marked by a large transport plane taking off and landing almost every five minutes. The strength of the air transport capability is breathtaking.

But even so. The Chinese front-line air force was still unable to reach a level comparable to that of the German army in a short period of time. On the one hand, the throughput of Iran's northern ports is limited, and on the other hand, the Huaxia has suffered some losses in the previous battle. Qin Yue spared no effort to support the ground operation, but also prematurely overdrew the combat effectiveness of the Huaxia Air Force! When the Huaxia Strategic Air Force entered the battlefield, this overdraft reached its peak, and the entire Iranian fuel was consumed a lot in this battle. In the so-called 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, the Chinese Air Force has been in the limelight for a while, and now it is the turn of the Luftwaffe to show off its might.

So much so that later generations of war history researchers are talking about whether the first war of the Chinese strategic air force is appropriate. Opponents believe that it was because of this attack that the Huaxia Air Force could only defend passively in the next phase of the battle. Therefore, it is believed that this is one of the few failures in Xu Jierongma's life. However, support argues that it was precisely because of the addition of the Huaxia Strategic Air Force that it ultimately led to the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Corps. The powerful strategic air force directly bombed the heavy equipment and supply depots in the Austro-Hungarian rear into ruins. Otherwise, it would be impossible to defeat an opponent with 5 divisions by relying solely on one mechanized infantry division and the remaining forces of the Russian army. Judging from the ground engagement, Huaxia could only repel the opponent and could not form an encirclement when facing the Austro-Hungarian rearguard, which was not well supplied. And the Russian ** regiment was even weaker in the offensive battle, far worse than the performance of the original defensive operation. According to the most conservative estimates, if Schrager had withdrawn to Kirkuk with the main force of the Austro-Hungarian corps and a large amount of technical equipment, then in a month at most, after drawing enough infantry from other units, he would have been able to accumulate at least 3 infantry divisions, of which at least one would be an armored division! If this unit is put into the next stage of the campaign, then the situation faced by the Chinese Army will be even more difficult!

Of course, these are all later words, so I won't mention them for the time being. Xu Jie and Qin Yue need to take care of their family backgrounds and deal with the next stage of the big war. The Middle East Theater of the Chinese Air Force needs to face more than just the 1,000 or so aircraft of the German front-line aviation. Also included is the strategic bomber force that has been dormant since the Luftwaffe launched Operation Babylon! The losses of this unit in previous operations were not large, but the fuel consumption of these HE177 bombers, codenamed Griffin, was too great! At a time when the supply of fuel was insufficient and the pressure of air defense was very high, the Luftwaffe naturally had to give fuel to fighters instead of bombers! You know, a HE177 bomber consumes enough fuel for a squadron of BF109s to fill the inner fuel tank! And this time. When the German transport fleet said that there were enough aviation fuel pipes, the German strategic bomber forces, which had experienced glory and setbacks, were once again active! This is not good news for Huaxia!

"Your opponent is full of good hands, and we're overstretched!" Qin Yue commented on the situation in the air forces of the two sides at that time in his diary. This time, the Luftwaffe had the ability to fight from the front-line trenches to the rear base of the Chinese Army. JU90 attack aircraft on the front line are responsible for battlefield support. JU88 and HE110 bombers are responsible for attacking targets in campaign depth and front-line air bases. And the HE177 strategic bomber unit is responsible for attacking the material distribution center, air base and transportation hub in the rear of China! If before this the Germans were still afraid of the fighter units in China, then after the attrition of the previous stage, the number of fighter units of the Chinese front-line air force was greatly reduced. In this case, the pressure on the bomber troops will naturally be much less! The Germans really hope that what Schrager experienced not long ago can be repeated in Huaxia!

In the face of Qin Yue's complaints, Xu Jie tried his best to increase the number of front-line air force forces, especially the number of long-range fighters, although the range of the P51D aircraft in history was already very terrifying, but that was a later story, and the range of the P51B was like that at the beginning. And now the Huaxia Shicha Falcon fighter is not even as good as the P51B in terms of range! As a result, the best aircraft in Xu Jie's hands is still the Foxbat aircraft, a veteran who has been fighting since the beginning of the Italian War and will continue to fight in the future!

"Damn, this plane can't be the Sword of the South China Sea United, right? One of my uncles served there. Their emblem is an eagle with a sword in its talons. No way. How did they get here? When the Foxbat fighters flying from the southeast landed at Qom Airport one after another, a ground crew member looked at the squadron badge on the plane and said in surprise. He really couldn't understand how the Sword of the South China Sea Wing, which had been stationed on Java Island, could send a plane here! It's a long way, isn't it?

"Layman, it is said that Tehran has fighter jets transferred from Wuhu, what is it from Java Island to this? This is much closer. Take off from Java Island and fly directly to Ceylon, then transfer to Karachi, and then refuel to get to us, although the Germans occupied the eastern part of Iran, but if the route is well planned, it can turn from Afghanistan to Iran. This time, it's a bloody investment! It is said that all the Foxbat fighter units of the front-line troops have been drawn over! A companion next to him said mysteriously.

Although what the two ground crews said was biased, it was impossible for Huaxia to transfer all the Foxbat fighters from all over the country for this battle, even if they did. I can't afford to supply it! However, Huaxia did transfer a large number of elite aviation wings from all over the country to the front line, and the Foxbat fighter unit was the top priority! Almost all the Foxbat fighter units that have won the Golden Helmet Award for the annual air combat assessment in China have been transferred! The plane is coming, and the fuel and support must keep up. The number of fighters has swelled viciously, but the relevant support facilities have not kept up!

"Withdraw all the bomber and attack aircraft units that are on the front line. I guess we won't need them in this war! With a stroke of his pen, Qin Yue withdrew the nearly 200 remaining ground attack planes and bombers from the front line from the battlefield, and these planes either flew back to China or temporarily sealed them, and all the materials and supplies vacated were used to supply the flying fox fighter squadrons coming from afar. Coupled with the temporary increase in various supplies, hundreds of new Foxbat fighters have finally been arranged!

In addition to the Foxbat fighter. Huaxia also transported a large number of Shicha Falcon fighters from the mainland, so large that Qin Yue felt that the airport could not guarantee the operation of so many aircraft, and Xu Jie's reply to him made the commander of the theater air force, who thought he was a tyrant, startled. "Many of these planes for you are ready to provide parts, knowing that your front line is more difficult, and it will be even more difficult after the Luftwaffe opens the film, so I directly threw the plane over to you to dismantle and provide parts, enough fun? Don't lose! What the? Can't dismantle so much? Let's use it as a reserve plane. ”

Although the twin-engine bombers are almost gone, the number of electronic warfare aircraft and watchtower early warning aircraft has increased instead of decreasing! The Luftwaffe's performance in Operation Hanging Garden was amazing, although the German electronic warfare technology level was very average, but the Luftwaffe creatively fused various electronic warfare means together to form a system, which caught the British by surprise. With the lessons of the British, China naturally cannot follow in its footsteps.

The Luftwaffe was unprecedentedly strong, and it is not at all an exaggeration for the Germans to say that they bombed Tehran directly from the cutting-edge trenches. At the same time, because the Chinese ground forces entered the two river basins, the airspace that China needed to defend was larger, and when the number of aircraft was not enough, it became inevitable to improve the dispatch efficiency. The density of fixed radar stations on the ground is insufficient, so it can only be compensated for by watchtower-type radar carriers. At the same time, considering that the other side may take the form of night air raids, interference with German radio navigation is also on the agenda, so in the case of a large-scale withdrawal of bombers, the number of electronic warfare and radar sentry aircraft has increased!

Although Xu Jie has done his best to increase the number of fighters on the Iranian front, but because of the limitations of space and logistics, the Huaxia Air Force is still at a disadvantage.

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