"Dear Prime Minister, I think you should be able to face up to the reality that we are facing, the main force of the German High Seas Fleet has gone south, the entire Allied fleet is entrenched in the Mediterranean, and the next step is to target the Persian Gulf, and then the Indian coast, and we cannot turn a blind eye. In order for us to retain a presence in the Middle East, Britain will have to make some contributions and sacrifices. After all, after the fall of Iran, India will bear the brunt of the attack. A few days later, the Chinese ambassador to Britain began negotiations with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the issue of maritime strategy in the Indian Ocean. As in history, Chamberlain still became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but the difference is that he is no longer a compromising Prime Minister, because Britain in this plane has no way to retreat!

"We have no intention of clash with the Germans at sea so early, and now is not the time, the zone of war is limited to the territory of Iran, and we are in agreement with the Allies. Blindly expanding the war would not benefit either side. Chamberlain said calmly.

"We can't do everything according to what the Germans want, and wherever the Germans want to fight, we will go to war with them there. When they want to do it, we will accompany them. This is a passive defense. Sooner or later, we will have to pay a heavy price for this. Although the allies are strong, especially when they concentrate their forces on one point, it will become more difficult to deal with, passive defense will not solve the problem, we must attack more points to distract the opponent's forces and disrupt the opponent's deployment. The Germans are more afraid of the expansion of the war than we are, because to the east of Iran is India, where there are the fleets of your country and the United States, and the air forces of the two countries, and to the east of India is China, and the Chinese South Sea Fleet can enter the Bay of Bengal in only a few days. The representative of Huaxia said.

"Whether or not to expand the war depends on the situation, and our concentration of forces in the Mediterranean to force the Germans into submission was because our sea power was beyond what they could bear. And in the Indian Ocean it was exactly the same, but it turned out that we could not match it. We will not prematurely enter into a head-on confrontation with the German fleet," Chamberlain said firmly.

"In that case, it will be difficult for your country to take over the southeastern part of Iran. You should be aware of this. Even if China supports your country's actions, this process could continue for some time without the cooperation of the Iranian government. It could not even be done when the Germans were in the city. It is impossible for your country to temporarily take over a region from Iran as a buffer zone without paying some price and cost. There is no such thing as a free dinner in the world. The representative of Huaxia said.

"We have paid for the meals. Isn't tens of thousands of the Royal Army and Air Force enough? Churchill on the side said dissatisfied.

"Huaxia pays more, while Iran pays the price of the whole country, and whether the compensation paid is appropriate is not up to the buyer alone, but also depends on the attitude of the seller. We need to confront a common enemy, and your country is so preoccupied with the fundamental interests of the alliance. We were so disappointed. This war is the last chance, if this war is lost, the British Empire will cease to exist, and the glory and glory of the Mizi flag for hundreds of years will be lost with the wind. Other than that. I would say that the U.S. government has agreed to take on some of the logistics and training for the Iranian fleet, and for a maximum of a month, the U.S. government will declare that Lend-Lease is appropriate for any country that has an alliance with the United States. The representative of Huaxia said. The implication is very clear, the US imperialists and Huaxia have agreed, you can look at it!

The United States, which is strong and ambitious, is more responsible than the weakening Britain. Compared to the British, who had to think about how to use their resources, the Americans were more generous. Just before Huaxia made official contact with Britain, the U.S. government had already expressed its willingness to extend the Lend-Lease Act to third parties other than Huaxia and the Entente. Iran will be the first beneficiary of the Lend-Lease Act to be expanded. To this end, the United States will share about 30% of the overall expenditures of the entire plan. (Of course, it will have to be paid back in the end.) And in addition to supporting oneself. The Americans expressed their readiness to provide qualified officers and men for the Iranian Navy in the name of volunteers. As a result, a large number of American volunteers and Chinese volunteers solved the dilemma of the lack of professional and technical personnel within the Iranian Navy. …

However, the issue of money and personnel alone will not solve everything. China and the Entente needed to establish a complete logistical supply and intelligence system for the Iranian Navy. Among them, the logistics supply system includes camouflaged supply ships at sea and limited shore replenishment. And the intelligence system is even more complicated, in this system. In addition to sending camouflaged reconnaissance ships to determine the position of the German fleet by radio direction finding or other means, and transmitting them to certain fixed base stations through long-wave radios, and then to the Iranian fleet, the Americans also boldly put forward the idea of deploying submarine cordons in certain key sea areas. And in order to increase the efficiency of the search for aircraft and warships by submarines, the Americans also plan to install radars on submarines (in fact, the United States did this during the war). ）

"I have a hunch that after this war is over, even if we win in the end, then the world will be dominated by the West and Europe. And we may only become a more useful ally for the Americans. Damn the Yankees! "What the Huaxia representative said was true, but very quickly. The Americans did tell the British about their choice with real actions. At this point, the British also had to make some indications. The British now have a general feeling that they have been kidnapped. China and the United States, two powerful countries, have enough capital to invest in this war, as long as they can win it. Then the Manulife generated after the collapse of Germany and the Allied bloc will always make up for their expenses, but Britain is different, when the British Empire has exhausted the vitality accumulated over the years, even if it wins, it will definitely not be stronger than the two superpowers in the future international chess game.

"Perhaps, regardless of the outcome, we will all be losers." Chamberlain sighed. However, both the Americans and the Chinese have already made their attitude clear, so the British must also make some indications. The final result is that in addition to the British fleet resolutely not getting involved in the war, the British will also arrange personnel and materials to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Iranian fleet, including the training of pilots for the Iranian Navy. Subsequently, the British also said that they would provide the Iranian fleet with newly developed magnetically fused torpedoes and mines. The former was prepared primarily to combat the German fleet, while the latter was intended to block the passage of the Persian Gulf, in particular, the Strait of Hormuz.

The British finally compromised, and although it took a lot of trouble, the result was a happy one. With someone sharing the cost, the warships built by Huaxia for Iran have also entered the fast lane. Two second-class aircraft carriers, originally designed for their own navy, were sold to the Iranian navy, which subsequently named them Persia and Darius, respectively. In addition to this, the Huaxia Navy will also supply the Iranian Navy with two standard heavy cruisers, named Tehran and Tabrishman. Finally, at the strong request of the fashionable Iranian government, Huaxia will also provide Iran with a standard air cruiser. The battleship, named the Qom, could carry up to 4 to 3 or so aircraft of various types.

And the US Navy, one of the financiers, also gets a share of the armaments of the Iranian Navy, six anti-submarine and air defense destroyers of the Iranian Navy are supplied by the Americans. And the submarine is also the purchase of the American Little Shark and the British S-class submarine. On the issue of the choice of carrier-based aircraft, the two sides are more entangled, Huaxia naturally hopes to choose its own aircraft, but so far don't say that the R8 has not come out, and even the 18-horsepower R6 has not picked up the rope! Now the Chinese version of the pirate in this plane is more sad and sad. Even Xu Jie had to admit that this thing was more suitable as an attack aircraft than a fighter!

After Xu Jie decisively gave up, the Huaxia Navy naturally could not insist on continuing to use its own fighters, and the Huaxia version of the pirate decisively became a dive bomber and torpedo aircraft. So how to solve the problem of fighters? The British naturally thought in favor of the sea breathfire. And the Americans launched their F4F. The aircraft of both sides have their own characteristics. In terms of air combat performance, the Sea Spitfire changed by the British is much stronger than the American aircraft in terms of speed and firepower, whether it is circling or BZ. (The Sea-Spitfire 1 of this plane is considered to be slightly worse than the Spitfire 3.) As for the firepower. The British Sispano's cannon was almost the strongest cannon in the war, and naturally it was much stronger than the machine gun of the American imperialists. The powerful firepower of the machine gun and the door mm cannon directly threw the 6 machine guns of the Americans two streets! The British, relying on the powerful Morin V1 liquid-cooled engine, easily beat the American Wildcat, which had only an R183 engine, at the tender meeting.

"Distinguished Mr. Ambassador, you should believe in the technical level of the United States of America, it was just an accident, well, that's right, it was an accident, we were going to put the R6 engine on this aircraft, and the new F4F after the replacement of the engine will certainly not be worse than the British Spitfire. I swear....... After watching the clumsy performance of the American plane, the American representative's face turned green and he immediately came up to explain to the Iranian representative. I hope that the other party can raise his noble hand and give American companies another chance to perform.

Of course, let's rule out the question of whether the F4F can be replaced with R6, and the American aircraft is not without advantages, for example, the range problem, the F4F's 1 km or so oil range is not able to catch up with the fire. Spitfire's two 9-gallon drop fuel tanks didn't have this voyage! Another advantage of the American aircraft is that the air-cooled engine used by the F4F is more convenient to maintain at sea, while the F4F fighter is more durable.

"We decided to use the Spitfire because our pilots were British or taught by British, and they were more comfortable with British aircraft." In the end, the Iranians chose the Sea Spitfire as a carrier-based fighter.

Thanks to the book friend zhouyu1976 for the tip~~~. (To be continued)