USSR 1941

  Chapter 868 Changes

   "Yes, I know!" Shulka pretended to be helpless: "I'm sorry, John! No one wants to see such a thing happen!"

   "Yes!" John replied anxiously: "If it's just the task itself, maybe it's not a big deal..."

   "Are you worried that this 'small plane' will threaten the security of the United Kingdom?" Shulka spread his hands and replied: "I think... if you can't destroy it, you should prepare early!"

  This is actually what Shulka wants to see.

  Because the Germans have "V1 missiles" that may threaten the security of the British mainland, the British can't just sit back and watch the war between the Soviet Union and Germany and reap the benefits of fishermen.

   Obviously, the best way to avoid the bombing of the mainland by the "small planes" of the Germans is to land in France as soon as possible so that Germany loses its base for bombing the British mainland.

  Of course, Shulka would not say directly: "You attack France in advance to open up the second battlefield!" If you say this, the purpose is too obvious, and it is easy for these British guys to see the flaws.

   "I know, Comrade Shulka!" John shook his head and said in distress: "The problem is that there is a problem on the African battlefield, and we are already struggling to deal with it..."

   "What? Something went wrong on the African battlefield?" Shulka couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

   "Yes!" John replied: "The German African Army is attacking the Alamein defense line with all its strength, and the Alamein defense line may not be able to hold it!"

   "How could this be?" Shulka was a little puzzled. Historically, the Alamein defense line had never been in crisis. Rommel was at the end of his battle here because of too long supplies and a serious shortage of troops.

"Speaking of it, it has something to do with this operation!" John replied: "In order to obtain information about this operation, we exchanged a large amount of supplies... and even provided some fighter planes that should have been deployed on the island of Malta. This not only made the Alamein defense line insufficient. , and weakened the island of Malta's control of the German supply line!"

   Hearing this, Shulka will understand.

  Although it is said that the supplies used by the British to exchange information were originally sent to the Soviet Union by the United States, they were only intercepted by the United Kingdom and sent to the Alamein defense line.

   But if there are more supplies, there will be more, and if there are less supplies, there will be less.

The British are not good at fighting. The reason why they blocked Rommel’s African Army on the Alamein line of defense in history was more because of sufficient supplies... When the Germans had dry lips due to lack of water and thirst, the British had already repaired the water pipes. On the Alamein line of defense, the British can even bathe with fresh water. In addition, several railways have been built to continuously transport supplies and materials to the front line.

   It was in this disproportionate situation of troops, equipment, supplies, etc. that could almost be called luxury that the British defeated the Germans.

  But now, the British handed over a large amount of American aid to the Soviet army in order to exchange information, including fighter planes that were supposed to be deployed on the island of Malta... This directly led to a decrease in the supply of the British army and an increase in the supply of the German army.

  Under the ebb and flow, the gap between the enemy and our armies is not so big, so there is a crisis in the Alamein defense line.

   This is not a trivial matter. Shulka immediately asked Andrianka to turn over the map of Africa... The Soviet army was mainly concerned with the war in their own country, so it took some time to find this map.

"You know..." John said, pointing to the map: "If we fail completely in Africa, it will have a great impact on the Soviet Union, because the Germans will occupy Egypt and completely control the Suez Canal, and the supply channel in the Caucasus direction will be blocked. Blockade. Besides, it will even lead Turkey to Germany, and then I'm afraid..."

  John's analysis is correct.

  At this time, although Turkey declared its neutrality, it was actually leaning more toward Germany... During World War II, many countries were like this. On the surface, they declared neutrality, but in fact they were acting as a puppet of Germany.

  For example, Switzerland and Sweden, which have been rumored on the Internet for a long time, even though they were neutral countries, actually helped Germany in every possible way during World War II: transporting supplies for the German army, providing intelligence and transportation channels, producing weapons, laundering counterfeit money, etc.

  This is actually the way of survival of small countries: help whoever is strong, and help with all your heart.

   In this way, Germany will calculate an account in my heart... I can get so many benefits without hitting them. It is money, materials, and unimpeded, so hitting them is unnecessary?

   Not only is it superfluous, but it will cause their resistance and destruction if they fight. For example, guerrillas blow up tunnels and railways, or sneak attacks, but they will cause a commotion.

  So it becomes a situation where there are more interests in not fighting than fighting.

  War is for profit. If the benefit has been obtained, of course there is no reason to start the war.

  So these so-called neutral countries were able to "neutral".

Turkey is no exception. This country is also well-known as a wall grass. The Soviet Union, Germany, Britain, and the United States are unwilling to offend, and even belong to the "brain flooding type", because it was still doing "wall grass" until the eve of Germany's surrender in 1945. Several countries are hesitant... At this time, even an idiot knows that Germany is powerless, but he still can't make up his mind.

  Until Churchill lost his temper and said to Turkey: "Give you one last chance, don't play both ends, and you will not be able to eat one end in the end!"

  So Turkey hurriedly declared war on Germany on February 23, 1945.

  In addition, Turkey and the Soviet Union are neighboring countries, and conflicts due to territorial issues are inevitable in history, so of course I hope that Germany can prevail.

  In this case, as long as Germany defeats Britain in Egypt and the British army drives out of Africa completely, then Turkey will open the door for the German army to open ports and transportation channels.

  At that time, the German army will be able to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Turkey, and then Turkey will directly attack the Caucasus region of the Soviet Union from the south without facing the natural danger of the Caucasus...Baku oil fields will be really dangerous at that time.

  Of course, this is also very detrimental to Britain, which means that Britain is completely isolated from its colonies, which will make the United Kingdom, which is already extremely difficult under the German submarine blockade, even worse.

  So, Britain has no time to take care of any "small planes".

   "Do you have a backup plan?" Shulka asked.

   "Of course!" John replied: "We have urgently deployed more troops from India and Australia to reinforce Egypt, and we have also sought help from the United States in terms of supplies and equipment. However, this does not seem to have any effect!"

   This really won’t work, because what the British army stationed on the Alamein line of defense is not short of troops and supplies... If morale is low to a certain extent, no matter how many troops and supplies there are, it will be the enemy’s transport brigade.

  (end of this chapter)