Chapter 2659: The Abandoned One
The Americans are busy coping with the war with Japan, and the Germans are busy selling arms and restoring overseas markets in front of the station. The two great powers engaged in round after round of confrontation and compromise for each other's interests. Everyone fought with each other, fought without breaking, and finally reached a suitable balance point.
And in the battle between the two most powerful countries in the world, there will definitely be some aftermath, and these aftermath will eventually affect the relevant countries. For the two big countries, this so-called aftermath will cause even waves. No, ordinary people don't even know it, and even if they know it, they probably won't pay attention to it. But for some countries, the offensive and defensive transitions between major powers and the advance and retreat are enough to have a huge impact on them. Some policies and ideas will be inadvertently shattered, and some of the resulting turmoil may be temporary. It will be revealed, but for those astute politicians, the cascade of consequences is already beginning to unfold.
"Your Excellency Marshal, Zemal Pasha has arrived." An attendant said to the Turkish Marshal Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The latter was standing on the balcony of his house, looking at the Turkish Royal Palace not far away.
"Why did Zemal come to me again today? What a rare visitor." Kemal said with some self-mockery. To be honest, after the war, Kemal's life was not comfortable. Although during the war, Kemal Moore can be said to be the first person in the Turkish army, but after the war, his enlightened political views and his opposition to the use of troops on the Arabian Peninsula made him gradually stay away from the political center.
Although he is still highly respected now, his actual power is already very small. But even so, Kemal still has a huge influence on many things, which is one of the reasons why Zemal Pasha came back. You must know that in the Turkish government, Pasha is second only to Sudan, and the entire There were only three pashas in the Turkish Empire! They are Enver Pasha, Leta Pasha and Zemal Pasha who visited today.
"I don't know why Pasha came here today." After a short greeting, Kemal got to the point.
"It's very bad news. The Americans decided to terminate the oil exploration plan in Mesopotamia. They began to evacuate personnel, and the allocation of follow-up funds has also stopped." Zemal Pasha said with some concern.
"This is really bad news." Kemal said, frowning. Turkey's economy is very bad now. Turkey's industry is very backward, and it needs to import a large amount of industrial products. As for agriculture, it used to be possible to export agricultural products produced in the Fertile Crescent to Germany and Austria. With Belarus and Belarus in the bag, Turkey's grain exports began to drop sharply.
Therefore, the fastest way for Turkey to get money now is the oil industry, which obtains financial support by selling oil exploration licenses, and then exports oil in exchange for foreign exchange. Before, the oil export of Mesopotamia was controlled by Bavaria, but for Turkey, the situation of a monopoly of Turkish oil export is naturally very bad. Therefore, some high-level officials in Turkey are willing to let Americans join this competition. Zemal Pasha is the biggest supporter in the government.
And Kemal is a secret supporter and the think tank of the whole plan! Don't underestimate the role of Kemal. In addition to making suggestions, Kemal also wrote to his former subordinates, the commander of the Turkish military region who is now stationed in the Mesopotamia, asking them to help the Americans clear all obstacles. This is why The reason why the mining activities started by the Americans went smoothly!
From Kemal's point of view, he himself does not hate the Germans. To be honest, it was precisely because Turkey sided with the Germans in this war that Turkey was able to recover some of the territories it had lost in the Balkans and fundamentally It destroyed the terrible empire that had fought with Turkey for hundreds of years. After this war is over, Türkiye will make money. In his view, all that is left is to digest the fruits of the war and deal with domestic issues. Therefore, he supports the idea of the Germans asking Turkey not to seek expansion.
However, all this does not hinder Kemal's determination to seek diversification in Turkey's energy exports! There is no other reason, everything is for the country! Kemal has already felt the shackles of German monopoly capital on Turkey's development, so he wants to gradually undo this restriction.
But now, the gradual diversification of the economy is only the first step, and the second step is political diversification. How do you say it? There are no permanent friends in this world, only permanent interests. The alliance with Germany is for profit. After all, Turkey will first face the threat of Russia at that time. But now? With the threat gone, there is little point in maintaining a military alliance with Germany, and Turkey, as a country spanning three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe, is still very ambitious! And this kind of ambition will definitely have some contradictions with the current Germany and Austria. In order to ensure the interests of Turkey, Kemal still hopes to play a balanced route. But it also needs to communicate with the United States!
Therefore, based on the above judgments, Kemal supported the entry of American forces into Turkey. And the top priority is oil extraction! But it's a pity that Zemal Pasha came over today and told him that this matter is dirty! Can Kemal not be surprised?
"What's going on?" Kemal asked.
"Some political reasons, simply put, are that the Germans are opposed to the Americans entering the Mesopotamia to exploit oil, and recently the Americans have had some problems in the Pacific War. In the end, the United States and Germany decided to compromise on this issue. The Americans In exchange for the support of the German Navy at the cost of withdrawing from the Mesopotamia, according to our information, the German Navy has at least guaranteed to sell the Americans 4 fast battleships." Zemal Pasha briefly described the whole process.
"Unexpected, but reasonable." Kemal said with a sigh after listening. "However, I really didn't expect that the Americans would abandon us so cleanly. How long has it been since Secretary of State Lansing arrived in Germany? The Americans gave up the project that they have been working hard for a year, and the annual mining volume is expected to reach 1.5 million tons Oil fields? We are nothing in the eyes of Americans." Kemal's words were full of complex emotions. Some are angry, some are depressed, and there is a strong feeling of being insulted.
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