Chapter 537 Middle East (2)

As mentioned earlier, during World War I, Britain provided Saudi Arabia with various arms and funds in order to win over the kingdom. Saudi Arabia relied on these aids to raise an elite force armed with modern weapons.

After the long and bloody World War I, the British Empire was seriously injured in the war. In order to improve its national strength, Britain began to implement a contraction policy in diplomacy.

Taking advantage of the weakening influence of the British Empire in the Middle East, the powerful Saudi Arabia turned its guns to its neighboring countries and launched a series of expansion wars. It won battle after battle and soon took over most of the Arabian Peninsula.

This naturally aroused Britain's vigilance and dissatisfaction, so it began to suppress Saudi Arabia's development in all aspects, trying to curb the country's crazy expansion momentum. Saudi Arabia, which had long been inflated, turned a blind eye to the warnings of the British Empire, and even intensified its repeated looting operations against the surrounding British protectorates, eventually forcing Britain to mobilize its troops and repel the Ikhwan troops approaching the Mecca area.

Although Britain tried its best to suppress the rise of Saudi Arabia, the British Empire was no longer as powerful as before. Saudi Arabia, using the power of religious movements, was in the limelight in the Middle East, defeated several old enemies in succession, and occupied a large area of ​​territory. When Saudi Arabia finally defeated the Hashemite family and took Mecca, Britain knew that its containment plan had failed, and the result of Saudi Arabia becoming an important regional power had been presented to the world.

At this time, Saudi Arabia also thought that it had grown up and no longer needed the protection of the British Empire. In 1927, Britain and Saudi Arabia signed the "Jeddah Treaty". Saudi Arabia was no longer protected by Britain and gained an independent status in the international community.

And now, after listening for a long time, Rommel finally understood. These idiots thought that Germany would also surrender like the British Empire?

Rommel was really annoyed and slammed the table. "I'll say it again for the last time, 30% to 70%!"

Several people on the opposite side shouted. "No! Absolutely not! At most 20% to 80%. If you can't agree, there's nothing to talk about!!"

Rommel laughed instead of getting angry. It had been a long time since anyone dared to speak to him in such an arrogant tone. "In that case, there is really no need to talk! Come on, take them out!" German soldiers stepped forward and held up the messengers and took them out.

"This bunch of fools!" Rommel's adjutant spat with disdain. In 1938, Western oil companies discovered rich oil resources in Saudi Arabia, which changed the fate of this poor desert country and made it the object of scrambling for most Western countries, including Britain. But these guys are still country bumpkins who have never seen the world.

Rommel ordered. "Pass the order down, launch the attack tomorrow morning!" You don't listen to good words, you have to be beaten before you listen, right? As you wish!

The German army's march into the Middle East has aroused the dissatisfaction of another country, that is Turkey.

Turkey, which inherited the mantle of the Ottoman Empire, is no less ambitious than Italy, which shouted "Let the Mediterranean become the inner lake of the Italian Empire". They always think about "marching into the Middle East to restore their former glory."

The territory of the Ottoman Empire at that time included the Balkan Peninsula, North Africa, the Red Sea Strait and the Mesopotamian Basin. The Ottoman Empire during this period was a world power that truly spanned the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa. Strategic locations such as the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, the Red Sea Strait and the Persian Gulf were all within the Ottoman sphere of influence. The Ottoman Empire during this period even occupied the Crimean Peninsula and turned the entire Black Sea into its own inner lake. It can be said that Turkey at that time controlled the lifeline of trade exchanges between the East and the West.

After the decline and disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, Kemal, the founding father of modern Turkey, took the initiative to give up his claim to territory and adopted a political approach to reform Turkey. Under the historical conditions at the time, such reform measures enabled Turkey to restore some of its national strength, but at the same time it also completely buried the lost territory.

Although Turkey's ambitions are not small, if you open the world map today, you can see that Turkey is basically curled up in the Anatolian Peninsula, where the land is barren and the desert climate is significant, while the rich coastal areas are surrounded by Western civilization. In today's world, where the map is extremely fixed, Turkey is firmly locked in Asia Minor. It is harder than climbing to the sky to restore its former glory.

But we still have to have dreams, just in case they come true one day

After the outbreak of World War II, Turkey declared neutrality and watched the tigers fight from a mountain, but it did not expect the situation to change so quickly. Germany not only swept across Europe, but also marched into North Africa, and even now has reached into the Middle East, with a tendency to swallow the Middle East alone... This is undoubtedly a very intolerable thing for Turkey.

It is well known that Italy is the most famous fence-sitter in world history. In fact, Turkey is absolutely not inferior in this regard, and it seems to be determined not to let Italy take the lead. It goes in the direction where the wind blows. It is undoubtedly a typical egoistic country, or more precisely, a speculator. As a NATO country, Turkey in later generations flirted with Russia, NATO's mortal enemy, and often purchased Russian-made weapons. It even introduced the S-400 air defense system, which ranks among the top three in the world in terms of advanced performance, which annoyed the NATO leader, the United States.

On the Syrian battlefield, Turkey intends to attack the Kurdish armed forces in northern Syria. It happens that the Kurds are allies of the US military. Facing the US military, Turkey must first use courtesy and then force, so it asked the US troops stationed in Kurdish to withdraw. Although the US military agreed to withdraw, it did not want to leave from the action. Turkey immediately expressed dissatisfaction, so it launched a shelling warning. I am afraid that only Turkey can do such a coquettish operation as shelling allies. This country seems to be born with an erratic character.

"Is this what you want to say?" German Ambassador to Turkey von Paben frowned at the visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Sarajolu. "Are you teaching us how to do things?" Is this guy mentally ill? The German army marched into the Middle East, and he actually ran over to express his dissatisfaction?

"Of course not." Sarajolu shook his head quickly. "We just hope..." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by von Paben in a cold voice. "It's good that it's not. People, it's important to know yourself; some words can't be said casually, otherwise it will bring disaster to yourself."

The corners of Sarajolu's mouth twitched slightly, which was too arrogant. "Are you going to declare war on Turkey?"

"Declare war?" von Papen sneered. "Your country is really good at elevating itself. Are you worthy of us, Germany, declaring war?"

This is simply a naked humiliation. Sarajolu's face turned green and red, but he heard von Papen say leisurely. "If we want to destroy your country, it's just a matter of a word. We don't have to do it ourselves. The Soviet Union, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania... Tsk tsk, your country is surrounded by enemies."