USSR 1941

"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 Britain's security?" 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 prevent the mainland from being bombed by "small planes" like 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 a 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 distressedly: "The problem is that something went wrong 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 did this happen?" Shulka was a little puzzled. The Alamein defense line in history has 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. Insufficient, but also weakened the island of Malta's control of the German supply line!"

Hearing this, Shulka understood.

Although 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 line of defense.

But more supply is more, and less is 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 chapped lips due to lack of water and thirst,

The British have repaired the water pipes to the Alamein defense line, and the British can even bathe with fresh water. In addition, they have built several railways 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 about 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, the impact on the Soviet Union will also be great, because the Germans will occupy Egypt and completely control the Suez Canal, and the supply channel in the direction of the Caucasus will be blocked. to the blockade. Besides, it may even lead Turkey to Germany, and then I'm afraid..."

John's analysis was correct.

Although Turkey declared its neutrality at this time, it was actually leaning more towards Germany... During World War II, many countries were like this.

For example, Switzerland and Sweden, which have been rumored on the Internet for a long time, although 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 a small country: help whoever is strong, and help with all your heart.

In this way, Germany will make a calculation in its mind... 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 if they fight, it will cause their resistance and destruction. For example, guerrillas will blow up tunnels and railways, or sneak attacks, but they will cause a commotion.

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

War is for profit, and if the profit has already been obtained, of course there is no reason to launch a 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 hesitated... At this time, even an idiot knew that Germany was helpless, but he still couldn'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 will prevail.

In this case, as long as Germany defeated Britain in Egypt and the British army drove out of Africa completely, then Turkey would 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 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.

Therefore, the United Kingdom has no time to take care of any "small planes".

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

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

This really doesn't work, because what the British army stationed on the Alamein defense line lacks is not 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.