Chapter 971: Turkish Action

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The news of the German attack on the Middle East flew all over the world as if it had inserted its wings. It was not the big brothers behind the Middle East that reacted most violently. It is Turkey, a traditional power in the northeast of the Middle East. Compared with Italy ’s slogan
Let the Mediterranean become the inner lake of the Italian empire
, the Turks played the great sign of
Into the Middle East to restore the glory of the past
.
But now Turkey has not started yet. Instead, the German and Italian coalitions from afar took the lead in occupying Egypt. And not long ago, it quickly crossed the Suez Canal, and there is a tendency to monopolize the Middle East ... This is undoubtedly a very intolerable thing for Turkey.
Do n’t think that Italy is the most famous wall head grass in the history of the world. In fact, Turkey is absolutely unwilling to give up in this respect. It seems that it is intentionally not to let Italy specialize in the past. Therefore, even if Italy is defeated in the two world wars, it can only be called one of the heads. It can be seen from Turkey's wavering attitude towards China's arms purchases that this country seems to be born with a capricious personality.
"Of course, this kind of thing can't be ignored." It is precisely based on this character, at the Turkish military meeting, the Turkish general led by glanced at his men, but he did not like the German side, especially It was after the Germans entered the Middle East that the Turkish top was deeply disturbed by the German expansion.
Since the Kemal Revolution, Turkey ’s internal affairs system has not been much stronger than the previous Ottoman government. However, this government's successful arousal has concentrated the strongest sense of nationality and discipline in the country's most peasants, so it still has some dominance in the country-but only the God knows how much.
Originally, Turkey ’s foreign policy was closely related to the Balkan Greece, but in the process of partitioning the Balkans, this good relationship between the two countries was completely crushed by Akado ’s clever distribution of Balkan interests. Turkey gave up Greece and replaced Here comes almost all the territorial of Greece.
After the troublesome work to rule the Balkans, the Turkish military was exhausted. After losing tens of thousands of soldiers, Turkey still did not win a trace of tranquility from the chaotic Balkan Peninsula. But the Turkish government's emphasis on the scope of its traditional influence is still unprecedented.
After all, according to historical relations, the Turkish Empire has a certain influence in the Middle East, and Germany ’s entry into the Middle East clearly has a substantial provocation against Turkey ’s surrounding sphere of influence. At least in terms of face, Germany has opened its army to Turkey's doorstep.
"Italians and Germans are all the same, and they are not satisfied even if they occupy Africa. They came to us to show their power ... Who do they think they are?" Another Turkish general also followed. After all, Turkey has not exerted much effort in the division battles with the Germans, so they have become accustomed to the distribution of the interests of the Axis nation in which Germany carries guns and other people divide the stolen goods. At this time, they don't remember what they have paid for, but are simply annoyed by what they didn't get.
Germany's ruinous play in the Middle East hurt Turkey. Most Turkish military and politicians believe that Turkey should let its troops go south and occupy those rich areas. Everyone's argument was very consistent: "Rather than let Germany's prodigals ruin the entire Middle East oil-producing region, it is better to let Turkey replace it."
So under the influence of this argument, the Turkish army left their station and began a large-scale assembly in the south. These troops lacked equipment and supplies, and were not prepared for war at all. They were pushed to the front by the officers so vaguely that they were ready to fight against the most powerful enemies in a brutal battle.
Because Turkey joined the Axis Powers the latest, and because Turkey did not make any effort within the Axis Powers, the arms trade between Turkey and Germany was also the shortest and most perfunctory. In order to learn from the German army, the whole of Turkey purchased German weapons and equipment "in large quantities". As for how huge this amount is, it can only be described by the word "joke".
Turkey purchased a total of 40,000 rifles, 1,000 submachine guns, and 500 old Macqin heavy machine guns from Germany. These guns are about the weapons of an infantry army of the German army, and they are the infantry weapons of the second-line infantry army! Of course, this does not include artillery weapons and other equipment needed by this infantry army.
In the same procurement plan, Turkey bought a total of 30 trucks, 4 armored reconnaissance vehicles and 19 tanks from the Germans. At the request of Turkey, these 19 tanks were delivered with the cheapest trophy seized in North Africa ... In short, Turkey is actually very stingy in arms procurement.
First, Turkey ’s economic situation is not good. It is not like Romania, which has rich oil resources in exchange for a lot of German equipment, and unlike Italy, which has developed industries and can export something to Germany. Secondly, there are too many things that Turkey needs to buy, so it is impossible to buy them by themselves.
New types of weapons that are changing the battlefield are emerging in a short period of time, such as radar systems that are vital to air defense, anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns, large-caliber artillery, armored vehicles and tanks. Turkey has never been in contact with all of this. There is no problem to sell things. The seller needs a lot of personnel training services and a series of after-sales problems.
Weapons manufacturers throughout the Third Reich are working overtime to produce armaments. Who has the time to take care of such a troublesome customer? This is not a sales environment where there is no market after the war, and the military forces of their own countries are running out of ammunition. Who has the means to develop new customers?
Under the condition that such a buyer has no money and no mind, and the seller has no time or energy, it is obvious how many German weapons and equipment can be obtained in Turkey. Me-109c fighters, Germany's most popular export fist products, had only been shipped to Turkey in half-sell and half-delivery in the months when Germany and Turkey had the best relationship.
Now everyone should understand why Akado did n’t even consider Turkey ’s plan to attack the Soviet Union or the Middle East, because in fact Turkey ’s military strength has nothing to expect. As long as the war begins, Turkey's seemingly powerful army, let alone gaining results, is holding onto positions is a problem.
It is a pity that although Akado has an objective assessment of the Turks' army, the Turks themselves are not so self-aware. Encouraged by countless people, the Turkish top management finally could not stand the temptation and made up its mind to start the Middle East region.
One hundred thousand Turkish soldiers ate food in their pockets, carrying a rifle behind them, and after receiving a few rounds, they set off towards the border area. The combat effectiveness of these soldiers is almost equal to zero before the British and US forces that have undergone earth-shaking changes.
However, these things are not very clear to the Turks. The idea of ​​a few Turkish generals is actually very simple: the enemy has been pinned by the Germans near the Suez Canal. Their army is faced with some Arab armaments that are also not very well equipped. With this idea in mind, the Turkish military felt that it had the opportunity to take advantage of the flames, occupy large areas of the Middle East, and even if it was luck, they could get involved in the Persian Gulf.
At 6 a.m. on May 20, 200,000 Turkish infantry began to cross the Syrian line and attacked French Syria. This place was originally a French colony. However, after the German invasion of France, this colony chose to support the French government in exile. There are now some French colonial troops stationed here, as well as 7,000 British troops and 4,000 US soldiers.
Of course, if you count the 80,000 local Syrian troops temporarily armed, these troops barely reach half of the Turkish troops going south, but if you count the fighting power, these troops are obviously stronger than the Turkish troops.
At least they are much better than the Turkish army in terms of equipment: the US military has 40 obsolete m3 tanks here, and the British army retains 70 Matilda that are not useful here-although these Tanks are indeed more difficult to deal with the Germans, but it is more than enough to fight the Turkish forces.
The two sides fought so without warning in the border area. The Turkish army hoped to quickly break through the Anglo-American joint defense line. The simple defense line in Syria made the Turkish troops unable to move. The American and British forces had firepower. Overwhelming advantage. After losing about 10,000 soldiers, the Turkish forces were forced to stop the full attack.
Afterwards, those American fighters and bombers who were not dared to take off and faced up by the German Air Force found their self-esteem on the Turkish front. They bombed and suppressed the ground targets of the Turkish army, and it became an extravagant hope that the Turkish troops would gather to attack or retreat. In desperation, the Turkish army finally remembered the three German infantry divisions behind them, so the Turkish military rushed to contact the German commander in hopes that they could come forward to save the current situation.
The German commanders were not fools. They were sent to Turkey by the elders not to fight, but to contain them. Really fight, rely on 3 infantry divisions with no heavy firepower and no air superiority to attack the elaborate plan of the enemy. What is the difference between this and death? Therefore, the German commander did not agree to the request of the Turkish army for assistance, only that the Turkish army could provide some necessary soldier training assistance.