Chapter 524

On the first day of May, a group of special guests came to akado's office. These guests are special envoys from Turkey. After the interest relationship between Turkey and Germany is finalized, they will announce that they will join the "iron and steel agreement" and become another new member of the axis powers.

The reason why Turkey has been waiting for the present is that, on the one hand, it is waiting for a division between Germany and the United Kingdom; on the other hand, it is waiting for a price to be sold. By comparing the various benefits offered by Britain and Germany, Turkey seeks to maximize its own interests for the future.

Because of its geographical superiority and strategic position, Turkey has been playing the strategy of procrastination. They covet the Balkans and are hostile to the Soviet Union. Of course, they also covet the land of the Middle East. As a country with ambition and expansion power, Turkey has a reason to turn to Germany. Before the first World War, the two countries were both post rising countries, both of which had their own requirements for territory, and both of them were suppressed by Britain. Would it be natural for them not to unite?

But because Turkey didn't seem to have benefited from the first World War, the country was very cautious. They don't want to get involved in the world war easily, but they want to share their own advantages in the world war. This is the current situation in Turkey: greed and unwillingness to contribute.

Unfortunately, the recent successive victories of the German army have stimulated the nerves of the radicals in Turkey. They are sensitive to the fact that if Turkey does not act quickly, the interests of Turkey will be distributed to other axis countries by Germany, such as Italy, which has always had its own views on the Balkan Peninsula.

Suddenly I heard that the German airborne troops raided the Maltese island with lightning speed and extended their hands to the islands in the Mediterranean Sea. After that, the Turkish bigwigs began to lose their seats. They fear that Germany's lightning victory in the Balkans, too, will make the benefits Germany has promised Turkey a thing of the past.

"My head of state, we have come all the way to make the final confirmation. Can Germany and Turkey, even Italy, achieve equal division of interests on the Balkan issue?" As soon as he sat down, the Turkish diplomat asked akado.

Akado took a look at Merkel, then nodded slightly and said: "of course, Germany has always regarded Turkey as a friendly and cooperative country, and the steel agreement has always looked forward to Turkey's accession - in the Balkans, Greece has been the traditional power of the Turkish Empire in history, and Mussolini and I have reached a consensus on this, Germany is also a country that respects history. "

After he said this, he turned the conversation and looked at the Turkish diplomats and continued: "but please understand that Germany is not a fool, and it will not give its own interests to others in vain. Our meaning is very simple. It's OK to want benefits, but it must fulfill the obligations of an ally."

Turkey's representatives have been silent. They naturally know the specific contents of their obligations. In the past six months, they have been studying the contents of these treaties every day and carefully weighing whether they can bring benefits to Turkey. They've come to the conclusion recently, otherwise they wouldn't have come here in a hurry. But diplomacy is diplomacy. We must bargain on every condition.

"My head of state, since it is a comprehensive submission of the covenant, Turkey will naturally fulfill its obligations under the covenant." The Turkish diplomat carefully haggled over his words: "we will send troops to the Middle East if conditions permit to disrupt the British strategic deployment in the Middle East. We will also carry out military deterrence on the border of the Soviet Union to attract part of the Soviet Union's attention. "

"Where conditions permit?" Akado raised his eyebrows, looked at the Turkish diplomat in front of him, and sneered: "is Germany the Poland that was leveled when conditions permit? Was it possible to annihilate the British and French allied forces? Every battle we fight is a victory for soldiers with their lives and blood! Wait for the good, and then pick up the cheap? Why can't Germany catch up with such a good thing? "

The Italian diplomats who were watching were so red that they almost buried their heads in their pants. The performance of the Italian army in France was extremely humiliating. The mess in North Africa is still making the Germans pay for it. The German head of state's words of "waiting for the good and then picking up the cheap" are almost Italian.

However, Italy has done a better job, that is, although the battlefield performance is very general, but it did contribute. Italy is one of Germany's earliest allies and a major country in the world that has been supporting Germany internationally. Even Rommel, who is directly dealing with the Italian army, has to admit that in some areas the Italians have indeed done what their allies should have done.

Even Italians with thicker skin than the city wall feel that they are shameless. If they are not in the meeting room of the head of state, they really do not have the courage to rise up. They all want to ask the Turks why they dare to compete with Italy for the Balkans.

The Italian diplomat asked himself that he really didn't have the courage to slap the table in front of acardo and stare, and he didn't dare to speak out at this time. At least the German head of state has not yet brought the problem to Italy's hundred battles, so it is definitely an unwise choice to come out now.

Italian diplomats hypnotize themselves when they think of how their country has helped. He sat in his seat without looking at Merkel and Turks' playful eyes“ My head of state, Turkey has never been in the habit of getting something for nothing After listening to akkado's words, the Turkish diplomat frowned and replied: "within two months at most, we will be ready to start a war in the Middle East. Turkish troops will go south to look for opportunities to attack the local British garrison." After a pause, he said, "in order to prove our sincerity, Turkey will declare war on the British government of Iceland in two days!" In this way, Turkey is completely ready to board the German chariot and speak so justly about the looting after the declaration of war on Iceland and Britain. Akkado thinks that these diplomats should talk about cross talk. At least their mouth is an advantage that no one can match. German soldiers with courage and blood to fight down the results, they use the mouth to spray can get, this is the so-called three inch tongue, right? Akado looks at Merkel helplessly, and suddenly feels that it's good to have such a person. Merkel saw the look in akado's eyes and knew it was time for her to step forward. Therefore, he resolutely stepped forward and became the protagonist of today's alliance meeting between the two countries. Facts have proved that although the level of diplomats is important, the level of national strength is even more important. In the face of all kinds of demands put forward by Turkish envoys, Merkel has not moved as much as a mountain, and both sides have launched a fierce fight. Naturally, the war in the Middle East is not Turkey's sending troops, even if it's over. If it's just sending troops to occupy an area, and it's so far away, why don't you sit down and discuss, you can you up, and what's the trouble? Therefore, this kind of dispatch is naturally accompanied by the distribution of oil interests of the whole steel axis in the Middle East in the future. That is to say, when Turkey sends troops to the Middle East, it has to hand over part of its interests to Germany and Italy. Only in this way can Germany and Italy recognize Turkey's power in Greece - in fact, it is just a process of buying insurance for each other. Create a community of interests in which you have me and I have you, and strengthen the power of the steel axis. The three countries, including Franco's Spain, bedang's Vichy, France, Chamberlain's north, Britain and the new country Ireland, all reached out their knives and forks and began to carve up the oil fields in the Middle East, which are still areas of Anglo American interest. Each of the representatives of several countries has its own reason in the fight for each barrel of oil quota. The greedy appearance of these people reminds akado of the Paris Peace Conference in those years. He feels uncomfortable when he thinks of the Chinese diplomats watching a group of countries discuss how to divide up the interests of his motherland. Finally, the distribution of interests is completed. The latest distribution plan is that the United States still accounts for 20% of the oil production in the Middle East, Germany accounts for 30%, Turkey accounts for 20%, Italy, Spain and France each account for 10%, local forces account for 20%, and other countries divide up the remaining 10%. Everyone said that this distribution is fair, which is a happy result. So later in the day, the Turkish diplomats who arrived in Germany secretly attended a reception held by Krupp in a high profile. The two sides showed good cooperation intention at the reception. The next morning, diplomats from both sides formally confirmed the alliance relationship at a press conference of the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin. Turkey joined the steel axis and became a new member of the group. It was a huge blow for Britain, and the situation of the war in the Mediterranean immediately became worse. Barton and Montgomery, who were still planning to fight back against Rommel, immediately gave up the plan and began to reinforce Tobruk fortress. On the afternoon of the same day, Turkey officially declared war on the British government in exile in Iceland, which shocked the US government and the public, and threatened the US interests in the Middle East as never before. American President Roosevelt immediately summoned the German ambassador to the United States and asked whether the axis group's future military action plan in the Middle East was aimed at the United States.