2659 The Abandoned 1
The Americans were busy dealing with the war with Japan, and the Germans were busy selling arms everywhere and resuming the overseas market in front of the station. The two major powers held rounds of confrontation and compromise for each other's interests. Everyone fought with each other, fighting without breaking, and finally gaining a suitable balance point.
And in the struggle between the two most powerful countries in the world, some aftermath will definitely cause, and these aftermaths will eventually affect the relevant countries. For the two major powers, this so-called aftermath cannot even be stirred up. Ordinary people don’t even know it, and even if they know it, they may not pay attention to it. However, for some countries, the offensive and defensive transformation between major powers and advances and retreats have enough to have a huge impact on them. Some policies and ideas will be broken inadvertently, and some turmoil caused by this may not be revealed for the time being, but for those keen politicians, a series of consequences have begun to appear.
"Marrior Marshal, Zemalpasha has arrived." A servant said to Turkish Marshal Mustafa Kemal Atatilk. The latter was standing on his balcony, looking at the Turkish Palace not far away.
"Why did Zemal come to me again today? It's such a rare guest." Kemal said with some self-deprecating self-deprecation. To be honest, Kemal's life was not comfortable after the war. Although Kemal could be said to be the first in the Turkish army during the war, his enlightened political propositions and his attitude towards the use of troops on the Arabian Peninsula gradually moved him away from the political center.
Although he still has a respected status now, his actual power is already very small. However, even so, Kemal still has a huge influence on many things, which is one of the reasons why Zemal Pasha comes back. You should know that in the Turkish government, Pasha is second only to Sudan, and there are only three Pashas in the entire Turkish Empire! They are Enverpasha, Letapasha and Zemal Pasha who is visiting today.
"I don't know what it's important to have in Pasha's arrival today." After a brief greeting, Kemal got to the point.
"A very bad news is that the Americans have decided to terminate the oil extraction plan in the Mesopotamia. They have begun to evacuate personnel, and the subsequent allocation of funds has also stopped." Zemalpasha said with some concern.
"This is really bad news." Kemal said with a frown. Turkey's economy is now very bad. Turkey's industry is very backward and requires a large amount of imported industrial products. In terms of agriculture, it was possible to export agricultural products produced in the Fertile Crescent Land to Germany and Austria. But now, as Germany and Austria have taken the future Ukraine and Belarus, Turkey's grain exports have begun to fall sharply.
Therefore, the fastest way for Turkey to make money now is the oil industry, which is to sell oil mining licenses to obtain financial support, and then export oil to exchange for foreign exchange. Previously, oil exports in the Mesopotamia were controlled by Bavaria, and for Turkey, the situation of monopolizing Turkey's oil exports was naturally very bad. Therefore, some senior officials in Turkey are willing to let Americans join the competition. Zemalpasha is the biggest supporter of the government, while Kemal is a secret supporter and the think tank of the entire plan! Don't underestimate Kemal's role. In addition to giving advice, Kemal also wrote to his previous subordinates, the commander of the Turkish Military Region, who is now stationed in the Mesopotamian Basin, to help the Americans clear all obstacles. This is also why the mining activities started by the Americans were very smooth!
From Kemal's perspective, he himself did not hate the Germans. To be honest, it was precisely because of this war that Turkey was on the side of the Germans that Turkey was able to restore part of the territory it had lost in the Balkans and fundamentally destroy the terrible empire that had fought with Turkey for hundreds of years. After this war, Turkey made a profit. In his opinion, what was left was to digest the fruits of the victory of the war and deal with domestic problems. Therefore, he supported the Germans' idea that Turkey no longer sought expansion.
However, all this does not prevent Kemal from seeking diversification in Turkey's energy exports! The reason is nothing, it is all for the country! Kemal has already felt the shackles of Germany's monopoly capital on Turkey's development, so he has to gradually untie this restriction.
Now, gradually diversifying the economy is only the first step, and the second step is political diversification. What can I say? There is no eternal friend in this world but only eternal interests. It is for the sake of interests. After all, Turkey had to face the threat from Russia at that time. But now? The threat disappeared, and it would be of little significance to continue to maintain a military alliance with Germany. As a country that spans Asia, Africa and Europe, Turkey is still very ambitious! This ambition must have some contradictions with Germany and Australia now. In order to ensure Turkey's interests, Kemal still hopes to play a balanced route. The so-called far-reaching relationship and near attack is the meaning. Although it is definitely not possible to break up with Germany and Australia, it also needs to communicate with the United States!
So, based on the above judgment, Kemal held a supportive attitude towards the entry of American forces into Turkey. The top priority was oil extraction! But unfortunately, today Zemalpasha came to tell him that this matter was ruined! Can Kemal not be surprised?
"What's going on?" Kemal asked.
"Some political reasons, simply put, are that the Germans opposed the Americans entering the Mesopotamian Basin to exploit oil. Recently, the Americans had some problems in the Pacific War. In the end, the United States and Germany decided to compromise on this issue. The Americans exchanged the support of the German Navy at the cost of withdrawing from the Mesopotamia. According to our news, the German Navy guaranteed to sell at least 4 fast battleships to the Americans." Zemar Pasha briefly described the whole thing.
"Unexpectedly, it's reasonable." Kemal sighed after hearing this. "But I really didn't expect that the Americans would abandon us so neatly. How long has Secretary Lansing been in Germany? The Americans gave up the oil field that has been working hard for a year and the annual mining volume is expected to reach 1.5 million tons? We are really nothing in the eyes of Americans." Kemal's emotions are very complicated in his words. There are vitality, depression, and a strong feeling of being insulted.
Chapter completed!