Chapter 601: Planning
In the past, the only thought was to use aerial bombing to blow up the Baku oil fields to pieces and cut off the Soviet Union's oil supply. But now Yannick suddenly wondered if he could send ground troops to seize the oil field?
Although Germany has taken control of the world's largest oil field in the Middle East, no matter how thin the mosquito's legs are, they are still meat!
What's more, the Baku oil field is not the meat on the legs of mosquitoes. In 1940, Baku's oil production reached its peak, and its output accounted for 5% of the total output of the Soviet Union at that time. After that, Baku's crude oil production began to decline, but until 1950, it was still the Soviet Union's largest oil field, with oil production accounting for 2% of the Soviet Union's total output. After the 1950s, due to the increasing decline in reserves, crude oil production declined after a cumulative production of 1.2 billion tons, and the production situation took a sharp turn. In 1955, crude oil production accounted for 15% of the total output of the Soviet Union. In 1970, it fell to about 5%.
In other words, once the Baku oil field is occupied, it can continue to be exploited for another 20 to 30 years.
Even if Germany cannot use it itself, it is still good to distribute or reward it to its allies.
But when he walked to the map and observed it carefully, Yannick couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Iran and Azerbaijan are adjacent, but there are high mountains and ridges everywhere, making it difficult for Germany's mechanized troops to deploy and have no surprise effect. If during the attack the Soviets felt that they could no longer defend themselves and blew up the oil fields themselves, what would be the point of the ground troops' attack? It would be better to just send a group of bombers to bomb.
If we take a detour from Turkey, the terrain will be flat, but the Turks may not obediently borrow the road. Even if Germany threatens to use force to lend a road, there is no guarantee that these Turks will not secretly leak secrets to the Soviet Union.
Can the Baku oil fields be destroyed only by air strikes?
"It's troublesome to destroy and rebuild again!" Yanik's eyes turned around Azerbaijan and landed on the neighboring Republic of Georgia.
"Tsk, how could you forget them!" Yannick couldn't help but slap his forehead.
The Kingdom of Georgia was established in 978 and reached its peak in the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later captured by the Mongol Empire and split. It was annexed by the Russian Empire in the 19th century and joined the Soviet Union in 1922, becoming one of the Soviet republics.
The main ethnic group in Georgia is the Georgian people, accounting for 8%. They are a typical mountain ethnic group with strong folk customs. Neither the Mongols, Turks or Russians can completely conquer them.
How tough is it? Even Stalin, who was born in Georgia (Stalin’s original surname is Dzhugashvili, is a genuine Georgian, but he does not have a high sense of his national identity, because he lived near a Russian community since he was a child and was influenced by Russian culture) Deep down, he is a Russian Georgian) who is quite afraid of his compatriots.
Georgia's separatist tendencies had always been very serious during the Soviet period. Stalin used brutal means to suppress his compatriots every time there was trouble.
In his later years, Stalin even gave instructions to Beria: "From now on, I will no longer allow servants and guards from Georgia!" Beria had no choice but to follow the instructions and remove all the Georgians.
As a result, when the Soviet Union collapsed, Georgia was a leader.
Later generations of Georgians had an ambivalent feeling towards Stalin. On the one hand, they were proud that Stalin led the Great Patriotic War and defeated the German Fascists. On the one hand, they felt puzzled and ashamed because Stalin maintained the iron-fisted rule of the Soviet Union with Russia as the core.
To sum it up, "honor his achievements and forget his roots in anger." After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Stalin's statues were removed in Georgia to vent their anger against him.
After the Georgian-Russian War, some Georgians laughed at themselves and said: Only Stalin in Georgia could kill so many Russians effortlessly.
And what's even better is that there is an even more trouble-making guy in northeastern Georgia, Chechnya!
In 1922, the Soviet Union divided the Chechen region into a "Chechen Autonomous Prefecture." In 1929, the Soviet Union increased property taxes in the North Caucasus. The Chechens rose up in rebellion under the leadership of Islam Burov. The following year, the Soviet government made some concessions and agreed to Respect the rights of the Chechen/Ingushetia people; but in 1931, the Soviet Union still killed Islam Burov and others...
In 1934, the Soviet Union merged Chechnya and Ingushetia into the "Chechen-Ingushetia Autonomous Prefecture". In 1936, it was renamed the "Chechen-Ingushetia Soviet Autonomous Republic". By 1937, all Chechens who openly opposed the name of "Soviet Society and Righteousness" were mercilessly attacked. In just one year, thousands of people entered Stalin's prison, and almost no Came out alive.
In 1941, the Soviet-German war broke out, and the German army pointed all the way to the Caucasus. Hatred of Stalin's oppression, most Chechens took the opportunity to seek independence by cooperating with the German army.
However, as the Soviet-German war entered the counter-offensive phase, Chechnya was again controlled by the Soviet army.
Stalin, who pursued a policy of cleansing the Chechens, used the Chechens' collaboration with the enemy (Germany) as an excuse in 1944 to order the expulsion and exile of all Chechens to harsh environments in Central Asia/Kazakhstan. The so-called autonomous republic also disappeared from Russia's administrative divisions. There were nearly 500,000 Chechens before the exile. During the exile, countless Chechens died of hunger, disease, and Russian bullets. As a result, the Chechens lost 40% of their population. The entire Chechen nation became a victim of Soviet state terrorism, national discrimination and ethnic cleansing.
But since you have to do it, do it right. No matter how much trouble a rootless duckweed makes, it can't make waves. However, Khrushchev, who later came to power, completely repudiated Stalin, restored the administrative regions of the autonomous republic, and allowed Chechens to return to their homeland.
But come back, come back. These Chechens who have returned to their ancestral land have always been subject to unwarranted suspicion by the government and are considered second-class politically. The traditional culture and religious beliefs of the Chechen (and Ingushetia) people are also prohibited, school teaching can only be in Russian, and Chechen language is limited to internal use within the family.
In the late 1980s, when Gorbachev was in power, the "new thinking" he promoted brought the Soviet Union into a mess and also brought hope to the Chechens. Driven by Gorbachev's "new thinking", the Soviet Union had ceased to exist in name only. However, at this time, Chechen separatist forces rose again, laying hidden dangers for Russia's two subsequent Chechen wars.
Yannick immediately called Reinhard. "Contact Natasha and see if she can find anti-Soviet forces within Georgia and Chechnya. We can have good cooperation."
Then he contacted Ribbentrop. "Let the ambassadors from Greece, Iran, Iraq, Serbia, and Bulgaria come."
The ambassadors of the five countries naturally did not dare to delay and immediately set off for the palace.
In the conference room of the palace, Yannick said to the ambassadors of the five countries. "I'm here to discuss something with you. I'm wondering if you can form a five-nation alliance to jointly attack Turkey."
"!!" Several ambassadors looked at each other in shock, only to hear Yannick continue. "We can sell fighter planes, tanks and other weapons and equipment to various countries at low prices; we can also send instructors to train soldiers from various countries. There is only one thing I want, and that is that from now on, the Turkish Straits will be under German jurisdiction. As for the rest of the occupied land, I won’t take an inch of it, it all belongs to all your countries.
Okay, I’ve finished my words, please go back and contact the country. "