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    Petroleum is known as the blood of modern industry. After the vigorous rise of internal combustion engines, it has gradually replaced coal's position in industry!  Civilian cars and various tool vehicles, military tanks, armored vehicles and trucks, as well as Navy fuel boilers and Air Force aircraft all consume oil!  Without oil, these vehicles, ships and aircraft would be unable to move and would become useless decorations!

    Since the Chinese Army took the lead in equipping the military with trucks, tanks and armored vehicles on a large scale, other countries have also followed suit.  Although this has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the army, it has also deepened its dependence on oil!  Don't say anything else. Among the ships currently at sea, except for a few ships from backward countries that still use coal-fired boilers, the ships of most countries use oil-fired boilers!  If the oil supply is cut off, it will cause a devastating blow to a country!

    The main oil-producing areas in the world are now mainly concentrated on the Persian Gulf coast and the Gulf of Mexico coast!  What a coincidence, these two places are under the control of China!  If China wants, it can cut off its oil supply to other countries at any time!  In addition to the Persian Gulf coast and the Gulf of Mexico coast, Baku, which originally belonged to Russia on the Caspian Sea coast, is also an important oil-producing area.  It¡¯s just that during the last world war, this area had been occupied by the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and at the Beijing Peace Conference, the Caucasus Mountains and the area south of it were divided to the Ottoman Turkish Empire!  After obtaining oil from the Baku oil fields, the economy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire began to improve.  And the oil exported from Baku oil fields.  It is mainly supplied to Germany!

    Although Germany is the second most powerful country in the world.  But Germany itself does not produce oil.  All the oil needed needs to be imported from abroad!  When China and Germany had close relations, Germany was also able to import some oil from the Persian Gulf.  However, when the two countries begin to confront each other, Germany will no longer be able to get a drop of oil from the Persian Gulf!  Fortunately, Germany can still buy oil from the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Otherwise, Germany's economic and military strength will suffer a fatal blow!

    With the exception of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.  The Kingdom of Romania is also an oil-producing country!  Similarly, apart from the oil produced by the Kingdom of Romania, the rest is sold to Germany!  Insightful people in Germany are also aware of the importance of oil. They know that once China and Germany go to war, the road to imported oil may be cut off by China!  Therefore, Germany established a petro-national combat readiness system!  Before the war broke out, Germany had stored a large amount of oil!  However, Germany still underestimated the consumption of oil, which they had stored before the war.  It is simply impossible to sustain the consumption of high-intensity war.  To this end, Germany has reduced its sales of oil to the private sector.  On the other hand, buy as much oil as possible from the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Kingdom of Romania!

    And it was at this time that China started to take action!  Begins to suppress Germany's oil supply!

    At the end of March 1919, with the end of the Battle of the Volga River, doubts arose around the world about whether Germany and the Holy Alliance could defeat China and the Eastern Alliance led by China.  Many neutral countries that originally favored Germany have once again strengthened their neutral attitude!

    On March 28, Chinese Foreign Minister Gu Weijun urgently summoned the Ambassador of the Ottoman Turkish Empire to China and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Romania to China!  Gu Weijun clearly informed them that the sales of oil by the two countries to Germany had seriously affected China's interests!  Both countries are required to stop exporting oil to Germany starting today!  Otherwise, China will take necessary actions to safeguard its own interests!

    Of course, China¡¯s request was strongly opposed by the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Kingdom of Romania!  The Ottoman Turkish Empire, in particular, directly pointed out that this was China's interference in the internal affairs of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. The Ottoman Turkish Empire selling oil to other countries was just a normal commercial activity!  No country can interfere with the legitimate behavior of the Ottoman Turkish Empire!

    Because of the Persian Gulf and Cyprus Island, the Ottoman Turkish Empire has a somewhat tense relationship with China, and is very close to Germany!  However, when Germany invited the Ottoman Turkish Empire to join the Holy Alliance, the Ottoman Turkish Empire still refused!  Among other things, the Chinese Army's deployment of a group army in the Persian Gulf and the Chinese Navy's Third Fleet cruising in the Mediterranean made the Ottoman Turkish Empire feel a huge threat!  If the Ottoman Turkish Empire joins the Holy Alliance, China will definitely list the Ottoman Turkish Empire as a priority target!  Although with the help of its victory in the last world war, the Ottoman Turkish Empire once again became one of the world powers.  It¡¯s just that thisThe country is simply a country that is strong on the outside but internally independent!  The severe domestic ethnic conflicts and backward industry made it impossible for the Ottoman Turkish Empire to have strong military strength!  When China's army, navy and air force were deployed around the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire was undoubtedly seeking death by joining the Holy Alliance!

    And the current development of the war situation has undoubtedly proved that the original choice of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was very wise!  If they choose to join the Holy Alliance, then the current Kingdom of Italy and the Iberian Peninsula, which is engulfed in war, will be a lesson for them!  However, given the relationship between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and China, they were unwilling to see China finally win the war.  Otherwise, China will become the unique hegemon in the world!  With China¡¯s strength, will other countries still have a way to survive?  Especially when there are conflicts with China, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is even more unwilling to see China win!  However, the military strength of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was weak, and the only thing they could help Germany with was perhaps oil!  Therefore, if China wants the Ottoman Turkish Empire to stop exporting oil to Germany, they will naturally not agree!  All fools know that once Germany runs out of oil.  I'm afraid we will let China arbitrarily slaughter us!

    The situation of the Kingdom of Romania is different.  The Kingdom of Romania is close to Germany. Now after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Romania is directly under the German military front. If they do not sell oil to Germany, I am afraid that the German army will cross the border and attack Romania the next day!  Therefore, for the sake of its own national security, the Kingdom of Romania will not agree to China¡¯s request!

    Foreign Minister Gu Weijun finally proposed a plan. China would pay to buy the oil exported to Germany by the two countries!  In this case, it will not affect the economic interests of the two countries!  As for Germany's military threat to them, Germany is now dealing with China's attack, and I'm afraid it doesn't have the strength at all!

    However, the Ottoman Turkish Empire still rejected China's request.  The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Romania to China said that Germany poses too great a threat to the Kingdom of Romania. When its own safety cannot be guaranteed, the Kingdom of Romania will not turn against Germany!

    Cutting off the oil supply to Germany is directly related to whether China can defeat Germany at a small cost!  Therefore, although the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Kingdom of Romania rejected China's request, China will not give up!  Since diplomatic efforts have failed, the only option is to take military action!

    In early April, the 18th Group Army of the Chinese Army approached from the Persian Gulf to the hinterland of the Ottoman Turkish Empire!  At the same time, the armies of China's allies, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Egypt, have also gathered towards the border, and are likely to attack the Ottoman Turkish Empire!  At the same time, the 32nd Task Force and the 33rd Task Force of the Chinese Navy's Third Fleet also appeared in the Aegean Sea, posing a great threat to the Ottoman Turkish Empire!  Although after the end of the last world war, the Ottoman Turkish Empire also purchased several advanced battleships from China!  However, those battleships are simply vulnerable to the Chinese Navy!  Not to mention that the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier-based air force can easily send those battleships to the bottom of the sea. Even if the 33rd Task Force engages them in a battleship duel, the Ottoman Turkish Empire has no chance of winning!

    On the one hand, Ottoman Tš¹rkiye protested against China, and on the other hand, it actively prepared for war!  However, when a wing of the Chinese Air Force's H10'Kunpeng' long-range bombers, protected by a wing of F10'Lightning' heavy-duty fighter jets, set off from the island of Cyprus, entered the airspace of Ottoman Turkey, and flew to the sky above Istanbul.  After leaving for a while, no one in the entire Ottoman Turkish Empire said they wanted to go to war with China!  They all know very well that although this time the Chinese Air Force just hovered over Istanbul for a while and then flew away, if the Ottoman Empire does not understand, the Chinese Air Force may directly blow Istanbul into a sea of ????fire next time!

    Although China¡¯s forceful behavior is an insult to the Ottoman Turkish Empire.  However, in the face of China's strong military strength, the Ottoman Turkish Empire had to choose to bow its head!  In terms of military affairs, there are so many differences between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and China!  China can easily defeat the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and it will not even affect the war against Germany!

    On April 8, the Ottoman Turkish Empire announced that all the oil produced by the Ottoman Turkish Empire would be sold to China!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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