"What! How many tanks did they come?"

Upon hearing this, William Joseph Slim asked hurriedly.

"More than a thousand tanks and armored vehicles!"

Operational Staff McDoll said with concern.

"Impossible! With the German army's poor logistics transportation supply line, they could only transport 900 tanks to Iran if they were slaughtered! How could they be stronger than the sea transportation capacity of the British Empire outside?"

William Joseph Slim did not believe the first one at all after hearing this and responded.

"But that was the German army in the past, but now the German army has a powerful aircraft carrier fleet and air transport force. Didn't their aircraft carrier fleet suddenly appear quietly and silently in Iran where we are stationed and conduct landing operations? Commander!"

"And now our allies, the Soviet army, has more than 1,000 tanks deployed in Iran and Iraq!"

"Of course, when we jointly attacked the Iranian army led by King Reza Khan of Iran, the number of tanks that the Soviet army participated in the combat operation was already 1,000 T-26 light tanks, so now there will only be more, not less!"

In disbelief of William Joseph Slim, combat staff officer Madol just shook his head helplessly and replied.

After hearing the explanation from the combat staff officer Madol, William Joseph Slim was speechless for a moment and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while, and was stunned in surprise.

But at this moment, his heart was quickly calculating how many troops he could command and fight in his hands, and how they were in their current situation.

The 10th British-Indian Army Groups stationed in Iran against the German army include the 8th and 10th Indian Divisions, the 2nd Indian Armored Brigade, the 9th Armored Brigade and the 21st Indian Infantry Brigade; as for the Soviet army, a large number of troops from the 44th, 47th and 53rd armies were drawn from the Transcaucasus and the Central Asian Military Region to enter Iran and the British army to conduct joint operations, of course, nine army divisions, a small number of tanks, and ships that have defected to the British, American and Soviet Iranian troops.

As for the aviation army and the navy, there were not many British and Soviet troops stationed in Iran, or their naval and air forces were pitifully small, and there was not even one-tenth of the German army.

Because when Guderian led his troops to conduct a sudden attack, the British army had less than 200 aircraft, and there were even less than 100 pilots who could really go onto the battlefield to fight.

Moreover, William Joseph Slim now needs to negotiate with Sir Okinlek, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, General Wavell, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in the Middle East, and Lieutenant General Quinan, the former Commander-in-Chief.

Although Churchill has promoted him to the new commander-in-chief of the Middle East, the original commanders and generals have not completely left here. Because the current situation in Iran is getting worse and worse, they are reluctant to leave.

Because they all knew very clearly that once the oil from the Middle East was lost, the British mechanized troops would not only lose their combat effectiveness, but also to fight against the landing crisis that threatened Germany and Turkey, the United Kingdom and the Soviet army.

Moreover, the British army can continue to completely control and protect the security of the Middle East and the Suez Canal, and ensure the control of BP Oil Corporation's oil fields in southwestern Iran, so the UK will never give up Iraq and Iran easily.

In addition, the only route to support the Soviet weapons and equipment and various military supplies that Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union decided to put into use in 1941 was to depart from the Persian Gulf port, arrive in the Baku and the Caspian Sea through various railways in Iran, and then be transported to the hands of the Soviet army.

In other words, Iran has become a strategic channel connecting the Soviet Union and the British and American troops. Therefore, once Iran is occupied by the German army, it will destroy the secret railway transportation channel of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, thus causing the Soviet army to lose the military support of the British and American troops.
Chapter completed!