Edel's attention to the Finnish war situation only ends here. Although it is only the first half at most, and there is still the second half to watch. But where does he have so much energy to pay attention? He still has a lot of things to pay attention to.
For example, the North African Army Corps fighting in Tunisia also attracted his attention. Of course, the importance of the battle here to Romania was not as important as Italy's attention to it.
Because Tunisia has always been a pain in the hearts of Italians. After the reunification of Italy, the first thing Italy paid attention to was Tunisia. At that time, Tunisia was still in the Hussein dynasty. Its geographical location was very important to Italy. As long as Italy captured Tunisia, it would be able to
and Sicily form an iron gate in the Central Mediterranean.
In addition to its geographical location, Tunisia’s arable land is also very important to Italy. Its arable land area reaches 9 million hectares, which is evident in the temptation of Italy, which has less land and more people. Therefore, Italy has invested a lot of energy in Tunisia, and its establishment
The first colonial company was the colonization of Tunisia.
Faced with Italy's intention, other countries were well aware of it, but France, which captured Algeria, also had the same intention. Moreover, France dared to do it no matter what it thought. In 1881, France suddenly sent troops to capture Tunisia, which made Italy's intention
It failed, and it severely damaged Italy's colonial spirit.
Now there is another opportunity to get Tunisia. As the leader of Italy, Mussolini will naturally not let go of such an opportunity. Especially after the Italian-Romanian coalition invaded Tunisia, he naturally sent a large number of troops and materials to ensure the offensive of the army.
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While trying its best to ensure the North African Army, the supplies it transported to the Italian army in eastern Libya were naturally reduced. Invisibly, Italy's power to prepare to enter Egypt to seize the fruits was reduced. In fact, Italy was also aware of this.
It's just that this is a two-choice question, either eating Tunisia alone without interference, or competing with Romania for Egypt, and it is very likely that they will not be able to compete. This question is actually very easy to do, and it is not difficult at all.
At present, the North African legions commanded by Antonescu and Messe have arrived at the city of Tunis, but the French army, organized by General Dashanliu, has relied on the city of Tunis to wait for reinforcements.
Facing the defending French army, the North African Army currently commanded by the two men does not have the strength to bite this bone for the time being, and can only wait for support from behind. In addition, in order to better siege the city of Tunisia, the two men also sent a report requesting the Italian Navy to join the attack.
Blockade of Tunisia city.
Regarding this proposal, which is likely to trigger a naval war between Italy and France, I heard that there was a fierce discussion within Italy, but in the end, Mussolini, as the leader, decided to let the navy mobilize main warships to join the blockade of Tunisia. Currently, it is waiting for the French army
's reaction.
It is also worth mentioning that the island of Malta is currently completely out of strength and has launched an attack on the route from Italy to Tripoli. After Italy launched continuous sea and air attacks on the island of Malta, the defending air force was completely lost. In addition, its supply ship
The team suffered several consecutive attacks from the sea and the air, and also lost a lot of supplies and fuel.
Although Britain and France still have a lot of military power, they need to be used in many places. The Western Front has to confront the German army, Tunisia has to contend with the Romanian and Italian armies, and the Middle East has to face the main force of the Romanian army. So for the island of Malta, it is
Seems helpless.
Even if they know that the location of this island is very critical, no spare power means no spare power. This fact cannot be changed. Unless a big country suddenly joins them, the result will not be changed.
At present, the most likely one to join is the United States. However, despite the lobbying efforts of Britain and France, the United States is not ready yet. Its President Roosevelt even privately told the British and French envoys that the United States currently does not have the strength to intervene in this war and can only
Provide various material support.
In fact, what he said is right. The United States is still in a semi-mobilized state. At present, the only thing the United States can use is its navy, but the navy alone cannot defeat the Axis camp.
As for the Army, thanks to the post-war disarmament, the U.S. Army only had a strength of over 100,000 people before. Although it has experienced several military expansions, the U.S. Army is now numbering in the millions, and most of them are freshmen.
Recruits entering the military camp.
Everyone knows that you can't fight a war with new recruits, you have to at least train them properly.
In addition, the United States is not willing to join the battlefield now. Why not consume Britain and France first? The American people have not forgotten the final result of the last war.
Therefore, when there was no choice but to give up certain locations, the island of Malta became the best choice. Besides, even if Malta was given up, the British still firmly held Gibraltar. As long as they controlled it, the Italian and Romanian navy would not be able to reach the Atlantic Ocean.
In fact, for Romania, there is another important matter that needs to be solved urgently. Looking at the map again, there is a place that is extremely conspicuous for Romania now.
That's right, that's the Black Sea Strait. Romania has always been tempted by this Turkish enclave in Europe. If it hadn't been for the need to deal with Britain and France now, Romania might have taken action.
In fact, after Eder became the king of Bulgaria, Turkey became extremely wary of Romania and kept building various fortifications in this area of East Thrace.
However, the construction of fortifications comes back to the construction of fortifications. On the diplomatic level, Turkey is very friendly to Romania. It not only rejected the British and French attempts to use the Black Sea Strait to carry out operations, but also took the initiative to change the navigation conditions after Romania took back Western Thrace.
And since Turkey is so knowledgeable, no one in Romania supports the proposal to seize the Black Sea Strait. (Sometimes I really don’t know why there is such a big gap between the native chickens during World War II and the current native chickens. During the Cold War, they were more sober than now.
.)
But now that Romania is gaining momentum on the battlefield, the proposal for the Black Sea Strait has been discussed again. However, this time it is not intended to use military means, but to use the principle of territorial exchange to exchange it, at least to ensure that Romania's
There is a certain degree of control over the Black Sea Strait.
In private, Romania mentioned this matter to Turkey to test Türkiye's reaction first.
The results of the test were pretty good. Turkey did not reject it outright, and said that they needed to discuss such a major matter.
Although it still has the intention of delaying, it at least proves that Turkey is not determined to die for this land. What Romania took out in exchange for it is the Syrian area that has just been captured. Of course, it is not the whole of Syria, but the central and northern part of Syria.
, equivalent to two-thirds of the territory.
Of course, these are only preliminary conditions. Romania can also provide more bargaining chips, but Turkey needs to do more.
However, Edel can still wait before seizing the Suez Canal. If Romania seizes Suez and the Turks have not yet responded, they must put some pressure on them.
But this is all for the future, let’s wait until the results come out.
