More than ten days later, with the unremitting efforts of the British government, the British 8th Army in Africa, and several British colonial army logistics units, one-third of the equipment requested by Shulka was finally transported to the Caucasus region in a hurry.
At this time, the Caucasus region was under a semi-blockade by the German army... Although the German army's attacks on the Caucasus region had been frustrated time and time again, the main reason for this was that the Soviet army tilted its air power towards the Caucasus, and at the same time, the German army's high-performance fighter planes were unable to attack the Caucasus region.
The Caucasus region played its due role and could only control limited air superiority. In addition, the high altitude and coldness of the Caucasus Mountains made it difficult for the German army to adapt. Therefore, the German army could only look at the Baku oil fields from a distance but could not advance.
However, even so, the Germans still controlled several important mountain passes.
The characteristic of the Caucasus region is that it is bounded by the Black Sea to the west and the Caspian Sea to the east. The long Caucasus Mountains run across it and divide it into the South Caucasus and the North Caucasus. The German army only needed to block a limited number of mountain passes and coastal cities in the Caucasus Mountains to semi-blockade the Caucasus region.
The reason why we say "semi-blockade" is because the Caspian Sea is still controlled by the Soviet army, and it is completely controlled.
At this time, the Caspian Sea was still a completely inland sea, which meant that it had no contact with the outside world and no ships could communicate with it. Therefore, it was almost impossible to be attacked by enemy fleets and submarines unless the enemy fleet could land ashore.
(Note: In modern times, the Caspian Sea has been opened. The Soviet Union dug an artificial canal to connect the Volga River and the Don River, so ships on the Caspian Sea can travel along the Volga River, canal, Don River, and Black Sea to other places)
Therefore, the Soviet army can carry out reinforcements to areas such as Baku and the Caucasus through the Black Sea.
However, this was not an easy task, because German fighter planes obviously had air superiority over the vast and vast Black Sea, so the Soviet army could only transport troops and food at night, risking being bombed by night bombers.
Therefore, the Caucasus region is short of supplies and equipment, especially tanks, artillery and fighter planes. The equipment sent by the British army can be said to be like a timely rain, giving the Soviet army, which was originally evenly matched with the German army, a complete upper hand.
As a result, the German army no longer had any hope of capturing the Baku oil fields.
John was even waiting for this moment in Shulka's office, including several correspondents and a staff officer.
It goes without saying what the reason was. John hoped to receive the goods as soon as possible and transmit the information provided by Shulka that was related to British national security back to the UK.
John did indeed do this. He even seemed to be prepared for the weather and kept reminding Shulka:
"The last train has successfully entered Baku, Comrade Shulka!"
"Can you remind them to hurry up? I mean the acceptance people, they are always procrastinating!"
"No, it must be that they didn't count them. We wouldn't have sent hundreds of tanks but a few were missing! I think your inspectors should improve their quality, or ask them not to drink so much while working!"
Shulka couldn't help but be speechless.
He could retaliate against John's arrogance in any way, but in this regard... what else could Shulka say? He could never stop the Soviets from drinking.
Not to mention acceptance, even if they drive a car, drive a tank, or even fly an airplane, they can take Votega with them.
Then the numbers finally matched up, and John couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, sat in front of Shulka, and said: "Now, Comrade Shulka, I hope your intelligence is worth what we do! Otherwise, this will seriously affect the relationship between us.
Alliance relationship, and the other two-thirds of supplies will no longer exist!"
Shulka knew that the British would have such a face. It was clearly a "discount" he gave John, but now it became John's capital to threaten him.
Shulka did not answer, he just turned his attention to Akadiyevich.
Akadiyevich also contacted Baku at the right time, and he nodded and said there was no problem.
So Shulka replied: "Don't worry, Comrade John! It's definitely worth the money!"
With that said, Shulka handed the photo to John.
John was confused after taking the photo, and then stood up angrily: "You mean, it's just this? Is this the intelligence you said can threaten British security?"
"Is there any problem?" Shulka asked.
"This is blackmail and deception!" John blushed and said holding the photo: "Do you know the consequences of doing this, Comrade Shulka? We will cut off all aid to the Soviet Union, everything!"
This time, John's anger was no longer pretended, because he felt that he and the British government had been deceived, and then there was the issue of his taking the blame, that is, his official career...
Shulka waited quietly for John to finish, and then replied: "I believe your Prime Minister will not, Comrade John! If you continue like this, I guarantee you will regret it!"
John thought for a while, then suppressed his anger and sat back in his seat, gritted his teeth and said: "Well, Comrade Shulka, I am listening..."
Shulka was too lazy to explain to John, and said to John straightforwardly: "This is a photo taken by our agents in the Baltic Sea. The Germans have a secret scientific research base in Peenamünde, where many of Germany's best scientists are gathered.
Their purpose is to develop this equipment!”
When Shulka said this, John's face immediately became serious, because he also knew about this secret scientific research base of the Germans, but he did not know what that scientific research base was developing.
But this was obviously not enough to change John's mind that he had been deceived.
"Are you trying to tell me..." John looked at the photo, then smiled disdainfully: "They are developing this kind of small aircraft? I'm not that easy to lie, Comrade Shulka!"
"Do you think this is a small plane?" Shulka shook his head.
Arkadyevich also laughed.
"Originally we thought it was a small plane!" Akadiyevich said: "But, Comrade John! Please pay attention to its size..."
As he spoke, Arkadyevich handed over a document, which was the size and partial performance of the "small aircraft" that Kurchatov analyzed based on Shulka's guess.
Of course, it was only "part", and Shulka would certainly not be stupid enough to tell the British everything.
"It is unpiloted, Comrade John!" Shulka said: "We are not sure whether we can call it a 'small plane'. We only know that it will fly very far away, even across the ocean.
, dive after reaching the destination, and then explode!”
John's eyes widened when he heard this. He knew what Shulka's words meant. (To be continued)