"...Palestine, Sinai Peninsula, Syria and Transjordan all fought in a group. More than three million officers and soldiers from both sides were fighting the most fierce battle on the land of West Asia. And we, Weiville-Stilwell Cluster, the most powerful armored cluster of the British and American Allies in the Middle East, did nothing in Jeddah Port! These are 27 divisions, including 10 armored divisions! This is a powerful force that can reverse the situation in the Middle East! If we say what our biggest mistake in this battle, it is undoubtedly that we did not put this force into the right direction as soon as possible." - The above is excerpted from Lieutenant General Stilwell's memoir "Wrong War".

As Stilwell said in his memoir, starting from May 2, 1935, the most tragic battle in the Middle East had arrived. Ubolevich's eight armies rushed into the Palestine and Sinai Peninsula like floods, and an Indian army compressed into the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula also had its strongest combat power. It attacked three armies of Ubolevich's cluster, defeating a British infantry army on the Sinai Peninsula and even pursuing the Suez Canal! The other five armies of Ubolevich's cluster advanced northward along the west side of the Arab Valley, defeating the US Marine Division that rushed to block the 1st US Marine Division near Jerusalem, and then drove straight into the Haifa Port, the general logistics base of the US military in the Middle East War Zone.

At this time, in Haifa's Middle East US Army General Command, there was a hustle and overwhelming atmosphere. Those resourceful staff officers are now in and out with a daze now - no one knows what they are busy with? Or they are arguing loudly around the map. The four huge arrows representing the Indian Red Army on the map are either extending continuously, or oppressing and restraining the British and American troops on the battlefields of Syria and Transjordan. The most powerful combat power of the British and American Allies in the Middle East is in Jeddah Port, more than a thousand kilometers away, and some are wandering on the Arabian Sea in steamers and warships.

At this time, these self-righteous American and British soldiers finally realized how stupid they had done! They sent their most powerful armored troops and ten divisions that were originally reserves to circumvent the enemy's retreat, but in the end they let the enemy seize their own retreat! If the 37 divisions' troops were still in Egypt or Palestine, the Ubolevich cluster that had emerged from the Hanzhi Mountains would have only one dead end, but the current battlefield situation was really hard to save even the gods!

The war room was filled with people, and bad news came one after another.

"A general. A huge marching column of the Indian army has passed the Suez Canal and is advancing towards Cairo!"

"Report, the Indian vanguard was found near Tel Aviv airport! Indian artillery shells have fallen near the airport apron. Major General Thomas of the Army Air Force requested the land and sea forces to be withdrawn to Haifa!"

"Alexander's Middle East War Zone Command ordered us to immediately send at least one division to Alexandria to participate in the city defense!"

"Admiral, Lieutenant General Magrud of the Seventh Army, reported that his troops were under pressure from the Indian army's superior forces. If they were to retreat, the losses would be very heavy!"

"Admiral Stilwell telegram, he requested that the Persian Gulf war be implemented as planned - this is our only chance to reverse the war in the Middle East!"

"General Patton called and requested that the Persian Gulf combat plan be immediately abandoned and the landing troops were transferred to Egypt immediately..."

Marshall sat in the war room dejectedly, listening to his subordinates reporting one bad news after another. The staff officers in the entire headquarters were circling like ants on a hot pan. Not long ago, these American "elites" who had never fought a war were just second lieutenants and lieutenants. They could not believe what was happening in front of them. The United States and Britain had invested more than 1.6 million troops in this battlefield. In the past two months, they easily crossed the Suez Canal and seized Palestine.

Sinai Peninsula, Lebanon, half of TransJordan, half Syria and half of Hanzhi, killed and captured almost 250,000 Indian Red Army! Just as he was about to give his opponent a final blow, the battle situation completely collapsed in just a few days! The battle plan in the Persian Gulf was completely a joke. The situation in Palestine was already at a critical moment of collapse! Even the British army's impregnable Suez defense line was declared lost in panic! The raging fire of the world revolution has burned to Africa! The Indian Red Army is advancing towards the pyramids...

How could the situation of the war become like this? Didn’t the US and British troops have overwhelming firepower? Didn’t American planes occupy the entire Middle East? Didn’t the US and British navies control the sea power in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean? India is not a country with a weak industrial foundation, and the people cannot even eat enough. The illiteracy rate is as high as 95% (it turns out that the illiteracy rate is not that high, but many literate A Sandu class enemies)? And those teachers of A San from India were not defeated by China and Germany? How could they defeat Britain and the United States? How could such a thing happen!

Admiral Marshall now knows why the battle situation suddenly reversed, because the smooth sailing before was an illusion! It was all Buluhell who was paralyzing himself and Sir Masinbent! Compared with this Soviet famous general who had been through many battles, his command art as an admiral who had never really been on the battlefield was not worth mentioning at all! He was simply a fool who could cheat whatever he wanted!

I actually want to play tricks with an old fox who rolled on the battlefield like others! What are the frontal attraction, the armored troops encirclement, and the Persian Gulf landing... In the eyes of those scheming Soviet generals, I must be the biggest fool in the world! Because of my stupidity, hundreds of thousands of American youth may soon lose their lives! The dream of the United States leading the world is probably coming to an end, and I am the biggest sinner in the history of the United States of America...

Just when Marshall was ashamed of not knowing whether he was going to commit suicide or apologize, Eisenhower suddenly pulled Alexander, the chief of the British General Staff of the Middle East, and walked in from outside the combat room.

"Sir General, Sir Massinbent sent me to listen to your thoughts on the current situation." Alexander, who exuded a noble aura, was very calm. He didn't know if it was because he got used to eating too much defeat or because the British Empire's aristocrat was born to be slow to react.

"What do you think?" Marshall was left with shame and no thoughts, so after hearing Alexander's question, he began to think about it. After thinking for a full ten minutes, he nodded to Alexander and said, "I want to hear the Jazz's opinion."

After hearing Marshall's words, Alexander sighed in his heart. It seemed that this four-star American general had no idea... It would be fine. The British Empire still has a last chance to try!

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and showed a firm expression: "Mr. General, there are some recurrences in the current situation of the war, but we have not been defeated yet, and everything is under control. As long as the Persian Gulf battle is successful, the Middle East will still be the world of Britain and the United States!"

"But what to do on the front battlefield? The British and American troops in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Transjordan and Lebanon are all in crisis!" Marshall asked back.

"The Jazz believes that the frontal forces should be reduced. In Egypt, we are ready to give up Cairo and retreat to Alexander. It is the home port of the Mediterranean fleet, with a solid defense system. Now there is a British division in Alexander. If the United States can provide another division, we will be 100% sure to defend Alexander."

"Is it enough for one division?" Marshall asked back.

"Just one teacher."

"Well, Ike, go and call Lieutenant General Lin Zuoda, the chief of staff of the Caliphate. Ask him to send a division to reinforce Alexander and airlift it by American plane. As long as the soldiers and officers and all the weapons are collected to Alexander and then re-collected."

"Calif.? This is not possible!" Alexander immediately opposed: "Calif. cannot be allowed to enter Alexander! 80% of the residents in Alexander are Sunni Mslins, and they are all believers of the Caliph!"

Marshall sneered slightly: "Isn't that better? At that time, the Caliph's army will be expanded on site in Alexandria, and one division will become one army, and even more!"

"But what after the battle of Alexander's defense?" General Alexander asked, "Will the caliph of that army be willing to leave Egypt and return to Hanzhi obediently? General King Foader I (the king of Egypt) was weak and sick, and the crown prince Sayed was a famous playboy. Their father and son's reputation in Egypt was far inferior to Hussein Ali, who had the title of caliph! If the caliphate army was allowed to gain a foothold in Egypt, as long as King Foader died, Egypt would become a part of the Arab Empire!"

The British were once the masters of the Middle East, and of course they understood the prestige of Hussein Ali of the Hashem family among the Arabs. After the end of World War I, he was himself supported as King Hanzhi, and his third son Faisal was elected King of Greater Syria and King of Iraq. His second son became the ruler of Amman. If Britain hadn't supported the Saudi family behind the scenes, the Caliph Hussein would have long unified the Arab world.

And now, before the oil in the Persian Gulf is mined and turned into a source of wealth, the most important and fertile territory in the entire Middle East is undoubtedly Egypt. The fertile land in the lower Nile makes Egypt the most populous country in the Middle East. Once the Caliph Hussein becomes the master of Egypt, he can convene one or two million or even more troops in a short time. With such force and China's support, the rise of the Arab Empire will be unstoppable. Why should Britain and the United States occupy the oil in the Persian Gulf? Without oil and losing India, what will the future revival of the British Empire?

"General Alexander!" Marshall said in a serious expression and a hoarse voice: "The first thing we need to consider now is how to save hundreds of thousands of troops on the battlefield in the Middle East! If these troops are all exhausted, how should we explain to Washington and London?"

Marshall, who was still in a slouch just now, stood up with a gloomy face and a trembling corner of his mouth: "General Alexander, please tell Sir Masinbent that the Middle East War Zone is facing huge dangers! If, if we still want to make a last fight, we must obtain the support of the Arabs! At least before the victory of the Middle East Battle ends, we must let the Caliph Hussein and his hundreds of thousands of troops stand on our side! Otherwise, our troops in Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon and Transjordan will probably not be able to hold on to the moment of victory in the Persian Gulf war! Do you understand?"

...

May 5, 1935, Washington, White House.

As President Roosevelt said in a hoarse voice, "Please come in." The presidential adjutant Colonel Katton opened the door to the Oval Office for the visiting Hopkins. Roosevelt was wearing a plaid shirt and sat behind a wide desk, bent his back and drooping his eyelids, looking carefully at a map of the Middle East front covering the entire desk. The office was filled with smoke, and several generals in beautiful military uniforms were sitting opposite the president, smoking cigars or pipes. No one spoke, which was very dull.

"Harry," President Roosevelt waved to Hopkins, called him to his side, and pointed to the map and said to him: "See, we are in big trouble, big trouble!"

The entire Sinai Peninsula and Palestine on the map have been dyed red. The small flag representing the US military command in the Middle East has been moved to Beirut, and a huge red arrow is pointing there. Roosevelt coughed a few times and looked up at Hopkins. "Beirut is the last hope. If we cannot save our troops in Syria and Trans-Jordan, it will be over. Marshall has tried his best to mobilize the troops to defend there, and even used transport planes to airlift two infantry regiments from Jeddah. Now he has 50,000 people in his hands, so he should be able to hold on for a while. I think he can defend it!" The last sentence seemed to be for himself.

Hopkins looked at MacArthur, who was smoking with a corn cob pipe opposite the president. The American hero's face was grim, his eyebrows were twisted, and his disaster looked like he was about to be in trouble.

"Can General MacArthur defend it?" Hopkins asked.

"Can you keep it!" MacArthur's answer was very affirmative, but then he sighed in a low voice: "But the situation is still very bad, very bad... A British infantry army in the Sinai Peninsula has collapsed. The Indians also forced the Suez Canal to cross the Suez Canal in the chaos - from the pontoon bridge built by the British themselves, they seized at least a thousand trucks of supplies along the way! Cairo has been declared an unguarded city, and the British have empty troops in northern Egypt, and now they have barely pieced together a division to guard Alexander. Our transport plane is passing through the air transport troops from the port of Jeddah, which is a Caliph's guard infantry division."

"The Caliph's Guard Infantry Division! How could this happen?" Hopkins shouted. Suppressing the Caliph was a common policy between Britain and the United States!

"It was recommended by General Marshall. He believes that we need to cooperate with the Caliph and the Chinese now!" President Roosevelt interjected. "In addition, Marshall does not want to give up the Persian Gulf war. He believes that our troops on the Mediterranean coast can hold on for a while. If the Persian Gulf war can be successful, it may be able to turn defeat into victory. Harry, what do you think?"

Hopkins was stunned for a moment. He was a politician. How did he ask about military affairs? But after thinking about it carefully, he already understood the president's meaning. What Roosevelt was asking about was not military but international politics!

"Mr. President, General Marshall has no confidence in the Persian Gulf war. That's why we need to get closer to the Caliph and China."

Roosevelt smiled bitterly in a hoarse voice and asked the same question again: "Harry, what do you think?"

"President. I'm wondering if the Persian Gulf war fails, what other ways can the British turn around the decline?"

Roosevelt smiled knowingly, as if he was very satisfied with Hopkins's question. If we talk about international politics, the combination of him and Hopkins should be the strongest in the Sino-US, British, German and Italian camps. It's a pity that the group of soldiers under him are always unsuccessful. They lost to Japan twice in the Pacific, and now they are defeated by India on land! World hegemony seems to be getting further and further away from the United States.

"Mr. President, can I answer this question?" MacArthur saw Roosevelt lit his head and said, "I think the British will ask Germany for help. As long as Germany sends troops, the Indian Red Army in the Middle East will undoubtedly be defeated!"

Roosevelt looked at Hopkins, who nodded and said, "It seems that General Marshall has taken a great move."

Roosevelt nodded with a wry smile: "It's a wonderful chess. I should let General Marshall be the Secretary of State or something, rather than the commander-in-chief of the US Army in the Middle East, because his talent is completely out of the battlefield!"

"But, Mr. President, what you mean is, if the Persian Gulf war is not successful, will we introduce the Chinese into the Middle East? Will China's power be too strong? I'm afraid this will not be beneficial to us and the United Kingdom?" MacArthur interrupted.

Roosevelt glanced at the Chief of Staff of the Army and thought to himself: "I am so stupid. The Chief of Staff should be given to Marshall. MacArthur has no political mind and should show off his talents on the battlefield!"

"Admiral, once the Battle of the Middle East fails, our special relationship with Britain will no longer exist." Hopkins reminded: "As soon as the Middle East is defeated, the British Empire will be over. It will no longer be the semi-finals of the anti-Soviet camp. At most, another Italy is another. Therefore, the United States can no longer choose Britain as friends, otherwise it will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure of Germany, China and Italy in the future."

MacArthur already understood, and he looked at President Roosevelt: "Mr. President, so Marshall let the Caliphate enter Egypt to show kindness to China. If the Persian Gulf war fails, we will abandon Britain and win over China?" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!