Germany, Berlin, General Staff Headquarters.
Emperor Qin Tian of the Empire and the senior military and political officials had all gathered in the operations room. Since there was temporarily no fighting on the Buru front, the commanders of the four Army Groups had not immediately returned to the front after being promoted to field marshals, but had remained in Berlin.
"Gentlemen, we are in deep trouble this time! Several hundred thousand Russians are attacking south from the Caucasus! Our oil fields in the Persian Gulf are completely exposed before them. If the Russians seize the Persian Gulf or destroy our oil fields there, we will suffer a heavy blow!" Qin Tian's expression was grim.
The military and political ministers wore the same expressions. As Germany stepped up oil extraction in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Kuwait, and the Kingdom of Iraq, sixty percent of the oil consumed each year by Germany and all of Europe came from the Persian Gulf. Of the remaining forty percent, thirty-five percent came from Libya's oil fields, while only five percent came from Romania's oil fields. It could be said that the Persian Gulf oil fields had become pivotal to the energy security of Germany and indeed all of Europe.
"Your Majesty, can't the Turkish Army and the armies of those countries we have supported in the Middle East hold back the Russians?" Prime Minister Wachth asked with a grave expression.
"The Russians launched a surprise attack. The Turks and Iranians had no preparations whatsoever. Furthermore, although Russian combat power is far inferior to ours, it is still considerably stronger than that of the Turks and Iranians. Turkey's two Army Corps have suffered heavy blows and are resisting. Iran's two Army Corps were struck by the Russian tank forces, suffered grievous losses,