Chapter 917: Changes in the Middle East
Goxinga is a modern monarch, his rights are completely equivalent to the feudal emperor, and the residual concept of etiquette in society is the old feudal one. So it was not an embarrassing thing for Guo Xing'a to meet his daughter on the street, and he fell in love with a little beauty who was not older than his daughter, but everything was so natural. A tree* is a good story, Guo Xing's hair is not gray, and naturally it is not a scandal.
The beauty's name is Nalan Yuxuan, she is nineteen years old this year, and there are many people who pursue her, but she has no emotional history. This information was quickly transmitted back to the general Xingyuan, allowing Guo Xing'a to fully understand everything about this little girl. Guo Xing'a really wanted to fall in love, but his noble status didn't give him such a chance at all, Nalan Yuxuan was directly carried into Xingyuan, and her identity directly became a concubine in Xingyuan. Just met and chatted a few words, Guo Xing'a didn't even know what the other party's personality and hobbies were, and the person was already on his bed.
"I heard that France has begun to ask for credit, it seems that the finances of Britain and France and other countries have bottomed out?" The newlywed Yan'er's Guo Xing'a is in a good mood, and he is much more energetic when dealing with important military and political affairs.
"After many years of war, both Britain and France tended to dry up their finances. If it weren't for the fact that our army did not launch a large-scale offensive in India and allowed Britain to get supplies from India, I am afraid that Britain would have collapsed faster than France! Pi Runmin saw that Guo Xing'a had regained his spirits, and he was greatly moved by the benefits of his little wife, he had been tired recently, and it was time to accept another small one.
"What about the others? It's not good either! "Goxinga especially likes this kind of news, and it would be nice for all the nations of Europe to die together!
"The economies of both Austria-Hungary and Russia are already on the verge of collapse, there have been many civil strife in Russia, and regime change is possible at any time! The situation in Germany is not optimistic, and they have called us several times to protest against our arms sales to Britain and France in the name of Sulu, and want us to provide them with full support immediately! Zou Degui gave a general account of the situation in the other belligerents, especially the Germans who sent more than a dozen messages a day.
"The things sold in Sulu are all order templates from Britain and France, and they produce according to the English and French templates, so why do they have anything to do with us? Do the Germans have proof? Guo Xinga is straightforward, but the meaning of the strong words is obvious.
"They found Chinese characters on some of the captured British and French weapons, as well as on the ammunition!" Zou Degui smiled a little helplessly, the factory in Juluan uses Changchun personnel, and it is also Changchun's machine, and it is normal for some Chinese characters to appear.
"Recently, Chinese characters have become very popular, and English and France have also begun to study them, so what's so strange about the appearance of some Chinese characters! Let them not be so suspicious, we are still allies, and we still support them! Britain and France are also at war with us, how can we sell weapons to them! Gohinga himself drew up a telegram in reply to Germany, but the quibbling was very weak.
"What about them? What happened to Italy, they are also the main belligerents! "Guo Xing'a was purely bored today, and asked everyone on the table about it.
"The situation in Italy is very funny, they won the first stage of the battle against the Ottoman Turks, easily crushing the Turkish regular army, but from the second stage onwards against the local militia, the Italian army suffered several defeats in succession, and now it is in the middle of North Africa. After Italy declared its alliance with Germany, it took advantage of the German army's onslaught on northern France and launched an attack from the rear of the French, and more than 30 divisions entered France. However, their combat effectiveness was really worrisome, and the French sent three divisions to block them, and after three years of fighting, these three divisions have all entered the territory of Italy! "Guo Xing'a has long said that Italy is funny, Zou Degui really believes it this time, Italy is really speechless in this battle.
"What about Turkey? Italy is no longer able to defend itself, they should launch a counteroffensive in North Africa! Now is definitely a good opportunity to beat the water dogs, the Italian mainland has been invaded by the French army, and the Italian army has absolutely no intention of tangling in North Africa. "Gohinga has found a way for Turkey to become bigger, and all the countries of Europe are in a bitter war, and if Turkey can defeat Italy in North Africa, it will surely be able to lay a glory of its own.
"Ottoman Turkey has a large-scale rebellion in the area around the Arabian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula, and the Turkish army is suppressing these rebellions everywhere, and it is simply unable to launch a counteroffensive against Italy!" Turkey has no intention of taking advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, but now it is not only embattled, but also has a fire in the backyard, and he really has no chance to make a big difference.
"The Arabian Peninsula?" Guo Xing's eyes lit up, big dog! Rich man! Of course, at the same time, he is also rejoicing in his racial purity plan, and the more differentiated ethnic groups will definitely oppose the central power and try to split, and Turkey is a ready-made example.
"The people who make trouble in the Arabian Peninsula are even the foreign heirs of the Arab Empire. About 200 years ago, a local sheikh named Mohammed bin Saud and a reformer, Mohammed Abd al-Wahhab, established a new form of government. Since the birth of this regime, the power of the Saudi Arabian family has risen and fallen, and it has constantly clashed with Egypt and the Ottoman Empire for control of the peninsula, and has lost power twice. However, they are quite tenacious and will carry out a coup d'état to fight for dominance whenever they have the opportunity! When Zou Degui introduced the situation in the Arabian Peninsula, he always had a question, don't Arabs like to cut grass and eradicate roots? It's incredible that there will be a few ups and downs in the status of the family.
"What's going on now? Is there a lot of momentum? "If Goxinga does it, there will be no descendants, and the race in his ruling area is absolutely pure.
"The person who made the disturbance this time was Ibn Saud, whose full name was Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, was born in Riyadh, Arabian Peninsula. His father, Abdul Rahman, was the emir of the Najd region, but Ibn Saud was forced to go into exile with his father in Kuwait due to the invasion of a foreign family. The year before last, when the war in Europe was tense, Ibn Saud led the armed Bedouin nomads back to the Arabian Peninsula, conquered many tribes on the Arabian Peninsula, and officially became the emir of the Emirate of Najd. Last year, he recaptured Turkish-occupied Hasa and proclaimed himself Sultan Najd. "Ibn Saud, the serious of Goxinga, is the ancestor of the big dog family, a great big man, but in the eyes of Zou Degui and others, Ibn is just a troublesome little chieftain, a person who can't get on the stage at all.
"Ibn Saud, who is currently trying to unify the Hijaz and Najd and their dependent sultans, has the idea of becoming king of himself. When Turkey had a slight gap in the Balkans, it immediately mobilized heavy troops to suppress him, but it was never fruitful. Ibn Saud did not make any further attacks at present, but sent troops to suppress the rebellion in the inner tribe for several years in a row, strengthening the centralization of power. Zou Degui and others not only looked down on Ibn Saud, but also looked down on him as a country.
"Is there more civil unrest in Saudi Arabia?" Guoxinga is energetic, the wasteland in everyone's eyes is a source of wealth in his eyes! The Arabian Peninsula is full of oil!
"The people of the Ibn Shah were small in number, but they were divided into many tribes, and the foolish slaves were owned by the chiefs. Ibn Saud is not so much a country as he is the chief of several large tribes. The tribesmen were ignorant and backward, and Ibn Saud conquered the people by force, so this internal rebellion was inevitable. "Zou Degui not only looks down on the country of Ibn Saud, but also doesn't even want to admit him, which is too low-level.
"Ibn Saud also has some merit in this man, in order to unite the tribes and consolidate his rule, he is very active in marrying with the tribes, and in just a few years he has married two hundred times, and has more than thirty children." Pi Runmin praised Ibn Saud very strangely, and of course suggested that Goxinga learn from Ibn Saud. Guo Xing'a asked himself if he was not in such a good body, shook his head again and again, and obviously refused.
"Since Ibn Saud came to power, he has actively introduced modern electrical appliances, weapons and means of transportation, laying the foundation for the modernization of Saudi Arabia, and has also reformed the tax system and judicial system, rectified and restricted the slave trade, and implemented a policy of good-neighborliness." Zou Degui didn't want to go to Guo Xing's bed for everything, so he forcibly pulled back the topic.
"Ibn Saud is a pro-Anglo-French man, right?" Goxinga actually only remembered one Lawrence, but in a trance Lawrence was from England.
"Yes, the things he imported were basically British and French, and there were a few of our Manchurian products, which were definitely second-hand. Its policies in China are all modeled after Britain and France. "Zou Degui hates such a country, which rejects the meaning of the Manchurian Empire.
"What does he mean by that good-neighborly policy?" Guo Xing'a already had a plan in his heart, but he had to ask carefully before moving.
"Ibn Saud and all the surrounding tribes have drawn their borders, and he will not easily encroach on the borders of his neighbors. At the same time, he did trumpet the tyranny of Ottoman Turkey in the Gulf, instigated the surrounding tribes to rebel, and formed a military alliance with the surrounding tribes who opposed the Ottomans! Zou Degui actually admired this policy, and after Ibn Saud married the other party's daughter, there was no problem with the implementation of this policy.
"What a scourge this guy is! The Ottoman Turks are really out of luck with them! …… Let's save them! Let the main fleet of the Navy prepare, escort the transport ships carrying the three divisions of the Marine Corps, land on the Arabian Peninsula, and destroy that Saudi Arabia for me. The money in the account must be confiscated, and all the remnants must be wiped out, and Turkey will be destroyed because of the unfinished elimination of evil. "Goxinga decided to send troops, he was going to fight the Gulf War, he was going to grab oil.