Chapter 112: The Situation

The German envoy was visiting Egypt in secret, and of course no fanfare was allowed to publicize it to the outside world, and local politicians and media were not organized at the airport at this time, except for the necessary diplomatic honor guards.

However, given that Egypt's British management system had been heavily infiltrated, it was impossible to prevent this secret from leaking out, and the news of the German envoy's visit to Egypt would inevitably trigger excessive speculation and interpretation in Egyptian society.

This is actually what the British want to see, because the Egyptian nationalists, who have been hoping that Germany will come to liberate Egypt and help them completely become independent from the British, it is time to break their foolish dream and let them know that no one will want to challenge the supreme glory of His Majesty unless the British Empire voluntarily relinquishes its privileges.

The prestige of the British Empire was dealt a heavy blow to the prestige of the British Empire due to the successive defeats of the British army on the battlefield, and some local powers that had previously chosen to lie dormant due to the strong British force began to stir up.

Especially after Britain began to withdraw combat troops from the colonies to the mainland, some colonial local forces took advantage of the reduction of British garrison strength to secretly expand their sphere of influence, encroaching on a lot of land and rights and interests that originally belonged to the British control area.

The war in Europe made the colonists see the weakness of the British Empire, and they no longer saw the British as a supreme ruling class, and they began to plot a rebellion to regain their rights from the British.

Don't believe that these people are all for the independence and liberation of some nation, most of them just want to carve up the share of the profits of the British, and gain the right to enslave the people. Because in this part of the Middle East, without a certain authority and strength, it is impossible to lead an anti-colonial uprising.

More than a decade ago, the Arab sheikhs had proved with tragic evidence that even an army of the most powerful Arab tribal warriors could defeat the British regular army, armed with modern weapons and tactics.

The leaders of these desert peoples are either tribal chieftains or the princes and nobles of the old empire, and the law of the jungle is the rule they have followed for hundreds of years, and when they find their enemies too strong to defeat, they will wisely choose to cooperate and compromise.

But don't think that these people will really give in, they just coil their bodies in the shadows, wait for the moment when the strong become weak, and then quietly launch a fatal blow from behind.

These people are loyal only to their tribes and interests, religion is only a tool they use to rule, they know the nature of religion better than anyone else, and they will not hesitate to tamper with doctrines if necessary to explain their decrees and decisions.

Egypt's division of power was much simpler than the chaotic Arab tribal power, and the king was a drunkard with little desire for power, a competent puppet for both the British and the Egyptian cabinet.

He was surrounded by a large number of political forces who were dependent on and used the king's power, most of whom controlled the Egyptian government, and were mostly Egyptian capitalists or large farmers, and knew that the surest way to preserve their wealth and power was to maintain the status quo.

At present, the main and most dangerous anti-British force in Egypt is the Waffle Party (the party of the Egyptian independence movement, which means delegation in Arabic), which is obsessed with fighting for Egypt's independence.

In 1919, this party launched a massive anti-British movement that swept almost all of Egypt, and then the protest movement spontaneously evolved into an armed uprising, with insurgents destroying railways and bridges, attacking British police and soldiers, and destroying a large amount of infrastructure. At the time, however, the Waffles were restrained, demanding that the people abandon violent confrontation and seek a political solution to the dispute.

The Egyptian rebels suffered heavy losses under the suppression of the British army, but the British interests in Egypt also suffered great losses, because Britain was seriously damaged in World War I and could no longer afford another war, so it chose to reconcile with the Egyptian independence movement, relinquished part of the administrative power, and gave Egypt nominal independence.

The British really can't afford to fight, and if it were replaced by the Victorian era, even if Egyptian corpses were strewn all over the field and the pyramids of Giza were covered with blood, the British Empire would never compromise with the rebels. It was also true that the Egyptians were frightened by the brutal British army, and the Waffles were keen to seek a political solution, otherwise they would not have agreed to the terms put forward by the British.

This shows the sophisticated diplomatic and political skills of the British, who are always able to choose the most opportune moment to make a deal that is more beneficial to them.

Although independence was only half complete, it was a huge victory for Egypt, and the leaders of the Waffle Party, who led the negotiations, became heroes in the hearts of Egyptians, and 90% of the members of the Egyptian parliament were Waffles, and the government was firmly controlled by party members, and the Waffles seemed to be the darlings of history.

But the good times were short-lived, because the Waffle Party was obsessed with taking back the remaining power from the British, and finally exhausted the patience of British parliamentarians. After ten years of painstaking management, Britain's military strength has been restored to a certain extent. At the same time, she needs to draw more blood from Egypt to make up for the shortfall caused by the world economic crisis.

In addition, because of its long-term control of government power, the Waffle Party has infringed on the interests of many people in the process of governance, and offended a large number of local Egyptian capital forces, many of whom are powerful farmers and big capitalists.

Eventually, these forces colluded with the British to exert pressure on the king at the time, and eventually the king forcibly ordered a re-election of the government, overthrowing the eleven-year rule of the Waffles in Egyptian politics.

has been a high-ranking master for more than ten years, and he was kicked into the dust all of a sudden, and no one would be willing to give in. So in June 1930, the old trick of the Waffles was repeated, this time they did not choose a political path, but directly gathered a group of people to launch the so-called "June Uprising".

The slogan they shouted this time was "National independence, against the monarchy." The spearhead was pointed at the ruling power of the Egyptian king. As a result, most of the traditional Egyptian forces sided with the king, and King Fouad I sent troops and police trained and armed by the British to carry out a bloody suppression of the rebels. The Waffles were brutally hunted down, a large number of top leaders and elite members were arrested, the Waffles were kicked out of government, and activities went underground.

But the hundred-legged worms are dead but not stiff, and the tenacious Waffles are still slowly gathering strength in secret, and now they are no longer satisfied with driving out the British colonists, they want to further overthrow the Egyptian monarchy.

At the height of the war in Europe, British control over Egypt was rapidly eroding, and large numbers of troops were moved to the Libyan border to guard against a possible attack by Italian colonial forces.

Some of the Waffles saw this as an opportunity to launch several attacks against the British garrison in Cairo, and it was the bad luck of the group that they attacked not the British, but the Australian soldiers who had come from afar.

At least half of the attackers were killed on the spot, and then the Australian GIs used bayonets and nooses to deal with the other half, and when the superiors thought of tracking down the main messenger, they found that there was not a single living person left at the scene.

However, not every attack was a failure, and several ammunition depots guarded by the Egyptian Army were attacked, and a large number of ammunition and ordnance stored there by the British army were lost. The British knew very well that there must be an internal ghost in this matter, but considering the morale of the Egyptian army, it would be difficult to identify the internal should for a while, and the whereabouts of these lost weapons were unknown, which became a major hidden danger buried in the Egyptian people.

This was not a matter for Sir Fay to consider, he was a noble member of the House of Lords, with his eyes set on a higher level, and it was the job of the police and army gendarmerie to maintain social stability, whose duty was to protect the interests and security of the British Empire.

"Is this the plane of the German envoy? I thought it was going to be bigger. Colonel Henry said, looking at his glasses.

"It's supposed to be a Swiftloon, our own plane." An Air Force major reported.

"What? Will our planes arrive at this time? Henry asked, turning his face.

"There was no such plane on the plan, maybe it landed here temporarily." The Major replied with a shake of his head.

"Let this plane land in a different place, and the plane of the German envoy will be almost there." Sir Fay exclaimed.

"Okay, Your Excellency, I'll deal with it immediately." The Major hurriedly ran towards an open-top communications vehicle on the side of the runway.

"Hahaha, see it, the Cairo Air Base is in front, I'm really the best!" In the cockpit of the de Havilland DH89 Swiftloon transport plane, Second Lieutenant Krieger said with a laugh.

"These British bastards thought they could kill me with this pile of shit, they had the wrong idea. Don't worry about that red light, Miss Dewar, it's just a sign that the right engine is running out of lube. Crigley turned his head and loudly comforted Miss Dewar, who was sitting in the passenger seat behind her, who was now whitened from nervousness.

"The engine is smoking, second lieutenant, and the oil pressure gauge on your right is out of reading." Horn reminded loudly from the partition window between the cockpits.

"No problem at all, we have enough altitude and speed, this thing has four main wings, and even if it's unpowered to glide, I'm pretty sure it's landing on that damn runway." Krieger gently tightened the throttle of the right engine, then pushed the lever forward, and the plane began to dive down a small slope, causing a sense of weightlessness caused by the rapid descent, and a small exclamation of two beautiful women rang out in the cabin.

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