After the establishment of the Indian Ocean Theater, the number of ground combat forces subordinate to the theater is huge, in addition to the two divisions of the regular Tang Army, the Burmese Division, the Gurkha Brigade and the Indian Division being formed are also not small, after the completion of the reconstruction, the total local strength can reach 150,000. www.biquge.info Although the Indian division could not be used in the early stage, the Ministry of Defense of Datang considered transferring some troops from Japan to participate in the operation.

Datang will not be like the Western powers, who will bring the other party to their knees after hitting the door with strong ships and cannons, and it seems to be more in their interests for Datang to tear down and rebuild. Therefore, the colonies of the Tang Dynasty are all unitary overseas territories, even if there are still remnants of the old forces in some rural areas, but the overseas consular governments are completely controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and there is no need to compromise with the local forces.

The Don Army soon formed a small expeditionary force, which in fact had only the strength of a reinforced regiment, and a small fleet of light cruisers and frigates. Datang implemented the strategy of saluting first and then soldiering, sent diplomats, came to Muscat, and sent a note to the Sultan of Oman, saying that the Tang Dynasty's merchant ships in the waters of Oman have been repeatedly violated, which is tolerable and intolerable, and the existence of Oman, a pirate country, is shameful, and Datang ordered the King of Oman to surrender to Datang immediately, build a harmonious and healthy country under the guidance of Datang, and promote local development and the improvement of people's lives. If the Sultan of Sultan does not accept Datang's conditions, then Datang will launch an attack on Oman.

The Sultan of Oman shouted that this was a calamity, and that the robbery of the Tang merchant ships had nothing to do with his Omani dynasty, and that although the emirs of Dubai and other places were nominally Omani as the main ones, they actually acted on their own and ignored Sultan at all. However, no matter how much Sultan tried to explain to the Tang people, the Tang people insisted that Oman was ultimately responsible for the piracy.

Sultan had heard of the reputation of the Tang Dynasty, and the Arabs had been doing business all over the world since a thousand years ago and were sensitive to information. The powerful Sultan of the Tang Dynasty had heard a lot, and he even planned to buy advanced weapons and equipment from the Tang Dynasty to arm his Omani army after seizing the authority of his brother, but he did not expect that the Tang people would take the lead in attacking the door.

The open sea of Muscat is a number of Tang warships, even for the Tang army itself, these warships are light warships, but they are still absolutely impossible for the Omanis to resist. The ground forces of the Don Army are also completing the landing, just east of Muscat, ready to launch an offensive on Muscat. Although there were only one or two thousand men in number, Oman was also a small country and the army guarding Muscat at this time was not as large as a thousand.

Sultan is a smart man, he knows that Oman does not have any capital to wrestle with Datang, so he can only compromise. However, he made some conditions, hoping to retain his power as much as possible after the surrender.

However, of course, this is also impossible, Datang said that those who intend to continue to serve in the local government formed by Datang, Datang will welcome them, but they must obey Datang's interests, and Datang will not accommodate any local conditions.

The local religious forces did not want to give in, and incited some people to prepare for confrontation with the Tang people, but after that, the Tang ground forces carried out a fire display, and dozens of artillery shelled for an hour. The people of Muscat were terrified, and the religious leaders fled Muscat overnight.

In the end, Sultan surrendered to the Datang side, and the Datang successfully received Oman without really making a move. However, the local situation was still complicated, and many tribes would not surrender voluntarily, so in the following period, the Tang army still attacked many times, sweeping away all the local tribes, including Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

This process is a bit bloody, not everyone is as knowledgeable about current affairs as Sultan, in fact, the Arabs are also quite fierce, especially with the bonus of faith, many warriors with scimitars against the Tang army, the consequences are of course conceivable. There has been no detailed statistics on how many people died in this turmoil, which may also be deliberately done by Datang. A significant part of the population migrated to the depths of the desert.

Most of the oil in the Middle East is concentrated in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf, and this military operation allowed Datang to control a large number of oil-producing areas in a short period of time. However, the Tang army still marched deeper inland in relatively small units, riding mechanized chariots, and the Tang army's subsequent actions could not be called too righteous, and a large number of tribes and small towns built on the desert were uprooted by the Tang people. The Arabs who rebelled were innumerable, and most of them were exterminated. Those who survived were labelled as prisoners of war and transported to prisoner-of-war camps, where their fate awaited was nothing more than forced labor or being sent to other places, forever away from home.

Although Datang's actions in the local area are not secretive, due to the problems of desert transportation and information flow, they have not actually caused any particularly big waves. This area was not traditionally controlled by the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottomans had little knowledge of the actions of the Don army in the Persian Gulf.

Some Turks are also a little wary of this, after all, this is the first time that the Tang people have been so close to them, and from what the Turks know, the Tang people are definitely not easy to mess with.

Datang's next move was also logical, and Datang established the Tianfang Overseas Territory here, which is the ancient name of the Chinese for the Arabian Peninsula, and its seat of governance is in Dubai. Several oil companies sent large groups of workers and their families to the Persian Gulf region. Datang will build some oil fields in the local area and strive to put them into production in the short term. Due to the harsh local environment, the workers are paid relatively high subsidies, and they usually sign contracts for five years, after which they can return to North America with a good climate. There were also some new immigrants from the Qing Dynasty who came directly here, and they also received more land distribution and various subsidies.

In just one year, Datang built four oil towns on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, with a total Chinese population of more than 50,000, but in the future there will be no large-scale expansion of the area, maintaining its relatively simple industrial function. The local necessities and food needs will be mainly supplied from the North Indian territories, while the farmers who cultivate the land will also sell local products such as dates. (To be continued.) )