It was not easy for Chen Kangjian to reach the Western Province safely. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, the British in the Middle East is not very strong, although Egypt was once a British colony, but last year the Egyptians have obtained independent status through negotiations, Saudi Arabia is still at war, the British have not had the opportunity to pick peaches for the time being, Sudan is a condominium of Egypt and the United Kingdom, this place is a burden for the British, the attitude of the British government is dispensable, so the British in Sudan does not have much presence.

In addition, Yemen became an independent country after the World War, Eritrea belonged to Italy, Djibouti belonged to France, and the British had a strong foothold on the Red Sea coast in northern Somalia.

Somalia is not yet a "country of pirates", but now the soil for "pirates" has been formed, and this is all the "blessing" brought by Europeans.

From the end of the last century, the British and Italians began to invade Somalia, the British occupied northern Somalia, known as "British Somalia", and the Italians occupied the central and southern parts of Somalia, known as "Italian Somalia".

The geographical location of British Somalia is relatively important, just stuck in the Gulf of Aden, the entrance to the Red Sea, and Chen Kangjian was blocked by the British.

The attitude of the British towards the "Western Province" was resolutely opposed, and they did not even recognize the existence of the "Western Province" at all, nor did they recognize the agreement between Lanfang and France. As soon as the agreement between Lanfang and France was announced, the British expressed their opposition through various channels, even including the almost decisive means of blockading the Gulf of Aden in the face of global condemnation.

The Gulf of Aden is the entrance to the Red Sea, which is connected to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal, and the British blockaded the Gulf of Aden, which is equivalent to cutting off the most convenient sea connection between Asia and Europe, which is not only criticized by Lan Fang, but also a great obstacle to other countries.

In order to ensure the effectiveness of the blockade, Britain transferred a large number of warships from the home fleet and the Indian fleet, including six battleships, and put on an attitude of not hesitating to fight, resolutely preventing Lan Fang's army from going to the Western Province.

In the face of the strong blockade of the British, Lan Fang had no choice but to find another way unless she wanted to declare war with the British now.

Although Lanfang and Britain are at war in Syria and Iraq, it is only a proxy war after all, although the relationship between Lanfang and Britain is not good now, it has not deteriorated to the point of directly declaring war, Lanfang and Britain are still at peace, so Lanfang must also exercise restraint.

Maintaining restraint does not mean being helpless, Chen Kangjian is not an honest person, otherwise he would not always be sent to the most difficult place by Qin Zhiyuan.

"Lao Xie, what do you think of this plan?" Chen Kangjian asked Xie Rundong, commander of the escort fleet, mysteriously.

"Okay, yes, but isn't it too shameless—" Xie Rundong hesitated a little.

Fortunately, Lan Fang's generals are not completely degenerate, and there are still people who maintain a noble "conscience".

Chen Kangjian named his project "Making Something Out of Nothing".

The British were now stuck in the Gulf of Aden and did not allow Lan Fang's army to enter the Western Province through the Red Sea, so Chen Kangjian hit the innocent melon-eating masses.

Chen's plan was to find an excuse to launch a direct attack on Yemen, landing in the Middle East from the direction of Yemen, and then crossing Saudi Arabia and Iraq into the Western Province.

Maybe you can hit a rabbit or something while you're cuddling the grass.

As for excuses!

It's already been positioned with "excuses", and it's really easy to find one.

"What does it mean to be shameless? We are opening up territory for our Lanfang, how can it be described shamelessly? Chen Kangjian's face was full of righteousness, and Zhang Jingzong next to him twitched.

During the Battle of Feron Tade Noy, Zhang Jingzong once served as Chen Kangjian's chief of staff, and after the establishment of Lanfang, Zhang Jingzong was once sent to the Republic of China, and now he has returned to Chen Kangjian's side.

Don't look at Zhang Jingzong's face, Zhang Jingzong is not a "good person", this plan may come from Zhang Jingzong's hands.

"Okay, then." Xie Rundong looked through the porthole at the huge fleet that was moored on the sea, and with the temptation of "expanding the territory", he reluctantly agreed to Chen Kangjian's plan.

If it is on land, Chen Kangjian does not need Xie Rundong's cooperation at all, to do this kind of thing, Chen Kangjian's subordinates are masters, but on the sea, Chen Kangjian's subordinates are dragons to coil, and tigers to lie down.

Chen Kangjian's troops are all land forces, and if they want to go to the Western Province, they also need Xie Rundong's task force to escort them. Although Lan Fang and Britain have not yet declared war, with the establishment of the Western Province and the increase of Lan Fang's military, it is foreseeable that the British will become more and more difficult in the Middle East.

After obtaining Xie Rundong's consent, the "creation of something out of nothing" was immediately implemented.

At present, near the Gulf of Aden, there are hundreds of warships and transport ships of the Lanfang military, so many people are floating on the sea, and the consumption of people and horses is still quite a lot.

In fact, just before Chen Kangjian made this plan, the Lanfang Navy had already sent people to Mukarla, Yemen, to buy some daily necessities from Mukara, and Chen Kangjian's plan was related to Mukara.

On May 12, Xie Rundong sent people to Mukala to hand over the two Lanfang soldiers who had disappeared while shopping yesterday.

The chiefs of Mukala suddenly looked confused, Lan Fang soldiers? Missing? What's going on?

Don't be surprised, Mukala doesn't have a government at all, and even the entire Yemeni political structure is relatively loose, with tribal sheikhs being the head of government at the port of Mukala.

Like all Western colonizers, they were arrogant and unreasonable, using the same way that Western countries knocked on the doors of one country after another a hundred years ago with strong ships and cannons, Xie Rundong immediately sent warships to shell Mukala after saying that "no one has anything to hand over", and at the same time Chen Kangjian sent soldiers to land in Mukara.

Although Yemen is nominally a country, and it was established at about the same time as Lanfang, both of which were just independent after the World War, the gap between Yemen's national strength and Lanfang's national strength is roughly equivalent to that of France, and the entire Yemen country has a combined population of only 1.5 million, and the number of troops is only a pitiful 8,000 people, and there is no navy at all.

If it weren't for the defeat and then dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire in a world war, a country like Yemen would never have been able to win its independence.

With a population of less than 3,000 people, Mukla was technically a fishing village, and Mukala had no ability to resist in the face of the attack of Lan Fang's army, which had declared the capture of Mukala almost as soon as it landed.

With a landing site, the landing ground was successfully opened, transport ships began to dock, and a large number of troops and material resources were continuously sent ashore.

This hand was greatly unexpected by the British, who probably never thought that the Lanfang people could be so skilled without shame.

On the day of Lan Fang's invasion of Yemen, the British attacked Lan Fang at the League of Nations for her "shameless" invasion of Yemen, which seriously undermined the international order and undermined peace in the Middle East, and called on the international community to impose sanctions on Lan Fang.

This suggestion is not painful for Lan Fang, and it is absolutely impossible to pass, France resolutely stands on a united front with Lan Fang this time and supports all Lan Fang's actions in the Middle East.

At the same time that Chen Kangjian landed in Yemen, Qin Haoge finally waited for the long-awaited support and sent troops to attack again, crossing Baghdad and attacking eastern Iraq.

Supporting Qin Haoge was Huang Li from Jerusalem.

After Huang Li led his army to Jerusalem, the situation in Jerusalem gradually stabilized, Christianity, Judaism, and Persianism reached a new balance in Jerusalem, and Auerbach also returned to the Vatican with the prestige he wanted, and Huang Li had no reason to continue to stay in Jerusalem.

In fact, since the Lanfang army entered Jerusalem, the Palestinian side has been protesting to the Vatican, and the British also has a resolute opposition attitude, the Vatican can ignore the Palestinians, but not the British, under the desperate request of the British, Huang Li also had to lead the army to withdraw from Jerusalem.

There is no need to withdraw too far, the Western Province has already been established, and the Lanfang army is fighting with the Iraqis in Iraq, Huang Li got on the boat and made a detour, and came directly from Jerusalem to Beirut - no, now it is not called Beirut, but Baling.

After coming ashore from Baling, Huang Li did not stop when he passed through Damascus, but went directly to Iraq to reinforce Qin Haoge.

At this time, Qin Haoge is really like a rain after a long drought, and the plan discussed with Yang Deshan can finally be implemented.

In fact, Baghdad is very close to Saudi Arabia, and if you go south from Baghdad, it is only more than 300 kilometers, and you can enter Saudi Arabia.

However, after arriving in Baghdad, Qin Haoge had some other ideas.

Baghdad is surrounded by oases where agriculture can be cultivated.

To say that the love of the Chinese for the fields is really incomparable, even if Qin Haoge is now a marquis, he is a little reluctant to see the oasis near Baghdad.

Since you are reluctant, you have to find a way to get it, most of Lan Fang's generals are gluttonous, don't want to let them spit it out when they eat something in their mouths, and Qin Haoge is the same.

Of course, it is not easy to get hold of the oasis from Mosul to Baghdad for no reason, although the population of Iraq is not large, but there are more than 2 million people, and the population of more than 2 million is the biggest obstacle for Lanfang to swallow Iraq.

It's not that there is no way, in fact, since Qin Haoge besieged Baghdad, small detachments belonging to the fraternal alliance have been scattered to various tribes between Mosul and Baghdad, and their task is to lobby.