Although Iran is nominally ruled by the Qajar dynasty and is an independent country, it has long since become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country under the aggression of Tsarist Russia and Britain. The Qajar dynasty was founded in 1779 by the Turks and was the capital of Tehran for the first time. At the beginning of the Qajar dynasty, the Western powers intensified their struggle for Iran. Russia annexed Georgia in 1801; Britain fought three wars with Iran, led to the cession of land by Iran, reparations, and recognition of the independence of Afghanistan. Since then, France, Austria, the United States and other countries have forced Iran to conclude unequal treaties. In the second half of the 19th century, Britain and Russia seized the privileges of mining, building roads, setting up banks, and training troops in Iraq. In 1907, Britain and Russia colluded with each other to divide their spheres of influence in Iraq: Russia in the north, Britain in the south, and a buffer zone in the center. After that, France, Austria, the United States and other countries successively forced Iran to sign unequal treaties, and in this way, Iran was divided among the world powers. This is in stark contrast to the glory of the Persian Empire in the past and the shame of today.

Throughout history, it is not difficult to find that Iran has many similarities with China and has a glorious history, but in modern times, it has been bullied by foreign powers and eventually reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.

However, these are not Ren Chao's concerns, Ren Chao is more concerned about the rich oil resources buried underground in the Middle East, as a traverser Ren Chao naturally knows what oil, a black gold, means for future economic development. The Middle East is the region with the richest oil reserves in the world, and Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and other countries are all buried in the ground. Since some large oil fields have not yet been discovered at this time, the Middle East has not yet attracted the attention of the world powers, but others do not know, but Ren Chao knows it clearly. Ren Chao had long had the intention of including this place in Huaxia's sphere of influence, but he had never had a chance, but now that the time was ripe, Ren Chao would naturally not be polite anymore.

"Good!" After hearing this, Ren Chao couldn't help but stand up excitedly and said, "Immediately order Zhao Bin to lead his troops into Iran." Expelled all the forces of the British and Tsarist Russians from the territory of Iran and completely occupied Iran. ”

"We're in command! Does Majesty mean that Iran is included in the imperial map? Yang Jichang asked tentatively.

"That's not necessary, I only value the rich resources of Iran's underground, and I have no interest in annexing Iran. However, it is necessary to include Iran in the sphere of influence of our Chinese Empire, and now Iran is willing to become a vassal state of our China, which saves us a lot of trouble. Ren Chao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty!" Yang Jichang said respectfully.

In the General Headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army, Zhao Bin was excited after receiving the combat order issued by the General Staff. Zhao Bin can be regarded as Ren Chao's veteran, since the First Sino-Japanese War, he followed Ren Chao in the bloody battle with the Japanese invaders in Korea, and has made great contributions, and his qualifications are not as good as Zhou Tai. Wang Jing, Meng Yan and others are poor. But since the First Sino-Japanese War, Zhao Bin rarely participated in the war, whether it was the war against Tsarist Russia or the later war against Japan, Zhao Bin did not get a share. Later, after the outbreak of World War I, the Chinese Empire successively went to war against Tsarist Russia and Britain and France, but Zhao Bin did not wait for the opportunity to participate in the war until the Western Expeditionary Army was established. Ren Chaocai finally remembered this veteran and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Army, commanding the 1.6 million army of the Western Expedition, and with the development of the war. The number of troops will continue to increase.

As a veteran, after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, Zhao Bin was successively promoted to the rank of general of the Imperial Army by virtue of his past achievements. The marquis was crowned, which can be described as a very popular minister. But Zhao Bin has always felt ashamed, because Zhou Tai, who has the same qualifications as him, has the merit of rejecting Tsarist Russia in the north. Wang Jing had the merit of the eastern expedition to Japan, and Meng Yan also made great contributions in the first war against Russia, and now he personally led a large army to attack India, and made many military exploits. Only he, Zhao Bin, sat in today's high position by virtue of his past achievements, so Zhao Bin cherished this hard-won opportunity this time and hoped to take this opportunity to make new contributions.

Although Zhao Bin can be said to have no experience in the combat of large corps, the actual combat he has participated in so far is only to command tens of thousands of troops to exterminate the domestic rebels. But over the years, Zhao Bin has not been idle, first served as the principal of the Imperial Military Academy, and in a few years, he not only cultivated a large number of talents for the Chinese Empire, but also took this opportunity to study all the large and small wars in modern times, and his theoretical knowledge can be described as quite solid. Of course, Zhao Bin is not just talking on paper, and later served as the deputy chief of the General Staff, after the outbreak of World War I, the Chinese Empire took the opportunity to start a war against Tsarist Russia and recovered the Siberian region in one fell swoop. Therefore, what Zhao Bin lacks now is only the experience of directly commanding troops and some brilliant achievements.

And now the opportunity is in front of us, and the small Iran is just the beginning, Zhao Bin believes that it will not be long before his name will resound in every corner of the world, making all enemies fearful.

After receiving the order again, Zhao Bin immediately ordered to convene an emergency military meeting of all the senior generals of the Western Expeditionary Army. Although there are 1.6 million troops on the establishment table of the Western Expeditionary Army, only about 300,000 people are now gathered on the front line, but among these 300,000 troops, 200,000 are the elite of the empire, the newly established Twelfth Group Army of the Chinese Empire, and the commander of the group army is Shen Hongcai, a one-armed general who has just been promoted to the rank of imperial general.

Zhao Bin sat on the chair with a stern face, glanced coldly at the generals attending the meeting, and all of them sat upright, sitting there honestly like a wooden man, only those eyes showed a firm conviction, and a trace of murderous aura flashed on his face. At this time, all of the people who can sit here are people who have experienced a hundred battles, and they are all excellent generals who have experienced a thousand tempers of cruel wars, and it is conceivable that the soldiers led by these people are also the soldiers of tigers and wolves who have experienced a hundred battles.

"This expedition to the west is related to the fortunes of the Chinese Empire, and we will face strong enemies in this war, the British, the French, the Americans, the Russians, and the Italians will all become our enemies. No matter how powerful these enemies are, in front of the Heavenly Soldiers of our Huaxia Empire, they are just paper tigers! Our Chinese Empire is not afraid of any enemy, and we are more confident that we will defeat all enemies who dare to be enemies of our Huaxia. Zhao Bin said with a stern face.

"The battle is won! Long live the Chinese Empire! Long live Emperor Shengwu Xià! The generals shouted in unison. (To be continued......)

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