Nasser and Sadat had no idea that their fate was actually at work. It was decided before the change. Pen ~ fun ~ Cabinet www.biquge.info When the United States and the Soviet Union began to wear a pair of pants, it was useless to oppose it, not to mention the United Kingdom, even the rest of the world.

As the only two super-scoundrels in the world with nuclear weapons and the top of the conventional military, as long as they reach an agreement, who can oppose it?

The British are not reconciled, but what is the use of this? The real world is always the law of the jungle, and how the British Empire once pitted other challengers, today they have to be pitted back as they were. Who made you decline, who made you still try to control the fat of the Middle East without knowing whether to live or die? If you don't work hard, if you don't work lazy, you won't be able to look long.

Therefore, after the United States and the Soviet Union reached an agreement, the international situation immediately turned around, and the Soviet Union's previous neutrality and order towards Britain immediately became hostile. The major newspapers of the Soviet Union began to scold Britain one after another, portraying the British as devilish beings, and even directly came to the conclusion that if Britain did not stop interfering in the independence and freedom of the countries of the Middle East, then peace and tranquility in the Middle East would never be possible in the Middle East.

In fact, the Soviet Union is quite good, the Americans are really black, the Soviet Union just moves its mouth, and they do move seriously. First of all, the US Atlantic Fleet was mobilized, the Sixth Fleet directly conducted a round of military exercises off the coast of Egypt, and the US Air Force stationed in Italy also frequently carried out activities in North Africa******. As long as you are not brain-dead, you know who the Americans are aiming for.

Attlee immediately could not sit still, and he again asked the Foreign Secretary to note the American ambassador, hoping that the United States would stop this action that undermined the friendship between Britain and the United States. However, the US ambassador disdained this, and still used routine training to prevaricate, of course, in the end, he warned the British: "We must be cautious on the Egyptian issue, otherwise the US government will not stand on the sidelines." ”

The warning of such a reply was all too obvious, and Attlee knew that the Americans were probably tempted by Egypt, which was not good news for the British. Once control of the Suez Canal was lost, the British Empire's international strategy collapsed in half. At this point, Attlee knew that he could no longer remain indifferent to the United States, and that it was necessary to give the United States a little favor on the Egyptian issue.

Attlee's idea was very simple, that is, to send three melons and two dates to the United States, so he immediately wrote a letter to Truman through diplomatic channels, the main content of which was nothing more than emphasizing the special friendship between Britain and the United States, and very vaguely stated that he could share a part of Egypt's interests with the United States, provided that the United States respected British interests in Egypt.

How could Truman have agreed to such conditions? After paying a lot of price and enduring the return of China to the Security Council, they gained the support of the Soviet Union, and if Egypt could not be completely stripped from British control, then wouldn't it be a loss of money!

Truman wouldn't do such a stupid thing, and certainly he wouldn't be foolish enough to reject Attlee's offer, even if he wasn't interested in it for a dime, but that didn't stop him from buying his agent a little time. He vaguely promised Attlee that he was willing to communicate on the matter, but in fact he ordered the CIA to step up its work and instigate Nasser and Sadat to start a political campaign as soon as possible. Change to drive out the British.

On the other hand, Attlee was a little gullible in Truman's nonsense, and the rejoicing Prime Minister immediately instructed the Foreign Secretary to strengthen communication with the United States and strive to maintain British rule in Egypt with the smallest effort.

While the United States was "actively" preparing to settle the issue through negotiations, Nasser had already made the final arrangements, all personnel were in place, and the operation could begin as soon as he gave the order. In fact, the action had already begun, and with the help of the trade unions, about a million workers in Egypt declared a strike, demanding that Farouk I abdicate immediately, change the Kingdom of Egypt into the Republic of Egypt, and give Egyptian citizens all the legal rights to which they are entitled.

The strike was so loud that Egypt's few industries and transportation were immediately paralyzed. This took the British by surprise, and they really did not expect that there would be so many opponents against them.

Of course, the British also knew that all this was done by the Americans, and needless to say that the trade unions must have been bought off by the Americans with deep pockets, and as long as the Americans were willing to pay out of their pockets, the striking workers would actually have no worries about food and clothing, and they would naturally be able to carry out the strike struggle wholeheartedly without worries.

The British are different, they are not as rich as the Americans, so naturally they do not have much confidence. Of course, Attlee was not particularly flustered, he felt that his previous communication with Truman was still effective, and the Americans were willing to give face, and now the Americans should still be the negotiation strategy of the Americans, and if they want to fight for more interests, they must naturally create more trouble, right?

Even Attlee believes that the fact that Egypt is only a strike fully demonstrates that the Americans are restrained, and if the United States wants to exert its full strength, Egypt will definitely not only break out into a strike, but will probably be a nationwide riot.

The strike shows that the Americans did not essentially want to squeeze Britain out of Egypt, but to seek more benefits. So in the face of what appears to be a menacing strike, Britain does not need to overreact. An overreaction could have uncertain consequences, and the other could outright anger Americans, either of which Attlee didn't like. Therefore, he just ordered to be calm and not to exacerbate the contradictions.

As everyone knows, this happened to fall into the pit. There are two reasons why the United States instigated a strike in the first place instead of rioting at the beginning: first, it was a test for the United States, and they wanted to see how the British reacted and where the bottom line was; Second, it was actually a smokescreen, when Britain's attention was completely absorbed by the strike. Nasser and Sadat were in the running of politics. Change the final preparations.

The poor British, completely confused by the smoke bombs thrown by the Americans, misjudged the situation as a whole, and were simply led by the nose by the Americans, which is really pitiful.

But don't worry, Egypt's change is not yet hot, and the international community was shocked by China before Egypt changed the sky. The reason for this was that the representative of the Soviet Union suddenly suggested to the UN Secretariat that Huaxia's legitimate rights and interests in the Security Council should be restored immediately. It was to be hoped that the issue would be discussed immediately at the next session of the General Assembly.

If the Soviet proposal was normal, the reaction of the Western world was too strange. The only big hooligans who have clearly expressed their opposition are the British, and the British have come up with a bunch of excuses that the time is not ripe and that the new China has not yet been recognized by the international mainstream society. Anyway, a whole bunch of from Balabala.

If it had been at the same pace, and the British had made it clear that they were opposed, the United States and France would have immediately followed suit. But this time the situation was completely different, and after the British shouted, the Americans were completely indifferent, and just sat there with a fugue expression, as if they were thinking about where to go to dinner tonight and which sister to find a piece of paper, and they were not interested in the Soviet proposal for a dime. The strange attitude of the American delegate also affected the French delegate, who was hesitant to support the British or go along with the Americans, and after a few minutes of silence, the French delegate who could not make up his mind chose to abstain - that is, say nothing. This one is probably going to look at the wind direction before making a decision.

If you think about it, at such a critical moment, even the representatives of the United States and France are silent, what do the small countries below think of the crowd? With the exception of a few hardcore British lackeys who objected, the vast majority of the rest were silent, and now the Soviet Union had more junior brothers than the British, so much so that the Soviet Union had the upper hand. Soon the Soviet proposal was adopted, and at the upcoming UN General Assembly, the Soviet proposal will enter the formal discussion and voting session. In other words, once the UN General Assembly adopts this proposal, Huaxia's legitimate rights and interests will be restored.

Such a result naturally stunned the British, who could not figure out why the Americans suddenly stopped talking. Because they felt that there was indeed a possibility of a deal between the Soviet Union and the United States, but how could China be qualified to do so?

Immediately after the meeting, Britain and France began to test the attitude of the United States, wondering what kind of medicine the Americans had taken wrong. It's just that the response of the United States has left them rather speechless - because the United States has not responded to it.

In fact, no reply is the best reply, and this fully demonstrates the attitude of the United States -- let it go. Yes, because of the exchange of interests reached with the Soviet Union, the attitude of the United States toward the restoration of China's legitimate rights and interests in the Security Council has changed from opposition to indifference. He doesn't offer to help, but he doesn't deliberately cause trouble either.

Some comrades may think that such an attitude is too sorry for the previous exchange of interests, right? Obviously, they have said that they want to support it, so what kind of support is it if they don't oppose it? For ordinary countries, not opposing is indeed not support, but the United States is not an ordinary country, he was strongly opposed before, but now it has become no opposition, isn't this the biggest support?

And the United States can't support it, can it? It was he who was fiercely opposed before, and now it is him who raises his hand to support him, do you think it is Sichuan Opera that changes its face as much as you want? That's too bad to count the cheeks of international hooligans!

As long as you, the Soviet Union and Huaxia, can mobilize enough countries to support you, you have the ability to succeed, and you can't blame me for failure. Anyway, our last trade was worth it.

So will the USSR and China be able to pull in enough votes? Now the British are fiercely opposed, it seems that it is not easy! Not easy is sure, but it's not particularly hard either. Why? At this time, the British Empire was not what it used to be, and the Soviet Union at this time was not what it used to be. Under the circumstances, there were many more people who were afraid of the Soviet Union than those who were afraid of Britain. Moreover, this matter does not involve the vital interests of various countries, anyway, the seats of the five hooligans are all predestined a long time ago, and Huaxia is just restoring its legitimate rights and interests, and it is not competing with these small countries for food, and is guilty of opposing it at the risk of offending the Soviet Union?

This is the reality of the world, when these small countries are afraid of the reaction of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union is willing to give some benefits to buy them, it is conceivable that most countries are willing to sell the Soviet Union a face. As for the face of the UK? I'm sorry who made your face neither as big as a polar bear, and was not willing to give a single benefit if you didn't pull out a dime, then who gave you face?

What is even more interesting is that France, which had almost the same meaning as Britain before, quickly turned around after the United States "made clear" its attitude, and changed from less fierce opposition to conditional support; after several rounds of contacts between the envoys of the two countries, they believed that there was no problem in normalizing relations between the two countries, and if it had not been for the outbreak of the Vietnam issue later, China and France would probably have been able to establish diplomatic relations earlier.

That is to say, in the end, the only one who is still opposing is Britain and a few little brothers who are helping to shout, and this little opposition force can not make any waves at all, and in the United Nations General Assembly held later, Huaxia restored all legitimate rights and interests with an overwhelming advantage. This means that the legitimacy of China has been determined, and the remnants of the Kuomintang Scraping Party, which is isolated on Hainan Island and the Zhoushan Islands, have completely lost the international market. It was after this that PLA crossed the strait to recover Hainan Island and the Zhoushan Islands in one fell swoop, and Li, Bai and Chiang had no choice but to flee to Hong Kong and the United States for refuge.

These are all later words, so I won't mention them for the time being. Let's go back to the story of Egypt and look at the situation in the Middle East. The Americans' policy of delaying was so successful that it greatly reduced the vigilance of the British, and the two sides engaged in tug-of-war negotiations without haste, but the flame in Egypt grew brighter and brighter. In the words of Churchill: "Poor Attlee was completely fooled, and he became the second Chamberlain." ”

Just as the negotiations were stumbling and successful, the British, in order to gain the initiative, announced that Farouk I was about to abdicate and that Egypt would carry out a political reform. The British tried in vain to quell the opposition in Egypt. But what they didn't expect was that when the abdication ceremony of Farouk I was being held in the Cape Thien Palace, a large number of members of the Free Officers Organization led by Nasser and Sadat suddenly surrounded the palace with heavily armed troops!

At the same time, more free officers commanded soldiers to seize key buildings in Cairo and Alexandria, and took control of key departments. The change has exploded!

The British, who learned of this, were shocked and furious, and on the one hand sternly warned and condemned Nasser and the Free Officers, and on the other hand, they were also actively preparing for military intervention, and began to order the Egyptian garrison to be tense, and to have the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet go to the Egyptian coast immediately.

But what the British did not expect was that the Egyptian garrison had just entered a state of emergency, and the Israel Defense Forces on the other side of the Sinai Peninsula were immediately mobilized, looking ready to seize the Suez Canal. Immediately, the British garrison in Egypt was honest and could only squat in place. And the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet also ran headlong into the US Sixth Fleet, and under the surveillance of the four aircraft carrier battle groups, the Royal Navy naturally did not dare to make a mistake.

At this time, Attlee understood that everything before was fake, and the Americans did make a political deal with the Soviets, and the key point of the deal was Egypt. And he was stupid enough to negotiate with the Americans, thinking that he could just send the Americans away. Attlee was so remorseful at this moment!

He could not help but regret it, for now the situation had become clear, and Farouk I and Muhammad. The princes and nobles of the Ali Dynasty have been swept away, and all of them have been reduced to prisoners. Najib, who had been planning to cooperate with the British, was also arrested, and Cairo and Alexandria were soon taken under the control of the Free Officers. The British Empire, which was in an extremely passive state inside and out, had no chance of turning the tables around.

However, Attlee is not willing to admit defeat like this, if he really concedes defeat like this, then he basically thinks that the Labour Party will have no chance in the next general election, and his own political career will end early. So he's going to have to fight hard!

However, the situation before Attlee is not optimistic, unless he intends to go to war with the United States, the only way to solve the problem is to use peaceful means. The so-called peaceful means are negotiations, but does he still have cards to play?

Objectively no, but Attlee thought he did, and he first found the French, and persuaded him softly: "The positions of Britain and France on the Middle East question should be completely identical." Today the United States and the Soviet Union can make trouble on Egypt, and tomorrow they can make trouble on Syria. Our two countries should advance and retreat together, and we can't let a group of nouveau riche do whatever they want! ”

In fact, these words went to the hearts of the French, the situation of the French after World War II was even more tragic than that of Britain, Britain was at least the victorious country of the Eight Classics, and the status of France's victorious country was really a charity. Moreover, France's political, economic, and military strength plummeted during World War II, making it even more difficult than Britain to maintain colonial stability. I was miserable on the Vietnam issue before, and now I can only leave Vietnam in disgrace and let the United States take over, and the French also have a bad opinion on this. But the situation is stronger than people, what can be done?

Now that the British took the initiative to contact and ask for an offensive and defensive alliance to maintain the colonial system, the French were naturally very interested. I can't say that these two smell like each other and hit it off. Soon France sided with Britain, accusing the United States of unshirkable responsibility for the political turmoil in Egypt and demanding that the United States should stop its unilateral actions and jointly negotiate a solution to the Egyptian problem.

Does this work? Attlee found it useful, arguing that as long as he knew what he was doing and what he was doing, it was unlikely that the Americans would risk turning against Britain and France at the same time. As long as the Americans back down, everything will be easy...... (To be continued.) )