Take advantage of your illness to kill you.

The Tang Empire has always implemented this policy well, penetrating deeply into the Arabian Peninsula for more than 40 years, and the original historical Saudi kingdom has not appeared.

Most of the Arab tribes, large and small, have already disappeared in the wave of Chinese immigration, and the rest is not to be worried.

The sparse population of the central and southern Arabian Peninsula, coupled with the large number of Arab women marrying into Chinese families, has clearly created a demographic disconnect.

By 1915, the total population of the central and southern parts of the Arabian Peninsula was about 4.41 million, of which more than 2.9 million were of Chinese descent, and it was still growing at a high rate.

The south-central region of the Arabian Peninsula, including the Kingdom of Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Jeddah, has become a world dominated by ethnic Chinese.

It is important to note that this does not include the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, including the Sinai Peninsula belonging to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Syria, which are still traditional Arab areas and are more densely populated by Arab ethnic groups.

Basically, draw a straight line from Kuwait to the southwest to Jeddah, accounting for about 68% of the entire Arabian Peninsula, all of which belong to the territory of the Tang Empire.

This includes most of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and other Gulf countries, as well as the Yemen region on the Red Sea side.

When the above-mentioned areas announced their attachment to the Tang Empire, the military alliance of the Entente led by Britain and France was helpless, and could only acquiesce that this region belonged to the Tang Empire's sphere of influence.

What else would you do?

It is definitely not possible to turn the other cheek, the military bloc of the Entente countries is under tremendous pressure, and now they can no longer set up a strong enemy for themselves, and they can only pinch their noses and endure it.

In any given period, the British would have jumped out against it.

In today's world

The people with the clearest understanding of geostrategic competition, except for the founding saint emperor Taizu of the Tang Empire, are the British.

Fortunately, the Tang Empire never crossed the red line, that is, to infiltrate forces into the northern Arabian Peninsula, seeking ports and colonial control areas in the warm Mediterranean region.

You can see it from the map

In order for the Tang Empire to enter the warm Mediterranean, it must break through the Suez Canal, which is the choke point connecting Europe and Asia.

Britain and France now have heavy troops in the Suez Canal Zone, which is where they believe they can control the situation.

Berlin

Time flies, and before you know it, Richard has been living in Berlin for more than two months.

He often went out in disguise and went out privately, blending into the streets and alleys to personally feel the hardships of the people at the bottom and listen to their demands.

Overall

Richard believed that the German working group was very good, generally culturally high, a working class with great diligence, discipline and patience, and the greatest wealth of the German nation.

It's a pity

Kaiser Wilhelm II led this great country astray.

In a smoky tavern

German workers like to have a drink here after work, and the topic they talk about besides war is women, which is what men are most passionate about.

"Hey, man, can you buy me a drink?" The speaker was an old white German man in his 50s, dressed shabby and shabby, with a gray beard revealing the vicissitudes of life.

Richard did not immediately agree, but said; "Sit down and talk, I see you're a person with a story, don't you mind sharing it?"

"Of course, if you want to listen." The old white man sat down a little tired.

Richard snapped his fingers, in exchange for the bartender, pointed to the old white man next to him and said; "Give him a glass of wine and count it in my account. Don't leave your glass empty, fill him up at any time. ”

"Yes, sir."

The bartender took a beer glass, poured it full of dark beer and placed it at the table of the depressed man, who took it and gulped it down.

Spilled liquor ran through his beard, dripping his collar.

The man's face glowed again as he took a sip of the large glass of dark beer, and he placed the empty glass on the table, and the bartender silently filled him with another glass.

Richard sat next to him and did not urge, but drank his own wine patiently.

"Thank you, generous sir, people call me old Hank, and you can call me that."

Old Hank held his glass and began to recount his past......

He was originally from the Kingdom of Hamburg, but while he was at school, the Austro-Prussian War broke out, and the Kingdom of Prussia unified the German states.

The elder Hank joined the army after graduation, fought in the Franco-Prussian War a few years later, and met a beautiful French girl in France, who later became his wife.

They raised a total of 7 children, two of whom died young, and a total of 5 children, four boys and one girl, grew up.

Now

The eldest son's life and death on the battlefield of the Marne on the Western Front are unknown, the second and third sons died in the Battle of Tannenberg on the Eastern Front, and the fourth daughter is already married.

The youngest son had just been drafted into the army and was said to have followed the troops to the Balkan battlefield......

"My family is over, my life is over, everything is over......" Old Hank poured beer cup after glass, and his tearful appearance made people sigh.

Richard didn't say anything comforting, but patted him on the shoulder, pressed 20 marks under the glass, and stood up and spoke; "Fill up his glass, this is a respectable gentleman."

The bartender came over, and replied with a quick touch of 20 marks; "As you wish, generous sir."

Richard didn't say anything more, turned and walked out of the tavern.

When the three strong men sitting at the table on the other side of the tavern saw him leaving, they gave each other a look of ill will, stood up one after another, pushed open the door and walked out.

The bartender saw this, and without saying anything, he lowered his head and continued to busy.

There are so many things like this in taverns that almost no one cares what happens?

Especially now that military control is in place, bread is rationed, and there are many hungry people, which has also led to more and more chaos in social order.

Who will grab it if they have enough to eat?

Richard had long been aware of the existence of the three little Karami, and deliberately walked into a dark alley, and the three people behind him hurriedly hurried to catch up.

It didn't take two minutes

Richard walked out with a relaxed step, clapped his hands, looked left and right on the street at night, and quickly left.

A moment later

He came to Kurhus Street, made sure that no one was following him, and walked into the alley, and his figure disappeared in an instant.

At the same time, he had already appeared in the luxurious palace-like mansion, and he looked relaxed and took off his clothes and walked to the bathroom......

These people who followed the Holy Emperor Taizu had long been accustomed to his elusiveness, and they couldn't stop it, and they couldn't persuade it, so they could only do it.

After taking a shower, Richard walked into the study and sat down, and the attendants immediately brought exquisite snacks, fruits and coffee for His Majesty to enjoy.

At this time

Secretary Xu Jinxun walked in with a stack of documents, and after bowing, he said softly; "Sir, we have just received the latest developments on the battlefield on the Western Front, the Germans released a large amount of poison gas in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, which is the first time in the world that poison gas has been used to destroy human nature."

Richard raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and his face became more solemn.

After the Battle of "Run to the Sea" in mid-October 1914, the Germans planned to capture the British-fortified Ypres salient to open the way for the capture of coastal ports.

For this, the 1st Battle of Ypres was fought.

The four newly formed reserve armies of the German 4th Army launched a frontal assault on the British 1st and 4th armies, made breakthroughs in individual sections, and continuously exerted strong offensive pressure.

The British defending the area suffered heavy casualties and had to hold on for reinforcements.

A few days later, the French 9th Army reinforced the British left flank, and the British Expeditionary Force, supported by reinforcements, gritted its teeth and held on, re-establishing a defensive front 5 km wide.

The first Battle of Ypres ended in a draw, and the Germans did not achieve their goal of capturing Ypres, but inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, inflicting 110,000 casualties on the Anglo-French army.

The Entente forces of Britain and France claimed victory because they held their ground and defeated the Germans, inflicting about 130,000 German casualties.

At this point, the Western Front formed a continuous front from the Swiss border to the Pas-de-Calais, and entered a stalemate stage of positional warfare.

Since 1915

It was very important that the Germans were deliberately trying to open a gap in the Ypres salient to open access to the coastal ports.

The German army on the Western Front had accumulated more than a million people, and the daily consumption of materials was huge, and it was already overwhelmed by relying on rail transportation alone, and it was urgent to open up new transportation channels.

Under these circumstances, the Germans refocused on the Ypres salient and decided to open a gap here, so the Second Battle of Ypres was launched.

Richard flipped through the thick report in his hand, and his heart was cold.

The Germans opened Pandora's box and finally released the devil of gas warfare, which was another breakthrough in the bottom line of human morality.

For the sake of victory, you can do anything, how much did Kaiser Wilhelm II hate the British and the French?

Completely tore off the gentleman's mask and began to be ruthless.

As can be seen from the report

April 22, 1915

The German 4th Army continuously released 6,000 tanks of 180,000 kilograms of chlorine gas into the positions of the British 5th Army and the French 20th Army in the Ypres salient, forming a large area of toxic gas smoke belt

This was the first large-scale use of poison gas in the history of the war, causing 15,000 British and French troops to be poisoned, of whom 5,000 died, and the 10-kilometer frontal area and 7-kilometer deep area were undefended.

Taking advantage of the situation, the German 26th officers and men rushed to the breach, quickly occupied Langemark and Pilgem, and advanced towards the Ypres-Cominne canal.

However, due to the fact that the Germans did not have reserves, they were unable to expand the gains of the war.

British and French reinforcements quickly arrived and plugged the gap, and the front stabilized.

On the 24th, the Germans carried out a second poison gas attack, which failed to achieve its goal under the targeted protection of the British and French troops.

From 26 April to 12 May, the German 26th and 27th armies suffered heavy casualties to expand some of the breaches, forcing the British to withdraw to the outskirts of Ypres, but did not make a major breakthrough.

By this time

The Germans suffered heavy losses in personnel and weapons and equipment, and the follow-up attack was difficult to sustain, so the Second Battle of Ypres had to be stopped, and a new trench stalemate was formed between the two sides.

In this battle, the British army lost 60,000 men, the French army lost 10,000, and the German army suffered 35,000 casualties.

Close the file

Richard's mood became particularly heavy, and he went to the window to look out, and Berlin was dead at night, barely seeing any light.

Only the open tavern still has dim candlelight, and the world's second-largest European industrial power is in darkness at night due to the cut off of kerosene imports.

How can such a scene not be embarrassing?

How much enmity do human beings have for each other? How much hate? gas bombs, which are extincting weapons, can be used.