From the beginning of August 1917

The Far East Corps of the Tang Empire, which occupied Basra, began to enter a period of recuperation, replenishing equipment and supplies, and reorganizing the Jordanian servant army.

After the Battle of Basra, the servant army lost nearly 10,000 people, and it was a relatively seriously damaged cannon fodder army.

The Tang Empire Expeditionary Corps selected the best ones from the new captives, mixed them with the earlier ones who performed better, and formed a new servant army with relatively complete equipment and acceptable combat effectiveness, with a total of more than 30,000 people, organized into three divisions.

The remaining captives were used as coolies to build bridges and pave roads.

The German-Austrian army suffered a sudden defeat, quickly abandoned the unimportant towns on the periphery, and retreated to the core of Baghdad Province to defend Baghdad with all its might.

In the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Basra and Baghdad Pasha were both major guards of the frontiers, especially the Baghdad Pasha, who had the most powerful power and had the right to control the high-ranking officials in Iraq.

Baghdad was also the main force of the German desert corps, and after hearing of the unprecedented defeat, the German high command urgently withdrew three more German divisions from the Eastern Front to further strengthen the strength of the region.

On the battlefield on the Eastern Front at this time

Due to the sudden collapse of the tsarist regime, the prestige of the new Tsarist government was insufficient, and the various factions vied for power and profit, and had lost the ability to launch a large-scale offensive.

The German army on the Eastern Front could therefore draw part of its forces to reinforce the Southern Front in Europe and the Middle East War.

This move undoubtedly further increased the difficulty of the Anglo-French Central Line Corps to capture Baghdad.

For this reason, the Allied Forces Command of the Middle East Entente issued an urgent document, requesting the Middle East Corps of the Tang Empire to end its rest and recuperate ahead of schedule and send the main force to participate in the upcoming Battle of Bagla.

August ~ October in the desert area of the Middle East is the high temperature and dry season, and marching in the desert Gobi Desert under the scorching sun is simply a torment, which is very unfavorable for long-distance marching and combat.

Fortunately, the Baghdad-Basra water system in the two river basins is well developed, and inland waterway vessels of no more than 600 tons can pass through, which has become the main way to transport troops.

Through the exchange of telegrams, the Allied Command in the Middle East decided to postpone the launch of the Baghdad campaign, which was specifically set for early October.

During this period

The Tang Empire's Middle East Corps needed to move northward, capturing a large number of towns between Baghdad and Basra, and finally converging in Baghdad.

This will be the largest battle in the Middle East, with a total of more than 700,000 troops on both sides, which will ultimately determine the ownership of the Middle East.

Laremaiche area, Cloud Trung Province

Located on the plateau, Laremacher has a cool and pleasant climate, and the snow-capped mountains of the plateau are home to numerous lakes and rivers, as well as fertile pastures as far as the eye can see.

With an average altitude of 2200~2460 meters above sea level, the Laremaiche area and Tatai Kulalo area are known as the "plateau water tower" in the Ethiopian Plateau, where the 6670-kilometer-long Nile River originates.

The abundant water and sunshine of the plateau rainstorms and plateau lakes here give birth to natural highland pastures.

With a total area of about 85,000 square kilometres, the two regions are home to pastures in Yunzhong Province, which are rich in livestock products and furs, and the finished products are mainly exported to Europe.

There are more than 23,000 large and small ranches in these two regions, with a total population of more than 1.4 million, most of which are run by families or relatives.

Sea transport to Europe is well developed, and it takes only three days to reach Italy from the city of Fubo via the Suez Canal.

It only takes 4 days to arrive at the ports of Britain, France and Germany.

Richard wore a cowboy hat and rode slowly on the plateau pasture, and in the distance there were large fields of cattle and sheep like white clouds in the sky, flocks after herds.

The vast mountain pastures put him in a good mood and enjoyed his leisure time very much.

Severia rode beside him on a beautiful white horse, wearing a sunhat decorated with intricate patterns on her head, and a light French court dress, which was just the right waist to bring out the charm of her graceful figure, which was simply beautiful.

Sevelia looked at the tall Richard, and said with a look of reverence in her eyes;

"My dear majesty, everything is like a dream, I feel that this is the life I want most, and there is no longer that precarious feeling of insecurity. I love France, but I'm afraid to go back there. ”

"France is in Europe, caught between the great powers of Britain, Russia and Germany, and it is difficult to describe the centuries-old entanglement of grievances." Richard shook his head, sighed softly and continued;

"This is an infinite loop of dead knots, and Europe will not be at peace unless they themselves let go of their hatred and choose understanding and tolerance."

"God, this sounds more like a fantasy, I know that the hatred of the Germans in France is in the blood, how is this possible?" Sevillaia covered her mouth and screamed.

"Therefore, only when the peoples of Europe choose to understand and tolerate will there be real peace." Richard said with his hands spread out and said in a serious tone;

"Since you can't completely eliminate your opponent, the only way is to try to coexist peacefully, which is the only and right way."

Sevelia's eyes widened when she heard this, and after a moment she shook her head and said with a slightly bitter expression;

"There may be a day, but I definitely won't see it, it's unbelievable.

France has already paid the price of an entire generation of lives in the war, and I can't believe anyone will forget all this, France has been hurt so deeply.

The women who lost their fathers, husbands and children in the war, those who lost their families and everything, wished that all the Germans would go to hell.

I don't know what about other people, I can't do it anyway. ”

At this point, Sevillaa was already in tears.

One of her older brothers and one younger brother died in the war, and many more among her loved ones, which is almost a microcosm of millions of families in France.

France was the main battlefield of the First World War, and it was directly baptized by the baptism of war, and the losses of personnel and materials were particularly heavy.

As of now

France suffered more than 3.7 million casualties in the war, a human cost more than any other country in terms of population.

Its economic losses amounted to 165 billion francs, or about 8.25 billion pounds, worth 33 billion Tang dollars, and poked a hole in France's centuries-old colonial revenues.

The "usury empire" has long since lived up to its name, and it is a role with huge international debts.

Today's France is a seriously ill person who is bleeding non-stop, and his body is filled with various tubes that need blood transfusion from the Tang Empire to maintain its vitality.

And the brutal war was still not over, and the Entente bloc did not even see the dawn of victory, which made many people despair.

In particular, a crumbling giant like Tsarist Russia could collapse at any time on the Eastern Front, which caused widespread concern among the Entente bloc and the people of various countries.

In Europe, almost everyone is a military expert, and they have a deep understanding of the Eastern and Southern Fronts, which share the pressure on the Western Front.

Don't look at Tsarist Russia as a bottomless pit, France and Britain have invested a huge amount of financial loans, but Lao Maozi was really powerful during the war.

In 1915 on the Eastern Front alone, the Russian army suffered 1 million casualties and 1 million prisoners in that year, plus another 2 million in 5 months in 1914.

It is now the end of September 1917, how many casualties did Lao Maozi of Tsarist Russia have on the battlefield?

There is no authoritative figure for this, but a conservative estimate of casualties plus captured Russian soldiers is no less than 7.2 million, almost half of the total 14.6 million mobilized by the Russian army.

Without the old Maozi of Tsarist Russia to share the pressure on the Eastern Front, the Western Front in Europe would have been broken by the Germans long ago, and the current confrontation situation would not have existed.

Now that there is a problem within Tsarist Russia, it is the whole Western European world that is worried.

Richard was light-hearted, and the First World War was ultimately a matter for the Europeans, not the Americas.

The Tang Empire looked at the First World War, and it felt like watching the fire from the other side.

He urged his horses to trot briskly along the clear plateau lake.

Seville and the rest of her retinue followed, and the caravan galloped across the steppe.

The so-called business is not about oneself, hang high.

The Tang Empire has taken advantage of the embarrassment of the Allied military bloc to get enough benefits, and the symbolic dispatch of troops to the southern front of Europe has not yet been deployed to the front line.

The Imperial Expeditionary Force also did not have the consciousness of fighting for the lives and deaths of the Europeans, but more to ensure the bottom line of the European Southern Front, so that the Italians would not be defeated by the German and Austrian armies.

The Anglo-American Command still has this military vision, and in the 11 battles of the Iszo River so far, the Italians have invariably hit their heads and bled blood.

The Allied High Command had long lost hope for the Italian army, let alone that Italy could really break through the Austrian defense line on the Izo River, which was simply difficult for a strong man.

The role of the Italian army was to hold back 25 Austrian divisions and nail them tightly to the line of the Izo River.

The Tang Imperial army arrived on the Apennine Peninsula, and after resting, it had gradually unfolded, forming a second front behind the Italian army.

If you attack, you can help the Italian army break through the defense line of the Izo River, and if you defend, you can hold the bottom line of the battlefield on the southern front, so that the coalition command can rest easy.

Now the Allied High Command is most worried about the Eastern Front, more than ninety percent of its energy is also on the Eastern Front, and if it wants to do its best to stabilize the Russians, there is no plan to even launch a large-scale battle on the Western Front.

Overall

The strength of the Tang Empire Expeditionary Force invested in Europe will basically not encounter major battles during the year, and at most there will be sporadic skirmishes.

The military and the Imperial Guards of the Tang Empire were not very interested in the war in Europe, and now they are mainly focusing on Brazil in South America, continuing to launch law and order clearance and suppress military rebellions.

As it did in Colombia, the Tang Empire's military is carrying out ongoing military cleansing and repression across Brazil, including whites, to stabilize the local situation.

On the one hand, the Viceroyalty of Brazil in the Tang Empire carried out a criminal reckoning with the local white manor owners and slave owners through the courts, with the intention of dismantling the local white local armed forces and stubborn forces in order to achieve a new social balance.

Have you ever killed someone?

Have you evaded taxes?

Are there any illegal and criminal acts of rebellion against the rule of the Tang Empire, and are there any dangerous ideas of propaganda against imperial power?

Have you committed adultery, have you insulted the people?

Generally speaking

These white slave owners are not clean, and they are basically checked accurately, and there are almost no wronged people.

On the other hand, it is vigorously promoting the resettlement of Chinese immigrants, and at the same time, a large number of Brazilian Chinese families are being sorted out and included in the rule of law of the Tang Empire.

For some Chinese people who diehard follow the local white manor owners, a series of measures including but not limited to legal measures, exile, crackdown, suppression, and confiscation of property are also taken to completely solve the hidden dangers.

In this regard

The measures taken by the imperial government are old and to the point, and these are the mature policies of more than 70 years of colonial expansion, which have been repeatedly verified to be effective.

In the provinces of the Viceroyalty of Brazil in South America, compulsory education in the national language was promoted on a large scale, and the theological education of the Portuguese was halted and not allowed to continue.

People in the colonial areas of Brazil can go to Catholic churches and Protestant churches, but local churches are not allowed to teach theology in Portuguese, as is the ban on Spanish and Italian.

No matter who you are, no matter what your family, you must receive an authentic Mandarin education and a patriotic education that is loyal to the imperial power, which is the bottom line that cannot be broken.

As long as it lasts for a few decades, the new colony of Brazil will be stable and completely digested.

This is now a policy that is being promoted in all its parts of the Arabian Peninsula and the colonies of East Africa, taking advantage of the current international turmoil, which is largely ignored by the Portuguese and Spaniards, who will clamor against it.

Now in Europe

The most hateful of the Tang Empire are Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, because the overseas colonies of these three old colonial countries have all been eaten and wiped out by the Tang Empire, and there is not even a bit of residue left.

As a result, these three European countries are weaker than they have historically been, and their international influence is in the process of fading considerably.

In the original history, the Portuguese and Spanish regions of South America no longer existed, and were replaced by the Chinese region, from North America to Central America to South America, from the East Indies to the Arabian Peninsula, all of which were widely Chinese.

If East and Southeast Asia are added, the scope of the Chinese language area is much wider than the original historical time and space, and the influence is much greater.

Richard is committed to promoting the Chinese language around the world and promoting the influence of Chinese culture with the Han and Tang dynasties as the core, and is now playing a huge role in influencing the world through new technological means such as film and radio.

He can't control other people's territory, and the colonial areas to which the Tang Empire belongs must be fully Chinese, which is the basic policy of colonization.

The Tang Empire's policy of purifying residential areas even attracted the interest of the British, who intended to promote it in South Africa.

The Tang Dynasty's alternative to the British was to vigorously bring in Chinese laborers, mainly from the East Asian continent.

Of course, all this will be implemented by the colonial authorities of British South Africa, and the Tang Empire will not interfere.

In order to balance the influence of the Boers, the colonial authorities of British South Africa have successively introduced a large number of Chinese laborers since the Boer War, and the total number has reached more than 370,000 in more than ten years.

This number is quite large, almost ninety percent of the white Boer population in South Africa, and has become an important part of the local social population.

These Chinese laborers were hardworking and obedient, and were highly regarded by the colonial authorities of British South Africa, and thus became an important part of the South African social population.

With the polygamy of the Chinese tradition, the population must have grown much faster than the white population without fear of hunger.

In the case of natural reproduction, a 10-fold increase or more in 100 years is completely predictable.

Richard is willing to see such a good change, and he hopes that the South African authorities will stick to this immigration policy and create a pure land in Mozambique and South Africa in the future, and the two sides will help each other.

(End of chapter)