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Hodeidah Military Base Naval Hotel.

"Comrades of the 10th cruiser detachment, you have worked hard. Commander Zhou raised his glass and toasted the main officers of the 10th cruiser detachment. "Come, taste the wine. It is made with local dates, which are hard to eat in the country. ”

Commander Zhou's military rank is major general, and he is not very old, only in his thirties. It should be said that the officers of the squadron are generally not very old, and even most of those generals and lieutenant generals are not more than forty years old.

According to the practice of the army, after everyone drinks three glasses together, it is casual. There are regulations in military discipline that you cannot persuade you to drink alcohol at military banquets, and you can drink it yourself if you drink a lot of alcohol

After three rounds of drinking, everyone began to chat. It is a Chinese tradition to talk about things at the dinner table, whether it is talking about serious things or Kan Dashan.

Captain Yu of the cruiser Fenhe said: "Since we have this Hodeida base, it is much easier for us to act. If I had run this far before, it would have been quite troublesome. ”

"Yes, the location of this place is really good, but we have only rented it for 6 years, which is too little, if only we could rent it for 60 years"

Captain Xu of the Whirlpool took a sip of date wine and said with a regretful face: "If you want me to say, our position in the Gulf Territory of the Persian Gulf is also quite good, controlling Persia in the north, pressing the Arabian Peninsula in the south, Iraq in the west, and the Persian Gulf in the east. It's a pity that there is a lack of water. Although there are 10,000 square kilometers, it is difficult to develop, and now the daily water there has to be transported by water ships from Persia across the bay. ”

The Gulf Territory was the territory that the Ottomans used to exchange battleships for battleships, and this territory was around the port of Dharmam, between Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, and was known as the "Al Ahsa Region" during Ottoman rule. Although this area covers an area of 10,000 square kilometers, there are less than 36 indigenous people here because it is a desert and there is a shortage of water, and most of them are concentrated by the sea. The small indigenous population naturally facilitates Chinese rule, but the lack of water also makes it difficult to develop.

After China got the land, it converted three old 66-ton oil tankers into water carriers to transport water from Iran on the opposite side and neighboring Iraq every day, mainly from the Shatt al-Arab, Mandeb and Zorre rivers that flow into the Persian Gulf. These water carriers are equipped with special high-power pumps, and when they want to carry water, they can stop at the mouth of the river and start the pumps to pump water from the river. When it is filled with water, it is brought back and pumped into the reservoir in the Gulf Territory. To prevent water from evaporating, the reservoirs here are all covered with lids.

Originally, China wanted to build a large water plant in the lower reaches of the Shatt al-Arab and build a water pipeline directly to the Gulf Territory, but because it had to lead to Kuwait's territory in the middle, it was still arguing with the British. Niu Niu did not disagree, but they demanded that half of the water sent to them be used by Kuwait, which China could not accept. Why should I give you half of the water that Lao Tzu has worked so hard to get? Even if the water pipe has to pass through your house, at most 10% will be given to you as a toll.

China's bottom line is that more than 10 will not be, and the British bite 40% of the cases and do not let go, and the two sides have been arguing about this matter for almost two years, so Wen Desi was angry and ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs not to talk to the British, re-plan the water pipeline, and bypass Kuwait. Lao Tzu's water pipe doesn't pass through your house, Lao Tzu can't take a detour, and you can't even get a drop of water

It will probably not be completed until the end of this year, so in order to replenish the water used during this period, China also built a desalination plant in the port of Dammam last year, using a combination of multi-stage flash and electrodialysis to produce 36 tons of fresh water per day, but this is only enough for daily life, and it is certainly not enough to engage in some development. But now Wen Desi is not in a hurry, anyway, the oil here is buried in the ground, and others can't steal it, so it's not too late to develop it when the preparations are sufficient.

Commander Zhou said: "Hey, our China is too late to rise, and now the world's territory has been carved up by the great powers, especially those places with good locations, all of which have masters, and it is not easy to get them." In the old situation, it would have been impossible to get it unless there was a war with those colonies. But ......"

Then, he smiled mysteriously and whispered, "...... But that's no longer the case. Europe is fighting hard right now, and both sides are trying to get us on board so that we have a chance to get the benefits......"

Everyone's interest came up, and Li Ang hurriedly asked, "Oh, then which side are we going to join?"

"This must be decided by the central government, we are still looking at the situation, to join of course is to join which side can win, so that we can reap the benefits, hahaha...... Don't worry, this matter won't wait long......" Commander Zhou showed his mouth slightly, then picked up his wine glass and said, "Now we won't talk about this, Yu Cup"

"Yu Cup" everyone also raised their glasses.

At this time, the main course of the welcome banquet was served, this dish was placed on a cart, pushed up by four people, and the stainless steel tray used to serve the dishes was more than 2 meters long and more than 1 meter wide, covered with a huge lid.

As soon as the chef lifted the lid, he saw an animal on the plate that was one size larger than a calf, a small camel with its head removed and skinned. By this time, the camel has been roasted to an attractive golden brown, with a shiny exterior and a mouth-watering aroma of fat and spices.

"Come on, come on, this is a local famous dish, roasted whole camel. Comrades, come and taste the freshness, you may not be able to eat it in China and other places......" Commander Zhou stood up with a plate and greeted warmly: "You have to do this thing yourself, and you can cut it wherever you want to eat." ”

This dish is a famous dish in the Arab region, and it is made with camels that are less than two years old as ingredients and baked with various spices and spices. If you make zuò according to the tradition, you need to bury it in the sand and bake it for three days. Now the banquet is eaten with an improved process, and it is good to bake it in a special oven for half a day.

"Captain Li, the most delicious part of this camel is the hump, come and taste it......" Director Lei Shi, who was in charge of reception, took Li Ang's plate and cut a large piece of hump for him.

Li Ang tasted it, then cocked his thumb and praised: "It is indeed delicious, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, crispy and delicious, fat but not greasy, and the aftertaste is long and good."

Just as the banquet was going on in the Gao Dynasty, suddenly a captain hurriedly ran in.

The captain walked up to Commander Zhou and whispered, "Report to the commander, the intelligence department received the latest information just now." Last night, the armed forces of the Arab People's Revival Party, together with the Rashid family, launched a surprise attack on Riyadh, which captured Riyadh that night, and the Saud family of Najd perished......"

The captain did not deliberately hide from the people present, and although his voice was not loud, it was enough for the people around him to hear.

"............" As a result, the audience was shocked, and the entire banquet hall was silent for a while.

Commander Zhou was also stunned for a moment before he said, "This Mayasu is not bad, is the Saudi family dead?"

The captain replied, "It is not clear whether there are any deaths, but their patriarch Ibn Saud and the famous lord are all confirmed dead." ”

After a little thought, Commander Zhou issued a series of orders: "Immediately notify all troops in the region, and immediately enter the third-level combat readiness state." The number of early warning airships and patrol planes has been increased to double posts, and the scope of inspections has been increased, and the intelligence department and relevant departments should closely monitor the movements of the surrounding forces and grasp the situation in a timely manner. ”

He stood up and said to Li Ang and the others: "Eh, Captain Li, Political Commissar Lu, Chief of Staff Qin, I'm really embarrassed this time. Now when I encounter an emergency, I have to deal with it, and this is out of company. Everyone, please continue to eat, Director Lei, and entertain the comrades of the 10th Cruiser Detachment, hehe...... Goodbye, everybody

Li Ang and the others also got up and said, "Commander Zhou doesn't need to be polite, it's important to get down to business, we can take care of ourselves." ”

The atmosphere of the banquet that followed was more solemn, and everyone was talking about the state of affairs in the Arabian Peninsula.

As for the Arab People's Revival Party, they all know it, and the leader of the party is called Abdullah Oharun Oi Mayasu, and it is said that his ancestor was a nobleman of the Abbasid Dynasty (the Black Clothed Food), and after the fall of the Abbasid Dynasty, he began to live in exile in various countries. Later, Mayasu claimed to have received the revelation of Allah in the Tianshan Mountains in the east, and met the reincarnation of the archangel Israfael (Metatron) on earth, and established a new sect called the "Eastern Apocalypse" (referred to as the Eastern Enlightenment School, also called the Tianshan School), and appointed himself the "Great Imam".

In February 1909, Mayasu returned to Iraq with more than 500 followers. According to his own account, after hundreds of years of exile from his homeland, he returned, and he returned to the place where his "ancestors" had been. Returned with steel, blood and fire, and an unyielding will.

Mayasu's group began to preach in the valley of the two rivers and in the Arabian Peninsula. Since this Dongqi sect is a new sect, it will definitely be squeezed out and attacked by those old sects. However, I can't stand the fact that people can fight. Mayasu's more than 500 followers are too capable of fighting, not to mention well-trained, and the equipment is very advanced, and he has a two-gun general, even machine guns and cannons, which are very advanced weapons even in the armies of the great powers, and I don't know where he got them from.

After many bloody clashes with the old local sects, the Mayasu Dongqi faction gained a firm foothold in the two rivers and in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula. No way, the people in that place have always been "non-violent non-cooperative", that is, if you don't use violence, they won't cooperate. Besides, this practice is also in line with the consistent tradition of the Green Sect, since the time of Lao Mu, they have used the method of holding a knife in one hand and the scriptures in the other, and the Eastern Qi faction of Mayasu is just following the old practice, and it is not a big deal.

Of course, those old sects don't want to give in, there are so many sects in this place, and no one wants to have another competitor, but now there is no way to not. If you want to fight, no other party has money, and no other party has culture. If you want to fight, uh, let alone talk about it, it's all tears. Over the years, because of the conflict with the Dongqi faction, tens of thousands of people have been filled, and I really can't beat it.