Now, with the help of China, the four younger brothers of Persia, Arabia, Afghanistan, and Siam have each built a modern army.

Afghanistan now has a population of 5.5 million and has a 50,000-strong army, a 3,000-strong air force, and a reserve of 120,000 militia and reserves. The Afghan Army consists of 5 infantry brigades, 2 cavalry brigades and 1 mountain brigade, as well as 3 artillery regiments and a number of auxiliary units, one of which is armed with 36 155-mm howitzers. The Air Force has a fighter unit consisting of 60 J-1 and J-2, a bomber unit consisting of 20 H-1 and 10 H-2, as well as 22 Y-1 transport planes and 80 Jiao-1 trainer aircraft.

The Arab Republic currently has a population of about 5.05 million, but they have built an army of more than 60,000 people, and the army is dominated by cavalry and mounted infantry, with 4 cavalry brigades and 1 mounted artillery brigade, and 5 mounted infantry brigades, which is probably the most primitive motorized infantry. The Air Force has more than 2,000 men, nearly 100 fighters and 30 bombers, and their planes include 20 camel fighters from China and British aid. The British were very clear in their calculations that they needed this Arab country to contain the Ottomans, so they were very cordial. In addition, the country has a mini-navy of less than 1,000 men, and the navy in Thimphu, whose home port is in Thimphu, is more appropriately called the Red Sea Guard than a navy.

The Kingdom of Siam has a population of about 8.1 million, an army of 70,000 and an air force of 8,000, and a navy of more than 8,000 people. The army consists of 4 divisions and 7 brigades, and the equipment is completely configured in accordance with the standards of the Chinese army. The Air Force has 120 fighters, 60 bombers, 60 attack aircraft, 40 torpedo aircraft, as well as more than 40 transport aircraft and 200 trainer aircraft.

With a population of about 9.2 million, the Persian Republic is the most powerful of the four younger brothers, because they have to face the two old enemies of Ottoman and Russia at the same time, so they have an army of 100,000 people, consisting of 4 main divisions, an armored brigade, an artillery brigade and four garrison brigades, and the equipment is completely equipped with the configuration of China's active forces. There is even a "Red Wolf" battalion in their armored brigade, equipped with 35 "Red Wolf" tanks, except for the Chinese PLA itself, which is currently the only army in the world equipped with Red Wolf tanks, and even the other little brothers only have "Wolverine" and "Otter".

The Persian air force is also strong, numbering about 14,000 people, with more than 400 combat aircraft, and a 48 transport aircraft to form an airlift wing. The equipment of the Persian People's Air Force is considered advanced in the world, including the latest J-5 fighters, H-3 torpedo planes, and H-4 four-engine heavy bombers, which are the planes that China has just equipped its troops. There is no way, now the Persian people rely on oil exports and guarding the Eurasian railway to collect tolls, and life is not too comfortable. With money, it is natural to find the boss to buy better toys.

Now the army and air force of these younger brothers are very similar, but the navy is a little unable to handle it. Needless to say, Afghanistan is a landlocked country, most of the coastline of the Arab Republic is in the Red Sea, and there is a little near the port of Faw in the Persian Gulf, and there is no need to build a strong navy in such a narrow and long sea area as the Red Sea, and next door is China's Red Sea Territory and Gulf Territory, so their requirements for the navy are naturally very low.

The location of Persia and Siam is very important, especially Siam, which straddles two oceans, and the requirements for the navy are more attentive, and China also has the heart to support it, and there is no problem in hardware. However, the navy is different from the army and air force, and its professionalism is too strong, and it will not be possible to build a decent navy in more than a decade. As for the fact that the Chinese Navy can become so strong in just a few years, it is all because President Wen has opened up, and if there is no large number of cyborgs as the backbone and unreserved "missionary support" of the indigenous officers and soldiers, it is impossible to develop this scale in a few years.

But the younger brothers don't have this kind of plug-in, because they can only learn from scratch honestly. Their current navy is dominated by torpedo boats and gunboats, and the Zhuhai-class destroyer is already their largest type of ship, and there is only one of them. Even with destroyers, they played with a bump.

Under China's instruction, the four younger brothers have also strengthened their combat readiness over the years, and if China enters the war, these younger brothers will definitely have to send troops.

Of course, compared with those old imperialist countries, China is still very kind, and although it controls the military and political diplomacy of these satellite countries, it has also brought them great benefits. With the help of China, these countries began to establish a modern agricultural system, using science and technology to guide production, establishing a large number of modern farms, breeding farms, livestock farms and fishery grounds, and vigorously developing agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery and forestry.

Agriculture is now growing explosively in all of these countries, and with the exception of Afghanistan, the food and agricultural products of the other three countries are not only able to meet their own needs, but also to be exported.

In terms of industry, they have also received a lot of support from China, whose industry is mainly based on the mining and metallurgical industry, and China has invested in the construction of many oil and gas fields, mines and smelters, and refineries in these countries, and has provided a lot of advanced technology. Persian oil, natural gas, iron, copper, zinc, chromium, Afghanistan's natural gas, copper, iron, lithium, chromium, beryllium, uranium, Arabia's gold, copper, iron, tin, aluminum, zinc, phosphate, Siam's natural gas and oil, bituminous coal and lignite, tin, tungsten, antimony, fluorite, barite, potassium carbonate and other minerals are being developed one after another.

After further purification, processing or smelting, these minerals are sold as products in local factories to the international market, of course, with China being the largest buyer. China is still very kind, even for these satellite countries, it will not exploit them like Europe and the United States, and the purchase price given is also according to the market price, and they will not suffer losses. This kind of behavior is also good for China, on the one hand, it has won the hearts and minds of the local people, and the relationship has become closer. On the other hand, the local economy will develop and create a larger market for Chinese products, which is actually a win-win situation.

In addition to the mining and metallurgical industry, the key development objects of the industries of these countries are light industry, chemical industry and food industry. In addition to supplying the Chinese market, their products were also exported to the warring sides in Europe in large quantities by taking advantage of the European war.

As for heavy industry, which is time-consuming, laborious, and costly, we will not give them to do it, and it is enough for China to do it itself, and in any case, China's production capacity can fully meet their needs.

Another major aspect of China's investment in these countries is transportation infrastructure, otherwise with their own transportation conditions, even if they have abundant resources, it will be difficult to develop them, let alone transport them to supply the market. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. At present, most of the railways between China and these countries have been built, and the railway from Kunming to Bangkok was officially opened to traffic at the end of last year, and this railway is first from Kunming to Vientiane, and then extended to Bangkok. According to the plan, the railway will continue to extend to the southern Malay Peninsula as far as Songkhla.

In the Middle East, the existing Asia-Europe railway is used to extend it, and now the railway from Tehran to Baghdad is about to be connected, and the railway from Baghdad to Kuwait is also under construction.

Take Afghanistan as an example, their current state of transportation has even greatly exceeded that of the middle of the 21st century. You must know that in the history of the original time and space, until the middle of the 21st century, the country did not have more than 100 kilometers of domestic railways. Now, they have not only an Asia-Europe railway connecting east and west, but also a trunk railway from Kandahar to Kabul, as well as several railways connecting important mining areas and industrial and agricultural areas, with a total length of more than 4,000 kilometers.

In addition to railways, these countries are also vigorously building road systems, and airports and ports are also indispensable.

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March 3, Republic 2758 (1917).

The Chinese government announced that the four member states of the UPC and the participating country (Siam) will hold a 15-day joint military exercise on the Persian and Arab borders, starting on the 20th of this month. The exercise was codenamed "Red Flag".

A Chinese spokesman said the purpose of the exercise was to strengthen military exchanges and coordination within the Federation. The exercise is only for the sake of maintaining peace, and is not aimed at any country, so please don't think too much about it.

As far as the European and American powers are concerned, they have no intention of paying attention to China's intentions at the moment. Because now the Entente and the Central Powers are facing very big problems.

This waste wood of the Italian dull has disgraced the Allies, oh no, the whole of Europe, and even the whole of the white world. After the defeat at the Battle of Gibraltar, their army suffered another humiliating defeat at the city of Re-Na-Ya. And this time the opponent is not the Japanese, who are already considered a great power, but the French Afrika Korps, a group of black millet from Africa. If it weren't for the support from the air force and navy, the city of Re-Na-ya would not have been able to survive.

And for the Italians, now these are not the most headache, and what frightens them the most is that the Japanese have received reinforcements from three more divisions. By now, the Japanese army led by Akiyama Yoshiko had occupied several important cities such as Turin, Novara, and Alexandria, and controlled most of the Piedmont region.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Japanese had no intention of giving death to Britain and France, Akiyama Yoshiko, after taking control of most of the Piedmontese area, would have been grinding foreign workers in the name of rest, and the Italians would probably not even be able to keep Milan at this time.

But now that three more divisions of Japanese have arrived, Akiyama Yoshiko has to express himself no matter how much he grinds foreign work. In this way, not only Milan is in danger, but even Parma and Brescia are in danger.

For the Entente, it was even more unbearable, because the Russian Revolution had finally broken out!

So for the current Entente and Central Powers, as long as China does not end up in the war, then he can play whatever he wants. Both sides are on fire, so there is still time to care about the "Red Flag Military Exercise".