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Chapter 825 Retaliation

If power wants to be more secure and stable, it is nothing more than decentralization and checks and balances.

This is the fundamental principle of the institutional design of all countries in modern times.

Of course, after Dong Shuheng becomes the co-owner in the future, he will have a new identity.

And his existence is a check and balance for all countries in the Greater China Circle.

Because this is a spiritual effect.

Dong Shuheng was not worried about other vassal states.

Even if trouble occurs in a small vassal state, it can be quickly quelled.

If trouble occurs in the mainland and several major Chinese-dominated vassal states, it may affect the entire Great China Circle system.

Therefore, Dong Shuheng must make clear arrangements for his country before leaving office.

Relative to Dong Shuheng’s arrangements for the next five years in the country.

Those things in East Africa are not a big deal.

The decision of the military meeting was quickly sent to the Indian Ocean Theater via telegram.

Yang Bingchun had hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands.

Originally, the total strength of the Renaissance Army in the subcontinent was nearly 150,000, part of which was the southward legion led by Yang Bingchun.

This 100,000-strong army fought all the way from Indochina to the island of Ceylon.

There are also some parts that Peng Yulin brought to the battlefield in the subcontinent.

Now that Peng Yulin has returned to China, the subcontinental war zone has been cancelled.

The Indian Ocean Theater was established in the entire Indian Ocean region, and the headquarters of the theater was established on the island of Ceylon.

The theater is divided into two parts, the Army Headquarters and the Navy Headquarters.

The two do not belong to each other.

This will have a certain impact on unified command. However, the strength of this theater is too strong. In order to prevent accidents, necessary decentralization still needs to be done.

The Army Headquarters is chaired by General Yang Bingchun under Dong Shuheng.

This is a very stable general.

According to previous arrangements, the permanent army stationed in this theater should number 150,000 people.

But the war in the subcontinent had just ended.

One-third of the soldiers were rotated back to rest.

Now Yang Bingchun only has more than 100,000 men under his command.

But with only five divisions, it's not a big problem.

As a war zone with a combat readiness nature, the most important point is the delivery capability.

On the third day after receiving the order, these five divisions embarked from Bombay.

Why start from Mumbai?

Because there is no army in Bombay Free City at this time, the Renaissance Army is mainly stationed here, and there are also some coalition forces from other countries.

Moreover, it is closer to East Africa, and it is safer for troop transport ships to go offshore.

The navy responded faster and had a permanent transport fleet in the subcontinent.

This fleet is also responsible for transporting supplies to various bases in the Indian Ocean in normal times.

But they were all dispatched sporadicly.

The main force of the fleet will always be waiting in the war zone.

Therefore, as soon as the order from the military headquarters is issued, the fleet can set off immediately.

It only takes a dozen days for the fleet to get from Mumbai to East Africa.

This kind of reaction speed was relatively fast at the time.

During this half-month period, Zhao Dazhi stationed troops at the junction of the eastern part of Tadjoura and the Lakh Ayitu Sultanate.

Don't care about the construction of Daming City.

Navy warships also blocked the port of Assab.

Zhao Dazhi's request is very simple. The Sultanate of Lakh Ayitu must hand over the Bedouin bandits who fled into its territory.

There is irrefutable evidence that the Renaissance Army was originally chasing them and watched helplessly as these Bedouin cavalry fled into the territory of the Lakh Ayitu Sultanate.

At this time, the royal capital of the Lakh Ayitu Sultanate was in Assab Port.

His Majesty the Sultan was originally a timid master, but now he has been frightened to the point of losing his mind.

He had no choice but to let the Bedouin cross the border in the first place, because 20,000 cavalry could easily destroy his country twice.

In addition, both the Yu people and Ali Sultan promised to ensure the security of their Lakh Ayitu Sultanate.

Under such circumstances, the Sudan had no choice but to let him go.

But now the warships and troops of the Renaissance Army have already reached the border, but Williams, the Chinese, has withdrawn with the remaining Bedouins.

Now the Sultan of Lakh Ayitu has sent people to contact Sultan Ali of Egypt and asked him to send troops to assist.

Ali Sultan's reply was very straightforward, and reinforcements would be sent soon.

But Sultan Lakha Ayitu also had his own eyes on Cairo.

The Egyptian army showed no sign of leaving.

Alexandria, Williams went out for a walk and came back here.

"Mr. Smith, I think we still have the strength to continue attacking. Why did you call me back?" Williams said with some resentment.

"Enough, this is enough. The Bedouin casualties have exceeded 30%. They will not continue to fight. And for every Bedouin who dies, we have to pay three times the reward."

"The Renaissance Army must avenge itself, so let them go to the desert to fight the Bedouins."

"But, Mr. Consul, what if they directly attack the Sultanate of Lakha'aytu? We promised to protect them." Williams asked.

"Humph, if they attack the Sultanate of Lakh'a'itu just right, I can persuade His Majesty Ali to send troops to fight them. After all, the Egyptians still have 200,000 troops."

"As for the Lakh Ayitu Sultanate, if they can't wait for our rescue, it's not our fault." Smith said with a smile.

The diplomats of the Great Empire have long been accustomed to treating small countries as their pawns.

Since you are a chess piece, you must be prepared to be sacrificed at any time.

"Mr. Smith, the Sultanate of Lakh'a'itu probably won't be able to hold out against the Renaissance Army for half a day." Williams sympathized with this small sultanate.

At the same time, I also felt a little dissatisfied with Smith in my heart.

After all, it was he who had made the promise to protect Sultan Lakh Ayitu.

Now he is the one who broke his promise.

Zhao Dazhi has been very anxious waiting for this half month.

If it weren't for his pressure, the soldiers of the 112th Division would have been unable to bear the urge to rush into the Lakh Ayitu Sultanate.

"Damn it, the reinforcements are finally here. Let the cooking team slaughter a few camels today. After everyone has eaten and drank enough, we will go to the palace of Sultan Lakh Ayitu tomorrow." Zhao Dazhi finally relaxed after taking the information he had obtained.

One breath.

This half month has also been a huge torment for Lakh Ayitu Sultan.

The timid Sultan kept hinting to himself that the Renaissance Army was just here to scare them, just to intimidate them.

After so many days, apart from warnings and demonstrations, the Renaissance Army did not really seem to attack.

The whole kingdom believed in this idea.

The Sultan even sent people to deliver cattle, sheep, camels and a large amount of property to Zhao Dazhi.

Tried to bribe Zhao Dazhi and others to retreat.

Zhao Dazhi collected all the things. He had long regarded the things of the Lakh Ayitu Sultanate as his own, and sooner or later they would be theirs anyway.

On October 13, five divisions of reinforcements from the Renaissance Army arrived at Tadjola City, after two days of repairs in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which was almost destroyed by the war.

On October 15, the Renaissance Army officially launched an attack on the Sultanate of Lakh Ayitu.

In fact, the entire offensive process was basically completed by the 112th Division.

The 112th Division was already suffocating at the border between the two countries.

At this time, it was like a tiger descending from the mountain.

More than 100 kilometers east of the border between Tadjoura and the Lakh Ayitu Sultanate is Assab, the capital of the Sultanate.

Ma Sanbao's cavalry regiment reached the Dubi volcano north of Assab first, blocking the way for Sultan Lakh Ayitu to escape north.

On the sea, the squadron sent by Bao Youzhi had already completely blocked the entire strait.

The target of the naval squadron is not just the Sultanate of Lakh Ayitu. Such a small country only needs a few frigates.

This time Bao Youzhi sent a northbound squadron consisting of an armored cruiser, two destroyers, four frigates and eight torpedo boats, with the aim of blocking the entire Red Sea.

Especially Ali Sultan who was going north to threaten Egypt.

It only took the 112th Division's army a day and a half to reach the outside of Assab.

The navy's naval guns only fired one round of bombardment.

The defenders in the city lost their will to resist.

The Sultan also wanted to introduce several ministers who were pro-Dalian and Egypt as scapegoats, and even promised huge compensation.

But Zhao Dazhi didn't fall for his tricks. He was a military general, not a diplomat.

The strategic goals given by the military department are already very clear.

That is, those who dare to provoke the Renaissance Army must be resolutely eliminated.

In the next five days, with the cooperation of the fleet's transportation.

The Baath Army occupied the entire territory of the Sultanate of Lakh Ayitu.

The Sultan surrendered and saved his life.

Zhong Siming set aside a mansion specifically to accommodate the Sultan.

But others are not so lucky.

All property of the nobles of the Sultanate will be confiscated.

Zhong Siming has received an order to relocate all the people of the Lakh Ayitu Sultanate to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

And the coastal lands that were originally part of the Lakh Ayitu Sultanate will be vacated, waiting for the arrival of Chinese immigrants.

Negotiations between Plymouth, Dayang and the Renaissance Army have been going on for several months.

The negotiations continued intermittently, and several times Wang Tao had to leave with his assistants.

Liu Qingbei was arriving soon, and Wang Tao felt ashamed that he had made no progress in negotiations during this period.

"Mr. Russell, I did not expect that you would do such a thing. Does this mean that you still want to challenge the Renaissance Army with force? Do I think that you do not have the sincerity to negotiate at all? I think we should meet on the battlefield.

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Wang Tao was about to wave his sleeves and leave.

Russell naturally couldn't let such a thing happen.

Now that the negotiations have not ended, the Great Empire has to station a large number of troops in the Canadian Province and the Cape Town area.

This seriously affected the expansion of the Great Empire in Africa.

It also affected the Japanese people to return their troops to their homeland.

"Mr. Wang, I think there must be some misunderstanding here. You must know that our Great Empire does not have colonies there." Russell said innocently.

"Mr. Russell, I have obtained definite evidence here. It was your Egyptian consul who hired Bedouins to attack our vassal state, the Ming Dynasty."

"Twenty thousand Bedouin cavalry is really a generous sum. The hiring cost must be quite high."

Faced with Wang Tao's questioning, Russell remained calm and composed.

"Mr. Wang, it is even more impossible for you to say that. A consul stationed in Egypt does not have such authority, and even a foreign minister like me does not have the ability to do this." Russell was still denying it.

In fact, although he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, many consuls also serve in intelligence agencies, which he cannot completely control.

Maybe they are using the resources of the Imperial Military Intelligence Agency.

Naturally, a single consul does not have such great power.

"Well, since Mr. Russell said that it has nothing to do with your Great Empire, then we, the Renaissance Army, will handle it in our own way."

Russell was speechless for a while. He didn't expect that what Wang Tao just said was a trap.

Didn't you say that it's not a colony of your country and you have no control over it? So if I use force there now, it doesn't count as crossing the line.

Originally, the Renaissance Army was planning to redefine the sphere of influence with the Le State.

Well, now, the Chinese people themselves say that Northeast Africa is not their sphere of influence.

Isn't this a verbal concession?

Russell naturally couldn't see such a thing happening.

"Mr. Wang, the balance of power in Africa has been formed. If your Renaissance Army continues to use force somewhere, then I think the whole of Europe will think that your Renaissance Army wants to extend its tentacles to Europe. Does your Renaissance Army want to fight with the entire Europe?

Start a war in North Africa?" Russell had been very peaceful just now, as if to calm Wang Tao's anger.

But when he heard what Wang Tao said just now, his whole person became sharp.

It seems that he was touched against his scales.

Wang Tao understood that the Yu people would not let the Renaissance Army set foot in the Mediterranean.

Not only the French, but also the French and even Italy and Prussia, who had good relations with the Baath Army, were unwilling to be neighbors with the Baath Army in the Mediterranean.

This seems to be their bottom line.

"Mr. Russell, our Renaissance Army abides by the rules. Originally, we only occupied a foothold in East Africa to more conveniently maintain navigation safety in the Indian Ocean. But some young people took the initiative to stand up and destroy this balance. You think we should

what to do?"

"I believe that your Great Empire will make the same decision. For provocations made with force, it will naturally respond with force." Wang Tao's words were sonorous, powerful, and resounding, leaving no room for doubt.

"Mr. Wang, if you believe me, our Great Empire is willing to punish the murderer for you." Russell could only do the next best thing. He really didn't want the Renaissance Army to interfere with the affairs of the Sultanate of Ali in Egypt.

Now is the critical moment for the Great Empire to take control of the Sultanate of Ali in Egypt.

If the Renaissance Army intervenes, uncertain variables may arise.

"Hahaha, Mr. Russell Zhao, you are a few years older than me. I respect you very much, but I have to say that your words are a bit ridiculous. Who do we, the Renaissance Army, want to punish? Why do we need Daying to help?" Wang Tao said with ridicule.

He said with a smile.

"To be honest, Mr. Russell, I'm just a diplomat and I can't decide anything about the military. Our Renaissance Army founded the country with the military, and I also serve them. Now it's the military who asked me to inform you sir. This is already our

The utmost sincerity.”

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