Chapter 375: Changes in the Anglo-Austrian Alliance
War is raging in the Middle East. The first and most ambitious one is Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire. Hamid II will have scruples if he fights with the Far East, but the small Kingdom of Hejaz is not there at all.
In his eyes, coupled with the secret promises made by the British after the war started, this made Hamid II even more unscrupulous and ambitious.
Based on the strength of the Kingdom of Hejaz, Hamid II estimated that his Ottoman special forces could completely defeat the northern defense line of the Kingdom of Hejaz in three days at most and reach Mecca in one week. However,
After the Ottoman Empire fired hundreds of thousands of tons of artillery shells, an elite force appeared in the Kingdom of Hejaz.
All 6.5 mm caliber rifles, although the gun caliber is small, have good shooting accuracy, causing a lot of casualties to the SWAT troops. At the same time, they are also equipped with new mountain cannons and mortars, which makes the Ottoman SWAT
The troops suffered a lot, and the speed of their advance was also greatly reduced.
Since the 19th century, rifles have been the main weapons of army soldiers, but their structures are still simple. Generally, the Mauser rifle's rotating rear-pull bolt and bolt rotary locking mechanism are used, and the caliber is in the range of 6 to 7.5 mm.
The rifle has small recoil when shooting, is easy for soldiers to control, and has high reliability and accuracy.
However, if the caliber of the bullet is too small, although the warhead flies stably and the penetration effect is good, the stopping power is not high, and the power is naturally insufficient. However, the bolt with a small caliber is extremely strong when locked, and generally no chamber explosion will occur.
Explosion, bolt lug breakage, etc.
After this batch of new weapons appeared on the battlefield, Hamid II naturally attached great importance to it, because what he was most worried about was that the Far East would get involved here. After some research, this batch of weapons was different from those used by the Far East Group.
, when Hamid II was also ready to let go.
A message came from the Kingdom of Nejd, telling him that this batch of weapons and equipment was captured by the Far East Group when Japan was preparing to invade China. Now the Far East has exported this batch of weapons to the Kingdom of Hejaz.
The authenticity of the message was quickly verified by Hamid II.
Immediately afterwards, Hamid II held secret negotiations with Plato, the British representative in the Middle East and the governor of Yemen. The two quickly reached an agreement. Subsequently, the diplomatic representatives of the British and the Ottoman Empire simultaneously submitted protests to the Far East.
The Far East is required to take back the weapons and supplies that have been sold to the Kingdom of Hejaz and guarantee not to sell weapons and equipment to the Middle East in the future.
But he was immediately rejected by the Far East. The person who represented the Far East this time was Huang Song. After Li Ningyu saw the message sent by Bismarck, he gritted his teeth angrily on the spot. Not to mention who was right and who was wrong, why should anyone else
Countries can sell weapons in the Middle East, but the Far East Group cannot.
So Li Ningyu simply sent Huang Song and refused without hesitation. At the same time, he also issued a statement that the Far East Group has not sold any weapons and equipment to the Kingdom of Hejaz.
In fact, Li Ningyu only said half of what he said. What he meant was that firstly, these weapons were sold by Huanyu Group, and secondly, these weapons were not produced in the Far East, but were captured from Little Japan.
But this sentence completely pushed the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire into a corner. Plato, the British Governor in Yemen, immediately reported the news to the domestic authorities. Edward VII, who had been paying close attention to the matter, immediately reported it to Li Ning personally.
Yuden Power's tone was much more tactful. It mainly hoped that the Far East would not side with the Kingdom of Hejaz, and hinted that if the Far East wanted to carve up the Saudi Arabian region together, it could join with everyone else.
Seeing the telegram from his friend Edward VII, Li Ningyu's mood eased slightly, but then he still sent a message back to Edward VII, explaining some situations. For example, the Far East's entry into the Middle East this time was not to invade and invade the Middle East.
Annexation is just a matter of making friends with Middle Eastern countries, but Li Ningyu's friendship has attracted bullets from others, so Li Ningyu must deal with such humiliation personally.
It can be said that Li Ningyu's telegram told almost all the truth, but in the eyes of the British authorities and Hamid II, it was not that matter.
Edward VII had just taken over the throne, and the United Kingdom was a constitutional monarchy. Therefore, some princes and nobles proposed to Congress that they should take this opportunity to give the Far East Group a good beating. You must know that the Far East can dominate Asia, which does not mean that it
You can go wild in the Middle East, which is the back garden of the British. If the British had not been on the side of the Far East at that time, the outcome of the battle in South Asia, the Far East and France would not have been certain.
It is not surprising that the British think this way, but they have forgotten one thing. If the British did not switch sides, then the Far East would be stuck in a bitter war at best. The final winner is not yet known, and the Far East may not be able to win.
It has now reached India.
The differences between Britain and the Far East have nothing to do with the Ottoman Empire, but the attitude of the British is very important, so the two countries directly reached a consensus. The British Mediterranean Fleet and the High Seas Fleet set anchor and headed for the Gulf of Aden at the same time, seemingly preparing to block the transportation lines in the Far East.
Later, even Hamid II, who did not trust the navy, followed suit and ordered the Ottoman Navy fleet to set sail from the Golden Horn, preparing to cooperate with the British.
In fact, the Ottoman Empire's navy made a lot of contributions to the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in Europe at that time. In 1517, it made an expedition to North Africa, including Algeria, Egypt, and Greece. At that time, King Aziz of the Ottoman Empire hoped to strengthen the maritime military power of the Ottoman Empire.
, as well as the Ottoman Empire's control over overseas areas, and try to build a powerful navy, the size of which is expected to be the largest after Britain and France.
Therefore, in 1886, the British Barrow Shipyard began to build the first submarine of the Ottoman Empire. However, the economically collapsed Ottoman Empire could not support the navy that required a lot of funds. His successor Hamid II had always distrusted the navy and believed that it was expensive.
The navy was useless in the Russo-Turkish War at that time, so most of the warships were locked in the Golden Horn.
This time, in order to cooperate with the British on the surface to put pressure on the Far East, Hamid II simply sent out the navy that he was not optimistic about. It seemed that he supported the British, but in fact it was just a show of hypocrisy, but secretly he
Increased investment in the northern battlefield of the Hijaz Kingdom.
Europe has always been one of the areas that pays the most attention to intelligence in the Far East, so Li Ningyu quickly learned about the changes in the British and Ottoman fleets, and the situation of these three fleets also appeared in front of Li Ningyu.
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