In recent years, the Far East Group's main source of income has been resource trade in the controlled area, which means selling resources in exchange for funds. Taxes from various places can barely cover military expenditures. Even most of the businesses and assets that used to belong to Li Ningyu's personal
They were all confiscated, but fortunately they were able to maintain normal operations.
The Far East Group is not without money. For example, the gold produced in Alaska every year is enough for the Far East Group's current military expenditure for one year. However, Li Ningyu has been holding back this money because it is the last card of the Far East. With the defeat,
After the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded, the Far East received a series of war reparations, so after the war, a large amount of money could be invested in the construction of the South Asia region, large-scale construction of warships, and the purchase of important supplies.
With the changes in the situation in the Middle East, it has moved from the early days of harboring evil intentions to military confrontation, and now the first naval battle between the Far East and the Ottoman Empire.
The announcement of the diplomatic statement by the British authorities sent a clear signal to the Far East, and gave Li Ningyu enough face to step down. However, the response from the Far East made the British authorities have to worry about their own face and take necessary military confrontation against the Far East Group.
, but both sides are exercising restraint and have not taken the initiative to engage in military struggle.
The Somali region is the first area controlled by the Far East in Africa and is now a powerful logistics supply base. Although the Somali region is now an independent country and adopts a high degree of autonomy, its affiliated relationship with the Far East is well known to the authorities around the world.
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If you want to defeat the Far East, you must destroy the maritime supply line from Somalia to the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire does not have such strength, but its allies do. However, the British are not allowed to do this because they still have to be alert to the Far East at all times.
Strong ally Germany.
At the same time, Li Ningyu also made some arrangements to prevent the British from completely turning their backs. However, such intentions of the Far East can still be seen immediately in the eyes of interested people, so they will continue to push the Far East according to their own needs.
The group was at odds with the British authorities.
So what would Li Ningyu do when encountering such a problem?
The closest controlled areas to the Far East in the Middle East are some countries on the African continent. Except for the Somali region, the Far East's currently controlled areas in Africa are still in the process of consolidation. It is impossible to recruit troops from these countries, so no matter how close they are to the Middle East,
The Far East Group currently does not have enough troops.
Moreover, Li Ningyu sent troops to Saudi Arabia not to seize territory, so he had to make it clear to the British in a subtle way. Therefore, after the diplomatic announcement, Li Ningyu sent a letter to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom in his own name.
The main content of the letter is to invite King Edward VII to visit Somalia for the second time.
This invitation has two purposes at the same time. The first is to have a secret meeting with Edward VII to completely resolve the misunderstanding between the two sides in the Middle East. The second is to let Edward VII visit the Far East Typhoon-class strategic submarine. If it can be done in
It would be even better to get a low-interest loan from the UK.
The faces of the Far East Group and the Ottoman Empire were completely torn apart, but the two sides were still separated. The Far East Navy Fleet no longer continued to actively attack the Ottoman Navy, and the Ottoman Navy Fleet, knowing that it was defeated, also retreated. After all, there was no
Silly enough to risk death, the second is the army. The Far East did not deploy the army to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the border areas. On land, the two sides were separated by the Kingdom of Hejaz.
After the announcement of the British authorities, the most reassuring person was King Duleazi of the Hijaz, because the Far East had completely chosen to help him. Although the Far East Group's army troops were not currently fighting against the British and Austrian troops in the border areas, they were eating
Duleazi, who took the next reassurance, still fought actively and confidently.
After the British authorities saw the announcement from the Far East, they actually turned green on the spot. You must know that the British Empire is the first empire in the world today. No one has dared to stand up directly. Indirect and direct rejection, it will also
The British troops were compared to invaders.
However, this matter was finally suppressed by Edward VII, because Li Ningyu's private telegram appeared in the hands of the British shortly afterwards.
Although Li Ningyu did not say everything in the message, the meaning between the lines has already stated the Far East's position in the Middle East. This made the British authorities breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the main reason for the British invasion of Saudi Arabia was
They were worried about the expansion of the Far East in the Middle East, so they sent out large-scale troops hoping to get ahead of the Far East and carve up Saudi Arabia.
Li Ningyu has seen this point more thoroughly than anyone else. This is why the Far East was able to establish its current strong situation step by step in the cracks between world powers in the early days.
In the command car, Li Ningyu finally received a reply from Edward VII before having dinner. With the appearance of this seemingly private message, Li Ningyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, because if Edward VII refused, then the Far East and the
There is bound to be one side in the UK that will take tough military measures, and it is impossible for the Far East to abandon the Saudi Arabian region, because it involves the fundamental interests of the Far East in the future.
Then it will inevitably fall into a protracted battle with the British authorities. However, in the British Parliament, the Far East is no longer the original partner. Targeted measures have been taken after the announcement of the Far East. As the world's No. 1
Empire, the British still value their own face very much, so some things are only temporarily suppressed.
In the Far East Military Operations Command Vehicle, the iron soldier holding a telegram looked at Li Ningyu who was concentrating on thinking in front of him with wide, capable eyes and asked: "Master Yu, King Edward VII said in the telegram that he will depart in about three days. According to the Navy
Judging from the speed of the ship, it is estimated that it will take about a month to reach Mecca, so what is our next step?"
"Haha, what do you think?" Li Ningyu did not answer Tie Bing's guess, but asked instead.
"Should we wait for him here?" Tie Bing had never been able to guess Li Ningyu's intentions, so he only responded tentatively.
Hearing Tie Bing say this, Li Ningyu thought for a moment and said: "No, he is a big living person, what is there to wait for? I am saying that it would be good to let him meet Dule Azhi alone. At least we can take the opportunity.
, take off the hat of secretly controlling the situation in Saudi Arabia!”.
"Well, I think so too. If you wait for him here for a month, a lot of things will be delayed, and there will also be difficulties in supplying the troops!" Tie Bing understood what Li Ningyu said and immediately followed it.
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