More and more people realize that the arms race will end with a world war of unprecedented scale, but only Rock knows how much impact the world war will have on the future world.
Not to mention the Balkan Peninsula, which became a mess after the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East Peninsula was also a mess after the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. Because of McMahon’s letter, after the end of World War I,
Clashes even broke out between the uprising forces led by Hussein ibn Ali and the French troops entrusted by the League of Nations to take over the Mediterranean coast.
McMahon wrote to Hussein ibn Ali because the British and French forces were restrained by Germany and unable to escape in Europe, so they did not have enough power in the Middle East to launch an attack on the Ottoman Empire.
Now there are mercenaries from the Umbrella Company on the peninsula. Compared with Hussein Ibn Ali, although Umbrella is a private company, it is a British company with pure blood. Therefore, after the outbreak of the world war, McMahon will definitely not look far away.
, then the Umbrella Company will be able to legitimately occupy the entire peninsula.
They even invaded the heart of the Ottoman Empire, the Asia Minor peninsula that the Russians coveted.
Just look at the map and you will know the importance of the Asia Minor Peninsula. Constantinople next to the Bosporus guards the outlet of the Black Sea and cannot control the Bosporus. Russia's Black Sea Fleet is just in name only.
Like the Mongolian Navy, it only has a fleet.
In the 202 years from 1676 to 1878, a war broke out between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire on average every 20 years. Up to now, they have fought ten times and still have no outcome. The First World War will break out ten times.
Once.
In Rock's plan, the best time for southern Africa to annex the peninsula was after the outbreak of World War I.
However, there will definitely be some deviations when the plan is executed. The officers in Southern Africa are very aggressive under the influence of Rock. Tang En has been a leader in working beside Rock all year round.
Despite Li De's restraint, starting in August, desert bandits supported by the Umbrella Company began to frequently cross Mount Shams and head towards the hinterland of the Muscat Sultanate.
Shems Mountain is part of the Hajar Mountains, a natural barrier to Muscat. The interior of the mountains is an endless desert. The climate in the coastal areas is warm and humid, which is completely different from the dry and desolate inland desert areas.
In the past, desert bandits never set foot in the Hajar Mountains, so the coastal areas including the Hajar Mountains became a paradise for the Muscat people to live in. Under the repeated attacks of the desert bandits, the inland areas of the peninsula became a thousand-mile endless desert.
In the human area, the population around Muscat is prosperous, as clear as the boundaries between Chu and Han.
In mid-August, a group of mercenaries organized by British and American mining companies attacked an Umbrella Company patrol near the Hajar Mountains. The patrol suffered heavy losses. After Tang En learned about this situation, he immediately dispatched Umbrella Company mercenaries to attack.
The Sultanate of Muscat launched a retaliatory attack.
"You promised me just the day before yesterday that you would guarantee the independence of the Sultanate of Muscat, but now mercenaries from the Umbrella Company have appeared in Seeb, which is less than 20 kilometers away from Muscat. How do you explain it now?" Vince
When Winston learned about the situation, he was furious. When he was presiding over the negotiations in Cairo some time ago, Taimur, the son of the current Sultan Faisal, had just visited Winston. Winston also emphasized the British government's support for the Muscat Sultanate at that time.
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In 1888, Faisal took over the Sudan with the support of the United Kingdom. The Sultanate of Muscat signed multiple unequal treaties with the British government, thus being fully controlled by the United Kingdom. Faisal's health was very poor in the past few years, and Thailand
Mur is also the crown prince of the Muscat Sultanate, and it is estimated that he will need the support of the British government to take over as Sudan.
The situation in the Muscat Sultanate is very complicated, with serious ethnic and religious problems and serious internal divisions. If you only look at historical records, no one would have thought that the Sayyid dynasty, which once spanned the Asian and African continents, had its capital in Muscat.
Cat is actually just a small medieval town with a population of less than 5,000 people.
In fact, it is a larger-scale tribe with a relatively strict hierarchy.
That is to say, Britain does not have enough population, so it has to rely on local people to maintain its rule.
Rock didn't say anything and directly handed Winston the report from Li De to Rock.
"It's Anglo-American Petroleum again, why can't you open up the Persian Gulf coast? Anglo-American Petroleum is also a British company, and you can definitely cooperate together." Winston was not naive. Of course, there are prerequisites for joint cooperation, such as charging a part of the fee.
Or simply buy shares in Anglo-American Petroleum Company, which is also a common way of capital operation.
"The Nyasaland Military Industrial Group and the Royal Artillery Factory are also British companies, so why doesn't the Royal Artillery Factory bring out the naval gun technology and share it with us all?" Rock will not cooperate with the British and American Oil Companies.
The premise of cooperation is unknown risks. Oil drilling is very risky. It is normal to find no oil after drilling a well, so we need to work together to share risks.
But this risk does not exist here in Rock. The coast of the Persian Gulf has the richest oil reserves in the world. It is so rich that you can find oil by just digging a well. Rock also does not lack economic strength and human resources. There is really no need to fight with Rock.
Anglo-American oil company cooperation.
At present, the world's dependence on oil is not high. Only southern Africa regards oil as a strategic resource storage. Britain, France, Germany and the United States have not yet realized the importance of oil to the future world, so Rock will never allow any other company to get involved.
Persian Gulf.
Even British companies can't do it. If Britain realizes how big the oil reserves are along the Persian Gulf, it will be difficult for Southern Africa to monopolize the peninsula.
"These are two different things, and they are being discussed now -" Winston looked slightly proud, this is another one of Winston's political achievements.
The transfer of naval gun technology is one of the conditions for Rock to sell the aircraft carrier to the British Admiralty. This transfer is definitely not free, but the price will not be high. Rock's path is still very wild. If the Royal Artillery Factory does not cooperate
, then Rock directly looked for other ways. Britain is not the only one in the world to have artillery technology.
The largest caliber artillery that Nyasaland Military Industrial Group can produce now is ten inches, which is converted to 254 mm.
The most advanced artillery technology in the UK has reached 15 inches, which is 381 mm when converted. This is also the most advanced artillery technology in the world and will be used on the latest Queen Elizabeth-class battleships.
This kind of artillery is now highly confidential. In order to prevent the secret from leaking, the British internally refers to it as "14-inch" artillery. In order to keep up with the progress, the trial production and manufacturing of the artillery are carried out at the same time.
This shows how much pressure the arms race has put on Britain.
If possible, of course Roark would like a 15-inch gun, but this is unlikely, so Roark settles for the next best thing and hopes to obtain 13.5-inch gun technology, which is the model installed on the Tiger battlecruiser.
It is precisely because Britain has 15-inch caliber artillery that this "transfer" can be discussed, otherwise it would be completely unthinkable.
"Winston, in the past the empire was short of manpower on the peninsula and had to rely on the residents of the peninsula to maintain its rule. Now that there are enough British people on the peninsula, why do they still need to protect the Muscat Sultanate?" Rock fanned the flames.
While supporting the Muscat Sultanate, he was also supporting the Aden Protectorate, and he was also secretly collaborating with the Persians who were ruled by the Ottoman Empire. This Roque's behavior to monopolize the peninsula was completely different.
Britain's policy of ruling the peninsula is the same as its checks and balances on the European continent. It neither wants to see France dominate, nor does it allow Germany to catch up from behind. A hundred years ago, Britain and Prussia joined forces to form an anti-French alliance, shattering Napoleon's attempt to unify Europe.
ambition, now Britain and France are joining forces to contain Germany, and this balance is indeed masterfully executed.
"If we don't support the Muscat Sultanate, how can we support your umbrella company? Your territory is in Nyasaland." Winston didn't like Rock's behavior of reaching out everywhere. After all, southern Africa and the United Kingdom have separated. "Don't be like this, help me, and we will share the benefits." Roque is simple and rude. When reasoning doesn't make sense, he just throws money at him.
"How to share?" Winston's eyes immediately lit up.
"Adan Company, I'll give you 1% of the income." Rock felt that 1% was enough, but he didn't expect that Winston still looked down on it.
"One percent? Are you sending beggars?" Winston didn't know how many one percent of Adan Company was, and he had almost never heard of the name Adan Company before.
"If you don't work and just get money, what else do you want?" Roque despises people who insist on asking for money. It's so heartless.
"Then you go find someone else to cooperate -" Winston is not angry. Rock wants to cooperate with Winston because he values the resources in Winston's hands. Now Winston is already the British Lord of the Admiralty. After the World War,
He will also successively serve as Secretary of State for Munitions, Secretary of War, Secretary of Air Force, Secretary of Colonial Affairs, and Secretary of Finance, whom Winston knows nothing about.
If you have a good relationship with such a person, you will not suffer any loss.
"Let's do this, you first understand Adan Company." Roque was not in a hurry and first let Winston understand what one percent of Adan Company means.
Today, the Adan Company owns most of the southern coast of the Persian Gulf and the Adan Islands in the center of the Pacific Ocean. In the East India, the Adan Company owns plantations covering an area of more than one million hectares. These plantations are planted in southern Africa and the British capital.
Natural rubber and sucrose required.
In Madagascar, Adan Company owns 12 mines and a large number of plantations, and nearly 10,000 workers work for Adan Company.
In the Congo Free State, Adan Company took over all the mines under the name of the Haut-Katanga Mining Conglomerate, as well as a large number of plantations in the southeast of the Congo Free State. Because the Congo Free State is still in war, these mines and plantations
Work has not resumed yet, but the war will end sooner or later, and these mines and plantations will be full of life.
When Adan Company was established, it was Roark's private enterprise. Now as Adan Company's business scope becomes wider and wider, Roark also needs to use profits to pull more people on board the big ship of Adan Company, so that he can better
Expansion.
Of course, the shares Rock gave to Winston were ones that only took dividends and did nothing. For the same reason, Neville will also become a shareholder of Adan Company in the future. With the help of Neville and Winston, Rock
I believe that clowns like Anglo-American Petroleum Company cannot shake the interests of Adan Company and Umbrella in the peninsula.
"One million hectares, you might as well buy the entire East India." Winston did not expect that the strength of Adan Company was so huge. However, Winston did not pay much attention to the peninsula that Rock valued more. On the contrary, he
The plantations in East India attracted Winston's attention even more.
There is nothing we can do about it. Although oil was discovered in Port Elizabeth, no one except Rock knows how much oil is in Port Elizabeth. Port Elizabeth is not the only place in the world that produces oil. Even Romania is not the most important oil producing place in the world.
Baku and Poland are the top two regions in terms of oil production, and both regions are now located within the Russian empire.
"Is it big?" Luo Ke really didn't think one million hectares was that big.
Winston then remembered that Nyasaland had previously covered an area of more than 200,000 square kilometers, and it was still expanding, so one million hectares was really not that big. When converted, it was only 10,000 square kilometers.
"How much oil is there underground in Muscat?" Winston thought that Rock's main target was the Muscat Sultanate.
"Not much -" Roque doesn't know the specific data. There should be some, but not much. After all, in Roque's memory, the Sultanate of Muscat is not famous for its oil.
"Then why do you keep targeting the Sultanate of Muscat?" Winston really couldn't understand. The Sultanate of Muscat is only a coastal area of some value. The inland is barren mountains and deserts. According to British standards for colonies,
, not even for free.
Land is the most common resource for the United Kingdom. I will not list all the data one by one. If I change it to Rock, Rock doesn’t care about land.
It’s useless to care. Look at Canada now. Not counting Labrador and Newfoundland, it covers an area of 9.5 million square kilometers. Its presence is not as good as that of the Congo Free State. Its total population is just over seven million, one square kilometer.
There is less than one person, this is the real vast land and sparsely populated area.
"Winston, let me clarify one issue. It is not that I am targeting the Sultanate of Muscat, but that the Sultanate of Muscat has been infringing on the interests of the umbrella company. If it were not for the Sultanate of Muscat providing various services to Anglo-American Petroleum Company,
Due to this convenience, the British and American oil companies have no chance to land on the peninsula. Up to now, the Muscat Sultanate is still stubborn. It is estimated that they will not shed tears until they see the coffin." Roque firmly refused to admit that he was targeting the Muscat Sultanate on this issue.