Chapter 657 Retreat

Five hundred slave soldiers lined up neatly in the school grounds, waiting for Ali Rashid to review.

A half-new Lee Enfield and a scimitar commonly seen on the peninsula are the basic equipment of the cavalry. In order to strengthen the firepower, Li De also equipped the cavalry with two general-purpose machine guns. Now these two The general-purpose machine gun is placed in front of the cavalry formation and is the only automatic weapon for the cavalry.

In fact, this level of equipment is enough. The Nyasaland Arms Group sold nearly [-] Lee Enfields in Port Elizabeth, and they were scattered throughout the peninsula. On average, there were not many in the hands of each tribe.

Although the Lee Enfields used by the five hundred cavalry were eliminated by the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company, at least they can be used because they are well maintained. It was fired, but the rifling in many barrels has been almost smoothed, and whether the bullets fly out of the barrel and can hit the target is a big problem.

In order to establish Ali Rashid's authority, Li De did not show up to inspect the troops, and let Ali Rashid go by himself. Li De and Tang En sat in the shadow of the tower porch to enjoy the cool, and the four of them only wore light clothes. The Arab girls who are in love are serving at the side. These few people were not snatched, but given to Tang En by Ali Rashid.

In the peninsula, the status of women is so random, it is just a man's property, and it is common to give it away casually. These girls, or women, also accept it, without the slightest sense of resistance. For them, it is just another master to serve.

Probably because Li De took a second look, Tang En was very generous: "I like it, I like to give you two, and I will take them away when I leave tomorrow."

Staying in this kind of environment is indeed very easy for people to fall.

Li De originally wanted to remind Tang En to be careful of the secret police of the Ministry of Justice, but after thinking about it, he kept silent. The Ministry of Justice and Umbrella are almost the same, or the Umbrella Company is simply a peripheral unit of the Ministry of Justice, and Tang En is not in southern Africa. Locally, the secret police of the Ministry of Justice will not care about Tang En's crap.

"No problem?" Li De asked without thinking.

Tang En nodded silently, the two of them seemed to be playing a charade.

Li De was asking Tang En if he had mixed sand among Ali Rashid's subordinates. Since Ali Rashid was going to be thrown out, he had to ensure the control over Ali Rashid. If Ali Rashid If De's performance does not meet the requirements of Li De and Tang En, then Li De and Tang En will withdraw the power given to Ali Rashid at any time.

Of course, Twain also knew the importance of this point. Ali Rashid and his men had been training in the New Cape of Good Hope for several months. It was very easy to arrange a few people. These cavalry arrived in the New Cape of Good Hope in batches. Before that Well, many of them don't know each other at all. In the past few months, the number of tribes that have disappeared on the peninsula is almost unknown, so God knows how many people from Tang En are among these cavalry.

After the separation of Umbrella Company and Adan Company, Umbrella Company is mainly responsible for operations, and Adan Company is mainly responsible for management, so Li De arranged for Tang En to mix sand in Ali Rashid's men, and then he would not care about how Tang En operated. , The two have different divisions of labor and have a tacit understanding.

"Then send Ali Rashid out as soon as possible. Recently, the oil exploration team of the Persian Petroleum Company is looking for oil in Basra. I don't need to tell you what to do?" The oil exploration team appeared in the peninsula area.

The Persian Petroleum Company was the predecessor of BP, and its founder was the Englishman William Knox Darcy.

William Knox Darcy worked for the Morgan Brothers before. In the middle and late last century, the West led by Britain began to conduct geological exploration on the peninsula.

Exploration results show that there may be rich oil resources in the peninsula, especially in the two river basins between the Euphrates and Tigris.

But this may also mean uncertainty. It may be possible to find a super-large oil field directly after going down an oil well. It is even more likely that after paying high exploration fees, it is very likely to be in vain.

William Knox Darcy was in charge of prospecting for oil at the time. After drilling several oil wells, William Knox Darcy found nothing. At that time, the Morgan brothers ordered William Knox Darcy to stop exploration, but William Knox Darcy Keith Darcy did not stop, preferring to continue to look for oil at his own expense.

It turned out that in 1908, William Knox Darcy finally found oil in the Iraq-Iran border area.

Then in 1909, the Persian Petroleum Company was formed.

"Persian Petroleum Company is a British company—" Dunn hesitated.

"So what? We didn't attack the oil exploration team." Li De didn't care, what happened to the British oil exploration team, as long as the interests of the Umbrella Company and Adan Company were involved, everyone should be damned.

"Wait, let's terminate the contract first." Tang En was a little embarrassed.

It was only then that Li De realized that it was the umbrella company that was providing protection for the Persian Oil Company's oil exploration team.

It is also understandable that after the discovery of oil in Port Elizabeth, the peninsula became more and more chaotic. If there was no protection from the company, the oil exploration team of the Persian Petroleum Company would not dare to look for oil with great fanfare.

"Hurry up, after the training of this batch of personnel, the next batch of personnel will come over immediately. Remember, everything is business as usual." Li De still thinks that the peninsula is not chaotic enough, and one Ali Rashid is not enough to guarantee the protection of the umbrella company. and the interests of Adan Corporation.

A stable and unified peninsula is definitely not in the interests of Port Elizabeth. Now the peninsula is still under the control of the Ottoman Empire. At least before the outbreak of the World War, the peninsula must be in a state of chaos, which is conducive to the expansion of Port Elizabeth in the World War.

Rock already has a preliminary plan. When the world war breaks out, Rock will mobilize the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company to drive out the Ottoman Empire's forces on the peninsula. By then, the Umbrella Company will be able to smoothly occupy the entire peninsula. As long as the British Empire If there is no objection, then the peninsula will be under the management of the umbrella company for a long time in the future.

To achieve this, too much oil cannot be found on the peninsula. The discovery of oil by the Persian Petroleum Company before and now Port Elizabeth can be regarded as good luck. If more oil fields are found on the peninsula, then the importance of the peninsula will increase. As a result, Britain will definitely not agree to the umbrella company's occupation of the peninsula.

In another time and space, the World War broke out in 1914, the British army occupied Baghdad in 1917, the Kingdom of Iraq was established in 1921, and the Kingdom of Iraq became completely independent in 1932.

From this timeline, it can be seen that Britain really doesn't care about the ownership of the peninsula. Even if the Persian Petroleum Company had found oil on the peninsula at that time, it did not affect Britain's abandonment of the peninsula.

Compared with India, Canada, Australia, and southern Africa, the peninsula is indeed a bit smaller, and the British government did not realize how much oil there was underground on the peninsula. It was not until 1938 that the scale of oil underground on the peninsula began to be seen, but at that time The British government is facing a serious crisis of the outbreak of World War II, and has been unable to take care of the interests of the peninsula. After World War II, the world has officially entered a bipolar era, and the former glory of the British Empire is gone forever.

Rock knows how many mistakes the British government will make in the next few decades. Compared with the peninsula in the 50s, the current peninsula is sparsely populated and lacks resources, so the Mesopotamia can still have some economic value, but at that point Compared with Africa and America, the economic value is nothing to mention. The United Kingdom can even give up Canada, Australia and southern Africa, not to mention the Mesopotamia with low economic value.

In Rock's plan, it is best for the peninsula to have more than a dozen relatively powerful forces conquer each other. This is in the best interest of Port Elizabeth. It is far from enough now. Ali Rashid is just an attempt. Next, Li De And Twain will try more possibilities.

"No problem, this is the job we are best at. If you give me enough resources, I can train them to be the best fighters." Tang En did not refuse. This is what mercenaries do. The Umbrella Company The base in Nepal has been relocated to the New Cape of Good Hope. The scale of a few hundred people is really drizzle. If there are more, Tang En can guarantee "mass production".

But also quality and quantity.

"No problem, enough potatoes and bullets." Li De is not stingy, if he can occupy the entire peninsula by paying some potatoes and bullets, then this business is simply too cost-effective.

While Li De and Tang En were chatting, Ali Rashid had already finished his short speech, and then hundreds of cavalrymen drew out their machetes and hissed and roared, and the camels also started to be restless.

Li De doesn't care if Ali Rashid encourages these slave soldiers to fight bravely. For Li De, these slave soldiers are consumables, and they just need to be caught after they die. Anyway, there are countless nomads in the desert, and no one knows how many there are.

Later, Li De and Tang En hosted a banquet to see Ali Rashid off.

"Basra, Persian Petroleum Company, I remember—" Ali Rashid had a hesitant expression after knowing his mission, but he didn't hesitate for long before Ali Rashid agreed.

Now he has no choice but to follow the established path. As for whether the end of the road will be a paradise with 72 virgins or a hell with endless fire, Ali Rashid is not in the mood to think about it.

"Remember your mission, try not to hurt those people, but you must blow up all their tools, and then retreat quickly without leaving any hidden dangers." Li De is still reasonable, even if it is for profit, he will not abuse Killing innocent people just makes the Persian Petroleum Company retreat.

Of course, if the Persian Petroleum Company insists on going its own way, Li De will not be polite.

(End of this chapter)

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