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Chapter 934 The Sun and Moon Flag of the Persian Gulf (First update, please subscribe)
1877 was a year full of upheavals.

The fate of countless people changed completely in this year, and it was also in this year that Turkey perished!
What does the demise of Turkey mean to the world?
Of course it means opportunity!

Napoleon IV, who originally wanted to wait for the Arabs to gather in Jerusalem, immediately led [-] troops in person after hearing the news, and marched towards Jerusalem, starting his battle to recover the holy city.At the same time, Marshal Bazin led [-] troops to the east and launched an attack on the Mesopotamia Valley.

For Napoleon IV, his hope is not just to capture the Holy City, he also needs to capture a large colony for France.Mesopotamia was the richest region in the entire Middle East.

In France began his expansion in the Middle East, and in the Russian Empire the people were there discussing victory and restoring the glory of the Roman Empire.

What is Daming doing?
Of course, it is launching the final attack on Brazil.

But Ming is also a part of the world, when Russia, France, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire all started to eat meat from the remains of Turkey, how could Ming miss it?
Almost the day after the Russian army captured Constantinople, the East African Legion Command of Dar es Salaam, the capital of East Africa, received an order from the military department. Simon Longsheng, who received the order, did not hesitate The fifteen brigades that had just been trained were temporarily organized into the "Middle East Army", led by Colonel Zhong Demin, escorted by the East African Squadron, and arrived on the west coast of the Persian Gulf on [-] transport ships half a month later. Kuwait City.

It's not quite the same as the heavily guarded port that Zhong Demin imagined. When he was on the road, he also said that the troops would have to go through a hard fight before landing. On the contrary - after all, Turkey is also a country close to Europe with modern equipment. "Sick man of West Asia" can also bite people.

But to his surprise, after a round of naval gunfire razed the crude fort on the coast to the ground, the first battalion of the third regiment of the "Middle East Army" passed smoothly without any resistance. landed in Kuwait City.

If it weren't for the bombardment of the naval ships, the small town full of Middle Eastern style was razed to the ground, and the ruined city was full of smoke columns, the landing troops would have thought they were landing on the coast of Africa.

For these "imperial warriors" who had just completed three months of military training, they had already planned to be loyal to the emperor and fight hard in Kuwait, but who would have thought that they would occupy Kuwait without firing a single shot? This is a small seaside town with a population of only a few thousand people.

After the landing troops searched the ruins of the city, they found that the residents here had almost fled before the army bombarded them, leaving only a few local people who could not walk. It's less, but it's good to have living people.After talking with an interpreter, Zhong Demin on the ship learned that in the whole of Kuwait, the Turkish defenders only had about one squadron of troops.

After the Ming Fleet appeared on the surface of the sea, the soles of their feet were slicked before they opened fire.

"...As for the Turkish military force in the entire Mesopotamia region, it was led by Muhammad Pasha. He was a Prussian who converted to Turkey and converted to Yitianfang. He led an army of about 8000 people. These troops are scattered in the three provinces of Basra, Baghdad, and Mosul, mainly in Basra..."

While the intelligence officer was introducing the local information, Zhong Demin walked to the map and looked at the military map on the map. This so-called military map was actually a tourist map, not even much more detailed than a tourist map, but it was It is the only map Zhong Demin has.

It’s not that he didn’t want to have a good map, but that he really didn’t have one. Even the Turks themselves didn’t draw a map of the west coast of the Persian Gulf. The map published by the British simply marked the locations of fishing villages and small towns on the coast—in the past Well, there are all pirate dens, the British are naturally very concerned about them, but their concern is limited to the coastal areas.

"It doesn't matter, our goal is not Basra, nor Mesopotamia, that is where the French are going to occupy, we just care about here..."

Point your finger on the map to the south of Kuwait City until the south of the Strait of Hormuz - here is the entire west coast of the Persian Gulf.

"Our task is to seize this area and make this area a colony of the empire!"

"Sir, this place is a desert!"

The intelligence officer looked at the map in surprise.

"It's a desert, but this is our task. However, this does not mean that our task is easy."

After a pause, Zhong Demin said.

"Because of the poor rule of the Ottoman Empire in this area, the local leaders in the coastal areas called themselves "Emir" and became independent regimes. In 1819, the British East India Company dispatched a fleet to destroy the coastal fortresses in Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, Dubai and other places to ensure the smooth passage of India to Egypt. Those so-called emirs were forced to sign the "Persian Gulf General Peace Treaty" with the United Kingdom, agreeing to stop piracy. Now, the opponents we are facing are these "emirs"!"

Staring at the map, Zhong Demin thought for a while, and then said.

"After occupying Kuwait, they began to go south, just like the East India Company fleet, sweeping up those pirate dens along the coast."

Since the enemy was not strong, and had no fighting spirit, and ran away without firing a single shot, Zhong Demin naturally thought that he could easily complete the task and sweep the entire west coast of the Persian Gulf. The only thing left behind was Mesopotamia—there is Belongs to the French territory!

Pity!
It is also a pity that Kawakami Caoliu, the captain officer of the Middle East Army, looked at the town that had been destroyed. Of course, he was not sorry for this small Middle East town in his heart. His pity was more because of—— fighting.

Without fighting, it means that there is no military merit, no military merit... This is really ashamed of His Majesty!

"Really, damn it!"

Kawakami Caoroku looked at the locals in white robes and turbans, and he couldn't help complaining in his heart.

"Can't you fight us bravely like warriors?"

While complaining about their cowardice and incompetence in his heart, Kawakami Caoroku couldn't help but envy those comrades in arms far away in Africa. They at least have land to conquer and fight to fight there, but what about here?

"But come to think of it, who would fight for sand?"

(End of this chapter)