Rise of Australia

Chapter 412 Ottoman Empire Summation

The Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, from the north of the United Arab Emirates to the south of Kuwait, is still under the control of the Ottoman Empire.

But the region was sparsely populated and less strategically important than Mesopotamia, farther north.

In this land of more than [-] square kilometers, there are very few defenders of the Ottoman Empire, and most of them are newly formed new troops or militias with insufficient training.

It is impossible to rely on these people to resist the Australasian attack. In less than a week, the Australasian army has arrived in the Emirate of Kuwait, a colony that has been occupied by the British.

Knowing that the Australasian army is about to come, the British commissioner in Kuwait, the Kuwaiti chief and others have prepared a large amount of supplies to supplement the Australasian army.

Although it has only been more than a week since the landing in Qatar, there are sufficient supplies, and it is impossible not to replenish them.

Under the command of Commander Kent, the expeditionary force supplemented supplies in Kuwait City. Even the native soldiers in the colony tasted fruits and fresh beef and mutton that they hadn't tasted for a long time.

Of course, the more important thing is the supplement of weapons and bullets.Clothes, military boots, military helmets, etc. consumed during the march, as well as medical supplies urgently needed by the army, have been replenished in large quantities to facilitate the next battle.

According to the agreement with the United Kingdom, half of these materials will be provided by the United Kingdom and half by Australasia.

On July 7, the Australasian Expeditionary Force re-launched and went directly north to capture the Mesopotamian Plain and occupy an important grain production area for the Ottoman Empire.

The Mesopotamian Plain has a sufficient population and is also one of the few large-scale grain-producing areas in the Ottoman Empire.

This is the Iraqi area of ​​later generations, and it is also an important rear area of ​​the Ottoman Empire.

From the point of view of oil alone, there is not a lot of oil in the Iraq region, and the land area of ​​this region is very large, including the huge Mesopotamian Plain.

But because it is a plain area, there are too many indigenous populations here.Compared with Saudi Arabia's Persian Gulf coast, it is less conducive to ruling here.

The best option is to exchange benefits from the British Empire for the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain, as well as Kuwait.

This would enable the establishment of colonies along the Persian Gulf from the United Arab Emirates to Kuwait, and the ability to control more than half of the oil on the Mediterranean coast, thereby controlling oil prices worldwide.

The combined population of these lands is not as large as that of an Iraqi region. Although the population is small and the economy is developing slowly, the development potential will not be too great.

For Arthur, the most important thing in this area is oil.The small population is an advantage, and there will be fewer rebellions. It is best to turn it into a new royal territory and form a royal oil company.

Although Kuwait and Qatar are still under the control of the United Kingdom, Arthur does not plan to spit out the coast of the Persian Gulf in Saudi Arabia.

From the north of Qatar to the coast of the Persian Gulf of Saudi Arabia in the south of Kuwait, although most of the Australasian expeditionary force had already left, Commander Martin, under the order of Arthur, left a colonial division to guard, in the name of temporarily managing the order in this area.

Although the Colonial First Division is currently full of staff, the total number is only about 1.5.

But it is no problem to hold this area. After all, the Persian Gulf is connected to the Indian Ocean and can receive material support from Australasia at any time.

The possible enemy of the [-]st Colonial Division is the Rashid Emir State, and the Ottoman Empire has no troops to launch an offensive in this area.

The fighting power of that group of natives was so weak that they only needed a few machine guns to defend the area.

After the fall of Constantinople, the combined British, French and Russian troops quickly arrived in the ancient city, and together with a small number of Australasian troops, they jointly maintained the order of Constantinople.

As for why Britain, France and Russia are moving so quickly, it is because the geographical location of Constantinople is very important, and it is the bottleneck of Russia's Black Sea to the Mediterranean.

Because the strait between Constantinople and the other side is relatively narrow, this also causes Constantinople's coastal defense guns to cover the entire strait at any time.

It was precisely because of the control of the strait by the Ottoman Empire that the Russians were basically unable to obtain material support from the Mediterranean.

Now that Constantinople is under control, a large number of fleets from Britain and France have flooded into the Black Sea. Russia has provided a large amount of material and weapon support, and Russia has the courage to resist on the front line.

Of course, it was also relying on material support from Britain and France that made it impossible for Russia to occupy Constantinople alone, and Britain and France would never agree.

Therefore, the best way is for the four great powers of the Allies to jointly control Constantinople.There is no room for regression in this matter. In the end, it is possible to return Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, or to a new country.

The hundreds of thousands of Balkan troops who had besieged Constantinople before, after the fall of Constantinople, crossed to the other side to attack the Asia Minor peninsula.

This has also increased the pressure on the Ottoman Empire. The enemies of the Allied Powers on all major fronts have exceeded one million, which is simply unbearable for the current Ottoman Empire.

On August 1915, 8, after the Australasian army rampaged on the Mesopotamian Plain for several days, the Ottoman Empire finally couldn't bear it, contacted representatives of Britain, France, Russia and Australia, and began to seek peace.

According to the current development of the war, not to mention maintaining the huge Ottoman Empire after the war, I am afraid that all the main areas will not be able to be maintained, and the ability to retain the Turkish area is considered a high-spirited.

Negotiations with Ottoman were much slower than Bulgaria, because there were not many great powers involved in the Bulgarian war, and Russia was separated by Romania, so it was not realistic to carve up benefits from Bulgaria.

But the Ottoman Empire was different.The Ottoman Empire was adjacent to Russia and Britain, and Australasia also had ideas for it.

Although France has no interests in the vicinity, Britain, Australia and Russia have divided up the interests, so it is naturally impossible to skip France.

Moreover, the Allied Powers invested millions of troops in the Ottoman Empire. If the Ottoman Empire could not be hit hard, wouldn't the deal be a loss?

On August 1915, 8, all countries ceased fire in the Ottoman Empire, because peace talks with the Ottoman Empire were coming soon.

Of course, this is only a temporary ceasefire.The Ottoman Empire cannot give a price that satisfies the Allied Powers, and I am afraid that the war will become more violent.

On August 8, the unilateral peace talks between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire were held in Constantinople.

Constantinople, known as Istanbul by the Ottoman Empire, was the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, the Ottoman Empire moved its capital to Ankara in Asia Minor long before the siege of Istanbul.

Looking at the familiar city in front of them, the traces of war-torn made the representatives of the Ottoman Empire smile bitterly, but they had to bow their heads again and again when faced with the pressure from the Allied Powers.

The Allied Powers unanimously agreed to the Ottoman Empire's summation, but each country also had its own requirements for the Ottoman Empire's reparations.

The first is the land requirement.The Russians wanted expansion in the Caucasus, the British wanted expansion in the Middle East, and Australasia wanted colonies along the Persian Gulf.

Even the French, who have no demands, are claiming part of the land on the other side of French Somalia.

It doesn't matter whether the Ottoman Empire agrees or not. Even if the Ottoman Empire disagrees, the Allied Forces can get the land they want.

The problem is that the Allies must reach unity, and the countries cannot conflict over territorial claims. After all, a piece of land can only be allocated to one country.

The only country without conflict is Russia.What the Russians want is the Caucasus region. Apart from the Qajar dynasty in Iran, this region has no other neighboring countries, and no one will compete with Russia.

As for Britain, France and Australasia, there are some problems with the territories claimed.

The opposite bank of French Somalia, which the French wanted, happened to be adjacent to the British Aden protectorate.

This area is equivalent to the Yemen of later generations. The west is currently occupied by the Ottoman Empire, and the east is the British Aden protectorate and some indigenous countries controlled by the United Kingdom.

However, the French's desire for the desired area is not so strong. The British directly use more military support in exchange for France's consent, and the British will carve up the entire Yemen region alone.

This is not over yet, the British also claimed the sovereignty of the Emir of Mecca, which will also cause the land controlled by the British to surround the entire Arabian Peninsula, and the area of ​​​​the empire on which the sun never sets expands again.

On the coast of the Persian Gulf, Australasia wanted the coast of the Emir of Rashid in the Persian Gulf and claimed access to the sea from Mesopotamia.

The expansion of the British Empire in the Persian Gulf is not much, but it is also because most of the land in this area has fallen under the control of the United Kingdom, and there is nothing to expand.

However, the British Empire was also interested in the Mesopotamian estuary to the sea.

To put it in a small way, it can control the future outlet of the Ottoman Empire to the Indian Ocean.On a bigger scale, this estuary will end the entire Mesopotamian Plain, and even take the opportunity to control the Ottoman Empire.

After all, after the territory was divided, the Ottoman Empire's sphere of influence was only left to the later generations of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, and the sphere of influence has been greatly reduced.

Compared with Saudi Arabia's Persian Gulf coast, it is actually not interested in Iraq's Persian Gulf coast.

But only by claiming this area can it be used to make deals with the British in exchange for other areas that Arthur wants, such as Qatar and Bahrain.

It can be seen from the map that the British Empire has controlled the truce states, and this is the mouth of the Persian Gulf coast.

In other words, the British Empire can control the coast of the Persian Gulf through the truce states, so Qatar and Bahrain are not so important.

After all, Qatar and Bahrain together only cover an area of ​​more than 1 square kilometers, without any mineral resources, and its development value and potential are relatively small.

As for the estuary of the Mesopotamian Plain, there are a sufficient number of indigenous people here, and it is also an excellent grain-producing area. Compared with Qatar and Bahrain, the production resources are also more abundant, and the development potential is undoubtedly greater.

After the British also put forward their claim to the Mesopotamian estuary, the Australasian diplomats breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to negotiate privately with the British representatives.

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