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Chapter 969 Nasser's Ambition (Third update, please subscribe)

Li Yian has always believed that he is absolutely sincere about the British Empire.

Although the country originally stayed in the Commonwealth only for the large market under the imperial preferential system, Nanyang's help to Britain is now visible to the naked eye. Even Britain's satellites were sent into space by Nanyang.

I don't know how many talented people from Britain were valued only after they arrived in Southeast Asia, just like Turing. If he hadn't been a teacher in Southeast Asia, he would have been castrated by chemistry by now.

He had given a lot for the British Empire, so it was not unreasonable to ask for some. However, Elizabeth was very sympathetic to his efforts.

With his deep love for the British Empire, Li Yian enjoyed the pleasure of driving a British car.

Driving is very tiring. Finally, after I sweated a lot for Daying, everything calmed down. I have to say that the shock absorption effect of British cars is still very good.

When everything calmed down, Elizabeth, panting, lay back in her seat and said.

"Aiden got what he wanted."

"Yes,"

"And what about yours? Did you get what you wanted?"

Li Yian's hands became restless again.

"What do you say?"

As he said this, Li Yian became more and more anxious.

"Nasser, hurry up!"

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Egypt, Cairo, the Egypt in the past five or six years has become the center of the Arab world to some extent. The "Free Officers Movement" originating here is like a spark, spreading across the Arab world with the force of a prairie fire. No one knows how vigorously this fire will burn, but as the Prometheus who brought this fire to the Arab world, Nasser is now standing in front of the map, staring at it with a frown.

His eyes moved from place to place, from Aswan to Suez, from Suez to Aswan, and then to Sudan.

"Sultan, that's our land!"

When he said this, Nasser's expression was filled with anger that was difficult to conceal.

Sudan belongs to Egypt!

Before today, Egypt still had 350 million square kilometers of land, but what about now? Sudan's independence caused Egypt to lose 250 million square kilometers of land, and now Egypt only has 100 million square kilometers of land left.

On January 1 this year, Sudan became independent with the support of Britain.

Faced with the reality of Sudan declaring independence from Egypt, Nasser was not only angry, but also had a headache. He found himself in a dilemma.

If Egypt went to recapture Sudan, the Sudanese army armed by the British would inevitably drag Egypt into a protracted war, and Britain would be able to regain control of the Suez Canal. Therefore, Nasser had no choice but to tolerate Sudan's independence.

A small leak will sink a great ship!
"We lost not only Sudan, but also large tracts of cotton and grain fields there. More than 130 years ago, Ali Pasha occupied Sudan, and from that day on, Sudan belonged to Egypt. But now, at the instigation of the British, we have lost a total of 250 million square kilometers of land there!"

Sadat, who stood behind Nasser, was his close comrade-in-arms and naturally knew what he was thinking.

Although Sudan was actually a colony of Egypt, for many Egyptians, it had long been a part of Egypt. How could they not be angry when it was separated from Egypt by the British through conspiracy and trickery?

Especially since Sudan has immeasurable economic value to Egypt, after losing Sudan, people in Egypt were extremely angry.

But what can anger do?

After all, this world is ruled by strength. Without strength, they can only watch the country fall apart.

"Yes, Mr. President, that place is ours, and we will take back Sudan one day!" Nasser, who had just become the second president of Egypt through a referendum as the only presidential candidate, nodded and turned around and said to Sadat.

"But now, all we can do is to drive the British away completely first, and then we can recover Sudan and dissolve their divisions."

Then Nasser continued.

"Those who oppose us say that it was because we sought help from the Soviet Union that Britain supported Sudan's independence. However, they are unwilling to admit that even if we did not seek help from the Soviet Union, the British would not stop arming Sudan, and they were unwilling to arm us. If we did not have the weapons provided by the Soviet Union, we would have no way to drive the Jews out of this sacred land, nor would we have been able to retake Sudan."

As Nasser spoke, he paced back and forth. Occasionally, he paused, as if he was thinking about something.

"Now, they are saying - you see, Nasser refused the money provided by the Americans and the British. Without their money, how could Nasser build the Aswan Dam? Without the Aswan Dam, the whole of Egypt would not only face the threat of floods, but also not have enough water for irrigation. Therefore, Nasser is a sinner! A sinner for the whole of Egypt."

Obviously, Nasser was mocking someone, and when he was mocking, his seemingly calm tone was full of anger. Sadat did not remain silent, but followed suit.

"Yes, those guys are a group of extremely short-sighted guys. They don't know at all that the 7000 million US dollars provided by the United States and Britain and the loan from the World Bank are essentially a dog chain. If we accept it, not only will we no longer be able to drive out the Jews, but we will also lose Sudan forever! Perhaps, if we reject them now, we will face some difficulties, but at least we will not be tied up by the American loan."

Nodding, Nasser looked at Sadat with admiration in his eyes and said.

"Yes, the reason why we reject the Americans is because the Americans want to turn us into their dogs and tie our hands with dog chains."

Nasser said as he walked over to the map.

"The American loans come at a price. If we accept their loans, those people will definitely say... Look, Nasser sold his soul for a few dollars and recognized Israel. Look, my friend..."

Nasser looked back at Sadat and said with a smile.

"That's politics. No matter what we do, they can find reasons to oppose us, and what they say makes sense."

"Yes, they never care about right or wrong, they care about how to oppose us."

Sadat said,
"Their original intention was to oppose us, but now, President, you have to face a problem, that is, they will use this incident to oppose us - without foreign funds, we can't build the Aswan Dam. If the dam cannot be built, then those flies will keep buzzing around there and use this excuse to attack us."

Listening to Sadat's story, Nasser was silent for a while, then once again turned his eyes to the map beside him.

He just looked at the map quietly, his eyes moving around the map again, and finally he set his sights on the Suez Canal.

Then he spoke as if he had made up his mind.

"Now, we have another choice—"

Nasser pointed to the Suez Canal and said.

"Take back the Suez Canal and nationalize it! This will not only make the people more supportive of us, but we can also use the revenue from the canal to build our dam."

The president's decision, while somewhat unexpected, was also within Sadat's expectations, he said.

"The British will definitely not agree to this."

"The UK today is no longer the UK of a decade ago."

Nasser waved his hand and said.

"They have no power to stop us from taking back the Suez Canal. After all, the British troops have withdrawn from there. There are only some British staff left there. We can take it back at any time if we want."

In Nasser's view, the current Britain is simply not worth mentioning. After all, Britain's decline is obvious to all. If it were in the past, the British would never withdraw from Egypt so easily. From the day they took the initiative to withdraw from Egypt, Nasser was very clear that the current Britain has become a sick tiger that is not worth mentioning. Under such circumstances, it is not impossible to recover the Suez Canal.

"Now is the time for us to take back the Suez Canal. The time is ripe."

(End of this chapter)