Roque was still unwell when he saw McMahon the next day, as if he could still smell the smell of overnight wine.

McMahon lived in a Greek building in the Mediterranean style, with white facades, blue doors and windows, arches, and domes, all in the style of Greek architecture.

Because of the distance, there were many Greeks in Egypt and not many British.

McMahon never mentioned what happened last night, and if he could erase his memory, he would have chosen to erase the scene of last night entirely.

It's so embarrassing.

"Lord, there is a problem with the direction of the Umbrella Company, and the target should be the Ottoman Empire, not Persia-" McMahon still has the Ottoman Empire in mind, and there is really no way for McMahon to write a letter to Sharif Hussein in another time and space, the British are seriously underarmed in Egypt and cannot launch an attack on the Ottoman Empire, so McMahon wants to use Sharif Hussein.

It is estimated that when McMahon sent out the letter, he was also preparing to use Sharif Hussein to kick away again.

No one expected that Britain would fall so quickly, in just 20 years after the two world wars, Britain has changed from an empire on which the sun never sets to a yellow flower yesterday, and Britain has also fully contracted and retreated to its homeland-

Looking at the map of the world in the 21st century, Britain still has many overseas enclaves around the world, but most of these enclaves exist in the form of islands, because the area is not large, it seems that it is not noticeable.

The situation in this time and space is much better than in another time and space, McMahon in another time and space is isolated, but the peninsula in this time and space has a protective umbrella, although the umbrella is a southern African enterprise, but southern Africa is also a part of the United Kingdom, and McMahon does not need to go far and wide.

The built-in sultanate established by Ali Rashid has unified the peninsula, and McMahon can only rely on the umbrella company.

"This is also no way, before the Adan company invested too much in Huzistan, no one thought that Ahvaz's oil was so undug, Adan company is also responsible for the interests of shareholders, since Ahvaz has no oil, then it is necessary to recover losses from other aspects." Roque must have reservations about McMahon, and if he can say something to Ade, he will have to ambush McMahon.

Opinions on Ahvaz's oil reserves are now divided, with first-hand umbrellas claiming that Ahvaz has only a small amount of oil left, and that the wells have been destroyed by the withdrawn oil companies, and that production cannot be resumed at all.

After studying the topography of Khuzestan and some oil experts, they believe that there is more oil under Khuzestan ground, but it cannot be exploited due to the current technical conditions, or the cost of exploitation is too high, and there is indeed no exploitation value for the time being.

Only a few people believed that there was a large amount of oil under Khuzestan, and after the bankruptcy of the Anglo-American Petroleum Company, some businessmen in London and the Persians joined forces to form the Anglo-Polish Oil Company to continue the search for oil in Persia, but this time they could no longer enter Khuzestan, not even near Khuzestan.

Although the rebellion of the Bábs in Khuzestan has been quelled, the law and order in Khuzestan has not improved, and there are still a large number of bandits around Khuzestan who have done everything to rob homes and raid caravans, and the Persian government can do nothing about it.

"Ahvaz's oil is finished?" McMahon had heard some information about Khuzestan and, although he did not have first-hand information, did not believe that Khuzestan had dried up its oil.

"To be exact, there are still there, and the reserves are not small, but it is useless, the location of the oil is too deep, the existing technology is insufficient, and I am afraid that it will not be able to make ends meet if it is exploited, but it can't be cheaper for others, so let's occupy the place first." Roque made it clear that he was eating in the bowl and looking at the pot, so that the true and false news could be more confusing.

"But it will irritate the Russians." McMahon was not so easy to convince, the Russians were also eyeing Persia, and the Baku oil fields were seized from Persia.

"The Russians have Baku, and of course they are not worried." Roque looked indignant, Russia seized Baku through war in 1813, and in 1877 began large-scale oil extraction in Baku, which by 1901 accounted for almost half of the world's oil production.

It is precisely because of the Baku oil field that Russia wishes that Romania is more chaotic, anyway, Russia is not short of oil, and the more chaotic Romania is, the lower the oil production, and the more confident Russia will be.

"It's okay, we have Port Elizabeth now—" McMahon was watching Roque's expression as he spoke.

"Who is afraid of having a lot of money?" Roque answered immediately, a profiteer with a living face.

McMahon laughed, satisfied with Roque's performance, and if Roque behaved without desire, McMahon would be very worried.

Now this is the best, as long as there is a demand, then you can communicate, the price is negotiable.

"When are you going to send troops to El Alamein? El Alamein was attacked by the guerrillas last night, and bombs were dropped on the barracks prepared for you, and the situation is dangerous. During the Italian-Turkish War, Britain blockaded Egypt and refused to allow the Ottoman Empire to provide aid to North Africa through Egypt, forcing the Ottoman Empire to risk shipping various urgently needed supplies to North Africa by sea, which the Ottomans did not forget.

On this issue, the British government is indeed too much, Egypt is still nominally Ottoman territory, the Ottoman army cannot pass, Roque can imagine how angry the Ottomans are.

It is also understandable why the Ottoman Empire joined the Allies when the world war broke out.

It's a pity that this is another mistake, the consequences of misjudging the situation are very serious, and the world war is not over yet, and the Ottoman Empire is gone.

"Always give the fighters plenty of rest, they come from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere, it normally takes at least a week to get used to, my preparation is also insufficient, there is a lack of windproof sand clothing for the desert area, the sand here is too fine, the car is likely to be affected and unusable, so more camels are needed, my scout came last night with the news that the military camp in El Alamein is not perfect enough and needs to be rebuilt, so more workers are needed." Roque faces many difficulties, as a guest army, if there are difficulties, you have to mention them directly, don't be embarrassed.

"Workers and camels are easy to do, as many as you want, you can't renovate, we don't have so much time, we can renovate, and the Egyptian government is responsible for the funds." As long as McMahon has the result, the cost doesn't matter, Egypt also has free labor, and the key is that you don't have to feel sorry if you're tired.

So Roque is really curious, why is the construction of the colony still a mess when the conditions are so superior?

The whole of Egypt, and Cairo is barely passable, and the rest of the region is really unsightly.

Even in Cairo, there are slums everywhere in the city, people in this era do not seem to pay attention to the problem of the appearance of the city, in fact, it is really easy to solve, the current government execution is still quite good, the common people do not have much resistance, the vast majority of people do not even have the consciousness of resistance.

"Today, a part of the troops will leave for El Alamein in advance, and we will stabilize the situation in El Alamein first." Roque agreed to set off as soon as he got the money and food, and thousands of hormones-strong young men would definitely have a lot of problems if they stayed in Cairo for a long time.

Leaving McMahon's residence, Roark went to the barracks to find Paul Cocker, where a dozen heavily armed officers and soldiers were running in circles in frustration, and Ken Noel, the commander of the Johannesburg Rifle Regiment next to him, jumped to his feet and cursed.

Ken Noel was still angry when he met Roque, and several officers and soldiers had snuck out of the barracks last night to hang out, only to be caught by the gendarmes, and now they are being punished with their immediate superiors.

Roque doesn't care about these things, and can understand the feelings of these soldiers, Roque himself is not interested in the Sphinx and the pyramid, and others are not.

Just now, McMahon invited Roque to visit the famous Sphinx and the Pyramid of the Pharaohs.

Roque decisively refused, the Sphinx could still be seen from afar, the pyramids were forgotten, the legends of the pyramids were cursed, and those who participated in the excavation were not allowed to die, Roque didn't want to find excitement.

Most of the so-called curses are viruses that cannot be seen by the naked eye, and you should be careful in this regard, as the Spanish flu outbreak at the end of the World War was first discovered from a military camp in the United States.

Compared with the destructive power caused by the world war, the Spanish flu is not inferior at all, the destructive power of the Spanish flu is second only to the Black Death, which almost killed Europe, in just over a year, the Spanish flu caused a total of 25 million to 40 million deaths, so that the number of deaths in various countries is too large, resulting in a serious shortage of troops to maintain the front, objectively even promoted the end of the First World War.

This is probably the only positive assessment of the Spanish flu.

"That's you, draw out a battalion and prepare to go to El Alamein—" Roque was casual and dealt with the guerrillas, but in fact he couldn't make a big deal of it.

"Our mandate?" Ken Noel was excited.

"Unlimited! As long as it is an enemy, you can destroy them by any means you can. Roque is not restricted, this concept of "enemy" must be very broad, and the guerrillas of Cyrenaica must be counted as "enemies" as long as they are hostile to southern Africa.

"Yes Lord, resolutely complete the task!" Ken Noel was murderous, more fun than the boring life in Cairo and the Ottoman guerrillas.