It must be noted that in southern Africa, southern Africa is the undisputed number one power, and its importance to Europe is increasing, but on the peninsula, southern Africa is too far away, and probably the Sultanate of Muscat thinks that southern Africa, like the Sultanate of Muscat, is just an ordinary protectorate of the United Kingdom, and does not have much strength of its own, so it has inadvertently become the enemy of southern Africa.

Misjudging the situation is fatal for a country, especially the Muscat Sultanate, a large tribe that relies on the help of the British government to maintain its rule, the Muscat Sultanate, which once straddled the Asian and African continents, now even the living expenses of the royal family have to rely on the British government to subsidize it, and the British government did not care about the wealth of the British government before, after the second Boer War, the British government itself is cutting back on food and clothing, and its support for the Muscat Sultanate is also decreasing.

Since the beginning of this year, the UK has issued 150 million pounds of government bonds in response to the arms race, and now every penny counts.

Unlike the Muscat Sultanate, which only demanded and could not give, Southern Africa was growing in importance to the British Empire, from the original source of raw materials, to the supplier of raw materials for primary industry after the Boer War, to destroyers, cruisers and aircraft, and now Southern Africa has begun to sell all kinds of new equipment, including aircraft carriers, to the United Kingdom, so the British government's position in the conflict between British enterprises and the Sultanate of Muscat is self-evident.

When the Umbrella Company had nothing to do with Winston before, Winston was still in the consideration of regional stability and asked Roque to exercise restraint.

Now that Adan and Winston have interests involved, Winston's tendencies are immediately obvious, and in the letter to McMahon, Winston hopes that McMahon can effectively protect the interests of British companies in the peninsula, if this letter is issued alone, it is estimated that it can play a limited role, but it is extremely fatal to cooperate with Adan Company's public relations action, and in the subsequent report of McMahon to London, the Sultanate of Muscat was described as an unstable factor affecting regional security.

The problems of the Muscat Sultanate are indeed many, and now the Muscat Sultanate is on the verge of secession, and many Muscat people are very dissatisfied with the cooperation between the Muscat government and the British, and they prefer to form a **** country and completely get rid of the control of the British government.

The importance of religion to Britain needs not be emphasized, the differences between the two religions led to wars that lasted for hundreds of years in the Middle Ages, and over the course of more than two hundred years, the nine Crusades ended in the complete defeat of the Holy See, and then the Renaissance, which objectively promoted the secularization of European countries.

For Britain, which is known for its stubbornness and conservatism, the Muscat Sultanate will never be allowed to evolve into a **** country, and this is the role of Rock Winston on board, which Rock did not realize without Winston's reminder.

Then the next thing is to do it, just contact some people in the Muscat Sultanate and support them to realize their ideals, then the Muscat Sultanate will be abandoned by the British government, and Ali Rashid, who is also famous in this regard, is the best candidate.

Later in the Italian-Turkish War, Ali Rashid led his troops through the Suez Canal to Tripoli to participate in the Ottoman war against Italy, thus gaining the trust of the Ottoman Empire.

Although the Italo-Turkish war is over, the Ottoman Empire's trust in Ali Rashid has not diminished but increased, and during the Cairo negotiations, even the Ottoman army has ceased military operations in North Africa, and Ali Rashid's forces have become the only resistance army in Tripoli and Cyrenaica still fighting Italian forces.

After the Treaty of Cairo, the Ottoman governor of the Hejaz, Garib Pasha, admired Ali Rashid's bravery and loyalty during the Italian-Turkish War, and Ali Rashid became the officially recognized ruler of Najd by the Ottoman Empire.

In fact, most of the traditional Hejaz territory was also under Ali Rashid's control, and Garibu Pasha had high hopes for Ali Rashid, and even hoped that Ali Rashid would be attacked by the British-controlled Muscat Sultanate and the Aden protectorate to drive the British out of the peninsula.

I have to say that this world is so magical, Garibu Pasha also knows that Ali Rashid was supported by the Umbrella Company, but Garibu Pasha still hopes that Ali Rashid can break with the Umbrella Company, maybe the Persians are not trustworthy in the eyes of the Ottoman Empire at all, and capriciousness is the normal operation.

Amazingly, Ali Rashid, who was a desert bandit before the Italo-Turkish War, became the Sultan of Najd with the support of both the Umbrella Company and the Ottoman Governor of the Hejaz, and had the power to expand on the peninsula, a power that the British government tacitly took.

"That's right, Locke, you have to get used to having people work for you, and now you're no longer your average cop in Cape Town." Winston would love to see Roque change, and to be honest, the development in southern Africa has shocked a lot of Britons, so it was necessary to slow down a bit, at least to make London a little safer.

Now southern Africa, more and more like the United States before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the same is located on other continents outside Europe, the same economic strength is getting stronger and stronger, the same population is increasing rapidly, the United States absorbed the rest of the population of the whole Europe, southern Africa is directly immigrated from the Qing Dynasty, now the strength of southern Africa is far from enough, but with a large number of Chinese population base as the backing of southern Africa has unlimited potential, if the strength of southern Africa continues to increase, then London will definitely feel threatened.

The threat of southern Africa is now felt by many people.

"Winston, think about how our predecessors in the Age of Discovery pioneered-" Roque means those colonial pioneers here, not really kneeling and licking, but increasing Winston's sense of identity.

It's amazing that a Chinese from the 21st century would kneel and lick Britain in the early 20th century?

It seems to be the other way around.

"Without the rapid expansion of the Age of Discovery, there would be no current British Empire, the reason why we can now comprehensively suppress Germany, if Germany can build one dreadnought, we will build two, the main reason is that the capital accumulated in the Age of Discovery is enough to allow us to squander unscrupulously, but how long can we squander? London has already started issuing government bonds, right? Roque disagrees with Winston's statement, in Chinese terms, this is that the cub sells Ye Tian and is not distressed.

"We issue government bonds to lend money to France and Russia—" Winston was also dejected when he asked the question.

Roark had nothing to say but a thumbs up to the British government's internationalist ideology, which was not self-serving and exclusively beneficial to others.

But let Roque do it, Roque will definitely not do it.

The bonds issued by Britain have interest, and although there is certainly interest on lending money to France and Russia, it will be lost if it is not done well.

The French problem is not yet big, mainly the Russians.

If Roque remembers correctly, the current Russian Empire did not exist before the World War was over, and as a result, after the end of the World War, the nascent Russian government did not recognize that the Russian Empire owed Britain a loan of 750 million pounds.

The Russians can pay their debts, but the British cannot, and after the world war, Britain used all means, including war, and did not want to come back, and in the end it was indeed lost.

"The arms race isn't over yet." Roque can't say it directly, he can only remind him vaguely.

The current King George V of England is the cousin of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and both of them are also cousins of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, so this is a normal loan between relatives, and Roque, an outsider, is really not good to say.

Of course, Roque's meaning is also obvious, if the current economic strength of France and Russia cannot support the arms race, then simply start a plan, so that the losses can be less.

"As long as we can win the final victory, then all the investment is worth it." Winston, as Secretary of the Navy, was a staunch supporter of the arms race.

Even Winston, a nobleman from the Marlborough family, didn't care, and Roarke certainly didn't care.

For Roque, the arms race must last as long as possible, then southern Africa can sell more products, not only aircraft carriers, after the outbreak of the world war, Britain itself was also forced to implement rationing, and even King George V had to lead by example, so the world war for southern Africa is a vast blue ocean, and the prospects are immeasurable.

Winston stayed in southern Africa until September 10 before returning to London, by which time Ali Rashid had begun an attack on the Sultanate of Muscat under the guise of the Sultan of Nejd.

In the face of the fierce offensive of the Najd army, the Muscat Sultanate was powerless to resist and could only ask the British government for help, hoping that the British government could help the Muscat Sultanate when it faced danger, as before.

However, the British government, which was most of its energy involved in the arms race, had no time to separate, and the British had only three regiments in Egypt, mainly to defend the Suez Canal, which was vital to Britain, and had no ability to support the Muscat Sultanate.

However, the younger brother asked for help, and the boss couldn't ignore it, so the British government weighed it in many ways and ordered India to send reinforcements to the Muscat Sultanate to help the Muscat Sultanate resist the invasion of Najd's army.

This is another big hole, and the organizational capacity of the Indian colonial government is a great tragedy, the Muscat Sultanate asked the British government for help in September, and the Indian expeditionary force was not completed until November.

By this time, the Sultanate of Muscat was history.

(End of chapter)