Chapter 834 Cairo

"It's so cool on this day."

Li Enfu, who accompanied the inspection, wrapped up some clothes tightly. At the end of August, there was a mist in the evening, which made people feel a trace of coolness in autumn.

"It's not bad to cool down. It's just right to relieve the heat. It's too hot in the Atlantic now."

"Ha ha, the emperor wanted to avoid those chores." Hearing Li Mo's pun, Li Enfu squeezed his lips and laughed. After the Battle of Bermuda, the situation in the United States and the world was completely chaotic. If he continued to stay in Yanjing, he would be really busy.

Li Mo smiled and asked, "Have you heard of the German telegram?"

"Hmm."

Li Enfu nodded and said, "I can't sit still. The United States can't hold on for long. Germany is ready to rush out of the North Sea, but Britain is now blocking the North Sea with its life. I heard that it didn't have the upper hand after a confrontation a few days ago, and the last two ships of the Hood class were all delivered yesterday. I'm afraid that Germany's strong attack will not be too dominant. Potential.

I heard that Tirpitz now runs to the shipyard three times a day, urging the York-class battleships to serve as soon as possible. Unfortunately, their navy has been delayed for the land war for too long, and they have to wait until the beginning of next year if they want to serve as early as possible.

Seeing that we were blocked on the east coast of the United States, it was only the Atlantic Ocean, and the interests of the United States were stuffed into our pockets again. It was strange that William II could sit still. The German General's headquarters was even more anxious and hoped that we could attack Britain, but it was afraid that we would take away too many interests, so it was sent a telegram to Shaochuan, suggesting that the first The Second Alliance Conference said that it would coordinate various battlefields to end the war as soon as possible, but according to my estimation, it is likely to be a showdown.

"Have you decided the time and place of the meeting?"

"Starting in early September, Germany initially preferred Vienna or Switzerland, but we were set in Cairo."

"Cairo is good. It's the intersection between the East and the West. Go ahead."

Li Mo stretched out and smiled, "At this time of the war, the post-war distribution of benefits should also be made clear. You will let Du Dazhuang send a telegram to Chen Ping and Tang Shaoyi. In Africa, we need to ensure Djibouti, Egypt, the Suez Canal, the Seychelles, the Reunion Islands, and the motor on the Indian Ocean side. For the interests of these places on the island of Gasga, the Mediterranean requires Malta's military presence!

After the war, I have to get the Crozier Islands, Armstrong Island, Prince Edward Islands, Falkland Islands, and South Georgia Island, which are close to the southernmost islands. In addition, we are fighting for the East Africa region controlled by Italy and France. We can not want the rest.

All right! So many extremely southern islands have to be taken, and the Falkland Islands and the South Georgia Islands, plus the control of Suez and Panama have surrounded the Atlantic Ocean, which is said no. William II is really going to cry to death!

Of course, Li Enfu dare not say it clearly, but it is certainly impossible for the South Georgia Islands and the Falklands to get both. For the German navy in urgent need of an Atlantic military base, this strategic channel must be contained. If you really want to surround the Atlantic Ocean, it is estimated that there will be a conflict with Germany in a few years, so I hurriedly said To: "Your Majesty, both Falkland and Southern Georgia are located in the South Atlantic Ocean, controlling the strategic access of the Atlantic Ocean to South America and Africa. I'm afraid."

"Then Falkland." Li Mo also felt that it was not in the interest of the head-on conflict with Germany now. Everyone was an ally, and it was not worth tearing his face, so he thought about it and said, "You don't have to force Ming to take it. You can send a telegram to Chen Ping later. If there is no big problem with Nanchu, let him go south to visit Argentina, and then take the Falkland base and sell it to Agen. Ting, rent it back immediately after it's sold out!"

Li Enfu can't turn around. The Falkland base is indeed very close to Argentina, and the Argentine political axe has always claimed sovereignty over it. If it hadn't been for fear of Britain, it would have come back long ago.

Since Germany is unwilling to let us take the Falkland, then simply don't take it, sell it to Argentina in the form of trophy, and then rent it back to become a naval base shared by the two countries, which can not only avoid exclusive talk, but also win over Argentina, a South American power!

Besides, as long as you get Panama and control the Suez Canal, it will not be a big problem even if the Falkland is taken back by Argentina in the future.

Your Majesty's abacus is so good!

Li Mo can't say that this is the method he came up with from the naval battle of Ma Dao in later generations. Looking around, he didn't see Yunya and his heir brother ask with a smile, "Where are Yunya's sister and brother?"

"I'm going to comfort those refugees." Li Enfu laughed and said, "The bill submitted by Congressman He and Xiong Xiling is very good. It is very good to organize these Russian refugees to work in the south, limit the scope of their activities, and let factory enterprises supervise themselves. It's very good! This can also reduce the pressure on this side.

"It's good." Li Mo nodded: "It's time for their sisters and brothers to show their faces. They know more about the suffering of the people, and they will know how to cherish the hard-won power in the future!"

"Yes, I don't know how long it will take for Russia to end such a disturbance. According to the intelligence, there are already corpses on the other side of the Don River. The population has begun to decrease a lot, and the land is barren. If it goes on like this, there will be a major food shortage sooner or later. I'm afraid at that time."

Li Mo didn't know that there would be a food shortage in Russia, which is written in history books, and now this civil war is obviously bigger and more cruel than later generations, because almost two-thirds of Russia's land has been cut down, and the population is more concentrated and compressed. I'm afraid only God knows how many people will die after the food shortage in the future. Yes.

"I don't care about them." Li Mo waved his hand: "I will tell Shen Hao and others that if there is a large-scale border crossing phenomenon again, in addition to technicians, we will give priority to some Jews, and try to expel them to Central Asia.

In addition, the troops should not be idle. They will carry out several cross-border arrests and other operations if they have nothing to do. Warn Russia that the owner has changed here, and they are not in charge! We are not philanthropists here.

.. The dim yellow Nile water is winding, the top of the mosque is golden, and the camel bell under the majestic pyramid is crisp and far away. Even during the war, Cairo, a famous city, still exudes an intoxicating melody.

The victory of the Allies brought Egypt back to the embrace of the Ottoman Empire, and the Egyptian chiefs also expressed their loyalty to the Ottoman Mohammed V for the first time.

However, the weakness of the Ottoman Empire is a foregone conclusion, especially the continuous internal ethnic conflicts. Even if Azerbaijan and Baku are acquired, it is only a return to light. Therefore, Mohammed V accepted the conditions for Egypt to continue its autonomy, and only nominally this land belongs to the Ottoman Empire.

There are many oriental faces on the streets of Cairo today. As Xinhua took control of the Suez Canal, it quickly reached a series of military cooperation agreements with the Ottomans and the local chiefs to lease the Sinai Peninsula, Port of Seth, the Port of Suez, etc., and a large number of businessmen gradually poured into the city. The city, especially after the army was stationed, it swarmed.

Egypt is a typical agricultural country with a serious lack of industry, but the excellent sunshine makes it the main producer of cotton. High-quality plush cotton attracts merchants. In addition, with the acceleration of domestic development in the northwest and the north, the ready-to-wear industry is booming, and the demand for cotton has also begun to heat up. Many people follow the army. Wealthy companies and enterprises began to wave blue coins and use the deterrent of the army to hoard cotton.

The military has always been "enthusiastic" with this kind of commercial competition in the form of capital plunder, and even simply expelled many businessmen from the former allied countries here, especially Britain, France and Italy, on the charge of collaborating with the enemy, and then packaged their assets to domestic merchants at a low price.

Egyptian locals have long been surprised by this kind of thing, and they are even very welcome, because the pound, dollar and legal currency in their hands have been depreciated, and those Xinhua businessmen waving blue bills have become the largest economic relief force in Egypt.

Several Mustang fighters flew over Cairo. The locals, who had been surprised by the Xinhua plane, looked up and were busy. Only a large number of soldiers who began to appear in the streets and alleys recently made everyone feel a little worried. It seemed that something important was going to happen in Cairo.

"Prime Minister, this is the list of delegations. In addition, German Prime Minister Teo-Baden. Feng. Bateman. Holvig arrived in Istanbul for a visit yesterday.

Inside and outside the famous Cairo Hotel, they have been surrounded by a group of Xinhua Marine Corps soldiers with live ammunition. They are facing the sniper rifles on the street and the armored vehicles parked at the door 24 hours a day, which makes the atmosphere of killing here a little more. However, the boss doesn't care. The generous Xinhua army has made him smile. For this reason, several Chinese chefs were specially invited at a high price to entertain mysterious guests from afar.

After Feng Qi pushed the door into the room and handed over the information to Tang Shaoyi, she continued: "The Intelligence Department has confirmed that during the meeting between Beitman and Mohammed V, she asked Osman to support Germany, strengthen control over Africa and the Mediterranean, and promise to hand over Cyprus to Osman for continued jurisdiction after the war."

"Hehe, take us as a favor. This abacus is a good one." Tang Shaoyi smiled. In fact, after the Seventh Fleet seized Malta, the British control of Cyprus had already existed in name only. However, the Ottoman army is currently entangled in the North African battlefield, and the navy was restricted to joint operations in the Western Mediterranean, so it had no time to care about the small island in front of its home.

Xinhua hasn't intervened in Cyprus yet, but Germany jumped out first to make a favor, which is really ridiculous. However, Tang Shaoyi was not angry, because it could be seen that Germany really had no cards to play.

"Do you know what the bottom line of Germany is?"

"I don't know yet." Feng Qi shook her head: "Germany is very tightly covered. The Deputy Chief of Staff and Ambassador Wang Zhengting have tried in many ways, but they have not figured out their cards, but according to some signs, Germany has placed the main attack point in Africa and South America."

"Oh?" Tang Shaoyi cigaretteted and frowned suddenly: "Isn't there no America?"

"There is no news about this at present, but it is impossible not to avoid the interests of the United States. After all, Germany has a large number of descendants in the United States, but William II and the German commander-in-chief do not have much hope of digging out too many interests from us of the United States, so it is likely to exchange our interests in Europe and Africa. "

"What about Spain and Italy?"

"Spain is in chaos. The domestic revolution has spread to the countryside, and the grain harvest has also failed seriously in the first half of the year. Alfonso XIII is currently hiding in the Naval Base in Valencia. Mr. Snow has gone to contact him and will know if he can see him tomorrow at the latest." Feng Qi continued: "The current situation in Italy has also changed a lot. Emanuele III has ordered the Prime Minister and some political axe officials to be arrested as scapegoats, accusing them of deceiving him and the people of surrendering to the enemy, but there is no news on how to deal with it.

The domestic situation is also relatively chaotic at present. Especially after our victory over Bermuda, there have been many riots. Now it is said that there is not enough food, and only some major cities can be supplied. There has been a great famine in the countryside.

"Ha ha, so, our grain should be useful."

"Yes, the emperor still has foresight and began to hoard food after the war against Russia. I think we can completely use food to blackmail Germany in this negotiation. Unless they don't want to win, they will have to compromise because of lack of food."

Tang Shaoyi nodded, opened the curtains and looked outside, and asked, "The British and American side."

"People have been sent to contact."

Tang Shaoyi smoked a cigarette. To this extent, it was time for political forces to intervene in the war. It was also time for the United Kingdom and the United States to establish a contact channel. After all, after the war, everyone still had to sit down and talk. At this time, it was much better to give some sweetness than empty words.

Thinking back to the upcoming negotiations, Tang Shaoyi asked, "Feng Qi, where do you think we should make a breakthrough in this negotiation?"

It is extremely important to take the lead in a major negotiation and find the enemy's weakness, so Feng Qi thought for a moment and said, "I think Italy should be used as a point."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

Feng Qi said, "From the perspective of strength, Italy is not strong, but its geographical location is too important. For Germany, the long-term containment of France's revenge after the war is definitely a long-term strategy, and it is difficult to do this from a historical point of view, unless Germany has been occupying Paris, but even William II dares not think of this, so they need an ally who can attack France.

Italy has a good geographical location. Bypassing Monaco, it is Nice and Marseille. In addition, it has always been an ally of Germany. If it hadn't been for the wrong team this time, France would not have been able to concentrate on the West Line with Germany.

What's more, after we occupied Malta, Germany also urgently needed to occupy a place in the Mediterranean Sea. Although Austria-Hungary and Ottoman countries are both Mediterranean countries, the former lack a good port, and the domestic ethnic problems are very complicated. The latter's industrial strength is too poor and lacks the industrial capacity to guarantee the fleet, so it is The best choice.

Sicily is only one strait away from Malta, and Tarantto is a rare port. Germany will not miss this.

So I think Germany will definitely propose to punish Italy lightly this time, pull Emmanuel III back to the alliance, and re-establish a stable German-Italian relationship, so that it can obtain a stable and strategically supportive Mediterranean barrier after the war!

If this is the case, then we might as well take advantage of Germany's eagerness to pull Italy into our arms and use the food leverage to let Germany understand that we can completely influence Italy and support our allies in exchange for some benefits on the North American continent.

"Change to North America? Ha ha, have you forgotten Malta?

"I didn't forget, but." Feng Qi said confidently, "Our navy has occupied Malta. Who can take it back at this moment? And if Germany pulls Italy into its arms, it will have a base to contain Malta, and there is no need to fight with us on this issue.

"Italy!"

Tang Shaoyi said to herself and nodded: "Go and prepare. This Cairo meeting is too important to us."

"This is our battlefield."

(to be continued)