Expedition to Europe

Rabaha's words touched Fedile deeply.

Perhaps it's time to do something.

This is the only answer that came to Fedile's mind after listening to Rabaha's words.

"Go to Turkey - will the Turks accept us?" Fedile couldn't help but substitute, already using the word "we".

"Of course, after all, we were all Ottomans before, and the Turks only welcome us. We will get a piece of land without an owner. Maybe we can grow something on it, or raise a flock of sheep. In any case, at least we don't have to worry about someone breaking into my house in Turkey and forcing me to go to church to worship." Rabaha said it very realistically.

The world today is not the world of the 20th century. The population problem is still a big problem, but the problem is not caused by too many people and insufficient living space, but because the population is too small and the national strength is not strong enough.

Look at the world today. Even France is trying to increase its population. The French are now even to the point of being hungry and not being selective. Even if Africans apply for French citizenship, France will accept them as long as they meet the conditions.

Before this, the French never looked at Africans straight in the eye.

The same is true for Turkey. After the Ottoman Empire was dismembered, Turkey, as the orthodox successor of the Ottoman Empire, lost most of its territory and most of its population.

If you want a country to revive, you can't do without a prosperous population. It's possible with talents, so the Turks have always welcomed all Persians to Turkey.

The same is true for the British. The British occupied colonies all over the world. To put it bluntly, it was to find markets for British products. The British did not pay attention to the Middle East because the people here had no consumption power and little creativity. If the Middle East was replaced by the Republic of China, do you think the British would give up easily?

It is estimated that by then, the British will pay more attention to the Middle East than their own eyes.

"Go to Turkey-Okay, we have to go to Turkey too." Fedile made the decision without much effort.

Nomadic people are like this. Don't expect them to be loyal to the country. Tribes like "Fashir" don't have much sense of identity with Iraq. For them, Iraq and Turkey are the same. They will regard themselves as the country where the living environment is better.

Throughout May, similar situations like "Fashir" were staged everywhere in Iraq, and there was a trend of intensification.

Lanfang did not force people to change their beliefs as the British said, but Lanfang also had its own religious policy. The core of Lanfang's religious policy was "religious freedom", which means freedom to believe in a certain religion and freedom not to believe in a certain religion. This is actually a universal value, but for the Persians, this regulation is really treasonous.

There is a traditional custom in Persianism. No matter whether you are Persian or not, as long as you choose to believe in Persianism, you must always serve their gods. Once you change your faith, you will be a "pagan" and the enemy of all Persian believers.

It is estimated that the founder of Persianism had little confidence in the inheritance of Persianism, so the founder of Persianism stipulated that no matter who they were or what their previous beliefs were, as long as someone in a family believed in Persianism, then he or her partner must also believe in Persianism, their children must also believe in Persianism, and the same goes for grandchildren-

This is completely contrary to Lan Fang's religious policy. Of course, many Persians who believe in Persianism do not think that there is a problem with their understanding of the doctrine, but that there is a problem with Lan Fang's policy.

No matter where the problem is, this is a choice that must have an answer for the Persians.

Either accept Lan Fang's religious policy and become a Lan Fang citizen, or do not accept it and leave Lan Fang's notification area.

This is a multiple-choice question with two choices, and there is only one answer. Don't try to be hypocritical, because just as Fedile said, it is the Catholic priests who are responsible for supervising the implementation of religious policies.

The relationship between Lan Fang and Catholicism is indeed very good. These priests treat Persian believers like prisoners, while Catholic priests have firm beliefs. They can determine whether a person is honest just by feeling, so don't try to deceive them.

Among Persians, Persianism still has a market, but Lan Fang's strength is here, and there is no other choice to find a new way. Therefore, there are very few Persians under Lan Fang's rule now, including the Western Province and Iraq, with a total number of less than 500,000.

Most of these people are old, weak, sick and disabled, and basically have no ability to travel long distances. If there are any, it is estimated that even these few people will not be left.

If it were the British or the French, they would probably burst into tears when seeing such a Western Province, but for Lan Fang, this situation is the best. It doesn't matter if there is no one. Hundreds of thousands or even millions can be moved from Lan Fang casually, and the territory can be occupied first.

While the team was working hard, Yang Deshan and his team also began to implement the practice of clearing the fields.

The reason why there is no quotation marks is because Yang Deshan really was clearing the fields.

After talking with Qin Haoge, Yang Deshan returned to the base and began to mobilize the locals to clear the fields. Compared with the British, Yang Deshan and his people's propaganda against Lan Fang was even more excessive. In Yang Deshan's mouth, the Lan Fang people became green-faced and fanged devils from hell. The Lan Fang people came to the Middle East not to help the French, nor to make trouble with the British. The Lan Fang people came to exterminate the Persians. In the Lan Fang-occupied areas in the current western province and Iraq, the Lan Fang people were slaughtering Persians. The Persians in the Lan Fang-controlled areas were either burned to death or buried alive, or collectively sent to the gas chamber and then thrown into the incinerator. Anyway, they said whatever was miserable.

The people these days were still relatively simple, whether they were Chinese or Persians, and the people did not have too many channels to get the truth. Basically, the Persians believed whatever Yang Deshan and his people said.

So when Yang Deshan and his men retreated, all the Persians fled, the original houses were burned down, the fields were destroyed, and the wells were not blocked, but they were all "poisoned".

Yang Deshan and his men's strong defense did bring some difficulties to the advance of the Lan Fang army, but this in turn helped Qin Haoge a lot. After passing Baghdad, the Lan Fang soldiers basically saw all the people on the road, and there was no need to worry about accidental injuries.

From Baghdad, they moved southeast, passing through Xila, Kut Imara, Amara, and then arrived in Basra.

In Basra, the Lan Fang troops finally encountered organized resistance.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

In fact, when they arrived in Basra, they were very close to Kuwait City, with a straight-line distance of less than 100 kilometers.

Kuwait is not a country yet. In the 17th century, the Sabah family established the Emirate of Kuwait, but it was soon annexed by the Ottoman Empire. In 1871, Kuwait became a county in the Basra Province of the Ottoman Empire. In 1899, Britain forced Kuwait to sign a secret agreement, and Britain officially became the sovereign of Kuwait.

So far, Kuwait is not a country. Kuwait City is the seat of the British Governor in the Middle East, and Angus Wollaston is in Kuwait City.

After Angus Wollaston arrived in Kuwait, the situation in Iraq had actually collapsed. Even if Angus Wollaston went to Baghdad in person, it would be impossible to stabilize the defense line and withstand the attack of the Lanfang army. So Angus Wollaston simply gave up Iraq and focused his work on Basra, preparing to build a solid defense line in Basra to resist the attack of Lanfang and wait for the arrival of subsequent reinforcements.

Angus Wollaston probably didn't know that the British Parliament had decided not to send reinforcements to the Middle East, so Angus Wollaston's wait was doomed to be in vain.

In fact, Angus Wollaston is now in a difficult position. The Iraqi National Guard has been continuously attacked by the Lanfang Army, and most of the troops have been disbanded. Even if someone can escape to Basra, they are already frightened and have little combat effectiveness.

What Angus Wollaston can rely on now is the 11th Division of the Iraqi National Guard, which happens to be Yang Deshan's troops. If Angus Wollaston puts all his hopes on this unit, Angus Wollaston probably won't know how he died.

Fortunately, Angus Wollaston still has a trump card in his hand. After discovering that the Iraqi army is useless, Angus Wollaston immediately set his sights on Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia is also in chaos. The war between the Aziz family and the Rashid family has come to an end. The Aziz family has almost unified the entire Saudi Arabia. The Rashid family only controls Hejaz (Hijaz). If nothing unexpected happens, Aziz will be able to unify the entire Saudi Arabia within 1923.

Compared with the Iraqi troops that have just been established and have not been fully trained, it is obvious that the Saudi army that has been fighting is more capable and good at fighting. Angus Wollaston wants to follow the example of France and hire a group of soldiers from Saudi Arabia to defend Basra.

I don’t know what conditions Angus Wollaston promised Abdul Aziz. Abdul Aziz agreed to Angus’s request and sent an infantry division and two cavalry divisions into Iraq to assist the 11th Division of the Iraqi National Guard in defending Basra.

Facing the Saudis who were interfering, Qin Haoge immediately issued a war threat: If the Saudis dare to get involved in the Syrian-Iraqi war, then Saudi Arabia will be the next Iraq.

Yes, it’s still the Syrian-Iraqi war, and there is nothing about Lan Fang——