Expedition to Europe

The reason why the Middle East is called "Middle East" is that the Western countries' external expansion is a division of the world.

After the Industrial Revolution, Western countries began to expand outward. They took Europe as the center and called Southeast Europe and Northeast Africa "Near East", the vicinity of West Asia "Middle East", and the farther east "Far East".

Geographically, the Middle East is located in the eastern Mediterranean, and the Mediterranean has always been considered by Europeans as an inland sea of ​​Europe, so Churchill called the Middle East part of Europe.

This is actually a bit alarmist. Europeans have never had the habit of considering the Middle East as part of Europe. Churchill said this just to win the support of the United States and to encircle and intercept Lan Fang.

Charles Hughes is not stupid. Lan Fang has a bad relationship with Britain, but its relationship with the United States is also acceptable on the surface. Although Lan Fang and the United States have some frictions behind the scenes, there is no conflict of interest between Lan Fang and the United States on the surface, so the United States does not need to tie itself to the British chariot.

Besides, the Philippines, the current colony of the United States, is next to Lan Fang. The Americans have to maintain friendly relations with Lan Fang in order to keep the only colony in Asia. If Lan Fang and the United States fall out, Charles Hughes is not sure that he can keep the Philippines under Lan Fang's subversion.

Let's take a step back and say that what Lan Fang is doing now is exactly what the United States wants to do. The United States has the strongest industrial strength in the world, so the United States needs more markets to sell American industrial products. At this time, the colonial systems dominated by Britain and France are all closed-door policies. Americans must have their own interests in this regard. If Lan Fang breaks the colonial system dominated by Britain and France, Americans may be very clear about this.

There are these twists and turns in it, so even if Churchill is eloquent, Charles Hughes is determined not to board Churchill's pirate ship.

"Since you have learned that Lan Fang's influence is so huge now, then you should not stand idly by. There should not be another voice in this world. One voice is enough." Churchill was unwilling and still wanted to pull the Americans into the chariot.

"You are right. There should be only one voice in this world, but it is too early to make a conclusion now." Charles Hughes was not fooled, and his words were full of meaning.

Churchill's "one" means that the world should continue to be dominated by Western countries, while Charles Hughes' "one" is specific to a certain country.

Of course, in Churchill's view, Charles Hughes must be referring to Britain.

"The Middle East is out of control now. If we give up here, it will sooner or later become the fuse of the next world war." Churchill emphasized the importance of the Middle East.

"Impossible - the Middle East is indeed important, but not to that extent, otherwise the world war would have broken out." Charles Hughes laughed dumbly.

Charles Hughes was right. If the Middle East was really that important, the British would not have withdrawn from the Middle East without any reinforcements.

Since the British did not attach importance to it, the Americans had no reason to regard the Middle East as their favorite.

"So do you mean that the US government will do nothing?" This is not okay, and that is not okay. Churchill finally got angry.

"Of course not. We are committed to world peace, so we have the Cairo Conference initiative." Charles Hughes' tone was really high.

Churchill curled his lips, and he probably greeted Charles Hughes' eight generations of ancestors in his heart, but he didn't look very angry on the surface. Britain and the United States are also of the same lineage.

It's a pity that Britain used to be the father and the United States was the son, but now, the father of Britain is getting older and the little guy of the United States has grown up.

"Our president said in his speech last month: America should be America for Americans. This sentence is very right, so I think the Middle East should also be the Middle East for Middle Easterners. It's already chaotic enough. If there are foreign forces interfering, it may become a ball of thread that falls into the hands of cats. We must try our best to avoid this from happening." Charles Hughes finally told the truth.

The reason why Americans suggested holding the "Cairo Conference" must be that they also have their demands. Do you still remember the fuse of the Syria-Iraq War? That's the Americans' trick. Americans don't want to see any country dominate the Middle East, but now Americans have no chance to intervene in Middle Eastern affairs, so Americans will show no desire.

Americans don't have the Vatican. If they want to intervene in Middle Eastern affairs, Americans need to make more efforts.

"My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours. It is precisely because of the management of civilized society that there is peace and future here. If the power of the civilized world is lost, it will fall into eternal darkness." Churchill disagreed.

"Reality is often contrary to one's wishes. Although I know what you want to express, the reality is that Britain is now forced to withdraw from the Middle East. If we analyze it according to the conclusion, this is also the choice of the people of the Middle East." Charles Hughes did not fully agree.

Like Churchill's inexplicable sense of superiority, Charles Hughes also believes that he belongs to the civilized world. But it is obvious that Charles Hughes does not fully agree with Churchill's words. For Americans, the most ideal state of the Middle East is for everyone to withdraw and then restore the "original ecology" of the Middle East, so that Americans can wave their checkbooks and march into the Middle East.

"The choice of the people of the Middle East is definitely not to accept Lan Fang's rule. If you know more about it, you will know what the real choice of the people of the Middle East is." Churchill still had confidence in the reputation of the British Empire.

"This needs time to be tested." Charles Hughes did not want to dwell on this issue.

Although the night was dark, the communication between the two old foxes continued.

Don't expect to get results from a few words on this kind of matter, just like the process of the "Cairo Conference". Although it has been going on for more than a month so far, there is still no progress.

It cannot be said that there was no progress. Churchill's work ability was still relatively strong. When he hit a snag with Charles Hughes, Churchill was not discouraged and sent Charles Hughes away. Churchill turned around and welcomed Mussolini.

Yes, it was the infamous Mussolini.

Just last year, Mussolini finally came to power through the "March on Rome" and formed a cabinet under the authorization of King Vittorio Emmanuel III of Italy. Mussolini was also appointed prime minister.

The first thing Mussolini did after coming to power was to suppress the rebellion on Sardinia. However, with the behind-the-scenes support of Corsica, the Italians' suppression operation did not go smoothly. Not only did they fail to wipe out the Sardinian rebels as expected, Instead, the rebels retreated steadily, causing most of Sardinia to be controlled by the rebels. This really made Mussolini lose face.

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The Americans proposed to convene the "Cairo Conference", and the Italians were also invited. Although the Italians have no power north of the Red Sea, on the south coast of the Red Sea, Eritrea and part of Somalia are Italian colonies, so Italy is also discussing the Middle East. Questions about qualifications.

At this point, no matter how stupid Mussolini was, he knew that Lanfang was causing trouble in Sardinia, so after receiving Churchill's invitation, Mussolini happily went to the appointment.

Unlike Charles Hughes, who was a teetotaler, Mussolini had no problem drinking with Churchill, so the two had a good conversation. After Churchill expressed his attitude, Mussolini's attitude seemed even more Fierce: "Yes, the Lanfang people are a group of pests. Wherever they go, there will be endless wars. These mercenaries are standard war hyenas. They must be eliminated, otherwise no matter it is the Middle East, Asia, or even the whole world World, we will never have peace."

"Yes, Lan Fang's ambition must be curbed. Look at the map. They have only been established for a long time, but now they are so big. If they are given a few more years, the whole of Asia may be in their possession. When the time comes, the Lanfang people, the Chinese, the Japanese, the Koreans, and even the monkeys from Indochina will continue to enter Europe, and it will be a real 'yellow disaster'. "Churchill is an absolute race at heart. ists, the prejudice against Orientals has been around for a long time.

Well - regarding this "racism", in fact, everyone in this era, including Qin Zhiyuan from the 21st century, has to do as the Romans do in this world.

"You are right. We must curb Lanfang's ambitions. Think about Asia's huge population base - heaven! This is really a disaster." Mussolini and Churchill had a lot in common on this issue.

Compared with Churchill, Mussolini was a staunch racist, and Mussolini did not hide this at all. As early as when he was the editor-in-chief of "Italian ***", Mussolini often Newspapers promoted racism, and it was with similar extreme ideas that Mussolini came to power in Italy.

"That's right, with a huge population base, it is impossible for one country to fight against it, so we should join hands to teach the Lanfang people a real lesson." Churchill is not stupid. The reason why Churchill asked Musso Rini just wants to use Italy as a weapon.

"We should also seek more help, such as the Americans." Mussolini was not stupid. Although Italy is also an old-style imperialist, compared with Lanfang, it is indeed a bit unsatisfactory.

The Foreign Legion performed too well in the World War, and the Italians performed too weakly, so even though Mussolini was speaking forcefully now, Mussolini really had no confidence when facing Lan Fang.

"Of course we have to fight for it. In fact, we have already won the support of the Americans." Churchill lied without changing his expression.

It's not easy to find allies these days.