Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 137: Inside Story (Part 2)

"Do we now have conclusive evidence that the instigator behind this incident is the Brotherhood of the Holy Land?" Randolph has no interest in these religious groups. He just wants to know how to report to Yuan.

"The evidence is not yet sufficient. There are only some letters and Lamu’s confession, but we still have four Bedouin arrested. According to Lamu’s confession, they were sent by the Brotherhood. It takes up to three days. They must be able to pry open their mouths." Juergen was eager to shake his hands. He didn't believe that there were tough guys in the world he couldn't handle.

"I give it to you. I look forward to your success, Major." Randolph agreed to Jurgen's request.

The Horn and Krieger case can be closed. Should we inform the British of the results of the investigation? "Randolph put the olive pit in the ashtray.

"I suggest you report these findings to Yuan first, and ask him about the next steps." Jurgen suggested.

"Of course, the yuan must be reported first. Also, I remember that you said that there was a big conspiracy, did you refer to this?" Randolph asked.

"Didn't I report to you? Oh, sorry, Lieutenant Colonel, it seems that I haven't mentioned this yet." Jurgen touched the back of his head a little embarrassed.

"According to Lamu's confession, the Brotherhood has been in contact with the local anti-British organization in Egypt, and they are planning to set off a riot in Cairo." Juergen sank his face and reported with a serious expression.

"The local anti-British organization in Egypt? Is it the Waffle Party." Randolph put his chin on his fingers, making him look like an expert on Egypt.

"This should be the Waffle Party, Lieutenant Colonel." Jurgen quickly corrected.

"Ah, sorry, it was a slip of the tongue just now. I know it's a waffle leaving the party. This sound is very interesting, hahaha." Randolph sat upright, and struck up without changing his face.

"You just said, this waffle leaves the party, they want to riot in Cairo? Wait in Cairo! Aren't we in Cairo?" Randolph finally reacted.

"Jurgen, you should report such important information to me as soon as possible. When are they planning to act? How many people will participate? What is the situation of weapons and equipment? We must prepare early. Now There are not enough people on hand. I have to request reinforcements from my superiors. Yes, I can request support from Yuan Telegram. At least I will be transferred to an infantry regiment, artillery, and tanks. Yes, We still need air support. It would be great if we could have a wing. I remember that a naval aviation wing is now on the island of Malta." Randolph stood up excitedly and started walking around the room.

He is not worried about his safety. History has long proven a theorem with the blood of countless brave men. In front of a defensive regular army, any armed uprising organized by civilians is a suicide. For hundreds of years There are only a few successful cases, most of which are due to the internal response of the insurgents in the regular army.

"Wait for Lieutenant Colonel, please calm down, I haven't finished speaking yet." A drop of cold sweat hung on Jurgen's forehead, and he stood up with an awkward expression.

"Huh!?" Randolph stopped and turned to look at Jurgen.

"Regarding the riot, we now know that the other party has this plan, but when it will explode, the specific number of participants and the equipment situation, all these are currently unclear." Jurgen took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped it. Speaking on the forehead.

"Then how much information do you have now?" Randolph asked disappointedly.

"Very few, but it is certain that this news is true and reliable. I have obtained the names and addresses of some of the backbone and senior leaders of the organization, and established a secret arrest operation against them immediately, and then torture them, and I will definitely be able to dig Out the information we want." Jurgen answered with a chest out.

"I agree to your request, but this requires the cooperation of the British side. I will give the Yuanbao in a while. Are you ready for a detailed written report?" Randolph walked back to his seat and picked up the table. On a folder.

"It's all ready, it's in the folder in your hand." Jurgen replied respectfully.

"Oh, good, I'll take a closer look later." Randolph shook his eyebrows.

"By the way, you said earlier that some brotherhood colluded with the Waffle Party."

"It is true, Lieutenant Colonel Randolph. The motives of the Brotherhood are suspicious. I think Saudi Arabia will have something to happen in the near future." Jurgen sat down.

"Oh? On what basis did you make this judgment?" Randolph put the folder beside him.

"This is my personal hunch, and combined with the information currently available, I think this prediction is very likely. Colonel Randolph." Juergen replied, and then took a pencil and pointed to the table. map.

"Saudi Arabia’s territory has expanded to its limit. The South borders the British Hadala Mao (Yemen) and Oman. Both of these are British protectors and occupy the coastline at the southern end of the peninsula. Saudi Arabia lacks maritime power. It may be in this direction to challenge the traditional British forces." Jurgen drew a line on the border between Oman and Hadala.

"In fact, Saudi Arabia occupied the internal governance and its power extended to the Red Sea. From then on, the British began to be vigilant. If Saudi Arabia develops maritime power, it will definitely affect the safety of the sea route from the Mediterranean to India." Speaking of the Red Sea coastline.

"So the British will not allow Saudi Arabia to develop maritime power in any way, and Saudi Arabia is also very aware of this. They seem to have ambitions in this regard, but they want to build a modern navy from scratch. For countries where nomadism is the main business, this is simply impossible. Therefore, Saudi Arabia can choose the direction of expansion only in the northern region, which was originally the territory of the Ottoman Empire. Transitional Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait are all currently It is a protected country of Britain.” Obviously this former Gestapo has done some research on geopolitics in the Middle East.

"Saudi Arabia is a poor country. Most of its land is desert and it is difficult to develop agriculture. There are some mineral resources here, but the production technology is primitive and the output is very low. At present, their main financial source is to sell camels to neighboring countries. And dates." Jurgen said, shrugging his shoulders.

Jurgen’s statement is not an exaggeration. The oil exploration technology at the time was extremely limited. As early as 1933, Saudi Arabia sold exploration concessions to the Standard Oil Company of California, USA. Standard Oil established a Branch, named as Saudi Arabian Standard Oil Company. At the beginning, Standard was confident and invested a lot of manpower and material resources to conduct exploration on Saudi territory. It did not know how many oil wells were drilled, but did not see a drop of oil being extracted.

By 1936, Standard Oil of Saudi Arabia sold 50% of its shares to Texas Petroleum. The two companies shared the costs of exploration and extraction, but it was eventually spent in 1938. At the insistence of Xi's geological engineer, the first oil-producing oil well was drilled. For this, the Saudi Arabian royal family received an advance payment of 50,000 pounds for the product.

Although oil has been extracted, it can only show that Saudi Arabia has oil resources. Only God knows how much oil there is. Until 1940, the production scale of Saudi Arabia’s standard oil was still half-cold. When the European war broke out, because the six locations and maritime transportation channels were cut off, the extracted oil could not be transported out. All oil wells are in a semi-stop state.

The oil could not be shipped out, and Saudi Arabia lost its most important financial source. As Juergen said, they could only pick up their old business and feed their family by selling camels and dates.

How poor Saudi Arabia is before the current oil resources, here is a piece of data. When Ibn Saudi Arabia was in the honeymoon period with the United Kingdom, he received five thousand pounds of aid from the British government every month. Because he claimed that the British blockade of Ottoman had affected his camel and date palm business. If he did not receive the money, he would not be able to feed his army. At the same time, Saudi herders might be smuggled food and other munitions to Turkey.

Now it seems that this is simply blackmail, but the United Kingdom agreed to his request. It can be seen that the British Empire has a full understanding of Saudi Arabia’s national financial situation. As a result, the subsidy took ten years and lasted until 1992. It seemed that the British Cabinet had only awakened from its dream for four years and stopped the aid funds. Ibn Saud’s army was built entirely on British money.

Now that Saudi Arabia has lost its financial resources, it sets its sights on two wealthy neighbors, Trans Jordan and Iraq, and the monarchs of these two countries belong to the Hashemite family, the mortal enemy of Ibn Saud. Ibn Saudi Arabia is not only for the wealth, territory and population of these two countries, but also for its ambition to dominate the Arab world. As long as the Hashim family is eliminated, only the Saudi family will dominate the Arabian Peninsula.

And now the only thing that hinders him from achieving this goal ~IndoMTL.com~ is the protector behind Jordan and Iraq, the former world hegemony, the sun never sets the empire.

But even if you know that the British Empire is no longer the same as the sun set, even if it is a weak world hegemon, it is not something a nomadic country can challenge. Saudi Arabia is very aware of the gap in military strength between the two sides, and it can no longer be counted. make up.

When the European war broke out, Saudi Arabia still wanted to profit from it as before, but now that no one paid any attention to him this time, and a bunch of big powers all became a group in Europe.

Waiting until the news of the defeat and surrender of the British Empire in early September, Saudi Arabia's ambitions for territorial expansion, which had been buried in its heart, finally began to burn.

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