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【1216 Middle East Federation】

The problem that China is facing now is to compete with powerful British colonists for control over Central Asia.

Britain sent troops to Afghanistan repeatedly and started three wars of aggression against Afghanistan since 1839. However, under the tenacious resistance of the Afghan people, the invaders were bleeding and suffered a shameful defeat.

Mount Hindu Kush became an insurmountable obstacle for British colonists.

The first British-Arab War occurred in 1839. In the 1830s, after a protracted feudal separatist and civil war, Afghanistan was finally unified by Dost Mohammed.

At this time, most of the British colonists who had controlled the country continued to spy on Ahra in order to bring Alah into their military alliance.

Tsarist Russia also stepped up its infiltration into Afghanistan, and deceived Ahmed's rulers, causing Ahmed to turn to Tsarist Russia. Britain then stepped up its war preparations under the guise of "Russian threat", and decided to send troops to Afghanistan, overthrow the Afghanistan pro-Russian government, and build a puppet regime.

Although China unexpectedly replaced Tsarist Russia's control in Central Asia, Tsarist Russia's power still exists.

In the absence of military strength and strength, Emperor Hua was a little anxious to ensure the security of Central Asia Province and find a way to compete with the British for hegemony in the Middle East.

But Emperor Hua had no choice. If it weren't for the continuous encounters in Europe's diplomatic relations and the path to seeking peace was blocked, Emperor Hua would not have taken this step. Now, Emperor Hua would be solemn to openly challenge Britain's hegemony.

Everyone, who are the people present?

Either it is the woman around Emperor Hua or the top Chinese diplomat. When they hear Emperor Hua's tone, they have already guessed the Emperor Hua's thoughts. Everyone was not nervous when they heard Emperor Hua's talk, but everyone felt the pressure.

"You might talk to you about the war between Afghanistan and the British. Can you tell me?" The cute president asked Yekazelina Krimova, thinking that Yekazelina Krimova had been in Central Asia for so long, so he should know about the surrounding affairs.

Yekazelina Krimova nodded, thinking it was so dangerous. Fortunately, she had only learned about the situation in Afghanistan not long ago, otherwise she would have made a fool of herself in front of everyone.

In April 1839, more than 30,000 British troops arrived in Quetta after a long journey, and then crossed the Hojak Pass and invaded southwestern Afghanistan; the British troops forcibly crossed the Khyber Pass and cooperated with the main British army to fight.

The Afghan army had only 15,000 people, which was far inferior to the British army in terms of quantity and equipment.

The British army soon captured Kandahar and Ghazni and approached the city of Kabul.

Dost Mohammed asked Russia for help but refused, so he had to flee to Bukhara for refuge. Britain established a puppet regime in Kabul.

In order to fight back against the British invading army, the Afghan people rose up and launched a war against British guerrillas.

Relying on favorable terrain, guerrillas from all over the country flexibly and maneuverably attacked the enemy, attacked British outposts, cut off the enemy's traffic supply lines, and recovered important towns.

Under the heavy blow of the Agriculture guerrillas, the British army was depressed and panicked all day long.

On November 2, 1841, an uprising broke out in Kabul, and guerrillas from all over the country held a joint counterattack. The furious Kabul citizens rushed towards the predetermined target with various primitive weapons in their hands.

The rebel army fought bravely and was unstoppable, so they occupied the entire city of Kabul that night.

The next day, the rebels attacked the British stronghold outside the city, and the British colonial army exclaimed, "The residents of Afghanistan have taken up weapons and opposed us."

On the 9th, the rebels captured all the strongholds between Kabul and Bala Hisar Fortress, and then killed British Minister McNaughton. The British army was forced to agree to withdraw troops from Kabul.

The remnants of the British army, their entourage and their families were 16,000 people along the way to retreat to Jalalabad and were ambushed by the rebels many times. In the end, only one seriously injured military doctor ran back to Jalalabad and reported the news that the British army was wiped out.

After that, the anti-British armed forces surrounded Jalalabad and Kandahar, recovered Ghazni, and completely collapsed the British puppet regime.

The British colonists were unwilling to fail and transferred reinforcements, first repelling the siege of Jalalabad and Kandahar, and then launched a large-scale attack on Kabul from the east and south.

In September 1842, after a bloody battle, the Afghan army finally voluntarily evacuated Kabul due to a huge gap in strength.

After the British army occupied Kabul again, they burned, killed, looted, and took revenge wildly. However, the people of Afghanistan did not surrender, and the struggle against Britain became even higher. The British army was afraid of being defeated again, and after rescuing the hostages, they hurriedly withdrew to India on October 12.

The first British-Arab War, which lasted three and a half years, caused the British colonists to lose more than 30,000 people and cost 150 million pounds, and ended with a complete victory for the Afghan people.

Over the next 30 years, British colonists did not dare to launch an aggressive war on Afghanistan again.

"The colonial war is not as easy as imagined." said Meng President: "The colonists actually mainly make money. If there was a corrupt government, such as the original Qing court, who helped to send money, there would not be a large-scale colonial war. Dominating a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country is one of the favorite ways for colonists."

Princess Jie glanced at Emperor Hua coquettishly, meaning that Emperor Hua had committed a foul again. Last time, she agreed not to use the Qing court as an example.

The cute CEO glanced at Princess Jie and smiled slightly.

"We have fewer information about Afghanistan at hand. Does Your Majesty mean to regard Afghanistan as a part of the Middle East?" Wu Tingfang asked.

Emperor Hua nodded and said, "Yes, we need to put Afghanistan and the Middle East together."

"The Afghanistan issue is part of the Middle East Federal Organization Program." Yekazelina Krimova added, looking at Princess Katrina Kaf.

Princess Katrina Kaif followed the cute president's words and said, "Your Majesty, let me talk about the current situation in Afghanistan now?"

Emperor Hua agreed.

The reason for Princess Katrina Kaf, not Yekazelina Krimova, in fact, no one knows more about global intelligence than Princess Katrina Kaf, because the intelligence of the Bureau of Statistics has to be summarized at the President's Secretariat. Even if Central Asia Province is next to Afghanistan, Yekazelina Krimova is not as rich as Princess Katrina Kaf, so that's how it comes.

In 1879, the British colonists fought the Second War of Invasion of Arabia.

In the 1870s, Britain and Russia continued to invade and expand on the northern and southern wings of Afghanistan, pushing the border forward and directly bordering the territory of Afghanistan, posing a new direct threat to Afghanistan.

In order to seek asylum, Ah accepted the draft treaty proposed by Tsarist Russia, including sending troops to aid Ahrainian, and refused the visit of the British mission.

The British colonial authorities could not tolerate alliances with Russia, so they sent troops to invade under the pretext of being refused.

In November 1878, 35,000 British colonial troops invaded Afghanistan in three routes. The Afghan rulers were determined to rely on Russian aid and adopted a non-resistance policy. They deliberately scattered 50,000 troops across the country, attempting to let the British army penetrate the border and force Tsarist Russia to fulfill its promise of sending troops to aid.

Because Ah implemented this guiding ideology, Ah Jun's defense was very weak.

The colonial army of the South Road advanced towards Kandahar, but encountered no resistance along the way, and easily captured the city on January 8, 1879;

The colonial army in the middle was blocked at the Paival Pass, and then deviated from the Afghan army and forced them to retreat. The colonial army in the northern line was blocked by the Argentine artillery fire at the Khyber Pass, but the Afghan army was ordered to retreat that night, and the colonial army successfully occupied Jalalabad.

A large area of ​​land was lost and he asked Russia to send troops.

But Tsarist Russia's strategic focus is in Europe and is unwilling to showdown with Britain in Afghanistan. Moreover, the Central Asian province, which is now separated by a Chinese country, wants to intervene in the Middle East and go to war with China again. On the premise that the Crimean War had just finished fighting, Tsarist Russia signed a ceasefire agreement with China last year, and its internal affairs and diplomacy, plus military strength, are not enough to support Tsarist Russia to start a feud with China again so soon, so Tsarist Russia refused to send troops.

If the Emperor of China remained silent at this time, Afghanistan would become a vassal state of Britain. Then the situation in the Middle East of Britain at the junction of Europe and Asia will be very favorable. The victory of the Chinese war against Russia would have been a great help to the British!

Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan secretly signed an agreement with the United Kingdom.

The signing of the Treaty of Gandamak aroused righteous indignation in Afghanistan.

A people's uprising broke out in Kabul, and angry soldiers and masses surrounded the colonists' residence and killed the British Governor.

The people's uprising in Kabul ignited the national anti-British fire, and many tribes organized anti-British guerrillas.

On the outskirts of Kabul, many rural women participated in the anti-British army with shovels, axes and sabers, causing the invaders to pay a heavy price for every step forward.

On October 12, the colonial army occupied Kabul again and retaliated wildly against the patriots and the general public.

The anti-British armed forces in various places used Ghazni as their base to surround Kabul, actively attacked the enemy, and defeated the colonial army's attack on Ghazni, causing heavy damage to the enemy.

25,000 anti-British troops encountered a brigade of the colonial army near Kandahar, and the famous Battle of Maiwande was launched.

The Anti-British Army had the advantage in terms of military fire. After the battle began, the Anti-British Army first used artillery fire to suppress the artillery and cavalry on both wings of the enemy and cover the advance of the infantry.

Then the infantry and cavalry cooperated closely and took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack, which made the colonial army defeated, but the reinforcements arrived and were completely wiped out. The anti-British army marched towards Kandahar by victory, and the Kabul colonial army was also surrounded by 100,000 rebels. The British colonial authorities transferred a large number of reinforcements to suppress the anti-British army.

"The situation is very tense now. We cannot use force, and we must make profits, and we must also prevent Afghanistan from becoming a British colony. This is what we are going to do now. I call it the Middle East Federation Organization Plan. If we do this plan well, it will not only help our Chinese victory over British diplomacy, but also help to stabilize the situation in Central Asia." The cute president said meaningfully.

Everyone shook their heads secretly. This was too difficult, but no one dared to show it.
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