African Nationhood

On March 1913, 3, Zhang Sheng, Commissioner of the Emirate of Bahrain, sent a confidential telegram.

After receiving the report, Minister of Overseas Territories Zhong Yilin did not dare to delay and went directly to the Chairman's House to ask for a meeting with his sworn brother.

The two brothers did not exchange much greetings when they met. Zhong Yilin sent the intelligence sent by Commissioner Zhang Sheng.

After reading this telegram, Shi Jintang laughed loudly, "Daman, God is really helping me!"

Zhong Yilin didn't know why his sworn brother was so happy. What was so exciting about a small port in the Persian Gulf?

Shi Jintang finished laughing and directly picked up the phone and rang the military headquarters.

"Find Commander Xue Youfu and ask him to come to my place."

After making the call, Shi Jintang called the Military Intelligence Office and asked Yang Kuan to prepare some information about the Persian Gulf and bring a map of the Persian Gulf.

Zhong Yilin immediately heard that the sworn brother was going to launch an army.

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Not long after, the two officials came, and Yang Kuan brought a map of the Persian Gulf.

Shi Jintang handed Commissioner Zhang Sheng's information to Yang Kuan. Yang Kuan took it and took a look and found that it was written about the changes of the Al Saud family in Najd Sultanate, intending to target the Hassa region on the Persian Gulf coast occupied by the remaining forces of Ottoman Turkey. .

Yang Kuan had already sent people to the Emirate of Bahrain, and he had read this information before coming here.

He handed the information to Xue Youfu, who after reading it roughly understood the purpose of his old classmate calling him here.

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The Saud family's ancestors once ruled Najd, but were later defeated by the Rashid family.

Saudi Arabia's "Destined Son" Abdulaziz Saud was still just a child at this time.

In 1891, Abdul Aziz Saud, who was only ten years old, followed his father into exile in Bahrain and later to Kuwait.

In 1901, when he grew up, with the funding of the Emir of Kuwait, he led his brothers and relatives to the Najd area to attack tribes close to the Rashid family.

In January 1902, he led about 1 people to sneak into Riyadh at night, killed the mayor appointed by the Rashid family, and recaptured Riyadh.

He immediately called himself the Emir of Riyadh, marking the establishment of the Third Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In June 1902, his father voluntarily abdicated but retained the title of "Imam" as the spiritual leader of the country.

In 1904, he became the emir of Najd, and in 1912 he unified the Najd region.

Now Abdulaziz Saudi Emir has set his sights on the coastal areas occupied by the Ottoman Turks.

In the original time and space, in April 1913, Abdulaziz Saudi Emir led his men to defeat the Ottoman Turks in the area and seize the Hassa and Qatif areas along the Persian Gulf.

Abdulaziz Emir of Saudi Arabia later called himself "Sultan of Najd and Hassa".

Nanhua has been waiting for this day since capturing Qatar.

Now that the opportunity has finally arrived, Nanhua must seize this territory before this destiny's son and interrupt the fortune of this Saudi "destiny's son".

There is a huge oil field underground in Daman, so we must not let it go.

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"Generalissimo, do you want to take over the Najd Emirate?"

Shi Jintang shook his head, "I just hope to win this Turkish territory. Bahrain and Qatar are too small and have no mainland fulcrum."

I heard that Chairman Shi only wanted to take over a small piece of land, but he could do it. If he took over the entire Najd Emirate, he would be in conflict with the British.

"Okay, Generalissimo, I will transport the Marines there."

Yang Kuan thought for a moment and said, "Committee Chairman, should we wait for the Arabs to take action, or should we take action first?"

Shi Jintang thought for a while, "Let's take action first to avoid conflict with the British. I guess the people over there are not strong. Your navy has a patrol fleet that travels between the Persian Gulf and Goa, so let this fleet take action.

After defeating them, we can negotiate with the Ottomans. "

Anyway, when World War I breaks out next year, the Ottoman Empire will begin the process of disintegration.

As for Najd Saud, Nanhua doesn't need to worry about him at all.

The land captured from the Ottoman Turks has nothing to do with them.

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Xue Youfu returned to the military headquarters and directly sent a telegram to Zhao Yu and Zhang Lian, the captains of the two cruisers "Xu Chu" and "Zhang Xiu", asking them to load 1000 Marines from the Goa area and then head to the Persian Gulf.

Together with the Governor's Palace of Bahrain, the garrison attacked Ottoman Turkish territory along the Persian Gulf.

Both cruisers are the latest 4000-ton fast cruisers, and they did not dare to delay after receiving the order.

The soldiers were transported and gathered in Bahrain in 10 days.

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The command of this battle was given to the Marine Corps Garrison Battalion Commander Wu Ruofei, who had made remarkable achievements in the attack on Qatar.

"After receiving the order from the military department, I compiled a summary of several key ports in the Hasa region (the name of the zone occupied by the Ottomans). Their combat power is not high, they only have some coastal defense artillery and camel cavalry, as well as Manlisha rifle.

Their only advantage is that they have more people, about 3000 people.

Our coalition has 1500 people, and we also have the latest 105mm, 90mm, and 80mm mortars.

At the same time, our soldier team carries the latest and most comprehensive individual equipment, and we have a complete advantage in terms of combat effectiveness.

The main guns of the two cruisers are Britain's latest twin-mounted Armstrong XII 152.4mm naval guns, and there are also six 6mm rapid-fire guns. This kind of firepower is enough to defeat the Ottoman Turks' shore defense guns.

But we don't need to go head-to-head with the Ottoman Turks. I think we can send a force first.

Carrying small-caliber mortars to launch a surprise attack, our gunboats then shelled their shore defense artillery positions.

A surprise attack reduces the enemy's reaction time while also reducing our casualties.

What do you all think? "

This strategy is naturally feasible and everyone has no objections.

Wu Ruofei ordered the entire army to rest for two days and launched a landing operation on the night of the 15th.

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At 15 o'clock in the evening on the 10th, soldiers of the South China Marine Corps, escorted by warships, landed at Khobar, a small port on the coast of the Persian Gulf.

This later Gulf tropical marine tourist resort is now just a dilapidated beach with few people here.

After all, it is still 8 kilometers away from Daman. After the 800 Marines landed, they began to pack their bags. Their loads exceeded 20 kilograms.

For a journey of more than ten miles, you must pack your bags and not fall behind, let alone drop equipment.

So everyone helped each other until everyone was ready, Wu Ruofei gave the order and headed towards Daman not far away.

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Because of the heavy load, the troops were not moving fast. The 800 of them were walking among sparse mangroves and shrubs.

Although the Marine Corps soldiers walked slowly, they still did not forget to replenish water. This is an order issued by the military headquarters and they must abide by it.

After a slow march, they finally arrived at their destination, the port of Daman.

Under the quiet night, this small seaport town had not completely fallen asleep. Wu Ruofei ordered to hide on the spot and wait for an attack in the early morning! (End of chapter)