African Nationhood

The Ottoman Turkish Empire has been in trouble since the last century (19th century). Starting from the Crimean War in Europe, many countries within the Ottoman Empire were divided.

Countries such as Serbia, Greece and Romania were all established in 1870. By the end of the 19th century, Bulgaria and Montenegro also became independent.

After entering the new century, Albania also became independent last year, and an autonomous Crete island managed by Greeks will soon emerge.

The "First Balkan War" caused the Ottoman Turkish Empire to lose troops, lose power and humiliate the country.

On January 1913, 1, a coup occurred in Ottoman Turkey, and the new government (Young Turk Party) refused to accept the terms of the peace treaty.

On February 2, the Balkan Alliance countries resumed war. After suffering several defeats in succession, Ottoman Turkey will sign a second armistice agreement this month (April) with British mediation.

Unexpectedly, Nanhua suddenly took action, and now Mehmud Serfkot Pasha of Ottoman Turkey was not happy.

He chased Sir Gray and asked, What do you British mean?
The British smiled and spread their hands, "I'm sorry, our British cabinet cannot manage the South China Dominion. If you have any questions, just go to South China."

The Ottomans are also very worried. Nanhua doesn't even give Britain and France face, but can it give us face?
But routine questions still had to be asked, so they directly questioned the Nanhua cabinet.

Prime Minister Ouyang Geng of the Nanhua Cabinet personally responded: “We have received complaints from people in the Kazakhstan region that the Ottoman Turks have imposed excessive taxes on the Kazakhstan region, making their lives too poor.

Therefore, we in South China sent troops to rescue them from being tortured and enslaved by the Ottomans. "

Mehmud Serfkot Pasha did not agree with this explanation, but there was nothing he could do about it. Their national power was already extremely weak and they absolutely did not dare to start another war with Nanhua.

In desperation, the Ottoman Empire had no choice but to give in. They asked Nan Hua to go to London to discuss.

In late April, Vice Premier Shi Jinyong rushed to London again.

The British were also able to join this meeting.

Mehmud Serfkot Pasha believed that the pearl collecting industry and commercial interests in the Kazakhstan region were huge, and Nanhua needed to provide compensation.

Shi Jinyong dismissed this and said, "We will fight. If you don't accept it, we will send troops to fight."

The Ottomans had no choice but to turn to Sir Grey.

Sir Gray acted as an intermediary and asked Nan Hua to express his interest.

Shi Jinyong then proposed that they could provide the Ottoman Empire with 100 free planes and free training for 200 pilots.

In addition to ceding the Al-Hassa region to the emirate of Bahrain, the Ottoman Empire also wanted to cede two islands in the Aegean Sea to South China - Rhodes Island and Karpathos Island (Note 1).

The reason why Nanhua wants these two islands is mainly to have a foothold in the Mediterranean, and also to facilitate the sale of arms in the future.

The core islands in the Mediterranean are all occupied by Britain and France. These two islands have no special products and are not large in area.

In fact, the most suitable island is Crete, but Greece has just fought with the Ottoman Empire and made it clear that it wants the Ottomans to cede this island.

Mehmud Serfkot Pasha thought for a long time and finally agreed, but he asked Nanhua to add 100 aircraft.

Shi Jinyong thought for a while and agreed. After all, it was still very difficult to cross the Suez Canal from the Indian Ocean to the Aegean Sea.

Besides, Nanhua could also set up a transfer station here to transport female immigrants from Tsarist Russia.

By the time of World War I, there would be more immigrants in Europe, and by then it would be possible to gather new immigrants here.

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Shi Jinyong had finished talking to Osman Pasha, and it was the British who talked to them.

The British asked Ottoman Pasha to establish spheres of influence in the Arabian Peninsula.

Ottoman Pasha could not quarrel with South China, let alone the British.

Therefore, the two sides divided the boundary near the southeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Therefore, the three parties signed the "China-Austria-British: London Concordat".

The agreement stipulates:
1. The South China Autonomous Territory enjoys the suzerainty of the Emirate of Bahrain and Al-Hasa, and also enjoys jurisdiction over the citizens of the land under its jurisdiction.

2. The Ottoman Turkish Empire and the South China Autonomous Territory enjoy equal commercial relations and the two sides develop friendly commercial relations.

3. Nanhua released the Ottoman Turkish prisoners of war.

4. Britain and Austria should abide by the dividing line between their forces and not cross the line at will.

5. Britain needs to restrain the Sultanate of Najd to prevent them from attacking the territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

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After the three parties signed the treaty, Shi Jinyong visited the ambassadors of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and other countries.

Inform them that Nanhua's arsenal in Herstar can provide weapons OEM services to various countries.

At the same time, Nanhua's latest artillery and new heavy machine guns can also be sold.

Serbia and other countries had just experienced a war and were short of equipment. Naturally, they were extremely enthusiastic about Vice Premier Shi Jinyong who came to their door.

In particular, the Bulgarian ambassador was overjoyed. Their desire for arms was beyond imagination.

Because this country wants to continue to provoke wars and then acquire more land and population.

At the same time, other Balkan countries such as Greece and Serbia also think so.

The "Second Balkan War" is about to begin.

Countries have evil intentions, so their intention to purchase arms is particularly strong.

Shi Jinyong negotiated an arms trade worth 120 million pounds in just half a month.

But this move caused jealousy in the British, who preferred that the Balkan countries buy arms from them.

It's a pity that Nanhua's equipment is more powerful and luxurious, and their dependence on Nanhua is still there, so they can't just fall out.

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On behalf of the cabinet, Zhong Yilin visited the Port of Manama, Bahrain, where Minister Zhong Yilin announced that Chairman Shi's new residence had just been completed. He hoped that the Sultan of Bahrain, Isa bin Ali Khalifa, and his family would come to Hanking to inaugurate the new palace. Congratulations on the completion.

The Sultan of Bahrain was heartbroken when he heard this, but he pretended to be calm and expressed his willingness to accept Minister Zhong's invitation with a smile.

Zhong Yilin directly appointed Zhang Sheng, the former commissioner of the Emirate of Bahrain, as the high commissioner of the "Bahrain-Hassa Emirate" on behalf of the cabinet, and Wu Ruofei served as the garrison commander of the Bahrain-Hassa Emirate.

The number of garrison troops was increased to 1500, and the establishment of the Goa-Bahrain Patrol Fleet was also strengthened to include 4 cruisers, 4 destroyers and patrol-class submarines.

After arranging the affairs here, Zhong Yilin rushed to the Sulu Sultanate again.

He also invited Kirang II Chamaru Hiram of the Sulu Sultanate to rush to Hanking with his family to witness the inauguration of Chairman Shi's new palace.

By the time Zhong Yilin returned to Hanking, it was already early June. The entire Hanking was decorated with splendor and joy was everywhere.

The completion of Xinghan Palace is a great joy for the people of Hanjing. The people hope that Chairman Shi, the symbol of Nanhua, can live in a better and more elegant place, so as not to lose the magnanimity of Nanhua.

Ps: Note 1: During the South African War in this time and space, Italy had already obtained part of the colony of Villa.

Therefore, the Italian-Turkish War in 1912 did not break out as scheduled, and the islands of the Ottoman Empire were still under Ottoman control. (End of chapter)