In addition to the official documents of the Central Committee, Wang Mingshan also received a more confidential document from the Politburo. The document told Wang Mingshan that the Central Committee did not agree with his proposal to attack British forces in Egypt now. By losing Southern Africa, Britain would only lose the possibility of getting its hands on the rich gold mines of the Transvaal Republic. If Egypt was lost, Britain would lose its destiny.
Britain's share in the China market was getting lower and lower, and its share in the European market was greatly squeezed by Germany. Canada and New Zealand did not have large populations and limited markets. However, India, ruled by the Queen of India, had hundreds of millions of people and a lot of resources, which were basically monopolized by Britain. Whatever the British wanted to sell in India, they could sell in India. What India needed, they could only buy from British factories. As a blood-sucking object, India could get rid of Britain. As a blood-sucking party, Britain could not lose India for a day.
If China seized Egypt, Britain's life would be firmly in China's hands. With Britain's position and character, they must fight with China until one side could not hold on. This would not benefit China. This document had confirmed the Central Committee's judgment on strategy and also drew a bottom line for Wang Mingshan. However, Wang Mingshan did not decide to obey it.
After dealing with some simple orders, Wang Mingshan went to meet a guest. The guest had an Arab face, and his cheeks were tanned under the hot sun near the Nile River. Compared with him, Wang Mingshan was undoubtedly very fair. Wang Mingshan asked in a very indifferent tone, "Mr. Abdullah, I don't know why you insist on meeting me when you insist on not recognizing the legal system of Sudan."
After the translator said this to Mr. Abdullah, Abdullah immediately replied in Arabic, "Sir, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Since you agree to meet us now, it means that there must be something that can be cooperated. "
Wang Mingshan did not trust Abdullah's words at all. Abdullah's boss' full name was Mohammed? Ahmad? Ibn? Asad? Abad? Allah. Of course, the man with the long name now called himself 'Mahdi'. He established his power in the mountainous and impoverished areas from northern Sudan to southern Egypt.
The three Semitic cults were all the same. They had to make a big deal about the end of the world, and in that destructive future, there must be a savior. Judaism has Neo, the Messiah. Christianity simply let Jesus, the Son of Jehovah, bear the cross for mankind first, to atone for their sin in the eyes of God. Of course, at the end of the world, Jesus could reasonably demand that all humans repay their debt to him.
As for the Green Sect, they also had great heroes during the apocalypse. This hero was called the Messiah Mahdi. According to the Islamic scripture 'Hadith', he was a religious leader before the end of the world. He was the leader of the Muslims. He descended to the world to govern the chaotic world according to the Divine Shariah, to uphold justice, to eradicate tyranny, to rectify all the differences within Islam, to revive the faith of Islam, and to create a new era. He reigned for seven years.
The man with the long name, who was born in Sudan, announced to the public that he was the legendary Mahdi and had started a great rebellion. Wang Mingshan had no interest in religion, but he had a lot of knowledge about it. The Military Governor Of Vaize had publicly announced his attitude towards the three Semitic cults. As a student of the Military Governor Of Vaize, Wang Mingshan, of course, would not have any good impression of such trash.
"We allow you to recruit people here," Wang Mingshan said frankly. On the other side, Abdullah's face first revealed a stunned expression, followed by a doubtful look. Population had always been a very important existence in times of war. Fighting a war, farming, paying taxes, everything needed people. It was really unexpected that China was willing to provide manpower to the Mahdi regime.
"If you take them away, then take all the family members with you. If you take them away, then don't come back," Wang Mingshan continued to explain his opinion. The northern part of Sudan was basically made up of Arabs, and this brother who called himself Mahdi was under the banner of the Green Sect. This was very annoying. If Mahdi could take all the Arabs away and throw them into a "Doomsday War" where the British perished together, Wang Mingshan would be extremely happy. Even if this method went against the attitude of the central government, Wang Mingshan decided to carry it out first.
"What do you mean, sir?" Abdullah was very confused.
Wang Mingshan explained frankly, "If anyone from our territory joins your team, you must first tell them that their entire family, regardless of gender or age, will be taken away. If you are willing to agree to our conditions, we will allow you to take people from our territory. Of course, you must also bear the responsibility and take everyone away. "
This kind of request was really shocking, and Abdullah could not immediately make a judgment. Wang Mingshan also stopped for the time being and made some corresponding considerations in his mind. In addition to this group of Arabs, Wang Mingshan recently decided to completely eliminate slave traders in the whole of Sudan.
Unlike the slave traders in the industrial countries, the slave traders in Sudan were mainly families and tribes. The Arabs took away the blacks, the natives, and even the Arabs and sold them to people who bought slaves. The Chinese who first came here were not interested in stopping the slave trade. As China stayed in East Africa for a long time, the consequences of the slave trade began to gradually show. As the scale of the slave trade grew larger and stronger, the willingness of the slave traders to surrender to the East African administrative region became stronger. When China began to ban the slave trade in some areas, the slave traders and their vassals in those areas began to resist.
With the ability of those scum, the resistance naturally ended in a fruitless end. But things were not solved so easily. Too many people who lost their jobs hoped to overthrow the rule of the Chinese in Sudan. It was just that this group of people had families and were well-known figures in the area. They did not dare to immediately resist the Chinese with firearms and could only swallow their anger for the time being. In 1883, however, this same Mr Mahdi stood up in the grass and, on an island in the Nile, declared that he was the Saviour of the Last Days, and that all who believed in Allah were to obey him. With the appearance of such a person like Mahdi. Based on the same religious attributes, a large number of people defected or supported Mahdi.
This Mahdi was quite shrewd. He first used the reason of opposing China to get some weapons from the British. After China was defeated in the war, they immediately turned around and used the remaining troops equipped with firearms to deal with the British. The British did not expect this Mahdi to change his attitude faster than flipping a book. They did not expect that Mahdi would actually start to negotiate with the Chinese after the victory of the British, and get a lot of weapons from the Chinese to fight against the British and Egyptian armies.
After several years of war, Mahdi established his own regime in the mountains of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. The whole process presented a situation that China could not easily imagine. The Mahdi armed forces bought weapons and ammunition from China. The Mahdi armed forces beat up the Egyptian and British armies. The Mahdi armed forces seized more territory, and the Mahdi armed forces fought against China. The Mahdi armed forces were defeated, and the Mahdi armed forces were driven north. The Mahdi armed forces continued to fight against the British. The Mahdi armed forces lost, and the Mahdi armed forces bought weapons and ammunition from China.
At first, the Chinese officials could not understand the logic of the Mahdi armed forces at all. Later, everyone understood that in the eyes of the Mahdi armed forces, there was no difference between the Chinese and the British. Who was the enemy of the Mahdi armed forces simply because they were weaker at this time. Because the British army was weaker than China, they became the victims of the Mahdi armed forces. If the situation was reversed, the Mahdi armed forces would do their best to go south and seize territory from China.
"We cannot agree to this." Abdullah made a more clear-headed judgment.
"If you can't agree to it, then we can't agree to continue providing you with firearms and equipment." Wang Mingshan did not hesitate. If the Mahdi regime could not perish together with the British in the war, Wang Mingshan could not see any reason to support the Mahdi regime.
"… Your Excellency, can you tell me the purpose of my visit?" Since Abdullah was unwilling to give an immediate evaluation on this issue, he smoothly changed his words.
"Please go ahead." Wang Mingshan also wanted to continue the negotiation.
"We hope that China can accept Islam as the state religion of Sudan, and accept Lord Mahdi as the leader," Abdullah said calmly. Abdullah said calmly. "If Your Excellency can agree, the Mahdi Sect will fully support the Chinese regime."
Hearing such shameless words, Wang Mingshan cursed in his heart. Who do you think you are? However, Wang Mingshan did not lose his basic calmness. In his rich life experience, he discovered a simple principle that was not easy to implement. Give the other party what they need, and it would be easy to make the other party follow your baton. If the Mahdi regime insisted on being the enemy of China, Wang Mingshan's means would be very limited. If the Mahdi regime had their own delusions about the East African administrative region, Wang Mingshan would have the opportunity to intervene with the Mahdi regime.
"Tell me the details," Wang Mingshan said.
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