Chapter 136 Inside Story (1)
"This confession seems logical, but I know Lamu must have concealed some information from me." A pride appeared in Jurgen's eyes.
"I have dealt with a professional criminal who is hundreds of times more cunning than him. This trick is not worth talking about at all. There is indeed no lie in his confession. He knows that we can tell the truth and the false, so he used a trick to cover up the other with one truth. And what he thought about was obviously more important than what he said in his confession. What exactly made him willing to bear the blame for murdering a German pilot, and also try to hide it?" Jurgen looked at Randolph.
"I don't know, Major, but I believe that no matter what he hides, it's no longer a secret." Randolph picked up the coffee cup with a calm expression.
"You are right, Lieutenant Colonel Randolph." Looking at Randolph who pretended to be a senior, Jurgen couldn't help but sigh inwardly that he was really worthy of being the one who followed the head of state.
"You can understand the wisdom of the head of state." Randolph, who successfully quoted the head of state, showed a smug smile on his face.
"If I had worked in the Gestapo for a while, I would never tolerate the suspect playing these tricks in front of me. But now I belong to the command of the Eye of Odin, and everything must be strictly followed, so I chose to give him another chance. Of course, some small punishments are necessary. We must safeguard the honor of the SS and cannot let any guy trample on it." A smell of blood was revealed in Jurgen's words, and Randolph nodded in agreement.
The SS is the representative of the head of state, and it is the obligation of every team member to always maintain the honor of the SS. As for how Lamu's behavior is related to the honor of the SS, Randolph failed to figure it out, but what does it matter? Randolph is not going to waste his precious brain cells on it.
"Did he confess in the end?" Lieutenant Colonel of the SS picked up a small biscuit from the glass plate, then stretched out his fingers gracefully and sprinkled off the crumbs of sugar falling on his clothes.
"Yes, he is not the kind of person with a firm will. Maybe he has had it, but he has also been wiped out by the years of enjoyment. In order to avoid continuing to suffer, he finally told me and the pan everything he knew," Yuergen replied with a smile.
"The secret that Lamu wanted to hide was that the murder of Captain Horn was not the idea he had come up with temporarily. He was actually just following the orders. The other party's purpose was very obvious, to provoke conflicts between Germany and Britain. Although Lieutenant Horn's rank was not high, he was affiliated with the Imperial Command, and the willingness of Weiville's theater command to issue orders for him was enough to prove his special identity. If Captain Horn was killed in Egypt, it would definitely attract our attention and dissatisfaction." Jurgen said.
"In fact, from the moment he received the order, Lamu's fate was already destined. No matter what the final result was, he could not continue to retain his identity. It's ridiculous that he was in the game, but he never saw this fact clearly." The SS major picked up his coffee.
"So who gave him this order?" Randolph twisted a honey-stained olive.
"Have you heard of the Holy City Brotherhood?" Jurgen reached out and opened a page of the file.
"What organization? I've never heard of this name." Randolph frowned and licked his sticky fingers.
"This is not surprising. This organization has not been established for a long time. All the core members are believers of Ikhwan with firm beliefs. It is said that their headquarters are located in the religious holy land of Mecca, so they named the Holy City Brotherhood." Jurgen clicked on the map.
"The drug trafficking network and the Holy City Brothers have a close cooperative relationship, and there is evidence that the organization is even directly involved in smuggling activities, providing drug traffickers with camel fleets for transportation and providing security protection for smuggling activities within their sphere of influence. This range covers the entire territory of Saudi Arabia, the southern Iraq border area and part of the TransJordanian and Palestinian territories. And Lamu confirmed that the organization is preparing to develop members in Egypt, and these people want to do more than just popularize teachings." Jurgen drew a circle on the Arabian Peninsula on the map.
"Lamu is sure that if his superiors give him this order, it must be related to the Holy City Brothers."
"Why are these people targeting us Germans? This area is not our sphere of influence." Randolph looked at the map in confusion.
"These people are not targeting us, lieutenant colonel, they are targeting the British. The purpose of murdering German officers is to cause trouble for the British." Jurgen explained patiently.
"Do they have conflicts with the British? This Holy City Brotherhood." Randolph lifted the coffee pot and shook it, then signaled to the orderly standing on the side.
"Send another pot of coffee." The lieutenant colonel ordered.
"Please wait, Lieutenant Colonel." The orderly soldier turned and walked out of the office.
"If I judged this correctly, there must be support from the Saudi Kingdom behind this organization." Jurgen replied.
"King of Saudi Arabia? I remember they were allies with Britain." Randolph recalled with his head tilted.
"This relationship ended twenty years ago, and now the relationship between the two sides can be said to be quite bad," Jurgen replied.
The relationship between Saudi Arabia and the British Empire can be used as a realistic annotation of the word "each with ulterior motives". In the early days of Saudi Arabia's founding, he tried every means to establish relations with the powerful British Empire. He sent envoys repeatedly to meet British diplomats in the Middle East and requested asylum from the British Empire. Ibn Saudi Arabia's humble and respectful attitude at that time moved all the British diplomats who had seen him. They also suggested to the British cabinet to establish diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia and accept this seemingly obedient younger brother.
However, in the past ten years, the British government changed two terms, and the proposal to establish diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia was not approved by the parliament once. The reason is very simple. At that time, the Arabian Peninsula was barren and Saudi Arabia had just started. It only controlled a city, and it was a large tribal chief. How could it be taken seriously by the high-ranking British MPs?
Another point is that the Persian Gulf region was not the British sphere of influence at that time. They only focused on the land transportation route to India. The Saudi-controlled Nadid region is located in the hinterland of the Arabian Peninsula and has no strategic value in the eyes of the UK. The more important reason is that the UK is worried that casually accepting younger brothers in the Persian Gulf region will stimulate Ottoman Türkiye.
However, with the outbreak of World War I, Saudi Arabia was no longer a trivial Middle East country in the eyes of Britain, and it became an important role in breaking the balance of power in the Middle East. In order to prevent Saudi Arabia from falling to Turkey due to pressure, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia signed the Linda Treaty, officially included Saudi Arabia in the protection scope of the British Empire, and began to provide comprehensive support to Saudi Arabia from economic and military aspects.
The British had a very good idea. They wanted Saudi Arabia to attack the Ottoman power in the Middle East, and even led a major Arab national uprising, completely shaking Türkiye's rule in the Middle East.
During the four years of World War I, Saudi Arabia received a large amount of material and economic support from Britain and pulled up an elite force armed with modern weapons, but only caused minor trouble to Türkiye.
When the bloody war ended, the British Empire was greatly damaged in the war, and the glory of the empire gradually faded. In order to cultivate national strength, Britain began to implement a policy of shrinking diplomatically. Taking advantage of the weakening of the British Empire's influence in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, which was helped by British aid, turned its guns to its neighboring countries and launched a series of expansion wars.
Saudi forces armed with modern weapons and religious beliefs won consecutive victories in the peninsula area and quickly included most of the Arabian Peninsula. This of course aroused the alert from Britain. They were dissatisfied with Saudi Arabia's arbitrarily breaking peace in the Middle East, so they began to suppress Saudi Arabia's development from all aspects and try to curb the country's crazy expansion momentum.
However, Saudi Arabia has always regarded Britain's warning as a sign of weakness and did not take the British Empire seriously at all. In the end, it forced Britain to send troops directly and expel Saudi militia troops approaching Mecca.
Since then, his former allies have turned into enemies. Although Britain has tried hard to suppress Saudi Arabia's rise, the national strength of the British Empire is no longer as strong as before. Saudi Arabia has used religious power to be at its peak in the Middle East, and has fought several major feuds in succession and occupied a large area of territory. When he brought Mecca into his hands, Britain knew that his containment plan had gone bankrupt and the result of Saudi Arabia becoming a regional force was already in front of him.
At this time, Saudi Arabia also believed that it was full of strength and no longer needed the protection of the British Empire. In 1927, Britain and Saudi Arabia signed the Treaty of Jeddah, and Saudi Arabia was no longer protected by Britain and gained its international independence.
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