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Chapter 210 Hejaz

Fashire has been doing well these two days. Because he adopted a cooperative attitude and handed over the information about the treasure, the prince received preferential treatment from the German army. Of course, Fashire's identity at this time is still a prisoner of the German army, and he only received ordinary officer-level treatment, but compared with those prisoners locked in prison cells, it is much better.

He had enough food for three meals a day. In order to take care of his religious beliefs, the German army also specially found his chef from the prisoners. Several private servants brought by Prince Fashire were also captured with the logistics camel fleet at that time. Daogen ordered the release of these people and let them continue to serve the prince.

After receiving Xu Jun's order, Daogen led his subordinates and some treasures, as well as Prince Fashir, to the inn and drove to the forward airport called "Gravel". The Spalu Battalion also sent two platoons of tanks as guards, and a full motorized infantry company was also accompanied by a full crew.

The firepower of this small army was enough to repel the attacks of thousands of Bedouin cavalry. At this time, no nomadic tribe could pull so many cavalry in central Saudi Arabia.

The local powerful tribes gathered together to protect themselves, while those loyal to the royal family began to migrate towards Riyadh.

The Arabian Peninsula has a special environment, with a shortage of water and low agricultural levels, and the annual output of grain and agricultural products in the country is very low. Except for several oasis areas with sufficient water sources, most inland areas must rely on imports from other places, and many towns cannot achieve self-sufficiency until the late 1970s.

This led to the fact that in the central and eastern Arabian Peninsula at that time, except for the capital Riyadh, there was no large town with a population of more than 100,000. The land was limited and could not be supplied with more people. The Arabs could only scatter on a broad country in tribal situations. Only when a large-scale war broke out, the tribes would gather together.

Leaders do not need to provide troops' weapons and equipment. These things are provided by tribal warriors according to the rules, but leaders must pay commissions to tribal warriors, and provide daily food and water for food and clean water. Of course, once the battle begins, the materials and ammunition consumed by the soldiers also need to be supplemented by leaders. Therefore, if they had not received financial support from the British, Ibn Saudi Arabia would not have been able to gather so many soldiers and create such a large foundation.

Now so many tribal populations were driven to escape to Riyadh by the coalition forces. With the reserves of food and drinking water in this capital, I don’t know how long it will last. Saudi Arabia’s external channels are all closed. From the moment the war broke out, there will not be a grain of food across the border. Intelligence shows that because the war broke out too suddenly, Saudi Arabia’s food reserves in the Neizhi area are not much, and now it has gathered so many people. I believe that the food will be consumed soon. Even if you have money, you can’t buy food, and the entire Neizhi area will be in a terrible famine.

As the Saudi base camp, the local environment is quite harsh. Except for several oasis cities such as Riyadh and Brenda, most areas in the territory are barren lands with dust and dust. Except for camels and Bedouin herders, no one can survive in such a place.

The situation in the Hanzhi area, which controls the eastern coast of the Red Sea and coastal business roads, is much better. The Hanzhi Mountains block the water vapor blowing from the Red Sea, and there is also some rainfall every year. In addition, the two holy cities are in the territory, and they can receive countless pilgrims from all over the world every year, so the development of commerce and agriculture is much more prosperous than that of the Neizhi area.

But in the harsh environment of Neizhi, the Bedouin warriors who were hard-working and tough in character were cultivated. So fifteen years ago, the Saudi family called for a high-rise call and the Ikhwan militia conquered the Hanzhi Kingdom, which was a comfortable life, and ended the Hashem family's thousand-year rule here.

Nowadays, almost all the territory of the Hanzhi Kingdom fell into the hands of the German-English Allied Forces. Almost all local families who were loyal to the royal family migrated from the Neizhi fifteen years ago, and their roots were not deep in the local area. Because they were worried about being liquidated by the German-English Allied Forces and local families, some families abandoned their family's property that had been accumulated for fifteen years, and fled to the steep Hanzhi Mountains with their families, and fled back to the Neizhi area that was still under the rule of the king.

But there were also those who kept their teeth. These people thought that as long as they pleased these foreign invading troops, they could save their family business. However, they did not know that the Hashem family, which made a comeback, was the original owner of the Hanzhi Kingdom. As the original owner of the Hashem family, when they treated these betrayers and enemies, they would not have the slightest mercy.

At this time, it was only fifteen years since the Hashem family retreated, but the Hanzhi people had already begun to miss the era of Sharif (Sharif Hussein). Although the old king claimed to be a little arrogant in his behavior, life at that time was much more comfortable and comfortable than now.

The locals do not understand what a world economic crisis is or what a strategic blockade is. They only know that in the past 20 years since Saudi Arabia occupied Hanzhi, there have been fewer caravans traveling to and from the local area, but the taxes collected by the king have increased year by year. Date and camels cannot be sold, and the lives of the people are now worse than those of them.

This time, the Hashem family sent Prince Talal bin Abdul, the grandson of Sharif Hussein, a direct member of the Hashem family, and in history he served as a king of Jordan.

If we talk about Sharif Hussein, who was highly respected in the Arab world, was the chief who cooperated with the "Arab Lawrence" in history. Unfortunately, when the old king was a little inflated, he even acted alone and called himself a new generation of caliphs despite the opposition of the people and the people around him. Sharif Hussein's behavior shocked the entire Arab world, and the reputation accumulated over decades was also lost.

However, the Hashem family was a clan of religious prophets after all, and had great prestige in the Middle East. In the end, although the family was driven out of the holy city of Mecca, Sharif's descendants continued to be kings in Iraq and Transjordan.

In fact, there is a prince in the Hashem family who is more suitable for returning to Hanzhi, that is, Prince Abdullah, the eldest son of the second king Ali Sharif, who was the eldest son of Prince Abdullah. However, at this time, Iraq was regent in Iraq and assisted his five-year-old nephew.

Iraqi King Faisal I was a monarch who pursued fashion. As a result, he was in a car accident while driving his newly bought Buick sports car last year, leaving behind the four-year-old Prince Gazi Ibn Faisal, the only heir. Because the prince was too young, he could only be temporarily regent by the adult prince of the Hashem family. At that time, Abdullah was living in Iraq and was pushed to the throne of the regent.

Historically, the Iraqi Regent and Faisal II were killed in a military coup eighteen years later, and Iraq's monarchy was overthrown. From then on, Iraq entered the era of military government and continued until the fall of the Saddam regime.

The British promoted the current war as a revenge battle for the Hashem family to regain Neji. At present, the publicity effect is indeed remarkable. After seizing the port of Jeddah, the British army did not encounter any resistance from any local family. Especially after Prince Abdul arrived in Jeddah, he was welcomed by local residents.

The wars in the Neizhi Mountains are all carried out between the British army and the Saudi tribe armed forces stationed near the Holy City. Only the tribe armed forces closest to the royal family can obtain this honor. After receiving ground and air support, the British army's advance is accelerating. I believe that it will take only two days to capture the entire Holy City. At the same time, the Hashem family members have quietly sneaked into Mecca. They have ambushed a lot of relationships in this city and should play some role in the upcoming siege.

However, Xu Jun was not interested in this religious holy city at all. He thought it would be better to leave it to the British to play it out. The British Empire had many years of colonization in the Arab world and had more experience in dealing with religious issues than the Germans.

Speaking of which, it was the first time that Prince Fahir took a plane in his life. He was also full of curiosity in his heart. As a result, shortly after taking off, Fahir was fascinated by the feeling brought by the flight. The Germans on the same plane would not have thought that they had created a fanatical flight enthusiast.

Prince Fahir was placed under house arrest in a house in Yanbu Port. The owner was originally a businessman. On the day of the German invasion, he fled Yanbu Port with his whole family. It is said that he ran towards Outer Jordan with other wealthy families. I don’t know if the African Legion would be hit by the African Legion halfway.

Early this morning, Fahill was taken away from his temporary residence by the Germans. Only then did he realize that the whole city had been martial law, with German patrols everywhere on the streets and alleys, and military armored vehicles painted in sand and yellow were parked on the side of the road.

If this situation had not changed drastically, it would have been a big man who had come to the port. Fahill did not believe that the German army would fail, so it should obviously be the second answer he guessed.

Fahill was then taken to the residence of the government official in Yanbo Port, and he recognized the courtyard at a glance because he had visited here two years ago.

"The government official Adil is a very hospitable official. I wonder if he had risen to resist when the German army occupied this place. I think this government official's temper should be able to resist, but I don't know what he is doing now."

After lunch, Prince Fashir was sitting in the hut where he was imprisoned and was thinking about it. Then the door was suddenly opened. Lieutenant Colonel Randolph walked in in a big way, followed by two SS members with wide arms and round waists.

"Fasil, someone wants to see you." A SS shouted loudly in stiff Arabic.

"Who wants to see me?" Fahill asked, standing up.

"Don't talk nonsense, take him away quickly." Randolph put his hand behind him and turned his head coldly to the door.
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