Chapter 612 The Sword Points at Persia

This year is the first since the founding of Australasia that no major events will be held.

Although he took control of two new countries last year, Arthur decided to hold a grand military parade at the National Day Ceremony next year, which is the 20th anniversary of the founding of the country.

The last tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China did not have many celebrations due to the war. Overall, it was quite a pity.

This is the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. No matter what, a grand military parade must be held to celebrate with the country and the people.

The good news is that there is still a full year before the military parade, which is enough for the army to select the soldiers for review and undergo more rigorous training within this year to prepare for the next military parade.

In order to show the importance they attach to this military parade, the Philippines and El Salvador will also participate in the military parade, and Arthur will even invite powers like the United Kingdom to participate.

Currently, Australasia is definitely a powerful country competing for the top three in the world, so it is understandable to hold such a grand ceremony.

Of course, the current military parade is only in the preparation stage. As for the scale of the military parade, the size of the troops participating in the review, and the specific procedures of the National Day activities, government officials need to consider it.

Compared with the military parade, Arthur obviously paid more attention to the British proposal, which was to completely carve up the entire Persian Gulf coast.

As mentioned before, there are currently only three powers left on the Persian Gulf coast, namely Britain, Australasia and the Qajar dynasty of Persia.

It goes without saying that Britain and Australia are two countries, and the only purpose of the British proposal is precisely in Persia, which has recently experienced changes.

Due to the Russian war, Russian power had basically withdrawn from Persia, leaving only the British still in control of this area.

According to the previous treaty between Britain and Russia, the northern part of Persia belonged to Russia, the southern part belonged to Britain, and the central part was a buffer zone between the two countries.

Now, after the withdrawal of Russian forces, the British naturally set their sights on central and northern Persia.

Yes, the Qajar dynasty in Persia has not yet perished.

In fact, if you understand the history of Persia during this period, you will understand the real reason why the Qajar dynasty has not perished until now.

Historically, the establishment of the Pahlavi Dynasty was actually the result of the game between Britain and Russia in Persia. Britain attempted to fully control Persia, while Soviet Russia at that time claimed to give up all Russia's unequal interests in Persia and supported Persia and Britain in their struggle for independence.

This caused Persia at that time to instantly become pro-Russian and hostile to Britain, and the British had to find ways to change this outcome.

But it is different now. There is no one in Persia now competing with the British. The British do not need to support an agent, but instead aim to completely control Persia.

If you have a map, you can see that the geographical location of Persia is very important to Britain. This is the real reason why Russia and Britain had a long-term competition in this land.

First of all, let’s look at the geographical location of Persia. The south coast is close to the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, making it a very advantageous outlet to the sea.

To the east is India, the most important region for the British, and to the west is Mesopotamia, the richest region in the Middle East, and connects the Middle East and India.

If they could control Persia, the British would be able to establish a sphere of influence from India to the Middle East, from the Middle East to Egypt, and from Egypt to South Africa.

Completely connected colonies can not only greatly strengthen the British's control in these areas, but also make the British colonies more stable.

After all, what the British are most worried about is India's problem. As long as Persia is controlled, India's stability will be greatly improved.

India's geographical location was also very important to Russia before. This is an outlet to the ocean that can be reached without going through the Suez Canal. It is also an excellent ice-free port in the eyes of the Russians.

But because they are so close to India, even if the Russians had a long-term competition with the British on this land, they were still no match for the British.

Now that Russia's power has withdrawn, Britain can no longer control its ambitions. For the British, a Persia completely under their control is what the current Persian Empire should be like.

Of course, in order to win over Australasia and deal with Persia as an opponent as soon as possible, the British also decided to take advantage of the trend to clean up some indigenous forces in the Middle East, and work with Australasia to completely control the entire Middle East.

After acquiring the land divided from the Ottoman Empire, Britain was already the largest country in the Middle East.

If it could complete this sweep of the indigenous people, Britain would establish a sphere of influence from Persia to the Mesopotamian plains, then surround the entire Arabian Peninsula, and finally stay in the Sultanate of Oman.

This also means that, except for the Persian Gulf coast of Australasia and parts of the interior, the British will control most of the Middle East.

The sphere of influence allocated to Australasia is the current Rashid Emirate, a landlocked indigenous state located in the center of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula.

The scope of this indigenous force is actually quite large, covering an area of ​​millions of square kilometers, and also has an indigenous population of hundreds of thousands.

The real reason why the British generously gave this land to Australasia was because they felt that this land, which was mostly desert, didn't have much value. They couldn't make money by selling the sand!

Compared with this desert, if they could control the Persian and Mesopotamian plains, which would be equivalent to half of India, it would be the area that the British really cared about.

Arthur was still very interested in the British proposal to form a coalition to clean up the indigenous people.

Although the value of the entire Rashid Emir State is really not high, there are still some areas close to the coast of the Persian Gulf, where there is a high probability that oil will be distributed.

This was land that the British came to their doorstep on their own initiative. They only needed to pay an army to work together to obtain this land. Naturally, Arthur would not refuse.

In fact, fighting these natives is the easiest. Under the premise of comprehensive crushing of weapons and equipment, as long as you are not too wasteful and rely solely on fire suppression, you can win the war with lower casualties.

This is no longer the era of cold weapons. With planes flying overhead, it will be difficult for the side with lagging weapons and equipment to win.

Moreover, whether it is the Qajar dynasty in Persia or other indigenous forces in the Middle East, their internal cohesion is not too high and they are definitely not monolithic.

Persia, in particular, has been infiltrated and corrupted by the British for a long time, and has even become a semi-colony of the British. It is relatively simple to occupy.

But having said that, Arthur still made his own request, which was to ask the British to be responsible for the logistics supply of the Australasian army.

No matter who the war is with, as long as it is a war, the cost will not be low.

In actual combat, the soldiers' marksmanship was definitely not that accurate, and most of the bullets were actually wasted.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. You can't still require soldiers to aim carefully before shooting on the battlefield. Then why do you need fire suppression?

Most soldiers even just aim hastily when firing. After all, reality and games are different.

Characters in the game can survive after being shot several times, but in real life, if a soldier takes one shot, he is very likely to lose his combat effectiveness, or even risk death if he doesn't handle it well.

Of course, this is subject to the premise that there is no critical hit. If you are unlucky and hit a vital point, you can only honorably declare that you and the bullet are exchanged for one.

There are people who can grit their teeth and fight back even after being shot, but they are definitely rare in the army.

This is also the reason why Arthur vigorously promotes the concept of firepower as king in the army. Although advocating firepower will lead to some waste and high military expenditures, it is much better than causing a large number of casualties.

Australasia lacked manpower before, but now that the population has increased, it will never abandon the concept of focusing on firepower.

After all, there are many ways to make money, especially for a country. But the loss of manpower is a loss for any country. No war in Australasia will use human lives unless it is a last resort.

Of course, the human lives mentioned here are the lives of Australasians, not those of indigenous people before and now Filipinos.

Australasian life is precious, but Filipino life is not.

Like the natives of the Dutch East Indies, the Filipinos are also very fertile, and their population growth rate has always been high.

Arthur has benefited from a comprehensive census conducted by the Philippine government. Although it is impossible to have a figure that is accurate to single digits, at least it is much more accurate than the current estimates of the Philippine government.

Judging from the situation in the Philippines, the current population is definitely in the tens of millions, and the annual population growth rate is not low.

In addition to being a guaranteed market, this population is also cannon fodder and manpower in wars. This is the value of the Philippines to Australasia.

Of course, this operation in Persia will also bring the Philippine army, and even the Philippine army is the main force in Australasia.

After all, the British were unwilling to suffer casualties, and the same was true in Australasia. Instead of letting the Australasians and Persians fight to the death, it would be better to let the Filipinos and Persians compete in force.

Anyway, the Philippines has now entered a state of peace. Instead of letting these Filipino troops stay in the Philippines doing nothing, it is better to transport them to Persia to fight, which can also improve the combat level of these Filipinos.

With this war, he can also take the opportunity to support several Filipino officers who are close to Australasia, so that Arthur can better control the Philippines.

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