On this day, the first group of Armenians arrived in Basra. It was also on this day that the Southern Cross flag was officially raised from the Middle East territory of Sheffield. For Christians in the Middle East, their destiny will change from today on.

Sheffield doesn’t know if Israel will ever appear again. Anyway, he believes that from a bullshit perspective, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, an independent territory can become the spiritual homeland of Christians in the Middle East.

Why do you say that? Because he has heard that many Armenians burst into tears when they saw the flag of the former Allied Powers.

There are only a few factions of flags in the world. In Europe and the United States, there are two main types of flags. One is the tricolor flag popularized by France, and the other is the cross flag. In addition to the orthodox cross flag, there are other

Variations, even the German flag, are also one of the variations of the cross flag. The Southern Cross flag of the Confederate States of America is similar to the cross flag represented by Scotland, and looks like a big X.

"The territory of Kuwait will become the homeland of Christians in the Middle East. Sometimes historical evolution is interesting. Western Europe was obviously just the fringe of Christianity, but now it has become the center of Christianity. To be honest, the legitimacy of imperial Russia is much stronger than that of Western Europe today."

Sheffield was quite gratified by the Armenian reaction.

As soon as she heard the recognition of the legitimacy of the Russian Empire, Natalia was immediately happy. Her man was unusual. "Some people have always rejected Russians and Russian culture."

"If you don't label the Russians, how can you unite your own people? But when it comes to death, they will think of the benefits of Russia. What is really important in the Allied Alliance is Russia. To be honest, your motherland is in history

They are always being taken advantage of." Sheffield shrugged, "Compared to the British, Eastern European countries are still a bit too simple."

The slave owner did not show his desire to survive in front of Mao Mei, he really thought so. Take the current Middle East as an example, which country really wants to restore the glory of the Roman Empire and bring the squeezed Middle Eastern Christians

Rescue it? Britain and France both took advantage of it. The Russian Empire was really bent on completing this thing and taking back Constantinople.

When the First World War broke out, when Germany aggressively marched westward to attack France, the Russian Empire, regardless of its huge territory and slow mobilization efficiency, forcibly ordered frontline troops to attack Germany, forcing Germany to mobilize troops from the Western Front to return to defense. Germany was broken

The idea of ​​a quick battle and cutting France's throat.

Instead, the Russian Empire was surrounded and was left alone to withstand the attacks of the Allied Powers. Slave owners believed that Russia was more reliable than any other country when it was reliable. The key was that no one knew when this country would be reliable.

What a senior German fan, a French wife, an Ottoman Pasha, and today the slave owners have shown their cards, and only Russia can make people look at them differently.

"It's like you're labeling black people? Are you taking care of the emotions of white people in the country?" Natalia was very smart and immediately thought of something.

"Labeling is the easiest way to create stereotypes. Black people are barbaric and stupid, and yellow people are smart, cunning, and ambitious. White people are of course simple, noble and kind. From a national perspective, Western European countries are not as large as Eastern Europe in terms of land area and population.

, especially the Slavs are backed by imperial Russia, so the Russians must be stigmatized to unite non-Slavic ethnic groups. Within each country, attacking each other becomes more complicated. You should know that in the eyes of the Yankees,

The image of us Dixie people, right? You also know that the Yankee in me is screwed up."

Sheffield gave examples of labeling Mao girls from three aspects: race, country and region, and added, "Religion can also be used, and in the Middle East, it is especially necessary to start with religion. Of course, it is not appropriate now. It will be done in a few years."

have a look."

We all know that the labels of later peace religions are also applied to Hinduism. The former is cruel and the latter is stupid. Who is in control of world public opinion?

Compared with these two labels of incompetence and rage, the label on the Republic is nothing. At least it is recognized as a capable enemy.

In the Middle East, a place where the Peace Cult definitely has an absolute advantage, if the Peace Cult is not given some label to stabilize the faith of Christians, Kuwait will really be easily overwhelmed. So the slave owners are also thinking about how to label the main beliefs here.

There are still examples. The labels of Sunnis and Shiites must be different. There are still some heresies in Syria that are a fusion of Christians and peaceful believers, such as Alawites and Druze. These can all be used.

"Build an onion-shaped church for now? Don't worry about anything. We want to build the largest and most spectacular church in the Middle East. Maybe Kuwait will become the holy land for Christians in the Middle East in the future. It's not like you haven't seen it before. There are many in Texas.

The Orthodox Church. Greeks and Armenians both happen to be Orthodox.”

When the first group of people from the Migration Order arrived, Sheffield immediately began to take action on the issue of faith. He started his own territorial discoloration plan. It happened that Texas in this time and space provided experience in this area.

Moreover, in the eyes of Christians in the Middle East, the reputation of Imperial Russia is indeed very good, which is completely different from that in Western Europe. Even Christians in the Middle East and the Balkans know that Britain and France are unreliable. If you want to get out of trouble, you can only count on Imperial Russia.

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The two ethnic groups that were relocated happened to believe in the Orthodox Church, so the Kuwaiti territory naturally wanted to focus on Orthodox Christianity to unite people's hearts. In a more long-term idea, the empire finally collapsed, and this place can still accept a group of White Russians. It is disgusting and the biggest rival of the United States, the Soviet Union.

Well, it might have an impact on the outcome of the Cold War.

"Stop kissing, it's gone." Sheffield can only start to avoid his enthusiasm for Natalia. Ever since the policy of focusing on Orthodox Christianity was planned, Mao Mei has burst out with great enthusiasm. In the past few days

It's a bit sour!

Although this standard pillow style is very useful, as a middle-aged man, the slave owner is a bit unable to bear it.

Before leaving Kuwait, Sheffield determined how the Kuwaiti territory would be run. The territory would be dominated by Orthodox Christianity and absorb Christians from the Middle East. From now on, it would be run militarized, organized based on the militias of the southern states, and closely monitor the British and

The Arabs whom he bribed.

Once the situation changes, you can take the initiative to start a strike. This is of course to prepare for the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire simply cannot survive after World War I. Even if it does not participate in World War I, this is a very sad fact.

To be honest, the situation faced by the Ottoman Empire was much more serious than that of the Qing Dynasty. Its geographical location destined the Ottoman Empire to become a great power, and its end would be very miserable. However, the Ottoman Empire did not have a tradition of centralization.

Of course, there are advantages to a centralized state. First of all, its repressive capabilities will be greatly improved, it will be easier to mobilize the power of the country to fight wars, and it will be easier to maintain domestic stability. The Ottoman Empire cannot do these things!

If the Ottoman Empire did not participate in the World War, the European powers would not let this country go. In fact, before the outbreak of the war, the territory of the Ottoman Empire had already been divided by the Allies. Joining the Allied Powers in the World War was the death of the pro-German faction of the Ottoman Empire.

An act of survival.

As for how much Sheffield can snatch from the Arab-dominated areas in the Mesopotamia after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, it is still unknown, but as a greedy slave owner, he feels that including Basra and Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain will be included.

It would be best if the coastal areas were incorporated.

In this way, about 35% of the world's oil production is under his control, and he is one step closer to the goal of the final producer. The Persian Gulf region is not only rich in oil resources, but also has excellent mining conditions. The oil distribution is concentrated. At present,

Except for the discovery of oil wells on the border between Iraq and Persia, no oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, or Qatar in later generations. The British were still wandering around in Iraq, but they did not expect that the oil line in the Persian Gulf was so long.

"I want to do my old job again!" Sheffield sighed quietly, and the old job he mentioned was naturally the transfer of labor force. Unfortunately, there was no good target group.

Two months after arriving in Kuwait, Sheffield finally decided to leave the territory temporarily because he already had news that the negotiations on the Baghdad Railway between Britain and Germany had made decisive progress. The Germans agreed that Britain would enter the management of this railway.

Sharing the benefits brought by this railway, we also agreed that the Baghdad railway will not be built to the seaside, but will end at Basra.

After hearing the news, the slave owner knew that he should leave, otherwise the nasty British would come to visit him again. In October 1913, Germany officially announced the news to the outside world, and construction of the Baghdad Railway officially started.
Chapter completed!