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    The Hijaz region is located to the west of the Arabian Peninsula and along the Red Sea coast.  (Baidu Search) This place was originally ruled by the Ottoman Empire. However, after Britain, France and other countries began to invade one after another, the Ottoman Empire could not cope with it and had to retreat to the north.  The Hijaz region became an independent region through a combination of circumstances.  The Hijaz region is ruled by the Hashemite family, descendants of Muhammad, the founder of Islam.  This gives the Hashemite family high prestige among Arabs.  Now the 38th generation patriarch of the Hashemite family, Grand Sharif Hussein Ibn Ali of Mecca, is the actual ruler of this region.

    The establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the Saudi family gave the Hashemite family a great stimulus.  They also sought to establish a kingdom belonging to Hashemite family.  However, what they did not expect was that the Saudi Kingdom declared war on them before they had time to act.  The army controlled by the Hashemite family does not exceed 20,000 people, and its equipment is backward. It is simply unable to fight against the army of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  For a time, the Hijaz areas fell one after another.

    The Hashemite family is unwilling to be annexed.  In this case, Hussein ibn Ali began to actively look for foreign aid.  The British became Hussein Ibn Ali's first target.

    When Mecca was captured by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the end of August, important members of the Hashemite family had already gone to Cairo, Egypt.  There, they will meet with the British Governor in Egypt to discuss British support for the Hashemite family.  Britain is lacking an excuse to enter the Arabian Peninsula, and the arrival of the Hashemite family will undoubtedly give Britain this opportunity.  Since China can intervene in the Middle East on the pretext of helping the Saudi family, Britain and France can also intervene in the Middle East on the pretext of helping the Hashemite family.  Also, the Hashemite family is among the Arabs.  They also have a lofty status, which is very helpful for their generals to colonize the Arabian Peninsula.

    Another deeper reason is that Britain and France can use this excuse to start a war with China on the Arabian Peninsula.  But there is no need to declare war directly on China.  In the end, although the warring parties are China and Britain and France, in name, it is a war between the Saudi family and the Hashemite family that rule the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  Both China and Britain and France are just supporters of these two families.  There was no direct declaration of war.  There is no need to worry about entering a full-scale war stage.  Neither China nor Britain and France are willing to fight a full-scale war at this time.  Therefore, both parties understand this excuse.

    At the beginning of September, after a month of preparation.  France's 30,000-strong expeditionary force has landed in Palestine.  There is a French colony, and the Damascus area to the east is also France's sphere of influence, and the French army can move freely.  The British Expeditionary Force of 20,000 also arrived in the Sinai Peninsula.  Preparations for war have been made.

    At the same time, China's military mobilization has also been completed.  Three divisions of Marines.  Already arrived in Daman, Al-Hasa region.  A large amount of combat supplies also began to be loaded and unloaded.  However, China will not dispatch more troops until Britain and France continue to increase their troops.  With three divisions operating in the Arabian Peninsula, the logistical pressure is already very high.

    September 3rd.  Britain and France officially declared war on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the Hashemite family.  Fifty thousand British and French expeditionary troops.  Attack from the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  The Saudi Arabian army, which had just won the battle, was at a peak of morale.  Prince Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia rejected the Chinese military delegation's suggestion to lure the enemy deeper and launched a fierce battle with the British and French expeditionary forces in the northern border area.

    The fierce fighting between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the British and French expeditionary forces is concentrated in the Tabuk area, which is an important city in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula.  Prince Abdulaziz gathered 30,000 of the Kingdom's elite troops here.  The British and French forces also invested more than 30,000 troops, and the Hashemite family also invested nearly 10,000 troops.

    The battle was very fierce. Although the Saudi Kingdom¡¯s army was considered to be the strongest in the Middle East, it was still not enough when faced with the veteran British and French expeditionary forces.  Whether it is equipment or training, there is still a big gap compared with the British and French coalition forces.  After three days of hard fighting, Tabuk was captured. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia lost more than 20,000 troops. Prince Abdul Aziz had to fall back to the east with 10,000 remaining troops. The defeated generals retreated in embarrassment to the east, sweeping the entire western part of the Arabian Peninsula.  The area was lost to the British and French forces.  In this battle, the British and French forces also lost nearly 5,000 troops, and the Hashemite family's army lost more than half.  After all, the military of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is trained by Chinese officers, and its combat power cannot be underestimated!

    After the Saudi army was defeated, the Hashemite family immediately announced the establishment of the Kingdom of Hijaz in the western Arabian Peninsula and called on all Arabs to unite to support the orthodox Hashemite family and overthrow the brutal Saudi family.  For a time, the Saudi familyThe situation is extremely difficult!

    King Abdulrahman of Saudi Arabia urgently sought help from Major General Li Hainan, the top commander of China¡¯s military garrison in Saudi Arabia and commander of the Eighth Marine Division.  He knew that if the Chinese army did not take action, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would simply not be able to withstand the attack of the British and French coalition forces.

    Of course, China cannot stand idly by. China¡¯s interests are all tied to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  If the Saudi Kingdom is overthrown, all China's previous efforts will be in vain.

    Therefore, among the three divisions of the Chinese Marine Corps, except for the 9th Division, which stayed to guard the Hasa area, the other 8th and 10th Divisions immediately advanced westward.  However, the Chinese army cannot adapt to the climate of the Arabian Peninsula, and coupled with transportation problems, the advancement speed is too slow.  Fortunately, the British and French coalition forces also faced this problem. In this regard, neither side took advantage.

    On September 27, the Chinese army and the British and French coalition forces encountered each other in the Buraidah region in the central Arabian Peninsula.  Here, the two sides started a fierce battle.  The total strength of the British and French coalition forces is more than 40,000, while the Chinese army has only more than 30,000. Even if 10,000 Saudi Arabian troops are added, they are still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength.  However, the number of troops cannot determine the victory of a war.  Although the Chinese army does not have an advantage in terms of military strength, its combat power is far superior to that of the British and French coalition forces.

    The two Marine Divisions of the Chinese Army have hundreds of artillery pieces above 105 mm. The equipment of the Marine Divisions is exactly the same as that of the Army Divisions.  However, in order to facilitate landing, more light weapons are equipped.  The British and French coalition forces numbered more than 40,000 people and had only more than 100 cannons in total, plus many artillery pieces with a caliber of less than 100 mm.

    The battle was very fierce, and the two sides fought around Buraidah for three full days.  However, in the final result, the British and French forces were defeated, losing more than 20,000 people, and had to retreat westward.  The losses of the Chinese army were less than 3,000.  Most of them were lost in combat due to unfavorable weather conditions.  However, although the Chinese army won the battle, it also lost the ability to pursue.  A major war depleted the Chinese army's ammunition reserves, and it was very difficult to resupply in the desert.  Although the ammunition supplies in Dammam have been piled up, it is very difficult to transport them to the front line. Even if the Saudi Kingdom organizes many transport teams, it is difficult to meet the consumption of ammunition.

    At the same time, the disastrous defeat of the British and French forces caused huge shock in Britain and France.  The British and French governments have stated that they will continue to send more troops to the Arabian Peninsula. Among them, France will send an additional 50,000 troops and the United Kingdom will send an additional 30,000 troops.  Before the reinforcements arrived, the British and French forces all retreated to the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula, near Egypt, and confronted the Chinese army.

    For a time, the situation in the Arabian Peninsula fell into a stalemate.  However, both sides continue to accumulate strength.  Before this, no one was willing to have another war break out.

    In addition, both sides also found that it seemed impossible to launch a large-scale war on the Arabian Peninsula.  The logistical pressure alone was enough to collapse the unit.  It is already very difficult to satisfy tens of thousands of people in combat!

    Although military operations have stopped, other operations are still in full swing.  On the one hand, the Chinese army has strengthened the delivery of supplies to the front line, and on the other hand, it continues to arm the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  Although the Arabs' combat power is low, they are better able to adapt to the climate here. It is most suitable to use them to assist in the attack.  For this reason, China proposed to help the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia arm an army of 100,000 people for this war.  Saudi King Abdul Rahman agreed.  Anyway, all the expenses are loans from China and then deducted from the annual rent paid by China. They do not need to be borne by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Why would they not be willing?  Once defeated, the Saud family will be doomed.  Therefore, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is very active in expanding its army.

    In addition, China¡¯s Military Intelligence Bureau has also begun to take active actions.  Around the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, they are active in the Sultanate of Muscat, the Emirate of Oman, the Kingdom of Kuwait, and the Kingdom of Persia in the north.  China is very interested in breaking British colonial rule in the Middle East.  At the same time, this is a country in the Middle East that has seen the example of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is very happy to accept help from China.  For a time, the entire Middle East region was filled with smoke on an invisible battlefield.

    Wang Yuze even personally instructed that it would be best if the British could be tricked outside the battlefield.  The Kingdom of Kuwait, which is close to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and has good relations with the Saudi family, is China's main target!
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