Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Chapter 178: Could it be that there is a gun but no bullets?

"Naji, tell me, what should we do now." Unlike the worries on the faces of several others, Ibn Saud's face was still so conniving, which made others feel infected by her. The mood calmed down.

It's not that Ibn Saud is not in a hurry, but that he basically doesn't know how to be anxious now. If he was really conniving and unbreakable before Spain came to participate, then after Spain participated in this war After that, he was frightened. Not to mention saying that the lord of a country or the chief of a tribe should be extremely calm. Those are all nonsense. They are just to give his subordinates more confidence to be by his side. That's all, just pretending.

Just as he had worried at the beginning, things came to him in the direction he thought. When he came to Riyadh, the city that helped him become famous in the Middle East, Spain finally came over with Rashid and his gang. If he was still extremely calm at this time, fifty miles away from Riyadh, then it would really be the result of Allah's possession. But, is this possible? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Naji was the right-hand man he single-handedly brought out, and he was also the one who absolutely supported him in the tribe. It was him who was the reason why he was still slightly more powerful than Sheikh because of his support. It was also because of him that he got his father's consent for the two to compete for the position of chief. Ibn Saud quickly gained the support of everyone in the tribe, because to a large extent, Naji was one of the military leaders. , the second military leader after the chief.

Regardless of the favor of assistance or the prestige of the military, Ibn attaches great importance to Najib's opinions.

"Chief, I think it is necessary for us to change our previous strategies."

"Change strategy, you mean, we should?" Ibn Saud looked unnaturally at the direction to the south, where a large number of British troops were stationed.

Najib nodded, "There's nothing we can do about it. No one thought that Spain would show up here. If they hadn't showed up, I think, according to our original plan, it would only take another six months for us to smuggle Once we get the weapons, we will have an absolute advantage and overthrow the Rashid family. But now the changes are happening so fast, it is really hard to imagine. If we had known that such a result would happen, we We should have directly defeated Hafu Abatin in cities such as Hong Kong, Xia and Buraidah, regardless of casualties, leaving them with no place to hide and annihilating them. In that case, such a result would not have occurred."

"However, at the beginning, we were not worried that the British and the Ottoman Empire would not allow us to completely occupy the Kingdom of Najd, so we were afraid of their intervention and suspended our operations. However, if we knew such a result, we really shouldn't be worried. Alas, I really agreed with that sentence of "Who knows what will happen tomorrow?" It's really accurate."

"Chief, tell me, is this too coincidental? In the past few years, when has it not happened? But when we still have a month or two to prepare, suddenly Spain It’s coming, and this time is too suspicious.”

Najib's words were a wake-up call to Ibn Saud. Yes, why did it happen by such a coincidence? Not many people knew about their plan in the first place. If they were all counted, there would definitely be no more than ten people, including several garrison commanders. These were all his cronies. Except for the Sheikh and Ben La of Ke Zilefi, However, come to think of it, they would never betray the interests of the Saudi tribe for the sake of personal conflicts. This matter is really a bit mysterious and difficult to understand.

Naturally, Najib also suspected Sheikh. He still knew the character of Bin La, so he immediately dispatched Bin La. Sheikh was competing with Ibn for the position of patriarch of the Saudi family and tribal chief. This suspicion was still Yes, but after thinking about it, he let it go first, because this matter involved the family affairs of the chief's family, and it would be better for them to make less comments.

"Tell me, could it be Talal?" Iben thought for a moment, and then a name came out of his mouth that shocked Najib.

Talal! Najib's left and right eyelids were beating, and his heart was pounding. Talal, many people may not know his relationship with Chief Ibn, but as the most trusted person by Ibn, how could Naji not know about Talal? The existence of Lal, Talal has always been Ibn Saud's weapons supplier, and is also the source of weapons for the Saudi family. He is one of the secret forces that Ibn most relies on in his conquests in the past ten years. Now, my God, Ibn actually doubted him. Could this be an omen? That is, next time, he might also be on the suspected list. He was so scared when he thought about it. Terrified.

Ibn didn't know if he did it on purpose, but after taking a serious look at Najib, he said: "I doubt him for a reason. The reason why I was able to rise so quickly in Riyadh was because of him. The reason why the weapons were provided to us was that they were even free at the beginning. But don’t you doubt it? This thing is too unbelievable. At that time, the price of the weapons was only half."

"Afterwards, although he said it was a long-term investment, yes, I admit that this is indeed reasonable. Then, we did not receive many weapons from them. It is said that countries control smuggling of weapons very strictly, and it is difficult to I obtained weapons, but I checked the sources of the weapons under his banner, Spain, Italy, Germany, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and found that although the arms control in these countries is somewhat stricter now than it was then, it is still not too strict. However, the impact on us is much greater than that of ten years ago. The weapons we have received are not even one-fifth of what they were ten years ago. This makes us originally want to capture Haf Abatin a few years in advance. The plan can only be left to the current plan.”

Naji thought at this time, it was really like this, "The sheikh wanted to say that recently when large quantities of goods were about to be delivered, Spain, Talal's largest source of weapons, suddenly came to the Arabian Peninsula. There must be a connection. s reason?"

"Yes, I'm pretty sure that the Spanish government definitely knew about our plan and carried out this matter, otherwise they wouldn't have known it accurately."

"But Talal doesn't know our plan either."

"But, have you forgotten that, including you and me, we have a very good impression of Talal? We, the kind-hearted people, have always regarded him as one of the people we trust most. God knows, will he learn from other people?" Where did someone get this information?”

this? Najib did not expect this. Yes, if Talal asked him this question, then he might hesitate for a while before telling him, because the fact that the other party has been actively helping the Saudi family for more than ten years has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he has already Gained everyone's trust.

"I think it would be better for us to ask him directly."

Today's Ibn was still beyond Najib's expectation, because his answer was: he was already on his way.

Sure enough, in less than five minutes, Talal in Arab attire came to the two of them. Talal, who was in his thirties, still looked as honest and honest as before. It was easy for him to do this. You can capture the trust of others.

"Your Majesty remembers to call me here so much. It must be something urgent. What is it? Is it because the army heading to Rashid is coming again? Don't worry, you two, we are already changing the route to smuggle the smuggled weapons from The Kingdom of Hijaz and the British-administered Yemen have entered our area. I think they will arrive as long as they persist for more than ten days." As soon as he sat down, Talal couldn't wait to tell this very important news to him. .

"Really, that's great." Iben and Naji looked at each other and said in praise.

Najib said: "I don't know which country the weapons obtained this time are from."

Talal had no doubt that he was there, and said excitedly, "We have them from several major countries, but this time they are mainly weapons from Spain. Let me tell you two quietly that we got some good stuff this time." The more he said, the look on his face His expression turned redder, and you could see how excited he was.

Seeing Talal like this, Iben and Iben were moved in their hearts. Iben signaled Najib to cast his gaze over, then glanced at Talal and said with a smile, "What kind of weapon makes you so happy?"

"Machine guns, machine guns made in Spain, are the kind of machine guns used by Spain on the front line now."

"What, what did you say?" Ibn Saud's original curiosity suddenly turned into surprise. It turned out to be that kind of machine gun. At this time, any doubtful thoughts were concocted in the back of his mind. At this time , Weapons are the only way to protect yourself, and having weapons is the most important thing. This is the most important creed that all major forces rely on.

Iben naturally became more aware of this, especially from the recent confrontation with Spain, he deeply understood the importance of advanced weapons. Originally, he wanted to focus on the British machine guns. , or even the German Mauser, but now Talal can actually get Spanish machine guns in service, which is of course even better in comparison."

Najib was also very excited. As long as he had these machine guns, Riyadh would be safe when he arrived. However, he thought of a question, that is, can the bullets be provided? This issue is definitely very important. If you have a gun but no bullets, it is better to get a piece of steel to make it more practical. He asked, worried about bullets. (To be continued.