British Civil Servant

Vol 2 Chapter 677: Suppression of Free Officers

After walking out of General Mountbatten's headquarters, Alan Wilson immediately got in touch with the embassy in Egypt through the telegraph room here. Grace, who had been staying in Egypt, learned of Alan Wilson's news again after a month.

After translating the telegram, he left the embassy in Cairo and went down the river to meet King Farouk I of Egypt, expressing Britain's support for the cleaning of the house of the Egyptian royal family.

After doing all this, Grace went directly to the British military base in Alexandria. On the one hand, they are watching the fire from the other side, and on the other hand, they can keep in touch with Cyprus at any time.

At a critical moment concerning the future political direction of Egypt, Alan Wilson is not irrelevant, on the contrary, he is busy now. Communicating with the Greek upper echelons of Cyprus.

Cyprus was also a colony, but the main population of the island was Greeks. Since it is a colony, at this moment, when the British Empire is going downhill, Cyprus naturally also has the problems encountered by other colonies.

Cyprus, of course, also seeks independence, although so far it has not been committed to military action. But it cannot be ignored that the Greeks on the island are indeed very dissatisfied with their colonial positioning.

Alan Wilson remembers Cyprus, mainly because Cyprus later gave rise to a sovereignty dispute between Greece and Turkey.

Yes, this is of course also related to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom traditionally tends to merge colonies and has made great contributions to the unification of countries around the world, but at the same time, it tends to merge colonies with different nationalities in one country.

Although a common country can cause ethnic conflicts, it is tolerated for the sake of more land. If it is really unbearable, there will be partition of India and Pakistan. Or like the example of Malaysia kicking Singapore out.

Later, Cyprus caused a rivalry between Greece and Turkey, which was also related to Britain. The fundamental reason is that the Greeks were fighting for independence, and the British supported the Turks, resulting in the competition between Greece and Turkey for Cyprus.

In addition, as early as before World War II, on the mainland of Greece, there were growing calls for Cyprus to break away from British rule and return to Greece. They secretly instigated the Greeks in Cyprus to implement a combination of pro-democracy marches and armed insurrection.

After the end of World War II, the Cyprus issue surfaced again, so would it be feasible to return Cyprus to Greece? The answer is no, because Turkey's population and national strength are greater than Greece's, and the main force preventing the Soviet Union from going south comes from Turkey, not Greece.

Therefore, the free world cannot harm Turkey as a human shield. It is not only the UK who thinks this way. The US also supports the UK in continuing to occupy Cyprus. To the north of Turkey is the Soviet Union, and to the north of Greece are Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Whether it is Turkey or Greece, they are the fortresses that prevent the Soviet Union from going south. Compared with the national strength of Turkey and Greece, Turkey has undoubtedly made a greater contribution.

Now that there are Turkish troops in mainland Greece, what can we do from the perspective of the United Kingdom? Day by day!

A diligent social public tool, he began to meet the leaders of the two ethnic groups in his father-in-law's territory. He also had a sincere attitude. Britain did not want a repeat of the history of feuding against each other after the partition of India and Pakistan.

But this is not what the United Kingdom said. Once the Greek and Turkish nationalist ideas enter Cyprus, it may be inevitable to open confrontation.

When it comes to mediating ethnic issues, Alan Wilson has grown from a fledgling to a more professional person.

It can be said that he has been doing this kind of work all the way, and he is not tired of it, but he is indeed used to it.

While he continued to do his old job in Cyprus, King Farouk I of Egypt, after receiving verbal assurances of support from the United Kingdom, finally decided to take action against the Free Officers' organization of these rebels.

King Farouk I of Cape Thien Palace ordered to the commander of the Royal Palace Guard to eradicate the Free Officers Organization supported by Israel, solve domestic hidden dangers, and maintain Egypt's leadership in the Arab world. This speech marks the official start of the operation to eradicate the Free Officers Organization!

At the same time, military and political chiefs all over Egypt received telegrams from Farouk I, and all of Egypt took action for a while, and threw themselves into the battle to eradicate Israel’s proxies, arresting members of the Free Officers Organization. Simultaneously across Egypt.

The middle and high-level military and political chiefs of Egypt who were loyal to Farouk I had long been worried about the development of the Free Officers Organization. Deep down, they were not disappointed with the king, but today they waited for the king's order to act decisively.

Under the leadership of the royal spy, a team that received Farouk I rushed to the residences of members of the Free Officers Organization, and everything seemed to be a matter of course.

However, in Cairo, the Free Officers Organization had been preparing to overthrow Farouk I, and immediately noticed the danger. It was not too late. Nasser reacted quickly, evaded the search, and immediately contacted the team that was ready to go. coup.

At this time, the situation in Cairo was very critical. Much of Cairo was out of control and surrounded by the king's army. The armed forces supporting the royal family far outnumbered Nasser's armed forces.

When Nasser was called to the crisis, he quickly reorganized the current situation with extraordinary energy.

Nasser once participated in the first Middle East war and was awarded the title of "Faluga Tiger". His first thought was how to use cannons.

He envisioned a plan to storm the rebel ranks with artillery fire. At that time, there were artillery and ammunition near Cairo, while forty cannons were idle in the army barracks northwest of Cairo.

Nasser immediately assigned his assistant to take two hundred soldiers and control the cannon in his hands.

A well-equipped king's army, led by spies, has taken control of Cairo's main streets. They thought that it would not be difficult to achieve this goal, so, in the midst of cheering cheers, they held up the flag and launched a search for the organization of free officers who fled everywhere.

After Nasser took control of the artillery, he greeted them with artillery fire. These teams, who thought it was just an arrest operation, did not expect to encounter such a scene at all. They were caught off guard by the artillery fire and could only fight back with rifles. After leaving behind two hundred bodies, they fled in a panic, dragging the wounded.

At this time, another group of 500 people rushed to Nasser to set up artillery positions. Nasser bombarded mercilessly, and the rebels quickly disintegrated. The battle was over after just over an hour.

The armies of these old kingdoms were vulnerable, but they were more powerful than ever, because Farouk I received verbal assurance from the United Kingdom and was very confident, and he issued a warrant in the telegram, which made the military and political leaders in Cairo feel confident.

Although Nasser could not be won for a while, the army loyal to the king still has an advantage. The most important thing is that Nasser can only contact members of the Free Officers Organization who are also in Cairo. These members are mainly middle and lower-level officers. Who let Nasser It's just a high school.

The imminent problem facing Nasser in front of him is that although he has guaranteed his own safety. But he couldn't control the radio. Nasser listened to the radio broadcast and was playing Farouk I's warrant, saying that the Free Officers Organization was a subversive organization supported by Israel to destabilize Egypt.

However, after investigation, most of the members of the Free Officers Organization did not know the real conspiracy of the organization, but were deceived, and they did not know that their so-called patriotism was actually harmful to the whole of Egypt.

Farouk I said that for most of the members of this organization, he himself will focus on education. It is hoped that these patriotic officers can continue to contribute to the Arab world led by the Kingdom of Egypt.

This broadcast was broadcast in the streets of Cairo, and Nasser knew it was over after hearing it. The radio broadcast of Farouk I's speech is fatal to the current Free Officers organization.

Once the citizens of Cairo believed the king's speech, the direction of the situation was obvious, and even the fighting enthusiasm within the Free Officers Organization would be disintegrated. Nasser knew right away that it was not a place to stay for long.

Several assistants next to him believed in Nasser and expressed their willingness to fight to the end for a better Egypt. Nasser was very moved, but he did not believe it, and immediately made an escape plan.

Farouk I's reversal of black and white made Nasser furious, but he knew that this was the difference between people being able to speak through radio broadcasts~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and he had no channel to speak.

He believed that he could also rely on the fighting power of his comrades, but he couldn't change the views of the Cairo citizens who heard the broadcast.

It is a realistic choice to escape from Cairo and wait for a comeback. Of course, the battle must continue.

The army supporting the king also mobilized armored vehicles to enter the urban area of ​​Cairo. The streets that the armored vehicles walked through were cheered by the citizens of Cairo, and many people cheered.

The addition of armored vehicles also made the battle a lot more intense. The sound of guns and guns rang out in Cairo. Along with the hail of bullets from the attacking team, the blood of both sides of the war was flying.

Da-da-da-the machine guns on the tower frantically fired a dense rain of bullets at the Egyptian soldiers exposed in the open space, and strafeed at the soldiers who were also Egyptians. The soldiers were suddenly covered with bullet holes and were swept to the ground. .

There were groans of pain, violent roars and violent gunfire everywhere, and the flying bullets made no place safe.

Time passed little by little, and the outcome was already obvious. Nasser decided to leave before the encirclement appeared. In fact, he was ready to do so as early as when Farouk I spoke on the radio.

How the nervous Nasser escaped, no one knows, but Nasser who escaped from Cairo felt like he had nowhere to live. Where could he go?

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