Ch.341Towards the Integration of Three Middle Eastern Countries

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I’ll root out those who defy me completely! Let’s say I brutally capture these bastards like this. What will happen in the future?

“Why on earth did you behead the French teacher?”

“Those bastards threw the nuclear bomb, it was Pétain, but they blame Allah for launching it! Defying Allah means death!”

Wouldn’t it turn out like this?

Of course, this is almost extreme. It’s really just preparing for how this might be distorted in the future.

So, for now, I need to be as open-minded as possible.

“Are you really planning to acquit them?”

Honestly, I’d like to kill them all, but I wonder if that would even mean anything at this point.

I’m immortal anyway, and it seems pointless to kill them just because I find them offensive.

Looking at Shah Pahlavi II staring blankly in the distance, I can tell he witnessed it too.

No matter how much these people might be rioters or rebels, I am still the Emperor of Russia, and that Pahlavi II is the king of this country.

It might look like I’m interfering too much in their internal affairs.

Whatever the cause, I need to show mercy.

“That’s right.”

“Your Majesty shows mercy even to those who tried to assassinate you.”

“Now, let’s stop these meaningless deaths and return to your livelihoods. I have no intention of becoming your Allah, nor do I force death upon you, nor do I harbor any ill feelings. You live your lives, and I will live mine.”

With those words, I turned my back.

The rebellion is essentially over.

“Ah, finally it’s over.”

I’m truly sick and tired of this.

Now that these bastards are finally finished, I won’t have to worry about bomb attacks anymore.

I don’t have to wear a hijab anymore!

I want to walk around Moscow freely. If I could go to the Kremlin Palace right now, I might even run naked through the corridors.

No, wait. That old man who’s into voyeurism might throw me into the Kremlin, so I take that back.

“Hmm, this actually turned out well.”

“General Ungern, what do you mean by that?”

Is he saying it’s good that I got caught in an explosion and got hurt?

Is that the kind of person Zhukov is?

“The fundamentalists gathered on their own. This means that other Muslims have essentially submitted to the Tsar.”

In other words, those who gathered here were truly the ones who opposed me.

Conversely, those who didn’t show up must have accepted the Islamic-Hellenistic Federation.

“So it’s like they’ve been filtered out, and we’ve settled it all at once. I see.”

This means I don’t have to step forward anymore.

“Yes.”

“Well, apart from the extreme pain I suffered, it’s not bad.”

Except for the extreme pain, it’s not a bad deal.

I can probably reduce the chances of being targeted by terrorism in the future.

But you know what?

“But why aren’t these bastards here yet?”

I suddenly lost my patience.

Why are these Greeks causing me so much trouble?

Do they seriously want to get involved? Do they want all of Greece to become a nuclear missile testing ground?

This isn’t something I can just let slide.

Do you know how long it took me to gather all these fundamentalist rebels?

How long does it take these guys to retreat?

“Uh, well, about that.”

Just then, word came that the Greek army had sent a telegram, and judging by Zhukov’s hesitation, these Greek bastards must have done something.

Why are you being so evasive?

I can just feel it, you know? These bastards probably got stuck in Afghanistan and got themselves killed.

That bastard Papagos. He just had to meddle with what I told him not to touch.

I was planning to use the retreating troops to capture the fundamentalists when things got difficult here, but the situation was resolved faster than expected, and the Greek army has now done something.

“Didn’t I make myself clear? I told them to retreat quickly until I dealt with the fundamentalists. I told them not to get bogged down in Afghanistan.”

I clearly said that.

Damn you all, stop wasting time. Japan is waiting. We need to pull out of the Middle East quickly because of East Japan.

Even if we’re incorporating the Middle East into our territory, it’s not more important than the World War.

Master Mo Zengong isn’t really that impressive in terms of actual capabilities.

“Well, um, you see…”

Why is this guy being so tantalizing? What could possibly be going on?

“General Zhukov, can’t you speak quickly? As a saint, I can listen to anything.”

“That’s right. Speak up quickly. If something happens in Afghanistan, we might have to abandon Japan.”

At my words, Zhukov rolled his eyes around and carefully opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty, the Greek army has occupied Panjshir and destroyed the Islamic Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.”

“Hahaha, did Alexander the Great possess the Greek army or something?”

“If they couldn’t conquer Afghanistan with our weapons, they wouldn’t deserve to be called a nation. After all, Afghanistan is just a backward country, isn’t it?”

Huh? Did I hear that correctly?

Well, it seems right, but it also feels a bit off.

I was so surprised that I only reacted after Ungern and the other officers had already expressed their admiration.

“W-what?”

Is what I just heard with my own ears really true?

I tried to recall what I had just heard, wondering what it meant.

No matter how many times I replay it, it sounds like Greece crushed Afghanistan. Really?

“First of all, missiles and other weapons were ineffective. This was similar to the global strategy Your Majesty provided.”

Right. Missiles and various weapons were ineffective.

If they were ineffective, how on earth did they manage to occupy it?

Maybe I’ve been thinking too much in terms of the modern era.

“So what happened next?”

How did they manage to occupy Afghanistan?

I clearly told them to withdraw.

If they get stuck in Afghanistan, we won’t be able to focus on Japan.

“After that, Greece interpreted our withdrawal request as a demand to handle things quickly, so they urgently revised their strategy and sent in only infantry. Out of a total force of 60,000, they suffered 15,000 casualties, occupied Panjshir, and began taking control of northern Afghanistan.”

This means that while Iraq and Iran ended peacefully as planned, Afghanistan was the one that ended with military force.

But they’ve taken over Afghanistan.

Well, the circumstances here are different from the original history.

Afghanistan’s outdated weapons must have had their limitations.

“Uh, well. Maybe this is for the best.”

Should I just look at this positively? Hmm.

Thinking about the original world, it’s really quite strange. How could this happen?

Was Afghanistan actually an easy country to conquer all along?

Well, even if it’s easy, attacking without proper justification isn’t good.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty.”

Yes. I’m not sure if this is something to celebrate.

How much damage did they suffer? If the Greek army managed to occupy Afghanistan, they must have suffered tremendous casualties.

Regardless, I thought it would be difficult.

“Didn’t Your Majesty say Afghanistan would be a difficult country?”

That’s right. I definitely thought it would be difficult.

“But this might lead to sporadic resistance.”

That’s another problem we need to solve.

If we’re not careful, we could lose everything.

We could end up being tied down in Afghanistan for a long time.

I wouldn’t care if only the Greeks were dying, but since they’re part of the Constantinople Treaty Organization, we all have to get involved.

Damn these bastards.

It’s impressive that they succeeded, but this means we’ll all have to fight.

“Thanks to the Afghan king accepting our proposal early on, the Northern Alliance has been classified as rebels against Afghanistan.”

Rebels against Afghanistan.

“Oh, really?”

Is this okay? Something seems a bit strange. Does this mean Afghanistan can be taken over so easily?

“Yes. The Afghan king surrendered early, and there were groups resisting this.”

“How did rebels appear so quickly?”

It’s only been a few months at most.

Let’s say the Afghan government saw Iraq and Iran getting beaten by Greece’s small army and decided there was no point in resisting, so they surrendered.

I can understand that much.

But in that time, the Islamic Northern Alliance was formed? That’s the part that seems a bit suspicious.

I’m seriously wondering if these Greek bastards are cheating.

“To be precise, they seem to have realized early on that the Constantinople Treaty Organization was targeting the Middle East and wanted to fight back.”

I wonder if there were already such signs.

If they’ve defeated the Northern Alliance, then Afghanistan is essentially over.

The Panjshir region would be handed over to the pro-Roman Afghan kingdom government.

“Hmm. Is that possible?”

The problem is that this is essentially a military occupation.

Even if Afghanistan still exists as a country, there will be major issues with public sentiment.

Even if they’ve suppressed everything, we can’t rule out guerrilla activity.

“Now we just need to deal with Japan comfortably. Hahahahaha!”

This is no laughing matter.

As I said, they’re a military problem too.

Just because Panjshir has fallen, will they all disappear completely? Or will guerrillas remain?

“Isn’t there a possibility of guerrillas?”

Couldn’t groups like the Taliban emerge?

We need to be on high alert.

To be honest, in these crazy Islamic neighborhoods, they tend to seek even more vicious revenge when you kill their people.

I’m planning to go to Afghanistan to help this time too.

Especially since the kingdom government yielded first, right? In this case, it makes sense to support them. The purpose is to support a government that has suffered from rebels.

Since we’ve all suffered damage, we should help each other, right? That’s how the Islamic-Hellenistic Federation emerges.

But we need to consider the case where guerrillas become a long-term nuisance.

“Unfortunately, they’ve run out of supplies. Even if they wanted to engage in guerrilla warfare, wouldn’t it be difficult?”

Will it really end that easily?

Guerrillas are the type who fight even with limited equipment. Even if the Northern Alliance has collapsed, they might still hide and fight here and there.

In that case, there’s only one solution.

We need to step in directly, show that we’re good people, and give generously to the existing Afghan government so that life becomes much more comfortable than before. Would guerrillas emerge then?

“From that point on, we’ll have to step in directly.”

“You mean appeasing the public.”

Anyway, since the government has accepted our proposal, there was no war.

We just suppressed rebels.

As proof of this, we need to provide plenty of aid to show that we’re their friends.

This way, we work on public sentiment, pretend to provide support, and also deploy Constantinople Treaty officials to take control of the administration.

We need to secure Afghanistan for sure, if nowhere else.

But before that, we need to deal with Papagos, who has been irritating me.

“Since the Greeks have already done this, let’s dismiss Papagos for his achievements.”

“Won’t he be discontented?”

Papagos might be discontented? But that’s not my problem.

“I’m dismissing him from this expedition. He’ll still remain in the Greek army. Honestly, I told him to withdraw, but he insisted on doing this.”

To be honest, he did well, but at the same time, it’s annoying.

As well as he did, Greece should get its fair share, but Papagos needs to be kept at home.

At least on the surface, we need to show that we’re removing him.

Let’s just say the Islamic-Hellenistic Federation is a force above the concept of nations. The Afghan kingdom government was in a position to cooperate with us from the beginning. It wasn’t even a surrender.

However, the Islamic Northern Alliance opposed this.

They were treated as Afghan rebels and were crushed after the heroic struggle of the Greek army.

“Out of 50,000, 15,000 were killed or injured.”

Although they say killed or injured, there must be a lot of deaths.

If they held out in Panjshir and rushed in, there must have been a tremendous number of casualties.

At the Greek army’s level, if 15,000 died, oh my, that’s pitiful.

The casualties will probably increase as they try to secure Afghanistan, right?

60,000 is essentially the maximum number of elite troops Greece can field.

Should I take care of them that much?

“Well, they made an effort, so I should treat them accordingly.”

I can reward those who make an effort.

Unfortunately, Greece made a great effort this time.

“Are you thinking of rewarding Greece?”

“Reward, should I call it that? Not exactly a reward.”

Anyway, capturing Afghanistan is essentially an achievement.

So, I could give them some resources.

Of course, I should give them a share but put more than half under the Constantinople Treaty’s name.

It’s annoying, but if they performed that well, it’s hard to ignore.

“There’s no need to go all the way to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.”

“Yes. If they’ve already accepted our proposal, wouldn’t it be an option to invite the king to Tehran?”

“That’s right.”

Look at the three countries: Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.

Right in the center is Tehran, Iran.

Yes. It would be better to place the headquarters of the Islamic-Hellenistic Federation in Tehran.

“Invite Papagos and the king here.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. I will summon them.”

Now, let’s quickly integrate the Middle East.