Chapter 82 Role Transformation (Seeking monthly ticket recommendation ticket reward support)
"I can set up a company with the Meihua Company to jointly operate oil and other minerals, but you can only take 20% of the profits at most, and the remaining 80% will belong to the royal family. In addition, the Meihua Company can only operate some industries, and the specific ones can be discussed later, but garrisoning troops is absolutely not allowed, even if they are mercenaries."

Yahya said after thinking for a moment.

"That's impossible, Your Majesty. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not so easy to deal with. It will cost a huge price, otherwise you would not ask the Kingdom of Egypt for help." White immediately retorted.

"But your demands are too high. I cannot accept them, and my subjects will not agree to them." Yahya argued. In fact, he did not care about the feelings of his subjects at all.

White also felt that the time was right. The requirements put forward earlier had left room for negotiation. Just as White was about to lower his demands, someone spoke up.

“Your Majesty, don’t panic. Although the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has an advantage in weapons and equipment, it must pass through a large mountainous area to attack Sana’a, which means it will inevitably have to engage in mountain warfare. Our Yemeni army has more experience in mountain warfare, so it is absolutely impossible for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to capture Sana’a in a short period of time. As long as we hold on for a while, we can drive the Saudi army out.”

The speaker was a white man. He was a military instructor invited from Britain after Yemen's independence. At that time, Britain had occupied Aden and organized the various princely states in South Yemen into the Aden Protectorate.

By the end of World War II, Aden had become one of Britain's largest and most important overseas military bases. The British Army had at least 1.8 naval, land and air force officers and soldiers stationed there for a long time, and built more than 10 airports, docks, ammunition depots, oil depots, radar stations and other military facilities.

Now Britain is also eyeing Yemen covetously. It will certainly not let Yemen escape from this war easily. It will not let the duck in its mouth fly away, and it will not tolerate others snatching food from its mouth.

What he said makes sense. Sana'a is located in a vast and fertile plateau basin in the central and western part of Yemen, on the western foot of Mount Nugum, with an altitude of about 2350 meters.

It is indeed not easy for the Saudi army to capture Sanaa. If the Yemeni army can take advantage of the terrain and block the Saudi army in the mountains, they will naturally retreat when they run out of ammunition and food.

Sure enough, after listening to this, Yahya's eyes moved slightly. He was a proud person and would never surrender easily. Unless he was completely defeated, he would become weak and vulnerable again. Such people have such extreme personalities. Left to the extreme is right.

"Mr. White, please tell me what kind of help your Meihua Company can provide." Although Yahya wanted to struggle, he still wanted to hear about the strength of Meihua Company.

"Your Majesty, the Meihua Company can provide 1.5 mercenaries, heavy weapons and equipment including 30 tanks, armored vehicles, and 20 fighter jets and bombers."

White said proudly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Although this scale is much smaller than that of Saudi Arabia today, its firepower is not inferior at all. It is more than enough for defensive operations. The main reason is that Saudi Arabia has no air firepower, but perhaps it has more tanks and armored vehicles.

Of course, the Meihua Company has more than just these troops and weapons and equipment, but Madagascar also needs to be heavily guarded. The training of tank drivers and fighter pilots has only been going on for less than a year, and there are not yet so many qualified drivers.

Moreover, the current transportation capacity is limited, and we also have to consider the problem of exposing too much strength. In short, it is very complicated. This is the maximum force that can be dispatched after weighing the pros and cons. If it were not for the purpose of ensuring success, at most only a few thousand people would be sent to help defend the city.

"Well, I understand the strength of your company. I will ask for your help if necessary." Yehya was a little surprised. He didn't expect that a mere company would have such strength, stronger than many countries, even Yemen. If he agreed, wouldn't it be like inviting a wolf into the house?

So he decided to rely on his own strength and fight a battle first. Maybe he would win. He used to look down on Saudi Arabia.

When White heard Yahya's words to send him off, he tactfully said goodbye and left. Although he was a little frustrated about not completing his mission, judging from the situation, it would not be long before His Majesty the King would surrender.

A few days later, the Saudi army was unstoppable and once again captured large tracts of Yemeni territory, heading straight for the city of Sanaa. However, after days of mountain fighting, Ibn Saud realized that it was impossible to destroy Yemen in one fell swoop.

So on May 5, Ibn Saud sent another envoy, saying that armistice negotiations were possible, and the two sides began negotiations again.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also lowered their conditions. The Saudi king declared that he had no interest in occupying Yemen, and Ibn Saud also said that Yahya could not abdicate, but demanded a 20-year ceasefire agreement with Yemen.

Saudi Arabia agreed to withdraw its troops, but disputed areas such as Jizan, Asir and Najran must all be incorporated into Saudi territory.

Yahya originally wanted to agree directly, or simply agree to the demands of the Meihua Company, because he felt that if he continued to fight, he would definitely lose, and he could not afford the cost of defeat.

But by then the eldest prince had returned to Sana'a. His son firmly disagreed and advocated continuing the war, believing that as long as the war was dragged on long enough, Saudi Arabia would withdraw its troops sooner or later. In fact, this was because the British were instigating behind the scenes.

The British believe that Yemen will inevitably lose this war, but they do not want it to lose too quickly. They hope that both Saudi Arabia and Yemen will suffer losses so that they can benefit from it.

Ultimately, the negotiations came to nothing. Seeing that no results could be achieved, the two sides continued to fight and negotiate on the battlefield.

The state of fighting and negotiating continued until June 1934, 6, when the Kingdom of Yemen was finally unable to hold on any longer, and the British also showed their fangs, expressing their willingness to join the negotiations, hoping to take the opportunity to force the Kingdom of Yemen to sign a treaty and recognize Britain's occupation of South Yemen.

When White heard the news, he immediately realized that his opportunity had come again. Before he was ready to ask for an audience with King Yahya through Ayed, Yahya had already taken the initiative to find him.

"Mr. White, I agree to all your conditions. I hope that the Meihua Company can send troops as soon as possible to help me drive out the Saudi and British bandits."

As soon as they met, Yahya readily agreed to the conditions proposed by White last time and stopped bargaining.

But given the current situation, how could White easily agree? As the saying goes, different times have changed.

(End of this chapter)