Chapter 90 Cultural Communication
Since the last counterattack plan was implemented, there has been more intense fighting between the Saudis and the Yulin mercenaries than before.

After two months of fierce attacks, the Yulin mercenaries had very little heavy weapons and ammunition left.

Li Yalong had no choice but to order these weapons and ammunition to be sealed and only used in difficult times when heavy firepower was needed.

Fortunately, the Saudi army has achieved relatively good results in the past two months. The Saudi army was covered by heavy firepower on the front line, and was harassed by the Yemeni Slippers Army and the Yulin Special Forces in the mountain warfare, resulting in heavy losses.

Some supplies in the rear were destroyed by the Dragon Warrior Commandos. Although the supply line had not been cut off, the supplies transported to the front line had been greatly reduced and the cost had increased dramatically.

Saudi Arabia has no good way to deal with the elusive commandos. After all, this is in enemy territory, and Saudi Arabia has only occupied the area for a short time and has no mass base.

This series of adverse effects has led to the current situation, where the Saudi army can only retreat continuously to more solid cities for defense.

Because the British have informed Saudi Arabia that they will help Saudi Arabia cut off the maritime supply transportation of the Yulin mercenaries. As long as they delay for a period of time and wait for the Yulin mercenaries to consume this batch of ammunition, there will be no large firepower output.

Therefore, Saudi Arabia retreated all the way north into Houthi, greatly shortening the distance from the Saudi mainland, which basically guaranteed their logistical security.

In the rear, at the command base of the Yulin and Yemeni coalition forces.

"We don't have much heavy firepower left, so we shouldn't continue the attack. The most important thing now is to defend the territory we have recaptured," Li Yalong said in a deep voice.

Without heavy firepower, he could not meaninglessly sacrifice his own soldiers for someone else's territory.

"General, now that our morale is high, I think we should pursue the victory and completely drive the shameless Saudis out of the territory of the Kingdom of Yemen. This is also the agreement between our two parties."

A senior Yemeni general said immediately.

"Yes, General. The Yulin Army is so powerful and invincible. It would be effortless to wipe out the remaining defeated Saudi troops. It would be better to solve the problem once and for all." Another Yemeni general also echoed.

"Generals, I'm not saying we won't fight. Saudi Arabia is now defending its cities, and we have a steady supply of troops from the mainland. We lack heavy weapons and ammunition, and it's difficult for us to capture the enemy's positions. If our attack fails, Saudi Arabia will find the opportunity to take away the territory we have finally regained. Who among you can afford the consequences?
Li Yalong said this bluntly. Several Yemeni generals looked at each other and dared not continue to demand an attack.

"Of course, we are not going to stop the war. We cannot fight in the north for now, but we can attack westward and take back the coastal cities. According to the intelligence we have collected, Saudi Arabia does not have many troops along this route, and there are only soldiers guarding a few cities. In the past, supplies were shipped by sea and then transported to the interior from Hodeidah. Now, due to the harassment by my people and the Saudis' withdrawal to the north, this supply line has been abandoned. Now is a good opportunity to retake it."

Li Yalong continued, the war still has to be fought and Saudi Arabia cannot be given too much breathing space. The most important thing is to always remain strong and not be seen as weak by Saudi Arabia, Britain, and Yemen, so as to gain the greatest benefits.

Finally, the military meeting decided that the north would temporarily confront the Saudi army, while the Yulin Yemeni coalition would send a 5000-man army to attack westward.

Yemen organized a force in the south of the kingdom to attack northwards, and the two armies met at Baghel.

In the Yulin Army camp, after nearly two months of fighting, Ye Qian was successfully promoted from a soldier to a lieutenant.

Promotion on the battlefield is so fast, but also so cruel.

Ye Qian was stationed in a village with a population of about 500 people. He was lucky not to be selected to carry out the mission in the west, which also meant that he might stay here for a long time.

After dinner, Ye Qian took the chess set he brought from the Far East and went to a wooden shed similar to a pavilion in the village to play chess.

He is an officer now and does not have to do odd jobs, nor will he be assigned tasks such as patrols and guard duty, so when he has nothing to do, he likes to practice boxing and play chess with himself.

Just as he was concentrating on playing the black and red chess pieces against each other, several local Yemeni boys came over, squatted around the chessboard, and watched Ye Qian play chess curiously.

Ye Qian looked up at them. The children were not afraid and were looking at him.

The military discipline of the Yulin mercenaries is still good. After all, the treatment is not bad, and they have a cooperative relationship with Yemen. The superiors have repeatedly emphasized that they should not do anything that will damage the military prestige, otherwise they will be subject to military law and will not be let off easily.

Therefore, although many Yemeni women were attracted to the strong and wealthy Chinese soldiers, after spending a lot of money on betrothal gifts, many of them married Yemeni wives.

This is also related to the fact that there were more men than women when they immigrated from the Eastern countries, and most of the soldiers were unmarried men. After serving in the army for a few years, a sow will become more beautiful than a Diao Chan. There are also many beautiful women in the Middle East, and it is full of exotic customs.

These soldiers just have a lot of energy but nowhere to release it. When they come here, they can find a few women to serve them by spending a small part of their salary. Isn't that a way to let themselves go?

Li Yalong didn't care too much. None of these soldiers knew whether they would be alive tomorrow after going to the battlefield today. He just asked them not to bring women to the barracks and to get permission before going out.

It can be expected that these surviving soldiers and their families will become the backbone of the American-Chinese Company's several territories in Yemen.

"Do you want to learn this?" Ye Qian asked several children in Arabic. They were about 12 years old.

Ye Qian had good learning ability, but it was a pity that the imperial examination was no longer in existence, otherwise he would at least be a juren now.

After being here for more than three months, he has basically learned Arabic from his Yemeni comrades. This is also one of the reasons why he was able to be promoted quickly. It is always a good idea to know more languages.

"We want to learn. Will you teach us?" one of the children asked.

"What's your name?" Ye Qian thought the child was very nice, so he asked. "Faisal Hussein, that's my name," the child replied.

"Of course, as long as you want to learn, I can teach you. If you want to learn chess, you must first learn Chinese. Otherwise, you won't even recognize the characters on it."

This was just Ye Qian's idea. He felt that he needed to educate the people here. Seeing them suffer the invasion of the Saudis made him empathize.

"Look, this is a horse, the kind you can ride. It's called a horse that can only move like this."

Ye Qian picked up a chess piece and explained to Faisal Hussein and the others the rules of movement, pronunciation and meaning of the chess piece.

Then he found a wooden stick and wrote the word on the ground, asking them to write it themselves.

Every day that followed, the sound of children chanting "Man" could be heard from the wooden shed.

As Ye Qian's classes lasted longer and longer, more and more Yemeni children gathered here, and sometimes adults too.

Because currently the people in this village, apart from farming, basically serve the Yulin mercenaries, some Yemenis are willing to come and learn Chinese in order to get better jobs and higher salaries.

Because of Ye Qian's identity as an officer, no one dared to stop the children from coming. Besides, Ye Qian often took out his own money to exchange for food to distribute to these children.

Looking at the children who were studying Chinese and chess seriously, Ye Qian was quite pleased and felt that he was more suitable to be a scholar rather than a warrior.

He felt that everything he did was very meaningful and gave him a sense of accomplishment. Perhaps every Chinese person has a side that likes to teach others.

Sometimes when he got tired of playing chess, he would teach the smart kids to play Go, or even the Four Books and Five Classics, poetry and songs.

At the border between Yemen and Oman, two ships flying the flag of the British Empire slowly approached the shore, and several white people and hundreds of fully armed Chinese people got off the ships.

They are the Dragon Warrior Commando dispatched by the Meihua Company to escort smuggled military supplies to the Yulin mercenaries.

According to intelligence from the polling station, the British Navy only passes by Hauf once a month, and there are only locals on land, with no British soldiers to be seen at all.

That's why they came up with this smuggling plan. They used small boats to unload the supplies from the cargo ship to the shore.

The Yemeni intelligence officers from the polling station had been waiting here for a long time and loaded all the supplies onto carts and camels.

Several white people pretended to be British and tried to walk through uninhabited areas. If they encountered South Yemeni soldiers guarding the gate, they would ask the white people to come forward. In this way, they traveled through the southern Yemen region safely.

Of course, armed bandits are sometimes foreseen, such as now.

"What are you doing?" A group of several hundred armed men blocked their way.

"We are British and we are here to trade." A white leader stepped forward to negotiate.

"This road belongs to our village. If you want to pass through here, you have to pay the toll, leave a batch of goods, and then you can go."

Upon hearing that they were British, the gang leader lowered his gun, but he did not intend to let them leave easily.

"We are British. If you don't get out of the way, we will let you taste the power of the British Empire Royal Navy's artillery shells."

Seeing that the bandits did not retreat, the white leader of the Meihua Company had no choice but to continue threatening them.

The Dragon Warrior commandos behind him also quietly reached into the supplies and touched the weapons hidden inside.

"Haha, can the British Royal Navy still drive ships into the desert? Stop talking nonsense, leave a batch of goods, and get out of here quickly, or we will kill you all. Who will know it was us who did it?"

The gang leader laughed for a while and then cursed.

If there weren't so many of them, more than a dozen of them holding weapons, they would have killed and robbed people long ago.

"Okay then. I hope that after you get the goods, you can let us leave safely. I will go to the back and ask people to prepare the goods." Seeing this, the white team leader had no choice but to say.

"Everyone take out a portion of the goods they are responsible for and put them on the ground." The white leader walked from the front of the team to the back and gave the orders.

After receiving the hint, the Dragon Warrior commandos drew their weapons and opened fire, and the two teams began to fight.

The Dragon Warrior Commandos were well-trained and had the advantage of equipment. They launched a surprise attack, and as expected, one of the sharpshooters in particular killed the enemy's boss first, and then quickly wiped out most of the gang of gangsters.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the rest fled quickly, and they did not pursue them.

(End of this chapter)