Chapter 445 Farouk I 2

When Farouk was born, the old King Fuad was worried about not having an heir. The king had given birth to a lot of daughters, but Egyptian law at that time stipulated that daughters could not inherit the throne. Therefore, Farouk's birth made him overjoyed and he held a banquet to celebrate for three days. Farouk became the crown prince as soon as he was born.

In order to train Farouk to be a wise ruler, the old king put a lot of thought into it. At the age of 16, he was sent to the UK for further studies. But without the constraints of his father, and in the glamorous world of London, Farouk obviously deviated from the path planned for him by the old king. During the years of studying in the UK, he was unlearned and spent his days gambling and hunting with the children of the nobility. In addition, he often hung out with girls and had relationships with at least a dozen women.

After the old king died, Farouk inherited the throne. At a young age, he had a fortune of $100 million, 200 cars and 50,000 acres of fertile land.

After inheriting the throne, Farouk became even worse. He had more than a hundred regular lovers, including noble ladies, famous actors, folk beauties, and even more than a dozen prostitutes. In short, he didn't mind as long as they were beautiful. In addition, he often toured the country to find beautiful women.

Rommel waved his hand and said with a pleasant face. "Get up, are these your family members?"

The soldier who was guarding next to him reported. "General, these women are his lovers."

"Lover? Are you married?"

Farouk stood up and nodded carefully. "Married."

Rommel frowned slightly. "You are still looking for so many lovers after getting married?"

When talking about this, Farouk, who was trembling and fearful just now, became energetic. "General, in my opinion, no one's love should be bound by any form, even marriage." He said it with confidence, and he was almost dancing.

Rommel was a loyal man. Since ancient times, beautiful women have loved heroes. Rommel is a household name in Germany, so naturally many beautiful women are attracted to him. However, Rommel always kept himself clean and remained loyal to his wife Lucy. Now hearing this guy say such shameless words, and he didn't seem to feel ashamed at all, Rommel's face suddenly darkened.

The adjutant on the side waved his hand at the soldiers. "Beat him and let him learn his lesson."

The soldiers immediately pressed Farouk to the ground and beat him up.

As a king, he was naturally spoiled from childhood to adulthood, and he had never been beaten so badly. Farouk was beaten so hard that he cried and begged for mercy.

Rommel waved his hand. "Okay, don't beat him to death. Egypt wants to sign a new treaty with Germany."

Farouk I, who was beaten black and blue, was pulled up, and Rommel said coldly. "Farouq, are you willing to be loyal to Germany?"

Farouk was not a fool, and he immediately surrendered. "I am willing to bring all of Egypt to pledge allegiance to Germany. I will immediately issue a notice to inform the whole country." He couldn't help but complain in his heart that even if you don't fight, I have to be loyal. This guy doesn't know why he was beaten.

As a playboy, he has no loyalty at all. Now, in order to survive, he will certainly have nothing to do with Britain.

Rommel nodded. "From this moment on, all treaties between Egypt and Britain are abolished."

On August 26, 1936, Britain and Egypt signed the "Anglo-Egyptian Alliance Treaty".

The treaty stipulates:

Britain is responsible for protecting Egypt from foreign aggression, and Egypt will be placed under British administration during wartime;

Britain terminates its military occupation of Egypt and withdraws its troops, but has the right to station 10,000 troops and 400 pilots in the Suez Canal;

The British Air Force has the right to fly in Egyptian airspace and use Egyptian airports;

Britain retains the naval base in Alexandria for 8 years;

Egypt can build an army, but needs to buy British weapons and receive training from the British military delegation;

Abolition of extraterritoriality in Egypt;

Egypt joins the League of Nations; British High Commissioner becomes Ambassador;

Restore the 1899 "Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Sudan Agreement", and Egyptians can move to Sudan;

Egypt may not conclude a political alliance with other countries that conflicts with this treaty, etc.

"Okay, no problem." Farouk I nodded hurriedly. It doesn't matter who you sign the treaty with, as long as you can save your life.

The adjutant took out a thick document from his bag and placed it in front of Farouk I.

Farouk I looked through it and found that the content was almost a replica of the Egyptian-British Treaty, except that the word Britain was replaced by Germany.

When he turned to the last document, he was stunned. "Buy the Suez Canal for 1 billion Reichsmarks?"

In the 19th century, both Britain and France focused their expansion goals on the rich East. France attempted to connect the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, reach the East, and break Britain's control over the Cape of Good Hope. In order to maintain its interests in the East, especially in India, Britain opposed the construction of the canal and advocated the construction of a railway along Cairo, Suez, Syria, the Euphrates River to the Persian Gulf to strengthen the connection between the East and the West.

In 1851, Britain obtained Egypt's permission and began to build the railway. France was not willing to lag behind. It gained Egypt's trust through deception and signed a lease contract with Egypt in 1854 on the construction and use of the Suez Canal. In 1857, it established the "International Suez Maritime Canal Company".

In the spring of 1859, the Suez Canal officially broke ground, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of Egyptian workers. More than 100,000 people lost their precious lives while digging the canal in the Suez region where cholera was rampant. After 10 years of hard work, the Suez Canal was officially opened to navigation in November 1869.

The extremely important geographical location of the Suez Canal made the British rulers salivate. In November 1874, the Egyptian government was heavily in debt due to the cost of 12 million pounds to dig the canal, and suffered a serious financial crisis, so it had to decide to sell its 44% of the shares of the Suez Canal Company. Seeing the opportunity, Britain tried its best to prevent Egypt from selling its shares to France. Subsequently, the British government used various means to obtain shares of the Suez Canal Company. In the end, the Suez Canal became the private property of Britain and France.

Then, relying on its strong military strength, Britain occupied Egypt by force in 1882, completely controlled the Suez Canal, and established the largest overseas military base in the canal area, stationing nearly 100,000 troops.

Since the Suez Canal directly affects the interests of countries around the world, Western countries unanimously expressed opposition to Britain's ambitions. In 1888, several Western countries signed the "Constantinople Convention", which stipulated that the safety and free navigation of the Suez Canal must be guaranteed. However, Britain did not formally join the convention until 1904, but continued to station a large number of troops in the canal area.

In 1914, the First World War broke out. Germany instructed the Turkish army to attack Egypt to seize the canal, but failed. In 1922, after recognizing Egypt's independence, Britain still retained the right to station troops in the canal area.

Italy invaded Ethiopia. Britain, under the pretext of defending Egypt's "security" and "stability", forced Egypt to sign the 20-year "Anglo-Egyptian Alliance Treaty" in 1936, stipulating that the British army continued to be stationed in the canal area and Alexandria remained a British military port.