"The Ming Dynasty is building a railway in Central Asia, a railway to Russia." This was a cocktail party held by the Hebrews. Those who were eligible to participate were all prominent figures in the Hebrew world.

It seems like little Rothschild and Ben.

Gurion and other Israeli dignitaries.

"Is the news that the Ming Dynasty built a railway in Central Asia reliable? It is such a long distance, and there is a desert area in the middle. This is a huge project, and even after it is completed, the maintenance costs are astonishing."

Little Rothschild took a sip of golden champagne and said with some disdain.

Although he has become the Prime Minister of Israel, Rothschild Jr. is still a businessman at heart.

When businessmen invest, they must pay attention to the return on investment. In Rothschild's view, building such a railway is the thing with the least commercial value.

Railways are not just built, they require a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain them.

Especially for this Central Asian railway, which passes through Central Asia with arid and water-deficient deserts and Gobi deserts, the maintenance problem is even more serious.

What's more important is that Central Asia is still in the age of tribal politics. There are countless tribes along such a railway.

As long as these tribes secretly oppose the Ming Dynasty, changes will happen everywhere in such a long railway.

For example, digging up a railroad track in the middle of the night to derail your normally running train, or causing other damage, is simply a nightmare for train operation.

If troops were sent to protect the road, how many troops would be needed to cover the thousands of kilometers of railway? The annual military expenditure would be an astronomical figure!

Upon hearing the news, Rothschild's first impression was that it was uneconomical! Extremely uneconomical!

"Yes! Why would the Ming court do such an uneconomical thing? Isn't this very suspicious?"

Book.

Gurian shook the champagne in his glass and said thoughtfully.

The last war with the Austro-Hungarian Empire fully demonstrated the Ming Dynasty's full malice towards the emerging Israel.

It can be said that the Ming Empire is Israel's biggest enemy.

But fortunately, the Ming Empire is thousands of miles away. Although their fleet comes to the coast of Israel for a walk when they have nothing to do.

Airships were always flying around the head, which was annoying, but the Ming Dynasty did not take any further military action.

This makes Ben.

Gurian was a little confused. According to the character of the Ming Dynasty, if a loser like the Austro-Hungarian Empire was beaten to a bruised face, the Ming army should have gone shirtless and attacked Sevastopol directly.

This will definitely not be the reaction now, Ben.

Gurian couldn't quite understand it no matter how hard he thought about it.

Israel is very wary of the Ming Empire. Every time a Ming warship cruises offshore, every time a Ming airship passes over the sky, this...

Gurian's heart was clenched.

He was afraid that this would be the beginning of a war, even though Israel had been building at an alarming rate in the past two years.

But compared with a powerful force like the Ming Dynasty, it still seems a bit inadequate.

Even though Israel is now prospering, if the Ming Dynasty really attacks, Israel will not be able to defend it.

This war will be a war between giants and dwarfs.

Book.

Gurion was not so arrogant as to call himself King Solomon!

All Israel can do now is to be patient! Until the day when its national power surpasses that of the Ming Dynasty.

"Will the Ming army want to attack us? Their ships and airships are hanging around us all day long.

Yesterday, we were only ten kilometers away from the coastline, and their warship was so big. The waves almost capsized my boat!"

"The Ming army surpasses us in terms of equipment, training and numbers. However, their interests are global and they need to face the huge sea area from the mainland to Gibraltar.

I heard that they have recently set up a base in the Cape of Good Hope.

Deploying troops on such a huge land requires a lot of military strength. Although the Ming Dynasty had so many troops, in fact their army was not enough.

At least, there is no way to further satisfy the ambitions of the Ming Dynasty people. I think this is the reason why the Ming Dynasty people have not taken action against us even though they are hostile to us!" The speaker was the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, Moses Dayan.

In the last war, Moses.

Dayan's men fought desperately, and Moses.

Dayan was blinded in one eye by shrapnel.

Moses now.

Dayan became a one-eyed dragon with a black eyepatch on his left eye all day long, making him look gloomy.

As expected of the Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, he hit on the weakness of the Ming Army in one sentence. Today's Ming Army appears to be lacking in strength precisely because of its expansion.

“Since they don’t have enough troops, why do they still build this thousands-kilometer-long Central Asian railway?

It seems that they don't have that many troops to protect this railway." Ben Gurion still couldn't figure out Ming's intention.

"I don't know what their intentions are, but I think as long as it's a Ming Dynasty matter, we have to cause them some trouble." Young Rothschild said proudly.

He will never let go of any opportunity to cause trouble for Ming Dynasty, especially a good opportunity like the Central Asia Railway.

The railway, which is thousands of kilometers long, will cause great trouble to the Ming Dynasty if it is damaged at any place.

It would be better if the speeding train derails, as the damage caused will be huge. Israel is also laying railways, and Rothschild knew only too well how fragile long railway lines are.

Because their railway to Azerbaijan was often attacked by Ossetians and Turkmen.

In just one month, the Hebrew army lost more than 200 people.

The reception is over today, Moses.

Dayan will lead his army to personally sweep the newly conquered Georgia.

Although there are no crops produced there, Georgia has many mineral deposits. Especially coal mines and iron ore, which are minerals that Israel urgently needs.

If you want to bring these minerals back to Sevastopol, you have to build a railway there.

The thought of a continuous supply of coal and iron ore being transported back to Crimea made Rothschild feel very good.

"I also think that we can't let them just repair the railway. Even if it is repaired, we can't let them use it comfortably." Ben.

Gurian nodded.

"Haha! It's simple. When I was doing pre-war reconnaissance, I discovered that there is a nation called the Chechens further east in Georgia, in the middle of the Caucasus Mountains.

These people are tough and good at fighting and are born warriors. Moreover, Grozny is located in a mountainous area, so they are very poor, very poor.

As long as we give them food and some weapons, they will be willing to sacrifice their lives for us without spending too much money.

I have found a Chechen leader named Dudayev. His tribe is very powerful locally, and I originally planned to use them to conquer Georgia.

It is better to hire them to cross the Caucasus Mountains to deal with the Ming Dynasty and destroy the long Central Asian Railway. For such a long railway, the Ming Dynasty does not have that many troops to protect it.

I guarantee that the people of Ming Dynasty will never have a moment of leisure." Speaking of the men he bribed, Moses Dayan was very confident.

"This is a feasible method. We don't have to have a direct conflict with the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, it doesn't seem to cost much." For this kind of cost-effective activity, the younger Rothschild naturally raised his hands in approval.

"Well! It's best not to have a direct conflict with the Ming Dynasty. After all, our strength is still weaker than the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Constantinople is still under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

They control the straits. As long as they cut off the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, our merchant ships will not be able to pass through.

Constantinople, this is our throat.

But now we are being strangled by the Ming Dynasty. If he doesn't let us breathe, we can't breathe. This is so controlled by others!" Ben Gurion said angrily.

In the war against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Israel could have won more. In the end, the Ming Dynasty took action and threatened to block the Bosporus Strait, asking Israel to give up as soon as it got better.

There is no other way. Israel can only abandon Kiev, which is so close. And it must retreat fifty kilometers from the current front line as a military buffer zone.

This incident is painful in the hearts of the Israelis, and almost all Israelis hate Ming Dynasty to the core.

But facing the powerful Ming Dynasty, they had no choice.

Especially the Ottoman Sultans, who were supported by the Ming Dynasty, occupied Constantinople. It was a position that controlled the import and export of the Black Sea, and was the throat of the emerging Israel.

"Causing trouble to the Ming Dynasty is actually just some small tricks. Our most important thing is Constantinople.

Only by capturing Constantinople can our cargo ships be able to freely enter and leave the Black Sea. We can no longer let Ming strangle us like this. They will pinch us only if they want us to surrender.

In this way, we Hebrews will have to be restricted by the Ming Dynasty all our lives?" Ben Gurion suddenly became excited as he spoke, and threw the wine glass in his hand against the wall.

"Hey! Gurian, don't do this.

We all know what happened to the Ming people, and I think things will turn around.

My father has united other Hebrew consortiums and placed orders with the Ming Dynasty through the Spanish, Swedish, British, Italian and Portuguese governments.

We will purchase naval ships including battleships, as you know. Ming Dynasty has now opened weapons licenses to friendly countries in Europe.

They can buy those warships as big as mountains!

As long as we have these warships, plus the destroyers we manufacture in the UK, in five years at most, we will have a large number of ships.

Gurion, what you should consider now is how to train naval officers and sailors. Don't let the time come when we finally have a ship but don't have the people to sail it.

As long as we have a fleet, we can suddenly attack Constantinople. Quickly deal with the Ming Dynasty's fleet there, and then the army will attack and occupy Constantinople.
To be continued...