Chapter 916 Egypt's Crisis

When the Central European battlefield was at a stalemate, the Egyptian battlefield also reached a critical moment.

Since the Austrian army put down the political burden, the natural danger of the canal has changed from a natural moat to a thoroughfare, and it is no longer an obstacle to the advance of the Austrian army.

After the hand-to-hand combat, the problems of the French army gradually came to light.

There is no way, France's manpower is limited, it is impossible to send regular troops to Egypt without restrictions. If the main force is insufficient, the colonial army can only make up the number.

Although they look similar in appearance, their combat power is vastly different.

The Egyptian rebellion was only a few years away, and French rule was not so secure. Watching the dogs of France and Austria bite the dogs, the Egyptian people really have no interest in mixing.

If it wasn't for the gun to the back of the neck, the Egyptians would never be willing to be cannon fodder on the battlefield.

In the Governor's Palace in Cairo, Governor Jacob stared solemnly at the map. From the brightly colored small arrows, it can be seen that the current strategic situation of the French army is not optimistic.

If it weren't for the strength of the French navy, which defended the coastline of Egypt, it would be really surrounded by the enemy now.

Not surrounded, not far from being surrounded. Encountered by the enemy's three-sided siege, the Egyptian colonial government alone will certainly not be able to sustain it.

After a while, Governor Jacob, who turned around, asked, "When will the domestic reinforcements arrive?"

If you can't win, you can only ask for help at home. Anyway, in the entire African battlefield, France is completely defeated, and it is not ashamed for the Egyptian colonial government to ask for help.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Ministry of War has rejected our request for assistance and ordered us to use the fine traditions of the French army to overcome difficulties..."

Before the middle-aged officer could finish speaking, Governor Jacob removed the documents on the desk in front of him and roared, "Enough, don't continue."

"Damn bureaucrats, they must have smashed their brains on a woman's belly and forgot even the most basic military common sense.

Three-year-olds know what Egypt means to France. Once the Austrians take over Egypt, they wash their necks and wait to be slaughtered!

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If you look at the map of Eurasia, you can see that Egypt not only has the most important golden canal in the world, but also the last obstacle to the connection between Austrian Africa and the mainland.

Once in the hands of Egypt and Austria, a giant that far surpassed any empire in history emerged.

At that time, France will be in danger. With its powerful human and material resources, Austria can consume any enemy to death.

Such an obvious issue, anyone with a little military common sense knows it, and it is naturally impossible for the Ministry of War not to know about it.

Knowing the problem is not the same as being able to solve it. The best way is naturally to send troops to reinforce Egypt, but reinforcements are not child's play.

The enemy is Austria, not the indigenous tribes, and a mere increase in troops does not make any sense. At the same time as the increase of troops, the firepower of the troops must be guaranteed, or else it will be sent to the head.

The stronger the firepower, the greater the material consumption. France has invested more than 2 million troops in the Central European battlefield, and more than 1.5 million troops on the southern front. At the same time, it has to provide logistics for millions of African colonial troops, including Egypt.

Such logistical pressure is already a replica of the original World War I. Even though France is far bigger than the original time and space, and can mobilize more manpower and material resources, but the nurses of the Allied countries are not in place!

The only British ally, but did not sell the kidney aid method like the original time and space. Now people are still at home drinking coffee and watching a big play called Europa Universalis.

Of course, taking advantage of the fire to make money from war is also an essential operation. From the outbreak of the war to the present, the tariffs between Britain and France have increased by 57%, and the export of strategic materials has directly doubled.

Not buying?

It doesn't matter!

Out of this door, behind all my shop.

You can figure it out for yourself, anyway, there are only so few industrial powerhouses these days, and what they do is to monopolize business.

Since the war has been going on, the French government has endured a series of problems such as substandard quality and transaction delays while enduring the purchase of materials at high prices.

If the war continued, it was not the battlefield that could lead to the defeat of France, but the finances and the logistics.

In order to break the Rhine defense line as soon as possible, the Paris government has just decided to increase its troops on the front line.

Seeing that Governor Jacob was almost venting, the middle-aged officer added: "Your Excellency, the country has decided to shrink the colonies in Africa. We are going to temporarily abandon Niger, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania and other regions.

After the contraction of the colonies, the troops in these areas will retreat into the Algeria area to hold on. The War Department said that if we needed it, we could bring in twenty infantry divisions for reinforcements. "

Governor Jacob is very aware of the situation in Africa. The so-called temporary abandonment is actually just a fig leaf.

Most of these areas bordered Austrian Africa. As soon as the war broke out, they were severely beaten by the Austrian army. The scene was tragic.

Even if the defense line is not shrunk, the fall is only a matter of time. The Paris government can't even care about Egypt, and naturally it is impossible to build a tens of thousands of miles of defense for North Africa.

Colonial empires are collapsing, and for colonists like Governor Jacob, it's a complete meltdown.

Of course, this is barely good news for the Egyptian region. Regardless of the combat effectiveness of these reinforcements, at least it proves that the country has not given up on them.

as much as possible

Although this result cannot satisfy Governor Jacob, but in the case of no choice, it is better to have reinforcements than no reinforcements.

"Tell the War Office we're dealing with regular Austrian troops, not some colonial cannon fodder.

If you want to block the enemy's front, the reinforcements must be all French troops, and the indigenous troops should not send over to waste food. "

After the war broke out, in order to keep the colonial empire, the French government also sent reinforcements to the colonies once.

Now the backbone of the armed forces in the colonies is to use the troops sent from the country as seeds, plus the army composed of the local French.

The combat power is n grades stronger than that of the native troops, and due to insufficient training and outdated weapons and equipment, it is one or two steps weaker than the native troops, which is still barely usable.

Without waiting for the middle-aged officer to speak, he suddenly remembered the sound of "woo woo woo..." followed by the sound of "boom, boom...".

This is Cairo, there are hundreds of kilometers away from the front line, and it is impossible for artillery shells to hit so far.

Suddenly, an explosion sounded in his ear, and Governor Jacob immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered: "Go on, let the airship unit immediately launch to intercept the enemy's airship, and the air defense unit is responsible for cooperating."

The air defense forces of these years are actually only responsible for dealing with, or driving away low-flying airships. To deal with high-altitude airships, or only airships.

Of course, after the Rhine air battle, these experiences were in the past.

I don't know if it was for confidentiality, or because of bureaucratic malfeasance, or because it was deemed unnecessary. In short, these changes in military concepts were not immediately passed on to Governor Jacob.

With the issuance of this order, the scene that originally happened on the Rhine River reappeared over Cairo, but on a much smaller scale.

In a sense, Governor Jacob's order was also correct. The airship force was finished, and it also reduced the logistical pressure on the defenders of Cairo.

After all, since the appearance of the aircraft, the airship force without fighter escort has been a living target.

Staying on the ground and not moving is a waste of resources. You must know that the maintenance of airships is also very expensive. The maintenance cost of an airship can catch up with a destroyer.

France may have the ability to build a plane, but to build a fighter jet in a short period of time would be a dream.

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After the sound of "da da da...", a French airship airbag was broken and quickly began to fall.

After filling a specially made bomb, after confirming that the enemy was finished, Lieutenant Wade was excited to let it go.

Looking around, the airships of the French army fell and exploded, and those that had not yet fallen became the targets of comrades-in-arms.

Airplanes kill airships, and they don't need help at all. At this time, Lieutenant Wade still can't do it.

"It seems that today's harvest is coming to an end. I really envy the guys assigned to the Central European battlefield. I heard that in the air battle on the Rhine, someone created a record of three consecutive kills.

We can't do it here, there are more monks and less porridge. Damn French guy, who is also known as the first power in Europe, and he doesn't know how to equip more ships, it's not enough for everyone. "

The young man who was flying the plane couldn't hold it any longer and laughed: "Okay, heroic Lieutenant Wade, I know you are the bravest fighter.

The airship that kills the enemy like this is really tasteless, and it is not worthy of your identity at all.

Only in an evenly matched battle can you show your heroism. For example, go down and capture the French commander Jacob, creating another miracle in military history.

Don't worry, I'll take the parachute for you, and I don't mind opening the hatch again if you want. "

The enraged Second Lieutenant Wade snarled: "Shut up, Adolf! This joke is not funny at all, I have explained it many times, and what you say after drinking can't be taken seriously."

There is no doubt that this is the dark history of Lieutenant Wade.

In theory, it is still possible to fall into the enemy's headquarters if it suddenly falls from the sky. If the enemy is brainless enough, he might be able to capture the commander-in-chief of the enemy army.

The lucky American pilot from the original time and space successfully captured an Italian army after landing in the wrong place.

However, similar cases have always been a miracle in military history. Although there are Italians among the French soldiers below, more are French.

Second Lieutenant Wade also got drunk in his head, so he came up with such a brain-dead plan. Now that he is awake, he will naturally not die.

Adolf smiled slightly: "Well, it's my fault, let's stop joking. Our mission has been completed, so it's not a problem to be idle.

Why don't I lower the flight altitude a little, and you can shoot it with a machine gun to see if there are any unexpected gains? "

Austria has been engaged in aircraft research and development for many years, but the combat experience of the Air Force is still about zero.

On this issue, Franz, who is hanging on, can't help either. An army needs a lot of experience to grow up.

Franz's Air Force knowledge is very limited, and most of the sources are from jokes that he has read on the Internet. If he really wants to use it as an Air Force training code, it is not much different from suicide.

"You're not kidding?"

Wade asked in disbelief. The facial expression already revealed his inner surprise, as if to say that Adolf's proposal refreshed his cognition.

"certainly!"

Adolf answered affirmatively. After a pause, he explained: "The enemy, dare to let the airship lift off, to prove that

The battle on the Rhine passed, and it did not pass.

Since the enemy has never encountered an aircraft, naturally there will be no countermeasures. It's not good enough to deal with us the same way we deal with airships.

Try it at an altitude of 500 meters. If there is danger, I will fly away immediately. Anyway, the enemy's reaction speed can't keep up with us.

If we are lucky enough to kill a few big fish, we will make a profit. "

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