Chapter 182 Stealing the House (Part 1)

The reefs have been submerged by the sea for a long time and are very slippery.

Fortunately, the new boots of the Marines have anti-slip function, and no one slipped. Instead, the anti-slip patterns on the shoes allow the soldiers to better leverage and move at a very fast speed in the reefs.

In fact, Friedrich originally planned to let the soldiers carry out this operation barefoot, because most of the selected soldiers came from Venice and Tyrol, and most of them were used to going into battle barefoot.

But Franz felt that the terrain was too complicated. After nearly a year of research, the terrain of the combat area had been carefully explored, with reefs, beaches, mountains, jungles, and even possible entry into ports and indoors. In addition, there are many mosquitoes, birds and animals on the seaside, and not wearing shoes will greatly increase the probability of accidents.

After receiving the military shoes, the soldiers praised the military boots after several months of training. Friedrich also got a pair to wear, but he felt that they were hard and heavy, but they were good for cracking nuts.

What the soldiers didn't know was that the cost of their military boots was almost equal to their annual income.

At this time, aluminum alloy plates and vulcanized rubber were new technologies with low production, and their military boots used ultra-thin aluminum alloys specially made by experts and specially treated hard rubber.

Soon, after the Marines dealt with a team of sentinels, they came to a secluded harbor.

Captain Hans used a telescope to confirm the number of artillery positions again, and was elbowed twice by a soldier.

Captain Hans followed the direction pointed by the team members and saw several dark red dots in the grove below the cliff.

This was undoubtedly an Egyptian sentry. If it had not been discovered in time, the operation would have most likely ended in failure.

The sentry was an absolute secret of the Egyptians, and the Karamanli family had tried every means to find out its rules.

At this time, Franz thought of a good idea. These sentries must be very hard and lonely.

Why not give them some cigarettes to relieve their boredom? No matter how well they hide, the fire, smoke rings, and smell will always reveal their feet.

This trick really worked, and every sentry accepted the gift from the spy.

With the sound of a dagger slashing across the neck, followed by a rustling sound, after half an hour of clearing, the Marines eliminated a total of nine groups of secret guards. It seems that the Egyptians really invested heavily in this base.

After solving the outer defense, the Marines finally came to this inconspicuous harbor.

In the huge natural cave, there stands a huge dock. After decades of excavation, the scale of the interior has exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.

Muhammad Ali regarded it as a cave for hiding soldiers given by God to Egypt and named it Tianci Bay, which is also a proof that he will eventually rule the world.

There are a total of eight turrets in the entire bay. Eight attack teams are responsible for one each, and the remaining two teams are in charge of support. At this time, they have changed into Egyptian Navy uniforms.

When the turret is captured, the lens will be used to reflect the firelight, and then Captain Hans will fire a flare, and the Marines will detonate various turrets and arsenals.

What Captain Hans didn't know was that in addition to their Dragon Special Forces, there were two full-strength special forces joining the operation, their code names were Seal and Falcon.

The target of the Seal Force was the Egyptian Navy's arsenal, while the target of the Falcon Commando was the labor camp.

The members of the Seal Force were all Venetians, most of whom did not speak German and were more proficient in water.

They would dive directly into the arsenal outside the dock, where the Karamanli family would meet them.

The Falcon Commando had been lurking in the mountains early in the morning, waiting for an opportunity to release the laborers in the chaos to create greater chaos.

The labor camp was the weakest defense of the entire harbor, but it was almost impossible to attack the dock from here, because the road leading to the dock was very narrow and there was almost no shelter. Only a small team of soldiers and a few sandbags were needed to block the road.

On the turret, there were two Egyptian Navy sentinels, dozing with their guns in their arms, and the buzzing of flying insects and the crackling of torches could not disturb them.

Two marines covered the mouths of the two sentinels from behind at the same time. As the dagger passed through the neck, the blood flowed out of the neck, and the struggle stopped briefly.

After dealing with the sentry's body, they quietly connected the gunpowder barrel of the turret to the fuse. The barracks on the side were crowded with snoring Egyptian soldiers. They were temporarily transferred to strengthen the defense.

But the defense was not strengthened, only the number of people increased. Since it was still early before the change of guard, the marines simply locked the door of the barracks directly from the outside, and got gunpowder and connected the fuse, preparing to fire a double shot.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Captain Hans repeatedly stared at the pocket watch in his hand. Two quarters of an hour before the change of guard, the eight turrets finally flashed a strange light.

As a red flare rose into the sky, the marines scattered everywhere lit the fuse at the same time.

On the sea, Friedrich's fleet had been waiting for a long time. This was his first battle, and Friedrich was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, just like a student taking the college entrance examination.

With the sound of a whistle, the propeller began to turn in the water, and fifteen steam gunboats escorted three large landing ships to the Egyptians' secret harbor.

Continuous explosions came from the fort, arsenal and labor camp respectively. The Egyptian defenders hurriedly dressed and prepared to leave the barracks and fight the invaders.

However, many Egyptian defenders discovered that the barracks door was locked from the outside.

Just as the Egyptians were trying to break open the door, there was a loud bang. A gunpowder barrel containing hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder exploded at the door. The huge shock wave directly blew the door panel into pieces, and those fragments easily penetrated the bodies of the Egyptian soldiers. Suddenly, the barracks was a mess of blood and flesh.

Inside the harbor, three large landing ships directly sent out nearly 1,000 soldiers, and even brought 1-pound guns to help, and quickly suppressed the remaining Egyptian soldiers inside.

The Egyptian military camp outside was attacked intensively by Congreve rockets from the Austrian Navy.

2,000 of the latest tail-fin Congreve rockets turned the Egyptian barracks into a sea of ​​flames.

The governor of Alexandria did not know the secret of the bay. Hearing the continuous explosions, he thought that the main force of the British army had landed, and ordered the troops to "defend Alexandria and not step out of the port. Anyone who disobeys the order will be subject to military law."

The unsupported dock defenders were obviously no match for the Austrian Navy. When they actually entered the dock, the marines were all shocked. There were actually nine newly built quasi-first-class battleships (the level of craftsmanship was too low), and ten Quasi-third-tier battleship.

This is an astonishing wealth. With this, the Austrian Navy can compete with Russia and France in the Mediterranean.

It's just that these big guys weighing thousands of tons cannot be taken away easily. Fortunately, Franz was prepared