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Volume 2: My Country Chapter 577. Let the war flag fly in Cairo (Third update, please vote for me)

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    The Egyptian mutiny happened!

    The British firmly rejected all the Egyptian demands and used an ultimatum to require the Egyptian mutinous soldiers to immediately release the detained British officers.

    The British, who were suffering from the shadow of the failure of the war, would absolutely do anything to teach the Egyptians the toughest lesson in a bloody situation:

    Who is the real owner of this land!

    Not the Egyptians, but the Empire on which the sun never sets - Britain!

    Tanks appeared on the streets of Cairo, and the whole city of Cairo was under emergency martial law. The military camp of the mutinous soldiers was surrounded in the shortest time.

    The bloody conflict is about to begin!

    Until now, General Kanlemu still has not given up his efforts to save those subordinates.

    He repeatedly begged the British to resolve the incident in a more reasonable way, but was rejected by the British. He repeatedly begged the rioting soldiers to end the mutiny and release the British officers, but was also rejected.

    When Colonel Tamousta, the head of the "Egyptian Officer Corps" spoke to General Kaimokanlemo for the last time, he only said these few words:

    "You have been pursuing Egypt's freedom, but have we really achieved freedom? There will always be people who shed their blood for Egypt's freedom, so this responsibility must be borne by us. Just like Arabi back then, for freedom  Sacrifice yourself for Egypt.¡±

    Putting down the phone, General Kanlemu knew that the matter was irreversible.  Because these mutinous soldiers decided to follow the lead of Egypt's anti-invasion leader Arabi and die for Egypt!

    In 1879, Egyptian landowners, bourgeois intellectuals and military officers established the "Fatherland Party", with Army Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Arabi Pasha as the leader.  The Fatherland Party proposed Egyptian independence and opposed the "European Cabinet". It used the power of the people's mass struggle to force Governor Ismail to reorganize the government, dismiss foreign officials, adopt a constitution, and strengthen the power of the parliament.  The British encouraged Tš¹rkiye to depose Ismail and appoint his son Dufiq as the new governor.  Dufek obeyed the British, formed a reactionary government, dissolved Parliament, and arrested the Fatherland Party members.  In September 1881, Arabi led an army uprising and surrounded the palace, gaining support from the people.  Dufek was forced to convene Congress.  In 1882, the Fatherland Party formed a government, and Arabi became the Minister of War. They abolished the "dual supervision" system and passed the 1879 Constitution. Seeing that Britain could not control Egypt through the governor and cabinet, it decided to carry out armed intervention in order to realize its long-planned invasion of the Suez Canal.  and the ambitions of Egypt as a whole.  On July 11, 1882, the British squadron bombarded Alexandria.  This squadron consists of 8 armored ships, 5 gunboats and 1 destroyer. It is equipped with 69 large-caliber naval guns, 88 small and medium-caliber naval guns and 70 "Mitrajoz" guns, with a crew of 5,700.  people.  At that time, the Egyptian garrison in Alexandria consisted of 7,500 poorly trained soldiers and the fortifications were rudimentary.  After fierce fighting, Egypt suffered 2,000 casualties.  25,000 British troops landed, occupied the harbor, and looted it.

    Faced with the invasion of the British army, the Motherland Party immediately issued a memorandum to the people, declaring that "there is an irreconcilable war between the Egyptian nation and the British" and promised the farmers to cancel the debts owed to foreigners.  The majority of farmers responded to the call and actively joined the army, and anti-invasion demonstrations were held in Cairo and other cities.  Under the leadership of Arabi, the Egyptian military and civilians focused on strengthening Cairo's northern front.  On July 28, the Egyptian army defeated the British army in a battle in the village of Dawar.  In the next three weeks, the Egyptian army repelled several enemy attacks, preventing the British army from attacking Cairo from the north.

    However, Arabi and others made a strategic mistake. They only strengthened the defense line in the northern part of Cairo and did not pay due attention to the defense on the eastern front. This was because they credulously believed that capitalist countries would abide by the guarantee of neutrality in the Suez Canal Zone.  As a result, the British army determined that the breakthrough point for entering Cairo was the Suez Canal.  In August, a large number of British troops landed in the Canal Zone, occupied Port Said and other important places in the Canal Zone on the 20th, and then invaded Cairo. In September, the two sides fought a decisive battle near Tel Kebir, the approach to Cairo.  .  The Egyptian soldiers and civilians fought bravely against the enemy, fought bloody battles, and held their position for two weeks.  The British army changed its strategy and bribed the feudal nobles of the nomadic tribes, especially the Bedouin chiefs who participated in the resistance war.  As a result, the British army broke through the eastern defense line on September 13, and the Egyptian army was forced to retreat to Cairo.

    Arabi tried to use the natural danger of the flooding Nile River to resist the enemy, and decided to mobilize 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Cairo to defend the capital.  However, the bureaucratic landlords and some military officers in Cairo wavered and rebelled. Taking advantage of Arabi's command of the army and civilians to build defense lines on the outskirts of the city, they opened the door to lure the enemy into the city.

    The capital fell on September 15.  Arabi and other generals were captured, and a large number of soldiers and civilians were massacred.  After the British army captured Cairo, they quickly occupied the entire Egypt. The war ended with Egypt's defeat.

    The uprising led by Arabi failed, but countlessBut the Egyptian people will always remember this patriotic general of Egypt.

    When Tamousta mentioned the man¡¯s name, all General Canlemu could do was pray silently.

    At 3 pm on November 6, when the British ultimatum time came, Cairo¡¯s bloodiest crackdown began!

    On that day, the 7th, 12th, and 19th Egyptian Infantry Brigades launched a mutiny. At 3 o'clock, the British army suppressed it with strong methods.

    This was a mutiny that no one had thought of before and that was completely unprepared.  But in history, there are too many hastily launched mutinies.

    Sometimes, an uprising does not require much preparation

    With the "Egyptian Officer Corps" as the core command force, the mutinous soldiers built temporary fortifications to welcome the British attack.  The British used tanks to carry out brutal suppression.

    The fierce battle officially started at 3 o'clock. Until this time, the Egyptians had not yet figured out what happened.

    However, rumors soon spread in Egypt:

    The shameless British used counterfeit banknotes in lieu of wages to deceive the Egyptian soldiers. The deceived Egyptian soldiers rose up to resist, but were quickly suppressed by the British.

    Those Egyptians who originally hated counterfeit banknotes quickly expressed their sympathy for the mutinous soldiers at the first time. Then, this sympathy developed into substantial support. Egyptians began to use their own way to support the Egyptian soldiers in the battle.

    This is what the British did not expect, and what they did not expect even more was the tenacious fighting power displayed by the Egyptian mutiny soldiers.

    To be honest, the Egyptian soldiers did not perform very well on the battlefield, but in the battle for freedom and rights, they performed so admirably.

    They risked their lives to fight the British, blowing up the British invading tanks at the cost of their lives.  The battle reached 5 o'clock, and the suppression that was supposed to end in the British plan made no progress at all.

    At the same time, General Kanlemu and his companions were still using their influence to constantly call for an end to the fighting as soon as possible and to negotiate with the mutinous soldiers.

    Montgomery knew that the longer the battle was delayed, the more disadvantageous it would be for them. The density of the British attack was suddenly strengthened.

    ¡°More soldiers participated in the suppression, and at the same time, more ordinary Egyptians joined the ranks of supporting the Egyptian mutiny soldiers.

    The mutiny quickly spread throughout Cairo. The scale of the rebellion was so large and the resistance was so fierce that even the instigator Wang Weiyi did not expect it.

    The anger of the Egyptians who have been oppressed by the British for a long time was released at this moment!

    A war caused by counterfeit money?  Wang Weiyi suddenly felt that he could call the battle in Cairo this way

    Now, it was his turn to do something. The German troops had secretly assembled under his orders. Although they did not have an advantage, Wang Weiyi was never willing to give up such a good opportunity.

    Now that the flames are burning in Cairo, is there any way to add some more firewood to make the flames burn more intensely?  Or even, burning all of Egypt?

    Advance your plan to capture Egypt!

    The key question is, how long can those Egyptian mutiny soldiers continue to persist? The longer they fight, the more Egyptians will be able to devote themselves to greater resistance, and the British will become more passive. For Germany,  There will be more chances of victory

    "I need a tank and a truck full of munitions!" Wang Weiyi suddenly made such a request to Xiao Ling.

    "The 'Rambler' order is accepted. Tanks, weapons, and trucks are being prepared. But, what do you want these things for?"

    "The mutinous soldiers need support" Wang Weiyi said with a smile on his face: "Support from Germany!"

    "You're crazy!" Xiao Ling said this sentence that she had commented on Wang Weiyi countless times.

    "Sometimes, people have to do crazy things." Wang Weiyi smiled lightly, and then he turned his head to Guo Yunfeng: "Sida, are you willing to take an adventure with me?"

    ¡°Wherever you go, I will go!¡± Guo Yunfeng always answers like this.

    Wang Weiyi put on a German military uniform, and then asked softly: "Four swords, are you ready for the skull battle flag?"

    "You are really a lunatic. You actually want the skull flag to fly in Cairo." Guo Yunfeng couldn't help but muttered at this time.

    Wang Weiyi laughed loudly: "Yes, let the skeleton war flag fly in the streets of Cairo and tell our enemies that Germany is coming and the Skeleton Baron is coming! Xiaoling, it seems that I won't do it this timeI don't need your help anymore, join me in tearing a bloody path through the British defense line!  "

    Xiaoling can¡¯t see the thoughts of ¡°Rambler¡±. She really doesn¡¯t know how these crazy ideas are formed in ¡°Rambler¡±¡¯s mind!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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