The vanguard of the Southeast Army's attack on Cairo, with the cavalry in front, the scouts quickly reported to the commander, Major General Hao Shaoqi, that "the enemy in front is dense, and there are too many!" ”

"At least 50,000 people, how many are too many!" The scout said quickly, this is a veteran, and he can point out the approximate number of people at a glance, and he can't be wrong.

"Intelligence says that there are less than 10,000 defenders in the city, how can they have so many people?" Hao Shaoqi was slightly surprised, and he immediately rushed forward, stationed his horse on a sand dune, pulled out his binoculars, and observed the city of Cairo.

Well, a long river floated by, and in the distance there were countless houses on top of each other, that was Cairo, and there were even more black, white, and brown patches like clouds, all of which were people, and the reflection of weapons made him blink.

After only one glance, Hao Shaoqi immediately understood, and he said to his subordinate Wang Jincai: "It's not that reinforcements have arrived in Cairo City, but that they have mobilized the people in the city and come out to fight with us together!" ”

Wang Jincai sneered and said, "Okay, the more you come, the more fun you kill!" ”

Wang Jincai was born with a round face and big ears, a straight nose and a square mouth, a wisp of whiskers on his chin, and a long arm in his height.

However, Hao Shaoqi shook his head and said: "They have 100,000 people, even if it is 100,000 pigs, they will kill you one by one, and kill you until you are soft, if you don't know that we will be knocked to the ground by the pigs, then we will be the vanguard, and we will lose face!" ”

"What do you mean?" Wang Jincai asked.

"Now the war is not as high as before, the requirements are high!" Hao Shaoqi said: "The leader wants us to use our brains to fight, not only to win the battle, but also to die less!" ”

"Will the plan be released?" Wang Jincai asked.

"The strategy has changed!" Hao Shaoqi snorted coldly and said: "Let's take a look, if there is a chance, we will rush, if there is no chance, we will retreat, and we will fight and retreat!" ”

"How?" He turned his head to look at Wang Jincai and asked, "It seems that you don't approve of it?!" ”

"We are pioneers!" Wang Jincai said helplessly: "I can't get the results, it's very embarrassing!" ”

"The older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous they are!" Hao Shaoqi pointed ahead and said: "At first, we heard that the defenders of Cairo City were less than 10,000, so we sent tens of thousands of soldiers to seize Cairo City, but now that there are so many of them, the situation has changed greatly!" ”

"Let's wait for the main force to come up and then open Luo, we have to take the children home, and it's not like we're retreating without a fight, it's not a shame!" Just as they were saying the word "disgrace", they heard the sound of gunfire behind them, Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jin turned around and saw that it was the rear army that had risen in smoke and dust, and when they heard the sudden sound of gunfire, their faces couldn't help but change greatly: "The Indian soldiers have been attacked!" ”

"He's X, before we can beat them, they will spank us first, and the Indian soldiers will resist me, otherwise this face will be lost!" Hao Shaoqi was worried.

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"Whew! Call! Call! Sharp panting.

The Indian advance regiment was inevitably left behind, and instead of keeping up with the Chinese troops in front, it was pulled behind, a distance of ten kilometers.

They were not Chinese after all, and after a day's rapid march, the formation of the ranks had been scattered, and the long walking procession dragged on for a long time, and almost every soldier who walked staggered as if he were drunk, and the slightest wind blew them all down.

The person suddenly fell into shape, and the original brown-skinned complexion seemed to become darker and thinner.

Many of the people's eyelids weighed several hundred pounds, and when the troops stopped to reorganize, some fell to the ground, snoring so loudly that they couldn't wake up.

Almost a few hundred people were left behind, and the Chinese troops in front were only more than 100 people left behind, and the Indian advance team took them in, and those Chinese troops could keep up with the advance group, so that there were more than 800 people in the regiment.

The Chinese troops in front stopped advancing, and the commander of the Indian advance regiment, Senior An, saw that there was a small village on the road, and there was a well there!

In the desert area, marching according to the water source is a necessary condition for victory, and the southeast army is going to Cairo with a map and a guide!

Seniority An frowned, he didn't want the soldiers of the regiment to go over to meet with the large army like a lonely ghost, as a soldier, he had to pay attention to his appearance and look like a person!

He ordered the army to halt its advance and rest first, and this order saved the advance regiment.

The troops assembled, counted the number of people, ate and drank, planned to rest in place for half an hour, and then continue to advance and join the troops in front.

Hearing that they had only half an hour to rest, the Indian soldiers all had bitter faces, but fortunately they had something to eat in their mouths, so they could recover their strength.

The Indian soldiers have made great progress!

In other words, if you are untrained Indian soldiers, even if you smoke them to death, first, they will not run 100 kilometers in a morning day and night, and to be honest, when they are finished, the Indians themselves can't believe that they have this ability! Second, the long march is so tired that they would rather fall down and let you kick them wildly. It's not like now, although some people complain, but everyone is ready to carry out the order!

So the Chinese ate toffee and beef jerky, while the Indian soldiers chewed their feed and dried fruit.

In order to refresh their minds, some people chewed tea leaves, some smoked, one after another, some washed their faces with cold water, some rubbed medicated oil, did simple exercises, and some people snooze against the wall, and the commander of the senior regiment invited the Chinese and Indian commanders of the Marathi, Sikh and Dras battalions to come and invite them to drink a unique drink.

The pure black drink, with a unique aroma and a bitter and sweet taste, makes people feel much more sober when drinking, and the effect is stronger than that of tea.

Coffee!

That's right, the southeast country is starting to have a high level of coffee!

The coffee tree is native to the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia, Africa, where indigenous people often grind the fruit of the coffee tree, mix it with animal fat, and knead it to make many ball-shaped balls. These indigenous tribes used these coffee balls as a precious food for the warriors who were about to go on the expedition.

After the warrior enjoyed the coffee balls, he was very excited and lively, so that he had more energy to fight.

In the 13th century, when the Ethiopian army invaded Yemen and brought coffee to the Arab world, the Arabs in big robes stayed in their tents.

In the 17th century, coffee cultivation and production had been monopolized by the Arabs, who submitted to the Ottoman Empire, so the Turks were happy to eat coffee.

It wasn't until about 1570 that Europeans began to get started with coffee, which was so expensive that only the nobility could drink it, and coffee was even called "black gold".

If it weren't for Yan Dashao, it wasn't until 1690 that a Dutch captain sailed to Yemen and got a few coffee seedlings, which he planted in Indonesia, which made coffee boom in Southeast Asia.

And Yan Dashao is in charge of Southeast Asia, he knows coffee, he has manpower and money, let them find it, find coffee seedlings and buy it, if you can't buy it, steal it, transplant it to Southeast Asia, so that the Chinese people are also happy.

Since the production did not go up, the price was still very expensive, and it was not included in the military supplies.

Now everyone is top-heavy, and the head of the senior group has a bag of coffee powder, so he has a good time with everyone.

The commander of the Maratha battalion, Kunal, was young and quick, and after three glasses in a row without fear of burning the ground, he boasted in high spirits: "I can now take Cairo alone!" ”

As soon as the words fell, only a gunshot was heard in the distance, and the dust flew up at the gunshot, and said with a slight smile: "You don't need to open Luo, you will soon be able to try to fight those enemies alone!" ”

He took out a whistle and let out a long blow: "Flute!" ”

Enemy attack!

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