Chapter 478: Sweeping Egypt

Shortly after the sky was lightened, thousands of artillery pieces of various kinds, which had been prepared for a long time, once again began to bombard continuously. Even at a periphery distance of about four or five miles, after test firing, it was very certain that most of the shells could be hit within a radius of more than one mile. Compared with the artillery bombardment of the entire city, the effect became particularly obvious after the fire was concentrated in an area of only about one square mile, and more than 30,000 rounds of solid shells were fired in about 30 rounds in just two or three quarters, which made some of the fortresses in the center of the city look very strong at this time, and most of the buildings collapsed under the continuous heavy bombardment.

In this case, there are significantly fewer buildings available for shelter, and the projectiles fired during artillery bombardment have become heavier or even super-heavy shotguns with higher lethal efficiency. Under the bombardment of 100,000 shells in the heavy shelling of the next hour, more than half of the defenders, despite their preparations, were still more than half lost to the rain of bullets.

In this case, the last bastion line, which seemed to be very strong, became dilapidated. Under the smoke from the continuous black powder grenades and even the blasting rods, there were scattered remnants of the enemy emerging from the ruins.

Although at this time, many people still felt that the final result of surrendering to those strong enemies in the east might not be very good, but at this time, many people also felt that the pressure to face death in battle was far greater than that of prisoners, and many people chose to commit suicide at this last moment.

The battle to clear the last stronghold did not last long, and Mudra IV, unable to get out of the trap, finally chose to commit suicide, and many girls in the palace were finally captured at this time.

It has to be said that compared with the regimes in many other places, the women in the Ottoman palace are still outstanding in terms of quality. After all, the more convenient the transportation and the more civilized the place, the easier it is to give birth to many women with unusual appearances. It's just that Xiao Xuan at this time didn't continue to learn Li Shimin's interest after experiencing a lot of things. Because no one can be sure that these captured women are safe, at least after a few months to make sure that there are no too many problems before deciding on the ownership of the period, otherwise there may be some unknown risks.

Subsequently, the sweep against the remnants of the enemy was quickly carried out in other places, especially when spring came, and the less favorable sea conditions had weakened, and the fleet from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea could carry a large number of troops to sweep the entire Ottoman control area.

Xiao Xuan also held a meeting in the new guard camp at this time, asking many people in the camp for their opinions on the team's next moves. More than half of the casualties, or even less than half of the pure losses, may not have been a problem at all in the past, but today it is completely different.

To Xiao Xuan's surprise, although there were casualties in the team and even some of the previous women around him, after experiencing this series of battles, no one was afraid: "Your Excellency doesn't have to worry too much. Give the order! Whether it is a whole set of enemies in Persia, Sweden, or elsewhere, it is clear that we are not afraid of it today ... ”

In fact, there are other things that people want to remind at this time. However, because of all kinds of concerns, he still didn't say it in person at this time, and Xiao Xuan also guessed a thing or two. That is, with the combat effectiveness of the current contingent, it is very certain that the enemy group will be forced to carry out a decisive battle in an in-depth combat operation. However, if it is spread out to carry out the clean-up mission, it will take too much time, not to mention, and it will inevitably bring greater risks to the team.

Therefore, under such circumstances, I continued to lead the team to gather and start the battle, when spring had just been brought. The arrival of a large army of six or seven thousand men in the vicinity of Egypt may have been due to the fact that some of the great battles that had taken place in Ottoman territory had not yet reached the area. At this time, some of the armed forces in the old autonomous zone of Mamluk did not seem to have given up their resistance when the army arrived. However, compared with Ankara in winter, the Nile Delta in spring is simpler and more conducive to aerial reconnaissance. With excellent telescopes and aerial reconnaissance, the team was often able to spot some large armies and enemy teams that had been in ambush at a distance of about fifty or sixty miles.

In this way, with the absolute superiority of information power, some of the ambushes prepared by the Mamluk cavalry gradually turned into ambushes. After discovering the movement of large groups of enemy troops. The procession usually stops for a moment to recuperate, and then makes a cautious and secret march during the night, reaching the predetermined place at a distance of about fifty or sixty miles, but surrounding the enemy from several places where they are only a few miles apart.

Unlike some of the large-scale resistance forces encountered in the Ottoman hinterland, there no longer seems to be a strategic group of more than 100,000 people in this area, and the main force of about 30,000 people seems to be a large scale, which also allows the team to carry out some more proactive actions. After all, the range of the enemy's strategic grouping of about 10,000 people is often only a radius of a few miles, and it is not enough to limit the troops to too dangerous situations when they move separately.

After the completion of the general encirclement, the first to speak was, of course, the means of explosive attack that had been tried and tested in previous combat operations. This method has a high recovery rate of ammunition and is easy to dispose of, and some shortcomings in consumption are no longer too significant. When hundreds of thousands of heavy lead bullets of around 30 tons bombarded out, most of the enemy camps lying under cover did not react much, and they did not finally react until they were about to be hit for a short time, but at this time, the outcome was already doomed.

When the fierce blasting attack brought nearly half of the casualties to the opponent and made the opponent seem to dare not move, Xiao Xuan did not let the team rashly launch an attack at this time, but ordered the artillery team to start using artillery fire to solve the problem as much as possible at this time. The continuous firing rang out again, and the blow was not as fierce as before, but it also locked in the final outcome to a large extent. In just a few rounds of fire, the enemy formation, which was not very large, seemed to be dead.