Jerome did not know that the Chinese would land, but Ismail had known for a long time.

The Chinese did not inform him, but the Chinese consul was like a month ago that he had borrowed military maps of North Africa, especially near Tripoli.

At first, Ismail didn't find it strange, because the Chinese were obviously trying to march into North Africa through Egypt, so it was normal for them to gather any military intelligence in North Africa.

But later, with the attack of the French army, Ismael was nervous, but gradually began to wonder, is the Chinese really not worried about the French occupation of Egypt? Even if intelligence shows that the French army has approached Egypt, and Ismail has repeatedly said that the Egyptian army is difficult to resist, the Chinese are still slowly resuming railway transportation, and even after Ismail confirmed that railway transportation has basically been restored, China still has not sent troops to Egypt.

At this time, Ismail gradually guessed the intentions of the Chinese, and I am afraid that they were planning to attack from the sea. Attack from the ports of the Manchus, cover the intelligence systems of the British and French, and go straight to the rear of the French army, cutting off the French army invading Egypt, instead of sending the army to Egypt by rail, and engaging the French army in Egypt.

Ismail was a king with a formal military education, and from a military point of view, it was the right choice. But when he basically guessed the Chinese's plan, a kind of unprovoked anger filled his heart.

He felt great humiliation, and if the Chinese could consult with him in advance, he would cooperate. Even if it meant luring the French army into Egypt and Egypt to bear a lot of losses, Ismail would not object.

But the Chinese did not inform him at all, all military operations were kept secret from him, which was completely contemptuous of Egypt, and the attitude of their consuls proved that they did not need Egypt to go to war with France. Their army could drive out the French.

As a monarch of a weak country, how he wished that he would be valued at least a little, a little respected.

But he didn't feel it.

Of course, as a king, his anger and displeasure will not affect his judgment. He felt that the landing of Chinese from the sea would not necessarily be beneficial to Egypt, because it would mean that the large army would not enter Egypt. The Chinese may have repaired the railroad in order to maintain the supply of the front-line army in the future. After all, the sea and land in the Mediterranean are not safe, and in the case that the main force of the British Navy has not been damaged, in fact, the Chinese do not have the right to control the sea. It's as if the British Navy had absolute superiority in the Mediterranean, but Napoleon was still able to send tens of thousands of people to Egypt with a huge fleet, and finally get out of Egypt alone.

The sea cannot be blocked, and as long as the British Navy is not destroyed, it is not safe to take the sea route. Therefore, the Chinese need a safe passage from Asia to North Africa, and the safest mode of transportation is not what else can be by rail.

Because of his dissatisfaction with China, Ismail chose to remain silent, and he even wanted to leak the news to the French at one point, so that the French could take precautions and let the Chinese landing force never return, but he knew that it would be bad for him. It was as if the Chinese refused to tell Ismail about the military plan, but Ismail could only choose to resist the French army, and then could not resist the defeat and introduced the French army into Egypt. Because Ismail could not fail to resist. Now Ismail cannot fail to cooperate with the Chinese because of common interests. If China fails to land, it will be even more dangerous. China will be forced to fight the French by land, and the battlefield will be in Egypt, which will probably be destroyed.

Therefore, the best outcome for Egypt is the best outcome for Egypt if the Chinese plan succeeds.

It's just that Ismail did not expect that the Chinese would choose to land in Misrata, where is a coastal city, but the port conditions are not good. It is an ancient city that can be traced back to the Phoenicians, a maritime civilization of the Mediterranean that was older than the Greeks, who first expanded and established numerous bases along the Mediterranean coast, including the city-states of Cyrenaica and Tripoli, which was also founded by the Phoenicians. It's just that after a long time, Misrata silted up, and the local area is a rare agricultural base in the Tripoli region, rich in dates and other specialties, and the winds of the Mediterranean Sea are blocked by the Nefusse Mountains on the edge of the western desert, leaving the rainfall in the coastal area, making it the coastal plain with the highest precipitation in the Tripoli region.

Less than 200 kilometers from Misrata to Tripoli on the edge of the desert, there are a series of ports, such as Zlitan, Homs and Tripoli, all of which, like Misrata, date back to the time of the Phoenicians, and later the Greeks also operated here, and the Romans, Arabs, and Ottomans all became masters of the area, but they all disappeared into the smoke of history. Now it belongs to Egypt and to Ismail.

As one of the best coastal plains in Tripoli and the area with the most precipitation, it is the most fertile and agriculturally productive region, which is why there are so many ports and the largest population.

Therefore, the Chinese chose to land here, because they could use many nearby ports to transport the army to land as quickly as possible, and they could quickly capture the large rear of Tripoli, so that the main French army could not retreat.

Thinking of this situation, Ismael could only smile bitterly, because the French army, which had no way to retreat, could only go to the dark like Napoleon back then, and could only storm Egypt. Use Egypt as a base to maintain combat effectiveness, or you can only accept defeat and surrender to the Chinese.

The Chinese must also understand this, they know that their actions will force the main forces of the French North African Army into Egypt and will bring huge losses to Egypt, but they did not warn Egypt, they completely ignored the role of Egypt.

Ismail thought about it, he was angry, Jerome did not expect the Chinese to land from the rear, he was also angry.

He also felt slighted.

The Chinese landing must have been intended to cut off his retreat, and now that his main force had entered Egypt and was heading towards the Egyptian port of Matrou, he would not have been so angry if the Chinese had landed in Tobruk, not far behind him, or Benghazi, a little farther away, because that would mean that all the purpose of the Chinese was to deal with his expeditionary force. But the Chinese chose to land near Tripoli, far from the front line, not because they were afraid that Jerome would come back, but because they didn't care about Jerome's main force at all.