The British troops who withdrew from Suez City had not yet reached Ismailia before they were crushed by the chariot units of the Dragoon Regiment of the Chinese Empire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The entire desert night was occupied by the light of red guns, and the wails of the British army were all over the field, and they were forever engraved on this sandy land.

By daybreak, Donald had arrived in Ismailia, but when he learned that tens of thousands of British troops had not returned with him, but had remained in the desert forever, he vomited blood.

"Immediately block the Great Bitter Lake, no matter what method is used, block the canal channel for me first!"

After Donald got angry, he immediately regained his sanity and clarity.

The British moved immediately, without Donald warning them, and they knew very well that once the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy came along the canal, Ismailia would also be in danger.

It was precisely because the British were too afraid of the Chinese Imperial army that they accomplished one thing efficiently for the first time, which was to sink ships to block the canal channel.

This is much more useful than water radium, no matter how the British army laid out water radium, it was difficult for the Chinese Imperial Navy, and they would use all kinds of advanced means to eliminate water radium.

However, if the dilapidated British gunboats, patrol boats, and large steamers were sunk into the canal channel, then the channel could easily be blocked, and it would not be easy to clean up.

This method of the British army did block the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy that was preparing to go to Ismailia for a time.

However, what the British did not expect was that just as they were resisting the Chinese Imperial Army from the direction of Suez City with all their might, a fierce battle broke out on an unprecedented scale at Port Said at the other end of the Suez Canal.

Originally, the tactics formulated by the Imperial Chinese War Department were to use the 33rd Town of Cyprus to attack Port Said, as a diversion force, that is, an assist, and the main direction of attack was Suez City at the southern end of the Suez Canal.

However, the military department did not realize that the commander of the 33rd Town Division of the Cyprus Town Guard Mansion suddenly suffered from stomach problems and was hospitalized, and a colonel named Yuan Kai temporarily took over the post of commander of the 33rd Town Division, and led the army to follow the Mediterranean Fleet to Port Said, responsible for the feint attack on Port Said.

Yuan Kai has been very proud recently, and since he changed his name, it seems that his bad luck has disappeared all of a sudden, and he has begun to rise steadily.

That's right, he used to be called Yuan Shikai, although he also looked like a dog, and served as the head of the regiment in the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire, but he was always depressed, especially when he was branded by Li Hongzhang, and was disliked by Emperor Li Weiguo, and was finally transferred to a remote place to be the police chief.

Of course, Yuan Shikai never knew that he was depressed not because he had a relationship with Li Hongzhang, but because Emperor Li Weiguo would feel uncomfortable when he heard Yuan Shikai's three words.

Yuan Shikai later met a god stick and calculated a hexagram for him, saying that his name was not good and taboo, so he suggested that he change his name. Yuan Shikai then believed it, removed the word world, and changed his name to Yuan Kai.

However, the event that really changed Yuan Shikai's fate was an accidental fire, he suffered facial burns, which was disfigured, but he met a highly skilled plastic surgeon, so Yuan Shikai changed his face.

He resigned from his post as police commissioner and went to Europe, where he became acquainted with a woman who was the daughter of the governor of Cyprus.

Yuan Shikai what a means, quickly said goodbye to his past life, and since then has become Yuan Kai, married the daughter, although later Yuan Shikai's father-in-law, that is, the governor of the Cyprus town guard, discovered Yuan Shikai's secret, but for the happiness of his daughter, he also found that Yuan Shikai is a rare talent, helping him to take care of Cyprus in order, so Yuan Shikai was not punished. However, when investigating Yuan Shikai's files, the old governor of Cyprus found that Yuan Shikai had offended the high-level of the empire for some reason, and was worried about being implicated, so he arranged for someone to make Yuan Shikai's death record, and at the same time, Yuan Kai's file was also modified according to the gourd.

As a result, Yuan Shikai had a new life, and the top brass of the Chinese Empire seemed to believe in his death.

In this way, Yuan Shikai developed in Cyprus with peace of mind, relying on his father-in-law being the governor, he soon took a position as a company commander in the 33rd town of the Cyprus garrison, and soon because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted to colonel brigade commander under the operation of the governor of Cyprus.

Of course, Yuan Shikai is ambitious, although he has not yet swelled to the extent that he wants to be an emperor, but at least he is not willing to be only a brigade commander.

Soon the opportunity came, the world war broke out, Yuan Shikai trained soldiers and horses, determined to work hard in the war, because once a soldier encounters a war, there are a lot of promotion opportunities, and it is not surprising that the rocket appreciates.

It's a pity that Yuan Shikai waited for two years, and the Chinese Empire focused on the Pacific Theater and the American Theater, and the European direction was mainly defensive, which almost made Yuan Shikai completely abandon himself.

But the opportunity that belonged to him still came, with the order of the Chinese Imperial Military Department, to feint the port of Said, and cooperate with the main force to seize the Suez Canal.

Yuan Shikaile's jump high, because he has been studying how to seize the Suez Canal since a very early age, after all, in Yuan Shikai's eyes, he knows very well what the Chinese Empire wants most, and in the Mediterranean Sea, only the Suez Canal meets the conditions.

In Port Said, Yuan Shikai quietly operated for a long time, so that he could use it one day.

Port Said was the northern outlet of the Suez Canal, and was run like a barrel by the British army.

Just as Guam was so important to the Chinese Empire that the Chinese Empire built Guam so strong that hundreds of thousands of British troops could not defeat Guam, the British learned to build the fortifications of Port Said, which they considered the most important.

At this time, Port Said was a hundred times stronger than the historical Port Said, and the British army continued to build the Port of Said, and built a large number of fortifications on both sides of the canal, and the Port of Fouad on the opposite bank also built the Fort Fortress fortifications, relying on each other and horns.

The British military once put aside its arrogance that even if the Chinese Imperial Shence Army came, it would definitely not be able to defeat Port Said without paying 300,000 lives.

The commander of the 33rd Town Division was supposed to personally lead the troops to fight, but for some reason he suddenly suffered from stomach problems and was directly admitted to the hospital, so under the operation of the Cyprus Governor's Palace, Yuan Shikai temporarily took over the position of division commander and commanded the attack on Port Said.

"Weiting, are you sure you can take Port Said? You must know that it is a fortress defended by 50,000 British troops, and I am afraid that it will not be able to defeat it without more than 100,000 people! ”

Before leaving, in the governor's palace, Yuan Shikai had a secret meeting with his father-in-law.

Yuan Shikai said: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I won't joke about my future!" If before, I only had one brigade of troops, and I was only 10% sure. Now that I have a town of troops, I have 30% certainty. If my father-in-law had persuaded the Imperial Air Force Command to send me 500 planes to help in the war, I would have been 90% sure that I would have taken Port Said. ”

Ninety percent sure?

The Governor of Cyprus was shocked when he heard this, and in his opinion, the Chinese habit would not be full of words, and ninety percent certainty was equivalent to ten percent certainty.

There is a way to gather people in groups, the governor of Cyprus can choose Yuan Shikai, obviously he is also an ambitious person, to use Yuan Shikai to accumulate political capital for himself, if he can only rely on a town of troops to conquer Port Said, the cliff became an instant hit, become the star of the Chinese imperial military, and he also said that he would accumulate enough capital to return to China to participate in the parliamentary elections, and it would be no problem to climb a few more steps.

Therefore, the Governor of Cyprus immediately decided: "Well, I believe you once!" ”

Under the mediation of the Governor of Cyprus, he quickly received a response from the commander of the Imperial Chinese Air Force, Zhuang Jiuxia.

Zhuang Jiuxia has been very depressed recently, it was originally a joint operation of the navy, land and air, but at the last moment, the navy and the army still discriminated against the air force, and even kicked out the air force and acted alone.

The reason for Zhang Xiaoliu and Lin Jiyun is very simple: the F16 fighters of the Chinese Empire have a limited range, and the main direction of attack of the navy and army is in Suez City, and if the F16 fighters take off from the Djibouti airport, the combat radius cannot reach Suez. So the air force was put on standby in Cyprus, and with the strength of the navy and army, the Suez Canal could be taken on time without the air force.

Zhuang Jiu was extremely chivalrous, and at this time, the governor of Cyprus asked for the assistance of the air force, and hinted that as long as the air force sent 500 fighters to cooperate, it could take Port Said.

Zhuang Jiuxia was about to let the navy and army see the strength of the air force, since the governor of Cyprus promised to take Port Said, then simply transferred all 1,500 fighters to cooperate with the 33 towns to attack Port Said, anyway, these fighters are in Cyprus, idle is idle, it is better to give it a go.

The support of 1,500 fighter jets made Yuan Shikai more confident.

And the British Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet was also lying on its stomach at this time, and it did not dare to come to intercept the Mediterranean Fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy.

You must know that the Mediterranean Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy has only six heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, as well as twelve destroyers, twenty-two mine-striking ships (Fish and Radium boats) and eight submarines.

However, the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy of the British Empire has four old battleships, eight large armored cruisers, eight cruisers, nearly 20 frigates, and at least 30 submarines, far exceeding the strength of the Chinese Empire.

But the shadow of the famous tree, the Chinese Imperial Navy crushed the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet and the American Navy Interoceanic Fleet, and the powerful did not want it, which made the British Royal Navy afraid. At the same time, the Italian navy, the Austro-Hungarian navy, and even the Ottoman navy in the Mediterranean Sea were ambushed nearby, thinking that the Chinese Imperial Navy was just a decoy, so they did not dare to respond to the battle and directly dodged.

In this way, Yuan Shikai picked up the cheap again, did not have to fight with the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, and directly arrived off Port Said.

In fact, Yuan Shikai's only worry is the naval battle, he can dominate the situation on land, but there is no way at all in the sea, once the Mediterranean fleet of China and Britain fights, if the Chinese side loses, then everything is empty talk, no matter how much Yuan Shikai has ideas, he can't fly to Port Said across the sea.

The front of Port Said has powerful fortress artillery, even if the battleship arrives here, you have to be extra careful, not to mention a few heavy cruisers, as long as you take a shot, basically only a sinking life.

Yuan Shikai has been studying the attack method of Port Said Fortress, and now he has already made up his mind.

The geographical location of Port Said is very distinctive, it is not only a city, but also a coastal port, and the Suez Canal passes, behind Port Said, or the huge Manzalei Lake, this special geographical location is destined to make Port Said an isolated island surrounded by the sea.

In order to avoid the threat of sea entering Lake Manzailai directly and attacking the rear of Port Said, the British army took great pains to build a 100-kilometer-long embankment between Lake Manzailai and the Mediterranean. But Lake Manzalei was too big, there were still 500,000 civilians in Port Said, and their ships needed to go to sea from Lake Manzailai, so the British army had to leave a channel exit 20 kilometers northwest of Port Said, and garrisoned troops for defense during the war, but because of the width of the embankment, it was impossible to build large-scale fortifications, so it became the breakthrough point chosen by Yuan Shikai.

When the Mediterranean Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy appeared off Port Said, the British troops in the fortress suddenly became nervous and entered a state of high combat readiness.

However, the Imperial Chinese Navy never moved, just sailed so far away, avoiding the range of artillery strikes at Port Said, and playing psychological tactics with the British army.

At the same time, the Imperial Air Force of China dispatched 1,500 F16 fighters and began to attack the fortresses and cities of Port Said.

Fifteen hundred fighters roared in, densely packed, and some of the British troops with dense phobia were instantly frightened.

Da-da-da-da!

Da-da-da-da!

The fighters dived and then strafed, forcing the British to hide. The people in the city are even more ghosts crying wolves, their homes have been beaten into hornet's nests, and many homes have caught fire, and the smoke of gunpowder is filled.

This was a kind of deterrent, which made the British army and ordinary people feel powerless to resist in the face of the military attack of the Chinese Empire.

This is also Yuan Shikai's strategy, to deter the British army during the day, so that the British army thinks that this is just a prelude, and soon the Chinese Imperial Army will launch a frontal beach landing operation.

While the British army was nervously waiting, in the evening, the Mediterranean Fleet of the Chinese Empire quietly sailed away, with hundreds of troop carriers, and slaughtered towards the mouth of Mingang 20 kilometers away.

The ship's guns roared, destroying several British pillboxes, and at the same time breaking the blocking locks on the sea.

After the lightning striker advanced and carefully removed the water radium, the Mediterranean Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy quickly entered Lake Manzailai, and then sailed several dozen kilometers to the east, appearing behind Port Said, a city of half a million people.

The sudden and huge change caught the British army off guard.

However, the British army was not completely unprepared, and there were also tens of thousands of British troops stationed on the shores of Lake Manzalai, but compared with the Mediterranean direction, there was less threat from hundreds of large-caliber fortress guns.

"Start the beach-grabbing landing operation!"

Yuan Shikai gave an order, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he knew that his future new life path had begun. (To be continued.) )