In November 1798, Tang, Britain, France, Italy, and Russia jointly issued an official proclamation to Turkey, saying that in view of Turkey's poor domestic situation, it was extremely unfavorable to the expansion of free trade and unfair to its own people. The five countries will therefore send intervention forces www.biquge.info aim to restore security and stability in Turkey and promote the development of commerce and local society.

seems to feel that such an excuse is really too shameless, so the domestic media of Datang did not report on this matter, but only mentioned it in passing, because at this time, the Datang media is still more disciplined, and will not blatantly refer to the deer as a horse, and the metropolis is more subtle. If you can't be subtle, such as this case, you won't report it at all.

The British and French were the first to attack the war against Turkey, and their fleet set off from Malta with about 38,000 British and French soldiers on board and landed at Alexandria. The landing process was not hindered, and in fact the Mamluks are not quite sure what happened.

It was not until a week later that the British and French forces actually engaged in a real exchange of fire with 4,000 Mamluks and the Arabs and peasants who were vassals of Mamluk. It was also a completely disproportionate battle, and although the number of French vanguard involved in the battle was just over 2,000, the French were armed with S1 rifles and had their own 75mm infantry guns. These French-made infantry guns are very lightweight, they can be pulled and run by a mule, and their power is also good, and they are comparable to the 92 infantry guns used by the Tang Army at the beginning. On the other hand, Mamluk was basically equipped with flintlock pistols, and there were very few paper-shell rifles, and in the face of the powerful firepower of the French army, he was almost beaten to tears at the first sight.

The strategy of the Anglo-French forces was not to focus on the struggle for a certain place, but to focus on striking at the living forces of the Mamluks and forcing Egypt into submission. This strategy is undoubtedly correct, although the scale of the Anglo-French alliance is not small, but the British and French do not have the ability to quickly control an area like the Tang Dynasty, so what they need is local political power. Their intention was that if there was a suitable force to replace Mamluk, it would be better, and if not, then leave this political bloc behind. But in any case, the first step was the conquest of Mamluk.

At the same time in history, the European powers would never be as easy as they are now when they were carrying out colonial wars, and the emergence of the Tang Dynasty made a big step forward in the world's military technology, and the French even brought more than a dozen light Renault tanks this time. Although the strength of this light tank is very low, it is the most terrible weapon to deal with light infantry, even if there is artillery in Mamluk, it is difficult to hit these moving light tanks, and the flat terrain of Egypt is more suitable for tank mobility, so that the low-level version of the infantry and tank coordination made by the French army has also achieved good results.

Seeing that the French had armored corps, the British were still a little pantothenic. So far, the British have not been equipped with similar weapons, and Britain's position in arms procurement is impossible to compare with France and Germany, although Datang has unsealed many weapons and equipment sold to Britain, but not only the price is high, but also not what you want to buy can be bought. The British got some four-wheeled armored vehicles converted from jeeps from Datang, but they could not get tanks. The British are working very hard to create a similar weapon, and progress is said to be good, but it will take some time before they can equip it. Of course, the performance is estimated to be beyond the level of Renault, and it should only be worse than Renault under normal conditions, after all, the British have no design experience in this area, and many things are half-understood, and they need to be explored slowly.

The Anglo-French forces captured Cairo, the capital of Egypt, before Christmas, and purged the Mamluk forces.

Although the Tang Dynasty did not send troops to Egypt at this time, it was still using other means to influence the situation in Egypt.

Holding an old cat without a tail in his arms, Duan Jiu of the Military Intelligence Department looked at the young man with a turban in front of him for a long time. His name is Muhammad? Ali, is an Albanian, and his father was a petty officer. According to the usual style of the Ottoman Empire, the Greeks were used to govern the Romanians, and the Albanians were used to manage the Egyptians. Muhammad? Ali came to Egypt and became an inconspicuous petty officer.

It is only through the crowd that this young man, who does not know how many times the name has been renamed, was once so prosperous that even Uthman had to bow his head before Egypt and recognize his dominion over Egypt and Sudan. Of course, now Muhammad? Ali was penniless.

The people from the MI had actually found this person a long time ago and had some contact with him, and Duan Jiu came this time to put the finishing touches on it. Duan Jiu said: "As you can see, the Anglo-French alliance is so powerful that Mamluk's rule in Egypt can no longer be maintained. The Egyptians also did not like the Mamluks, who were brutal and unintelligent, and were unable to govern this historic and fertile land well. After this war, the British, the French and even us Tang people will maintain their presence here, but the real rulers are still the locals. At that time, Egypt will break away from Turkish control and become an independent country, and Datang intends to support a young, progressive political force in Egypt to better govern the country. ”

Muhammad? Ali heard Duan Jiu's intention to woo him, but still said, "Is it internationalism?" I have heard of the internationalism of the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately my faith in Allah is firm and sincere, and internationalism is atheism, something that neither I nor any Egyptians can accept. ”

After saying Muhammad? Ali also showed some apprehension, after all, he refused to be wooed by the Tang people so clearly, and he couldn't distinguish between good and bad in this situation.

Duan Jiu smiled slightly and said, "We can understand the religious beliefs of the local people, and Datang is also tolerant of multiple religions, and has not excluded and cracked down on any legitimate religion. We are not asking you to become a national revolutionist, but we just hope that you can work with other people we are optimistic about to form a new political party in independent Egypt and contribute to the development and construction of Egypt. Of course, no country can live alone behind closed doors in today's world. There are some widely recognized values and ideals that Egypt must uphold. For example, free trade, for example, civil rights, and so on. ”

Ali put down a hanging heart and immediately said: "If this is the case, I really hope to bring modernization to Egypt in the future." (To be continued.) )