Port of Suez.

"Blocked? You're not mistaken, how do we get there when you block the canal? ”

In the office of the port official, Han Ping, a businessman from Daming, shouted dissatisfiedly that his 50,000-ton container ship was moored at the entrance to the canal outside, and at this time container freight had become the mainstream of transportation between Europe and Daming, including the American route, which gradually replaced the traditional freight mode.

"Mr. Han, we are suffering from aggression, and in order to resist the invasion of the enemy, we must do so."

The port official explained with a gloomy face.

At this time, the war had been going on for several days, the Canaanite army had been advancing into the Sinai Peninsula, and the 22nd Paratrooper Brigade led by Sharon on the Southern Front had landed on the Mitra Pass, and there was a fierce battle with the reinforced Egyptian army, once he opened this important pass, the Canaanite army would go straight to the south entrance of the Suez Canal, and block the retreat of the Egyptian army in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula. On the northern front, the three main brigades of the Canaanite Army, under the personal command of Dayan, attacked um Kaft, Abu Ogra and other places in order to open the passage to Ismailia, an important town at the northern mouth of the canal, where the British and French troops completed the division and controlled the entire northern mouth of the canal.

At the same time, Britain and France demanded a ceasefire between Canaan and Egypt under the pretext of protecting the safety of the canal navigation, the Egyptian army withdrew to the west of the Suez Canal, and the British and French formed a coalition to enter both sides of the Suez Canal, and occupied Port Fouad, Ismailia, Suez Port and other places to isolate the two armies. Canaan, who was with them, immediately agreed, but of course Nasser definitely refused, and then the British and French carrier-based planes and land-based bombers taking off from Cyprus began to bomb all military facilities and ports in Egypt, destroying most of the Egyptian combat planes on the ground.

Nasser knew that his air force had no hope of defeating Britain and France, so he forbade pilots to take to the skies to protect the pilots who were more valuable to him.

His goal was to defeat the British and French in a street battle in the city of Port Said, in order to prevent the British and French warships from moving south along the canal. Completely cutting off the Egyptian army from the Sinai Peninsula, he ordered the scuttling of four merchant ships on the channel at the northern entrance of the canal, completely blocking the canal passage.

Then he drew another enemy.

"Your war with England and France has nothing to do with us, you block the canals, and our ships can't get through. Who is responsible for the loss caused by the time delay? ”

Han Ping shouted excitedly.

He was carrying a batch of winter clothes on his boat, and if he couldn't go through the Suez Canal, he could only make a detour to the Cape of Good Hope, and even the voyage back from the Red Sea added up, at least 15,000 kilometers more, just a little more than ten knots, plus the time to stop at the port along the way to replenish supplies, it would take almost two months to drive to Europe, and at that time it was almost spring, who would it sell to?

The shipment was delivered to his own company in the Netherlands, and he not only did not earn a penny this year. I have to bear the wrath of those distributors, and it would be false to say that I am not in a hurry.

"Mr. Han, this is our canal, and we have the right to make any decision on it."

The official said with anger in his temper.

"Yours? It is yours when the battle is won. ”

Han Ping said with a sneer.

After saying that, he turned around and left directly, and after going out, he immediately asked the secretary next to him: "How does our government protect our interests here?" ”

The Ming had no diplomatic relations with Egypt, and the canal was previously controlled by Britain and France, and Ming merchants did not have to deal with the Egyptian government. Therefore, he did not know how the Ming officials would protect the interests of the Ming merchants here after the canal was reclaimed by the Egyptian government.

The latter pointed to the south with a strange expression.

"!"

Han Ping was amused.

Right in the direction of his secretary's finger. A gray battleship floats on the surface of the sea, with a triple main gun and a red flag looming overhead.

Although there are not many red flags, the only cruiser that can appear here is the Ming Navy.

Three hours later, the head of the state should be in the capital.

"I made it very clear before that I don't care about what happened between Nasser and the Anglo-French Canaanites. However, no matter what the circumstances, he must not block or close the canal, and it has only been a few days? He blocked the waterway, what did he do with my words? ”

Yang Feng said to Lao Pan angrily.

"Your Excellency. Now it is Britain and France that are invading Egypt, and in order to protect their own land, the Egyptian government certainly has the right to do anything on its own canals. ”

Lao Pan said.

"Their canals? Did they invest in repairs? ”

"Well, that's what the Egyptians did."

"Yes, the Gauls paid for the Egyptian people to build it, and they can't build a building with a group of workers, and then the building is theirs, right? The Egyptian government collects reasonable taxes, but what is it to take away the property that others have invested in and say it is its own, and it does not even pay a penny to others? Robbers? Of course I don't care whose canal it is, no matter whose affirmation it is, no matter who it is, I have to pay the toll, but their blockade of the canal has something to do with me, and until now because their rough behavior has caused eight Ming merchant ships to be stranded in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, so I warned him for the last time that within twenty-four hours, he must let go of the channel, otherwise I will go and do it myself. ”

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

"Your Excellency, if they open the fairway, the British and French warships will take the opportunity to enter the canal and attack the cities of Egypt."

"That has nothing to do with me, I only know that if he doesn't let go of the channel, at least three Daming companies may go bankrupt because of this, I only know that if he doesn't let go of the channel, my insurance company will pay a large amount of compensation for it, I just need to know this, their business is my business!"

Yang Feng said.

Lao Pan took a deep look at his imperial righteous face, then stood up and left.

Almost at the same time, a large fleet appeared on the Red Sea near Sharm el-Sheikh in the south of the Sinai Peninsula, and four dock landing ships, HMS Yingtian, USS Dreadnought, USS Loyalty, USS Goryeo, USS Ryukyu, USS Aceh, and USS Annam, stood majestically.

At this time, His Majesty the King of Annam has publicly announced that the Kingdom of Annam has returned to the arms of the Ming Empire, anyway, what he eats and drinks is all that of the Ming Dynasty, since he has decided to hug Yang Feng's big tui, then simply hug it thoroughly, so the fourth dock landing ship of the Ming Navy is named after Annam.

In addition to this, there are four Qi Jiguang-class destroyers.

The heavy cruisers Kaohsiung, Yongle and Dzerzhinsky, which belonged to the same formation, and four other Qi Jiguang-class destroyers, formed a separate fleet and sailed directly to the port of Suez to reinforce the Hongwu light cruiser that was there. The latter was the one Han Ping saw, and after receiving Han Ping's request for help, the cruiser immediately reported to the headquarters what was happening there and forcibly broke into the port of Suez to protect the citizens of the Ming Dynasty who were there.

Five hours later, Nasser also received Yang Feng's warning from the Xinhua ambassador.

Of course, he will not open up the channel, Egypt does not have a real navy at all, once the channel is opened, the British and French warships can easily go through the Suez Canal to wherever they want, they can land in Ismailia, Port Suez and other cities, and then not only actually control the canal, but also trap tens of thousands of Egyptian troops on the Sinai Peninsula there, if the channel is blocked, then they can only open Port Said first, and as long as the British and French troops are dragged in the street fighting, then the Egyptian troops on the Sinai Peninsula can be withdrawn at any time.

So he simply rejected Yang Feng's rude request, anyway, in his opinion, Yang Feng had nothing to do with him, and if he wanted to open the channel, he could only salvage the sunken ship, but it would take a long time, even if Yang Feng bombed Egyptian cities like Britain and France, it would be impossible for those ships to surface on their own, or that he was now a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.

Since this is the case, then there is nothing to say, and soon the Kaohsiung formation arrived at the port of Suez.

"Mr. Han, you immediately organize all the Ming merchant ships stranded here to return to the sea, and we will leave a destroyer to provide you with protection.

Fleet Commander Qi Fei said to Han Ping, who was invited to the Kaohsiung.

"What about you?"

Han Ping nodded and asked curiously.

"We? We're going to open the way for you. “

Qi Fei said with a sneer.

"Open? They sunk the ship, how do you open it? “

Han Ping said suspiciously.

"Shipwrecks? Can't the wreck be opened? “

Qi Fei said casually, then turned around and ordered: "Order all ships, prepare to enter the canal, enter the state of imminent battle, and anyone who dares to stop us will directly open fire." “

Half an hour later, just when all four Ming merchant ships stranded in Suez Port had left the port and returned to the sea, and were far away from the port under the protection of the destroyer Zhang Jing, the Ming fleet led by the Kaohsiung also began to enter the Suez Canal, but just as they were about to enter, the two small gunboats of the Egyptian Navy that had been in the port finally mustered up the courage to sail out.

"Let them go!"

Qi Fei looked at the two small broken ships speechlessly.

"We are the Egyptian navy, and you have invaded our territorial waters, so we will immediately turn around and retreat."

On one of the small gunboats, an officer shouted with a loudspeaker, looking also lacking in confidence, looking soft and weak.

"Shoot him!"

Qi Fei said without hesitation.

The muzzle of the Kaohsiung's first 203 mm main gun was pressed down, and flames were instantly spewed out, and in the stupid gaze of the Egyptian officer, it hit him directly on the sea on the starboard side, and the water column provoked by the explosion rose into the sky, and then smashed down on the deck of the gunboat, and the officer and two subordinates were immediately washed down in a violent shaking.

"Forget it, keep moving, the Yongle will stay and keep an eye on it, who dares to block our channel and kill us directly."

Qi Fei looked at the small gunboat that was still shaking violently on the sea, and said in the inquiring gaze of his subordinates.

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of cannonballs bursting through the air suddenly crossed his head. (To be continued.) )