821 It is important to be patient
If you want to say "resistance", it is not enough, there are still some worries about the unknown. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
If Lanfang and Germany cannot establish an alliance, then in the future, Germany may also be Lanfang's enemy, and then it will make naturalized people like Rommel at a loss, they do love Lanfang, but they also love Germany, and the principle of "avoidance" cannot avoid all problems.
In early December, Jackson arrived at the port city of Bayrdiyah with a newly reorganized infantry regiment, which was to be used as an advance base into Egypt.
It is said that it is a city, but it is actually not big, a small city of about three or four square kilometers, with a population of up to 20,000 people, and the port facilities are not bad, and it is suitable to dock 10,000-ton cargo ships and 1,000-ton destroyers, which are still very suitable as advance bases.
In the east of Liabi, the reputation of the Brotherhood Alliance is not very good, because of the previous relationship is not harmonious, the British slander the Brotherhood Alliance, especially about religious beliefs, the Brotherhood Alliance is promoted as a "heretic", "evil messenger sent by the demon king", etc., which makes the residents of Bayerdiere have a certain resistance to the Brotherhood Alliance, before Jackson led the troops to Bayerdie, most of the residents of Bayerdiere moved away in fear of the Brotherhood's momentum, and the population left in the whole city was no more than 3,000 people, They are all old and weak, women and children.
Jackson was not surprised by this situation, and after sending a company to take control of the port, he immediately contacted the British and asked the freighters to enter the port and unload.
Elfred promised to reequip the troops of the Brotherly Alliance, and Gudamis was located in the hinterland of the interior, so it was not easy to transfer supplies, so the transfer of equipment was set at Bayerdier.
While waiting to receive the equipment, Jackson did not forget his mission and sent scouts in the direction of Egypt.
There is no clear dividing line between Egypt and Libyabi, both countries were colonies of the British, and before that they were even combined with Elfred as governor, as can be seen from the horizontal and vertical borders on the map of Africa in the 21st century.
In general, national borders are determined by certain references, such as rivers and mountains. Only the border line on the North African side is as if it was measured and demarcated with a ruler, which shows how arbitrary the border was when it was demarcated, and the traces of colonization are still obvious.
The scouts sent out in the evening did not return to Bayertier until the early hours of the next morning.
Looking at the blood stains on the corners of the scouts' clothes and bulging backpacks, Jackson didn't say much, the sacrifices accumulated during the Crusades always need some blood to wash away, Jackson knows very well that these knights really don't have much "chivalry" in many aspects, which is why Yang Deshan wanted Jackson to go to Egypt.
On the second day of their arrival at Bayrdieh, Mizda's cavalry regiment also arrived at Bayrdieh, and the scouts in the direction of Egypt were dispatched more frequently, and by the fourth day the forward line of the scouts had reached Gala and Marut.
Further on is the Nile Delta, which is Cairo.
The British did not keep Jackson waiting, and on December 8, a freighter from Manchester entered Bayerdiere, loaded with all kinds of munitions.
"Sir, please sign, here is our shipping list." The bearded captain in an old-fashioned navy hat and a pipe approached Jackson with a gift from London.
The list was detailed: 25,000 rifles, 15 million rounds of ammunition, 12 75-mm rapid-fire guns, 1,400 shells, and, surprisingly, a sedan and 20 motorcycles, which was an absolute surprise.
Despite the decision to foster a brotherly alliance, the British remained wary, the supply of rifles was sufficient, but the artillery supplied was only small-calibre, and there were no armored vehicles and tanks.
This is already good, even the tanks and armored vehicles of the British themselves are insufficient, and Jackson does not have the luxury of getting any weapons of war.
"Thank you very much, and I hope you can give me a chance to treat you to a drink." Jackson signed the equipment list, handed it back and handed it back with a small pocket: "A little souvenir, there is nothing in this hellish place, that is, some stones are still beautiful." β
Stone? No, no, no, these are more than a dozen gemstones of various colors, and Jackson has been with the Chinese for a long time, and Jackson is no stranger to ushering in this set. The scouts have gained a lot in recent days, Jackson must have gained more as a "major", and no matter how Egypt becomes a colony, it is also one of the four ancient civilizations, so there are really a lot of colorful little stones.
"Oh, thank you so much for your generosity, and it would be my pleasure to have a drink with you." The captain immediately smiled, and followed Jackson to the harbor office, where there were still some glamorous programs waiting for him.
After Jackson and the captain left, the officers on the dock couldn't help but open the tin boxes.
"Wow, that's a good look, P-14!" Someone exclaimed.
"Hehe, I knew these guys weren't that generous." Some people dislike it.
The P-14 rifle, which was mass-produced and equipped by the British in the world war, and which was once massively armed by the US military units, is a simplified version of the Mk.III type equipped by the British, with only a five-round magazine, structurally, which no longer belongs to the Enfield series.
The British produced this type of rifle in large quantities during the World War, so much so that many of them were mothballed after the end of the World War, and by the time of the Second World War, they were used to re-equip the troops, and in this sense, this rifle was strong and durable.
In the office, Jackson and the captain were already half drunk, and the four young girls from Egypt were flattering at the wine table, and the captain's tongue was already a little drunk: "The Egyptians are a bunch of white-eyed wolves, they are all ungrateful, if there is no British Empire, Egypt would still be a desert now, there will be no Suez Canal at all, and there will be no Suez Canal in another hundred years, and now these Egyptians still want to nationalize the canal, it is a dream - even if Egypt breaks away from the British Commonwealth, it doesn't matter, As long as the Suez Canal is kept, let the Egyptians break away if they want toβ"
"Human ambition will always grow, and secession from the Commonwealth is only the first step, and the next step may be to reclaim the canal, and will London back down then?" Jackson savored a small glass of red wine, his eyes still clear.
In fact, the captain was not right, about 80 years ago, it was the French who dug the Suez Canal, and the later Ottoman Governor of Egypt, Pasha Said, was forced by economic pressure to sell his shares to the British, and then the British actually controlled the Suez Canal.
Speaking of the British, they are also the ones who pick peaches, and Britain has no position to blame the Egyptians who want to nationalize the canal, after all, about 120,000 Egyptians gave their lives in the construction of the Suez Canal, and the Egyptians played a much greater role in the construction of the canal than the British.
"Surely not, if that were to happen we would have to double the cost of our airline service, it would be the end of the world - of course, the old men in London might be dizzy too, who knows what they were thinking? Surrender to the savages of the desert, those gentlemen can really do it. "It seems that the captain was not pleased with the decision of the British to agree to negotiate with the Egyptians, and he was full of grumbling when he mentioned it.
"Anyway, this has nothing to do with us, next I will go to Cairo to help those princes and nobles transport their gold and silver treasures, they have already fished enough, so they are ready to stop, and it is a hard life to suffer our group of hard-working people." The captain was a little drunk and already drowsy.
"To Cairo - can you give me a ride?" Jackson made the right request.
"If you want to go to Cairo, of course you can, my friend, you better prepare, and we'll leave tomorrow." The captain finally got too drunk, and fell asleep on the table after saying this.
In the evening, Jackson summoned a meeting of his officers, at which he had just expressed his intention to go to Cairo was unanimously opposed by the officers.
"Cairo is now complicated, and it is said that the insurgents are rampant, and if there are fewer people who go, it will not make a difference, and there will be no guarantee of safety; If there are more people who go and we are targeted, it may rekindle hope among the British, so I don't recommend going to Cairo, and it is better to wait for the results of the talks between the British and the Egyptians. Chief of Staff Apollo Salisbury disapproved of Jackson's adventure.
Apollo was a Jew, a devoted follower of Judaism. Judaism also regards Jerusalem as the holy city, so Apollo and Jackson had the same demand for the return of Jerusalem.
"No, no, no, I'm not going to be a savior, I'm just going to be a bystander, the British want to give up Cairo but want to keep control of the Suez Canal, the Egyptians want to secede from the British Commonwealth and nationalize the Suez Canal at the same time, it's a very interesting situation, if you use it right, we can open it up very quickly." Jackson had his own plans.
About 600 kilometers east of Baydier is Cairo, about 100 kilometers east of Cairo is the Suez Canal, and then 300 kilometers east is the Jerusalem that Jackson has been thinking about, and from Jerusalem to the present, Jackson has never been so close.
"The closer you are to the goal, the more patience you should have, which is a virtue that should be upheld." Apollo was still cautious.
"I've been patient long enough and now I can't wait, and if the British and Egyptians don't get a result out soon, then I'll help them, whoever they help." Jackson was decisive and didn't mind whether the British, Egyptians, or Palestinians stood in front of him, and they were all going to be destroyed anyway.
(To be continued.) )