The news of the occupation of the entire territory of Egypt by the Egyptian Zhutun Army of the Imperial Chinese Army quickly caused a sensation throughout the North African battlefield, and the whole of Europe was shocked, and they knew that the war machine of the Chinese Empire had been activated again.

However, other countries were more jealous and fanatically jealous of the great treasures of the Valley of the Kings than the Chinese Empire's occupation of Egypt.

In particular, the loss of Egypt by the Ottoman Empire has made them very angry, but the Chinese Empire has unearthed a huge amount of treasure from Egypt, and this blow has made the Turkish government very faceless and extremely angry.

Subsequently, the Ottoman government issued a public statement, saying that the Chinese Empire's invasion of Turkish territory was treacherous and that it was immoral to steal the tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs, calling on governments to denounce the Chinese Empire, and calling on the indigenous Egyptians to resist the military occupation of the Chinese Empire.

However, at this time, the Turkish Empire was facing the threat of the Second Crusade of the European powers. By calling for this, they simply want to divert the attention of European countries. It's just that this is clearly wishful thinking on the part of the Turkish Empire. However, the Ottoman Empire's demagogic program against the indigenous people of Egypt had excellent results.

Li Zicheng led a large army to sweep the Valley of the Kings, and more than 50 tombs of pharaohs in Egypt for thousands of years were dug up, which made the Egyptian aborigines extremely angry and made enemies of the Chinese Imperial Army everywhere.

Li Yan swept through the whole of Egypt within a few months, exterminating more than 30,000 Turkish imperial troops, and enslaving more than 160,000 Turks and more than 2 million Egyptian natives.

During this period, the French army and the Turkish Imperial Army engaged in a battle in the desert of northeastern Libya, where two hundreds of thousands of troops encountered each other and fought fiercely for several hours without winning or losing.

However, the French army was well supplied and did not care about fighting any further. However, the supply of the Ottoman army was already difficult, and with the fall of Egypt, the supply had been cut off, and it was impossible to hold out with the French army for a long time. Therefore, the Ottoman army was desperate for a decisive battle with the French army.

The more this happened, the more the French army did not want to fight a decisive battle with the Ottoman Empire, and deliberately delayed the battle and consumed the opponent's strength.

However, the Ottoman army could not be exhausted at all, and desperately hoped for a decisive battle with the French army, so they attacked Tripoli with all their might, forcing the main French army to fight a decisive battle.

Finally, under the fierce attack of the Ottoman army, Tripoli was almost lost, and the French army did not want to lose Tripoli, so they had to transfer the main force out of the desert and set up a position under the city of Tripoli to start a decisive battle with the Ottoman army.

Hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides fought fiercely under the city, and the French army was equipped with some advanced artillery from the Chinese Empire, although the overall strength was inferior to the Ottoman army, but the combat power was better than the Ottoman army.

The Ottoman army urgently needed to take Tripoli for supplies, or to crush the main French army and relieve the Libyan crisis. Similarly, the French did not want to lose their stronghold in Libya, Tripoli, and therefore went all out to meet the Ottoman army.

The battle lasted for a week, and the Ottoman army suffered heavy casualties, but it could not defeat the French army, and the numerical advantage was gradually lost.

However, just as the two sides were at a standoff, a Dutch army suddenly arrived from Tunisia, numbering less than 2,000 men, but managed to penetrate the rear of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Army and occupy most of the Syrian territory.

The French were furious when they learned that the Dutch had taken advantage of the situation, and intensified their attacks on the Ottoman Turkish army, which backfired, and the artillery positions were destroyed by the Ottoman army's night attack. The French army, having lost its artillery positions, suddenly fell into passivity, and hundreds of thousands of Ottoman troops launched a counterattack, forcing the main French army to retreat.

The main forces of the French army retreated, and Tripoli could not hold out. There was no way, the French army did not want the Ottoman army to get supplies, so they had to go on a killing spree, sacked and burned the entire city of Tripoli, and did not give the Ottoman army any supplies.

The Ottoman army occupied Tripoli but failed to receive any supplies. At this time, the hundreds of thousands of Ottoman troops were no longer supplied, and the soldiers were so hungry that many soldiers slaughtered civilians to satisfy their hunger.

Soon, the Ottoman army was demoralized, and the French, newly replenished with artillery, made a comeback and surrounded Tripoli.

In less than a week, the strength of the Ottoman army had been sharply reduced to more than 70,000 men. In addition, after the looting of the French army, an epidemic broke out of the corpses of civilians in the city, and the Ottoman army was crushed by the plague.

Half a month later, the remaining 30,000 Ottoman troops gave up resistance and surrendered to the French.

However, the French army feared that the Ottoman army would spread the plague to the French army, and the current Second Crusade in Europe, the French army executed all 30,000 surrendered Ottoman troops in exchange for the support of the Holy See in Europe.

However, the French regained Tripoli, but two-thirds of Libya had already been looted by Dutch troops. The French government protested against the shameless behavior of the Dutch army, but it seemed to have little effect, and it was difficult for the Dutch to spit out the territory they occupied.

For this reason, Franco-Dutch relations in Libya have deteriorated and contradictions have escalated.

However, both sides are prepared to consolidate the territory they currently occupy first and then discuss the disputed territories, so neither side has taken extreme military action.

China, France and the Netherlands divided North Africa, and France occupied the Turkish Algeria and the western part of Libya. The Dutch occupied Turkish Tunisia and eastern Libya, while the Chinese Empire occupied all of Egypt. And, of course, France returned Morocco to Spain, so Spain also became part of the North African colonies.

The war in North Africa was over, but it only meant that France, the Netherlands, and Spain would still have to face a powerful retaliatory action from the Ottoman army for the Chinese Empire.

This was mainly due to the fact that Egypt, occupied by the Chinese Empire, was blocking the way for the Turkish Imperial Army to regain its territory in North Africa, and helped France, the Netherlands, and Spain to block the Turkish Imperial Army.

On the east bank of the Suez Canal, 120,000 Ottoman troops from Jerusalem arrived outside the fortress of Ismailia.

The Suez Canal was also forced to close due to the arrival of the Ottoman Empire, and was only open to the warships of the Chinese Empire.

The French and Dutch annihilated the Ottoman forces in North Africa, allowing Li Yan to bring back the troops deployed in the western part of Egypt to defend the three fortress cities of Said, Ismailia and Suez and ensure the safety of the Suez Canal.

However, the Ottoman army was clearly prepared, and the 120,000 troops were equipped with 500 artillery pieces, 100 of which were heavy siege artillery, apparently preparing for a big battle.

Fortunately, Li Yan had already prepared, strengthened the fort defense, and used the Guò Royal Air Force to detect the situation of the Ottoman Imperial Army and make correct arrangements.

The Ottoman army placed its main forces outside the fortress of Ismailia, about 120,000 men. There were about 10,000 people outside the Suez fortress and more than 20,000 in the direction of Sede. Li Yan was well aware of the enemy's troop deployment, and he used an infantry division of the Royal Army's Egyptian Zhutun Army to defend the Suez fortress and an infantry division to defend the Ismailian fortress, so as to hold back the main Ottoman force. At the same time, Li Yan placed the five main divisions in Said, and with the cooperation of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy, they went out of Saide and stormed the Rumaneh area.

Five elite infantry divisions, divided into three routes. The 20,000-strong Central Route Army attacked the Ottoman Army head-on and pinned down the enemy. Two infantry divisions on the left and one on the right, attacking both flanks of the Ottoman army.

As a result, the Imperial Army of the Chinese Empire only took half a day to defeat the 20,000 Ottoman troops attacking Said, and achieved a great victory at Rumanet.

After the victory of Rumanay, the Chinese Imperial Army divided into two routes, and four infantry divisions quickly moved south, approaching the fortress of Ismailia, preparing to surprise the main force of the Ottoman army. Another infantry division marched east and raided Hamaijing. Because Hamaijing is the logistics supply base of the Ottoman Imperial Army, if Hamaijing is defeated, it will be equivalent to cutting off the foster care and retreat of the 120,000 Ottoman Imperial Army, and the strategic significance is very important.

Outside the fortress of Ismailia, the sound of artillery roared, the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

The Ottoman army used hundreds of artillery pieces and bombarded the fortress.

For the first time since its construction, the fortress of Ismailia faced war.

In the fortress turret, the officers and soldiers of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire returned fire with fortress guns.

When the fortress of Ismailia was first built, its war factors were considered, so the artillery firepower in the fortress was powerful, especially the heavy fortress guns of 250 mm. Shells weighing tens of kilograms can easily blow up deep pits more than one meter wide. The Turkish army was discouraged and shocked.

However, this large-caliber fortress gun can only be fired once every ten minutes, and although the lethality is huge, it is only a psychological deterrent, because the firing range is too short and the accuracy is poor.

The real power is the 120 mm to 150 mm Shenmu cannons, these guns have undergone rigorous battlefield tests, not only long range, great power, and fast firing speed.

The armies of the two sides faced each other, and the first thing that unfolded was a fierce artillery battle. The Chinese Imperial Army occupied a favorable position, condescending from the fortress of Ismailia, and the shells hit far and accurately. The Ottoman army, on the other hand, had to get close to the fortress to open fire because of the short range of its artillery. However, the high ground near the fortress had already been dug up during the construction of the fortress, and the artillery positions of the Ottoman army were so good that they dug holes and changed the flat-firing guns to back-firing guns.

The artillery battle on the first day was the most intense, and both sides wanted to give the other a dismount, so as soon as the fire was fired, the two sides fell into a fierce battle. The Ottoman army used almost half of its ammunition reserves, and the heavy bombardment at any cost caused considerable damage to the fortress of Ismailia, destroying many fortified fortress positions and inflicting considerable casualties on the defenders of the Chinese Empire.

However, the fortress artillery of the Chinese Empire also taught the Ottoman army a profound lesson, because there were hot air balloon reconnaissance in the air, the fortress artillery not only knew the location and deployment of the artillery positions of the Ottoman army, but also could get several corrections when firing artillery to attack their artillery positions.

The main task of the RAF's hot air balloons before the war was to reconnoiter the enemy, but after the battle began, it was to guide the artillery of the fortress to the position of the shelling and calibrate each shelling.

In this way, the fortress artillery had the help of the eye of the sky, and obtained accurate comparison parameters during the shelling, and as a result, the shells were like eyes, and they accurately fell on the artillery positions of the Ottoman army, causing them a large number of casualties and losses.

The two sides fought for a day, and as a result, the Ottoman army's artillery casualties were as high as one-third, and more than 100 artillery pieces were lost. For the Chinese Empire, it was only the scars of the fortress walls, and the loss of personnel was negligible. V