Chapter 851: The Decisive Battle of Egypt (3)

Night battles are actually very unreliable, especially since the equipment of the Ming army is mainly firearms. There is no need for long-range strikes, and the trouble with the Turks with the bayonet is not the second offense?

But a military order is a military order, and once it is issued, it must be executed. As soon as the people below saw such an unreliable order, they naturally had corresponding countermeasures. Isn't it just a night fight? I bombarded it with artillery, pushed the machine-gun emplacement a little further, and pulled a few barbed wire fences so that the Turks couldn't sleep.

How else to say that there are more ways than difficulties? As long as you don't have to fight hand-to-hand with a bayonet, all methods can be used.

So it's dark this day, the people below are still busy, the machine gun positions stacked with sandbags, the barbed wire fence is pulled up a few times, and the brothers of the artillery work hard, just take turns in the position. Who would have thought that the night's shelling had just begun to win the jackpot, and a fire appeared in the enemy camp after one shot, lighting up half of the sky. It was supposed to be a blind shelling, but now there is a target. The divisional artillery regiment and the regimental artillery company all threw shells at the place where the fire was fired. Why? The reason is very simple, it can be burned so violently, either there are more tents or more grain and grass, anyway, they are all **, why don't you throw a few more shells at the valuable target?

Even if the mortar range of the regimental artillery company is not enough, they just throw shells in that direction, and whoever is unlucky will be blown up.

Mustafa's unlucky, bad things are blocked in his chest and there is nowhere to vent. This shelling began to be very violent, crackling and indiscriminately bombed, and I don't know how many tents were lit, anyway, a warehouse with oil was set on fire. This fire can't be controlled, and there is a shortage of water in this part of Egypt. The result was a growing fire that was simply out of control. One by one, the tents next to each other were lit. The whole night sky lit up, and the dignified Lord Pasha escaped from the camp because of a few uncontrolled shells. Then he stood outside the fire and looked inside the huge camp, and the people ran away. Camels scurry. Before, it was said that cavalry would be sent to block possible outflanking troops, but now who is mentioning this stubble? They are all busy moving out the unlit grain, forage, and grease.

Suddenly there was a loud bang, followed by a few small bangs, and the ground shook, and the people who shook almost didn't stand firm. Mustafa looked at the direction, his heart was sweet, and he didn't stop the momentum of the upsurge, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. The site of the explosion was Mustafa's killer weapon, the firearms battalion. Fifty cannons had just arrived. It was bought from the Europeans at a great price, and because it was too bulky, it arrived in the afternoon. I didn't think that before a single shot was fired, it was set on fire in the powder magazine and put on a cannon fight.

The camp that stretched for three or four miles was lit up by this cannon battle, and half of the sky was red. This movement alarmed Yin Jie. ran out and looked at the binoculars for a long time, and his mouth was crooked. Don't ask. This is the powder magazine on fire, otherwise there would be no such a big movement.

After a series of explosions, the camp was so miserable that the shock wave flew with all kinds of things, and a camel was blown out for hundreds of meters, and fell to the ground and died with a scream. The people who are busy carrying the supplies are just unlucky, and I don't know how many blows. It's hard to say whether they all fell to their deaths, anyway, the large camps that can live in tens of thousands of horses have been completely abolished.

What's even more sad is that a loud bang was terrifying, and there was a problem with the cavalry camp a kilometer away. What's the problem? The horses were frightened, screaming and kicking, and many horses broke free from the reins, and the camp was running wildly, making chicken feathers.

Mustafa and Ibrahim, who were pressed to the ground by their own soldiers, each took a while to get up from the ground, and then looked at the camp in front of them, and Mustafa sprayed another mouthful of old blood. It's miserable, it's so miserable. Within a radius of a thousand meters, there is no complete tent in sight, and broken hands and feet can be seen everywhere. People who have not died don't care about saving people first, they all kneel on the ground and keep praying for God's forgiveness. As for firefighting, hehehe, who cares about it.

"Order all units, stop the night battle, seize the time to rest, and launch a general attack early tomorrow morning." Yin Jie saw this movement and knew that it was easy to win this battle. Now it is estimated that the Turks have no heart to rest, let alone escape. This is an army of 100,000 people, and small families have to work for half a day to move. As for the nobles who lead the army, just run, there is nothing to show off when you catch it, just a group of turtles. Yin Jie wants an easy victory, and then when he occupies Alexandria, the main force of the army is basically OK. Besides, at this time, it is the opponent who is most worried about the Ming army attacking, and it is estimated that there will be no rest this night. At dawn, it was probably the time when the morale of the enemy army was at its lowest, plus the exhaustion of not sleeping all night.

Yin Jie guessed correctly, after Mustafa and Ibrahim met, they looked embarrassed when they saw each other, and their beards were affected. I don't care about the smell of burning, and I don't wipe the black ash on my face, so let's discuss what to do?

"I can't fight any more, and I order all the cavalry to concentrate. Overnight retreat. Give orders to the other troops, and be sure to hold out until dawn. "Ibrahim is also afraid of death, so he came up with such a plan. Mustafa thinks the same way, isn't it bad for business to open this mouth? I can't care about it so much now, anyway, the defeat is decided, and I immediately made up my mind. The commanders who could be contacted were given the order to hold on, and then they were busy for three or four hours to contact all the cavalry who could be contacted. I was busy until the early hours of the morning, and I ran away with the fast cavalry that could run.

In the early morning, the artillery fire here began to prepare, and all kinds of shells were thrown out, as if they didn't want money. Basically crushing this army, there will be no decent opponents in Egypt. Don't worry about it at this time, after this battle, Alexandria will be a result without a fight.

At this time, the remaining Turkish army was close to 50,000 people, and in the face of the all-out attacking Ming army, these bearded soldiers appeared unexpectedly heroic. The soldiers wielding scimitars and javelins, despite the great disparity in strength, the officers and soldiers of each camp put up desperate resistance. In their beliefs, death is heaven and there is nothing to be afraid of?

Yin Jie, who was going to destroy the withering and decaying once, could be regarded as a bite of hard dry food. Fortunately, the opponent was poorly equipped and did not pose much of a threat. The 15th Division, which was eager for quick success, attacked too fiercely. An infantry battalion was held back by 3,000 musketeers, killing and wounding more than 100 people.

The battle lasted until noon, and the Turkish army was completely defeated, with 20,000 defeated soldiers and nearly 100,000 servants running all over the mountains. The little short legs with bayonets chased after them, and there were many people who knelt on the spot and surrendered. The main ones are servants and captured strong men, although they also share the same faith, but the struggle within a faith is often more ferocious. The most dead people are often civil wars, and this is true everywhere.

The pursuit lasted until it was dark. Although Mustafa and Ibrahim were not caught, there were many prisoners, and according to incomplete statistics, no less than 30,000 were captured before dark. The camp left by the Turkish army did not have time to be destroyed, and these prisoners were simply thrown into the camp and locked up.

There was an unexpected gain that Yin Jie didn't expect. That is, in the process of pursuit, the 16th Division ran very fast, grabbed a convoy that ran away in a carriage, and after killing the guards, captured a group of women with veils. Those Japanese soldiers were barbaric, and they didn't kill less, but there was one military discipline they didn't dare to violate, that is, they were not allowed to rape or adulterate women. These women who were caught. I had to hand it all in. When the division commander Cui Xinghao saw so many women, he also had a big head. Who knew that these guys were fighting with concubines? Simply, he also turned it in directly. As a result, more than 100 women were all sent to the headquarters.

Yin Jie also had a headache when he saw this situation, to be honest, it was not impossible to get a few women to serve. The problem is that it's wartime, so you have to wait until the war is over and then get busy, right? At this time, Zhao Ge came up with a move. The dean of the night battle hospital came, and the old cow saw so many tender girls, a good thing. The hospital is short of nurses to take care of the wounded, these women are better than the rough guys, right? That's it, and they all took him away.

Zhao Ge, this undisciplined guy. also deliberately explained: "Lao Niu, let Abdullah help identify it, see if there is a woman with a good appearance and high status, and send it back to Daming Jingshi to warm the feet of Grandpa." ”

The news of the great victory on the Egyptian side will reach Daming in a few days. Chen Xie must not know that since he fired a cannon in the National Assembly, this cabinet prime minister has become the acting cabinet prime minister. And Gu Yanwu announced that the first general election will be held in August next year. The rules of this general election are very fucked, not everyone has a vote, and it is not to see who gets the most votes.

How so? Even if you have a vote, you can only vote for the political party. Then there is the competition of political parties for seats in the lower house, and whichever party has more seats is which party is in power. As for the upper house, the position of this member of parliament was originally for nothing, and he basically had no say in the question of who would be the prime minister. But this is just a face-saving statement, in fact, these people are not bad for money, and there are many families, and there is only one heir to the title. No one thinks there are too many people in Congress, does it? Therefore, taking the money out to hold elections and finding a spokesperson in the lower house does not need to be taught at all.

Almost overnight, political parties in the country sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and there were no less than 100 of them in Beijing alone. Then all kinds of gangs and factions are formed, vertical and horizontal, small political parties huddle together to keep warm, and big political parties recruit troops. This kind of thing, as long as you have money and qualifications, anyone can do it, right?

The most terrible thing about political parties being in power is that they let people's ambitions out. From now on, as long as you are a person who is qualified to run for parliament, you will have the opportunity to be elected as the head of the party, and it is natural that you may have been addicted to the prime minister. The current emperor is a decoration, and he has become the prime minister of the cabinet, hehehe.

This is the same as the people and the country, why did Yuan Shikai betray his relatives and leave? Isn't it just to be the emperor? You are the emperor, and you have broken the promotion ladder of others as great presidents, what could be more hated than this?

It can be said that Chen Xie released such a fierce beast, and the entire government and opposition system exploded. But then again, there are two sides to everything, and some people see an opportunity, and some people have to lose a lot. Especially those with vested interests, many current officials and the royal family do not hate Chen Xie too much.

The Ming Dynasty in the autumn of this year was really lively, and after the statistics of the registered political parties came out, it really blinded Chen Gelao's eyes. There are 380 of them in the whole country! Among them, the largest political party is naturally the Baath Party, which has taken the lead in the first step, and the leader of the party is naturally Chen Gelao, with 1 million registered party members. This is really dazzling, Jiangnan, Liaodong, Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Zhili, the elections in these provinces are not suspenseful, and no one can beat the Baath Party with the quota of ten members of parliament in each province.

Don't be unconvinced, these provinces are full of oil on foreign policy, who do they support if they don't support the Ba'ath Party? Supporting the Baath Party is tantamount to supporting Chen Xie. This was on the premise that the overseas colonies were not included in the Congress for fear of arousing public outrage. In addition, other small parties are also fiercely opposed, spraying all kinds of newspapers every day. In the end, even the two countries of North Korea and Dongying, which were bent on "incorporating" the territory of the Ming Dynasty, failed to mix in the number of members of the National Assembly. Only from the next term, the two provinces of North Korea and Dongying will each have five seats for the National Assembly. Don't say that Da Ming bullies people, if you give you a quota, you will be able to look up to you.

However, these two "provinces" were still grateful to Dade, and Zhu Cihong issued a holy decree, and the two kings directly changed from vassals to the king of Joseon and the king of Dongying under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. The two provinces became two provinces, and the new government agencies had nothing to do with the king, these two provinces were fiefs, and they could not be generalized with the fiefs of other kings, but could only be supported by appropriations from the provincial revenues every year.

Fortunately, these two kings have a lot of industries under their names, and they have made arrangements in advance. All kinds of mines and factories belong to the two kings. For example, the king of Dongying is still a child who has just learned to walk, and there is half a mountain of gold in the industry.

Party politics brought the greatest benefits to all strata of the Ming Dynasty, of course, it was the emerging capitalists. How vicious are their eyes? What are you playing these days and months without money? If there is more money than them, who can compare with them? Large and small political parties, you have to have financial support to play well, right? In this way, if the capitalists do not know how to do it, they are not qualified to become rich people, and they have long been in the business field. Of course, the most complicated mood is the scholars, and in the future, the political parties will be in power, and they will lose a lot of things. But it's not for nothing, at least every official, you have to have a reputation, otherwise even if you have enough money to bury many people, you are not qualified to be an official. If you are not qualified to be an official, you are not qualified to be a party leader.

All in all, it's another freak! Although it is a freak, it still sets up the Ming royal family, thoroughly! (To be continued......)