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"Division commander, Commander Li has called us to prepare for the capture of the Suez Canal. The 9th Marine Division will cooperate with us! Brigadier General Wang Shaoxuan, chief of staff of the Eighth Marine Division, reported to the division commander, Major General Tang Hongtao. China has deployed a total of three Marine Divisions in the Kingdom, with Li Hainan, commander of the 10th Marine Division, as the commander of the garrison, and the rank of lieutenant general has been promoted. This time, it was the General Staff that gave an order to Lieutenant General Li Hainan to ask the squadron in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prepare to capture the Suez Canal!

"Hmmm! Is there a specific timeline? The British and French have only 30,000 men in the Suez Canal, and we can handle them with one division! Major General Tang Hongtao said confidently. In the Middle East War, one division of the squadron often had to deal with three or four Anglo-French infantry divisions, and finally won the victory. As a result, many of the squadron's generals did not look down on the combat power of the Anglo-French forces.

"No, Commander Lee asked us to be prepared to launch an attack on the Suez Canal as soon as the order was given. However, the 9th Marine Division has already loaded ships in the Persian Gulf, and there will be warships from the Indian Ocean Fleet to escort them to land directly on the canal! Brigadier General Wang Shaoxuan said.

"Let the 1st Regiment go to Tabuk! After the order is given, you can launch a direct attack on the Suez Canal! Major General Tang Hongtao said.

"Yes, Commander! However, we also have to pay attention to the Egyptian army. Although the Egyptian army has only 10 divisions and its combat effectiveness is relatively weak, we still need to be more careful if the ants bite and kill the elephants. Britain and France have been very strict in infiltrating Egypt in the past two years, and Egypt's Khedive Abbasid II has not had a good time recently! Brigadier General Wang Shaoxuan said.

"This question, let the people of the Military Intelligence Agency have a headache! Haven't the guys in the MIA been fighting in Egypt and in Britain and France? But the Abbasid II they supported did not seem to be a match for his uncle Hussein Kamil! Major General Tang Hongtao sighed. Back in the days of the war in the Middle East. Egypt's Khedif Abbasid II became close to China. However, after the end of the war, China was forced to cede the Suez Canal, and Britain and France made a comeback. Although China gave him a lot of support, selling him at a low price ten infantry divisions of Anglo-French weapons and equipment captured on the battlefield, he now seems to have few troops at his disposal. Hussein Kamil, who had the support of the British and French, had already mastered most of the Egyptian army, and the reign of Abbasid II seemed to be shaky!

December 3, 1911. Egypt. Cairo, inside the royal palace. Abbasid II is in secret talks with the CIA's top head in West Asia, Maj. Gen. Liu Ming. It's just that Abbasid II has a bad complexion, his eyes are bloodshot, and he looks very tired. All of Egypt. It is estimated that only this royal palace is the safest, and the government and army of Egypt have been secretly controlled by his uncle Hussein Kamil.

"General Liu, I need your help, otherwise, I will lose control of this country!" Abbasid II said a little haggard. He's only 37 years old now, but he gives the feeling. But like an old man in his fifties and sixties. In his youth, he was also an eloquent monarch, and since he inherited his father's rule in Egypt at the age of eighteen, he has been trying to get rid of British control. And also marched south, conquering the Sultan. At the outbreak of the Middle East war, he also strengthened ties with the Chinese side, hoping to use China's power to bring Egypt to independence. But. Just a few years later, the situation in Egypt has become what it is now.

"Alas! Lord Khedive. We didn't expect the current chaos in Egypt to become like this. Major General Liu Ming sighed.

"It's Hussein Kamil, I treat him like an uncle, but he wants to betray me, if I had known, I should have killed him a few years ago!" Abbasid II gritted his teeth and said. However, it is too late to say anything now.

Hussein Kamil was the third son of the first Khedive Ismail of Egypt, the younger brother of the former Khedive Tawfik, and the uncle of the current Khedive Abbasid II. It's just that he is not reconciled to this. Britain and France, who had suffered a crushing defeat in the Middle East war, approached him and offered him help to become the Sultan of Egypt. The two sides hit it off, and Hussein Kamil immediately actively bribed Egypt's military and political officials, preparing to overthrow the rule of his nephew Abbasid II. Three years earlier, Abbasid II had sensed Hussein Kamil's movements and sent troops to arrest him. Hussein Kamil wept bitterly, confessed to Abbasid II, and said that he would not think about anything else in the future. Abbasid II forgave Hussein Kamil. But unexpectedly, Hussein Kamil became more intensified, and his movements became more secretive, and by the time Abbasid II realized it, Hussein Kamil had already controlled half of Egypt's army, and left Cairo and fled to Ismailia, which was under British and French control. With the support of the huge financial resources provided by Britain and France, Hussein Kamil wantonly bribed Egypt's military and political officials, and those who did not accept the bribes were all assassinated, which made Hussein Kamil now more and more powerful, even surpassing Abbasid II. Without the help of external forces, the overthrow of Abbasid II was inevitable!

"Lord Khedive, how many troops are left in your control now?" Major General Liu Ming asked.

"General Liu, I can be sure that there are only three divisions of the army under my control, namely the 1st Division stationed in Cairo, the 3rd Division stationed in Alexandria, and the 10th Division stationed in Aswan. In addition, the palace guards had the size of a regiment. Most of the other seven divisions have been bought by Hussein Kamil! Abbasid II said.

Major General Liu Ming couldn't help frowning, out of ten Egyptian infantry divisions, Abbasid II actually mastered only two divisions? I really don't know how he behaved as a Khedive.

"Lord Khedive, Aswan's Tenth Division is too far to count on for the time being. You have to make sure you have the control of the 1st Division and the palace guards to hold Cairo. If necessary, the 3rd Division can be ordered to withdraw to Cairo! Either way, there is no room for error in Cairo! Major General Liu Ming said.

Abbasid II's eyes lit up, and he asked with some trembling: "General Liu, is China going to attack?" ”

"Hmmm! His Majesty the Emperor has ordered that we will seize the Suez Canal, and all the Anglo-French forces entrenched in Egypt will be wiped out, and as for Hussein Kamil, who fell to the Anglo-French forces, he naturally will not have a reason to survive! Major General Liu Ming said.

"Great, General Liu, please rest assured, I will definitely hold Cairo. I wonder when the squadron will go into action? Abbasid II asked with some excitement.

"Three days ago, our troops had already boarded ships from the Persian Gulf, and a week later they would land in the Suez Canal. We will send two Marine divisions to launch this combat operation, which will be enough to destroy the Anglo-French forces entrenched in the Suez Canal. If necessary, our infantry divisions deployed in Iraq will also cross the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and participate in this war! Major General Liu Ming said. Iraq was originally the territory of Ottoman Turkey, but after the construction of the Baghdad Railway, China began to slowly encroach on Iraq, and finally turned it into a colony under Chinese control. And the decaying and declining Ottoman Turkish Empire can only pinch its nose and admit it. Even Britain and France were not rivals of China, so how could the Ottoman Empire go to war with China over a land that was mostly desert? Anyway, after entering the modern era, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which became the sick man of West Asia, has lost a lot of territory, and many of the territories are only nominal occupations, but in fact they have long been reduced to Western colonies, and the great empire that once dominated Asia, Europe and Africa has long lost its former glory!

Abbasid II was so excited that it only took a week for him to regain control of the country, and even completely get rid of the British and French infiltration, so that Egypt could rightfully become an independent country from the Ottoman Turkish Empire. This is what he has always wanted to do since he inherited the rule of Egypt!

Over the next two days, Abbasid II summoned the generals of the army, and in addition to the armies he was sure he could control, there were also a number of neutral generals. This made Hussein Kamil, who was far away in Ismailia, feel threatened. In fact, the army that Hussein Kamil can really control is only five divisions, and there are two other divisions, which have always been grassy in the wall, trying to offend both sides.

On the evening of 5 December, in Ismailia, Hussein Kamil gathered a group of henchmen and announced his decision to launch a military coup d'état tomorrow and lead an army to Cairo to overthrow the rule of Abbasid II.

The Egyptian generals all looked at each other. Although they all fell to Hussein Kamil, they were still a little afraid of a military coup. After all, a few years ago, the relationship between Abbasid II and China was good, and although the relationship between the two sides has not been so close in recent years, if Abbasid II can get the support of China and they launch a military campaign to overthrow Abbasid II, wouldn't it be death?

However, then the generals of the British and French garrisons in the Suez Canal also appeared, and their appearance strengthened everyone's confidence.

On the morning of December 6, Hussein Kamil officially announced his march to Cairo!