But when the envoy sent by Suez City left with a frightened and helpless face, Ding Yi restrained his smile and asked Wan An, "Report." ”

"The report of the fleet has been delivered, and there is a gunner who is carrying shells, twisted to the waist; On the side of the Dragoon Brigade, there was a soldier in the second company of the first battalion, who was burned in the face by the bullet casings thrown by his comrades when he pulled the bolt and returned the bullet. Wan An was very happy, and he also couldn't suppress his pride, "Other than that, there are no casualties, sir!" Report complete! ”

Ding Yi sighed faintly, drank all the tea in the cup, put down the teacup and looked up at Wan An: "I'm asking about the consumption of ammunition, do you think I have a problem with my eyesight?" Or do you think there is anything to brag about with this zero casualty? This made Wan An bow his head in embarrassment.

The consumption of ammunition was also not too great in general, two destroyers fought five rounds and consumed one hundred and twenty shells, but when the Mediterranean fleet came, the huge supply fleet brought enough shells, and even after refilling the primer and gunpowder, these one hundred and twenty shells could be put back into service.

Of the two machine guns, one consumed a half-bullet chain, and the other stopped firing for a while because of jamming, and only consumed less than a chain; The rifle of the second company consumed about 400 rounds. For the supply fleet carrying ammunition, these are negligible drains for the time being.

"Egypt is very large, and there are many cities like Suez." Ding Yi patiently said to Wan An, "Don't despise the enemy, and once you go ashore, the desert will be more terrible and effective than the enemy." Kill us, if we encounter cavalry in the desert, we will not be able to build any positions at all. And the destroyers are not likely to follow us either. ”

Ding Yi said and motioned to the staff officer who followed Wan An to take out the map, and said to Wan An: "Tell me about your charter." ”

"Knock down this port across the Gulf of Suez as well." Wan An pointed to the location of the later port of Tawfik, "The fleet maintains a deterrent in the Gulf of Suez, and if, as depicted on the map of Mr. Suez, this used to be the Great and Small Bitter Lake, then organize the natives on both sides of the river." After the construction of this section of the channel, destroyers took the lead and followed this channel to the west. The troops must not be allowed to march inland without the support of naval artillery! ”

Hearing this, not only did the fat man on the side, who had acted as a night not collect many times after Wang Zhen's downfall, frowned. Even Zhu Yong was a little unimpressed. When he was a child, his father was a general in a border town, where did he get the naval guns? Wouldn't there be no war without naval artillery? Even Zhu Yong felt that it would not be a problem to find anyone to be the commander in this way, anyway, it was to put the troops under the protection of naval artillery fire.

"Mr. Report, I am giving the floor." Zhu Yong couldn't stand it anymore, and he began to feel that he was not qualified to be the commander of the dragoons, that is, once he broke into the depths of Egypt. The desert terrain made it difficult to transport the baggage and the battle damage of the troops who were not protected by the ship's guns was an unbearable burden.

After Ding nodded his head for him to speak. Zhu Yong pointed to the map and asked his question: "What Admiral Wan means is to sweep the two banks of the canal that we want to build and dredge, right?" Seeing Wan An nodding, Zhu Yong sneered, "The dragoon brigade has a total of more than 4,000 people, how can we protect the defense line on both sides of the canal?" At least when the canal is being built, the construction of the people must be guaranteed, right? What to do when the Egyptian army raided with cavalry from the interior? My opinion is that it is not too late to break into the interior, and after taking Cairo, take the name of righteousness, and order the cities to build the canal again. ”

"Mahmoud, Morena, you can talk about it too." Ding Yi beckoned them to join the discussion, "Military democracy, as long as it hasn't been decided, everyone can discuss it." But it seems that Mahmoud and Morena, both shocked by the power of the guns of the two destroyers, have not yet come to their senses.

Bulgari is the simplest idea: "How the gentleman says to fight, we will fight." This is also one of the fundamental reasons why Ding Yiyi Li Le stayed in the wooden bone capital, Bulgari's loyalty is no problem, but it still has not been able to complete the transformation from a grassroots squad platoon leader to a senior commander.

"If you advance inland, it is better to advance from the wooden bones to the Sudan." After thinking for a long time, Mahmoud hesitated to say this, his words were not unreasonable, if he started to advance from the wooden bones, at least he could maintain a supply line, which was much better than starting from Suez.

Guo Jin also thought so, but he had different opinions from Zhu Yong and Wan An: "We have to organize the local cold weapons troops, and we can't monotonously rely on the supplies we carry, otherwise once the ammunition is damp, no matter how well we keep it, if it encounters a storm, it is really difficult to say, and it will be very troublesome...... As for the canal line, we can use the method of encircling the point to send reinforcements, try to consume the enemy's vital forces, and when the elite is almost consumed, we should go to the indigenous cold weapon troops to fight against the enemy's second-line troops, I think we can still fight. ”

Listening to everyone speak, Ding Yi always smiled and nodded, and he encouraged all the people under him to speak, instead of him grasping a qiē, otherwise, where to talk about the so-called growth? Obedience is the duty of the military, but the senior command staff cannot just obey orders, and then it will be doomed, especially when the communication conditions are so primitive.

By this time, three battalions had already disembarked from the landing ship and completed the simple construction of positions on the beachhead.

"Take Suez down, and when you enter the city, let's go back to the meeting." Ding Yi stopped the discussion in time, although the Suez people did not organize troops to come out to counterattack, but it can be seen that the defenders in Suez City did not intend to give up so much, the gap in the city wall was blocked with various wood and stones, the banner on the city was eraught, they still had the fighting spirit, although the cavalry sent was all wiped out, but they still could not make them succumb.

At this time, the mortar squads of the three battalions of the dragoon brigade and the machine guns of the company began to be arranged.

Under Wan An's orders, the mortar squad opened fire first, and as a result, this fire dealt another devastating blow to the defenders of Suez. Because the defenders of Suez considered it with the thinking of cold weapon warfare, they believed that Ding Yi's troops would use the gap as a breakthrough to attack. So around the blocked gap, a lot of troops were placed.

But for the dragoon brigade, artillery coverage is inevitable, they have more than 4,000 people in total, how can they fill it with human lives?

If the defenders are determined, the guns will fire, and then the machine guns will approach and suppress until there is no more resistance at the head of the city, and the infantry will enter to clear the remaining enemy. At this point, Wan An has a good grasp of tactics, because if one dies, there will be one less, not to mention that there are no soldiers in Huaxia, even if there are soldiers, there are trained troops, when will they be able to make up for it? It depends on what kind of wind the sky blows, and whether there are wind and waves on the sea.

As a result, another round of mortar fire went down, this is curved artillery fire, which can bypass the city wall, every time the high-explosive warhead explodes, a bunch of people fall, and only six shells are fired from each cannon, and the blocked gap has not been broken again, and the city head raises a white flag, because it really can't bear the casualties.

"It's finally over." Emperor Jing, a military doctor who had nothing to do, said this boredly.

Because there are really no wounded soldiers to keep him busy, this is exactly as Ding Yi said, a hunt.

No matter how ferocious the beast is, a qiē is a hunt in the midst of the accusation.

Not to mention Emperor Jing, even the hygienists of each battalion are wandering around, otherwise they are helping to dig fortifications with sapper shovels, and in this battle, there is nothing for them at all.

Ding Yi shook his head at Emperor Jing and said very seriously: "You are wrong, this is just the beginning. ”

Soon the gates of Suez were opened, the banner of the city was lowered, and the messenger just now rode over to negotiate with Wan An about the surrender: about 15,000 soldiers went out of the city and laid down their scimitars, bows and arrows, and then knelt there, waiting for their fate as losers.

And the messenger and a few other small leaders of the defenders of Suez City came with the guards whose hands were cut off.

The defenders were unwilling to surrender, but the people below really couldn't stand the casualties, so they directly rebelled and took him down, so they raised the white flag.

The Suez port guard, who was kneeling in front of Ding Yi, roared angrily, his accent was extremely heavy, and there was blood foaming in his mouth, so that Ding Yi could not hear him very well, but Morena, who was on the side, immediately translated the words of the guard to Ding Yi: "He said that Mamluk will end the demon ...... from the east"

"Go on." Ding Yi saw that Morena seemed to be a little reluctant to finish translating the words, and there was some kind of taboo.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Great Duke." Morena took a deep breath, as if that would give her the courage to translate the sentence: "He said that Mamluk would put an end to the demons from the East, just like that time in history." ”

What the defender said was the time when the Mongol elite was wiped out in Egypt.

"Mamluk?" Ding nodded, and said to the guard in a stiff local dialect, "I have heard of them, and I hope they are worthy of respect as they are rumored." ”

"You should be scared indeed." The Keeper laughed maniacally, full of vengeful pleasure, "Fear, that's your only sacrifice!" ”

On the side, both Morena and Mahmud had deep worries on their faces, and all those who had heard and seen Mamluk could not avoid such worries when they became their enemies; The leaders of the local guards who gave up the port of Suez couldn't help but tremble.

Mamluk has always had opponents.

There were only the corpses of the enemy hacked to death by the Damascus scimitar;

Or a crushed head by an Arabian thoroughbred. (To be continued......)

PS: It's the last three days of January, and I cheekily asked: Is there still a monthly pass?