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The strategic intent to go from Alexandria to Cairo failed, and Wolseley had no idea that the resistance they would encounter would be so fierce, and the village of Doval became a battleground between the two countries - after the British left behind many corpses in red uniforms, they had to admit a fact. With their current strength, they were definitely no match for the Egyptians, although the opponent was poorly equipped, and then had a steady supply of troops, as well as a small number of weapons supported by the French.

Wolseley realized that if he didn't try to break through from the Eastern Front, he would always be besieged here. And the fleet could not continue to provide fire support, so Wolsley could only consider the route of the breakthrough from the Suez Canal.

Europe agreed to Arabi to put the Suez Canal into a neutral zone, and it will definitely not be involved in any war, and it is precisely because of the commitment of the French that they did not set up an army on the Eastern Front, if the British can reach an agreement with the French army and pass through the Suez Canal, then Wolseley's next action will be much easier.

Of course, Wolseley was gullible enough to believe that the French really just wanted to keep the Suez Canal, so Wolseley wrote directly to the commander-in-chief of the Franco-German alliance army, Conrobert, asking the other party to take advantage of the Suez Canal to attack the flank of the Egyptian army.

Conrobel, however, replied with only one sentence.

"Don't even think about it."

"The Suez Canal is a neutral area in the Egyptian Civil War, and if you want to pass through the Suez Canal, it means that you are prepared to declare war on France. Any other army that sets foot on this land will be regarded as invaders, and will carry out a relentless artillery attack, not to be unprepared. ”

The toughness of the French made Wolsley helpless, and he looked in the commander's tent in annoyance at the humiliating reply sent back by the French, and suddenly the whole person was furious.

Syllable.

The letter was slammed on the table, and he took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

"These French are so deceitful that they really think we don't dare to attack?"

Although Wolseley was indignant, he really did not dare to provoke the French army rashly. After all, now that the war is deadlocked, if they offend Conrobert and get the French government to fully support Egypt, then they will lose more than they gain.

As Walsley paced back and forth, Cairo was clearly close at hand, but in front of them it was as if there was an invisible chasm in front of them, which could not be crossed. He originally wanted to take advantage of Olabi's ideological paralysis to deploy troops to attack the Eastern Front, and then capture the three cities on the Eastern Front—Port Said, Ismailia, and Suez, occupy the entire Canal Zone, and drive straight from Ismailia to Cairo.

However, Conrobel's refusal led to a complete collapse of his budget.

But Wolseley had to settle the battle as quickly as possible, and in order to reform the army and get rid of his old rival, the Duke of Cambridge, he had to gain great political prestige in the army, which could only be gained through war.

However, while the budget fell short, a bold idea also emerged in his mind.

"If I can organize a cavalry detachment to quickly penetrate from the Eastern Front and then occupy Ismailia, then I will be able to cut a gap. The French and Germans were only stationed in some artillery battalions in Suez, and they were not ready for a real battle. ”

The mobility of the cavalry regiment was used to break the lag of the French heavy artillery army and firmly open the road to Cairo. This was the situation that Wolsley considered, after all, their Great Britain still had a strong cavalry.

Napoleon was known as the emperor of artillery, but he did not expect that his artillery corps was nothing more than an ornament in front of the cavalry team.

Thinking of this, Wolseley decided to carry out a bold interspersed plan to capture the French military facilities before the French army could recover from their senses.

As for whether the French government regarded it as an act of declaration of war at that time, it was no longer important to Wolseley.

Preserving Egypt is the most important thing.

Just before Conrobert became commander-in-chief of the Franco-German forces, Napoleon analysed with him the possible surprise warfare that Wolsley might use, using the historical Battle of Taylor Kebir to determine that the British army commander-in-chief was likely to adopt similar tactics in the face of a stalemate.

If the British, intimidated by the strength of the Franco-German alliance, chose to continue to wear down with the Egyptians, France chose to act when Cairo was about to run out of support.

So the French also prepared a gift for the British surprise attack, and once they tried to take control of the Suez Canal, the French were completely out.

Therefore, Conrobert had to be patient until the British attacked them first, and this Eastern Front incident was likely to be the trigger for the political power struggle.

The British cavalry regiment was ready to cross the Suez Canal as fast as possible, so when they received the order from Wolseley, they immediately took on the task of attacking and breaking the enemy's defense. It was followed by an infantry division, ready to bypass and attack Cairo as soon as the cavalry regiment had cleared the French artillery defenses.

However, according to Napoleon's instructions, Conrobel had already designed a game and waited for the other party to throw himself into the net.

The triumphant cavalry regiment began to attack Ismailia, relying on the mobility of the cavalry, ready to quickly tear through the French and German defenses that had not yet been fully deployed.

The cavalrymen, who had not fought the French in the Transvaal, had no idea that a frightening trap awaited them. Napoleon wanted to use this war to tell the world that the cavalry was no longer fit for the next war, and they were ready to retire from the stage of history.

Makqin, barbed wire, trenches.

There were also Franco-German troops hiding behind the trenches, eager to try.

When Makqin began to gradually become popular, the figure of the god of death on the battlefield gradually increased.

The French army had completed its position, and their gift to the British was the last cry of the British cavalry.

Napoleon's constant reduction in the number of French cavalry despite the opposition of others was to consider the future situation and prepare to eliminate this army, which had been born since the days of lords and knights.

The index finger was already on the trigger, and the muzzle was aimed at the path they were heading on.

They heard the roar of the neighing horses.

An unequal war is about to begin.

The French began to prepare to slaughter the British cavalry as much as they could.