Upon his return to England, Wolseley began to prepare for an investigation by the department, and he had a great deal of responsibility as commander for his rash cavalry charge, which eventually led to the annihilation of the army.

But Wolsley made a very strange request. He asked to meet with British Prime Minister Gladstone, saying that there was something important to report to him.

"I must see His Excellency the Prime Minister, and the fate of all Great Britain is at stake! Otherwise I will not accept the trial of the military council against me! And will not accept punishment! ”

It was a vexatious request, and it was difficult for the Army Department to grant it, but it just so happened that Gladstone also had a question and wanted to ask Wolseley, so he was very kind to agree to the request.

The meeting was arranged in the interrogation room of the Army Department, not far from the River Thames, and through the window you could see the gray surface of the river, like an empire on which the sun never sets, and I don't know where to go.

"I heard you're going to meet with me?"

Wolseley turned his head and saw Prime Minister Gladstone already standing in front of him. He glanced at his pocket watch and said nonchalantly, "We'll solve all the problems in ten minutes." Just ten minutes. ”

Wolseley raised his hand, showed him his shackles, and said with a wry smile, "I'll just say one word, and after saying this, the rest will be left to Prime Minister Gladstone to decide." ”

Gladstone frowned a little dissatisfied, and said, "Say, something." ”

"Give up the Egyptian colony, don't fight with the French, we are no match for them! The British army is completely lagging behind each other in terms of operational tactics and weapons and equipment, and if it continues like this, a real war will break out between the two countries before, and it will be us who will suffer at that time! ”

"That's your answer?"

Gladstone crossed his arms and taunted the other party with great disdain, "Not every commander of the British army is as incompetent as you. ”

"It's not that I'm incompetent, whoever fills this black hole will fill the discontent. The same goes for George, Duke of Cambridge, Prime Minister Gladstone, you were the first to support the reform of the British army, have you forgotten! Our Crimean War was a pyrrhic victory, and every subsequent war in the colonies either lost ugly or won humiliatingly, doesn't this give us a warning? ”

Wolsley sat down in his seat and muttered, "This is a costly war, and I don't want to see Great Britain lose its glory." Falling like a meteor, even if you want to start a war, at least wait until you have completed the reform of the British army. Rather than losing your last hole card at this juncture. ”

Wolseley spread his hands and said calmly, "What I want to say is finished, Prime Minister Gladstone can say whatever he wants to say." ”

The British Prime Minister, who had been silent for a long time, came back to his senses, looked at the other party's face, and said calmly, "No need, I already know the answer." From now on...... The British army will no longer have the name Wolseley, and for the sake of the old friendship, I will ask for your early retirement......"

Finally he sighed, "I think I should be the unluckiest prime minister of Great Britain......"

Cairo is livelier than ever.

Brightly lit.

"It's time to go on the offensive."

Napoleon put down the telegram on his desk, which conveyed a message in just a few lines that the British attack on the Suez Canal had completely failed, and that they had turned from offensive to defensive, trying to start a long tug-of-war to the point of confronting Egypt with France and England. But all this is just fantasy after all, and now the French side has gathered strength and is preparing for a counteroffensive. Thanks to the British for their blind raid on the Suez Canal, which led to the most embarrassing situation. They wanted to go south but did not have enough strength, and they did not have the strength to break through the French defense line in the Suez Canal, and in such a dilemma, the British still wanted to use a tug-of-war to maintain the war.

He stood up and walked out of the room, looking at the slowly setting sun, the corners of his mouth curled. The sun that never sets is finally disappearing above the horizon, symbolizing the end of the old days.

He uttered something that didn't mean anything.

"I think this British Empire, I'm afraid it's going to end, right?"

The defenders of Cairo were being mobilized in an orderly manner, and colonial troops from elsewhere in North Africa had joined the war. The French had been waiting for this moment to capture the port of Alexandria and capture alive the commander-in-chief of the British army. As for the fleet they planted in the Mediterranean. France has already sent a Mediterranean fleet ready to meet the enemy. Of course, he didn't expect the French Navy to play a good record, but if they were able to deter the British Mediterranean fleet and force the other side not to act rashly, they had already achieved their strategic goal.

If they win the final battle in Egypt, Egypt will become a colony of Germany and France, and the British will be completely expelled from it, eventually linking the North African coast into a coherent French colony.

All the pieces have been put in place, and now all that remains is Napoleon's order.

The army is rushing to the front, and Napoleon will become the commander-in-chief of this Cairo army, personally fighting in front of him.

The shame of losing at the hands of Wellington half a century ago will be returned tonight. A general who bought an official position with money would never be a great army commander in the eyes of Napoleon.

"My soldiers."

Napoleon stood on the second floor, looked at the troops being inspected below, and said slowly, "I am very happy to see you here, and it would be better if I could see you in Alexandria after dawn, and plant the French tricolor on the British position." ”

"Nearly half a century ago, the great First French Empire lost. He said that in the hands of a British general, the most ironic thing was that the general's official position was still bought with money. I don't admit that defeat all along, but what about the British? The glory of defeating the First French Empire has left them blind and ignorant, and they have even been unable to keep up with the times. The British did not realize that their methods of warfare were still stuck in the past, and that their commanders would only make their soldiers carry out senseless deaths. ”

He raised the blade in his hand, looked at the last afterglow of the sunset with gloomy eyes, and said word by word, "Tonight, it will be the time for the Empire to take revenge." ”

"We will solemnly announce to the British that the French Empire is back!"