At this time, Wolseley's mentality was about to explode, and just when he thought he was about to see the last light, the plot unexpectedly came a 180-degree flip. It turned out that the Franco-German alliance had already deceived the Egyptians into trust, and then secretly attacked Cairo, and all they got was a pointless tug-of-war.

By the time Wolseley moved his fist away from the table, a hole had been smashed into the not-so-thick table. The adjutant could vaguely see the bulging green tendons in his hands, as well as an angry expression.

Now no one dared to provoke the commander, they could only let him calm down slowly.

The Egyptians were also deceived, which was not a sophisticated ploy, and the Cairo government could only be blamed for believing that the Suez Canal would remain neutral, and at the same time trusting the French artillery corps deployed on the riverbank.

However, the question arises that makes it difficult to decide. Do they continue their assault on Cairo to meet the French army, or wait for further instructions from London? But no matter what Wolsley did, he would inevitably be caught in the back by the Duke of Cambridge. This guy was worried that he didn't have a chance to make a move, and thought that Wolseley had the misfortune to see the dawn of victory. Now that it has become such an ending, no one will inevitably be cynical.

Although his mind was full of thoughts, by this time Wolseley had calmed down. His previous plans had been disrupted, there was no point in anger, and he needed to think about what his next step should be.

Wolseley looked in the direction of Cairo and couldn't help but clench his fists. What if you conquer these pyramids? They had to face the French, and even if they now controlled all the ports of Cairo, Egypt, the French army could still be transferred from the neighboring colonies, and now basically half of North Africa was French, and the foreign legions were still eyeing up for the expansion of the war.

No matter how you look at it, Wolseley is not strong enough to be stuffed between his teeth, and in the end, he may be attacked by people in front and back, and the gains outweigh the losses.

He paced back and forth, and the entire army waited for the commander-in-chief to give the order. Wolseley didn't expect this to be the case, so he endured it and turned to Gladstone for help.

"Forget it, report to London, tell them that the French side has occupied Cairo, and ask Prime Minister Gladstone if he wants to expand the war, if necessary, then our current forces are far from enough, and we must send more troops to fill this hole. If London agrees, then we will have a hard-to-head war with the French. Anyway, the final outcome is nothing more than to withdraw from the Egyptian dispute. Anyway, I've already lost two games before, and I don't care about losing again. ”

"Actually, I always felt that London did not want to see the war expand, and that it really turned into a never-ending struggle between the French and the British. But now the decision is in the hands of Prime Minister Gladstone, and we are just pawns in the plan. ”

In a few words, Wolseley shirked all the blame, and whether he won or lost, the final outcome was borne by the prime minister, because he was the real initiator of the war.

Preserving one's honour and life is far more important than washing away the shame of losing a war, which may have a scapegoat booked long ago. Wolseley had a great future ahead of him, and he didn't want to ruin himself here.

The only thing that annoyed him was the sudden disturbance of the French, who would now have been able to go back and receive the medal if they hadn't taken Cairo.

But now there is no point in anger.

"Let's let London and Paris solve this problem, we just need to be the pawns. To be honest, I really wanted to meet with the French commanders. For someone who can make such a seamless plan, I really want to know what kind of interesting character it is. ”

As far away as the Abdeen Palace in Cairo, French commanders were also in a hurry to deploy defensive lines.

They were very worried that the British would take advantage of the defeat of Egypt and take it while France was not yet fully established.

However, Wolseley did not anticipate that his hesitation would win Cairo a valuable opportunity, and at this time Conrobell was intensifying his defensive line, Napoleon told him that Wolseley would hesitate for a short time, because if he rushed to Cairo to continue the attack, he might be flanked by people in front and back. And the British army was not enough in number, and he needed more troops that could be replenished.

The road from the direction of Mesopotamia has been blocked, so it can only be transported by mainland transport. The British were not to mention the time it took to do so, but more importantly, they were still hesitating, and if they really wanted to declare war on France, they would send more than 20,000 troops to Egypt.

Now was the best opportunity to gradually deploy the artillery of the Eastern Front to the Southern Front, so that the area that the British could occupy became cramped.

In the Mediterranean, the French navy was not qualified to compete with the British fleet, so they had to make good use of the resources on land, so that they would always be lonely souls wandering in the Mediterranean - and when they came ashore, they would know what Krupp and Schneider were.

The French army had been busy from morning to night, stepping up to fix the military fortifications. They set up machine guns at the high ground, and crossfire can cover any vast area.

When the British rushed over, there was only death.

Hopefully, their cavalry had learned their lesson and stopped charging to the death. Of course, there were always those mentally retarded commanders among the British, and even those commanders who had been taught by Conrobert might have been spies sent by the French.

And on the outskirts near Cairo, artillery units have been deployed. They set up an ambush in any area where the British might have been. Even if the front line of defense is broken, there will really be a battle to defend Cairo, and the river of fire formed by these artillery fires is enough to keep them out of the city.

The French are confident, they are ready. No matter how tragic the war ensues, it will not take a step back. After the previous rectification, all opposition in the city has been cleared, and now the French are in control of the southern part of Egypt, waging a long war against the British.

They are fearless.

They move forward.

"Come on, it's all ready."

"The French are fearless this time, and we will let all the British know what imperial France really means."