Chapter 274: The Battle of Taylor Kebir
History is always strikingly similar.
What Napoleon did was nothing more than a rehash of the original British scheme, taking advantage of Arabi's trust in the neutrality of the Suez Canal to finally plan the play. Moreover, the defenders of Taylor Kebir did not have time to return to defense, and looked vulnerable to the shock cavalry onslaught of Napoleon's army.
Of course, they did not have the cover of Maxim machine guns and Schneider artillery, and the first round of cavalry charges had broken up their formation, followed by the strafing of Maxim machine guns, which directly smashed the unsuspecting Egyptian defenders into a sieve, and the French army calmly harvested everything, as if in their eyes it was a one-sided massacre.
The historical Battle of Taylor Kebir lasted only twenty minutes, and the cavalry regiment led by Wolseley forced a breakthrough of the simple defensive line set up by Arabi, and ended the regime in Cairo with a flanking attack.
At this time, Conrobell had to be faster than the British, and they had to storm Cairo as fast as they could, break up the defenders, and finally rush to Cairo to capture, General Arabi.
Although there was a little delay on the way, the 75-fire rifle guns were finally deployed at this time, and they launched a fierce attack in the direction of the Egyptian army, and the dense artillery fire blew up the opponent without the slightest strength to fight back, and the light in the dark desert shrouded in darkness shrouded in light was eye-catching.
In order to quickly eliminate all the defenders, Conrobell did everything he could. All the soldiers who still resisted were directly bombarded with artillery fire, coupled with Maxine machine gun fire, until they could no longer stand up.
Then, the French army crushed and turned the surroundings into a hellish state. The banks of the Nile were full of Egyptian corpses, and the French had no time to clean up the battlefield, allowing the waters of the Nile to wash over the bloody mud, which was unbearable.
France's iron hooves continued to move forward, running in the direction of their destination without any hindrance. Even the Germans were shocked by the discipline of the French army, and they did not seem to be affected by anything, and after crossing Taylor Kebir, they were left with only their final destination, Cairo.
Hearing the sound, Arabi quickly pushed open the window, but he saw a scene that worried him, the continuous fire in the distance, reflecting the dark sky. As if announcing the arrival of the French, at the same time, the British front line was also stalemate, and there was no way to withdraw troops to return to the defense in time.
At this time, the defenders of Taylor Kebir were small, less than two thousand men capable of fighting, and a cavalry regiment of the French was likely to be crushed. He trusted the French too much, and eventually gambled his entire army on the northern front, causing the current mistake.
Just as Arabi was thinking wildly, the office door quietly opened, and he turned his head to see his subordinate Yusuf walking into the office, looking at him calmly.
"What's going on? Shouldn't you be stationed on the Eastern Front tonight? Why is it here? ”
At this time, Arabi was upset, and after seeing Yusuf's appearance, he did not show any good mood, but reprimanded, "Tell me what the hell is going on?" Why did our rear rout so quickly? And why are you here now? ”
"Our defense line was completely crushed by the French, and the remaining Egyptian army could not withstand the French attack, so we could only come back temporarily."
Youssef spoke with a completely unfazed expression, as if they had been forced to retreat after being defeated by the French army. It was completely unclear that he had let in the rest of the French army.
At this time, the sound of the explosion was getting closer and closer to Arabi, and he was not in the mood to listen to Yusuf complain, he raised his head and looked at the other party meaningfully, and whispered, "I found a very strange problem, although the front-line troops I deployed along the Nile are far inferior to the troops on the northern front, they can at least hold off the French army until dawn. Why did they break through the line almost as if they were completely without any resistance, and then in the shortest possible time they broke through the Taylor Kebir line, and now rushed straight in front of us? Cairo, which is supposed to be the safest camp in the rear, was easily cracked, which I don't understand. ”
Yusuf tugged at the corners of his mouth, he didn't know what Arabi wanted to say next. Looking at the pistol on the table with trepidation, his right hand subconsciously moved closer to his waist - if the other party wanted to shoot himself.
However, what Arabi said next shocked him, because both the words and the spearhead were directed at him.
"The only possibility is that there is a traitor among us, and that traitor may be in Cairo right now. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for the French troops to cross our lines so quickly. ”
Arabi raised his head and looked at Yusuf, his eyes slowly narrowed, as if he realized something, "Are you ......?"
Before he finished speaking, a burst of gunfire suddenly sounded outside the door, accompanied by a noisy sound in the corridor, Arabi subconsciously wanted to pick up the revolver on the table, but Yusuf, who was standing in front of him, moved faster, and pointed the snatched pistol at the other party's head.
"You!"
Arabi was stunned, he didn't expect this to be the end.
Then the office door slammed open.
The plot that followed was exactly as Arabi had expected.
That familiar face appeared in front of him as a victor.
"Many things are as you suspect, and it is far more efficient to rebel against the traitors from within than to attack directly, and General Yusuf is very knowledgeable, and he knows who will win Egypt in the end. It was impossible for the Egyptians to achieve self-government, because there were three European empires watching the area. ”
Conrobel walked in unhurriedly, having just experienced a simple long-distance run, and the dust on his body had not yet been cleaned up.
The corridors littered with the bodies of Egyptians.
He was followed by a guard, and with the cooperation of Youssef, the French army quickly took the city of Cairo.
They ended the war directly after almost no bloody encounters, and although there were still some sporadic resistances, it could no longer affect the overall situation.
The roar of the artillery fire gradually weakened, as if to announce that the victory was decided, and the balance of victory finally tipped in favor of the French.
Facing Arabi, who looked surprised, he said very calmly, "I'm sorry, from now on France will take over Cairo." ”