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The British Army landed in Alexandria and staged a looting by the invaders.

Originally, it was a mixture of some colonial troops and the British Army, so the military discipline was not very good, and the first thing after defeating the threat was to loot the civilians.

After the landing, they quickly routed the poorly equipped and demoralized Egyptian soldiers, often in the form of artillery fire covering them first, and then the army slowly approached their lines, forming the first version of the barrage of advance tactics.

In the nineteenth century, when communications were backward, only a few military powers were able to do this militarily.

Having learned the lessons of their defeat in the last war against France, the British abandoned the backward line infantry tactics in favor of a skirmish attack, which in addition to minimizing casualties, was more than enough to deal with the tactically backward Egyptian army.

The war was simple and brutal, and the loosely armed Egyptian army was suppressed to the death before it could fight back. In the unfavorable situation of the battle, there was no choice but to abandon the idea of blocking the enemy's advance near Alexandria, and instead gather forces in the rear, forming a temporary interception situation.

By this time, Alexandria had been occupied by British troops, and Wolseley had moved his command and operations to the government buildings in Alexandria. The smooth landing operation gave them great encouragement, and they also planned to take the capital Cairo in one go. Reinvigorate the world's reverence for Great Britain.

But Wolseley had other concerns, and that was the guys on the Eastern Front, the Suez Canal, who in his eyes were the real concerns.

"The French are really calm, the British fleet has landed in Alexandria, but they have not made the slightest move, it is strange to believe that this group of people only defends the interests of the Suez Canal. Trying to pull Germany into the water by all means means means changing a spokesman for interests? ”

"But it's a good thing for the British that you didn't act, and we don't want to tear our faces in advance, but if the other party doesn't know how to lift, then don't blame us for being polite."

The defeat of the Transvaal has always haunted him, and the growing rumours of a Continental revival have put the British under pressure like never before.

With the fall of Alexandria, the Fatherlanders also felt the pressure brought to them by the British. Arabi Pasha, however, took advantage of the opportunity to preach the need for Egyptian independence.

In response to the British aggression, the Fatherland Party immediately issued a letter to the people, declaring "an incompatible war between the Egyptian nation and the British", and promising the peasants to cancel the debts owed to foreigners. The vast number of peasants responded to the call and enthusiastically joined the army, and anti-aggression demonstrations were held in Cairo and other cities. The Egyptian military and civilians, under the leadership of Arabi, focused on strengthening Cairo's Northern Front.

At all costs, keep the invaders at bay in the northern region.

At this point, Arabi felt that he was facing the same intractable situation that Napoleon's Paris had faced eleven years earlier, with an invincible invader trying to tear apart their nascent Egyptian national power.

Just when Arabi was at a loss, France sent a batch of weapons to the Egyptians. This came as a great surprise to the Cairo government.

"If the Egyptian government agrees to the presence of French troops in the Suez Canal, then we can form a temporary alliance against a common enemy."

On the surface, Napoleon just wanted them not to lose too quickly. It was also expected that there would be a little more attrition between Egypt and the British, and in the following case, the Egyptian army inflicted a setback on the British in the battle at the village of Dawar. Over the next three weeks, the Egyptian army repelled several enemy attacks in quick succession, preventing the British from attacking Cairo from the north. If it weren't for the fact that Wolseley reneged on his promise of neutrality in the Suez Canal and chose to attack on the Eastern Front, and bribed Arabi's general, Ali Yusuf, it eventually led to a successful surprise attack on Cairo and the complete fall of Egypt.

That is why Napoleon preferred that the campaign would continue to drag on, at least before the Fatherland and Wolsley were defeated, and that they would be the backbone of the overwhelming advantage.

That's when Napoleon really came into play.

At the same time, Berlin is closely monitoring developments. This was the first time that the pace of expansion was carried out with great fanfare around the world, and Frederick III even decided to put the elite of the German army into battle and fight a beautiful colonial war. At this time, the Minister of War and a number of other members of the military department strongly supported Frederick III's expansionist policy.

They seem to have forgotten Bismarck's advice and tried their best to fight for the world's colonies.

Bismarck tried to break into the Berlin Pavilion more than once, trying to talk to the young Frederick III and persuade him to abandon the dangerous idea of antagonizing the British, and he stood barefoot in front of the Berlin Pavilion and shouted regardless of any image.

"Your Majesty, Frederick, this is a foolish and wrong choice, Paris simply wants Germany to take the lead, so that they can profit from the conflict. Your Majesty, Frederick, you must listen to my advice. Every time we gain a benefit, there is a price, and this price is that our ports may be blocked by the opposing side's warships at any time on the premise that the German navy cannot defeat Britain alone! And Germany could be abandoned by its own allies at any time! ”

However, Bismarck waited for a silent response despite the exhortation of the image, and in the end Frederick III couldn't stand it anymore, so he sent a message to Bismarck, telling the other party that Germany would not give up this operation, and asked Bismarck to go back, and if he would not go, he would not see the other party again.

When Bismarck heard the news, he sat down at the door of the Berlin Palace.

The banner of the Eagle of the Iron Cross was fluttering in the wind, and the German army was advancing. The neat and uniform gray uniforms, as well as the rifles in their hands, are all heralding the beginning of an inevitable war.

Krupp and Schneider's cannons began to be laid along the banks of the Suez Canal, and these heavy artillery monsters with a caliber of more than 200mm would become a haunting nightmare for British soldiers to come.

The muzzle of a black hole is a sign of death and evil.

Those who once thought they would never die have finally taken a united front, ready to deal with an evil threat from beyond Europe.

Great Britain, which has been separated from the European continent for decades, is finally having to pay the price for its continental policy.

The goal of the Germans was to cooperate with the French army and stop the British army from attacking from the Eastern Front. If the standoff can be achieved, once the skin is torn, the Franco-German alliance will stop Wolseley out of the Suez Canal.

Huge and exaggerated figures of steel appeared on the banks of the Suez Canal, from which the Germans fixed their artillery positions and from which they could stand guard on both sides of the Suez Canal. There was more than one such artillery position, and there was also the Frenchman's Schneider heavy artillery, which was built under the personal guidance of Napoleon after learning the lessons of the Franco-Prussian War, in order to start an arms race with his old rivals.

It was also the first time that German soldiers witnessed the heavy artillery of the French.

The tricolor and the German Black Eagle swayed in the wind, and the Suez Canal flowed slowly under the gaze of the murderous gaze, waiting for the arrival of the British.

The afterglow of dusk spreads on the mouth of the forged steel cannon barrel, facing the flowing Suez Canal, where the dense figures along the canal are building fortifications, and the British will only know the horror of this elite when they finally attack the Suez Canal.

Krupp and Schneider's large-caliber steel cannons.

Plus the artillery units reorganized by Napoleon, who was the emperor of artillery.

Steely defense of every inch of the Suez Canal.

This team is no longer defined by the title of the First Empire's Guard.

Napoleon called them, the gods of war.