Chapter Twenty-Eight: Oh, Damn It!
After the Waffle Movement, Egypt has obtained conditional independent status, but the British rule over Egypt has not completely ended, and the British Empire can still profoundly affect Egypt's politics, economy, military and many other aspects, therefore, the Egyptian independence movement at this time has been continuing, coupled with the influence of religious factors, the attitude of the people towards foreigners is more complicated.
When the social order was stable and the Egyptian and British colonial authorities were in control, a certain atmosphere of harmony could be maintained, but at this time, it seemed like the end of the world, and many people began to go crazy, somewhat like the Egyptian version of the Boxer Rebellion, in which the Europa people who left the city late were besieged regardless of nationality.
It's a pity that Pipicha and other Chinese people were also forced to get involved in this turmoil at this time, and there were a lot of Egyptians who stared at them with bad intentions, but nearly 100 Chinese people were armed with weapons, and the well-organized image was still somewhat deterrent, even if most of these Chinese people did not know how to use firearms and other weapons, but the appearance was enough to frighten these loosely organized Egyptian mobs.
Taking advantage of this deterrence, Pipicia and others immediately set out to evacuate to the outer areas of Suez and disengage from the Europa and Egyptians in the port area.
The evacuation was not very smooth, and when they were evacuated to the outskirts of the port area, the Chinese team unfortunately encountered a group of tribesmen who had received the news and thought that they could loot wantonly, and rushed from the villages on the outskirts of Suez.
These people are much more fierce than the people in the city, the Egyptians in the city have more or less accepted the constraints of various rules, and will hesitate about the consequences of violating the rules, even if there is a riot, many of them have some concerns, and the Egyptians in these villages are more barbaric, many of them maintain the characteristics of the desert people and half bandits, and when there is an opportunity, they will not mind killing people and taking money, robbing and plundering and other evil deeds, which is also the norm in the Middle East and Africa since ancient times, otherwise a film is full of vicious curses, Nor will the robber's handbook that encourages killing end up being their supreme canon.
The two sides collided, and there was immediately a fight, the Egyptians regarded the Chinese people as fat sheep, and this was their "home field", and they were extremely excited, but many of the Chinese people had no experience of fighting, and they couldn't even shoot guns.
After all, most of them who can be attached to the name of the delegation have some wealth, some of them are businessmen who go to check business opportunities, some are students who go to the West, some are purely want to see the world and travel, and the rest are mostly scholars, servants, clerks, etc., these people are not an exaggeration to say that they are a rabble, and some people are even so frightened in front of the barbarism of the Egyptians that their knives and guns fell to the ground, and they fell to their knees numbly, trying to get a way to survive by begging.
This kind of cowardice who kneels and begs for mercy is also the only casualty in the Huaxia group, even if they resist a little, those masters of the Taiyi Secret Society in the team will have the opportunity to help prevent them from being slaughtered, and as a result, they themselves put their lives in the hands of those savage aliens, where is there still a way to live?
Several human heads were cut off by rough machetes, and the guns they had obtained from the British arsenal were also taken away, and in the cry of the Chinese people who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, the Egyptian mob laughed wildly and wanted to continue the abuse, but it was the tyrannical counterattack of the master of the Taiyi Secret Society, and the mysterious power inherited from the pre-Qin era may not be able to deal with Immorton, but it is enough to deal with these mobs.
A Taiyi Secret Society, who was ostensibly a chef, was so powerful that he directly pulled out a machete, and with one knife down, there must be an Egyptian mob that turned into two, wailing and screaming.
A master of the Taiyi Secret Society, who is ostensibly a businessman, is good at hidden weapons, and no one knows where those hidden weapons come from, and every time he moves his hands and feet, a mob screams and falls to the ground.
Lingzhe Lao Dao also took his own hands, no one thought about it, the old man with old arms and legs, he likes to treat people happily on weekdays, he is so cruel when facing the enemy, the enemy he is targeting can't see anything wrong on the outside, but the body has already been wasted, and he often dies of suffocation caused by blood foam blocking the trachea.
Coupled with the counterattack of Li Cheng and others who knew how to use guns, the mob rushed up quickly and died faster, and the surroundings of the Huaxia team quickly turned into a blood red, and those who originally wanted to come up to share the pie suddenly dismissed their minds.
After Pipicia and the others solved the mob, they took advantage of the shock of the corpses all over the ground, and had no intention of staying at all, but only took the corpses of a few unlucky people who died, and evacuated the port of Suez at a faster speed.
As the port got farther and farther away, everyone finally left the powder keg area, and at this time, crackling gunfire was already heard in the direction of Suez Port, and it should have been the British army and the manic Egyptian people who were finally scolded.
The Chinese people are relieved, a thousand shots, fortunately they went decisively, if they are still so scattered, procrastinating and lazy, I am afraid that they have been involved in a huge conflict at this time, and there will be heavy casualties, right?
Everyone was still satisfied with the decisions of Pipixia and the others, and the bravery and strength shown by those "captains" made them more and more confident, and began to learn how to use weapons under the guidance of Li Cheng and others.
Pipisha and Lingzhe Lao Dao and the others were not so optimistic, and after leading the crowd for a while, they found a place to cremate several deceased, collected the bones, and at the same time used the rudimentary map of Egypt to deliberate and even quarrel, and finally decided on the goal of the team's action.
Head north to Alexandria.
This is also a helpless choice, Egypt is only the Nile River along the Nile River is enough to live, there are a series of cities dotted on it, after the Suez Canal was dug, the canal belt is also another relatively fertile area, the rest of the region is basically desert, for the sake of a small life, it is impossible for a group to choose the more difficult southern desert area.
Moreover, if you want to leave Egypt, after the Suez Canal is over, there are only the northern seaports or the southern desert of Europa colonial seaports to choose from, compared to Alexandria, which is not only close to the south, but also has the best conditions, so people naturally choose this as their destination.
Of course, the reason why this road is controversial by the leadership team is also because it is not so easy to follow, according to the information obtained, the disaster in Egypt began to break out from Cairo, and Cairo is not only the capital of Egypt, but also geographically stuck in the center of the country's prosperity zone, if you want to go to Alexandria, you have to go around Cairo, not only the road is farther than expected, but also be careful not to be affected by the mana of the big devil Immorton in the direction of Cairo, which is an act of dancing on a tightrope.
The fight has passed, the quarrel has passed, since the goal has been set, everyone has finally embarked on the road, but the people who set foot on the road understand that there are far more difficulties than they imagined.
The desert sun is scorching and blazing, and most people who are accustomed to the warm climate of China can hardly tolerate this kind of exposure, and the demand for water is rising, but the stock of drinking water in the team is limited, and the use must be restricted, which makes many people complain.
In addition to the sun, the sand itself is also a deadly scourge, these small things are pervasive, and the sun is exposed to the sun during the day and it is so hot that it can boil eggs, but fortunately, when preparing the supplies before, Pipisha specially instructed to collect more camels and other large animals, and also asked to find a lot of local Egyptian clothing, at this time most of the people sit on camels, and then put on those robes and the like, which can be considered to be able to resist it.
The problem of poisonous insects in the desert is also very head-scratching, and there is an unlucky guy who ran out to get on the tuba after camping at night, but was stung in the butt by a poisonous scorpion, and half of it was swollen, which was called a miserable.
In addition, dangers such as sand bandits, quicksand, and getting lost are everywhere.
However, the thing that made the Chinese people angry and angry the most was that the young Egyptian "guide" named Faroui never gave up the idea of retaliating against them, at first he was very honest and showed the way, nothing went wrong, after a few days, everyone thought that he would faithfully perform the duties of the guide, and after giving him a good reward, they began to relax their vigilance against him, but they did not expect that this would happen.
On that day, everyone stayed overnight in a sea of sand, because they were not used to desert travel, most of them were very tired and slept very hard, this kid saw that the supervision was not strict, so he secretly wanted to abandon everyone in the desert and flee by himself, if only that, it didn't matter, the problem was that this guy actually viciously cut many water bladders, and wanted to kill everyone in the desert by thirst!
Although his evil deeds were soon discovered by a member of the Taiyi Secret Order who was patrolling the night, a third of the team's drinking water had been lost, and the treacherous boy fled in embarrassment on a horse.
This betrayal had serious consequences, without a guide, everyone did not know how to leave the desert, and the loss of drinking water and the endangerment of everyone's lives caused chaos for a while.
Fortunately, Pippicha's initial team structure worked, and after maintaining stability, the group was able to move on, but the morale of the whole team still declined a lot.
To make matters worse, when the group barely relied on the stars in the sky and the firelight in the direction of Cairo in the distance, and trudged with difficulty, a sandstorm rose in the desert for no reason, and the wind and sand that covered the sky and the sun were like a tsunami sweeping the sky, rushing straight from afar.