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'Bang bang...... Boom......'

As the Egyptian army rushing out of the city of Tanta got closer and closer to the British camp, the crisp gunfire like beans gradually became dense. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

And because of the initial Indian servant army, the chaos caused. So the British army, which was caught off guard by the Egyptian army, paid heavy casualties.

However, after the elite British army gradually regrouped, the advance of the Egyptian army encountered great difficulties.

And as the British artillery also began to return fire, the advance speed of the Egyptian rescue ** was slowed down little by little. The two sides then began to use the obstacles near the British camp as cover, and gradually stalemate.

Because they didn't want the British to notice that the supporter behind Egypt's rescue was Huo Jiajun. Therefore, the special weapons of the Huo family's army, such as mortars, grenades, and skirmishers, were not handed over to Egypt to save **.

Now their combat method is still the ancient three-stage shooting that has been passed down from Europe, and everyone sets up like a gentleman, competes the courage of both sides, and then sees who can't hold it first.

Of course, there are more artillery pieces and machine guns than before.

"What an old and stupid way of fighting!"

Lying on the ground, with the scope of the sniper rifle in his hand, he observed Longgang in the surrounding battle situation, and said disdainfully in his heart.

Although his task is to clean up those thorns in the army that do not obey the control of the Huo family's army, the time to do it is not now, but when the British are defeated and Egypt wins the battle. After all, although the dragon's tooth wanted to take the opportunity to clean up the internal troubles, it also didn't want to let the British take advantage of it in vain.

As time passed, soldiers from both sides began to engage in the battlefield, and then a general battle with more than half a million participants on both sides began less than two kilometers outside the city of Tanta.

The fierceness of the battle between the British and Egyptian armies, which did not have much heavy firepower, was far from comparable to the Battle of Yili in the Americas of the Huo family's army.

So. The battle lasted from 2 a.m. until dawn, and the fighting was still fierce.

However, compared with the Egyptian rescue team with complete logistics, the British ** team on the opposite side was a little unable to hold on.

Listening to the sound of your own artillery gradually thinned out. The look on George White's face became more and more serious, and the worry in his eyes became clearer!

"Now, how much ammunition do we have?"

"An hour ago, there were less than three bases, but now it's estimated ......!" said the quartermaster with a look of trepidation.

George White understood what he meant, the war was fierce, the ammunition was being consumed all the time, and the original three bases, now it is estimated that there is not even one.

"Bang. Bang......!"

There was a slight knock on the door.

"Come in!"

"Commander, all the legion commanders have arrived!" said Guard Officer Yurt as he walked in with a serious face.

"Well, let them in!" he waved at the quartermaster, "Alright, you go back!"

"Yes. General!"

When the quartermaster saluted and turned to go out, a large number of senior officers of the British Egyptian Dispatch Army, who had been waiting outside just now, strode in with solemn expressions.

"Commander!"

"Commander!"

......

George White nodded, stretched out his hand and pressed it a few times, and said with a slightly heavy face: "Well, now that the war is urgent, let's make a long story short!"

"Maybe. You've already guessed it before, and now our logistics have given us a problem!"

Hearing this, at this moment, George White led the British and Egyptian troops who participated in the Battle of Tanta to send 4 corps, including five British regular divisions, eight Anglo-Indian divisions, and three black African colonial divisions. Four corps commanders, eighteen division commanders, and twenty-two officers with the rank of major general glanced at each other.

Actually, they started from that big explosion in the early hours of yesterday morning, and until now. In the results of the supply column that had not been visited for nearly seven hours, there was already speculation.

You must know that in order to support the huge consumption of more than 300,000 British troops on the left road, there was one military train from Damanhur every hour.

Hearing George White say that now undoubtedly confirmed their previous suspicions.

"Last night, the Egyptian rescuers attacked our military warehouse in Damanhur and destroyed the train station there!" said George White quickly after a slow sweep of everyone's faces.

After hearing his words, the faces of the surrounding British generals immediately showed disbelief.

"Commander, this is impossible! There is a regular regiment of the native near Damanhur, and a division of the Anglo-Indian division! They have more than 20,000 people! Even if the Egyptian rescue ** launches a large-scale attack, it is impossible for them to wipe out all our garrisons within an hour or two!"

After listening to his words, the other senior British officers also nodded in agreement.

If the garrison of Damanhur really encountered a large-scale attack by the Egyptians, then relying on the strong terrain and sufficient weapons and ammunition, they held out long enough to wait for the other surrounding brother troops to rush to support.

Moreover, relying on the railway, Tanta's army would also get information within an hour, and it was impossible for the Egyptians to destroy the military warehouses and railway station in Damanhur.

Looking at the incredulous looks on everyone's faces, George White sighed in his heart.

When he first received information from the rear, he didn't believe it himself.

An Egyptian army of about 100 men actually broke through the blockade of 20,000 British troops, blew up military warehouses and railway stations, and then calmly withdrew.

"When did the Egyptian army become so powerful?"

Shaking his head in his heart, in the current situation, George White didn't want to say such a shameful thing in public. This will only hit their self-confidence and will not be good for the current situation of the war.

"Commander, is Damanhur now occupied by the Egyptian army?" a major general officer asked a question that was of greatest concern to everyone present.

The back road is cut off, the logistics are close to being cut off, and any ordinary soldier can understand how dangerous this situation is.

If it is not handled well, now outside Tanta City, the 300,000 British troops who are struggling to resist the Egyptian rescue attack will face the danger of being swept back and forth and the entire army will be annihilated.

"Not yet, Damanhur is still in our hands, and the garrison has not suffered much losses!"

George White's words undoubtedly relieved all the senior officers of the British army around him.

However, soon a new question appeared in their minds.

"The losses of the garrison troops are not large, so how did the heavily guarded logistics warehouse and railway station be blown up by the Egyptian army?"

Unfortunately, George White saw the confusion on their faces, but did not answer them.

"Since the beginning of this war, we have been fighting for seven hours, and most of the weapons and ammunition that were originally stored have been consumed. Now that Damanhur is under attack, we have no ammunition supply from the rear, and if we continue to resist, then we will inevitably face defeat. ”

"So, I decided to retreat for the time being and preserve my strength. When the rear railway is clear and the supplies are sufficient, return to Shitanta and destroy it. George White said with a slightly hideous look on his fist.

After all, being defeated by the Egyptian army, which he had looked down on, George White felt a deep sense of shame in his heart.

Compared to George White's determination to take revenge, the senior officers of the British army around him were not most concerned about these.

As senior officers with the rank of general, each of them has undergone rigorous military training and military education, and has good military qualities, so they naturally know that at this time, if they want to retreat from the fierce battlefield, they must have troops left behind.

And with the current war situation, the only way for the remaining army to be defeated is to go.

As for the consequences of the soldiers' capture, just look at the massacre that cut off the Nile three months earlier.

Therefore, now the twenty-two senior officers of the British army hope that it is themselves who will retreat, and that someone else will remain.

Seeing the look in their eyes and the increasingly strange atmosphere in the headquarters, George White knew in his heart what they were thinking, but he had no intention of changing the military plan he had already made.

"The 9th, 11th, 15th, 20th, and 29th divisions are the first units to retreat to Damanhur, and the rest of the divisions will command the troops and continue to fight the Egyptians and cover the retreat of the main forces!"

As soon as George White finished speaking, the faces of everyone in the headquarters changed. The commanders of the five British divisions were naturally smiling, while the remaining senior officers of the other British and Indian divisions did not look good.

Although they knew that if they retreated, they would definitely save the British own army at the expense of other servant armies from India and Africa, but when the real result was announced, they were still very uncomfortable.

"Your task is to resist the Egyptian attack for an hour, and then you can retreat. In addition, I will leave you a bright train, and if you can't hold on, you can use this train to retreat first.

Although these people were in command of the Anglo-Indian division and the black African servant army, they were also orthodox British ** officers, and they themselves had good military qualities, and George White was not willing to give up.

Because as long as there is a mature officer system, then it doesn't matter if the other servant soldiers are all dead, there are a large number of soldiers in the British colonies in India and Africa to replenish.

At that time, with this batch of mature command systems as the skeleton, as long as these servant soldiers are supplemented, a vanished Anglo-Indian division or African division will be able to regain its structure and have a certain combat effectiveness.