The reef has been submerged by the sea for a long time and is very slippery.

Fortunately, the new military boots of the Marines have a non-slip function, and no one slips, but the anti-slip lines on the shoes allow the soldiers to better leverage their strength and travel through the reef at a very fast speed.

In fact, Friedrich originally intended for the soldiers to carry out the operation barefoot, because most of the soldiers selected were from Venice and Tyrol, and most of them were used to going barefoot.

However, Franz felt that the terrain was too complicated, and after nearly a year of research, the terrain of the combat area had been carefully explored, with reefs, beaches, mountains, jungles, and even the possibility of entering ports and indoors.

After receiving the military shoes, the soldiers were full of praise for the military boots after months of training. Friedrich also got a pair to wear, but he felt hard and heavy, but it was good to use to smash nuts.

What the soldiers didn't know was that the cost of their boots was almost enough to cover a year's worth of their income.

At this time, aluminum alloy plates and vulcanized rubber were new technology, and the output was not high, and the ultra-thin aluminum alloy and specially treated hard rubber used in their military boots were specially made by experts.

Soon, the Marines arrived at a secluded harbor after taking out a squad of sentinels.

Captain Hans reconfirmed the number of batteries with a telescope and was elbowed twice by a soldier.

Captain Hans followed the direction the team was pointing and saw a few dark red dots in the grove below the cliff.

This was undoubtedly a secret sentry of the Egyptians, and if it had not been detected in time, the operation would most likely have ended in failure.

The secret whistle was an absolute secret of the Egyptians, and the Karamanli family had exhausted all means to find out its rules.

At this time, Franz thought of a good solution, these secret posts must be very hard and lonely.

Why don't you give them some smoke to relieve their boredom, even if they hide it well, there will always be a place for the fire, smoke rings, and smells.

This trick really worked, and every secret post accepted the filial piety of the spies.

With the sound of a dagger slashing through the neck, followed by a rustling sound, after half an hour of clearance, the Marines have solved a total of nine batches of secret posts, it seems that the Egyptians have really invested in this base.

After overcoming the outer defenses, the Marines finally found themselves in this unassuming harbor.

In the middle of a huge natural cave stands a huge dock, which, after decades of excavation, has become larger than ordinary people can imagine.

Muhammad Ali regarded it as a Tibetan cave given to Egypt and named it the Heaven-Sent Bay, which proved that he would eventually rule the world.

There were eight batteries in the entire bay, one of each of the eight assault groups, and the remaining two teams were the answers, and they had changed into the Egyptian navy's uniforms.

When the batteries are captured, the lenses reflect the fire, and then Captain Hans fires flares, while the Marines detonate the batteries and arsenals.

Unbeknownst to Captain Hans, in addition to their Dragon Special Forces, there were also two full-fledged Special Operations teams, codenamed Seal and Falcon, to join the operation.

The SEALs targeted the Egyptian Navy's arsenal, while the Falcon Commandos targeted the Labor Battalion.

The SEALs are made up entirely of Venetians, most of whom do not speak German and are more water-savvy.

They will dive directly into the arsenal outside the dock, where they will be picked up by members of the Karamanli family.

The Falcon Commandos, on the other hand, lurk in the mountains early in the morning, waiting for an opportunity to release the laborers to cause even more chaos.

The labor camp was the weakest point of the harbor, but it was almost impossible to attack the dockyard from here, because the road leading to the dock was narrow and there was little shelter. All it takes is a small squad of soldiers and a few sandbags to seal the road.

On top of the fort, two Egyptian naval sentries were dozing with their guns in their hands, and the buzzing of flying insects and the crackling of torches could not disturb them.

Two Marines simultaneously covered the mouths of both sentries from behind, and as the dagger slashed through their necks, red blood flowed out of their necks, and the struggle stopped for a short time.

After disposing of the sentry's corpse, he quietly connected the powder keg of the fort to the lead. The barracks on the side were crowded with snoring Egyptian soldiers, who had been improvised to strengthen their defenses.

But the defense did not increase, only the number of people increased. Since it was still early before the time for the changing of the guard, the Marines simply locked the door of the barracks directly from the outside, and brought gunpowder to connect the fuse, preparing for a double cannon.

As the minutes ticked by, Captain Hans stared at the pocket watch in his hand repeatedly, and two quarters of an hour before the changing of the guard, all eight batteries finally flashed with a strange light.

As a red flare rose into the sky, the scattered Marines lit the fuse at the same time.

On the sea, Friedrich's fleet had been waiting for a long time. It was his first battle, and Friedrich was as excited as a student taking the college entrance examination.

With a whistle, the propellers began to spin in the water, and fifteen steam gunboats, escorting three large landing ships, sailed to the secret harbor of the Egyptians.

Successive explosions came from the batteries, the arsenal and the labor camp, respectively, and the Egyptian defenders hurriedly dressed and prepared to leave the barracks to fight the invaders.

However, many Egyptian defenders found that the barracks door was locked from the outside.

Just as the Egyptians tried to knock the door open, there was a loud bang. The powder keg containing hundreds of catties of gunpowder exploded at the door, and the huge shock wave directly blew the door panel into pieces, and those fragments easily penetrated the bodies of the Egyptian soldiers, and suddenly the barracks was a blur of flesh and blood.

Inside the harbor, three large landing ships directly sent out nearly 1,000 soldiers, and even brought 1-pounder guns to help, which quickly suppressed the remnants of Egypt inside.

The Egyptian barracks, on the outside, were intensively attacked by Congreve rockets from the Austrian Navy.

2,000 of the latest tail-fin Congreve rockets have turned Egyptian barracks into flames.

The Governor of Alexandria did not know the secret of the mouth of the bay, and when he heard the continuous explosions, he thought that the main force of the British army had landed, and ordered the troops to "hold Alexandria and not take half a step out of the port.

The unsupported dock defenders were clearly no match for the Austrian Navy, and when they actually entered the dock, the marines were all stunned to see that there were nine just-built quasi-first class battleships (the level of craftsmanship was too low), and ten quasi-third class battleships.

This was an astonishing fortune, and the Austrian navy had obtained it, and it was perfectly possible to wrestle its wrists with Russia and France in the Mediterranean.

It's just that these thousands of tons of big guys can't be easily taken away. Fortunately, Franz was prepared

(End of chapter)