At a time when the Central European battlefield was at a stalemate, the Egyptian battlefield was also at a critical juncture.

Since the Austrian army laid down its political baggage, the canal hazard has changed from a moat to a thoroughfare, and it is no longer an obstacle to the Austrian army's advance.

After the hand-to-hand encounter, the problems of the French army were gradually exposed.

There was no way, France had limited manpower, and it was impossible to send unlimited regular troops into Egypt. If the main force is insufficient, it can only be made up with the colonial army.

Although they all look similar, their combat effectiveness is very different.

Less than a few years after the Egyptian rebellion, French rule was not so secure. Watching the dog-eat-dog between France and Austria, the Egyptian people really have no interest in mixing.

If it weren't for the guns held behind their necks, the Egyptians would never have been willing to go to the battlefield as cannon fodder.

In the Governor's Mansion in Cairo, Governor Jacob stared at the map with a solemn expression. From the small and brightly colored arrows, it can be seen that the current strategic situation of the French army is very unoptimistic.

If it weren't for the strength of the French navy, which held the coastline of Egypt, it would have been really surrounded by the enemy now.

Not surrounded, not far from being surrounded. Besieged by the enemy on three sides, the Egyptian colonial government alone would certainly not be able to hold on.

After half a ring, Governor Jacob, who had turned around, opened his mouth and asked, "When will the reinforcements from the country arrive?" ”

If you can't win, you can only ask for help at home, anyway, the entire African battlefield, France is defeated, and it is not a shame for the Egyptian colonial government to follow for help.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the War Office has rejected our request for help, and has ordered us to make use of the fine traditions of the French army and overcome our difficulties......"

Before the middle-aged officer could finish speaking, Governor Jacob lifted the papers from the desk in front of him and roared, "Enough, no need to continue." ”

"Damn bureaucrats, they must have broken their brains in a woman's belly and forgotten even the most basic military common sense.

What Egypt means to France, three-year-olds know. As soon as the Austrians occupy Egypt, they will wash their necks and wait to be slaughtered!

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If you look at the map of Europe and Asia, you can see that Egypt not only has the most important golden canal in the world, but also the last obstacle to connecting Austrian Africa to the mainland.

Once in the hands of Egypt and Austria, a giant far surpassed that of any empire in history.

At that time, France would be in danger, and with its great manpower and material resources, Austria would be able to consume any enemy.

Anyone with a little military knowledge knows such an obvious problem, and it is naturally impossible for the War Department not to know about it.

Knowing the problem is not the same as being able to solve it. The best way is to send troops to reinforce Egypt, but reinforcements are not child's play.

The enemy is Austria, not the indigenous tribes, and there is no point in simply increasing the number of troops. At the same time as increasing the troops, it is also necessary to ensure the firepower of the troops, otherwise it will be thousands of miles away.

The more powerful the firepower, the greater the material consumption. France committed more than 2 million troops to the Central European theater and more than 1.5 million troops on the southern front, while also providing logistics for millions of African colonial troops, including Egypt.

Such logistical pressure is already a copy of the original time and space war. Even if France is far larger than the original time and space, and can mobilize more manpower and material resources, but the nurses of the Entente countries are not in place!

The only British ally didn't sell their kidneys to aid the law like they did on the original plane. Now people are still leisurely drinking coffee at home and watching a big drama called European Storm.

Of course, taking advantage of the fire to rob and make war profits is also an indispensable operation. Since the outbreak of the war, tariffs between Britain and France have increased by 57 percent, and exports of strategic materials have directly doubled.

Don't buy?

It does not matter!

Out of this door, there is a store behind me.

Let's look at it yourself, anyway, there are only a few industrial powerhouses in these years, and what people do is monopoly trading.

Since the war, the French government has endured a series of problems such as the purchase of materials at high prices on the one hand, and substandard quality and transaction delays on the other.

If the war continues, it will not be the battlefield that can lead to the defeat of France, but the finances and logistics.

In order to break the Rhine defense line as soon as possible, the Paris government has just decided to increase the front line, and the reinforcements originally planned to be put into the Egyptian region will naturally be in vain.

Seeing that Governor Jacob was almost out of his mouth, the middle-aged officer added: "Your Excellency, the country has decided to shrink its colonies in Africa. Prepare to temporarily abandon Niger, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania and other regions.

After the contraction of the colonies, the troops in these areas will retreat to the Algerian region to entrench. The War Office said it could send in twenty infantry divisions for reinforcements if we needed them. ”

Governor Jacob was well aware of the situation in Africa, and the so-called temporary renunciation was, in fact, just a fig leaf.

Most of these areas bordered Austrian Africa, and the war had just broken out and was beaten by the Austrian army with the most severe beatings, and the scene was so miserable.

Even if the line of defense is not contracted, it is only a matter of time before it falls. The Paris government could not even care about Egypt, so it was naturally impossible to build a defense line that stretched for tens of thousands of miles for North Africa.

The colonial empire was collapsing, and for colonists like Governor Jacob, the heart was completely broken.

Of course, this is barely good news for the Egyptian region. Regardless of the combat effectiveness of these reinforcements, at least it proves that the country has not abandoned them.

Although this result was not satisfactory to Governor Jacob, it was better to have reinforcements than not to have them in the absence of a choice.

"Tell the War Department that we are dealing with the Austrian regular army, not some colonial cannon fodder troops.

In order to hold back the enemy's troops, the reinforcements must all be French troops, and the indigenous troops should not be sent over to waste food. ”

After the outbreak of the war, in order to preserve the colonial empire, the French government also sent reinforcements to the colonies.

At present, the backbone of the colony is an army composed of domestic troops and local French people.

The combat effectiveness is N grades stronger than that of the indigenous troops, but because of insufficient training and backward weapons and equipment, it is one or two points weaker than the native troops, and it is still barely usable.

Before the middle-aged officer could speak, he suddenly remembered the sound of "woo woo woo ......", followed by the sound of "boom, boom ......".

This is Cairo, hundreds of kilometers from the front line, and it is simply impossible for artillery shells to hit so far.

Suddenly, an explosion sounded in his ears, and Governor Jacob immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered: "Pass the order, let the airship troops immediately rise into the air to intercept the enemy's airships, and the air defense forces are responsible for cooperating." ”

In those days, the air defense forces were actually only responsible for dealing with, or rather driving away, low-flying airships. To deal with high-flying airships, or only airships.

Of course, after the end of the air battle on the Rhine, these experiences are already in the past tense.

I don't know if it was for secrecy, bureaucratic malfeasance, or because it was considered unnecessary, in short, these changes in military philosophy were not immediately transmitted to Governor Jacob.

With this order, the scene that had taken place on the banks of the Rhine reappeared over Cairo, albeit on a much smaller scale.

In a sense, Governor Jacob's order was also correct. The airship force was finished, which also reduced the logistical pressure on the defenders of Cairo.

After all, from the moment the plane appeared, the airship unit without the escort of fighters was a live target when it was lifted into the air.

Staying on the ground is a waste of resources. You must know that the maintenance of an airship is also very expensive, and the maintenance cost of an airship is comparable to that of a destroyer.

France may be capable of building an airplane, but to build a fighter in a short period of time is a dream.

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After the sound of "da-......da", a French airship's airbag was broken and quickly began to fall.

After casually replenishing a special bomb and making sure that the enemy was finished, Ensign Wade gave up in excitement.

As far as the eye can see, the French airships have fallen, exploded, and those that have not yet fallen have also become the targets of their comrades.

The plane tortured the airship, and there was no need for help at all. At this time, he went over to snatch the exploits of his colleagues, and Second Lieutenant Wade couldn't do it.

"It seems that today's harvest will end here. I really envy the guys assigned to the Central European battlefield, I heard that in the air battle on the banks of the Rhine, someone set a record of three consecutive kills.

We can't do it here, there are more monks and less porridge. Damn the French, who are also known as the first power in the European continent, don't know how many more ships to equip are not enough for everyone at all. ”

The young man piloting the plane on the side couldn't help it, and teased: "Okay, valiant Second Lieutenant Wade, I know that you are the bravest soldier.

This kind of airship that tortures and kills the enemy is really tasteless, and it is not worthy of your identity at all.

Only evenly matched battles can highlight your bravery, such as going down to capture the French commander Jacob now, and creating another miracle in military history.

Don't worry, I'll bring you a parachute, and I won't mind opening the hatch again if you want to. ”

Ensign Wade, who was embarrassed and angry, scolded sharply: "Shut up, Adolf! It's not funny at all, I've explained it many times, and you can't take it seriously when you're drunk. ”

There is no doubt that this is the black history of Ensign Wade.

Theoretically, it is still possible to fall into the enemy's command command if you suddenly fall from the sky. If the enemy is brainless enough, he may be able to capture the commander-in-chief of the enemy army.

The lucky American pilot in the original time and space, after landing at the wrong place, successfully captured an Italian army.

However, similar cases have always been rare. Although there were Italians among the French soldiers below, more were French.

Second Lieutenant Wade also got into his head to drink, so he came up with such a brain-dead plan. Now that I am awake, I will naturally not die.

Adolf smiled slightly: "Okay, it's my fault, stop the joke for the time being." Our mission has been accomplished, and it's okay to be idle.

Why don't I lower the altitude a little and machine gun fire and see if there's any windfall? ”

Austria has been engaged in aircraft research and development for many years, but the combat experience of the Air Force is still about zero.

On this issue, Franz, who was open, could not help. For an army to grow, it takes a lot of experience to accumulate.

Franz's knowledge of the Air Force is very limited, and most of the sources are jokes he has seen on the Internet, and if he really wants to use it as an Air Force training exercise, it is not much different from suicide.

"You're not kidding?"

Wade asked incredulously. The facial expression already revealed the surprise in his heart, as if to say Adolf's proposal, refreshing his cognition.

"Of course!"

Adolf replied in the affirmative. After a pause, he explained: "The enemy, dare to let the airship rise into the air, proving that the battle on the Rhine has not been passed on.

Since the enemy has never encountered an aircraft, naturally there will be no means of targeting. It's not enough to deal with us with airships.

Try it at an altitude of 500 meters, and if there is danger, I will fly away immediately, anyway, the enemy's reaction speed will not be able to keep up with us.

In case of luck and a few big fish, we've earned it. ”

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