Chapter 953

While the battlefield in Central Europe was in a stalemate, the battlefield in Egypt had also reached a critical moment.

Since the Austrians put down the political burden, the canal had changed from a natural barrier to a passageway and was no longer an obstacle to the Austrian army's advancement.

After the close combat, the French army's problems were gradually exposed.

There was no other way. France had limited manpower and couldn't send its forces to Egypt without limit. The number of main forces was insufficient, so they could only use the colonial army to make up the numbers.

Although they all looked the same, the difference in their combat power was like heaven and earth.

It had only been a few years since the Egyptian rebellion, and the French rule wasn't that stable. Looking at the Fao and the two countries fighting each other, the Egyptian people really had no interest in getting involved.

If it wasn't for the fact that a gun was pointed at the back of their necks, the Egyptians would never be willing to be cannon fodder on the battlefield.

In the governor's office in Cairo, Governor Jacob stared at the map with a solemn expression. From the brightly colored arrows, it could be seen that the French army's current strategic situation was not optimistic.

If it weren't for the French navy's strong defense of Egypt's coastline, they would have been surrounded by the enemy.

They weren't surrounded, but they weren't far from being surrounded. Besieged from three sides by the enemy, the Egyptian colonial government couldn't hold on alone.

After a while, Governor Jacob turned around and asked, "When will the reinforcements from the country arrive?"

If they couldn't win, they could only ask for help from home. Anyway, France had suffered a crushing defeat on the battlefield in Africa. It wasn't shameful for the Egyptian colonial government to ask for help.

"Governor, the Ministry of War refused our request for help and ordered us to use the fine tradition of the French army to overcome the difficulties …"

Without waiting for the middle-aged officer to finish, Governor Jacob flipped the documents on the desk in front of him and roared, "Enough, no need to continue."

"Damn bureaucrats, they must have broken their brains after falling on a woman's belly. They even forgot the most basic military knowledge.

What Egypt means to France is known to a child of three years of age. Once the Austrians occupy Egypt, they will wash their necks clean and wait to be slaughtered!

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Flipping open the Eurasian map, Egypt not only had the world's most important Golden Canal, but it was also the last obstacle preventing Austrian Africa from connecting with the mainland.

Once the Egyptian region fell into the hands of Austria, a giant that far surpassed any empire in history would appear.

At that time, France would be in danger. With its powerful manpower and material resources, Austria could exhaust any enemy to death.

Anyone with a little military knowledge would know such an obvious problem, and it was impossible for the Ministry of War not to know.

The problem was that knowing the problem didn't mean being able to solve it. The best way was to send reinforcements to Egypt, but reinforcements were not child's play.

While increasing troops, they had to ensure the firepower of the troops. While increasing the number of troops, they also had to ensure the firepower of the troops. Otherwise, they would just be sending themselves to death.

The stronger the firepower, the greater the consumption. France had invested more than two million troops on the battlefield in Central Europe and more than 1.5 million troops on the southern front. At the same time, they had to provide logistics for the millions of African colonial troops, including Egypt.

France. War in the war in Europe, but a war. it. Even if the size of France was far larger than the original space-time, and the manpower and material resources that could be mobilized were also more, the nannies of the Allies were not in place!

The only Britannia, their ally, didn't sell their kidneys like they did in the original world. Now, he was still leisurely drinking coffee at home and watching a drama called "European Storm".

Of course, it was also necessary to take advantage of the situation to make money. Since the outbreak of the war, tariffs between England and France had increased by 57%, and the export of strategic materials had doubled.

Don't buy?

It doesn't matter!

After walking out of this door, it was all my family's shop.

Do as you see fit. There were only a few industrial powers in this era, and they were doing monopolies.

Since the war began, the Government of France had to endure the high price of purchasing materials, and at the same time, they had to endure a series of problems such as substandard quality and delayed transactions.

If the war continued, it wouldn't be the battlefield that would lead to France's defeat, but the financial and logistical problems.

In order to break the Rhine River defense line as soon as possible, the Government of Paris had just decided to send more troops to the front line. The original plan to send reinforcements to Egypt naturally fell through.

Seeing that Governor Jacob had vented enough, the middle-aged officer added, "Governor, the government has decided to shrink the colonies in Africa. They are planning to temporarily give up Niger, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, and other areas.

After the colonies are retracted, the troops in these areas will retreat to Algeria to defend. The Ministry of War said that if we need, they can transfer 20 infantry divisions to reinforce us. "

Governor Jacob was very clear about the situation in Africa. The so-called temporary abandonment was actually just a fig leaf.

Most of these areas were bordered by Austrian Africa. As soon as the war broke out, they were fiercely beaten by the Austrian army. The scene was miserable.

Even if they didn't shrink the defense line, it was only a matter of time before they fell. The Government of Paris couldn't even care about Egypt, so it was naturally impossible for them to build a tens of thousands of miles of defense line for North Africa.

The colonial empire was collapsing. For colonists like Governor Jacob, their hearts were completely broken.

Of course, for the Egyptian region, this was barely good news. Regardless of the combat power of these reinforcements, at least it proved that the country hadn't given up on them.

Although this result couldn't satisfy Governor Jacob, when there was no other choice, it was better to have reinforcements than no reinforcements at all.

"Tell the Ministry of War that we're facing the regular Austrian army, not some colonial cannon fodder.

If we want to stop the enemy's advance, the reinforcements must all be French. Don't send the indigenous troops to waste food. "

After the outbreak of the war, in order to protect the colonial empire, the Government of France had also sent reinforcements to the colonies.

Now, the core armed forces in the colonies were made up of the troops sent from the country and the local French troops.

Their combat power was many levels higher than the indigenous troops. Because of the lack of training and outdated weapons and equipment, they were a level or two weaker than the indigenous troops, but they could still be used.

Before the middle-aged officer could speak, there was suddenly a "woo woo woo …" followed by another "boom, boom …"

This was Cairo, hundreds of kilometers away from the frontline. Artillery couldn't hit this far.

Suddenly, there was an explosion. Governor Jacob immediately realized something was wrong and quickly ordered, "Pass down the order. Have the airship troops immediately take off to intercept the enemy's airships. The air defense troops are responsible for cooperating."

The air defense troops in this day and age were actually only responsible for dealing with, or rather driving away, low-flying airships. To deal with high-flying airships, they still had to rely on airships.

Of course, after the end of the aerial battle at the Rhine River, these experiences were already in the past.

It was unknown whether it was for confidentiality, because of bureaucratic malfeasance, or because they didn't think it was necessary, but in short, these changes in military philosophy didn't immediately reach Governor Jacob.

Following this order, the scene that originally happened at the Rhine River reappeared in the sky above Cairo, but on a much smaller scale.

In a sense, Governor Jacob's order was also correct. The destruction of the airship troops also reduced the logistical pressure of the Cairo garrison.

After all, from the beginning of the appearance of airplanes, the airship troops without fighter escort were living targets in the sky.

Staying on the ground without moving would also be a waste of resources. One had to know that the maintenance of airships was also very expensive. The maintenance cost of an airship was comparable to that of a destroyer.

France might have the ability to build airplanes, but it would be a dream to build a fighter in a short period of time.

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

After casually adding a special bomb and confirming that the enemy was finished, the excited Second Lieutenant Wade finally stopped.

Looking around, the French airships were either falling or exploding, and those that hadn't yet fallen had become the targets of their comrades.

Airplanes killing airships didn't need any help at all. At this time, Second Lieutenant Wade couldn't bring himself to go and snatch his colleague's credit.

"It seems that today's harvest is going to end here. I really envy those guys who were assigned to the Central European battlefield. I heard that someone set a record of three kills in the aerial battle at the Rhine River.

We can't do that here, there are too many monks and not enough gruel. Damn France, they call themselves the strongest country in Europe, but they don't know how to equip more airships. There's simply not enough for everyone. "

The young man piloting the plane couldn't help but tease, "Alright, brave Second Lieutenant Wade, I know you're the bravest warrior.

An airship that massacred the enemy like this was simply too tasteless. It was simply unbefitting of his status.

Only an evenly matched battle could highlight your bravery. For example, if you were to capture the French commander Jacob now, you would create another miracle in military history.

Don't worry, I'll put a parachute for you. As long as you want, I don't mind opening the hatch again. "

Second Lieutenant Wade flew into a rage out of humiliation and snapped, "Shut up, Adolf! This joke isn't funny at all. I've explained many times that drunk words can't be taken seriously. "

There was no doubt that this was Second Lieutenant Wade's dark history.

In theory, suddenly landing from the sky was still possible to fall into the enemy's headquarters. If the enemy was stupid enough, they might really be able to capture the enemy's commander-in-chief.

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

However, similar cases had always been miracles in military history. Although there were Italians among the French soldiers below, most of them were still French.

Second Lieutenant Wade must have been drunk to come up with such a brainless plan. Now that he was sober, he naturally wouldn't court death.

Adolf slightly smiled, "Well, it's my fault. Let's stop joking for now. Our mission has been completed, and it's not good to be idle like this.

How about I lower the flight altitude slightly and you use the machine gun to strafe and see if there are any unexpected gains? "

Austria had been engaged in aircraft development for many years, but the combat experience of the Air Force was still almost zero.

On this issue, even the cheat-like Franz couldn't help. For an army to grow, it needed a lot of experience.

Franz's knowledge of the Air Force was very limited, and most of the sources were jokes he had seen on the Internet. If he really used it as an Air Force training drill, it would be no different from suicide.

"You're not kidding?"

Wade asked incredulously. His facial expression had already revealed his inner surprise, as if saying that Adolf's proposal had refreshed his understanding.

"Of course!"

Adolf replied affirmatively. After a pause, he explained, "The enemy dared to let the airship take off, which proves that the battle on the Rhine River hasn't been transmitted.

Since the enemy has never encountered an aircraft, they naturally have no means to deal with it. It's not enough to deal with us with the same method of dealing with airships.

Let's try at an altitude of 500 meters. If there's danger, I'll fly away immediately. Anyway, the enemy's reaction speed can't keep up with us.

If we're lucky and kill a few big fish, we'll make a profit. "

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