Wang Mingshan's expression was calm, and he did not say anything silly like "Why did Mahdi betray us?" Strategically speaking, Wang Mingshan had never treated the hero of the apocalypse, Mr. Mahdi, as one of his own. All his negotiations with Mahdi were to get Mahdi to go north to fight the British. Wang Mingshan was very clear about his choice, so he did not think that he had any reason to criticize Mahdi's choice.
"The troops from the south are heading here, those … the security teams of the enterprises will be near Khartoum in about four days. Also, a fleet transporting Taoists is also heading towards us, and they will disembark at Port Sudan in a day. I heard that there are armed forces there. When they arrive, they can gather the troops at Port Sudan and start attacking. So we only need to defend for about five days. "Wang Mingshan's tone was very calm, as if he could already see the final outcome of the war.
Looking at the map, the future was indeed beneficial to the East African administrative region, and the reconnaissance air force had already discovered a large number of troops heading towards Khartoum. Judging from the normal situation, most of them were local Arabs, and this group of Arabs had probably adopted a stance of encirclement. And the troops under the command of the Chinese were constructing a counter-encirclement on a larger scale.
The commander used a voice that could boost morale to say to the crowd, "The people gathered in Khartoum are the elites of these rebels. Once we eliminate them, those local people will know how powerful we are. I think they won't dare to act recklessly in the short term. Khartoum has more than 40,000 people that can be sent into battle, and it should not be a problem to defend this place. On the periphery, we still have 40,000 to 50,000 people that can be mobilized. Mahdi's troops definitely do not have 100,000 people. "
"But it looks like they have a lot of people!" Someone was very worried.
"Having more people doesn't mean you can fight. If the local Arabs can really fight, they will not wait until now to do so. There have been a lot of small scale battles over the years, and those Arabs do not know how to fight. "The commander once again persuaded everyone not to worry.
The provincial commander did not seem worried at all, and the commander did not have the slightest fear. Everyone in the meeting could only choose to relax. With this relief, everyone could not help but talk about something they were concerned about. "Why would Mahdi attack us now?"
"The British must have given Mahdi more benefits, and Mahdi also thinks that the British are more reliable than us." Wang Mingshan gave the answer he came up with after some consideration.
"Is Mahdi stupid? If he were to fight a bloody battle with us, even if he won, it would be a situation where both sides would suffer. At that time, the British will turn against us, and Mahdi will be dead. "The comrades in the meeting couldn't understand Mahdi's thoughts.
"No. I don't think the British are that stupid. Everyone look at the map. " Wang Mingshan explained that the two main points in East Africa were the Suez Canal and the gold mines in Southern Africa, as well as the Cape of Good Hope. If they could occupy these few strategic targets, China would be able to completely control the initiative in Africa. "Since the British are unwilling to openly fall out with us, they have no other choice but to support Mahdi. Originally, I thought that Mahdi's IQ wasn't that high, and that he wouldn't be able to see the problem so clearly. But now, it seemed that I was wrong. Also, I didn't make a correct judgment of the British's decisiveness. I only heard that the British are famous for stirring shit, but I only heard it and didn't take it to heart. In the end, the British and Mahdi joined hands first. "
Even though the situation was tense, many of the comrades in the meeting smiled when they heard the term "stirring shit." Indeed, China looked down on Mahdi and hated him. And this fellow, who was like a piece of shit in China's eyes, became a delicious cake in the eyes of the British. The British plunged in and stirred things up. This decisiveness and the result of stirring things up were indeed extraordinary.
As they were speaking, the staff officer ran in to report that the iron fence surrounding the city had been set up. After hearing that, Wang Mingshan immediately stood up. "Comrades, the army has its own mission. Those of us who are not from the army will lead our respective units to patrol, be on alert, and enforce the curfew. Now that the day is better, the enemy will have some opportunities at night. So, all units must be clear. At this critical moment, kill those who don't obey the curfew order. "
"Yes!" The members in the meeting replied in unison. At such a time, everyone had no other choice but to work together.
At night, the sound of gunfire in the three towns of Khartoum was sporadic, but it didn't stop for almost the entire night. When dawn came, Wang Mingshan finally rubbed his sore eyes and handed over the command to the commander. After all, he was almost 50 years old. After not sleeping for two days and two nights, he really felt that he couldn't take it anymore. Moreover, he could still do night patrol at night. Fighting during the day wasn't Wang Mingshan's specialty.
When Wang Mingshan began to sleep soundly in Khartoum, Eldogan and the people from the village and the surrounding villages joined up with the city's main force and arrived outside Khartoum.
These people walked for almost the entire night and did sleep for a while in between. But when the sky was slightly bright, these people got up and set off again. Eldogan still remembered the speech of the village chief's uncle to the villagers yesterday. "You asked why there aren't so many things in this castle. I want to tell you that everything in this castle has been taken away. They were taken to Khartoum by the Chinese. Everyone has seen China's iron cars that took away half a year's worth of alfalfa in one go. Those iron cars took away all the wealth in the castle. Think about it! Think about it! How much wealth is that?! Fellow villagers, follow our team and take down Khartoum. Everything in there belongs to us! "
Under such encouragement, the fellow villagers all gave birth to a burst of energy. Some families with more people sent people to send the things back home first, while the main force of their family followed the team. Those families with fewer people were worried that they wouldn't be able to grab anything, so they simply brought along the "soft goods" that they had robbed this time, such as some cloth and goods. Eldogan saw the person walking next to him wrap a white bedsheet with a red cross on it around his body. The guy also noticed the red cross and deliberately put the red cross on his back, making it very eye-catching.
No one was willing to fall behind. After walking for most of the afternoon and almost a night, the team completed a journey of 50 kilometers and arrived near Khartoum. In the eyes of the villagers, there were already a lot of tall buildings in the fortress. Compared to the village made up of low bungalows, the fortress was really tall and imposing. However, compared to the city of Khartoum in front of them, the fortress seemed insignificant. There were many tall buildings in Khartoum. From a distance, it really looked like a forest.
Many villagers couldn't help but cheer when they saw this. That's right, once they could break through this place, everyone could take away whatever they wanted. However, Eldogan wasn't so excited. He found that it wasn't just their team that was cheering. There were many people who were going to Khartoum as their destination. Not only were there people who had already arrived in Khartoum, but there were even more people behind Eldogan.
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