After defeating the French, the senior leaders of the rebel army did not feel happy at all. Except for the group of British generals led by Lieutenant General Jarret in a good mood, most of the rest glared at Mahdi.

A bearded officer took out his gun, put it on the table, and asked, "Mahdi, what's going on? Why didn't we notify the dam blow up? Do you know because..."

Before he could finish his words, Mahdi hurriedly explained: "Thunders, it's not that I don't want to inform you, but mainly because the time is too late.

The main force of our army on the front line failed in the decisive battle. If the rebels wanted to defeat the French, they had to blow up a road to the Aswan Dam.

It turns out that our decision was not wrong. The French army was severely damaged and was fleeing in a hurry at this moment."

Thunders sneered and said sarcastically: "I don't think it's too late to get up, but you're not ready to notify me at all.

Anyway, the losses are all our people. Your direct divisions, the Sixth Division and the First Division are intact, so naturally I don’t feel sorry.”

It can be seen from the expressions of everyone that perhaps this is the real reason for everyone’s anger.

It has failed on the battlefield, and it is no problem to blow up the dam and turn defeat into victory. From a military perspective, it is barely reasonable to do so for the overall situation.

But the problem is that the losses are all our own troops, and Mahdi's direct armed forces have escaped, which makes everyone feel unbalanced.

Seeing that the advice of kind words was not effective, Mahdi was also angry and immediately said to the point: "What is the situation between the First Division and the Sixth Division? Don't you know?

I said I would preserve my strength and don’t forget that the previous blocking battles were all fought first. If it weren’t for the heavy losses, I wouldn’t have withdrawn and rested."

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Lieutenant General Jarret spoke, "Everyone, no one wants this to happen.

War requires sacrifice. If the war is defeated on the front line, the soldiers participating in the war will not escape the pursuit of the French. If they can take the French together, they will die as much as possible.

Instead of blaming each other here, it is better to find a way to restore strength. The army suffered heavy losses and recruit people again.

The French were greatly injured, and Egypt was unable to organize a second military encirclement in a short period of time. You can act freely next.

Given the heavy losses of everyone, Britain is willing to provide another 30,000 rifles and a number of ammunition to help everyone overthrow the French.”

Feng Shui took turns. The French helped the Americans back then, which made the British lose the foundation of kingly power. Now it is the British turn to take action.

However, compared to Louis XVI's generous donation and even ending in person, the British are so petty.

There are only 30,000 rifles, not even artillery or machine guns. With John Bull's integrity, these are mostly eliminated goods used by the British army.

Thirty thousand retired rifles in Britain are definitely less than 30,000 pounds, and even ten thousand pounds cannot be found in the European continent.

But for the rebels, this is already an astronomical figure, far exceeding the total aid provided by Britain and Austria.

When everyone heard the news of 30,000 rifle aid, their expressions suddenly eased. The rebel army was mixed with fish and dragons, and there might be people who love soldiers like their children, but there would definitely not be many.

For most senior officials, the army is just a tool for them to gain power and wealth, and is a consumable.

Anyway, there will be as many troops as there are guns. The soldiers will lose them and recruit people to replenish them.

The British helped a batch of weapons, and it is estimated that the Austrians would also help a batch of weapons. In addition, the legacy on the battlefield, restoring strength is not a problem at all.

Thunders hurriedly fought for it: "For the sake of Lieutenant General, let's forget about this matter. However, the Second Division suffered heavy losses, and I need ten thousand rifles to supplement it."

Mahdi vetoed: "No! Everyone's losses are very heavy. The Second Division is pretty good. At least one regiment has been retained and you will be given up at most 5,500 rifles."

Suppression is necessary. Thunders itself is the second most powerful faction in the rebel army after Mahdi. The two had conflicts for power for more than once.

After finally taking advantage of the opportunity on the battlefield to severely damage the Second Division. How could Mahdi allow him to recover easily?

Thunders slapped the table and cursed angrily: "Mahdi, don't go too far.

If you want to do this, then everyone will leave as soon as possible, no one wants to be angry with you here."

...

There was a conflict within the rebel army, which Lieutenant General Jarrett was happy to see. If the rebel army was all solid, how could it reflect the importance of him, the British dispatcher?

For example, this time, everyone knew that the order to blow up the dam was essentially issued by Lieutenant General Jarret, but everyone was pretending to be confused, and Mahdi had to take the blame.

This was the result of Huthier and others leaving, otherwise it would be even more lively. The losers of the power struggle would probably use Austrian support to jump out to compete with the British-supported Mahdi.

Seeing that everyone was arguing, the command center was in chaos and was about to start fighting. Lieutenant General Jarret took the baton and knocked it at the table.

He directly scolded: "Sit down and see what you look like now?"

"Don't forget that you are the leader of a country, not the gangsters on the streets.

For a small matter, I quarrel endlessly, and I am not afraid of jokes when it is spread!"

Seeing everyone returning to their position, Lieutenant General Jarret nodded with satisfaction.

He knew that this was not his respectedness and that everyone was willing to give face, that was that all the weapons and equipment were held in his hands, and no one present could afford to offend him.

He paused for a moment and eased his tone: "The main force of the French army was defeated. Now is the time to expand the results of the war. If you continue to quarrel like this, you will miss the opportunity to fight.

Everyone is a soldier, so they use the rules of the army to decide. Whoever makes great contributions in the war will get a big share.

Now I am making the decision for you. I will pursue the French defeated soldiers. Whoever gets more people and catches more prisoners will get a large portion.

If you are scattered and wait for death, don’t waste resources. Don’t say that I did unfairly. Although the front-line troops have suffered great losses, you are closest to the French.

Even if you don’t have the ability to continue chasing, the French army will not be a minority.”

There is no doubt that this distribution plan is most beneficial to Mahdi. Although Jayret said it easily, in fact, after being hit by the flood, the rebels on the front line were no better than the French.

Capture the French defeated soldiers?

In fact, now they are all a group of defeated soldiers. The only advantage is that they barely win, and they can gather on the spot after the flood recedes.

The morale of the army is not strong enough, and these troops cannot fight in a short period of time. As Lieutenant General Jarret said, they can capture the French defeated soldiers who were single, but they can only capture these defeated soldiers.

...

Outside Ugsur, Huthir was holding a telescope to watch the army siege. The siege equipment did not exist, and the rebels would neither build nor need these things.

For the sake of urban development, Ugsur had long been demolished by the French. As a concise city in the inland city, the French never thought of threats from foreign enemies.

Bunkers and fortresses do not exist, and the battle begins to enter street fighting mode.

The bullying of the rebels did not have artillery, and the French directly used buildings as their support to block the rebels from entering the city.

Watching the troops rushing up in chaos and being blown away by blood, Huthier frowned.

He still hopes that these soldiers will survive if he can lead the soldiers.

The Falcon Han was much calmer, as if he was not affected by the atmosphere on the battlefield. He commented with relish: "The firepower of the defenders is very messy, and they don't look like regular soldiers.

Now the main force of the French army is basically not in the city. If we take any cost, our success rate in conquering Ugsul is very high."

Huthir shook his head: "Vienna is not ready to turn against the French. Even if it has occupied Ugsur, we cannot eat it.

They can't save it even if they give it to the rebels. Just pretend to be a feint and scare the French in the city.

Instead of consuming precious troops here, it is better to take the troops around Egypt, which can bring great trouble to the French."

At this time, Sthausenburg, with a happy face, walked from behind and said with a smile: "Lieutenant Colonel, order the attack to stop, we can do a big fight next."

Huthier boldly guessed: "Oh, could it be that the main French army was attacked by floods and was wiped out. Now Egypt is empty, just waiting for us to pick the fruits of victory?"

Sthausenburg nodded and shook his head again: "Although it was not wiped out, it was almost done.

According to the intelligence collected by the scouts, the senior officials of the rebel army used the main force as bait and suddenly blew up the Aswan Dam during the decisive battle, and the flood directly hit the combat troops.

Both sides suffered heavy losses. Now Adolf's army of rebellion has become a stray dog ​​and is fleeing in a hurry.

Maybe it won’t take long before we will meet them. Let’s give them a little more, and the French army will be able to cancel the organization.”

The defeated French army in ambushing is much more cost-effective than attacking Ugsur. If Adolf's army of rebellion was lucky enough to keep Adolf's military parade here, it would be impossible to parade in Cairo.

Fakinhan retorted: "Major, you are too optimistic. If the French are running back in a mess, we can indeed keep them.

But whenever Adolf had a little brain, he would reorganize the troops halfway and continue to retreat.

There is no need to be too much. Just as a group of troops are gathered, you can defeat the Eighth Division.

Even if the French army has greatly reduced morale, double the strength of the two regiments will be enough.

If Adolf was brave enough, he would not have to retreat at all. The front-line troops suffered heavy losses, and there were only two and a half-destroy infantry divisions left at the headquarters of the rebel army. As long as there were five thousand French troops, they could fight against each other."

There is no doubt that the final inference is based on an ideal state. Even if Adolf has the courage to burn his boats, he still needs the French soldiers to be willing to fight on the verge of the water.

The strong combat power of the French army is based on morale and morale. The combat power that the French army without the desire to fight is not necessarily much stronger than the rebel army.

Sthausenburg smiled slightly: "You overestimate the French. Most of the people participating in this battle were colonial troops, not the most core elite of the French army.

After being attacked by floods, the defeated soldiers who escaped the disaster had their fighting will at the lowest point, and their combat power could be exerted very limited.

Of course, these are not the key to the problem. The core factor that really makes us win is that the French army lost almost all of its logistics supplies and heavy firepower.

Small cities and colonial strongholds along the way can only provide them with a portion of their food supply at most, and the lost weapons and equipment cannot be replenished.

The French army was hit by floods during battle, which meant that the bullets consumed by French soldiers in battle were not available for replenishment and fled in a hurry.

As long as we consume the last ammunition in the hands of the French, we will win this war."

After hesitating for a while, Huthier made a decision: "If you pass the order, the troops will immediately stop siegeing the city.

Notify cadres at the regiment level and above to hold an emergency military meeting in the afternoon.”
Chapter completed!