The fifth stop is a new town that relies entirely on the canal. Before the canal was dug, it was a resting place for the people. After the canal was opened to navigation, it has a unique location right at the entrance to the northern section of the canal from the north of the Great Bitter Lake.
The town controls the canal waterway and sees countless ships entering and exiting every day. However, it is only a supply port, not a commercial port, so not many sailors really choose to go ashore here, and there is no large-scale pier trestle area. Because basically more than 90% of sea-going ships anchor directly on the lake, and there is no need to dock.
But today it opened the eyes of the locals. More than ten minutes after the bombardment started, the Chinese warships preparing to enter the river mouth suddenly lowered dozens of small boats, and then the heavily armed soldiers began rappelling with ropes. Arriving on the small boat, groups of silent soldiers soon began rowing to prepare for landing.
Each small boat was full of twelve people, just enough to carry a squad of troops. The silent Marines made no noise at all. The officers commanded the battle according to the gestures. In the dark night, they started like ghosts. Get closer to the shore.
Everything was carried out efficiently and orderly in silence. At first, it did not even attract the attention of the people on the shore. In the end, the British warships nearby discovered these silent soldiers.
"Look...the Chinese are rushing to land on the beach! God, they are going to war, they have the guts..."
A layman looks at the excitement, but an expert looks at the door. The British veterans were stunned by the Chinese landing actions. There is devil in the details. They saw a completely different and extremely efficient landing cooperation tactics.
The thick cables were fixed to the sampan on the side of the battleship. In the hands of these soldiers, they easily dropped it into the book with just a few rolls. Those complicated knots were actually tied more neatly than the British sailors.
When soldiers boarded the sampan from the deck of the battleship, the British generally used soft rope ladders, but these Chinese were more efficient. They rappelled down using only a rope, and they actually hung strange pulleys around their waists.
Holding the rope with one hand and controlling the pulley around their waists with the other, the soldiers were able to freely and quickly descend from the deck into the boat, only braking when they were close to the water.
It was so fast. In the eyes of the British, the Chinese soldiers were like ghosts, flying down from the deck. Soon a small boat was filled with a squad of soldiers.
Without a word of nonsense, under the rhythmic gestures of the squad leader, the ten soldiers slid the wood pulp left and right, and the boat was as fast as a girl flying on the water.
Twenty small boats and more than 200 Chinese marines took only fifteen minutes from the time they started launching the boats to when they all landed.
"What a miracle! How did these Chinese people train... Who did they learn how to control rope rappelling? There is no such tactical skill in Europe!"
The British were not the only ones who were surprised. Now the French also discovered this group of landing ghosts. The group of cavalry were shocked, "Oh God! The Chinese actually landed... This is a provocation to France! They actually dare to bring weapons." Log in..."
The French were anxious. Previously at the Port of Suez, although the Chinese landed, they did not carry any weapons, which was acceptable.
But now there are actually two hundred heavily armed soldiers who have forcibly landed on French soil without any notice. This is simply a declaration of war.
The horses' hooves roared forward, and this group of French cavalry screamed, "Stop... everyone, stop... this is the territory of France, who allows you to come forward with weapons! All of you, stop..."
The ones they collided with were the foreign legion led by Hyōtaro and Noheita, also known as the Drawing Team. They had just sent the beautiful Arabian princess to the Zhiyuan, which meant that their warship was the closest to the Zhiyuan. of.
Now that there was an emergency military situation, the soldiers on their ship were of course the first to go into battle. The five hundred foreign legionnaires and the two adopted sons of Xiao Letian directly mobilized 200 elites ashore.
Before landing, these foreign legions also used special paint to paint themselves a large painted face. This is another innovation of the Chinese army, that is, camouflage camouflage.
As soon as this outfit appeared, the French cavalrymen were so frightened that every one of them was frightened. Even the war horses barked and refused to listen.
"I'm sorry! Unknown armed men fired at the Zhiyuan. In order to protect His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the head of state of the Chinese nation, we must go ashore to investigate..."
"Our target is the sand dune where the artillery is fired. As long as you don't stop us, we will never hit your army with a single shot or bullet... The foreign legion listens to my order! The artillery position due to the west, charge!"
"No..." More than a hundred French cavalry rushed forward. The horses lined up in a long queue to block the foreign legion, forming a half-moon-shaped encirclement and squeezing it bit by bit.
"Go back! This is France's land, you go back..."
"You idiots, why are there artillery shells attacking us on your land? You are the culprits, get out of the way!"
The smell of gunpowder suddenly became strong in the port. Ferdinand could no longer sit still. He rushed out of the hiding room and rode a fast horse to the scene of the conflict.
"Viscount Ferdinand, the French Consul of Egypt, has arrived... Chinese soldiers please return to the warship immediately... We are fully responsible for this attack, and we will give you an explanation..."
"Explain? I don't want to explain, what we want are war criminals!"
Ferdinand listened to the Chinese yelling and cursing, and his face was as angry as coals of fire. "Shameless, ignorant barbarians! Don't you know what the law is? The law enforcement power here in the canal belongs to us French people, and you have no right to cross it." We enforce the law..."
Everything was in chaos, and Ferdinand's plan had a huge deviation. First of all, he did not expect that the Zhiyuan would not return directly or stop to fight back when it encountered shelling. Instead, it continued to move forward without hesitation. This was the first thing that he did not expect. .
And the second point is that he really didn't expect that the Chinese would dare to grab stalls and land and send infantry ashore. How could they be so bold!
At this moment, Xiao Letian in the command cabin of the Zhiyuan finally smiled sullenly, "One effort can defeat ten enemies. This is the answer I give you French people! The conspiracy must be broken by a conspiracy..."
"Send a signal to our Foreign Legion! Damn it..."
Whoosh... A bright firework rushed into the sky, and the blood-red firework exploded in the sky. With a pop, the entire Great Bitter Lake could be seen clearly.
"Ah... the head of state has given the order! Attack at all costs... draw your sword and attack! Give me the duck..."
There was the sound of a sword being unsheathed in Canglanglang, and the foreign legion took the lead in jumping into the battle. m.
