Right now, Egypt.
Cairo City Lord's Mansion, Jiang Xuan and Nashadir's temporary command room.
The two people looked at the entire map of Egypt. More than 70% of Egypt's territory is desert. It can be said to be a country in the sand.
Cairo is one of the few oases in this desert country.
This place originally belonged to the British people, but now it belongs to Longyan City.
"The port city of France is located in the southwest of Egypt. For us, it is quite far away. The battle line cannot be stretched too long. Although we have a place to stop and settle in the middle, it is only one city."
"There is only one route to this city. If the transportation line is cut off by France, the consequences will be disastrous." Nashadir looked at the map car and said in a deep voice.
Jiang Xuan also thinks so. Although their army has an extremely fast marching speed.
But once the transportation line is cut off, no matter how fast the transportation speed is, it will not help.
Your supplies will not be transported to the front line at all and will have no effect.
It is true that they are joining forces with Britain, but transportation lines cannot be fully supported by their allies.
They still need to feel bad about themselves.
Moreover, there are many deserts in this area of Egypt, so there are only a few routes that can be marched, and there are no small roads or trails.
"It seems that we can only station troops first."
Jiang Xuan said this helplessly.
Nashadir nodded. There was nothing that could be done about it, but fortunately, the Dragon Flame Army was marching fast enough.
It was enough for France to complete the matter of stationing troops without much reaction time.
So who will be the vanguard to explore the road is a question.
The vanguard troops are often responsible for exploring routes and spying on intelligence. This time, they also need to transport food and grass.
Therefore, it is very important to be the vanguard, but this task is very dangerous.
Nashadir said calmly: "Don't argue with me for the credit of the vanguard."
Jiang Xuan glanced at him.
Nashadir has been wandering in the desert for many years, so he is indeed a suitable candidate to be the vanguard.
"Okay, I won't take the credit from you. I'll sit in the rear."
After agreeing on the action plan, Nashadir led a vanguard of 10,000 troops to the port city of Egypt.
Because of Longyan's special marching equipment, the vanguard marched very quickly, but they also had to sleep in the open air along the way.
Originally, fresh vegetables and fruits in Egypt were luxuries. Such things could not survive in the desert and were inconvenient to transport.
Therefore, the grain that can be transported in large quantities can only be some grain.
But since the arrival of the Longyan people, Nashadir has never worried about vegetables.
As night approached, Nashadir did not dare to continue marching and ordered his soldiers to camp on the spot for one night.
A large pot was set up in the military camp. Nashadir took off the sheepskin bag tied around his waist and put various dried vegetables into the large pot.
In no time, a delicious and luxurious vegetable soup will be ready.
Every time he saw such a pot of vegetable soup being prepared, Nashadir couldn't help but sigh, Long Yan's chief assistant, Liu Zheng, is really a strange person.
I actually thought of drying vegetables and putting them in sheepskin bags to keep them fresh. Not only can they be stored for a long time.
It is also easy to carry. One person can carry more than ten kilograms of these dried vegetables, but if it is replaced by undried vegetables, it is not a small number.
Although there is a lack of water resources in the desert, a person who lives in the desert all year round knows how to obtain water in the desert.
After eating and drinking, everyone gathered around the campfire to keep warm in the military tent.
The desert is extremely cold at night, so you need to keep warm.
Nashadir was dressed like a rice dumpling and slept all night in front of the campfire.
The next day there was a journey to take.
So it was very fast, and they arrived at the seaside port from Cairo in less than seven days.
Fortunately, we encountered no difficulties along the way.
Nashadir looked at the city built on the coast. Approaching the city, the desert no longer existed.
Instead, it was a different scene.
Nashadir entered the city and passed by the port.
Although it is a port city, there are not many ships on the port.
The French ships were here. When Jiang Xuan and Nashadir entered the city, a group of French soldiers had already left by ship.
This is also one of the few oasis areas, and the environment is pretty good.
After the Long Yan Army occupied it, they did not disturb the residents here.
And these Egyptians did not show too much dissatisfaction with Long Yan's army occupying their city, and they were even a little lucky.
The lives of these indigenous Egyptians themselves are not very good, although this port city has been built very modernly.
But most civilians are still poor.
All the wealth was collected into the hands of a few people, such as French immigrants and the Egyptian royal family.
But after Nashadir captured the city, he was now the actual leader of the city and did not make many changes.
Let it continue to develop, but Nashadir still destroyed the power of the Egyptian royal family and France.
This gave the poor Egyptians in this town a sense of resistance.
Nashadir looked at the so-called Caishikou, where hangings were being carried out, and the subjects of the hangings were the French people who made their fortune here.
Nashadir seemed to walk away with an indifferent expression, as if what was happening now had nothing to do with his current city lord.
Let the Egyptians punish the Egyptian royal family or French nobles in this city.
Anyway, this city will be given to the British when the war is over.
The current chaotic situation in the city will only cause headaches for the British people. What does it have to do with Nashadir?
Nashadir only needs to deal with the food supply and military issues in this port city.
Yes, although there are no French troops here.
But there are also some Egyptian armies. Most of these armies have low combat effectiveness. They basically have guns in their hands but cannot use them.
But it is also about military strength. Nashadir does not want such a bunch of inferior troops to cause trouble behind him when he is fighting in front.
Although it won't cause him any real losses, it will bring him the same trouble as eating a fly.
Nausea and nausea.
The first thing Nashadir did when he came to the city lord's palace was to summon the leaders of various forces and organizations in the city for a simple and quick negotiation.
The composition of forces in this city is not complicated. One is the nobles of the Egyptian royal family who have formed a police agency in order to maintain their own safety. The other is the workers' association, a newly established private organization, and the other is an alliance composed of some veterans who specialize in collecting protection fees.
Soon the leaders of these three parties entered Nashadir's office one after another.
The three parties are at odds with each other as soon as they meet.
