At this time, Egypt.
The Long Yan Army led by Jiang Xuan relied on war to support war and launched an attack from the southern end of the French colonial area.
Three cities were defeated in seven days.
Unstoppable, the French army was unable to fight back and had no choice but to defend passively.
The main force of France is still fighting against Britain at this moment, and they cannot let Britain notice that something is wrong.
If Britain takes advantage of the victory at this time and pursues it, the French colonial area will inevitably be carved up completely.
Dawn openly directed the French troops to continue fighting, but secretly began to withdraw.
Originally, according to his planned deployment, it would be at least a month before the Long Yan Army came over.
At that time, they will have sufficient troops.
but now……
"General, Long Yan's army has arrived at the city. We may not be able to hold on for long."
said the French soldier in despair.
"how so!"
After hearing this, the general who defended the city stood up suddenly and walked out of the tower. He didn't even need a telescope. He had already seen the dust mist generated by the running of the Long Yan cavalry, which was overwhelmingly coming towards this side!
The defenders were stunned. They clenched the city wall with both hands and stared at the fast-moving team. They ordered in a deep voice: "Get ready for battle immediately."
"We must not let the Longyan Army break the city!"
The French army was hurriedly equipped, and crossbowmen, musketeers, and artillerymen quickly formed arrays at the city gate.
The city gate opened, and the French army quickly attacked. On both sides of the moat, the Long Yan Army and the French army faced off.
Seeing that Long Yan's army was within shooting range, the general guarding the city immediately shouted: "Fire the arrows!"
Arrows and meteors fell rapidly.
The shield soldiers of the Longyan Army acted as the vanguard, and the shield formation was unfolded. These arrows and streams only left traces on the shield.
It did not cause much damage to Long Yanjun.
Seeing this, the general guarding the city frowned: "The artillerymen are ready to destroy the enemy's defenses!"
"General, the Longyan Army is beyond our range and we can't hit them." A certain artillery captain reminded.
The general guarding the city grabbed him by the collar, pulled him over, and stared at him.
"This is an order, we must not let the Long Yan Army take a step forward!"
The artilleryman had no choice but to refill the ammunition. All he had to do to move the cannon was to bombard Long Yan's army with artillery.
Even after the Industrial Revolution, expensive weapons like artillery were already very expensive.
Even if they were to defend the city, they were only equipped with thirty small-caliber artillery pieces. It stands to reason that if the Long Yan Army was subjected to a round of shelling, it would definitely suffer heavy damage.
But now...
The real effective attack distance of these artillery is only 150 meters.
Launching an attack downwards on the city wall, the Long Yan Army, who aimed accurately and wanted to hit the other side of the moat, almost just took the chance.
Jiang Xuan sat at the back, watching the French artillerymen on the city wall have fired up to attack.
With a sneer, it seemed that the French general had panicked and had forgotten even the most basic artillery range.
Jiang Xuan ordered: "Prepare the Long Yan Artillery to destroy the opponent's city wall!"
The sound of drums was heard, and the artillery dragged behind the Dragon Flame Cavalry came into use.
During the long march from the Nile River, Long Yan did not choose to set off lightly. On Long Yan's supply ship, he brought everything on board as long as it could not be made from local materials.
Siege guns are one of them.
Fighting means fighting for supplies. Jiang Xuan understands this truth very deeply, but he also knows that he leads his troops to attack in this way.
With the battle line stretched so long, it would be difficult for the rear to provide support to the Long Yan Army.
They need to bring sufficient support themselves to avoid any accidents along the way.
This is one of the reasons why Long Yanjun needs to attack quickly.
Use war to support war and catch the enemy by surprise.
After the Longyan cavalry got out of the way, there were a total of ninety siege cannons pulled behind them. These siege cannons were specially designed by Longyan Liangzhou Laboratory.
The maximum range of these artillery guns reaches more than two hundred meters, and they are extremely powerful.
Can be equipped with almost any country's artillery shells.
The artillery was developed just to prevent this from happening.
Ninety artillery pieces bombarded together.
No matter how strong the city walls of France are, they are still riddled with holes and pits, as if they are about to be broken.
The general who defended the city managed to regain his balance.
If this continues, their city wall will have to be blown down by Long Yanjun's artillery.
Their artillery had no way of attacking under such circumstances.
But now that the bridge is falling, Long Yan's army is likely to attack along the bridge.
After some hesitation, the defending general gritted his teeth and ordered:
"Send out troops and hinder Longyan Army's artillery attack!"
"Destroy the Dragon Flame Army!"
Jiang Xuan saw the bridge falling and sneered: "It's just what I wanted."
In fact, for the Long Yan Army, it was very risky to forcefully cross the moat. The moat built by the French was more than thirty meters wide.
If the water flow is rapid, the strength will definitely suffer a serious loss.
Even if the Long Yan Army's siege artillery continues to attack like this, they can break through their city walls, but crossing the river will consume a large part of the Long Yan Army's energy.
"The defenders on the opposite side are really panicked." Jiang Xuan murmured and continued to order the attack.
The French troops quickly launched an attack.
Their cavalry served as the vanguard and attacked Long Yan's army.
On the other side of the bridge, the Long Yan Army pulled out ten Long Yan artillery pieces to guard both sides of the bridge.
The French army launched an attack here, and Long Yan's army fired a salvo of artillery to directly bombard the French army.
The French army was unable to dodge and was bombarded by Longyan Army's artillery with many casualties.
The general guarding the city looked confused as he watched the Long Yan Army's attack method.
The use of artillery in battle has always been for sieges, because the cost of such artillery is high, as are the artillery shells.
Therefore, few troops are willing to use it as an enemy weapon.
The garrison generals did not expect that a force like the Long Yan Army, which was basically cut off from supplies, would actually be willing to use artillery attacks on the battlefield.
Do they think they have an unlimited number of cannonballs?
The defending general watched more and more casualties appear on the battlefield, but still did not order the withdrawal.
We absolutely cannot withdraw our troops now and must continue to attack.
If they withdraw their troops, they will fall short.
The French army fought hand-to-hand with Long Yan's army on the other side of the river, killing a large number of casualties.
At this time, the Long Yan Army also launched a more violent attack and fought with the French army.
The cavalry of the Long Yan Army launched a charge and started fighting directly on the bridge.
However, Long Yan's army retreated while fighting, and the French army did not notice anything at all and continued to pursue.
Finally fell into the trap of Long Yanjun.
What the Long Yan Army wants to do is to occupy the bridge, not to confront the French army head-on. This is also very uneconomical for them.
Now that the French army is surrounded by them, this battle will end with the victory of the Dragon Flame Army without any doubt.
