Although they are both armies, the Marine Corps is completely different from the ordinary army.
This is a purely offensive force, born with the attributes of the navy, and an extension of the navy to land.
So after the war near home completely subsided, the Marine Corps embarked on a journey around the world.
Since the Ninth Regiment of the Third Marine Division was sent to North Africa, it was logical that the entire Third Marine Division would be responsible for the battle in North Africa.
When there is a battle, the men and women of the Third Marine Division are naturally very happy.
"This shabby place is full of sand. I really don't know how people live?"
Chang Ying complained.
In his opinion, the entire Middle East is barren and completely unsuitable for human survival. If the geographical location were not so important, there would seem to be no need to conquer.
Of course, if he knew how much oil was underground here, he probably wouldn't think so.
The Third Marine Division was divided into two groups, and Chang Ying took the initiative to take charge of the difficult land route.
After starting from Djibouti, we crossed the East African Plateau and arrived at the Nile River.
The geographical conditions here have been mastered for a long time. If you want to attack Egypt, you can only go along the Nile River. Otherwise, the lack of water alone will make it difficult for the Third Marine Division to move forward.
Fortunately, Ahmed was well prepared and had already caused a storm in Egypt, while also providing help to the Third Marine Division.
Chang Ying established a logistics base in Khartoum and immediately began to rush forward.
The Ottomans were helpless against his attack.
Almost all the troops were hit on the Alamein line, and other directions could no longer be taken care of.
In Mustafa's view, the threat to Chang Ying is not very great.
After all, they were thousands of miles away and it would take more than a month just to march here, which was enough for him to deal with the Allied forces coming from the west first.
But then the news from Suez came, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
The landing of the Third Marine Division in Suez was equivalent to cutting off the connection between the Ottomans and the mainland, and completely becoming a lonely force.
"We must eliminate the National Defense Forces behind us, otherwise we will definitely lose."
Mustafa assessed the situation and made a decision quickly.
He asked General Engelfamus to lead 30,000 troops to defend Alamein, and then personally led the main force back eastward and rushed towards the Sinai Peninsula.
The person who commanded the landing at Suez was Shu Chengshan, chief of staff of the Third Marine Division.
He has a total of 21,000 troops along the way, which is the absolute main force.
Shu Chengshan did not panic when he heard that the Ottomans were coming.
"We cannot defend here, otherwise the Ottomans will not be able to defeat us and will probably escape. If we want to complete the battle, we have to take the initiative."
"That's right, you can't put the Ottomans back."
Li Weihua, the leader of the 10th Regiment, is also eager to fight.
"Then let's go north. We must control this place."
Shu Chengshan pointed his finger at Ismailia.
This is the center of the entire narrow territory. Whether it is Port Said to the north or Suez to the south, the distance is almost the same.
As long as they control this place, the Ottomans will never even think about rushing through here and escaping back to their homeland.
When Mustafa learned about the deployment of the National Defense Forces on his way back to the army, he couldn't help but frowned and was puzzled.
This National Defense Force has a total of more than 20,000 people. Why would they dare to leave the seaside and fight with themselves in the center of the land?
He has nearly 200,000 troops in his hands!
He does not think the Wehrmacht commanders have lost their minds, but have become more cautious.
After returning to Mansouda, he immediately began to collect supplies and carried out more cruel expropriation of the Egyptians.
Anyway, the Egyptians' rebellious intentions have been exposed, so there is no need to be too kind to them.
But Mustafa's actions further aroused the Egyptians' resistance. More and more people defected to Ahmed, allowing his rebel army to expand rapidly.
At the end of the month, bad news came from the south.
Cairo was captured by Ahmed. The Ottoman army originally deployed in Asyut to block the Third Marine Division on the southern front suddenly lost its logistical supplies and became a lonely army.
They lost contact with Mustafa, did not receive any orders, and did not dare to act rashly. They could only stay in the isolated city.
Ten days later, Chang Ying led the vanguard troops to the city and quickly launched an attack.
Chang Ying is also worried about the situation on the Shucheng Mountain side and wants to open the road to the Nile Delta as soon as possible in order to cope with the battlefield on the Suez side.
At the same time, Lu Baoxing led the ninth regiment to launch an attack in the direction of Alamein.
Witnessed by the Allies, the Ninth Regiment went out alone and launched the most rapid attack against the Ottomans.
Alamein is flat and there is endless desert to the south, so neither side can do too many fancy things. Head-to-head confrontation is the only option.
However, the National Defense Forces had fire support from the sea and took control of the coastal line at the beginning of the war.
Although Lu Baoxing was not as powerful as Engelfamus, it carried out a bold division of troops.
Under the cover of naval firepower, the 27th Battalion resolutely penetrated towards the Ottoman side and rear along the coast, penetrating layer after layer of the Ottomans.
Engelfamus felt the tremendous pressure and had to send cavalry to launch an assault on the 27th Battalion in an attempt to drive it back.
But the 27th Battalion was close to the seaside and received endless fire support from the navy.
Most of the sad Ottoman cavalry were buried in the naval gunfire. Although the few broke through the curtain of mercy, how could they avoid the musket array of the 27th Battalion?
The large holes on the flanks seriously affected the Ottomans' operations, and they soon fell into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides by the Wehrmacht.
Seeing that the 30,000 Ottoman army defeated by the Wehrmacht with only 5,000 men, the Allied forces watching the battle immediately realized that if they did not take action, it would be difficult to claim benefits after the war.
So the huge Allied forces immediately bypassed the front of the Wehrmacht from the southern front and launched a mad attack on the Ottoman left wing.
The combat effectiveness of these Allied forces is certainly not worth mentioning, but naturally everyone is brave when fighting against the wind.
Engelfamous was at his wits' end.
Seeing his army being smashed to pieces, he had no choice but to order the withdrawal of his disciple Alexander.
As a result, as soon as I reached the bottom of the city, I was surprised to find that there was a red flag hanging on the top of the city.
It turned out that after seeing that the situation on the battlefield was beginning to turn one-sided, Shang Ke was happy to take precautions and quickly dispatched a detachment to attack Alexander.
The number of defenders here was very small, and the ocean-going fleet had no infantry, but they organized a group of sailors and still attacked.
With pursuers behind and interceptions in front, Engelfamus had no choice but to start running away.
In the flat Nile Delta, the Ottomans, who had been arrogant and domineering for thousands of years, finally tasted like rats crossing the street.
The Allies let go of their hands and followed the Ottomans all the way to massacre.
When Engelfamus fled into Damanhur, there were only less than 5,000 troops left.
Damanhur was immediately surrounded by Allied forces.
The Western Front not only failed to block the attack, but also trapped itself in a dead end.
