Chapter 790： The British "perfect strategy" (1/2)
Lieutenant Colonel Hutil interrupted: ”Okay, two people don't have to play anymore. You don't need to be active now, just think about countermeasures!”
Potiorec waved helplessly: ”Okay, lieutenant colonel. But in the current situation, I don't think it is necessary to develop a strategy.
The main forces of the rebels are all such goods. It is conceivable that the miscellaneous army of them looks like, and it is not easy to take them to the battlefield.
Frankly, I am optimistic about this task at all. Now I fully agree with His Excellency the Governor, and first learn to save his life on the battlefield.
Right now, the most important thing for us is to take command of the army, and then train the gang of black people, at least to teach them to obey orders. ”
The joke was a joke, and with a bunch of black people, he went to attack Cairo, and Portiorec was not so strong.
These days, the French Army is still very deterrent, and no one dares to despise them.
Regarding the current strength of the rebels, let alone capture Cairo, even if the war is burned to the Nile Delta, it is a miracle in military history.
The regular army has the regular army's play style, and the Wuhe people's play has the Wuhe people's play style. They are all fledgling guys, naturally they don't have that much attention.
Strategic tactics are totally redundant for the Uzbek army and cannot be achieved at all.
Lieutenant Colonel Hutil nodded: ”You can recognize this, and it seems my worry is superfluous.
However, we are not completely without a chance. The main force of the French army cannot win, which does not mean that even the Egyptian colonial army cannot defeat.
At that time, the main force of the French army will let Mahdi drag them on. We are responsible for the destruction.
I heard that Egypt is the most important cotton producing area for the French, and destroying these plantations is probably enough to hurt them for a while.
If you are lucky, you can encourage the Egyptians to join the rebellion, and it will be much better.
It really isn't working. Find a chance to blow up the Nile and make it artificial ... ”
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Compared to the casualness of Austria, the British should pay more attention. In order to create an opportunity to intervene in the Suez Canal, the British government directly sent a military instructor group led by Lieutenant General Jerret.
On the one hand, there are fledgling military academy students, and on the other hand are generals with rich experience in combat. Normal people know how to choose.
Lieutenant General Jarrett did not disappoint Mahdi, and came up with a perfect combat plan, at least it sounded perfect.
The spirited general Lieutenant General Jerrett took the baton and put it on the map a little: ”This is the core of the Nile Delta in Egypt, and also the focus of French business.
To drive the French away, they must destroy their foundation here. Without the support of the delta, the cost of sending troops to the French would at least double.
For France, at least part of their countless colonies in Egypt, the Paris government could not invest unlimited resources.
As long as it hurts them and makes them realize that colonizing Egypt is a mistake, the French government will weigh the pros and cons.
With our strength, it is unrealistic to take the Delta region directly from the French.
But we also have our own advantages-the Nile.
Find a suitable place to build a dam to store water, then blast the dam, and the flood will drive us away the French ... ”
Pure flicker, but the insurgents like to listen. Compared with the separatist party proposed by the Austrians, the temptation to drive the French out of Egypt is too great.
In order to fool the rebel leader, Gerrett also worked hard to make up for the knowledge of Egypt.
This led to a perfect battle plan that increased the odds of the Mahdi rebels by at least tenfold.
But this has no effect. A hundred times of zero is zero, let alone ten times.
Unless there is a change in the European continent, such as the one who broke Paris in time and space, the French government would not be able to abandon the Suez Canal.
Half of Sudan + Egypt, the total population is only a few million, the military strength is definitely not comparable to the Ottomans destroyed by the anti-Turkish alliance.
Even if the cost of war will increase, where can it increase? The Great Revolution two years ago just made the French government poor, which did not mean that the French people were also without money.
It is urgent, the French government is not incapable of genocide. As long as the force is strong enough, the hidden dangers of the colonies are not a problem at all.
Listening to Gerrit's beautiful blueprint, Mahdi was tempted, but his face was still invisible.
For a leader, personal image is also important. Once this plan is implemented, the Egyptian people who originally supported him are likely to shake their positions.
Some shyly asked, ”General, wouldn't it be too ...”
Jarrett gave Mahdi a severe glance, interrupting: ”War always requires sacrifice. It can be a soldier or a civilian. As long as you can win, these sacrifice are valuable.
No doubt he saw Mahdi's true purpose. No one is willing to take responsibility for such a doomed order.
Seemingly indecisive inquiries, in fact, let Jarrett take the lead. Just for the sake of the British Empire, Jarrett chose to endure.
There is no need to be angry with a dead person, anyway, the end of this rebel is already doomed from the beginning.
After hesitating for a while, Mahdi said helplessly: ”Well then! In order to get rid of French slavery, we can only wrong the people in the lower reaches.
Abdullah, send some people to calculate the losses of the people, wait for the French to be driven away, and we will compensate them in the future. ”
With that decision, Mahdi seemed to be a lot easier.
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With the ”perfect” combat plan, the high-ranking insurgents were even more disinterested in the Austrian army.
If it weren't for Hutil and others holding the weapons and equipment they wanted, plus they needed Austria's support, it would be too lazy to see them.
”General, the French are powerful ...”
Without waiting for Hutil to finish, Mahdi interrupted: ”We have a perfect combat plan, Lieutenant Colonel, and we apologize for your inconvenience.”
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became embarrassed, and with good intentions, it turned into a donkey's liver and lungs.
If it wasn't for the task, he would have gone away. Even so, it is now on the verge of an explosion.
Even if you do n’t accept the suggestion, the following sentence, “The perfect battle plan ... It ’s difficult to disclose it for safety reasons,” wrote the word “doubt” on the face.
As soon as the words fell, Mahdi realized that he was making a mistake. Some things can be thought of but cannot be said.
He does not mean that.
A ”perfect battle plan” is equivalent to saying that Hutier and others are incapable, and they have formulated a garbage plan.
”For safety reasons, it is inconvenient to disclose.” Is it even more revealing a strong sense of distrust?