Chapter 904： Canal battle (2/2)

I sincerely hope that this war can continue, it is best to fight a wild age, like a century of war...

The only flaw is that many French soldiers do not have alcohol, and they lose themselves after a few glasses of wine. Fights and fights often occur.

Accidental injury is inevitable. People may be able to avoid it, and the tableware, tables, chairs and benches of the tavern suffer.

Just now, John also dealt with a fight. Said it was dealt with, in essence, all he did was to notify the officer to come and lead.

Unfortunately, this time the client was again a poor ghost, and he searched all over him, and he didn't even have a franc.

No money means no money. In addition to confessing to bad luck and being forced to agree to postpone compensation, John is actually powerless.

It's the front line here, and I'm not sure one day these bad luck eggs will take the lunch box. The dead don't need to pay their debts.

If there are only these losses, John can not care. The wool came out of the sheep, and the price of Suez Port had been skyrocketing because of the war.

What really worried John was the situation on the battlefield. He doesn't need to go out to find out the news. He can analyze the conversation between the drinkers and he will be able to analyze three or five points.

XX troops suffered heavy casualties, XX survived for the rest of the life, XX hapless...

Regardless of the need for confidentiality, a few glasses of wine shook out.

The speaker is unintentional, the listener intentional.

The battle for the Suez Canal continued, and the final victory and defeat of John could not be judged, but the heavy casualties of the French army was an indisputable fact.

The port of Suez is also on the front line. Once the Austrian army regards this as a breakthrough, the business of the tavern will not continue.

Although John loves money, he takes his life even more. The guns on the battlefield are blind, and you will see God if you are not careful.

The Paris government has issued a mobilization order for all people. At the moment of crisis, the Egyptian Governor has the right to call all Frenchmen in the army.

As early as a week ago, the Egyptian governor issued a conscript. According to the regulations, John should have entered the barracks long ago.

But there are exceptions to everything, and privileges are everywhere. With the help of Franc, John successfully escaped from military service on the grounds of his frailty.

It is a pity that you can avoid the fifteenth day, and you may not be able to avoid fifteen. With many years of life experience, John can be sure that once the situation on the battlefield deteriorates, the colonial government will further increase its recruitment.

Maybe even the physical examination step will be saved by then, as long as it is not short of arms and short legs, you have to go to the front line.

This is also the reason why rich people leave Suez Port. Everyone is a person with identity, how can they go to the battlefield to sell their lives?

Despite everyone's confidence in France, that was high hopes for the homeland, not the Egyptian colonial government.

Before John made up his mind, the war spread to Suez Port. The Suez Canal is still too narrow, with a distance of a few hundred meters, it can't escape the cannon's range at all.

As the rumbling sound continued to sound, the shells that fell from the sky began to plunder through this emerging city, like a meteor shower.

Without any hesitation, John joined the fleeing army. Starting tonight, the city has officially become a military port.

...

”Fick, you idiot. I'll let you prepare the boat. Just a few of these junkies. If you put it in the water, you might sink yourself. What's the use?”

A middle-aged officer snarled at his men and could see that he was really angry. Originally prepared to sneak attack on the port of Suez, it turned out that there was no boat at all.

Fick’s young officer hurriedly explained: “Colonel, this can’t blame me. The Suez Canal is too narrow and the enemy’s artillery can be fully covered.

At a distance of several hundred meters, any gunner can hit. The big ship can't hide at all, we can only make use of some rafts.

However, you can rest assured that the large ship opposite the French was also destroyed by us, and there is no need to worry about them launching a sneak attack. ”

After listening to this explanation, the middle-aged officer's face became more and more ugly. There are not enough ships, just rely on a pile of rafts to cross the river, the difficulty of which can be imagined.

Unlike other regions, the Sinai Peninsula is not a good place. If it were not for the Vienna government to implement land fallow early, which had displaced the population and curbed the expansion of desertification, it is estimated that even the army’s drinking water could not be provided locally.

Except for the garrisons in several strongholds, the Sinai Peninsula is a no-man's land. No one is there. It is simply impossible to find a solution to the ship problem locally.

As for letting local ships come over, the problem is that they will be destroyed by enemy fire before they can enter the canal.

At a distance of two or three hundred meters, to hit a boat is not too simple. From this point of view, even if there is a boat, crossing the river will not be smooth.

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