Chapter 917： Civilian casualties (2/2)

The indigenous rebels of the Uzbekistan had at most a few earth cannons, and the shells could not hit the Governor’s Mansion at all. There is no need for anti-aircraft guns, and naturally there are no anti-aircraft holes.

After the outbreak of the Franco-Austrian War, the Governor-General of Jacob was only considering the issue of the canal defense line, and he never thought he would face a threat from heaven.

When the crisis comes, it is naturally too late to want to dig now. After all, a bulletproof cavern that can accommodate the French command headquarters is not a big cave.

”Your Excellency, the enemy's air force is too rampant, and we have not put France in our eyes. We must fight back.”

Those who can say this will naturally not be French soldiers. Any officer present knew that it was not that they did not want to fight back, but that they simply did not have the ability to fight back.

Looking at the angry middle-aged man, Governor Jacob frowned, and after a little silence, he slowly said: ”Senior Abraham, please look at the battle report, or care about the domestic political news.

Not to mention our side, even the domestic air force of the Austrians could not help but Paris was attacked by the enemy just a week ago. ”

Hearing the news of the air raid in Paris, everyone's faces changed dramatically. Obviously everyone received this news for the first time.

Seeing the expressions of everyone, Jacob knew that there was a problem with his concept. Before the outbreak of war, the news in Paris took only a few hours to reach Egypt.

The telegraph business in France is run by capitalists. The first consideration is how to maximize the benefits, and what strategies are not strategic must be backed up.

Against this background, it is naturally impossible to lay a special submarine cable from the French mainland to Egypt.

Instead, they took the land cable route through Algeria and passed through the Austrian-African region along the way. They still cooperated with Austrian Telegraph.

This is also in line with international management, and the telegraph can be extended to most parts of the world in decades, relying on regional cooperation.

If it were done alone, no telegraph company would have the ability to connect the world.

The outbreak of the European War was too sudden, and after only a few months of gestation, it suddenly fought. The French government has experienced short-term coercion, not to mention the telegraph company.

The economy also had to make concessions for politics, and the Austrian Telegraph Company, which originally cooperated after the outbreak of the war, naturally suspended the business of providing information for them.

The connection between Egypt and the mainland now mainly relies on warships traveling between the two places. Even the most well-informed host in the past, it is now difficult to receive domestic news.

After a pause, the responding senior Abraham official was shocked and said, ”His Governor, are you sure you are not kidding?”

Paris this year has a very sacred position in the eyes of the French. The news of the Paris attack was too horrible. It was simply not comparable to the daily bombing of Cairo.

Jacob nodded cautiously: ”Do you think I would be joking about this kind of thing if it doesn't happen?”

”However, things are not as serious as you think. The enemy just passed by in Paris and did not cause us much damage.

Everyone must have discovered that the enemy air force is not so terrible. In addition to the seemingly huge momentum, the actual damage caused by the bombing is not great.

The country is already preparing to produce aircraft. As long as we insist on this period of time, the enemy's advantage will no longer exist.

Now, we……”

The bombing was terrible, not terrible. Although the French air defense force was garbage, there was just that. With its backward air defense weapons, they still prevented Austrian airships from flying at low altitudes.

Throwing bombs thousands of meters down, the touching rate is touching, almost catching up with the lottery.

In terms of lethality alone, from time to time, a dive-swept aircraft brings more casualties to the French army than the airship bombing.

Senior Abraham interrupted: ”Here you are, Governor, you must correct here. The enemy air force has brought us a lot of damage.

From the beginning of the enemy bombing, the factories, shops, entertainment venues in Cairo City are no longer able to operate normally.

The folks have fallen into panic, and a little family members are desperate to run outside. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 15,000 people left Cairo in the last week.

It is not only Cairo’s economy that has been hit hard, but other parts of Egypt have also suffered varying degrees of loss, especially the casualties.

After analyzing the news from various places, it is estimated that the number of civilian casualties caused by enemy air force attacks has exceeded five figures. ”

There is no way, if the bombardment is worse, as long as the bomb is dropped, it will always produce an effect.

The area of ​​the army’s activities is limited, and it knows how to survive under the bombing of the enemy. Apart from the initial incompatibility, the casualties of the latter army are not too large.

Civilians are different. In the past year, when they encountered enemy bombing, everyone's first reaction was to run. Few people had the sense of air defense.

After a random run, the casualties naturally went up. Especially after the Austrian aircraft began to fire at low altitude, the situation became more severe.

With a snap of the table, Governor Jacob said with his enemies: ”The Austrians are so despicable. How can the war involve civilians!

Senior Abraham, you are responsible for collecting relevant information. We will expose their atrocities in the international community. ”

After receiving this answer, the crowd fell silent again. This year's diplomatic protests are the last struggle of the weak, and the powers prefer direct threats.

To put political pressure on Jacob’s proposal to use the international community, no one will have expectations.

There is no way. In this rotten age, there is a dark history behind any colonial empire. If it's really revealed, don't think about it.

In contrast, civilian casualties caused by war are simply not a thing. Especially if the place of war is still in Africa, the influence on the European world is even smaller.

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