Chapter 237 The Eight-Nation Alliance Second Update

The second update today, there is another chapter tonight

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It is a common tactic to take advantage of the situation between countries.

As the Sino-British War entered its sixth month, the situation of the British Empire was getting worse and worse.

The Chinese Empire knew the foundation of Britain, an old industrial power, and did not choose to fight head-on with Britain, but instead attacked Britain's maritime life supply line by breaking the war, forcing the British economy to collapse first and then achieve the final victory of the war.

Because the British Navy was not forward-looking enough, it lost its control of the sea at the beginning of the war, which resulted in the British Navy being passive everywhere, which made the war situation extremely unfavorable to Britain.

Under such circumstances, other powerful people are bound to be ready to move. As the world's largest colonial empire, Britain, known as the Empire of Sun never set, controls the 90 colonies around the world. Such a huge colony inevitably makes other powerful people salivate.

In the past, the powerful powers of various countries took the power of the British navy and did not dare to act rashly. However, after the British navy was severely damaged by the Chinese navy, the British navy shrank and its overseas colonies lost the protection of their naval power. This gave Germany, France, Italy, Russia and other countries that secretly peeked at the British colonies an opportunity to take advantage of it.

When the Chinese Empire took the lead in calling on them to get up and divide the British colonies, they no longer hid and directly stood up to make a request for cedes of interests to Britain.

On March 24, 1906, the G8 decided to let the Netherlands take the lead. So the small Netherlands took the lead in breaking diplomatic boundaries, slandering the British team to attack several Dutch banks in Cape Town, and filed a claim against the UK, which immediately refused. Subsequently, the Netherlands demanded the return of the Auran Free State and Transvaal to the local Boers, and issued a warning to the UK. The British authorities did not pay attention to the Netherlands' request.

The next day, Italy and Austro-Hungarian Empire also filed a claim against Britain, but Britain also refused.

Three days after that, Germany, France, Russia, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire successively filed claims against British politics. The United States, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and other countries also took advantage of the situation to rob, followed suit, and filed claims against the United Kingdom, trying to make the United Kingdom bear their economic losses in Cape Town.

British political team realized their unusualness, but the losses of more than 40 banks in these countries were as high as 200 million pounds. Britain itself was one of the victims, losing more than 100 million pounds. On the one hand, it was unable to compensate their losses. On the other hand, it was equivalent to admitting the facts. Not to mention that British political team was wronged, even if they did it, the UK would not admit it. Therefore, British political team rejected their requests one after another.

On April 3, the eight-nation group of China, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Russia, Turkey and the Netherlands officially formed the Eight-Nation Alliance. The first 200,000 troops from France, Italy, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia and Turkey gathered in the Jerusalem region of Turkey and Tripoli in Turkey. German and Dutch troops will not reach the Mediterranean in mid-April, and the 100,000 expeditionary forces of the Chinese Empire will enter the Red Sea from the end of April to the beginning of May.

At the same time, the Eight** teams successively advanced towards the British colonies responsible for their attacks in accordance with the provisions of the Eight-Countries Convention.

On March 28, 220,000 German troops set out from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and gathered 30,000 Dutch troops through the English Channel, of which 100,000 German troops entered the Mediterranean and landed ashore in the area of ​​Jerusalem, Turkey on the 18th. Another group of 120,000 German troops and 27,500 Dutch troops headed south along the west coast of Africa and assembled in German southwest Africa on the 30th. The German-Dutch coalition forces prepared to attack British Begina, Rhodesia, Orange, and Transvaal.

On March 29, France increased its military force to North Africa, gathered 200,000 French troops in Timbuktu and advanced eastward, entering the western border of British and European and Sudan in mid-April. Six years ago, France's 2C plan was terminated by the British army in France. Now that the French army has made a comeback, it is necessary to recapture British and European Sudan, connect the cross-African continent, and obtain an outlet in the Red Sea.

On April 1, Italy's 40,000 troops increased its troops from Italy's Somalia, and 30,000 troops gathered in the north to prepare to attack British Somalia, and another 10,000 troops concentrated in the south to prepare to cooperate with the 30,000 German troops from Germany's East Africa to attack British East Africa and Uganda.

230,000 Russian troops gathered on the edge of the northern desert of the Persian Empire on April 5. The Tsarist Russian Empire was not willing to expel only British forces in Persia, but wanted to directly occupy Persia in order to win a war to divert the surging contradictions in the country. In addition, Russia lost its Far East estuary, and the Chinese Empire expressed its willingness to help Russia seize the Indian Ocean estuary, support the Russian affairs invading Persia, and open up the Persian Gulf channel.

The series of actions of the G8 countries really scared the British politics. British Prime Minister Henry urgently ordered colonial troops from all over the UK to demand that they take strict precautions and prepare for combat.

At the same time, the British government immediately ordered its embassy officials to ask them to negotiate with seven countries except China immediately, expressing their willingness to negotiate on the Cape Town issue and try to avoid a war with them.

However, the seven-nation government believes that compared with the loss of Cape Town and the capture of British colonies, the latter has much greater interests, and the Chinese Empire is currently at the top, with a strong military force, and is not easy to offend. Therefore, the seven-nation government counts all losses on Britain for political purposes.

However, the headquarters of the Eight-Nation Alliance believes that Britain should be stabilized, so the seven-Nation governments are willing to negotiate with Britain, but secretly continue to increase troops and enter designated locations according to the date stipulated in the Eight-Nation Convention.

On April 2, the headquarters of the Eight-Nation Alliance believed that we should not wait for the Chinese Empire Expeditionary Force. The seven countries in the Mediterranean region had reached 400,000 (Turkey added another 100,000 troops), and we could launch an attack on the British Suez Canal defenders.

The commander of the coalition forces Duan Qiruiba was not allowed to fight with Britain first, and then the Chinese Empire would get a bargain, so he agreed to the advice of the coalition forces.

On the morning of the 3rd, the G8 collectively issued an ultimatum to the British government, demanding that the British government give up its rule over all colonies in Asia, Africa and Latin America and give the locals a free country.

On the morning of the 4th, British political officials refused sternly.

On the morning of the 5th, China, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia, Turkey and the Netherlands issued a joint declaration, saying that the eight countries would form an Eight-Nation Alliance, overthrow the British enslavement of the colonies, and liberate the oppressed people in the colonies.

At dawn on April 6, 1906, the battlecruiser of the Atlantic Fleet of the Chinese Empire, King Wu of Zhou, took the lead in firing artillery at Port Said. Then more than 200 warships gathered here began to carry out saturated artillery bombardment on Port Said.

As the first 305mm shell landed on the coastal fortress of Port Said, the Eight-Nation Alliance began to fight against the British Union. On this day, the British political and people called it the Eight-Nation Alliance War of Invasion of Britain, but China, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia, Turkey, and the Netherlands and other countries called it a rescue operation. In the debates that followed, the G8 has always insisted that they were fighting to save the Third World people enslaved by Britain.

The sound of cannons roared and the smoke filled the gunpowder.

After the Battle of Said Port started, the main force of the Eight-Nation Alliance launched an attack on the British army on the Egyptian border from Jerusalem on the right wing and Tripoli on the left wing respectively. Among them, the 100,000 German troops on the right wing were extremely powerful in combat. In less than a day, they captured Arish, which was heavily guarded by the British army. The 190,000 German and Turkish troops quickly advanced west along the coastline, and were invincible along the way. On the 15th, they approached 30 miles east of Said Port.

Since most parts of Egypt are deserts and important cities are on the coastline, the coalition forces concentrated thirty warships and used giant cannons to bombard British positions near the coast of Seed Port, and cooperated with the German and Turkish troops to launch an attack from here.

The British Mediterranean Fleet had long been drawn back to China without any maritime support. The British army was suppressed by the fierce artillery fire of the coalition forces, and the German and Turkish troops took the opportunity to launch a charge.

Although the British army could not fight back against the attack of naval naval guns, when the German-Turkish coalition forces approached the British position, the coalition's coastal artillery fire stopped firing, and the British army could counterattack.

"Da da da da!"

The British army's heavy machine guns opened fire violently. Eight years ago, when the British army suppressed the Sudanese uprising, they used heavy machine guns for the first time and achieved brilliant results. Therefore, the British Egyptian army also used heavy machine guns to the opponent's coalition forces.

The German and Turkish troops in charge suddenly suffered heavy casualties in front of heavy machine guns and had to retreat, and then bombarded the British heavy machine gun points with infantry artillery.

Whenever this happened, the British army hid in the fortifications and used war defense artillery to engage in artillery battles with the German and Turkish troops on the opposite side.

There are more than 80,000 British troops in Said Port, and 90,000 British troops in Ismeria and 100,000 British troops in Suez City. The British army focuses on protecting the Suez Canal. Therefore, other British troops are scattered in other cities and regions in Egypt, with a small number.

The German-Turkish coalition forces attacked for several days, but the British army resisted tenaciously and could not capture it for a while.

The coalition forces continued to mobilize naval warships and bombard the Seide Port Fortress with large caliber guns. Since the British army had not maintained the Seide Port Fortress for a long time, the fortifications of the fortifications were disrepaired. Under the fierce artillery fire, many places collapsed, causing a large number of British casualties.

However, the British army gritted their teeth and held back. They dug tunnels into the ground to withstand the bombardment of 305mm shells.

The left wing is France, Italy, Russia, Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Netherlands, and the Turkish coalition, with a total force of 210,000. It attacks the British troops stationed in Egypt from Tripoli in the Turkish territory to the east.

On April 6, 120,000 French troops, Turkish troops, and Austro-Hungarian Emperors advanced along the coastline and fought fiercely with 20,000 British troops stationed in Alexandria. The two sides fought for 3 days and 3 nights. In the end, the British troops had a huge difference in strength and were forced to abandon Alexandria and retreat to Rosetta.

Another 90,000 French troops, Russian troops, Italian troops and Turkish troops rushed to Cairo, the capital of Egypt, and fought against 20,000 Egyptian troops and 20,000 British troops on the 9th.

Because Britain imposed a commissioned rule on Egypt, the British army did not believe in the Egyptian army, so the weapons and equipment sent to the Egyptian army were outdated products from the 1900s, so that the 200,000 Egyptian army did not block the attack of the 90,000 coalition forces. Only 20,000 British troops barely fought a battle, but they also retreated due to the huge difference in military strength.

In order to protect Cairo, the capital of Egypt, the British commander General Weber drew 50,000 British troops from Suez City and Ismeria to come to Cairo quickly and form 300,000 British and Egyptian coalition forces to resist.

The Battle of Cairo started from 9th and lasted until the 29th, and was immediately twenty days.

During these twenty days, the British and Egyptian coalition forces resisted fiercely, and French General Peiros had to suspend the attack on the left line army and mobilized heavy troops to go south to reinforce the right line army.

On the morning of the 20th, when the battle was most intense, the two sides invested 300,000 troops to fight fiercely. Within the hour when the battle was most tragic, the soldiers killed on both sides reached 6,000. Although the Eight-Nation Alliance achieved the attack effect and advanced 500 meters, the British and Egyptian coalition forces successfully blocked the opponent's offensive, and the large troops were able to retreat safely into Cairo.

From then on until the 29th, the two sides fought hard to separate. The British and Egyptian coalition forces resisted fiercely, and the Eight-Nation Alliance lost the opportunity to invade Cairo due to inconvenient command.

Finally on the 30th, the British-Egypt coalition forces in Cairo had to voluntarily give up Cairo and choose to retreat. The reason was that the Chinese Empire Expeditionary Force successfully landed in the Parmesan area southwest of Suez on the 28th, and 100,000 Chinese Emperors surrounded Suez.

From the night of the 28th to noon on the 29th, the main ships of the Pacific Fleet bombed Suez City to suppress the British firepower. The fragile Suez City was quickly destroyed under the attack of 305mm heavy artillery shells. The Suez City defense system was severely damaged, and the British army suffered heavy casualties under artillery fire.

At night, the Chinese Empire Expeditionary Force concentrated 200 artillery pieces to cover the 35th Regiment of the 8th Division to launch an attack on the British position. Under the fierce artillery fire, the British army did not dare to show their heads and could only hide in underground tunnels. However, the 35th Regiment boldly implemented the tactics of coordinated infantry and artillery combat. When the artillery fire had just extended, the British army had not yet reacted, and the 35th Regiment rushed to the British position. Large-scale hand-to-hand combat broke out between the two sides. With their bravery and fearless sacrifice spirit, the soldiers of the Chinese Empire defeated the British division and opened the passage to Suez City at the cost of 3,000 deaths.

Subsequently, the Emperor of China launched a raid on the British deep defense position from the opened passage, quickly disintegrating the British deep defense system, causing the British internal bloom and falling into chaos.

At noon the next day, more than 40,000 British and Egyptian troops were eliminated, and more than 30,000 British troops were desperate and forced to surrender.

After the Chinese Emperor captured Suez City, he immediately advanced towards Cairo. In order to avoid being attacked from both sides, the British and Egyptian coalition forces in Cairo were forced to give up Cairo and retreat to Ismeria.

On May 1st, the Chinese Emperor and other coalition forces occupied Cairo returned to the army. After a brief rest, 300,000 coalition forces advanced towards Ismeria.

Also on April 30, seventeen airships from Italy, France and Turkey flew over the Port of Said and carried out fierce bombing of the British troops in Said.

These airships made by the Chinese Empire were carrying bombs of more than 500 kilograms and gasoline incendiary bombs, which immediately caused huge casualties and psychological panic to the British army.

On that night, German commander Varissi asked the Turkish army to attack in the north and restrain the main force of the British army, while the main force of the German army dug soil from the southeast to explode the fortress walls and rushed into the fortress.

The fierce German army invaded the fortress and launched a fierce hand-to-hand battle with the British army. Both sides almost exchanged their lives for one life. However, the main force of the German army was here, and the number of people far exceeded that of the British army. After an hour of hand-to-hand battle, all the British guards were killed. The German army stepped on the mountain of corpses and raided the British army in other directions of the fortress.

Under the attack of internal and external forces, Said Port was soon lost, and more than 10,000 British troops were captured, and only two thousand British troops fled.

After the coalition forces seized the Port of Seed, they took a short rest for three days and immediately advanced towards Ismeria and arrived in northern Ismeria on May 7.

At this time, fierce battles were being fought in the western and southern parts of Ismeria. After learning that the German army had captured the Port of Seed, they were not willing to be outdone and hoped to capture Ismeria first, proving that the French army was not weaker than the German army.

Duan Qirui knew the French army's voice, so he deliberately let the French army be the main attacker, and the Chinese Emperor** was the deputy attacker to restrain the British army in the south.

Since the British and Egyptian coalition forces in Ismeria knew the power of the Chinese Emperor, they placed their main force in the south.

In this way, the French army's fierce attack on the west quickly achieved results.

When the German army arrived, the commander of the French army that night, Pei Luosi, told all the French generals: "If you don't want to be demoted by the Chinese Emperor and the German army in the future, you must be the first to attack tonight."

Peiros' words deeply stimulated the French generals, and the French team did not want to be looked down upon by the German army. They always wanted to compete with the German army and wash away the shame of the French-Prussian War. Now the German army is in the north. Although the French army cannot attack the Allied forces, they want to be the first to open the gate of the Ismerian Fortress.

That night, the Eight-Nation Alliance besieged Ismeria from all sides, and shells fell on the fortress like raindrops, and the sky was illuminated brightly throughout the night.

The French army attacked like crazy, almost costly. The British commander's attention was still on the German army in the north and the Chinese Emperor in the south. The British commander believed that the French army was a feint attack, and its real killer was the Chinese and German army. So no matter how the French army attacked fiercely, Weber did not draw troops from the north and the south to reinforce the west, which gave the French army the opportunity to break the city.

At 2 a.m., after the twelfth price-taking attack by the French army, the British army in the west failed to withstand the French charge and lost their positions. The French army rushed into the fortress like a flood, and the British and Egyptian coalition forces were immediately defeated.

The next afternoon, General Weber, the commander of the British and Egyptian coalition forces, had no way to advance and retreat, so he had to surrender.

At this point, the Battle of the Suez Canal, which was one month short, ended. The 300,000 British and Egyptian coalition forces were wiped out, and the Eight-Nation Alliance achieved its established strategic goals. From then on, the Suez Canal fell under the control of the Group of Eight. According to the Eight-Nation Convention, the Ottoman Turkish Empire would restore its rule over Egypt.

Within a month after that, the Turkish army quickly swept away the remnants of the British-Egypt coalition forces in Egypt, and finally defeated the last British-Egypt coalition forces in the Battle of Aswan in southern Egypt. However, the remnants of the British-Egypt coalition forces retreated into the British-Egypt Sudan.
Chapter completed!