Capítulo 53: Chapter 52 The Proud British
Major Ron was a British officer who was ordered to retake Egypt this time, and he was an infantry commander.
At this moment, he was riding on a horse, leading his troops from their base to Cairo.
Although the British base in the canal area was not far from Cairo, the hot weather and poor road conditions still slowed down the army's progress.
Especially the artillery battalion assigned to Major Ron for this operation, the cannons they carried seriously slowed down the troops' march.
"This damn weather!" Major Ron cursed, picked up the kettle and took another sip.
As a British gentleman born and raised in the countryside of England, Ron had long been accustomed to the perennial rainy weather in his native country, and was very uncomfortable with the hot and dry climate in Egypt.
But as a lower-class noble whose family had fallen into decline, Major Ron wanted to revive his family, and joining the army and fighting for military merit was the simplest and easiest way to achieve it.
As one of the few remaining privileges for aristocrats, Major Ron entered the army as an officer and participated in the last war as a second lieutenant.
Relying on the experience of almost getting trench foot in the muddy fields of the Marne River and the good luck of finally surviving, Major Ron was promoted to the major of the infantry regiment, and his superiors transferred him to Egypt, a place that was crucial to the British Empire and one of the few places where military merit could be quickly obtained after the war.
Major Ron was very satisfied with being transferred to Egypt. After all, the Suez Canal was an absolute interest that the British Empire could not give up, and the Egyptian uprisings that rose and fell were an excellent way for him to obtain military merit. The
only flaw was the bad weather in Egypt and the fact that the local orderly was not as good as his Indian orderly back then.
"How far are we from Cairo?" Major Ron looked at his orderly, a good young man who joined the army from his native land with enthusiasm and loyalty to the empire. Major Ron liked him very much, but perhaps because he was born a commoner, the young man's skill in making black tea was really terrible.
When asked by Major Ron, the orderly quickly replied: "Report to Major, we are now about 20 kilometers away from Cairo, and we should be able to reach the suburbs of Cairo this afternoon."
As an orderly, this information should be mastered at any time in case of inquiries from superiors.
"Go tell William to let the soldiers speed up, so that we can rest earlier if we arrive earlier." Major Ron gave orders to the orderly. William was his adjutant and was in charge of the march at this time.
The orderly took the order and left, while Major Ron took out the marching map he carried with him and flipped through it casually.
Major Ron did not take the mission of retaking Cairo too seriously.
In his opinion, this was just another uprising of the local opposition in Egypt. Since the British occupied here, such incidents have occurred one after another, and they have suppressed it many times.
Although this time it seemed to be a big fuss, the whole of Cairo was occupied, and even the garrison in Cairo was controlled by the other side, but in the eyes of Major Ron, this was just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him. As
long as he could successfully recapture Cairo, he could put a valuable record on his resume, and he could also make friends with the country's senior officials in Egypt, which would be very helpful for Major Ron's promotion in the future.
With this idea in mind, Major Ron wished that the troops could arrive in Cairo as soon as possible. The earlier they arrived, the earlier he could recapture Cairo.
As for whether Cairo could be successfully recaptured, it was not within Major Ron's consideration at all.
Although the other side had occupied Cairo and controlled the Egyptian local army in the city and the British troops stationed in Cairo, Major Ron still did not take the other side seriously.
In Major Ron's opinion, the enemy was just a group of stragglers who took advantage of the defenders' unpreparedness to launch a sneak attack, and they were no different from the tribal armed forces that had been suppressed before. Perhaps they looked very intimidating by pretending to be mysterious, and they might have indeed intimidated some people.
For example, the so-called "Pharaoh Guards" that had assembled, their tens of thousands of cavalry did look numerous and powerful, but this was not something Major Ron cared about.
You know, the British Empire's troops stationed in the entire Suez Canal area are certainly not as many as the 100,000 troops in its heyday, but there are still tens of thousands of troops. The tribal armed forces are not taken seriously by the British Empire at all.
Even if there are regular armed forces, such as the French, who occupy Cairo, the British Empire's army is confident that it will defend the interests and glory of the empire.
"What resurrected mummies, what Egyptian ten plagues, these people have really stayed in this hellhole for too long, their brains have been sunburned." Major Ron didn't believe a word of the intelligence that O'Connor had reported before: "It's the 20th century now, how can anyone still believe this kind of medieval nonsense? But it's good, with these 10,000 cavalry, I can save some trouble when attacking the city."
In fact, if there were no 10,000 tribal cavalry from the Pharaoh's Guard, the canal garrison would not have sent only one infantry regiment to recapture Egypt.
Their idea was to use tribal cavalry to attack Egypt, and then consume the strength of these local armed forces, weaken the power of the opposition, and allow the British to better control this area.
Although the British Empire declared Egypt's independence, it was just giving them an independent title. In fact, the whole of Egypt was still under the control of the British Empire.
In order to consolidate the rule, tribal armed forces like these that were not under the control of the British Empire must be restricted. It is best to bring them all under the control of the British Empire. This Cairo incident happened to be such a good opportunity.
With this in mind, Major Roan urged the troops to finally reach the outskirts of Cairo before dark and set up camp.
As a qualified officer, although Major Roan looked down on the "tribal armed forces" that occupied Cairo, he still strictly followed the marching regulations. The camp of the troops was built in accordance with the standards. He also carefully inspected the camp and arranged the sentry posts before returning to his tent to rest.
The hot weather made it difficult for Major Ron to fall asleep. Although he was very tired after a day of marching, he still struggled for a long time before falling asleep.
But before he could sleep for long, screams suddenly came from the camp, which woke Major Ron up and caused even greater commotion in the camp.
(End of this chapter)
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