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Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

News of the victories in Alexandria and Beirut reached Vienna, and Franz wondered why Muhammad Ali had not surrendered.

If the fighting continues, not to mention that the Muhammad Ali government cannot keep it, even the whole of Egypt may be annexed by the Ottoman Empire.

This is of course not that Ali refused to surrender, but that the British intercepted Egypt's surrender letter. They felt that weakening Egypt was weakening France.

In theory, this is of course no problem, but there is a small trouble, that is, Egypt, which is too weak, may become Ottoman land again, rather than a vassal state.

This is of course no problem for the British, but for Austria and France, it is a big problem.

Franz felt that the two lands of Tripoli and Tunisia were very suitable for Austrian colonies because of their close distance and huge potential.

But once the Ottoman Empire regains Egypt, the two lands bordering Tripoli and Tunisia are bound to return to Ottoman's sphere of influence.

If Austria forcibly colonizes these two pieces of land, or establishes some kind of relationship with these two pieces of land through the upper class, will Britain start another Turkish-Egyptian war under the banner of maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman territory.

The worries of the French are similar to those of the Austrians. Algeria in their hands was also the land of the Ottoman Empire in the past.

Moreover, the French also have ambitions for Tunisia, and they have huge interests in Egypt. Once the Ottomans ban the Muhammad Ali government, the French investment will be lost, which is unacceptable.

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Syrian battlefield.

With the melodious Grenadier March, the Sequoia Army went up.

General Gablenz saw the British attacking, and he also ordered the Austrian army to start playing music and prepare to attack. How should I put it, Austria is worthy of being a country of art, and there are several kinds of military music.

The soldiers began to advance to the chaotic beat of the drums.

The skirmishers of the coalition quickly settled the light infantry of the Egyptian army, and the main line infantry of the two sides finally met.

However, in the face of the coalition forces with superior artillery fire and skirmishers, the Egyptian formation was incomplete from the very beginning. After entering the stage of platooning guns, this disadvantage is even more obvious. The soldiers of the coalition forces are of higher quality and better equipped.

On the other hand, the Egyptian lineup, out of fear, someone fired the first shot, and then the Egyptian line, which was 200 meters away from the coalition line, started shooting.

There is no doubt that this kind of shooting has extremely limited lethality, only a burst of white smoke rises, and only a few extremely unlucky soldiers in the coalition ranks are knocked down, but their positions will be immediately filled by colleagues behind.

The commander of the Egyptian line had to order the soldiers to quickly reload the bullets while continuing to shoot. Seeing the approaching coalition line, the Egyptian officer simply smashed the cans and ordered "free fire!"

Colonel Carter saw the Egyptians' stupid way of fighting, and he knew the battle was won. So he asked the soldiers to bring tables, chairs and coffee.

"Dear General Gablenz, would you like a cup of coffee?"

Many of the officers at that time were nobles, and it was not uncommon for commanders to bring their mistresses for lunch like this.

"Thank you, please give me a drink."

Colonel Carter poured a cup of coffee for Gablenz himself, and then asked.

"Do you need sugar?"

Then he realized he had done something stupid, and Gablenz was putting the candy directly into his mouth, and the two of them looked at each other awkwardly.

Finally, the soldiers of the coalition army reached a distance of 50 steps against the hail of bullets. (The Austrian army stopped at 70 paces. At that time, European countries had different styles, and the commanders' commands were also different.)

"preparation!"

The black muzzles of coalition soldiers pointed at the Egyptian soldiers who were desperately reloading their bullets.

"aim!"

"shooting!"

The queue of the coalition forces flickered for a while, and the gunfire continued. After the smoke passed, a layer of Egyptian soldiers was emptied.

The front lines of the Egyptian army collapsed directly, because hundreds of thousands of people were killed at the same time. This effect was too shocking.

However, the shooting of the coalition forces did not end. After the first row fired, they gave up their positions directly, and the second row continued to shoot. Another round of guns, this time the Egyptians fell even more.

The Egyptian army at the back was already bombarded enough by the shells, and seeing the front line being emptied row by row, fear had enveloped them. If it wasn't for the continuous killing by the supervisory team at the back, these people would have died a long time ago. ran away.

After the second round of shooting, the coalition soldiers who had just shot squatted down to reload, and the soldiers behind continued to shoot.

After three rounds of shooting, there were no people left in the Egyptian line that initially encountered the coalition forces, and the Egyptian army, which was hundreds of meters away from the coalition forces, started shooting again.

Given the accuracy of the musket and the level of training of the Egyptians, the Allied soldiers could reload at leisure.

Another round of the cycle started again, Ibrahim wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his most elite troops were harvested wantonly by the opponent like immobile scarecrows.

Although he was unwilling to accept this reality, he had to think for himself that if he continued to fight the coalition forces, he himself might be captured.

So Ibrahim took the lead in the reverse charge on his beloved camel. Although his order was to retreat, the retreat quickly turned into a rout.

At this time, the 600 hussars brought by Gablenz can play a role, and the cavalry rushed out from the flanks to cut off the fleeing enemy.

You must know that the infantry in the formation is the nemesis of the cavalry, but the threat of the fleeing infantry to the cavalry is almost zero.

The hollow phalanx can even be said to have ended the era of cavalry dominating the battlefield, but it is difficult for infantry holding rifles alone without formation to hit cavalry moving at high speed.

Not to mention, most of the bullets in the Egyptian infantry guns had been emptied, and they were overtaken by the hussars before they even had time to load the bayonets.

These hussars are born butchers, especially when facing such infantry who don't even have bayonets.

The cavalry raised their sabers on their horses and harvested those poor Egyptian soldiers with inertia. However, the choice of most Egyptian soldiers was not to resist, but to find a way to run past the people around them. They seemed to think it was safe to do so.

But they seem to forget one thing ~lightnovelpub.net~ that is that horses have four legs, but they only have two. The cavalry charged repeatedly in the camp of the Egyptian army, and the infantry of the coalition army also loaded up their bayonets and began to charge.

Everyone must have heard that "the bullet is a fool, but the bayonet is a hero." This famous Russian military commander Suvorov's famous saying.

However, many people don't know that he once said that "you need to keep bullets when fighting a bayonet, and fighting a bayonet without bullets is worse than a fool."

The coalition soldiers launched a cluster charge with bayonets in their hands. At this time, the Egyptian army, which was bombarded by artillery fire, called out by stragglers, received several rounds of gunfire, and was shot in the face by cavalry, had long lost its morale.

Soldiers of the coalition army did not hesitate to fight with bayonets. As long as they did not kneel down and throw away their weapons, they would get one or two stabs when they went up. Even those Egyptian soldiers who threw away their weapons and surrendered were inevitably hit by the **** of their guns.

Treat prisoners of war well? nonexistent! In this era, there is not even the Geneva Convention, and it is entirely up to the soldiers to keep their hands or not.