Chapter 1512: Luring the Enemy Deep

At this moment, Egypt.

On a hill eighty kilometers outside the French Port, Nashadier has established a military camp here.

Three armies, a force totaling thirty thousand men, are attacking the French Port city.

According to Nashadier's instructions, the first cannon shot of this siege would be fired two hours later.

Facing Nashadier's offensive, Sashaer displayed unusual calmness; this wave of attacks merely destroyed a few cannon batteries.

Nashadier's cannonballs did not cause any damage to the city walls.

It must be said that the city walls built by these Egyptian people are indeed sturdy enough.

But this attack made Sashaer even more surprised: the range of the Longyan City cannons.

The line of cannon batteries set up by Sashaer stretched for two hundred meters.

Most of the French cannons had a range of around one hundred and fifteen meters.

Although Nashadier dispatched an interference unit for this battle, it did not close the distance by much.

The Longyan Cannonballs were launched from a distance of at least two hundred meters away.

Yet they were able to strike the city walls; this point alone was enough to be shocking!

However, it was only shocking; the city walls, nearly ten meters thick, were not so easy to breach.

The only thing that worried Sashaer was that the request for reinforcements he had sent out had received no response for a long time.

He already had a very bad premonition in his heart; just a short while ago today, Sashaer finally received news and immediately summoned the high-level officials at the French Port for a meeting.

In the conference hall, Sashaer's face was dark and heavy: "Everyone present, we are in trouble now."

The crowd was silent; they were currently being attacked by Nashadier, which had greatly affected them.

But everyone knew that Nashadier would not be arrogant for long; France has large colonial areas in Africa.

As soon as the news of the attack here in France spreads, those colonial armies will certainly provide support.

The Merchant Association President of the French Port said dismissively: "Isn't our support arriving soon? Nashadier won't be able to be arrogant for much longer."

Sashaer glanced at him and shook his head.

"There will be no support," Sashaer said in a deep voice.

The crowd was stunned, looking at Sashaer in a daze, and immediately began to discuss it in hushed tones.

"No support? What will happen to our goods?"

"I still have business to conduct; isn't this just waiting for death?"

"..."

"Quiet!" Sashaer shouted in a deep voice.

The scene finally returned to some quiet, and they all looked at Sashaer in unison.

"Nashadier has reached an agreement with Britain; they have completely cut off our transport lines."

Sashaer looked up at everyone: "Now, the only path we have is to fight Nashadier and protect this port."

Everyone was silent.

Fighting against both Longyan and Britain at the same time was somewhat difficult for them.

Especially when there was no outside aid.

The current France, after two defeats, has weakened significantly and has had to concentrate its forces to protect its vital transport routes on the Mediterranean Sea.

Consequently, they lost large areas of colonial territory in Egypt, and among these colonial areas, there are many very important mineral veins and factories.

War is a contest of supplies and a contest of money.

And these two things are precisely what Sashaer and his people are currently lacking.

The Military Department Minister of the French Port city said in a deep voice:

"The most important thing now is to first determine the exact status of our transport lines; we also have troop deployments in those cities."

"I believe they will not be defeated so quickly."

"I suggest defending the city to pin down Nashadier's army so he cannot reinforce Britain."

Sashaer nodded, looking at the map; the French transport lines in Egypt are very long,

but there is only one city near the British Colonial District.

And in that city, Sashaer has arranged for heavy troops to guard it.

"But our sea route is also being blockaded by the Longyan army now."

"If the Longyan army... we still have hundreds of transport ships anchored at sea, these are all Merchant Ships!"

"If the Longyan army launches an attack from the sea, not only will our Merchant Ships be damaged, but when the Longyan army seizes the port, we will be caught in a pincer attack."

"What will we do then?"

Once these words were spoken, the whole room fell silent.

Indeed, the defense of the port city's coastline can only rely on cannons to forcibly suppress the Longyan Yinzhou ships from coming ashore.

This matter is not difficult, nor is it easy; as long as there are enough cannons, the Longyan Fleet will have no way to land.

However, one should not think about those French Merchant Ships; these Merchant Ships will definitely be caught in the crossfire.

It is hard for any Merchant Ship to survive.

"This might be the only good news for now: the Longyan Fleet blockading our port only has seven Yinzhou ships; it is not many."

"On the Mediterranean Sea, our French fleet has also always been present; I think the Longyan Fleet will only stand off against our fleet and will not truly attack."

The crowd breathed a sigh of relief; this might be the silver lining in a bad situation.

"The defensive forces deployed at the port can be a bit thinner," Sashaer sighed.

"Then, regarding this battle, do you have any other good suggestions?"

Sashaer looked up at everyone, hoping for some good ideas; they are currently in a passive defense and want to end the battle quickly.

The initiative must be in their hands, otherwise all of this is just empty talk.

But for the initiative to be in their hands, it means they need to take the initiative to attack, yet this means they must abandon the sturdy city walls.

As well as those Artillery Towers built to defend against enemy incursions.

One must know that the Cavalry under Nashadier's command are known as the Wolf Cavalry.

They are extremely ferocious.

No one is willing to fight their Cavalry head-on on the battlefield.

"Perhaps we should consider luring the enemy deep."

Sashaer looked up at the Military Department Minister, a flash of brilliance in his eyes, and hurriedly asked: "Could the General explain in detail?"

The Military Department Minister walked to the map, pointed his finger at Nashadier's position, and said indifferently: "Nashadier's Cavalry is very outstanding, but that does not mean his other troop types are also very outstanding."

"As far as I know, the troops Nashadier leads are mostly Cavalry; it is the Longyan who make up for the shortcomings of his troops, such as the Infantry and Artillery."

"Now that the initiative is in their hands, then why don't we lure him into attacking? One cannot use only Cavalry to lay siege to a city."

"As long as we break Nashadier's other troops, Nashadier will inevitably suffer a setback then."

"We can feign an attack, making them mistakenly believe we are going to attack Nashadier's base camp; they are eighty li away from us."

"This distance is enough for us to operate."

Hearing this plan, Sashaer's brows relaxed; he looked at the Military Department Minister and smiled: "General, this idea is truly not bad."

"Once Nashadier loses his Cavalry, he is like a tiger without teeth; even if he wants to lay siege to the city, he has no Method to engage us in battle before the lines."

Without the Cavalry, on this plain, the Infantry and Artillery are equivalent to having no cover, and Nashadier will undoubtedly be defeated.