Chapter 1892: Commanding the Battle

Under Shawn's command, the Egyptian Army's offensive achieved certain results.

The French Army's artillerymen encountered attacks from muskets or stray rockets.

Especially the attacks from stray rockets; these things carried fire, and there were many cannonballs around the cannons, and cannonballs are afraid of being ignited by fire.

The Egyptian crossbowmen did not know where they learned to pull heavy bows with their feet, and the distance the arrows shot traveled was much further.

And this way of archery made it possible for the crossbows to hit the cannons.

Although the accuracy was much worse, the answer was that the arrows carrying fire could trigger a massive explosion as long as they landed on the cannonballs containing Black Powder nearby.

Not only could it destroy the French Army's cannons, but it could also blow the artillerymen to death.

The weight of the cannons made it impossible to move them at will; under this method of attack from the Egyptian Army's crossbowmen, the French cannons were temporarily suppressed.

And just at this moment, the Egyptian Army's infantry and Shield Infantry launched an attack, clearing obstacles for the Egyptian Cavalry.

The traps in the Marshland were discovered, and the Egyptian Cavalry then had an opportunity to attack.

The Egyptian Cavalry was still formed by Warriors of the Wahala Tribe, and the cavalry's horsemanship could be said to be peerless.

The role such a cavalry unit could play on the battlefield was enormous.

Under the charge of the Egyptian Cavalry, the disadvantage on the battlefield was reversed bit by bit.

Seeing this scene, Shawn breathed a sigh of relief; he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, suppressing his excited mood. He commanded calmly: "Infantry, change formation, cover the cavalry's advance!"

Henry nodded when he saw Shawn's transformation.

Although Shawn previously led the Allied Forces of the Sugela Tribe.

He had absolutely no command ability in combat; this could be seen from that time he cooperated with Nashadier on those granaries, and later cooperated with Nashadier to intercept the French troops.

Although Shawn was the commander-in-chief of the Sugela Allied Forces at that time, he did not know how to command at all.

The troops led by Shawn at that time did not have any decent Weaponry and Equipment.

Although they were sanctioned by the French, even the Wahala Tribe, which was much more backward than the Sugela Tribe, could find weapons, yet inside the Sugela Tribe, there were surprisingly few decent weapons, and not even War Horses; this showed Shawn's dereliction of duty as commander-in-chief.

But the Shawn of now is simply a different person compared to that time; the current Shawn is more than capable of commanding troops, though he lacks corresponding experience.

Many of his ideas are actually infinitely close to current combat methods, and he can also judge the focus of the attack; based on these alone, he is already capable of leading troops.

On the battlefield, the Egyptian Army has gradually gained a slight advantage.

The number of cavalry in the French Army is small and cannot affect the war situation for the time being.

And at this moment, the French Army mobilized many muskets and cannons from the armory.

Seeing the appearance of these weapons, even Henry's expression changed.

They seemed to have forgotten that the French Army was guarding an entire armory, and the number of cannons inside was astonishing.

It was just that they were difficult to move due to their heavy bodies.

But now, with these cannons joining the battlefield, the slight advantage established by Egypt would be broken again.

Just at this moment.

An Egyptian unit killed its way out from afar; that was the unit led by Nashadier.

Seeing them appear, Henry and Shawn were startled at first, then immediately revealed joy; their reinforcements had arrived, and in this battle, their troop strength would crush the opposition.

"Kill!"

With the addition of Nashadier's unit to the battlefield, the scales of victory tilted once again.

The French commander saw these suddenly appearing troops, his expression stiffened, and he shouted: "Attack!"

The French Army launched a more violent attack, but it was already too late.

After Nashadier's unit joined the battlefield, they first used cavalry to block their path of retreat.

Then they used their advantage in troop strength to crush them in battle.

In this battle, the French Army was crushed by the Egyptian Army relying on the advantage of troop strength.

The battle ended quickly.

Looking at the wreckage on the battlefield, Shawn did not reveal the same collapse as last time; he calmly exhaled and said in a deep voice: "Now everything is over."

"We have won the victory, a true victory!"

Henry patted him on the shoulder and said: "Your command was great; at least in battlefield combat, you performed like a qualified commander."

Shawn turned his head to look at Henry, revealed a smile, and said: "Thank you for your praise, and thank you for the help you provided me on the side."

Henry did not speak; Shawn commanded the troops to quickly clean up the battlefield.

Nashadier led his troops into the armory and saw the weapons piled up inside.

Nashadier let out a long sigh of relief; for this battle, they had planned for more than two months.

Now that they had obtained so many Weaponry and Equipment, their Egyptian troops would also be fully armed, which could be considered as truly possessing the qualifications to wrestle with the French Army.

Nashadier said in a deep voice: "Take the weapons here that can be taken, and destroy those that cannot!"

"The French troops are very likely to provide support in a short time."

"Yes!"

The Egyptian Army immediately cleaned up the battlefield; they took away most of the Weaponry and Equipment here, and behind every War Horse was pulled a cannon or other things.

As for the remaining weapons and equipment that could not be moved, they were all burned to ashes by Nashadier.

The soaring flames illuminated the sky; it was still dark when they set out, and it was still dark when they returned.

Whether it was the fire or the wolf smoke ignited earlier, both alerted the French troops here; when they sent troops to rush over.

This place was already a ruin, and their armory was emitting billowing thick smoke.

The French general's brow twitched: "Check who did this!"

"General, look..."

The French general looked in the direction his finger was pointing; on a stone wall that had not yet been burned or destroyed, bright red large characters formed a sentence.

Get out of Egypt, you detestable colonialists!

Nashadier left...

Seeing this sentence, the veins on the French general's forehead bulged high.

"Nashadier!"

This arsenal was a very important supply point for their French army to resist the Dragon Flame Army, but now everything had been turned into fly ash by the Egyptian Army.

He was furious!

The next day, Jiang Xuan, who was fighting against the French army, received an urgent secret report.

A very important arsenal within the French Colonial Area had been burned down by the Egyptian Army.

This matter had been confirmed; it was done by Nashadier...

Seeing this information, Jiang Xuan narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself, "I knew it, how could a cunning desert fox like you die so easily."

Jiang Xuan folded the letter and looked at the French army in the distance; their arsenal had been depleted and their supplies cut off.

Now is the perfect opportunity to exhaust their cannonballs.

"All troops, listen to my command!"

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