Chapter 835: Too Much Money Is A Kind Of Trouble Too
Chapter 818 – Too much money is also a worry
Just as Austria was making preparations to flip the table, the situation in Egypt also changed radically.
Regardless of how the British and Austrians pull back, in the full force of the French, the Mahdi led the insurgent army or did not hold out, playing out of the war that is miserable.
If not for the Eighth Division in the retreat around the sabotage, but also blocked the Nile River, increasing the pressure on the logistics of the French army, the French would have killed the insurgent’s lair – Sudan.
Eighth Division command headquarters, Faginhan hurriedly entered: “Lieutenant Colonel, something big happened.
Just received news that Mahdi died last night. The cause of death is unclear for now, and is suspected to be related to an inflamed wound.”
If you want to survive on the battlefield, in addition to having a knack for staying alive, it’s more about luck.
Mahdi was very unlucky, when he was patrolling his troops, he was hit in the left leg by a stray bullet that flew from an unknown place.
The bullet didn’t hurt the bone, but only left a hole in the thigh. With the medical technology of these days, this could only be considered a minor injury.
The bullet did not hit the vitals, and as long as they received timely medical treatment, nine times out of ten, they would be able to survive.
However, Mahdi’s luck wasn’t good enough, and for this small injury, the wound actually became inflamed.
Theoretically, the inflammation is not a fatal wound, after the use of antibiotics, most can save their lives. If that is not possible, you can still amputate the limb to save your life.
Unfortunately, here is a lack of medicine in the African continent, the British and Austrian countries do not have the luxury to the point of sending medical personnel to the insurgents, here is still popular ……
Anyway, a meal operation down, Mahdi’s body collapsed.
Mahdi’s dead and alive is not important, the key is that he died at the wrong time, change a point in time to lead the box, Hutil and others are too lazy to ask.
But now is not the right time, the insurgent army has just suffered a heavy blow, beaten by the French have no temper, is the need to boost morale.
The Mahdi died at this time, and there was no one to carry the flag in the rebel army.
Whoever took the throne would not be convincing. The next step will be a battle between the leaders of the insurgents.
Now the rebel army can be described as “trapped inside and outside”, and it may be destroyed at any time.
After a few moments of contemplation, Hutil replied with a bitter smile, “This news comes at a bad time, it seems that our mission is coming to an end.”
From the strong reluctance mixed in his tone, and the touch of sadness between his brows, one could tell that Hutil was unsettled.
In times of peace, it was too difficult for soldiers to build a career. This Egyptian rebellion had been the best opportunity they had ever waited for.
Leaving now could certainly reap a good evaluation, but it was only good. If they were to score it, it would be eighty points at most, a full twenty points short of a perfect score.
There was no way around it, strategically they had been successful, successfully adding to the chaos of the French. But tactically, they didn’t have a single outstanding performance.
The few victories that they had, they were piled up by human tactics. In almost every battle, their own casualties were several times that of the enemy.
The competition in the Austrian army was also very cruel, practicing the natural law of the strongest, so naturally there was no way to show such a record to anyone.
Potiorek: “We’re going to leave anyway, so why don’t we just take advantage of the chaos and leave now? If we delay any longer, we’re going to witness a farce.”
The French army was pressing in, and the insurgent army was already at stake, but the top brass were still hooking up and fighting for power.
As an orthodox soldier, such a farce was something that Pottiorek naturally did not want to witness.
Especially if it continues, there is a possibility that Austria will be dragged down, then it can not be left.
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Not surprisingly, as soon as Huttil and the others had left in front of him, the internal power struggle of the insurgent army erupted.
If not for the French suddenly sent troops, forcing the insurgent army to retreat again, it is possible that the insurgent army internal will be staged all-out martial arts.
Based on the principle of not letting the enemy get what they can’t get, Lieutenant General Jarrett, as an outsider, became the leader of the insurgent army in a daze.
Of course, this “boss” is only in name, in fact, Jarrett can not control anyone. If you want to command the troops, you can only rely on weapons and equipment to lure these guys to sell their lives.
In the general headquarters, just acted as the commander-in-chief of the Lieutenant General Jarrett, at the moment is busy cleaning up the mess.
“General, just received news. The Eighth Division’s top brass has disappeared en masse, it looks like the Austrians are choosing to give up on the Uprising.”
With a “bang”, the documents on Jarrett’s desk had flown out.
Undoubtedly, to Lieutenant General Jarrett, this was a shocking piece of bad news.
After the loss of Austria’s support, the insurgents want to turn the tide of the possibility is even smaller.
Unlike normal missions, Lt. Gen. Jarrett truly wanted the insurgents to succeed. Since the Aswan victory pushed him to the top of the world’s famous generals, Lieutenant General Jarrett had been inseparable from the insurgent army.
Famous generals needed to be backed up by battle records, and there was no kind of battle record that could be compared to defeating the French.
Life is all about fame and fortune.
Lieutenant General Jarrett could not be reluctant to be vulgar, especially after having gained it, he did not want to lose it.
After all, the Aswan victory was too watered down, and the insurgents suffered many more casualties than the French.
If it wasn’t a political necessity, this kind of lose-lose fight wouldn’t really be on the table.
No one liked this kind of ruthless commander, especially the lower and middle ranks, who did not want to be betrayed.
Taking this battle record back to the country, Jarrett in addition to harvesting fame, the actual benefit is not high, and will even be idle.
Anger can not solve the problem, unless the British and Austrians directly intervene, or the end of this uprising has been doomed.
The original Jarrett’s plan is to provoke the French and Austrian conflict, pull Austria down. Now under the international environment, as long as there is a fuse, France and Austria, the possibility of conflict between the two countries up to 80%.
After calming down, Lieutenant General Jarrett has realized that things can’t be done: “Jack, prepare to pack up, we have to leave here as soon as possible.
It has to be done secretly, not to attract the attention of this …… gang. Remember the things in the warehouse, you must take all of them away.”
If it was just to run away, naturally there was no need to pack up, it was better to leave quietly.
Obviously, Lieutenant General Jarrett is not some kind of two-sleeved master, using his position to reap a large number of benefits.
Egypt is an ancient civilization, deep history, gold and silver jewelry is rare, antique artifacts are even more numerous.
Especially the latter, in the eyes of the insurrectionist high command there is no value at all. Since Jarrett likes it, he naturally has to give it away.
If he didn’t curry favor with this person in charge, who knew if he would be put in small shoes when distributing the aid.
Now that he was going to run away, Jarrett likewise couldn’t forget about these harvests, and even he was going to go a step further and hit the insurrectionist collection in preparation.
The young officer Jack shook his head: ”General, we have too much stuff, we need at least dozens of wagons to transport it.
With so much stuff, I’m afraid it’s hard to leave quietly without alerting the insurrectionist high command.”
One of the most pretentious phrases Jarrett had ever heard was “Too much money is also a worry”, never imagining that it would actually happen to him.
Running away with dozens of carriages, not to mention concealing it from the top of the insurgent army, probably even the hostile French could not conceal it.
Once the news is exposed, not to mention running away with the wealth and goods, whether or not you can save your life is a question mark.
Lieutenant General Jarrett angrily reprimanded, ”Idiot, when did I let you run away directly! Without the protection of a large army, these things are a death wish.”
Being scolded Jack wasn’t annoyed and asked with a smile, “Uncle, what’s your plan?”
Jarrett glared at his nephew and said without a trace of anger, “Shut up and remember to call the general. If you kid still wants to go further in the army, don’t expose the relationship between us.”
Like most European armies in this era, the British army naturally had a whole lot of nepotism, but this kind of thing was only to be expected.
In order not to irritate the ordinary people in the army, they, the second generation, had to keep as low a profile as possible while enjoying these benefits.
If they exposed their connections, it wouldn’t matter in the short term, but in the next promotion and appointment, they would inevitably be treated with a different gaze.
It may not seem like a big problem, and ordinary people can only be envious and jealous anyway, but in reality, there are endless consequences. In the promotion of high position, by rivals to take out the trouble, this is the last straw that crushed the camel.
As for the evacuation plan?
What kind of plan is needed for this, doesn’t it smell good to directly run away with a large army?
Once we cross the border into British Africa, we’re in the clear.
(End of chapter)