Ye Qi was studying with a Bible. At this time, Bai Chongxi, chief of staff of the Ninth Regiment of the Chinese Workers' Army, walked in from outside the tent.

"What, are you going to convert to that God?" Bai Chongxi was laughing at him.

The Chinese Workers' Corps lacks officers. Junior officers like Ye Qi who have just graduated from Baoding Officer School for more than a year have now become regiment-level officers, while those who graduated from Army University have become brigade-level or even division-level officers. You should know that in China, a division commander is basically a supervisor of a province, and they are considered as a member of the party. However, this is Europe, and they are nothing now.

"Bad, I'm studying how Moses led the Jews out of Egypt and arrived in Israel. Now we are going to walk back along the opposite path." Ye Qi raised her head and threw the Bible aside.

"You are wrong. The Jews led by Moses crossed the Red Sea to reach the Sinai Peninsula. We would not go to the southern mountains, but marched into the Suez Canal area along the open hills near the Mediterranean coast. Maybe the march would be very difficult, and this area is about 200 kilometers away without fresh water." Bai Chongxi said, "We will fight with the British soon. The Commander-in-Chief Wu was a little timid and hesitant, like a woman."

"He may be concerned about the pressure from Britain. A country like ours cannot confront the great powers." Ye Qi sighed. The Chinese Workers' Legion was actually under the command of the Austro-Hungarian Military Advisory Group, but Wu Guangxin did lack the style of a general. He was only able to sit in his current position through his nepotism with Duan Qirui and lacked enough prestige.

"The question now is, why do we have to go to war with the British?" Bai Chongxi said.

"It's very simple. There's no complicated reason for letting our soldiers go through the war." Ye Qi said, "We will only participate in some less intense battles."

The war finally burned to Egypt.

On November 7, 1917, the German and Austrian coalition began to march towards Egypt.

The blue sky was clear without any clouds. Although it was November, the horizon in the distance was rising from the hot fog unique to the Middle Eastern desert. At the end of the desert without a trace, the horizon was twisting.

Fatigue and thirst were tormenting the Chinese workers' army. The gentle hilly areas in the northern Sinai Peninsula were dry and rainy. The troops set out from Gaza and advanced along a camel road that had been left for thousands of years to Abu Ogra, the British stronghold on the middle road of Sinai. White floating sand was floating everywhere in the desert, and no one could be seen on both sides of the road. With the arrival of the war, the Bedouin tents, flocks of sheep and camel caravans were gone.

Nearly 40,000 people from the 1st Division of the Chinese Workers' Army embarked on this dusty "highway" almost at the same time. On both sides were rolling deserts and Middle Eastern wastelands. You could also see some tall date palm trees when you were in Gaza. However, here, except for some sparse camel thorns on the ground, you could hardly see any green plants. There were no animals. Occasionally, two goshawks hovering by in the sky.

Although the Austrians equipped each Chinese engineer with hundreds of cars, the transportation vehicles were far from meeting the needs. Except for artillery and baggage units, most soldiers still had to march with their feet. Tens of thousands of people opened a three-way column that stretched dozens of roads on this wasteland and marched into the depths of the desert.

"General, discover the enemy fleet!"

A Folk 3 seaplane landed on the sea near Admiral Mauf's flagship USS Deutschland battleship, and the pilot then reported the latest discovery.

The German Mediterranean fleet has been greatly strengthened. With the addition of three "Breton"-class battleships seized from France, Admiral Mauf now owns 8 battleships, and the "Avos" with Turkish battle flags is also under his command. However, Admiral Mauf is still accustomed to using the "Germany" with a displacement of only 21,000 tons as his flagship.

"They are still brave enough to dispatch the navy to move in the Mediterranean now." The Admiral took a note from the communications officer and looked at it. He found a British fleet in the waters near Arish, but he didn't know whether to transport supplies to the British troops defending here or to withdraw the troops. Mauf had no expression on his face, but just said lightly: "Order the fleet to turn, now we will teach them a lesson and tell the British that this is not a place for them to stay. In addition, send a telegram to General Holty, saying that at around 11 o'clock, the British fleet was found in the waters south of Arish, and our fleet will attack the enemy, hoping that they can help us intercept and not let the British escape."

According to the combat plan, the German Navy was responsible for blocking the Port of Said to the entire Middle East Coast and protecting the security of the Army's transport fleet. The Eastern Mediterranean Fleet, composed of the Austro-Hungarian Navy's 1st and 4th Battle Fleets, is responsible for blocking the North African coast, with the focus on the Alexandria where the British Navy gathered.

"General, according to the pilot's report, the enemy has about six main battleships, and we now have only five battleships, and three "Breton" class are carrying out escort missions." Chief of Staff Brigadier General Kahn whispered to the commander.

"No problem, send a telegram to Major General Hubble and ask him to lead the "Avos" to rush over first and entangle the enemy!" Mauf said. Admiral Hippel was promoted to commander of the High Seas Fleet. General Sorochin has now been transferred back to the country and taken over as commander of the German Rapid Cruise Fleet. Now Rear Hubble is serving as commander of the Ottoman Navy Fleet. Major General Hubble is now commanding the Turkish fleet to carry out patrol missions about 30 nautical miles southeast of Mauf's Fleet. They are closer to the enemy's fleet. However, since the Turks did not install seaplanes on warships, it was Mauf's fleet that first discovered the enemy situation.

On the sea, the German fleet began to turn and accelerated its speed towards the waters near Arish.

Meanwhile, in waters about 10 nautical miles south of Arish, a British transport fleet was turning toward the port of Said. Slightly different from the normal British fleet, there were four Japanese warships flying the rising sun flag in this fleet.

On the bridge of the Japanese battleship "Anyun", Admiral Sato Kaoruzuo looked at the two enemy reconnaissance planes that were hovering in the sky, and could not help but be worried about the dangerous situation he was about to face.

The Japanese were involved in the European War very early because of their greed. The British promised to hand over the German colonies in Asia and the Pacific, including the Jiaozhou Peninsula, which the Japanese had always been coveted, and the islands in the Pacific, to Japan for management after the war, which made the Dazui government join the Allied Front without hesitation.

However, the European war situation did not develop in the direction expected by the Japanese. Judging from the current situation, the British Empire, which dominated the world for nearly 150 years, was more likely to lose this war. At the beginning of the war, no one could have expected that the Germans could defeat the joint forces of the three great powers of Britain, France and Russia.

Now the whole of Japan is accusing Dazui Chongxin of easily involving Japan in the rash move, but in order to save the "results" that have been obtained, the Japanese have no way out and can only follow the British to advance and retreat together. Now, the Germans are about to start an attack on the Suez Canal. If the Germans occupy the Suez Canal, it is conceivable that when the German fleet rushed out of the Indian Ocean and returned to the Far East, the Japanese Empire would face the ruthless revenge of the Germans.

What a big mistake!

However, Sato Kaoru had no time to sigh anymore.

At this time, the communication officer came over to report, "Sir, the enemy's fleet is nearby, and we need to protect the transport fleet to retreat to the Port of Said!"

"Okay, what should come will always come. If we can't escape, we must show the courage of the imperial army in front of the Europeans!" Sato Kaozo gave the order with a blue face. The two enemy planes in the sky were still buzzing like flies, circling in circles in the sky not far from the front of the fleet.

This gave him an ominous premonition.
Chapter completed!