Chapter 192 Uprising

The propaganda tone soon changed:

"Brothers of Alexandria (Muslims call brothers), we are the team of the German Empire! Don't be afraid, we are not here to conquer Alexandria, let alone to be your enemy, our enemy is Britain. We know that you have been bullied and oppressed by Britain, and so have we... They used powerful force to force us to sign unequal treaties and brutally interfered in our internal affairs. We rose up to resist, so we are here..."

Strictly speaking, this is not a lie, because Britain, France and other countries did sign the Treaty of Versailles with Germany, which restricted Germany from doing this or that, so Germany and Egypt had common points and common interests

But this is just the beginning.

Then Qin Chuan asked people to find some "good people and good deeds".

It is not difficult to find "good people and good deeds". After all, this is a war, and the German army has penetrated five kilometers into Alexandria. There will always be a few examples of German soldiers rescuing Egyptian civilians in the battle... Moreover, even if there are none, they can "create" a few.

So these "rescued" Egyptians were quickly invited to the loudspeaker to give a lecture:

A sixty-year-old man shouted into the microphone with a trembling voice: "Alia, our house was blown down by the British. Their artillery was originally aimed at the German tanks, but it blew up half of our house. Your mother and your sister are dead. The British did not take responsibility for their mistakes. Instead, it was the Germans who rescued me from the rubble... Do you still want to work for the British? I hope you can stand on our side. They (referring to the German army) are good people!"

The old man's son, Alia, is from the 3rd African Division and is now defending Alexandria with the 2nd New Zealand Division.

A woman cried and said in a vague voice: "Said, our child was injured by the shell... The British used our house as a shelter. I cried and hoped that they would help us, but the British were unwilling to waste time and medicine on us. The Germans came, they bandaged the child and gave us food. You come back, Sayid..."

Said was a laborer. He was urgently requisitioned by the British army to build fortifications near the port since last night.

Then another little boy said to the microphone in a childish voice: "Dad, the British occupied our house and drove us out. We have no place to live. The Germans set up a tent for us..."

Then there were tear-jerking stories one after another. These stories were ostensibly directed at someone on the opposite side, but in fact they were told to all Egyptians.

There were so many stories that the Egyptians waiting to tell them lined up in a long line, and the German soldiers were still collecting people with stories and bringing them here.

This propaganda campaign soon took effect. Ten minutes later, Qin Chuan heard that some Egyptians provided the German army with detailed maps, and some of them could point out the location of the British ambush on the map.

To be precise, it was the New Zealand Army, but the Egyptians could not tell the difference between the New Zealand Army and the British Army, so they all called them "British".

With the map, things became simple after knowing the ambush point of the New Zealand Army.

The tanks still advanced with the infantry as usual, and after entering the fire range at the ambush point, they fired fiercely from a distance.

On the other hand, the New Zealand Army... The "English crossbows" in their hands had a range of only 100 meters, so they had no way to deal with the tanks that were bombarding them from a distance, and could only passively take the beating.

While the German tanks were advancing, the loudspeakers were still playing the Egyptian people's accusations against the British Army.

Then more and more Egyptian people joined the ranks of helping the German army. Soon, many people and African troops spontaneously organized to attack the New Zealand Army. An independent Egyptian underground organization also took the initiative to contact the German army in the hope of cooperating with the German army.

The latter is obviously very important, because the New Zealand 2nd Division has been prepared to blow up the supplies and equipment at the port... The British army will certainly not let this batch of supplies fall into the hands of the Germans. They just hold a glimmer of hope that they can stop the German attack, so they wait for the last moment to detonate.

This is not a problem. The possibility that the German army can get the supplies when the New Zealand army is ready is extremely small, because it is a matter of detonation or ignition.

The problem is that the outcome is still unknown, and the Egyptian underground organization led the people and laborers to launch an uprising at the port.

It is this uprising that is a headache.

Because these laborers don’t seem to have any weapons, the New Zealand soldiers thought they could control the situation, but they didn’t expect that there were members of the underground organization hidden among them, who suddenly appeared and controlled the port and warehouse.

Then there was a jubilation... The Egyptian laborers finally turned over and became the masters. They moved boxes of rifles from the warehouse and distributed them. They soon armed themselves into a militia and killed from the other direction of Alexandria.

Instantly, Alexandria was engulfed in flames, and the streets and alleys of the city were filled with gunshots, explosions, and cheers from the Egyptian people. The New Zealand army was beaten and fled with nowhere to go.

So the German army didn't need to take action, they just had to wait for the Egyptian rebels to occupy and clear the New Zealand division's stronghold and then take over.

In less than an hour, the huge city of Alexandria was completely occupied by the German army, including the port warehouse that they had not expected to take over.

This made General Strike very satisfied. He called Qin Chuan specially: "Sergeant, this is what you call the 'power of the masses', right? I have seen it today!"

"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "So I think the general must know better than me what to do next!"

"Of course!" General Strike replied: "I will fulfill my promise and distribute the materials in the port to the Egyptians!"

Then General Strike said with some pain: "God, there are at least 50,000 tons of fuel and ten warehouses full of equipment and ammunition. The Egyptians don't even have any use for these..."

"Of course they are useful, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "Because this is not only to fulfill the promise, but also to create trouble for the British!"

After a pause, General Strike agreed: "That's right, so... I should give them more equipment and ammunition!"

The reason is simple. The goal of the Egyptians is independence. If they become stronger because of more equipment and ammunition, they will spread the war to other places, such as Cairo.