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Volume 2: My Country Chapter 576. Cairo Mutiny

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    What is supposed to come will always come.

    The wages of the three brigades in Egypt have finally been paid. Although these wages have been severely devalued compared with the ridiculously soaring prices, it is still a happy thing to get the money.

    However, the situation soon changed significantly.

    Several Egyptian soldiers were beaten in Cairo.

    What happened is actually very simple. These soldiers took their newly received wages to buy daily necessities.  But the shopkeepers soon discovered the flaw:

    These are all counterfeit coins!

    The officer who pays the salary may not be very clear about it, but the businessman who has been deceived many times has already paid attention to it a hundred times.

    Previously, they received a large number of counterfeit coins with extremely high imitation, which was difficult for ordinary people to distinguish. However, the fakes were eventually exposed, which caused heavy losses to the Egyptians doing business.

    They quickly became alert

    The counterfeit coins used by the Egyptian soldiers were obviously not of high quality. They were the first batch of test items for SS officer Bernhard Kruger and they had many flaws.  If you pay a little attention, you can easily detect that it is a counterfeit currency.

    The shopkeeper refused to accept the counterfeit money, while the Egyptian soldier never believed that the salary he had just received would have anything to do with the counterfeit money, and a fierce quarrel broke out between the two parties.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  Later, the two parties began to have physical contact.

    At this point, the situation is completely out of control

    The shopkeeper was definitely no match for the soldiers. He was knocked to the ground. This aroused the sympathy and anger of the people around him.

    They surrounded several Egyptian soldiers and started fighting

    A good man has many enemies. Several Egyptian soldiers were beaten up.

    The soldiers who were beaten bloody returned to the military camp and cried out their experiences, which aroused the vigilance of their companions.  After careful inspection, they discovered that the wages they had just received were all counterfeit coins!

    There was also a piece of banknote that was ridiculous. Even Wang Weiyi didn't realize it at the time. What was printed on an Egyptian pound turned out to be an imaginary portrait of Cleopatra.

    This was a little prank that Bernhard Kluge made on a whim when he was preparing to destroy these experimental products.

    At this point, there was a commotion in the Egyptian military camp:

    The British use counterfeit banknotes to pay themselves!

    How will you feel when you have waited hard for more than two months and what you are waiting for is a bunch of counterfeit money?

    Those officers were even more furious. They worked hard to fight for the British, but in the end they received such treatment!

    The three brigades of Egyptian troops began to protest violently. This was something that the British did not expect. The British liaison officers stationed in the Egyptian army were detained, and the British quartermasters were also detained. The British in the Egyptian army  Military advisers were also detained.

    A total of 336 British officers have become hostages. The Egyptian officers solemnly demanded that the British high command immediately issue real currency to make up for their losses. Before that, they will refuse to release them.

    Major General Ken Munson, who commanded the three brigades on the British side, categorically denied that the British used counterfeit banknotes and sternly demanded that the Egyptian soldiers release the hostages immediately.

    This will intensify the conflict

    It is completely conceivable, how can the British believe that the wages issued are counterfeit banknotes?  The banknotes were strictly protected from being transported to Egypt to the military camp, and there were no problems at all. The Egyptians were just looking for excuses to ask for more money because of the soaring prices.

    As for the Egyptians?  What they were holding in their hands were obviously counterfeit bills!

    Major General Ken Munson made a decision that later seemed very wrong:

    He issued an ultimatum to the Egyptians, requiring them to immediately and unconditionally release all British hostages within three hours, otherwise he would have to use force to resolve the incident!

    The Egyptians were completely outraged.

    The arrogant British clearly did something despicable and shameless, but they refused to admit it. Instead, they threatened them with force!

    Weapons began to be distributed to Egyptian officers and soldiers. The Egyptian officers, led by the Egyptian officer Colonel Tamousta, quickly established the "Egyptian Officer Corps" and decided to defend their legitimate rights to the death.

    After the establishment of the officer corps, they immediately informed the British side that they refused to release the hostages. If the British army dared to attack, they would not guarantee the safety of the hostages.

    Now it seems that there is fierce tension between the two sides.?Contradiction, and the cause of this incident was not actually the counterfeit money. The counterfeit money was just a trigger.

    Previously, Britain and Egypt had accumulated too many conflicts. Coupled with Egypt's poor living standards, everyone had a nameless fire in their hearts that they wanted to vent but didn't know where to vent it.

    When the time is right, these contradictions will completely break out. The beating of the Egyptian soldiers is like this, and the riots by the Egyptian soldiers are also the concentrated expression of countless contradictions.

    The catalyst and fuse are just the wages paid using counterfeit banknotes!

    The British High Command, which had just suffered a defeat at the Battle of El Alamein, was greatly panicked after hearing the news of the riots by three brigades of Egyptian soldiers. It was really terrible that such a thing happened at such a time.

    ¡°Suppression, resolute suppression!¡± Alexander, who was already under strong domestic pressure, said this without hesitation.

    And his proposal was agreed by General Montgomery.

    In the eyes of these two British generals, this was not an accidental incident, but a sudden, organized and premeditated incident, and the possibility of German intervention was not even ruled out.

    "No, it must not be suppressed!" General Canlemo, the chief of staff of the Egyptian army who hurriedly felt the British command, said loudly: "After waiting hard for two months, my soldiers received a pile of waste paper. Can you  Can you imagine how they feel? They are just venting, venting! General Alexander, General Montgomery, I request that a joint investigation team be set up immediately to thoroughly investigate this incident and find out where the problem occurred and how the salary was transferred.  of!"

    "General Canlemu, we respect you, but we hope you can also respect us!" General Montgomery said with a sullen face: "The British Empire will never use counterfeit banknotes to pay wages. This is an organized conspiracy, and I  I think the mastermind of the conspiracy is the so-called officer corps, and they are all German spies!¡±

    Montgomery is an excellent military commander with high military talents, but in other aspects he is not so brilliant.

    He has a bad temper. When he feels dissatisfied, he can even directly refuse Prime Minister Churchill's request, and he can also ridicule senior government officials in public without reservation. It is precisely because of his character that he  Offended a lot of people.

    If he hadn't been needed for the war, Montgomery might have been dismissed.

    Now, when the Egyptian soldiers rioted, Montgomery, as a British man, chose to support his country without hesitation and never believed that the British would use counterfeit banknotes.

    It¡¯s all the work of the Egyptians themselves

    "Yes, I completely agree with General Montgomery!" Alexander also said in a deep voice: "The German spy ghost is active in Cairo. If it is not suppressed as soon as possible, it will cause more riots. General Canlemo, I hope  You can trust the integrity and judgment of the British!¡±

    Upright?  General Kanlemu sneered inwardly.  If the British are honest, then there is only one person, and that is "Baron Andrew" whom I just met not long ago!

    However, the current situation is imminent, and General Kanlemu must do his best to fight for the most basic rights of survival for his men.

    General Canlemu firmly opposed any plan of suppression.

    Just when the two sides were arguing, a telegram was delivered to Generals Alexander and Montgomery. After the two British people read the telegram, they handed it to General Canlemu. Then General Alexander asked with a gloomy face:

    "General Kanlemu, do you have anything else to say now?"

    This is a newly deciphered German telegram. In the telegram, the Germans excitedly informed Berlin that the "Z" plan had begun and achieved great success. The Egyptians began to riot, and the German army would choose the opportunity to attack Egypt.  launch a massive attack

    General Kanlemu¡¯s hand holding the telegram began to tremble. He never believed this was true. If this was true, then this telegram would be enough to completely push the soldiers who participated in the riot to death.

    "I request to double-check the authenticity of this telegram." When he said this, General Kanlemu's voice was no longer as confident as before.

    "General Canlemu, this was sent by the Germans using their special code!" Montgomery said coldly: "There is no doubt about the authenticity of the intelligence. Now, even if you don't agree, I have to use my rights to order the suppression.  General Kenmonson gave those rioting soldiers three hours. Now the time is almost up. If our officers can no longer be released, then I will have to resolve the situation by force.Egypt must bear full responsibility for all casualties caused by ??!  "

    responsibility?

    General Canlemu left here angrily. He could not believe that the Egyptians were about to bleed on the land of Cairo, but the British wanted to shift all the responsibility to Egypt. What kind of gangster logic is this?

    However, Egypt is too weak, so weak that it has no capital to oppose the powerful Britain!

    Blood will be stained all over Cairo, and the most tragic moment is about to come!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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