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There was no alternative. The strategic position of Egypt Area was simply too important. As long as France wished to win the war, it had to prevent the emergence of a colossal power spanning Asia, Africa, and Europe.
After pondering for a moment, Napoleon IV sighed and said, "Let the Army Department come up with a plan to immediately send troops to reinforce the Egyptian battlefield. We don't need to defeat the enemy, just to stabilize the frontline."
Reinforcing Egypt might sound easy, but it was anything but simple in practice. Not only did troops need to be mobilized, but the expanding scale of the Egyptian front also meant that the consumption of strategic materials would increase accordingly.
It was without question that French Egypt alone could not bear such excessive consumption.
The Paris Government had originally planned for the Algerian Colonial Government to bear a portion of these costs, but that was no longer possible.
