The Third Reich in Desperation

To some extent, he has already jumped from major general to general directly.The transitional period as a lieutenant general in the middle is only ten days!

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"Equal level to Wavell?" Montgomery muttered as a child.

He really did not expect that he would be promoted to the highest rank in Africa so quickly.

You know, it has only been more than a week since he was transferred to Africa.Among them, he only experienced a Tomahawk operation. As a result, he did not participate in the battle. Instead, he made meritorious service in the garrison and was about to be promoted from lieutenant general to general by his country.

What made him even more uncomfortable was that his rank of lieutenant general was only temporarily promoted by Gott when he came to North Africa.

To some extent, he has already jumped from major general to general directly.The transitional period as a lieutenant general in the middle is only ten days!

Text 677 The Art of Throwing Pot

When Montgomery came to the National Defense Hall with his adjutant and two other personal staff officers, Wavell and his party, who had been there earlier, were waiting for them.

"Why are you here now!"

Before Montgomery could open his mouth, Wavell launched an attack first.

"There was a delay on the road, so I came a little late." Although Montgomery and his party were not delayed on the road, and he rushed over as soon as he received the news of Wavell's summoning.However, since the other party has already blamed himself for being late, there is no need for him to entangle too much on this issue.

Montgomery has always been a pragmatic person, and he has no time for Wavell to argue whether he is late or not.Even if he was delayed by Montgomery, it's not a big deal.

"Delay? Do you know how bad your behavior is! When the Tomahawk was in operation, it was because of your delay that the frontline troops could not receive timely support. In the end, they were unable to attack across the board and had to withdraw their troops."

Unexpectedly, Wavell didn't simply want to vent. He seemed to have made up his mind from the beginning to make a fuss about Montgomery in the rear.

Sure enough, Wavell immediately blamed and said: "The failure of Operation Tomahawk is because you have delayed sending troops to support the front line. I didn't expect that you still don't know your mistake. Continue your delay and continue your bad behavior!"

"Wait!" Montgomery, who found out that the situation was wrong, hurriedly interrupted Wavell's shaming and made a statement in time: "Before the start of Operation Tomahawk, I reminded the African High Command many times to make you pay attention to prevent the German army from attacking from the flank. As a result, the African High Command not only did not listen to my advice, but instead sent me to stay in the rear, in order to deal with the few motley troops I threw at me and asked me to deploy defenses."

"Even so, I didn't make any complaints. Since the African High Command ordered me to deploy the defense well and not to intervene in the front-line warfare, then I followed the order. As a result, now, you have turned the blame on me for not sending troops to support! "

Montgomery, who used to pretend to be his grandson in order to get into the army, suddenly lost his temper, pointed at Wavell's nose and cursed: "Converting black and white, confusing right and wrong, you really think that I, Montgomery, is a fool who has no brains and is at your mercy." ?!"

Now Montgomery has the right to have soldiers, and at the same time shoulders the heavy responsibility of Egypt's defense. He can be said to be the most powerful general in the African British army.In other words, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, now it's Montgomery's turn to show off!

If a week ago, this scene was still unimaginable.

At that time, Wavell had about 5 people in his hands and the main force of the Commonwealth with more than 300 tanks.And all the troops Montgomery held at that time were Australian troops and Egyptian troops that Wavell did not want. The total number was less than 4. No.

In a blink of an eye, the main force in Wavell's hands became a remnant army with less than 1 soldiers.

However, the eliminated troops in Montgomery's hands have become a cutting-edge force equipped with weapons seized by Italy and expanded by one-third of the original base, with a total of about 5 troops.

Today's Montgomery has the capital to scold Wavell.

He couldn't understand Wavell's conceited battle plan, and he was very disgusted with Wavell's inexplicable self-confidence from the Italian copy.

If possible, Montgomery even dragged this smart idiot down from the position of supreme commander of the African Commonwealth Army at the beginning, and replaced him early to take on this important task.

Unfortunately, at that time, when Montgomery first arrived in Africa, he had no soldiers and no power, so he could only hold back and watch that idiot Wavell pretend to be smart.

Most people thought that Montgomery would be proud to have been admired by Wavell.Little did he know, he didn't like Wavell who praised him so much because of a military exercise.

How can such a general, who praises himself so much just because of a successful exercise, be surprised after seeing his actual combat results?

Wavell was nothing more than a foolish attack by which Africa beat the Italians.Facing the arrogant and incompetent Italians.There is nothing to be proud of when you win a few games.If you calculate it this way, wouldn't it be worth writing about when I fought against the powerful German army in Belgium all day and night?

Montgomery's fierce reaction made Wavell unable to react for a while.

Wavell's last image of Montgomery was still a week ago.At that time, Montgomery was still a dull veneer and a loner.

Unexpectedly, when they met again, the other party's face changed faster than the weather in Africa!

The speed of this face-changing is probably a little more exaggerated than the transformation of the temperature difference between day and night in Africa.

Wavell had indeed intended to blame Montgomery for the failure of Operation Tomahawk.

It wasn't that Wavell was sinister, pushing others forward when bad things happened.

It was really because the responsibility brought about by his failure this time was too heavy, so heavy that Wavell couldn't bear the responsibility at all!

Wasted the last mobile counterattack force of the British Empire in Africa, so that the United Kingdom can no longer have any initiative in Africa from now on, and can only be passively beaten.

In any colonial empire, generals who make such mistakes are the country's sinners.What's more, this happened in the majestic "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets"!

It was Wavell's helpless move to push the blame to Montgomery.

What's more, Montgomery has Gott as the backstage, and London may not do anything to him.

After all, Wavell heard that in the United Kingdom, Gott's power is infinitely close to that of the German head of state in Germany.

The war gave Gott extraordinary power and status.These are impossible to happen in peacetime.But under the flames of war, everything is not so absolutely impossible.

Anyway, from Wavell's point of view, you, Montgomery, will be the one to take the blame. For the sake of your Duke Gott's backer, the end will definitely be a hundred times better than if you take the charge yourself.This is the best arrangement in theory.

"Lieutenant General Montgomery! Please recognize your position at the beginning!" Wavell, who was wronged, had no choice but to use his rank of general to suppress Montgomery, who was the lieutenant general.

"Speaking to the officer, you'd better not be so ostentatious and rebellious. It's one crime for you to disobey the order, but it's another crime for you to contradict the officer now!"

Body 678 Admiral Montgomery

The dark clouds seem unwilling to disperse from the city of Cairo.

The whole city is like a dull cage, under the sky, in the calm, oppression spreads silently.

The breath of life is so weak that it is impossible to believe that this place was once a prosperous city. No one can connect the broken walls and ruins in front of them with the row upon row of tall buildings in the past. The ruins in front of them quietly tell of a war of baptism.

Not that nothing happened here during Montgomery's garrison in Cairo.

In the week that Wavell launched Operation Tomahawk, the Italian Navy conducted two actual combat trainings using the captured HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier.

And the goal of their actual combat training is to bomb the air defense is not as strong as the former capital of Egypt - Cairo!

The piles of rocks lined both sides of the gun-scarred road, just enough for vehicles to pass in the middle. Obviously, the road has been simply cleared.Quietness fills every corner of the air, time flows so slowly here, but everyone can feel the hidden sense of urgency in the air.

The deep roar spread so clearly in the air, getting closer and louder, and when it got close, it gave people an overwhelming momentum.

In the distance, the leading black Pentium car slowly appeared like the king of the lions with a domineering momentum, followed by more and more cars.The peaceful street was suddenly broken by these uninvited guests. In the car, a man wearing a well-tailored colonel-level military uniform took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a high-end cigar from it, and drank it. Another person sitting next to him saw this. Immediately light the fire respectfully.

"How long will it take to drive to the National Defense Hall?" the man asked lightly.

Beside him, the major general whose nose was choked by the second-hand smoke from the man, but who didn't dare to frown, showed a smile: "It's almost there, it's almost there."

"Shua!" With a burst of braking, the major general had just spoken for a few minutes before the leading car stopped.