Chapter 194: I will never trust the British again in the decisive battle against Cairo
In the headquarters of Lieutenant General East Wilson in Cairo, Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson, chief of staff of the British forces in Egypt, stood at the door of the reception room, and after taking a few deep breaths, the sad look on his face slowly returned to calm.
Hiding his uneasiness, Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson slammed open the door and strode into the reception room.
"General Hasanain, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson smiled and gave a military salute to General Hasanain, then extended his right hand to him.
Hasana returned the salute by stretching out his right hand to shake Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson's hand warmly, and then said with a smile: "There are less than ten minutes until the meeting, let's go to the conference room." ”
Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson smiled awkwardly and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, General. I have just received a call from the forward positions, and General Wilson has decided on the spur of the day to complete all the positions at once, so he will be back a little later. Today's meeting has been postponed to tomorrow for the time being, and the exact time will be determined when he returns, and I will call you tomorrow to let you know. ”
An unhappy look flashed on General Hasana's face, and after a few glances at Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson, he said: "Since General Wilson has not returned, I will go back first, and if there is a similar change in the future, please inform me in advance, my work is also very busy, and I can't waste time waiting." ”
Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson pretended not to hear the displeasure in General Hasanain's cold tone, and bowed slightly to Hasanain with a very reserved attitude.
"General, I'm really sorry that Mr. Commander's decision was so sudden, I didn't inform you in time, wasting your time. I apologize to you on behalf of the commander and on my own behalf. I beg your pardon. ”
"It doesn't matter. I still have something. I'll go first. ”
Hasana got up and strode away, and Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson graciously escorted him out of the headquarters gate.
Seeing General Hasanain get into a car and leave, Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson's face instantly turned cloudy.
"Those damned traitors, traitors, they should be hanged one by one."
Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson had just returned to command when a captain's staff officer rushed to his side.
"I just received a telegram from the War Department asking about the recent progress of the war, what should we do?"
"Reply as usual. Say that the German and Italian armies are moving south, we need reinforcements, the sooner the better, the more the better. Remember, sent in the name of General Wilson. In addition, General Wilson should not be notified of the capture of the rebels at home for the time being, let alone the Egyptians, and must be kept secret. Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson said.
Sent away the captain's staff officer, Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson paced around angrily.
There was such a thing as a mutiny, or at such a critical moment. Are all those rebels idiots? What are the benefits of taking refuge with the Germans?
If the news of the mutiny spreads, the British troops stationed in Egypt. The British Army, and even the United Kingdom, will become the laughing stock of the world.
What to do?
Standing in front of the window, Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson looked gloomily northwest of Cairo and felt like his head was going to explode.
On the periphery of Major Turner's battalion, two infantry battalions surrounded Turner's position.
On the periphery of Major Turner's battalion headquarters, Captain Carter and Captain Hunt led their men to surround the battalion headquarters, and set up microphones to shout to Captain Mills and Lieutenant Buck.
Lieutenant Buck already knew the news of the imminent arrival of reinforcements at this time, and only sneered at the shouts of the British troops outside, waiting to see the jokes of the British.
In the bunker at the battalion headquarters, the war of words between Captain Mills and Major Turner had reached a fever pitch.
"Major Turner, what does the outbreak of war between the Germans and the Poles have to do with the British? Whether it is Mr. Chamberlain, or now Mr. Churchill, are they all idiots? It is ridiculous that they should provoke a war against the Germans for the sake of the Poles, who had nothing to do with the British. ”
"You can't insult our Prime Minister like that. The Germans are aggressors, they are fascists, and we are not fighting for Poland, but for justice. Major Turner said.
"The Norwegians will certainly not agree with you." Captain Mills' cold words were like a ball of rolled-up stinky socks, tightly gagged Major Turner's mouth.
Seeing that Major Turner was speechless by Captain Mills's rebuttal, General Wilson hurried forward for fire support.
"Captain Mills, you are a soldier, and it is the duty of a soldier to obey, and you and your subordinates should fight wherever your superiors point, not because you are greedy for life and afraid of death."
"You are wrong, General Wilson, I am not afraid of death, I am really not afraid of death, if I were afraid of death, I would not have put on this uniform, I would not have appeared here, and I would not have pointed a gun at you. If you don't believe me, you can ask my subordinates. Captain Mills said and waved his hand at his men.
"Captain Mills is not a coward, he is a hero." A "British soldier" with an Enfield rifle said.
"Captain Mills is a hero, and I'm proud to have a superior like him." Another "British soldier" also said proudly.
Not far behind, several other "British soldiers" in the bunker showed their support for Captain Mills.
General Wilson's face turned pale with anger, and he raised his hand tremblingly and shouted at Mills and the others: "Shameless, a group of shameless traitors still dare to call themselves heroes, your actions really tarnish the word hero." ”
Major Turner saw that Captain Mills was so loved by his subordinates, and his heart was even more love-hate.
If only from the perspective of an officer, the subordinates love and support Captain Mills so much, it is enough to prove that Captain Mills is an excellent officer, and has infinite personality charm and cohesion, which can make his subordinates follow him to treason.
It is a pity that such an excellent officer embarked on the road of no return to treason without hesitation.
What happened to the British ** team and the British government? To be able to force such a good officer as Captain Mills down the path of treason, Major Turner could not help but fall into deep thought.
Captain Mills smiled and exchanged glances with his subordinates.
Although it was a rush into battle, the subordinates played just right on the spot. A mutiny scene without a dress rehearsal was enough to make the British fall deeper and deeper into the misunderstanding of thinking. Never get the truth of the matter.
How did Lieutenant General Wilson know that what Captain Mills and the rebel soldiers were talking about was something else entirely. He saw that Captain Mills and his men were not ashamed of treason, but rather proud of it, and the anger in his heart was even stronger.
"You're right, you are a hero in the eyes of the Germans. But I can assure you that the name of you and each of your men will appear in the annals of English history for today's shameless acts, and from now on, for a hundred or two hundred years, you will always be reviled by the British people until the end of the world. ”
Captain Mills sat up straight in his chair. Lieutenant General Wilson, who was glaring at him with righteous indignation, said word by word: "General Wilson, on behalf of myself and my men, I solemnly declare to you that if our deeds can appear in the history books of Britain, and be cursed and reviled by the British for generations, we and our children and grandchildren will be proud of it." ”
The members of the team around Captain Mills heard his generous statement and their faces showed yearning.
"You can't be shameless like this, you"
Lieutenant General Wilson did not know that the thinking of the two sides was completely different from the same frequency, and he was suddenly speechless by Captain Mills and his men, and pointed at Captain Mills's fingers and trembled.
Captain Mills was unmoved, as if Lieutenant General Wilson was not scolding himself.
He looked up at his watch. Then he said to Lieutenant General Wilson and others, who were glaring at him: "Your psychological tolerance is too bad, and I will soon do even more shameless things to you." I hope you can handle it. ”
Looking at the malicious smile on Captain Mills' lips, Major Turner asked in panic, "What do you want to do?" ”
"You should know what I want to do, there is only one way left before the arrival of the Germans and Italians.
"Kill me, I won't give the order to surrender." Lieutenant General Wilson said.
Captain Mills did not speak, but simply glanced back and forth around Lieutenant General Wilson, and finally fixed his gaze on a major officer.
Seeing Captain Mills staring at him, the major turned his gaze away in panic, not daring to make eye contact with Captain Mills.
That's you, Captain Mills quickly identified the target.
He snorted coldly and waved his hand at his men, and the two members rushed behind Lieutenant General Wilson and dragged the major out.
Captain Mills walked up to the major, pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the major's head and said, "General Wilson, if you don't give the order to surrender, I'll shoot him in the head at once." Now please think carefully before you answer. ”
Lieutenant General Wilson stared at the major trembling at gunpoint with a tense old face, the expression on his face changing.
After a fierce battle of thoughts, Lieutenant General Wilson gritted his teeth and was about to speak, but Captain Mills preemptively said, "I forgot to tell you, General Wilson. After I shoot this Mr. Major, I will choose one of your subordinates to threaten you. Every time you refuse me, I'll shoot one of your men to warn you until you and Major Turner are left. You have a total of five chances to take advantage of. ”
"You devil, me," Lieutenant General Wilson glanced at the colorless major, once again losing his ability to speak.
Seeing that Lieutenant General Wilson was unable to make a decision, Captain Mills rolled his eyes a few times and suddenly shouted: "You stand up for me, you cold-blooded executioner, shameless butcher." Do you know why I risked my life to commit a mutiny? It's all forced by you damn guy. ”
Lieutenant General Wilson felt a surge of blood churning in his heart, and a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out.
He even said that he forced him to commit treason, can he be more shameless?
Captain Mills turned his gun and bobbed back and forth on Lieutenant General Wilson and Major Turner, among others.
"You, you, you, and you, every one of you knows that Cairo will not be able to survive, and it will only be a waste of soldiers' lives to continue fighting. The wisest option is to abandon Cairo immediately and retreat to the east bank of the Suez Canal or elsewhere, and then retake Egypt when you have gathered enough strength, but you idiots and pigs. It was necessary to fight the enemy in Cairo. Waiting for the enemy to come and slaughter us. Is your brain full of poop?
Why did I lead my subordinates to risk their lives to escape from the enemy's encirclement in the first place, precisely to preserve my strength to participate in the future counterattack, but you idiots insist that we should be sent to death here and be cannon fodder here.
You are not only doing this for idiots or for ulterior purposes, but most of you are the latter.
You want to use your soldier's life to achieve your personal ends, and I will not let you do it, I tell you, when I can't live. The whole world is my enemy, what is the point of mere treason?
General Wilson, you stand up for me, do you dare to swear to God? Saying that fighting the Germans and Italians in Cairo is the wisest option for us now.
Do you dare to swear to God? You led us to fight in Cairo for no other purpose. ”
Both Lieutenant General Wilson and Major Turner were dumbfounded by Captain Mills's sudden emotional outburst.
Lieutenant General Wilson and Major Turner were not idiots, they both knew very well that Cairo would certainly not be able to hold it.
Why did Major Turner know why he still held Cairo even though he knew that Cairo could not hold it, but Lieutenant General Wilson knew it clearly.
Politics is all about dirty politics, and I was harmed by Mr. Churchill in London, who was far away in London, and Churchill was the guy who had a head full of.
"General Wilson. If you don't speak, I'll take you as a default. Therefore, do not pretend to be holy before me. I'll ask you again. Do you give the order to surrender or not? ”
Captain Mills said as he put the muzzle of his gun back on the head of the British major.
Lieutenant General Wilson looked at the major who was almost crying with a distorted face, and opened his mouth but could not make a sound.
Seeing that Lieutenant General Wilson did not speak, Captain Mills opened the safety of the pistol with a movement of his fingers, and said fiercely: "Five, four, three"
At the last moment, Lieutenant Buck hurriedly rushed into the bunker, and was stunned at first when he saw the murderous scene in the bunker, and then said excitedly: "Reinforcements have arrived, it's Italians." ”
The correspondent suddenly shouted: "Captain, someone is going to talk to us, he claims to be Colonel Rossi, the commander of the Italian Marati battle group." ”
Captain Mills breathed a sigh of relief and jerked the major to Lieutenant General Wilson's side.
Picking up the radio microphone and headphones, Mills soon heard a deep male voice speak in half-baked English, "I'm Colonel Rosie, and you're Brian. Captain Mills? ”
"It's me, my men who have seen you." Mills said.
"Give me a signal and let me determine your location." Colonel Rossi said.
Two dazzling white flares soon rose into the sky outside the bunker, and Colonel Rossi's voice rang out in the headphones again.
"Captain Mills, I see your flares, how's your progress? Did the defenders of Cairo surrender? ”
"I'm negotiating with General Wilson, you wait a little longer."
"No problem, half of the second batch of reinforcements is still serving him."
"Well, I've changed my mind, I don't want to waste any more saliva with them, we can do this," Captain Mills quickly said a plan.
Five minutes later, Captain Mills escorted Lieutenant General Wilson and Major Turner, who had been tied up with a lot of flowers, out of the bunker with the radio, and walked to a junction in Camp Turner's position, surrounded by countless real and false British troops.
Soon a platoon of Italian soldiers appeared on the road.
The eyes of the British soldiers on the position turned between Wilson and the others and the Italian soldiers who were getting closer and closer, but no one dared to shoot, and there was an eerie silence on the position.
The Italian soldiers quickly walked to the intersection, and after curiously looking at Wilson and the others who were tied up with flowers, one of the captains led by him stared at Mills and asked, "I am Captain Paganini of the Italian Army, and you are Captain Mills?" ”
"I'm Captain Mills, this is Major Turner, and this is his precinct, and now I'm handing him over to you." Mills said as he pushed Major Turner over Captain Paganini.
Seeing that all was safe, Colonel Rossi soon sent another company into the British position.
The Italian soldiers escorted the tearful Lieutenant General Wilson and Major Turner around the position, and the position of Turner's battalion changed hands.
When the two battalions of M11-39 tanks of the Marati battle group drove towards the British position, Lieutenant General Wilson knew that the tide was turning, and said with a sad face: "I hope that my men and I will be treated as equal to our ranks." ”
Half an hour later, General Hasanain, who was patrolling his position in the eastern part of Cairo, suddenly received an order from Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson.
After reading the information sent by the herald in his hand five times, Hasana's white skin instantly turned from white to red, and then from red to purple.
"Shameless! Shameless! The British are so shameless that I will never believe them again. ”
Fifteen minutes later, the 1st and 2nd Egyptian Infantry Divisions received orders to withdraw from their positions and surrender to the Italians, and the war ended. (To be continued......)