Cairo, Egypt.

In front of Montgomery were two war report documents.

Among them, one is to hear uncomfortable bad news, and the other is ...... Desperate news!

The first battle report showed that Wavell's "Operation Tomahawk" had completely failed, and after maintaining the offensive for less than a week, the Commonwealth offensive force, with a total strength of about one and a half armored divisions and three infantry divisions, was withdrawn in disgrace.

Montgomery was not surprised by this outcome, he had already guessed that there would be no good outcome. He had warned Wavell repeatedly before, but the other party insisted on attacking and did not listen to advice, so it was today's turn to end up like this.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have a stalemate with Wavell, he asked for 3 Egyptian divisions with a stomach full of anger, and strengthened these 3 divisions with the Italian equipment captured by Wavell before, so that they had a certain defensive capability, otherwise, according to the kind of combat effectiveness that was weaker than the Italians before the 3 Egyptian divisions, they could actually surrender directly now.

However, after the arrival of the second war report document, Montgomery really had the heart to surrender.

This second report is from home. This is the latest news that Gort specially conveyed to Montgomery.

On the mainland side, the capital London had fallen, and after the German army strengthened the Thames, it only took one afternoon to clear the crooked and cracked British troops on the north bank.

On the other hand, Goth also urgently left London with the last group of direct combat troops left in London, went to the northern port, and went to Northern Ireland to form a new government as planned.

Along with the second war report, there was a personal letter from Goth, addressed to Montgomery.

In the letter, Gott expressed great satisfaction with Montgomery's defense of Egypt and praised Montgomery for preserving Britain's last strategic interests in Africa.

Then, Gort briefly told Montgomery a lot of things, such as Churchill going crazy and being arrested by Gort and others. For example, when Gott arrived in Northern Ireland with his military headquarters to establish a new government, he found that the officials of the new government were already very weak in their will to resist and had no intention of continuing the war.

Of course, Gott also confessed in his letter that he himself did not have any expectations for war now, and in his opinion, it no longer had any meaning.

At the end of the private message, Gort told Montgomery that he was preparing to surrender. Taking advantage of the fact that the new government had moved its capital to the island of Ireland and used the Irish River as a support, coupled with Gott's hastened transportation of troops to the island of Ireland, as well as the Free French army on the Isle of Man, Gört was confident that it would give the Germans a headache.

Yes, such a deployment and strength would certainly not be able to withstand another major attack by the Allied forces, and Goth did not intend to use a new line of defense to defend against Reinhardt's army.

What Gort is now fighting for is to make the Germans think more after signing the surrender agreement. Britain was now able to leave the Allied forces with the trouble of landing and sweeping the island of Ireland, while the German camp only needed to measure the value of the hassle saved, convert it, and deduct this part from the British war payout.

Therefore, Montgomery sensibly strengthened Egypt's defense force a little, and actually provided Gort with more bargaining chips.

At the end of the letter, Gort implied Montgomery that he had reported his merits to the king and that he would be rewarded for his recognition and promotion. In Britain's current home country, the tiny government of Northern Ireland, Montgomery has been boasted of as a sane and intelligent commander.

In particular, Montgomery's refusal to resist Wavell's offensive plan and insist on staying in Egypt has been rumored to be a miracle, and Montgomery has long anticipated everything that will follow, so he focuses on defensive warfare, rather than a futile offensive that consumes strength.

"Duke Goth told me that he had fought for me a promotion."

Montgomery put down the letter in his hand, rubbed his forehead, and confided in his lieutenant.

Montgomery vaguely felt that Gort might have some inconvenience in expressing his intentions in the letter, but he himself could not figure it out when he was in the middle of it. Therefore, he simply shared the content with his adjutant immediately, and asked himself, the bystander adjutant, to serve as his staff officer.

After receiving the letter from Montgomery, it took his adjutant about a minute to return the letter to Montgomery's desk, and then congratulated: "General, you should be promoted." Congratulations! ”

"Tell me about it." Montgomery waved his hand and motioned for the adjutant to continue.

After receiving the intention, the adjutant nodded and continued: "According to what we know now, on the side of the domestic government, Mr. Churchill is no longer the number one, and has even been reduced to a prisoner. It is clear that the person in charge of the new government is the Duke of Gort, who sent us to Africa. ”

"So, Duke Goth said that he wanted to get you promoted, and it can basically be assumed that the new government and the military department will give you a promotion." The adjutant analyzed and concluded: "It seems that you are about to become a general, general, on the same level as Admiral Wavell!" ”

"On the same level as Wavell?" Montgomery muttered a little.

He really didn't expect that he would be promoted to the highest military rank in Africa so quickly.

You know, it's only been a little over a week since he was transferred to Africa. Among them, he only experienced a Tomahawk operation, and as a result, he did not participate in the battle, but was stationed in meritorious service, and was promoted to general by his country.

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

To some extent, he has jumped directly from major general to general. In the middle, as a lieutenant general, the transition period is only about ten days!

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"On the same level as Wavell?" Montgomery muttered a little.

He really didn't expect that he would be promoted to the highest military rank in Africa so quickly.

You know, it's only been a little over a week since he was transferred to Africa. Among them, he only experienced a Tomahawk operation, and as a result, he did not participate in the battle, but was stationed in meritorious service, and was promoted to general by his country.

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

To some extent, he has jumped directly from major general to general. In the middle, as a lieutenant general, the transition period is only about ten days!