The clouds never seem to be willing to disperse from the city of Cairo.

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

The breath of life is so weak that it is impossible to believe that this was once a prosperous capital, and no one can connect the ruins in front of them with the rows of high-rise buildings in front of them, and the ruins in front of them quietly tell the baptism of war.

During Montgomery's stay in Cairo, it wasn't like nothing happened here.

During the week that Wavell launched Operation Tomahawk, the Italian Navy conducted two combat training sessions on the captured aircraft carrier Ark Royal.

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

Rubble was piled up on both sides of the gun-scarred road, just big enough for vehicles to pass through, and it was clear that the road had been simply cleared. Silence pervades every corner of the air, where time flows so slowly, yet everyone can feel the sense of urgency hidden in the air.

The low roar spread through the air so clearly, getting closer and louder, and when it got closer, it gave people a kind of overwhelming momentum.

In the distance, a black Pentium sedan in the lead slowly appeared like the king of lions, with a domineering momentum, followed by more and more cars. The calm street was broken by these uninvited guests, and a man in the car, dressed in a well-cut colonel-level military uniform, took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a high-end cigar and held it, and the other person sitting next to him immediately and respectfully lit the fire.

"How long will it take to drive to the location of the defense hall?" The man asked faintly.

Beside him, a major general who was choked by the man's second-hand smoke, but did not dare to frown, squeezed out a smile: "It's almost there, it's almost there." ”

"Huh!" With a burst of braking, the major general had just finished speaking for about a few minutes when the lead car stopped.

Immediately afterwards, the entire convoy followed, parked on both sides.

The major general, who finally didn't have to smoke second-hand smoke, quickly opened the car door, ran to the other side quickly, and pulled the car door for the colonel who had smoked himself all the way just now.

"Colonel, it's here. This is the Cairo Defense Hall. The major general bowed his head respectfully and said.

"Hmm." The man in the car nodded, and walked out of the car sideways: "Let's go, go and announce Prime Minister Gort's order." ”

......

Interior of the Cairo Defense Hall.

Wavell continued to chatter and threaten Montgomery: "Lieutenant General Montgomery, if you refuse to admit your dereliction of duty, then I have no choice but to dismiss you from your post and take back the command of the Australian and Egyptian forces from you!" ”

"What did you say?!" When Montgomery heard this, he was so angry that he almost wanted to laugh.

Wavell lost the battle and lost his troops. Finally, he Montgomery reorganized the Egyptian troops in the rear, initially reequipped them with Italian weapons, and expanded the scale. In the end, it was all left to Wavell.

What's this called, I've worked so hard for you in Montgomery? Train so many troops, desperately strengthen the combat effectiveness of the troops, and in the end they all have to be given to you Wavell to squander.

Just let people work, you have to let people carry the black pot for you.

Montgomery doesn't care who carries the black pot, and the end will be better. Even if he carries this black cauldron, he will not be punished much. However, this is obviously not his pot, and he has repeatedly warned Wavell before.

The words are still in his ears, how can he be considered his fault?

Even if it's a small mistake, Montgomery won't take it for anyone. In his opinion, whoever is at fault is at fault, so why should he bear infamy and responsibility for the mistakes he did not make? "I said, I will take back your command and take over your troops. In addition, I will report to London in the name of the Supreme Commander of the Commonwealth Coalition in Africa, and report your guilt to the local side. ”

"Report to London?" Montgomery laughed angrily, and said to Wavell with obvious mockery: "I'm afraid you're still living in a dream!" ”

Wavell, who had just finished the defeat and hurriedly took the division, certainly did not know the situation on the local side better than Montgomery in the rear.

"Let me tell you the truth, London has fallen, and the current capital has been moved to Belfast on the island of Ireland." Montgomer looked at Wavell with the eyes of a fool: "General Wavell, you said that you want to report to London, do you want to report to the Germans who occupied there?" ”

"Lieutenant General Montgomery!" Wavell, who was poked at the weakness of ignorance, was so angry that he had to shout loudly to cover up the weakness in his heart. When he called Montgomery, he bit the English word lieutenant very hard, and the implication was that he wanted to suppress Montgomery again with his rank.

"I want to remind you that I am still your commander, and I will not allow you to be so unreasonable!" Wavell pointed at Montgomery's nose and scolded without grace.

Who knew that Montgomery didn't eat this at all, he folded his arms quite contemptuously, and looked at Wavell with a sneer: "Back and forth, I know that I emphasize that your military rank is one level higher than mine, don't you know what to say if you are not higher than me." Or did you know that you were unreasonable and could only use your rank to suppress me? ”

"Shut up!" Wavell, who was once again hit in the soft underbelly, roared like thunder: "At least I'm still your commander now, you have to listen to me." ”

"Oh?" Montgomery just snorted, and then stopped answering.

"Finally, I don't have anything to say." Wavell breathed a sigh of relief inwardly. The official university crushed people to death, and he used this theory today.

Just as Wavell was about to take advantage of his rank and continue to rebuke Montgomery, the door to the conference hall was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

Immediately afterwards, everyone in the conference hall saw a British colonel, whom no one knew, accompanied by a major general in an Egyptian military uniform, striding into the conference hall. Behind him was about a loaded Egyptian soldier with an Italian weapon.

It is clear that this should be the Egyptian troops commanded by Montgomery.

As soon as he saw these Egyptian soldiers barging in with guns, Wavell subconsciously turned his head and glared at Montgomery: "Lieutenant General Montgomery, what do you want to do?!" Are you going to mutiny! ”

"Don't look at me, this colonel was sent by the local government, and I just assigned a company to him as a direct guard company." Montgomery glanced at Wavell coldly: "I didn't arrange it, but I think it should be in my favor." ”

He knew the Colonel, the liaison officer sent by Goth to be the first to convey the latest directives from the government.

After seeing Montgomery, the colonel politely smiled at Montgomery, and at random, he turned his head to the people in the conference hall and changed his grim face to the people in the conference hall, and solemnly announced: "The High Command of the Homeland has informed the North African ministries that the new government has now moved its capital to Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, and the Duke of Goth, the Minister of the Road Army, is also the new Prime Minister. At the same time, Prime Minister Goth's first order after becoming prime minister was to promote Montgomery, who had preserved British military power in North Africa, to general. ”

"As for the second order...... the colonel sneered and looked at Wavell, who had just yelled at Montgomery: "Forcibly remove Admiral Wavell from all positions and replace Admiral Montgomery!" ”