I have to say that Montgomery is still very good at organizational ability, he arranged most things in an orderly manner, such as the preparation for the withdrawal of various units in Alexandria, the storage and burial of ammunition and supplies, especially the burial of ammunition supplies, if it is only buried one or two small materials, it may be very easy, but it is supplies to the army, tens of thousands of tons at every turn, even if it is buried in the desert, it is also a big project, and this matter cannot be let others know. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Montgomery's method was to select a few hundred men from the British army to do this, that is, they slept during the day, and at night they transported supplies and ammunition out and buried them one by one, and only Montgomery had drawings of where and where they were buried.

And these hundreds of people were under "semi-house arrest" for a long time after that...... After that, they did not go to war, and were kept under special supervision, unable to send letters or make phone calls, until the supplies were dug up and used.

Needless to say, why this was done, in order to ensure that the buried materials and their location were not known to the Germans...... Montgomery knew that the composition of the Commonwealth army was too complex, even for the Germans, because this was Africa, and the Arab people living here were neither British nor German, so there was often a spectacle on the African battlefield: when the warring sides temporarily ceased fighting, the Arabs would go to the middle of the battle line and sell food and water to both sides.

The British and Germans were both angry and amused at this, but they had nothing to do with them, the only thing they could do was to buy as much food and drinking water as possible from the Arabs at a high price so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy, but this encouraged the Arabs' desire to sell food...... Later they learned that at this time the sale of food could be sold at a high price and quickly, so more and more Arabs joined this "dangerous industry", which has become the norm now.

Of course, it has become a norm to mix in spies to spy on enemy intelligence.

From these aspects, Churchill's remark that "Montgomery is good at defense and Zhang Chi is good at attacking, and the two working together can definitely beat Rommel" is still true...... After all, the organization of the Commonwealth Army, as well as the huge logistics, needed Montgomery to complete.

As for Zhang Chi, at this time, his eyes were fixed on the new first division.

In Montgomery's detailed plan, after the abandonment of Alexandria, the task of encircling the enemy was to be carried out by the new 1st Division.

Zhang Chi did not refuse this, and he had no reason to refuse.

Because what is needed to intersperse and surround this thing is speed, and at this time, the only thing that can really be called a rapid reaction armored division is the new division.

As for the British army's 1st Panzer Division, 10th Panzer Division and the like, forget it, there are infantry tanks such as "Matilda", and the poor performance of these tanks in the desert has a common problem of engine overheating, so that their marching speed is even slower than that of infantry.

The slow speed naturally could not take on the task of interspersing and encircling, so the new first division was duty-bound.

But being responsible does not mean that there will be no trouble, and Abner couldn't help but say a few words for the Chinese army at the meeting: "General, this is not fair, the Chinese army only has one division, and it is obviously not enough for such a small number of troops to undertake the task of interspersing and encircling!" ”

Abner's statement certainly makes sense, because interspersed encirclement is not just interspersed, but also encircled......

That is to say, the new 1st Division must not only penetrate into the designated position, but also be able to hold it.

Interspersing may not be a difficult task for the new 1st Division, which by this time was already a secret weapon in the ranks of the Commonwealth, and they were different from all the British troops in the German and Italian prints...... The British army moved slowly, while the new 1st Division was highly mobile, and at its limit they could advance at the Sherman's maximum speed, which was 38 kilometers per hour.

But hold on......

As the saying goes, it is easy to attack a city and difficult to defend a city, not to mention that the new 1st Division has to defend not a city, but a desert that is basically no danger to defend.

Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine the future battlefield, when the tanks of the new 1st Division will be exposed to the enemy's artillery fire and fighter jets like building blocks.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, at this time, the armored division should be equipped with one or two infantry divisions, the armored division is used to break through the defense line, that is, to attack the city, and the infantry division is used to defend the city.

Of course, Montgomery also understood this truth, so he nodded, and said to Zhang Chi: "Major General, which troops do you think you need to cooperate with?" ”

"What troops do I have to choose from?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically.

Montgomery was silent for a moment, then replied: "The new 2nd Division, or the 4th Indian Division, or the 9th Australian Division, and if necessary, the Free French Brigade ......"

This answer was not surprising to Zhang Chi, who knew that Montgomery could not have given the British Infantry Division such a dangerous mission.

Of course, in fact, Zhang Chi is not uncommon to me, because during this time he visited military camps, training and even the fortifications of the British army...... In fact, Zhang Chi knew something about the British army as early as the Burma battlefield, and he originally thought that the British army on the African battlefield would be different from the British army in Burma, after all, the British army in Burma did not want to fight from the beginning and just wanted to retreat, but the British army on the African battlefield was not like this, and they still fought here for several years.

But this is not the case.

There was an atmosphere of passive resistance and defeat in the British troops, and Zhang Chi later learned that this was not only the case in Africa, but also in the United Kingdom.

Some people say that this is also the reason why Churchill had so many bad habits, such as smoking and drinking, but he was still elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...... Churchill's personality has the advantage of optimism, and at a time when the whole of Britain is in the shadow of pessimism, negativity and failure, the British people urgently need an optimistic prime minister to lead them.

This left the British troops with little confidence in the coming battle, and most of them were content to lay enough mines in front of their positions to hold off the German attack as much as possible, and to counterattack ...... That's something they can't even think of.

This is one of the reasons why Montgomery has been on the defensive for a long time, and of course, Montgomery is also one of the British army.

For such troops, what can Zhang Chi expect from them?

And if even the British army, which is reasonably equipped and trained, cannot be counted on, can the colonial army, which is even worse and more difficult to organize, be counted on?