The results of the expeditionary force were finally verified at dawn the next day...... It should be said that this was still thanks to Montgomery, because he was eager to expose the "Chinese deception", so he sent two reconnaissance planes to the area around Mahairama as soon as it was dark. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Montgomery confidently waited for the pilot to send him evidence to completely expose the Chinese lie, but it turned out to be the opposite......

"God, there are German tanks everywhere!" When the reconnaissance plane flew over Maherama, which should be about ten miles away from Maherama to be exclaimed, it couldn't help but exclaim: "General, you can't imagine...... I mean, tank wreckage everywhere! ”

"Are you sure it's the wreckage of a German tank?" Montgomery asked.

"Of course!" The pilot replied: "That's the Germans' tanks No. 2 and No. 3, mostly No. 3...... I can even see the black cross on their tanks! ”

"Be clear!" Montgomery asked, "How many of them are there?" Dozens? ”

"No, General!" The pilot replied: "At least a hundred!" ”

"Hundreds?" Montgomery asked incredulously, "Are you sure you're right?" The wreckage of hundreds of German tanks? ”

"I'm sure, General!" The pilot replied: "I filmed them all, that's the evidence...... What's going on here? Did we win a big battle? Why haven't I heard anything?! ”

Montgomery couldn't help but be speechless...... The reason why the British army did not get this good news was because Montgomery never believed it was true.

Even then Montgomery was not convinced.

Finally until the pilot returned and developed the photos of the scene and handed them to Montgomery...... The photographs were taken consecutively, and then with some processing they could be stitched together into a complete picture, from which the British officers could even accurately count the number of German tanks wreckage, one hundred and twenty-seven, compared to only nineteen "Sherman" tanks.

This does not correspond to the 21 reported by the Chinese army, which is two short.

After the war, the field inspection found out that one of the two missing vehicles collided with a German tank and burned black and was not recognized, and the other was lost in the dark and melee away from the battlefield and was not photographed, and this tank finally had to stop due to mechanical problems, and the tank crew chose to blow up the tank and fled back to Mahairama.

"General!" Ramsden said while looking at the photo: "It seems that what the Chinese said is true, not only did they not lie about the results, in fact, the results were even greater than they reported!" ”

"How did they do it?" Montgomery had to admit this in the face of the facts.

Ramsden picked out a few of the photos and handed them to Montgomery, saying: "Judging by the intelligence and these photos, Chinese played a trick and let the German tanks surround them...... Then he took advantage of the darkness to make the German tanks into a ball, and he himself broke out of the encirclement with the armor and firepower of the 'Sherman' tank! ”

Montgomery couldn't help but nod his head and praised: "Well done, this almost wiped out a third of the Germans' tanks!" ”

After thinking about it, Montgomery said to the correspondent, "Pick me up for Maherama!" ”

"Yes!"

It was Jon who answered the phone.

"Colonel!" Montgomery said, "First of all, congratulations on your victory last night......

Jon couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and replied, "General, you mean ......"

Because of Montgomery's influence, or Jon himself did not believe that the Chinese army could achieve such brilliant results, he also took it for granted that this was a lie of the Chinese.

But now...... Listening to Montgomery, it didn't seem like that at all.

"Yes!" Montgomery replied with some embarrassment: "Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to explain the one hundred and twenty-seven destroyed tanks!" ”

Hearing this, Jon's head exploded: "General, you mean...... The Chinese destroyed one hundred and twenty-seven last night instead of seventy? ”

Montgomery didn't answer Jon's words, because he suddenly felt that Jon was already insignificant, and it would be a waste of time to say a few more words to him, so he directly ordered: "I want to talk to General Zhang Chi!" ”

"Uh......" Jon took a long time to react, and hurriedly replied, "Sorry, General! I guess he can't talk to you! ”

"Why?" Montgomery was a little nervous: "He's hurt?" ”

"No!" Jon replied, "He set out again with his troops before dawn in the wee hours of the morning, the armored regiment to be exact!" ”

"Going?" Montgomery was puzzled by Zhang Chi's move: "Where are they going?" ”

"Sorry, General! I don't know where they went! ”

"What a madman!" Montgomery hung up the phone and couldn't help but curse.

"What's the situation, General?" Ramsden asked.

"That Chinese general ......," said Montgomery, "he disappeared again with the armored regiment!" I think he must have been carried away by last night's victory, thinking that today he could still easily exchange twenty tanks for hundreds of enemy tanks! You know, it's daytime, and the Germans' tank No. 4 and artillery units are already up and ready! ”

Ramsden frowned when he heard this.

Montgomery was right, the Chinese army fought the battle in large part because of the darkness of the night, and Ramsden believed that there was an element of luck in it...... This is mainly because Ramsden does not know the Chinese Expeditionary Force very well, and believes that there is a great chance that the Chinese Expeditionary Force can fight this beautiful battle. In fact, the victory of the expeditionary force depends more on experience, quality, and the "Sherman" tank, which is more advanced than the German tank.

However, now the follow-up units of the German Panzer Division have followed, and it is still daylight......

Daytime means that the German fighters can play a role, and the German army still has the No. 4 tank with the same performance as the "Sherman", so the eighty or so tanks of the Chinese army will not take much advantage.

"General!" Ramsden said: "We should provide air support for the Chinese troops!" ”

"Air support?" Montgomery said angrily, "We don't even know where they are, how can we support them?" ”

For Montgomery, he should be happy that there is a fighting force in his team, but for some reason, Montgomery is more angry, unsettling, and a little embarrassed.