Although Montgomery understood the pain of these long battles in the desert, the torment of the harsh weather, and the long separation from his family, he also knew that the loss of confidence was undoubtedly a dangerous signal for a combat force, and he must change this situation as soon as possible, otherwise he would not only not win the battle, but also fall into greater passivity.

Now, Montgomery had to fight not only the German army, which was gaining momentum, but also the general mood of the troops. Montgomery said in his heart: The first encounter with Li Mo must be played beautifully, and the sharp spirit of this German must be braked fiercely. Montgomery, as soon as he took office, gave his subordinates a different feeling from his predecessors, and he said in his first lecture to all the officers of the command:

"The defense of Egypt is in El Alamein, and here it is, we must stand our ground, we must fight, and we must not take another half step back. All previous plans and directives for retreat are to be burned, and they are to be burned immediately. All means of transport must be withdrawn to the rear. Ammunition, water and rations, etc., must be stored in the forward area. If someone is scared, he can walk away immediately, we are not afraid of Li Mo, we are ready and are waiting for his attack!"

Because Montgomery was very good at mobilizing the enthusiasm of his subordinates, so that they fought desperately to complete his plan in battle. Therefore, in order to establish his prestige, so that the officers and men of the British Allied Army could recognize him and know that he was the commander of the British Allied Army at all times. Montgomery threw away the standard British military cap and put on the insignia-embellished Australian bush hat that made him famous all over the world.

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Li Mo is also going deep into the front line, visiting each of his troops. Morale-boosting, the harsh living environment of the desert. It made the German German army very uncomfortable, and the German soldiers were a little tired. When they were a little tired, their commander appeared, and Li Mo gave full play to his outstanding eloquence, constantly going deep among the soldiers to arouse their confidence. Everywhere he went, he sat his soldiers on the sand while he jumped on top of the tank and spoke in his firm, composed, confident and provocative language:

"I don't really like the atmosphere. It was an atmosphere of suspicion, a search for reinforcements from behind. Pick the atmosphere of the next retreat location. You should change your mind and let us re-establish a positive, new atmosphere. This is where our offensive target is -- El Alamein, and if we lose El Alamein, who is at our fingertips, then we will lose the whole of Egypt and even the whole world, and the Atlantic alliance will be even more arrogant. For the sake of our country, for the sake of our people, for the sake of freedom, we must fight here. Never take half a step back, attack, attack, attack again. ”

At last. Li Mo said impassionedly and loudly: "If we can't survive here, then let's die here for the country together!"

In a short period of time, Limer traveled to almost every combat unit to which the German army belonged. With his fiery passion, he rekindled the confidence of the soldiers who had been lost by the harsh desert environment.

Just as Montgomery was carefully plotting his next move. Li Mo is also actively preparing for a new offensive. In the face of huge consumption, Li Mo used all the ships to transport materials. Even water needs to be transported in large quantities, which is the consumption of 500,000 people, and the water transported alone must reach 1 million catties per day, under huge logistical pressure. Li Mo felt that he could not drag it out any longer, and he decided that he had to launch an attack quickly, and finally gambled big.

Li Mo set their eyes on Mount Alam Halfa. As a result, Montgomery's first clash with the Desert Tiger is about to take place in the Alam Khalefa Mountains.

Alam Khalefa is located a few kilometres behind the El Alamein front and is the key to the entire El Alamein position. When Li Mo observed the enemy's inspection of the arming situation, he found that the enemy did not know what the enemy was thinking about and did not set up a defense at this key point. Leeman believed that this was a major mistake, and that he had to take advantage of this mistake of the British forces to seize the strategic high ground of El Alamein, especially since he received a large amount of information indicating that Montgomery was likely to mobilize his armored forces to launch a large-scale counteroffensive from Alam Halfa in the near future.

It may be that Montgomery did not let his armored troops appear on Mount Alam Hallefa in order to hide his strategic intentions, and if a large number of armored units of the British coalition army appeared in this generation, it would expose the direction of Montgomery's counteroffensive, which may be why Montgomery did not deploy armored troops in Alam Hallefa, but unfortunately Li Mo took the lead in finding Montgomery's huge mistake and decided to attack in advance.

During the inspection, Montgomery also discovered that he had made a mistake in the arrangement, and urgently made the following deployment adjustments: The 22nd Panzer Division was deployed in the gap between the box position and Mount Alam Halfa based on the southern flank of the New Zealand Division's box position, and all the tanks of the division were digging trenches in the concealed positions.

He deployed two divisions of the 44th Division, which had just been transferred from the Nile Delta, on the back of the hill at Alam Khalefa, and placed the 23rd Panzer Division as a reserve behind the 22nd Panzer Division. The 8th Panzer Division was deployed in a slightly rearer position south of the Alam Khalefa ridge, while the mobile detachments of the 7th Panzer Division were on skirmish duty and were responsible for defending the minefields and the open flank to the south.

Montgomery believed that no matter how much Rimmer attacked, this deployment would be able to intercept him. If Li Mo attacked due east, he would be blocked by the 8th Panzer Division, while the artillery of the 22nd Panzer Division and two divisions would be attacked from his left. If Limer broke through the minefield and attacked to the left, he would face a head-on attack from the 22nd Panzer Division, which was in a concealed position, while to his right was the 8th Panzer Division, which was in full position.

In short, Montgomery felt that if Lemmer launched an attack, he would be besieged, and once Lemmer was trapped by the British, he would immediately order the British Air Force to carpet bomb him in a dense formation. Now, Montgomery had laid out a large sturdy pocket, just waiting for Li Mo to drill it.

It's a pity that Montgomery's arrangement is not wrong, but quite perfect, but there is a deviation in time, if Montgomery is arranged like this at the beginning, Li Mo will not dare to attack, if the attack will also fall into Montgomery's trap, if a large-scale transfer, there is no way to complete it without a day or two, even if the British coalition army is in place in one day, how fast the fortifications can be built, two or three days is the fastest! Montgomery's troops had arrived the day before, and that evening, before they could build fortifications, the British forces had come under heavy attack from Limer.

…… (To be continued......)

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