Qin Wei's move was extremely insidious.

In the original history, Montgomery directly commanded or participated in the command of three major wars during World War II, and won all three wars, which is why he achieved the glory of his military career.

The first battle, the Battle of El Alamein, was fought against Rommel the "Desert Fox"! In this battle, Montgomery skillfully deceived his cunning opponent, so that Rommel thought that the British would not attack and went back to Germany for a vacation. As a result, as soon as Rommel left, Montgomery turned on the Germans. Ten days later, he won the victory, and Rommel could not save the defeat when he returned, so he could only lead his troops to retreat westward. The Battle of El Alamein, along with the contemporaneous Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Guadalcanal, later became the landmark battles in which the Allies entered the strategic counteroffensive phase. According to Winston Churchill, "We have never won a battle before the Battle of El Alamein; But after the Battle of El Alamein, we were invincible. And when the news of this battle reached London, the whole country of England rejoiced. Churchill even ordered church bells to be ringed, which had not been rung since the German attack on Britain, in order for the whole of Britain to remember this great day.

In the second war, Sicily landed, forcing Mussolini to fall and Italy to withdraw from the war.

In the third battle, the Normandy landings. The beginning of the Allied counteroffensive on the European continent.

Of the three wars, Montgomery is best known for the Battle of El Alamein. It was the first large-scale tank battle ever held in the world. He defeated Rommel, who was famous in the German army. Compared with the German army, compared with Rommel, the Italian army is probably a little unsightly. Therefore, Qin Wei believed that Montgomery would still be able to defeat his immediate opponent and successfully achieve the strategic goal of the allies: to seize the Libyan oil fields.

Clearly, the U.S. government wanted MacArthur to lead and direct the campaign. Although MacArthur had only 30,000 American troops at his disposal, the number of British troops in Egypt had reached 230,000 by this time. But the British needed American support. So, once MacArthur was able to get to Egypt before the campaign began, there was a good chance that he would be given final command.

It is undeniable that MacArthur was an excellent military strategist, and if he had been in command of the Anglo-American forces in Egypt, he would have a good chance of victory. But Qin Wei still hoped that Montgomery would win the battle.

Therefore, he had to delay MacArthur and get MacArthur to Egypt before Montgomery officially launched the offensive. In this case, regardless of the victory or defeat of the Allies, the armies of Britain and the United States will have great contradictions.

Defeated. MacArthur's temper would have been frustrated. He had already been defeated once in the Philippines, and he was about to lose again in Egypt, and it was a defeat "imposed" on him by the British, so it is strange that he is not furious. And Montgomery isn't a fuel-efficient lamp either. Although he is an extremely remarkable military commander, he is also a master of shirking responsibility. Just like the "market-garden plan" that he vigorously promoted in history. It's just an inappropriate battle in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and in the wrong place. The outcome of the campaign was also a failure. However, he claimed to have achieved the goal of 90% of the plan. In the end, he also put all the fault on Eisenhower's head. So that Eisenhower was forced to take full responsibility. Although Montgomery was already the most important British military general at that time. Churchill only used diplomacy to protect him, but that doesn't mean he's going to be sidelined now. So, if he was defeated in Egypt, MacArthur would certainly not be able to escape.

And what if it wins? Montgomery's eyes were already growing to the top of his head, and if he won such a big battle, his chin would not be able to reach the sky? MacArthur still wanted to command him? And MacArthur was by no means a man who swallowed his anger. If Montgomery dared to give him a face, he would have dared to slap him. When the time comes, these two people will make trouble, and it will be strange that the North African Allies do not mess up. And this will inevitably further deepen the contradiction between the two. This in turn frustrated the Allied military operations.

Qin Wei hoped that the Germans would hold out on to the European continent for a longer time, consume more of the strength of Britain and the United States, and make them unable to expand after the war. That's why he decided to delay MacArthur's departure and create more and bigger opportunities for conflict between these two guys, who are both above-eyed.

Considering MacArthur's temperament, Qin Wei decided to adopt the method of Zhang Lingfu and others: confrontation exercises.

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"General, you are about to leave, and it stands to reason that we should not make such an unrealistic and impolite request. But you also know what kind of virtues the soldiers are...... I told them that the current US military is far inferior to its usual state in terms of equipment and morale, and even if it wins, there is nothing to be happy about. Besides, you don't have to win. But it was my last sentence that annoyed them, look at ......" Zhang Fakui didn't know what Qin Wei's idea was, and he didn't dare to mess around, so Qin Wei had to fly from Haikou to Guilin in person, and saw MacArthur, who was recuperating on the Li River, and by the way, he also brought a lot of "letters of request": "All of them are not convinced." If you have to give it a try with your army, you can't ......"

"General Qin, it seems that your enemy should be Japanese. What's the point of going against us? ”

MacArthur was not so gullifiable. And he didn't treat him very well in China...... He also thought that he would be received by Lao Chiang when he came to China. As a result, Lao Jiang ignored him at all, and even these people from the Fourth War Zone didn't take him seriously. It's just a look of not taking him seriously. And now, Qin Wei actually came to the door again, and said that he was going to conduct a drill...... When are they what? Sparring?

"I say the same thing, but our soldiers don't think so." Qin Wei pretended to smile bitterly, "Maybe I was too harsh when I criticized them before, which made them rebellious." ”

"If that's the case, then there's no need for any drills." MacArthur said lightly, opened the "Invitation to War" handed over by Qin Wei, and took out the stationery inside and spread it out. It was as if he was more interested in these war petitions than Qin Wei, although he couldn't read Chinese characters at all.

“…… The old boy was not fooled? ”

Before coming, Qin Wei had carefully thought about how to start the topic. He deliberately mentioned that the soldiers had a rebellious mentality, and he thought that MacArthur would follow the rhetorical question about what kind of rebellious mentality it was, so that he could take advantage of the situation to expand the topic, and by the way, bring some Chinese soldiers' contempt for American soldiers, which aroused MacArthur's desire to win. Unexpectedly, this old guy was also very shrewd, and he didn't pick up his stubble, and directly characterized this so-called rebellious psychology as an inconsequential matter, as if he had discovered that he was ill-intentioned.

However, since it has been decided to "radicalize", of course Qin Wei will not just forget it.

"It was really unnecessary. However, I have heard that you do not want to Egypt, but to remain in the Western Pacific and command the war against the Japanese...... To be honest, our Chinese army has been fighting with the Japanese army for so long, and we still have some experience, and if your army is willing to conduct confrontation exercises with us, we should still be able to gain something. After thinking about it, Qin Wei said again.

"The difference between us and the Japanese is only in the number of troops and the gap in logistics, and there is nothing else to pay attention to." MacArthur said directly.

"Not necessarily." But this old guy doesn't seem to plan to give Lao Tzu a chance at all. Qin Wei found that he was also a little rebellious. If he didn't have to make this exercise happen, now he has to try it harder...... Since he joined the army, he has repeatedly set up traps and succeeded repeatedly, I don't know how many people have been pitted in the road, how can he let this surnamed Mai go away alone?

"Not necessarily? Hehe, it seems that you are very confident, General. I'm not interested in any of that...... though: "Whatever your purpose, as long as I don't do what you think, I won't be fooled." MacArthur was also a treacherous man. As soon as Qin Wei came, he knew that there was something wrong with this guy, otherwise with the cold reception that the other party had always treated him, why did he rush over in person for Lu Wei, and he looked like he was smiling when he came up? And he doesn't think there's any point in engaging in confrontation exercises with the Chinese military. If it weren't for the lack of troops, the lack of logistics, and the Filipinos dragging his feet, would he have lost to the Japanese? He will not give the Japanese a second chance like this. And in that case, why should he learn from the Chinese? The Chinese are so poor that their style of play simply cannot be suitable for the Americans, and it is useless to learn or not.

"I'm studying Egypt's topography, climate, and environment. It's a pity that you don't have enough information here...... General Qin, can you help me find some? ”

Since he was unwilling to confront anything, MacArthur did not plan to give Qin Wei any more opportunities to speak. My buddies are already being sent to Egypt, and my men will go with them, and that's what we need to pay attention to, you ...... What is it?

"Absolutely."

Qin Wei smacked his lips. MacArthur's attitude was already clear. And since such a smart man has already made up his mind, he really doesn't know how to speak for a while...... How to say that? While hesitating, MacArthur suddenly handed him a piece of paper:

"General Qin, this is your letter of request? There are only eight words in total, what can it indicate? ”

"This ......" glanced at the contents on the letterhead, and Qin Wei's eyes lit up: "General, our Chinese is different from your English. A very small number of words can represent a very rich meaning. Just like these eight words, they are actually very rich in content. But I think it's better not to listen. ”

"Really?" MacArthur smiled disdainfully, "Are you slandering us for being cowardly?" ”

"It's not." Qin Wei smiled, "Its content is very simple: the general of the defeated army, how dare you speak bravely?" ”

"......" (To be continued......)