There were two battle report documents in front of Montgomery.
Among them, one is hearing the sad bad news, and the other is... hearing the despairing news!
The first battle report showed that Wavell's "Operation Tomahawk" was completely bankrupt. After maintaining the offensive for less than a week, the Commonwealth offensive force, with a total strength of about one and a half armored divisions and three infantry divisions, was so dejected.
Withdrew.
For this result, Montgomery was not surprised. Anyway, he had already guessed that there would be no good results. He had warned Wavell repeatedly before, but the other party insisted on attacking and did not listen to the advice. This is what happened today.
If he hadn't endured the stalemate with Wavell, he was so angry that he ordered three Egyptian divisions to come, and strengthened these three divisions with the Italian equipment captured by Wavell before, giving them a certain degree of defense capabilities.
, otherwise, judging from the previous combat effectiveness of the three Egyptian divisions, which was weaker than that of the Italians, they can actually surrender directly now.
However, after the second battle report arrived, Montgomery really wanted to surrender.
This second battle report is a battle report from the mainland. This is the latest news that Gott specially conveyed to Montgomery.
On the mainland, the capital London had fallen. After the German army strengthened the Thames River, it only took a mere afternoon to clear out the crooked British troops on the north bank.
In contrast, Gott also left London urgently with the last batch of direct combat troops staying in London, headed for the northern port, and went to Northern Ireland as planned to organize a new government.
Along with the second battle report, there was also a personal letter sent by Gott, which was specially written for Montgomery.
In the letter, Gott expressed great satisfaction at Montgomery's defense of Egypt and praised Montgomery for preserving Britain's last strategic interests in Africa.
Then, Gott briefly informed Montgomery of many things, such as Churchill going crazy and being arrested by Gott's men. Another example was that when Gott led the military to Northern Ireland and established a new government, he discovered that the new government
The officials' will to resist has been very weak and they have no intention of continuing the war.
Of course, Gott also admitted in his letter that he no longer has any expectations for the war. In his opinion, this war has no meaning.
At the end of the private message, Gott revealed to Montgomery that he was preparing to prepare for surrender. Taking advantage of the fact that the new government had moved its capital to the island of Ireland and was using the Irish River as a base, plus Gott stepped up his efforts to transport troops to the island of Ireland, as well as horses.
For the Free French ** team on the island, Gott was confident that he would also give the Germans a headache.
Yes, of course, such deployment and strength cannot withstand another massive attack by the Allied forces, and Gott has no intention of using a new line of defense to defend Reinhardt's army.
What Gott is striving for now is to make the Germans think more about it after signing the surrender agreement. The British can now let the Allied forces have the trouble of landing on the island of Ireland, and the German camp only needs to weigh the savings.
Just calculate how much the trouble is worth and deduct this part from Britain's war compensation.
Therefore, Montgomery rationally strengthened Egypt's defense force slightly, which actually provided Gott with more bargaining chips.
At the end of the letter, Gott implicitly hinted to Montgomery that he had reported his merits to the king and sought recognition and promotion for him. In the current British mainland, that is, the small Northern Ireland government, Montgomery has been
Bragging as a rational and wise commander.
In particular, such a small thing as Montgomery's refusal of Wavell's offensive plan and insistence on staying in Egypt has been rumored to be magical. It turned out that Montgomery had already anticipated everything that would happen next, so he focused on the defensive battle instead of wasting strength and futile offensive.
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"Duke Gott told me that he has already secured a promotion for me."
Montgomery put down the letter in his hand, rubbed his forehead, and confided to his adjutant.
As a so-called fan of the authorities, Montgomery vaguely felt that Gott might have some inconvenient intentions for what he said in the letter, but he couldn't figure it out for the moment when he was in it. So, he simply shared the content with his adjutant immediately, so that he could
A bystander adjutant came to advise him.
After receiving the letter handed over by Montgomery, his adjutant only took about a minute to return the letter to Montgomery's desk, and then congratulated: "General, you should be promoted. Congratulations!"
"Tell me about it." Montgomery waved his hand, indicating to the adjutant to continue.
After receiving the intention, the adjutant nodded and continued: "According to what we know now, Mr. Churchill is no longer the leader in the domestic government, and has even become a prisoner. It is obvious that the leader in the new government
The man is Duke Gott who sent us to Africa."
"So, Duke Gott said he wanted to promote you. Basically, it can be assumed that the new government and the military will promote you." The adjutant analyzed and concluded: "It seems that, General, you will be promoted as a superior soon.
General, on the same level as General Wavell!"
"On the same level as Wavell?" Montgomery muttered as a child.
He really didn't expect that he would be promoted to the highest military rank in Africa so quickly.
You must know that it has only been more than a week since he was transferred to Africa. During this period, he only experienced one Operation Tomahawk. As a result, he did not participate in the battle. Instead, he performed meritoriously in the garrison and was promoted to general from lieutenant general by his country.
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What made him feel even more inappropriate was that his rank of lieutenant general was only promoted to him temporarily by Gott when he came to North Africa.
To a certain extent, he has jumped directly from major general to general. The transition period as a lieutenant general only lasted about ten days!
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"On the same level as Wavell?" Montgomery muttered as a child.
He really didn't expect that he would be promoted to the highest military rank in Africa so quickly.
You must know that it has only been more than a week since he was transferred to Africa. During this period, he only experienced one Operation Tomahawk. As a result, he did not participate in the battle. Instead, he performed meritoriously in the garrison and was promoted to general from lieutenant general by his country.
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What made him feel even more inappropriate was that his rank of lieutenant general was only promoted to him temporarily by Gott when he came to North Africa.
To a certain extent, he has jumped directly from major general to general. The transition period as a lieutenant general only lasted about ten days!