Wavell already hated the future that he once admired so much.

Perhaps it was because of the change in Wavell's mood from successive victories, that he was no longer at all as cautious and serious as Montgomery had once been.

However, Montgomery is Wavell's new subordinate after all, and it is not good to turn a deaf ear to it completely.

So Wavell considered his words for a moment, and said confidently and indifferently: "Béronte will draw troops from the troops besieging Tobruk to aid Rommel, and that is also when Rommel's troops are obviously unable to resist. ”

"Until then, neither Berlender nor Rommel himself would allow the French army besieging Tobruk to disperse."

Wavell's analysis sounds very logical: "Our showdown with the German-Italian African Army is also the first real tank battle between our two sides in Africa. The characteristic of tank warfare is that the situation does not last long. ”

Wavell smiled conceitedly: "Once we have routed Rommel's main force. Even if Birente, who got the news, immediately returned to help, he would not be able to rescue the German-Italian African Army! ”

Almost everyone was impressed by Wavell's words. Yes, the logic of this plan itself is rigorous and quite wonderful, not to mention, just the signboard that Wavell has defeated the armies of Italy, France and Germany one after another, can scare a bunch of people to death.

In this world, the generals who have commanded troops to defeat the Italian, French, and German armies at the same time seem to be the only general in Wavell.

At this time, who has a better choice than to follow General Wavell?

Moreover, Wavell would not joke about his upcoming title of marshal. For him, defeating the allies of the African Triple Coalition was a major goal of great importance, both public and private.

Just as everyone nodded, a discordant voice came: "Even if we exclude the aid factor of Garibaldi and Berante, we may not be able to defeat Rommel's African Army Group?" ”

Naturally, it was Montgomery, a newcomer who didn't know how to advance or retreat, and he was the only one who shook his head in the room nodding.

Who are you when you are? Wavell couldn't bear it anymore: "This plan has been approved by the command of the African coalition forces, and at present, we must maintain the annihilation of the main German and Italian forces in this battle and grasp the initiative in the African battlefield." So, General Montgomery, you can reserve your opinion, but you can't stop our battle plan. ”

Wavell's implication is naturally that there is no room for negotiation.

This is already the best opportunity. It will be even more difficult to do this in the future if the Allies' siege of Tobruk could not be used to destroy the main forces in Rommel's hands first.

Wavell has always believed that the backbone of the Allies' trilateral alliance in Africa is Rommel's German-Italian African Army.

And in this group army, only the two German divisions under Rommel really played a leading role.

"Now that the Confederate forces have conquered Mykiely, they are approaching Tobruk head-on." "We have six infantry brigades, four artillery regiments, and two anti-tank regiments standing in Tobruk. In addition to the more than 20,000 newly recruited local troops. ”

"With these forces and Tobruk's strong fortifications, we will be able to turn Tobruk into a thorn in the flesh of the enemy, holding back French and Italian reinforcements."

"At this time, the British of our army marched in three directions, trying to launch an attack on the German-Italian army group on the outskirts of Tobruk. The three forces attacked Sidioma, the Kapso trail and the Halfaya valley near Bardia. ”

Wavell said with great ambition: "As long as our army opens a gap at any of the above three points, it can advance directly and join the defenders of Tobruk. The advantage of this rendezvous was that after the convergence of our armies, it would be possible to drill into the rear of the German and Italian armies at once, and it would cut off the enemy's already fragile lines of communication and supply, forcing Rommel to accept a frontal battle. ”

"This battle is the opening ceremony of our African conquest station!" Wavell raised his arms and exhaled.

With the commander taking the lead, other British generals naturally flocked to shout.

"Defeat Rommel one more time and let the Germans know the strength of our British army......"

Montgomery frowned, listening to the rhetoric of his colleagues.

In fact, Wavell's battle plan, Montgomery has basically seen through. It was evident to him that Wavell had too much of a division of forces and a lack of mutual care, which was very detrimental to warfare.

It's a pity that Montgomery also found that no matter what he said now, it was impossible for Wavell, who was ready to be promoted to Field Marshal, to listen.

The opponent's all his energy was in the next head-to-head duel, and he couldn't care about the cautious Montgomery at all, and even Wavell didn't scold Montgomery in the past, he was already very face-saving.

After all, what Montgomery is doing now is similar to interrupting the path to promotion in other people's minds.

From Wavell's point of view, once he wins this last time, he will 100% continue to be promoted to the rank of marshal!

This is the most honorable title for any soldier.

And Montgomery persuaded Wavell to stop, which was to stop Wavell in disguise and prevent him from embarking on the road to marshal promotion.

Cutting off a person's future is like killing a parent.

Montgomery finally gave up on persuading the other party to be as safe as possible after Wavell made his attitude clear.

For stubborn people, verbal persuasion has little effect.

"If we really have to fight the German and Italian armies," Montgomery quickly suggested, after reluctantly accepting Wavell's plan, "then we must focus on the Kapso line and protect the flanks of the attacking troops." ”

"And, better ......," Montgomery wanted to say something.

"No maybe, Lieutenant General!" Wavell's chief of staff said to Montgomery in an unkind tone with some annoyance: "We know how to command the war, we don't need you to teach it by hand!" ”

Montgomery had not seen him turn the tide of things for Lord Goth in London before.

This guy has just been transferred to Wavell's staff now, and he loves to show off so much, it's really hard to accept.

“…… All right. After a brief silence of about five seconds, Montgomery chose to take a step back for the time being: "If it is not convenient for me to participate in the battle process that has been designated this time. Well, allow me to take a unit on standby at the Egyptian border, guarding the rear. ”

"Yes."

To Montgomery's surprise, Wavell readily agreed to the request.