Montgomery's psychology was not just jealousy, rather, it was a challenge to Montgomery's traditional habits and even to the traditions of the British army...... The British army was very hierarchical and believed that subordinates could not challenge the command and orders of their superiors. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Strictly speaking, an army should indeed be like this, and if the army does not have a unified command, it will form a scattered sand and fight separately.

But the problem is that this hierarchy cannot be too rigid, the supreme commander can ask for strategic direction, but it is better not to interfere too much when the specific situation is not understood, the front-line commander should fully consider the opinions of the front-line commander, and sometimes even let the front-line commander command when there is a conflict.

This is the reason in the Chinese art of war, "the general will not be subject to foreign military orders", because the front-line commander often understands the situation and makes judgments much more accurately than the rear commander who sits far away in the military tent.

This is also the reason why President Jiang commands the troops at the front to fight remotely, but often issues orders that run counter to common sense and even military common sense...... This cannot be said that Principal Jiang is stupid, but that he is misled because he does not understand the specific situation.

Britain, a country that has maintained tradition, has this characteristic, and Montgomery, as a general who has been promoted under this system, is certainly no exception.

This is also the reason why Montgomery has had several opportunities to encircle and annihilate Rommel Afrika Korps in history, but has missed it several times...... Montgomery was too orderly, and if it weren't for the absolute superiority of the British army in equipment and troops, and Rommel was alone and almost in a desperate situation of supply, Montgomery was afraid that it would be difficult to defeat Rommel.

Of course, a general like Montgomery didn't like any of his subordinates to dare to challenge his command, and what made him even more unhappy was that this challenge even led to a great victory.

And Zhang Chi is certainly not "crazy" as Montgomery said, and he is not as carried away by last night's victory as Montgomery guessed.

In fact, Zhang Chi was well aware of the strength of the Germans, and last night it was only because the enemy underestimated the enemy and he had an advantage in quality and equipment that he won the victory.

The reason why Zhang Chi had to walk out of Mahairama again with the armored troops before the early hours of the morning was because he knew...... The most important thing for the armored forces is to be mobile, and if you put it in the maherama, surrounded by the Nile on three sides and facing the Germans on one side, there is only a dead end.

The Germans only need to swing the anti-tank to the gap, and the "Sherman" tank can only be trapped in the Maheramali as a pillbox, and even worse, there is no danger to defend in the desert, and then the Germans can easily use the air force and tanks to easily destroy the armored forces of the expeditionary force.

Even the Germans did not need to send their air forces......

THE GERMAN ANTI-TANK GUNS HAD 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, WHICH COULD BE UP TO A MILE (1600 METERS) AWAY...... To be exact, it was possible to blow a hole the size of a blue ball into the frontal armor of the British "Matilda" tank with a single shot at a distance of 1,08 meters.

IT IS SAID THAT A BRITISH COLONEL, AFTER BEING CAPTURED, ASKED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF WEAPON THE GERMANS USED TO DESTROY THE "MATILDA" TANK, AND THEN THE GERMANS SHOWED HIM THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN.

When the British colonel saw this, he said angrily: "This is so unfair, how can you use anti-aircraft guns against aircraft to hit tanks?!" ”

This is also evident in the British tradition...... They were so rigid that they thought that anti-aircraft guns could only fight planes.

So it's no wonder that the British were terrified of the German panzer divisions.

The Germans hit the British tanks with anti-aircraft guns, and then the British infantry with tanks...... THE BRITISH TANKS WERE TAKEN OUT BY THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS BEFORE THEY EVEN ENTERED THE EFFECTIVE FIRING RANGE, SO THE GERMAN TANKS COULD GO SIDEWAYS ON THE BATTLEFIELD...... Regardless of whether these tanks are good or poor, they are basically facing the British infantry, and no matter how bad the tanks are, they are natural enemies for the infantry.

If Zhang Chi had used the tank for defense according to the British idea, then the result would have been the same, because it was difficult for the "Sherman" tank to hit the German anti-aircraft guns at a distance of 1,800 meters, while the anti-aircraft guns could use the "Sherman" as a target.

ZHANG CHI COULD EVEN IMAGINE THE GERMANS' NEXT TACTICS, THEY COULD USE A FEW LIGHT TANKS TO FEINT IN FRONT AND 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS TO COVER BEHIND.

At this time, should the expeditionary force fight or not?

Let's go ahead and drive the "Sherman" up...... Soon the sound of German anti-aircraft guns was heard.

If you don't want to fight, you can only watch the Germans break through the defense line under the cover of tanks and enter Maherama.

However, it would be different if the tanks were transferred out of Mahairama, and the expeditionary force could take the initiative with this armored regiment.

There was only one thing Zhang Chi had to do, and that was to hide the armored regiment in the desert to avoid the eyes of the German reconnaissance planes.

It is not difficult to do this...... The British were very experienced in this point, and in fact, the expeditionary force had used it before, that is, to cover tanks, cars, cannons and other equipment with canvas of a similar color to the desert.

Sometimes you can stretch a huge canvas like an umbrella directly on the tank...... Such camouflage is ineffective against ground reconnaissance, and from the ground you can see that the tank is chilling under an open canvas umbrella, but when you look down from the reconnaissance plane in the air, you can't see anything.

As for Zhang Chi's refusal to tell Montgomery why he did this and the specific location, it was actually a last resort.

He didn't tell Montgomery because Zhang Chi knew that Montgomery would not agree to the plan, and Montgomery was even suspecting that the Chinese army was lying about military exploits.

Doesn't tell them where they are...... This is not so arrogant that there is no need for air support, in fact, armored forces cannot do without air support when fighting in the desert.

However, the armored forces are hidden in the desert, and if there are a few British planes patrolling overhead, isn't it "three hundred taels of silver here"?

What's more, Zhang Chi believed that the Germans had planted eyeliner in the British army...... Otherwise, how did the Germans know that the unbuilt base of Maherrama had supplies and equipment, and did not hesitate to send a German armored division to attack from afar?!

It was not at all difficult for the Germans to put an eyeliner, because the Germans and the British had a common colonial army on this battlefield...... That's the African troops.

Egypt was a British colony, Libya was an Italian colony, and just as the British army had the Egyptian colonial army, Italy also had the Libyan colonial army.

Then, when the British army was constantly being beaten and fled by the German army from Libya, the German army could easily obtain information from within the British army as long as Libyans or Africans were bribed into the British army.

Zhang Chi didn't want to risk the safety of the armored regiment.