Zhang Chi guessed correctly, Montgomery did not take Zhang Chi and the upcoming new Chinese Division too seriously, although staff officer Ramsden reminded Montgomery: "General, this Chinese army fought very well in the Pacific theater, and it is said that they have won many victories in the face of the fierce Japanese, and they have a lot of combat experience!" ”

"So what?" Montgomery replied, "It's in the Pacific Ocean, and the wind and sand here will soon blow them back!" ”

It should be said that there is still some truth in Montgomery's idea, the Pacific Theater and the North African Theater are completely different combat environments, and a good fight in the Pacific Theater does not mean that North Africa can also fight, and moreover, the equipment and combat methods of the Germans are very different from those of the Japanese, as evidenced by the fact that the two so-called "elite" units of the United States rushed to reinforce them before. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But no matter what, come and come, it's better to have one more army than one less to defend.

At this time, Zhang Chi walked into the headquarters, and under the leadership of Colonel Abner, Zhang Chi saw Montgomery, who was hailed as a military genius by the British...... The high cheekbones, the thin face, and a hawkbeak-like nose are exactly the same as in the picture.

"General!" Zhang Chi stood up and saluted, and said to Montgomery in English: "I am the commander of the new 1st Division, Major General Zhang Chi!" ”

Montgomery looked back at Zhang Chi for a moment, then nodded and said, "Welcome, Major General." It's good to know that you know English, although I don't dare expect your troops to do that too! ”

Montgomery said this for a reason, and the Eighth Army led by Montgomery was a little unimaginably so many...... There are British, Indians, South Africans, Austrians, Poles, French, etc. whose countries were occupied by Germany and exiled here, and now with the addition of Americans and Chinese, it can be said that it is a hodgepodge.

From this point of view, Montgomery still has some ability, because a force like this ...... It's not easy to put them together, let alone command them to fight.

But Zhang Chi didn't think Montgomery was a military genius...... Because his opponent Rommel also faced the same problem: Rommel's Afrika Korps was composed of German and Italian troops, and the German army was still quite small, only more than 20,000 people, and the Italian army had more than 50,000 people, and the total number was only 80,000. Montgomery had a staggering 220,000 troops.

If Montgomery's Allied forces were poorly fought and difficult to command by multinational groups, Rommel's Italian army was famously pig-like...... On one occasion they even vehemently objected to Rommel's bombing and air raids on the cities occupied by the British, and made a high-sounding argument that many of the Italian officers owned villas and houses in the city.

In addition, Montgomery also has an absolute advantage in equipment and supplies, with more and more advanced tanks, and the air force has an overwhelming advantage.

What's even more powerful is ...... At this time, the British army also had a "super-secret".

This so-called "super secret" simply means that a "universal machine" has been successfully developed...... More than two meters tall, this "universal machine" can be said to be the earliest and most primitive "computer", which can decrypt German ciphers.

It is said that after the successful development of this "universal machine", it is still very difficult to use it to brute-force crack the German army's code, because the amount of data is too large, and the cracking time may take several years or even longer, but then it is because the German intelligence always has a sentence "Long live Hitler" at the end of the end, so after locking these fixed decoding codes and entering them into the "universal machine", it will shorten the decoding and cracking time in stages and get faster and faster, sometimes Hitler sent a telegram to Rommel, Montgomery even earlier than Rommel to see.

In other words, every move of the German army, such as when to attack and from which direction, was actually under Montgomery's control.

But even so, the battle of El Alamein in history was only a crushing victory.

Therefore, Zhang Chi really can't see where Montgomery's "genius" is, so he can only say ...... He must have been better than the runaway Field Marshal Alexander, who commanded the retreat of the British army in Burma!

Of course, these are all historical ...... At this time, the battle of El Alamein was not won, and Montgomery was still anxious to deal with Rommel's attack.

"Major General!" Montgomery then stretched out his hands and said to Zhang Chi: "You can also see, we are busy fighting the Germans, so I'm sorry, I don't have time to summon you, Colonel Abner will give you everything you need!" ”

"Okay, General!" Zhang Chi nodded.

For the situation in front of him, if Montgomery is not in a hurry, Zhang Chi certainly does not need to be in a hurry.

However, Zhang Chi remembered something again and said, "General, I hope to have a big understanding of the battle situation before my troops arrive. Can I get some data on the battle of El Alamein and documents on how it went? ”

"Of course!" Montgomery replied without raising his head: "As I said, tell Colonel Abner!" ”

"Yes!" Seeing this, Zhang Chi is no longer boring to himself.

The headquarters of the new 1st Division was placed in a two-story bungalow two kilometers away from the General Headquarters.

Colonel Abner told Zhang Chi that the new 1st Division was stationed about 10 miles outside the city...... The British are accustomed to using miles, which makes Zhang Chi have to spend some time in his mind after hearing this, which can also be said to be a kind of incongruity between several countries fighting together, for example, when commanding, if you mistake miles for kilometers, then there may be serious problems.

"General Montgomery means ......" said Abner, "and when your troops arrive, they should first undergo a series of acclimatization training, including learning to resist infectious diseases in the desert, how to fight in the desert before, etc." ”

"How long will this be?" Zhang Chi asked.

"If possible, it's going to take a few weeks!" Abner replied.

"How many weeks?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then asked Abner: "I'm curious, how long can Alexandria be held?" ”

"Who knows?" Abner shook his head: "Maybe it's a few days, maybe it's just around the corner!" ”

"You mean ......" Zhang Chi looked at Abner with some incredulity: "General Montgomery plans to let us train while watching the Germans fight?" ”

"It's not up to me to decide!" Abner spread his hands: "You have to ask the general himself!" ”