Chapter 858： Montgomery's judgment

"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded from the outside, and the soil on the roof continued to fall down, and the people in the room seemed to be used to it, turning a blind eye, carefully studying the situation.

"During this period of time, the Germans drove Italian soldiers to launch a total of six attacks on us." Lieutenant General Nori said.

When they retreated to Alexandria, the superiority of the soldiers was shown. After all, they were so crowded. Now that so many troops are gathered in Alexandria, they can even take turns to fight in positions, and they can even fight once or twice. The countercharge made the Germans suffer.

Although the Germans surrounded the outside, Alexandria was a port. At night, there would still be transport ships sneaking in to shore, bringing them supplies, and taking away the wounded soldiers. That’s how they fought here. , Still very comfortable.

Everyone knows that persevering is useful to them, after all, they are waiting for support.

However, the Germans didn't seem to be in a hurry, so they were stuck in a stalemate.

"Everyone, now, we have to think about it. Why did the Germans do this?" In Montgomery's mind, the tight chord was telling him that it is not a good thing that the Germans are not attacking now!

Montgomery's words calmed everyone down. Sometimes they just didn't want to think about it.

"Could it be that the Germans will bypass our Alexandria and go straight to Cairo?" Finally, someone said.

Since the inland is full of deserts, the German army can only continue to capture the port along the way, so that it can save the terrible long logistics supply.

There are many mechanized units in the German army, and the demand for logistics is even greater. Only when they have captured Alexandria, can they use this as a logistics base to continue to occupy the Egyptian capital Cairo.

This is the point of view that almost everyone agrees with. They stick to Alexandria. This is the consensus.

But what if this judgment is wrong?

In other words, the German army did not intend to use Alexandria as a springboard, but ran directly to attack Cairo for hundreds of miles?

If a few days ago, this was just a premonition, the Germans have been constantly beating and stopping here in the past few days, it would have already explained the problem.

"However, our reconnaissance aircraft did not find any special circumstances!" a general said: "On the road from Cairo to Alexandria, there is not a large number of German armored forces advancing."

"Our reconnaissance plane is only for investigation during the day. The Germans, what if it is night operation? If the Germans have been feinting here these days, maybe they will be able to pounce on Cairo tonight. "Montgomery continued to analyze: "Everyone, I only know that we were prepared for a **** battle at the beginning, but in the past few days, our battle was not cruel. This has already explained the problem."

The German tanks have a very powerful impact. If the Germans rushed forward without fear of sacrifice, then Alexandria would have to go through some hard work!

But now?

There is no hard fight, the daily fight is just a small fight, like now, even the artillery fire is not intensive!

If the Germans really wanted to siege the city, those battleships on the sea would have moved over and shelled at close range! They haven't done this before!

The abnormal performance in the past few days finally made Montgomery make this bold, terrifying inference that no one wants to accept.

The Germans are heading to Cairo!

Montgomery’s words made the faces of the people present become serious. Everyone knows that Cairo is now an empty city. If the German armored forces are really rushing to Cairo, then they have almost no possibility of counterattack.

Cairo may fall quickly.

Especially, His Majesty the King, the Prime Minister, and some high-ranking officials who have been transferred from Britain one after another are all in Cairo!

How to do how to do?

"So, I suggest that we retreat immediately and can't wait any longer!" Montgomery said: "Wait until tonight, after night falls, we will immediately take a transport ship, leave Alexandria, and return to Cairo!"

In the daytime, that is the world of the Luftwaffe. Although the British occasionally take off reconnaissance planes, they are also sneaky. Once they are discovered by the Germans, they will often be shot down.

It is safe only at night, and the transport ship is the same. If it is during the day, I am afraid that more than half of the casualties will be paid. As long as there is a transport ship, the overwhelming Stuka will fly over.

Although the periphery was surrounded by German and Italian troops, there was no problem with sneaking away from the sea.

Hearing what Montgomery said, many people stopped talking.

Now, just relying on an inference, without any real evidence, it is necessary to withdraw, this is not justified!

However, since Montgomery's arrival, at least it has saved the precarious situation, and Montgomery has hardly missed every judgment.

Therefore, the people below still believe in Montgomery, or, more importantly, if someone commands and someone takes responsibility, that's enough.

To retreat, just retreat.

"Tonight, leave the South African Second Division to guard Alexandria, and the other troops will leave by boat!" Montgomery thought for a while and continued to add: "If you don't take the equipment, you can leave it to the South African Second Division."

I can’t wait any longer, I have to retreat quickly. It’s very difficult to break through the land. It’s more suitable to walk on the water. Some heavy equipment, such as tanks, may not be taken away temporarily at least. People must go first, no matter when there are people and soldiers, there will be hope.

Equipment, you can continue to get it from the United States!

Montgomery relied on his own judgment and intuition to make a move to withdraw troops, and his judgment was incredibly accurate.

A village near Giza, west of Cairo.

The origin of any civilization must have a water source, and all civilizations were born near rivers.

For example, in Egypt, the ancient civilization developed along the Nile River. Near the Nile River, there are more and more villages. This is the main population area.

After breaking through the Alamein line, the British army actually retreated to Alexandria, which made Rommel feel extremely excited, Montgomery was simply too stupid!

Almost without hesitation, Rommel made the decision, leaving the Italian army and a German infantry division to besiege Alexandria and make an offensive appearance, while the main armored division turned to the south and attacked the Egyptian capital. Cairo!