"But what does this have to do with giving up Alexandria?" Montgomery asked.? ??

"The relationship is that we can use Alexandria as a battlefield!" Zhang Chi replied: "At that time, we will have advantages in all aspects, such as knowing the terrain well, such as not having to face large minefields and solid fortifications, and even the German 88 anti-aircraft guns are invisible!"

"It's right!" Ramsden agreed: "The Germans or Italians had just occupied Alexandria, so they would definitely not have time to build fortifications. The 88 anti-aircraft guns were very huge, so they didn't have time to build fortifications for it to hide so that our artillery and fighter planes could effectively suppress them!"

"There is another advantage!" Zhang Chi continued to say that "the terrain of Alexandria is protruding towards the Mediterranean, so that it is easy for us to encircle it."

"But..." Some officers expressed different opinions: "You must know that the Luftwaffe now has the advantage, that is, they have air supremacy. Once the Germans occupy Alexandria and establish an airport, they can easily obtain supplies and support from the air, and even block the Port of Seid and Suez Canal from the air. What should we do with our supply and transportation lines? We have only a dead end!"

Ramsden retorted: "Whether the Germans have air supremacy has nothing to do with whether we give up Alexandria. Even if we don't give up Alexandria, will the two German air fleets not be able to obtain air supremacy? They cannot block the Suez Canal?"

The officer was refuted by Ramsden and speechless. In fact, when two German air fleets entered Sicily and blocked the island of Malta, the Suez Canal was already in a semi-blocking state.

"This is also one of the benefits of giving up Alexandria!" Zhang Chi added: "Because we can share part of the pressure on Malta!"

Montgomery nodded in agreement. If the Luftwaffe wants to enter Alexandria and block the Suez Canal, of course, he has to withdraw some of the forces from the air force blocking the island of Malta, which is in line with Churchill's intentions.

"So... how should we solve the supply problem?" Another British official said: "Once this happens, our supply can only be transported from the other end of the canal or even further away from the 6th route!"

"We can store it before giving up!" Zhang Chi replied: "To be precise, we can start now!"

"But where can we put them?" The British officer looked at Zhang Chi with an incredible expression: "Major General, you may have forgotten that the Germans have air supremacy, and their fighter jets will bomb our warehouse at any time!"

"I didn't say I'd put the supplies in the warehouse!"

"Then where else can we put them?" asked the British officer: "Put them in the bunker? And we are outside the bunker?"

The British officer's words caused a burst of laughter.

When Zhang Chi waited for them to laugh almost, he replied slowly: "I am surprised... The South African soldiers once told me that when the Sahara war was in war 1ooo years ago, they knew to bury supplies in the desert, and don't you know how to do this yet?"

The smiles on the British officers' faces froze when they heard this.

After a long time, Ramsden said excitedly: "Yes, we can bury the supplies! We can even bury them somewhere outside Alexandria, so that we don't even need to transport supplies. When we need them, just dig them up!"

"But I have to say..." Zhang Chi reminded: "It must be kept confidential, otherwise these supplies will likely fall into the hands of the Germans!"

"Of course!" Ramsden replied.

"Is there any problem?" Montgomery looked around the British officer in the conference room.

British officers shook their heads one after another.

"No more, general!"

"This seems like a good idea!"

“I think it’s worth trying it out!”

...

"I have a problem!" Montgomery looked at Zhang Chi: "Major General, the Germans should take the defensive now, right? I mean, their situation is getting better, that is to say... the longer the time is, the better it is for them, so they don't need to rush to attack. So, will it be too obvious for us to give up Alexandria? I mean, the Germans may know that it is a trap we set!"

"Maybe!" Zhang Chi replied: "But General, Rommel is a person who will never stop attacking. I think you know better about this. On the other hand, we give up Alexandria and do not withdraw for no reason, and then throw an empty city there and shout at the Germans, 'Hey, I don't want this city anymore, you can take it!'. We can do it more reasonably, for example, the Italian troops attacking Alexandria..."

"This is also a difficult place for me!" Montgomery said: "Maybe even the Germans don't believe that the Italian troops can take Alexandria!"

"This is not important!" Zhang Chi said: "We in China have a saying that "surround the site and attack the aid", and Alexandria is a suitable place!"

"Attack the support?"

"Simply put..." Zhang Chi explained: "It is to surround the enemies in a place, but surround them without annihilation, and use these enemies to attract more and more reinforcements from the enemy. The Germans may not be fooled, but the Italians..."

"Oh!" When Montgomery said this, he understood something: "Inserting a part of the Italians in Alexandria forced the Italians to come for rescue. Once the Italian troops were surrounded by Alexandria more and more, the Germans would have to react!"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "I believe the Germans will choose reinforcements, and they even hope to completely capture Alexandria. After all, they have air supremacy at this time, and capturing Alexandria is also their dream victory. Then... they will be dragged into a quagmire!"

"It's a good idea!" Montgomery nodded to Zhang Chi: "You convinced us, Major General! This may be a turning point in the North African battlefield! Then, let's talk about the detailed plan together!"

So the plan was decided, as for the detailed plan... Zhang Chi was not involved in much, because it was more of a question of how the Commonwealth Army should store supplies and ammunition and choose a place to bury it in an absolutely confidential situation.
Chapter completed!