Chapter 656: Transferring the tiger away from the mountain

There is a reason why Rommel said, "You can't tell the Italians about this."

The main reason is that the British were always able to grasp the German movements first, which aroused Rommel's suspicion.

However, the British were very smart at this point... The British actually deciphered German telegram code from "super secrets" so they learned so much military intelligence, but in order to cover up "super secrets", the British poured stolen water on the Italians... They deliberately spread rumors, saying that it was the information revealed by the Italians.

This is a killing of two birds with one stone. It not only makes the Germans stupid and do not know how to change the code, but also creates conflicts between Germany and Italy.

Rommel blushed and asked the Italian Marshal Cavalero to argue, but Cavalero was not sure whether his subordinates had revealed the news... The Italian army's military discipline was dispersed, and it was difficult to keep the word strictly. There were even a large number of spies in the Italian army who were bribed by the British army.

So Cavalero had to knock off his teeth and swallow it into his stomach. On the other hand, he ordered a thorough investigation of the intelligence system and even threw several officers into prison, but it was still useless.

As a result, Cavalero and Rommel accused each other... Rommel firmly believed that it was definitely a problem with the Italian army, while Cavalero believed that the Italian army had already done the job afterwards, and some information was not even known, but it was still controlled by the British army, which shows that there was something wrong with the German army.

Of course Rommel was not convinced. How could there be a problem with the German army? This must be because Cavalero was not good at doing things well and was making excuses for himself to step down. The Italians have always done this, so the arguments between them kept making the commanders of the two armies very unhappy.

What Rommel and Cavalero didn't know was that this was not actually a problem with the Italian army or the German army, but a problem with the British army...

Although the British army caused Rommel to suffer a considerable loss in this regard, it also made Rommel more cautious. Therefore, Rommel's plan to attack Mahelama almost told anyone, and even Hitler was no exception.

This creates another "boiling frogs in warm water" effect...

Montgomery was used to obtaining the latest information from telegrams between Germany, and the accuracy and timeliness of this information were indisputable. At the same time, Montgomery had sufficient reason to believe that the Germans were not aware of the "super secrets", so Montgomery was relieved to transfer the tanks and troops to Alexandria.

This time, Montgomery was letting Rommel play. Rommel was doing the whole show, and even the telegrams were about attacking Alexandria and the latest progress. Montgomery, who was following the steps, never expected Rommel to play this trick, so he followed Rommel's rhythm completely.

Although Zhang Chi did not participate in the British army's command and the information he could get was pitifully small, he was still confused about the British army's mobilization.

The Chinese Expeditionary Force, trained in the desert, encountered the British 10th Armored Division.

At this time, the British armored division had obtained about 300 Sherman tanks. The British army's three armored troops in North Africa, the 7th Armored Division, the 10th Armored Division and the 9th Armored Brigade obtained about 100 Sherman tanks respectively.

After obtaining the "Sheerman" tank, the British armored division seemed a little majestic. When they saw the Chinese army not far away, which did not even have a mortar, they whistled very arrogantly and shouted at the Chinese army:

"Hey! Need a ride?"

"Call me when I can't walk, and we will come and drag your bodies!"

...

Abner showed some embarrassment on his face.

"Sorry, General!" said Abner. "They are under too much pressure on the battlefield and need to find some fun!"

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi didn't take this matter too seriously. He just asked: "Who are they? Where are they going?"

"They are from the 10th Armored Division!" Abner replied: "They are going to the direction of Alexandria. You know, the Germans launched a continuous attack there!"

Zhang Chi opened the map and looked at it, then frowned and asked, "Do you have no armored troops in the direction of Alexandria?"

"No, of course there is!" Abner replied: "There is the 9th Armored Brigade there!"

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, Colonel!" Zhang Chi closed the map and said, "Your General Montgomery may have been fooled by the Germans!"

"What?" Abna was stunned when he heard this: "Can you tell me why?"

If it were in the past, Abner might have disdained Zhang Chi's words at all, but now... after following the Chinese army to conduct adaptive training in the desert for a period of time, he felt that this army was extraordinary. The reason was very simple. At least so far, there was no one in the Eighth Army who had strict military disciplines like the Chinese army and could walk 20 miles a day in the desert, and each person consumed only one gallon of water per day. In the same case, the British army could only walk half of the distance.

What Abuna didn't know was that the Chinese Expeditionary Force still didn't use all its strength. This was mainly for the soldiers' physical strength and adaptive training, so there was no need to marches or forcefully.

From this point of view, Stilwell's consideration is correct... All the soldiers of the Chinese army have grown up with hardships. When people who came out of China during the war came to this desert, they didn't feel any pain. What's more, this is walking... Because China lacks transportation, everyone has grown from childhood to adulthood, which is also the reason why the Chinese army is known as "iron feet".

Abner is a soldier. When he saw the quality of the Chinese army, he naturally became awe of him. Therefore, Aiwujiwu would take Zhang Chi's thoughts seriously.

"It's very simple!" Zhang Chi packed up his luggage and signaled the soldiers to continue the march, saying to Abner who was following him: "Alexandria is a very obvious target. Rommel has always won a surprise victory, likes to use armored troops to intersperse the enemy's defense line with "blitz", but now he will continue to send tanks to attack an offensive target that has been determined..."

As he said that, Zhang Chi shook his head and smiled, intentionally holding back his words and not saying anything.

Abner was anxious, and he trotted a few steps and asked, "General, do you think Rommel has any conspiracy?"

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied: "If I guess correctly..."

Zhang Chi raised his head to the tank passing by: "Rommeel's purpose is to transfer these troops to Alexandria!"
Chapter completed!