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Half a month of adaptive training passed quickly.
The time came to early May 1942.
At this time, more than a month had passed since Zhong Yi took office as the commander-in-chief of the West Asian Theater.
The Allied Forces Headquarters began sending telegrams every day urging Zhong Yi to lead his troops to counterattack Egypt and reopen the Suez Canal.
On May 4, Zhong Yi finally summoned all staff officers above major general and above from the 1st and 2nd Army of China¡¯s West Asian Expeditionary Force, the 7th U.S. Army, and the 8th British Army to hold a military seminar.
In the huge war room of the headquarters, dozens of combat staff members gathered together.
Zhong Yi said in English: "Just now, the Allied Forces Headquarters sent us another telegram, urging us to counterattack Egypt as soon as possible, reopen the Suez Canal, and ensure the smooth flow of transportation lines between the European battlefield and the Asian battlefield."
"So, the reason why we have called everyone here today is for this matter. What should be our combat goal?"
"Our combat goal is just to expel the Germans and retake Egypt, or should we determine a more aggressive goal? I would like to hear everyone's opinions."
As soon as Zhong Yi finished speaking, a British staff officer said: "Since the counterattack on Egypt is an order from the Allied Forces Headquarters, what else is there to discuss? Of course it must be resolutely implemented!"
A US military staff officer immediately retorted: "I don't think so. It's not that the Allied Forces Headquarters issued an order, and we must execute it unconditionally. What if the Allied Forces Headquarters issued a wrong order?"
"Are you questioning the order from the Allied Headquarters?" another British staff officer asked.
"Can't the orders of the Allied Forces Headquarters be questioned?" Another US military staff officer asked.
Seeing that the two sides were about to quarrel again, Zhong Yi could only interrupt: "Shut up, everyone!"
The US military staff officer and the British army staff officer, who were about to have a big quarrel, invariably shut up.
Through large-scale fights and the beating of Leith, Zhong Yi's prestige has been initially established.
¡°Perhaps there are still many British and American generals who privately disapprove of Zhong Yi¡¯s conduct, but on the surface, they absolutely dare not challenge Zhong Yi¡¯s authority again.
To put it bluntly, no one wants to be driven back home by Zhong Yi in despair.
As for driving away Zhong Yi, they have no idea at all now.
Even the Prime Minister and the President can¡¯t do anything to Zhong Yi, and it¡¯s even less possible for them to do anything to Zhong Yi.
After the quarrel, Zhong Yi turned his attention to the US military staff officer just now and asked: "What is your name?"
"Your Excellency, Commander." The US military staff officer stood at attention, then raised his hand and saluted, "My name is Matthew Bunker Ridgway."
Li Qiwei? Zhong Yi put his hand on his forehead, another ruthless person, but at this time Li Qiwei was only a small colonel, not even a brigadier general.
At that moment, Zhong Yi said: "Colonel Ridgway, tell me what you think."
"Okay, Your Excellency, Commander." Li Qiwei responded, and then said, "I think counterattacking Egypt is the stupidest choice, because counterattacking Egypt requires crossing the dry and hot Nefud Desert."
"This is a great test for the Allied forces' logistical support capabilities."
"Because there are no roads in the Nevd Desert, trucks cannot pass."
"If we really want to counterattack Egypt, we have only two options, either to build a road across the Nefud Desert, or to recruit a sufficient number of camels."
"However, I think there may not be a sufficient number of camels in the entire West Asia to support the logistics support needs of a heavily armed group of more than 500,000 people."
"What's more, heavy equipment, including 155mm howitzers, cannot be carried by camels."
"So counterattacking Egypt is the stupidest choice. The Allied Forces Command obviously lacked consideration in issuing such an order."
As soon as he finished speaking, the British staff officer who had just refuted Ridgway said: "The Allied headquarters only asked us to counterattack Egypt, but it did not say that we must cross the Nevde Desert."
"We can fully rely on the power of the navy to cross the Red Sea in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait."
¡°Then it will advance towards Egypt along the west coast of the Red Sea, and then have a final decisive battle with the German army on the border between Sudan and Egypt.¡±
Zhong Yi asked: "Excuse me, what is your name? Major General."
"Slim," the British military officer said, "Your Excellency, Commander."
"Slim?" Zhong Yi nodded lightly, he was another famous general.
And he is one of the few famous generals in the British army who is good at defense.
Bell? asked: "General Slim, do you think the German army will choose to fight the Allies at the junction of Sudan and Egypt?"
"Of course, Your Excellency, Commander." Slim said without hesitation, "The German coach Rommel is proud and arrogant. As long as he finds an opportunity to wipe out the Allied forces in one fell swoop, he will not miss it."
"This is just your wishful thinking." Li Qiwei said, "Rommel is not a war game on the sand table. He will not arrange his troops according to your wishes."
Slim said: "Rommel is certainly not a war chess player, but he cannot violate the laws of war."
Li Qiwei asked: "What are the laws of war?"
Slim said: "The law of war is to concentrate superior troops and firepower to eliminate the enemy's effective strength as much as possible. Therefore, as long as the main force of the Allied forces appears on the border between Sudan and Egypt, the German army will definitely come!"
Li Qiwei said: "But what if the German army has a better way to destroy the Allies?"
"A better way?" Slim said, "I can't think of it. Is there any better way?"
"That's just because you are stupid." Li Qiwei mocked unceremoniously, "As long as your military vision is above the standard, you can see that if the Allies are really stupid to advance north along the west coast of the Red Sea, the German army will actually be A better method can eliminate more than 500,000 Allied troops in the West Asian battlefield almost effortlessly."
"Really?" Slim was irritated and said loudly, "Please tell me, what method?"
Ridgway drew a long arc on the map, then pointed to the port of Kuwait and said: "The German army only needs to send a partial division from Syria, march eastward along the Euphrates River to occupy the port of Kuwait, and more than 50 troops advancing north from the west bank of the Red Sea The Allied troops will soon be in a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food."
¡°This¡¡± Slim was suddenly speechless.
Because Kuwait is the fulcrum of the Allied forces in West Asia.
Nearly all the Allied military supplies must be distributed and transshipped through Kuwait.
Once Kuwait is occupied by the Germans, it means that the Allied forces' logistical supplies will be completely cut off. Even if the Allied headquarters temporarily replaces a new transfer station and changes the supply point to Aden or Djibouti, it will probably be too late.
Because when the Allied headquarters was reorganizing its supply lines, the more than 500,000 Allied troops in the West Asian theater had already been wiped out because they had run out of ammunition and food.
After a long while, Slim said: "This is impossible, how could Kuwait fall so easily?" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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