Redemption of WWII

Chapter 120 Eight Changes

Cairo has already begun to be chaotic, and those who cannot get out of the city are starting to feel a little hysterical. 【】People's disappointment, anger and other negative emotions are intertwined to make the crowd have desperate thoughts.

Under the control of desperate emotions, people often do many unimaginable things.I don't know who took the lead and started looting the shops in the city.Of course, the most severely damaged shops were those opened by the British. Although most of the shops were empty, it still couldn't stop the highly nervous crowd from venting their emotions.

Basically all the shops were damaged, and the British ones were visited more than once.In the past, the status of Egyptians in front of the British was not very high, and even entering the shops opened by the British was not very popular.It’s great now, the British store has become a super free market, you can take whatever you want, and you don’t have to pay.How can this not arouse people's great interest.

People ransacked these stores again and again.Take what you can take away, and take what you can't take away.Soon the shops of these British people were empty.When people couldn't grab things in these stores, some people became completely angry, and I don't know who led them, and set fire directly in the house.Soon these houses with civil structures turned into blazing torches.

Soon Cairo was enveloped in billowing smoke and flames.All this has only passed a few short hours since people started to flee.

Of course, it is not these houses that are the most unlucky, but the British expats who are engulfed in the flow of people out of the city.When all the Egyptians started to get angry, no one would pay the previous owner's account any more.With someone taking the lead, they pointed their finger at these defenseless British expatriates one after another.Now, these masters who used to dominate the Egyptians have tasted the power.Basically everyone was robbed, basically everything was robbed.

The British expatriate men didn't even keep their clothes, and all of them could only stand in the howling air with their breasts and bellies.But those women are much better off, Egypt is a very religious country, and women are treated with extraordinary respect.The Egyptians only robbed their luggage and handbags.And there was no further assault on the bodies of those British women.

At this time, the British Army Command in Cairo was also in chaos.The phone rings non-stop.All officers and staff officers are busy on all fours.

The actual top general here has become the chief of staff of the Eighth Army, Major General De Guingamp.

Major-General Guingamp had been informed hours before that rumors were circulating in the cities.But Major General Guingamp did not give an order to stop it, but sat there in a daze with a glass of Scotch whiskey with a wry smile.

The reason has to start with Meng Ge spurting blood that day.Montgomery suffered heavy losses after learning that the armored corps on the front line collided with the elite of the German army, and the sandstorm that swept across the sky affected the communication.It's no wonder that Meng Ge is under the pressure of the whole of Britain. If something goes wrong with the army piled up with gold, especially those armored troops.In that way, Brother Meng doesn't have to mess around anymore, he can just jump off the building.

Mungo couldn't pass Churchill's level alone. Dealing with ruthless politicians, death is definitely not the worst outcome.

But fortunately, the loss of contact on the front line is also beneficial, that is, the facts are not particularly clear, and no one knows whether they are really defeated.So Meng Ge resorted to this trick of pretending to be unconscious.No matter what medical methods his subordinates used, Meng Ge just couldn't wake up.So Rear Admiral Guingamp had to send a telegram directly to Churchill through the navy.

Churchill's head grew bigger when he heard it, making his already big head even bigger.Churchill also had a very keen sense of smell, and Churchill also smelled an ominous premonition from the telegram that Meng Ge was seriously ill.

After some careful knocking.Churchill brought the problem to the War Department.It was still an official letter, in which Churchill said, "General Montgomery, the commander of the Eighth Army, is critically ill. Please send another person to take over as the commander of the Eighth Army as appropriate."

Here Churchill used the term critically ill, which is very intriguing.It can be explained that death is imminent, or it can be explained that the disease is very serious.This is also the skill that Churchill has cultivated in his many years of career as a politician.

After getting the exact news of the war, Churchill was also ready to be defeated, but the scapegoat had to be found first.Churchill is not ready to sacrifice Mungo yet.It just so happens that those bigwigs in the Ministry of the Army are fighting for power and profit every day.This time, I just took this opportunity to clean up those guys, which can be regarded as some compensation for the defeat.

On the one hand, Churchill went down to the Ministry of War, and on the other hand, in the name of the war cabinet, he issued an order to let Montgomery return to China for medical treatment.However, in both documents, Churchill seemed to have intentionally omitted the words to revoke the commander of the Eighth Army of Meng Ge.Prepared in case the Germans are defeated so that Meng Ge can continue to go out to pick peaches.

So Meng Ge was sent to the warship bound for England.Meng Ge secretly opened his eyes before boarding the warship, and took a last look at this place where he was once full of pride.Then he never opened his eyes again.

All of this seems so reasonable that people can't fault it.From here we can see Churchill's superb political skills.Of course, someone from the British War Department also had problems here.He quickly called Churchill to find out why he was looking for someone to replace Meng Ge, but he did not revoke Meng Ge's position.

Churchill answered the phone like this: "Well, um, what, didn't you revoke Mungo's post? It must be a stenographer's clerical error. Don't worry, I will reprimand them. You send the commander first, and make it up later. "Gao Ming's answer makes people think that Churchill really said these words.Makes one think that Churchill would really reprimand the stenographer and change the order.

If those people from the Ministry of War were also some politicians, they would probably say, "Okay, Your Excellency Prime Minister. Let's select a few candidates first, and when your official documents come out, we will formally appoint people."

It's a pity that soldiers are not politicians, soldiers only obey orders.Coupled with the position of the Supreme Commander of the Eighth Army, these big bosses of the Ministry of War have long coveted their mouths, and there is no way to know that this is actually a sweet bait hanging on a fishing hook.So the order issued directly by the Ministry of War, the Supreme Commander of the Eighth Army, was directly issued to General John Wirtz, who was unemployed in Far East India.

John Wirtz will receive this inexplicable telegram and some monks can't figure it out.But this time, a second-rate regiment commander in charge of the second-line British-Indian joint army suddenly became the hottest commander of the Eighth Army.The general in his early fifties still felt very excited.In the end, he didn't figure out why the Ministry of the Army asked him to take over the position, so he took up the post excitedly.

The new official still has a great desire for power, and he has not yet arrived in Cairo.The order ordering all troops of the Eighth Army not to move at will has reached the headquarters in Cairo.The order was written very clearly, and the mobilization of troops above the company must send a telegram to General John Wirtz, who is still thousands of kilometers away.

When this telegram soon reached the hands of Major General De Guingamp, Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army, Guingamp had seen this kind of thing a lot, and it was obviously a move by the new commander before he was about to make a big change.It is the first fire that every new official must burn.The young major general who was born in Cumbria in northern England sighed softly, and then issued the order to the entire headquarters.This is why the chaos in Cairo City has become a pot of porridge, but there is no organized army to suppress it.

In fact, Major General Guing Gang was able to prevent the riots in the city, although there were orders not to mobilize troops.But Guingamp is still the chief of staff of the Eighth Army, if he really ordered to mobilize the army to quell the riots.Those subordinates will not disobey orders.But in the end Guingamp did not issue this order.

In the British team where dogmatism prevails, Major General Guingamp's approach is also very reasonable.In addition, Major General Guingamp used to hold the position of the second in command, exercising the power of staff.The ability to adapt to changing circumstances is not very strong.

The most important point is that Major General Guingamp had just received a telegram from General John Wertz an hour before the riots in Cairo began.The telegram said, "At one o'clock in the afternoon, the plane will arrive in Cairo and is expected to arrive at the headquarters at two o'clock."

Major General Guingamp was also waiting for General John's arrival. Major General Guingamp didn't want to give the impression that he didn't obey orders in front of his new boss. If he did that, he might wear his little shoes endlessly.

Major General Guingamp was actually very anxious, seeing the clock on the table was almost 5 o'clock.Ordinarily, General John should have arrived long ago, but he hasn't seen General yet.

When Major General Guingamp was full of ambition, there was a sudden commotion in the headquarters.Suddenly, a messenger ran in and shouted to everyone, "Here we come, we come."

Upon hearing this, Major General Guingamp hurriedly asked, "Who is here, who is here?"

The messenger hurriedly saluted Guingamp and the others and said, "Our new commander is here, and the convoy will be here soon."

"Okay, okay, it's finally here." Major General Guingamp hurriedly stood up to greet him. "Quick, everyone go down to meet our new commander."

Everyone was busy arranging their military uniforms, and went to meet the new commander of General John's Eighth Army together.