Redemption of WWII

Chapter 140 Lost 2

Major General Guingamp, the interim commander of the Eighth Army of the British Army, took a good long sleep after a near escape. 【】But after waking up, he heard his subordinates ask him an almost idiot-like question.That is, the army needs this chief of staff who escaped from Cairo to guide the way.

Major General Guingamp almost slapped the officer who woke him up in the face.However, Major General Guingamp is a very well-bred person, and he has no habit of doing it.Although when I was young, I used to be jealous and fight with others because of girls, but that was a long time ago.Ever since Major General Guingamp became the chief of staff at the regiment level, he had already paid attention to his image as an officer. As his position became higher and higher, Guingamp paid more attention to his self-cultivation and the cultivation of his personal charm.Major General Guingamp has always used the British Marshal Wellington as his model, except of course in his private life.

But when Guingamp heard that the troops had not yet found the way to Cairo, he couldn't help being angry or bumping up.Major General Guingamp's face sank immediately, and then he tidied up his military uniform slowly, before saying, "What's going on, please tell me first."

"Yes, General. That's how it is. After our command came out of Alexandria, you have been sleeping. We tried to wake you up for dinner, but we failed to wake you up three times." The officer said.

"Well, haven't you already said this? I see, let's continue." Major General Guingamp poured a cup of black tea and said while drinking.

"But half an hour ago, we received a message from the vanguard. They said they couldn't find their way to Cairo. That's when I woke you up," the officer said.

Major General Guingamp couldn't bear it any longer and immediately cursed, "They're all a bunch of idiots. The field positioning and map classes in the military academy are all over the top. I'm going to shoot them, you idiots." Then Gan Gang Gang slightly suppressed his anger and thought about it seriously, and felt that something seemed wrong. There may be several officers in the 2 divisions who did not study these seriously in class.But how come the officers of the whole division can't find the way.

Guingamp didn't even bother to eat something, and quickly ordered his subordinates to prepare a jeep, and Guncamp was going to the vanguard to check it out himself.

Nearly two divisions of heavily armed troops, more than 800 heavy trucks pulling mountain cannons, mobile cannons and soldiers' supplies, parked in a long line on the side of the road.At this time, the soldiers were smoking, eating and chatting around their respective trucks.The soldiers saluted the commander's jeep as it passed by.

Guingamp also slightly raised his hand in the jeep as a salute to these soldiers.Not long after, Guingamp arrived at the command vehicle of the vanguard division.The leading British army is the 13th Division of the British Army, a veteran British army. This army is one of the British standing forces and has participated in almost all British army battles.And the division commander of this division is also a general, ten years older than Guingamp.

Guingamp couldn't be bothered to react after seeing the commander of the 13th Division who had the same rank as himself.Naturally, it was hard to say the words about shooting a certain idiot just now.In fact, a full-time commander who can become a general must have certain influence.Although Guingamp is the division commander's temporary boss, he may have a stronger background than you.

When the division commander saw Guingamp, he also enthusiastically took Guingamp's hand and said, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I am Brown and Smith, the commander of the No.13 Division of the Army. I am very excited about your arrival." happy."

Brown and Smith's names were also well known to Guingamp.After Meng Ge arrived in Egypt, he had a major change of blood for the main commanders of the entire Eighth Army, and a group of his own people were replaced in key positions.Guingamp discovered a very strange name at the beginning, which was Brown Smith.At the age of 55, the major general is still occupying an important division commander's name.Guingamp thought it was Meng Ge who neglected the old guy.Several times, he kindly reminded Meng Ge that there was still a division commander in the garrison in Alexandria who hadn't dealt with it.But Meng Ge always shook his head.Major General Guingamp never understood what it meant.Later, Rear Admiral Guingamp learned by chance through a gossip that Brown and Smith were actually the nephews of Admiral Brown and Roger.This was what really dawned on Guingamp.

However, Major General Guingamp really didn't like Brown and Smith, who were not as well-known for meeting him.But it's still the same sentence, don't you reach out and hit the smiling face?Guingamp also forced a slight smile on his face and said, "General Smith, hello. I have wanted to visit you for a long time, but I haven't had much time. I am also very happy to see you this time."

"They're all our own people, fast forward to the command vehicle." Smith said while inviting Guingamp into the command vehicle.Then he said, "Adjutant, go and get something delicious, I want to have dinner with His Excellency the Chief of Staff."

Guingamp was very much in favor of this proposal.He didn't hesitate to board the command vehicle directly.

After both of them sat down, Guingamp couldn't wait to ask his own question, "May I ask General Smith, I heard from my officer just now that you can't even find the road to Cairo, what's going on?" .”

"It's hard to explain. I have been to Cairo more than once. And many of my staff have also been to Cairo. It is impossible to say that we will go the wrong way. But this time we met It's a tough question," Smith said.

"What's the problem?" Major General Guingamp asked eagerly.

"We set out after receiving the mission to recapture Cairo. According to the speed of our team, we should have reached the northern suburbs of Cairo this morning. But we did not see Cairo where we should have seen Cairo .What would you think if you were General Guingamp," General Smith explained.

"What's the matter? It may be that there is an error in the calculation of the marching speed. If you continue to move forward, you will have to. Anyway, Cairo is not a rabbit, so you can still run." Major General Guingamp said.

"Yeah, that's what I understood. Then I gave the order to march. But until half an hour ago, I still didn't see Cairo. Can you tell me how to understand this?" General Smith said.

"No way, how is this possible." Major General Guingamp couldn't believe General Smith's words.

"Although it is unlikely, this has indeed happened. You can go outside by yourself." General Smith directly handed the telescope to Major General Guingamp.

Major General Guingamp was not polite either, and climbed to the top of the command vehicle with the binoculars in hand.Then use the binoculars to look around.I saw that the telescope couldn't see anything except for one piece of sand dune after another.There is only a simple stone-paved road in the desert extending far away.No difference, this is the way to Cairo, you can't go wrong.Guncamp thought suspiciously.

Major General Guingamp climbed off the roof and got into the command vehicle again.Then he said to Smith, "No mistake, this is the road leading to Cairo. I just passed here a few days ago."

"Then how do we explain the fact that we have traveled forty hours and have not reached Cairo?" General Smith said.

Guingamp had some words, but he was whispering in his heart, "Who knows how you marched in these 40 hours. If you take two steps forward and one step back, you probably won't be able to reach Cairo in 80 hours." But this cannot be said in front of Smith. face to say.

Guingamp said: "I can't explain exactly why this is happening. But I believe that as long as we go down this road, we will be in Cairo soon."

General Smith bowed his head and thought for a while, and there was really no other good way, so he had to follow Major General Guingamp's method, but General Smith ordered a rapid march.It has to be said here that although the [-]th Division of the British Army is an infantry unit, the soldiers all advance in this truck. This is what we call a mechanized unit.The rapid march speed of these mechanized infantry is amazing.

This team of the British army started a new journey.Major General Guingamp did not dismount from Smith's command car either.Instead, he ate directly with General Smith's superb red wine.Of course, the food here is relatively simple. They are all military products such as smoked sausage and canned food. However, the hungry Gangan eats very sweet.

General Smith didn't eat these things, but stared blankly at the military operation map on the table.Major General Guingamp also quickly filled his stomach. He took a glass of wine and sat beside General Smith. While chatting with General Smith, he also stared at the military map on the table.

A military compass was placed on the military map, and Guingamp calculated the current marching speed with a little mental calculation. If he started from Alexandria, he could reach Cairo in ten hours at the slowest.What's more, they have already run a long distance ahead. According to Guingamp's estimate, the slowest situation will be the smoke in Cairo tomorrow morning.

In this way, a dark night was spent on a high-intensity march.Major General Guingamp felt an inexplicable panic in his heart when he saw the vast desert outside the command vehicle.Guingamp didn't know exactly why this happened.Major General Guingamp just picked up the short-wave radio again and again to ask whether the vehicle at the front of the team had reached Cairo.But the repeated answers made Guingamp gradually lose his patience.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Major General Guingamp couldn't bear it anymore, and quickly said to General Smith, "General Smith, order the advance to stop."

General Smith gave Major General Guingamp a mocking look before giving the order to halt the advance.

Guingamp climbed to the roof of the command vehicle again, carefully looking in the direction of Cairo with the binoculars in his hand.But to Guingamp's disappointment, there was nothing but sand dunes, sand dunes.

At this point, Major General Guingamp couldn't help cursing inwardly, "What the hell, Cairo is gone!"