Redemption of WWII

Chapter 27 Montgomery

Ah Lehmann's Eighth Army Command of the British Army was crowded with people, and the huge sand table map clearly showed the deployment of the British Army and the German-Italian Allied Forces. 【】More than a dozen staff officers dressed in officer uniforms surrounded three officers in general uniforms, and kept recording and reporting at a table.There are several radio stations working non-stop next to it, and several female radio operators are constantly sending and receiving telegrams.Others stood in front of the telephone, constantly recording something.This is the highest command body of our Nile Legion of the British Empire, the brain of the British Army in North Africa.

Of the three officers in general uniform, two are major generals and one is general.This army general is not tall, and his body is still thin and thin, but from time to time, his eyes emit a frightening light.This is the master of our Eighth Army, the well-known generals Bernard, Law, and Montgomery known to everyone on Earth.

Speaking of Montgomery is also a long story.Meng Ge was an unusual child since he was a child.His dad was a regional bishop who was basically in the service of God all day and night.And his mother has managed the family's affairs since she was a child, and Meng Ge has so many brothers, his mother has no time to take care of them one by one.As long as disobedient children are treated with whips and slaps, Meng Ge and other brothers have been oppressed since childhood.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance.The effect of Xiaomeng's active fight against his mother's violent rule is very inconspicuous, and every time Xiaomeng ends up losing.However, it also allowed Xiaomeng to develop the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and carrying on to the end.I can't help but sigh here, family education is very important.

Since childhood, Xiaomeng thought that whatever his mother said must not be done.Therefore, Xiaomeng's academic performance is very sad.Except for his father's religious knowledge, Xiao Meng basically failed in other courses.

Xiaomeng was then considered to be a pastor in the future, following his father's footsteps.But classmate Xiao Meng unexpectedly chose the dark path of the Military Academy.And Xiao Meng, who was not good at studying since he was a child, was admitted to the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst miraculously.Even his old mother was very surprised, and treated Xiao Meng as a Martian.

Here it is said that the military academy is actually very difficult to take the exam.Back then, Churchill failed to pass the military academy twice, and it was a miracle of God that Xiaomeng passed the exam once.

Meng Ge is a figure of gold, different from ordinary people's performance.Soon he became the leader of his classmates, and of course the leader of troublemakers.However, Meng Ge's father was a respected regional bishop, and he quickly settled Meng Ge's bad record in the military academy.In the end, Meng Ge graduated from the military academy with honors and became an officer of the British Empire.

Meng Ge went directly to India after graduation, where Meng Ge really became a soldier.Far away from relatives, everything can only depend on oneself.Meng Ge had no choice but to work hard and study all military knowledge assiduously. In order to be able to use and manage the transportation tools in the battalion, he memorized the field service regulations by heart, and he also had an in-depth understanding of the knowledge about mules and horses. (At that time, mules and horses were mainly used to transport war supplies).At the same time, in order to communicate with Indian soldiers, he worked hard to learn Indian Urdu and Pushi.Montgomery's pursuit of success and perseverance finally made him stand out among his peers.

When the First World War broke out, Meng Ge, who was already a deputy battalion commander, was sent to the front line as a small platoon leader.It also has a lot to do with Meng Ge's popularity.Unfortunately, Meng Ge first experienced what is called a real war at the station where soldiers were treated as consumables.Millions of troops fought each other hard, and the daily casualties were calculated in tens of thousands.Most of the officers who fought with Meng Ge were killed, and lucky Meng Ge was also seriously injured.Back to England to recuperate.

Most of the lower-level officers who survived such a battlefield were promoted.Meng Ge is no exception, he was promoted from the rank of captain in wartime to the rank of captain (wartime ranks are generally not used after the war).After Meng Ge recovered from his injury, he was transferred to the brigade-level command organization, and a platoon leader directly entered the brigade-level command organization.This can be regarded as Meng Ge's luck.

Montgomery was thoughtful, responsive, calm, methodical, and able to bear hardships and stand hard work. He was deeply trusted by the battalions and Brigadier Mackenzie.Brigadier Mackenzie therefore proposed to his superiors that he should be given an honorary promotion and a higher rank of staff officer.

Regardless of opportunities or challenges, Meng Ge never gave up.The unyielding character, the controlling gene inherited from his mother, and the belief in God have become the reasons for Meng Ge's success.At the end of the First World War, Mungo became one of the few British officers of the British class.

In the 20 years between the First World War and the Second World War, Meng Ge successfully crossed the threshold of a school-level officer and became a general.What's interesting is that Meng Ge, like his old rival Rommel, has served as an instructor at a military academy, and both of them have the same sign and are both Scorpio.

When World War II was about to break out, Meng Ge was ordered to take over as the commander of the third division of the British Army.The 9rd Division of the British Army was the veteran 'Steel Division' during the First World War, one of the best divisions in the country, and also included the [-]th Infantry Brigade he commanded.Meng Ge knew very well that the war was coming, and this division would definitely take the lead in the British army. He couldn't be happier to be able to command this division.

To be honest, the lower-level officers and soldiers are quite fond of Meng Ge.Meng Ge gave his subordinates considerable preferential treatment. There was sufficient supply of food and use, and he didn't deliberately request his subordinates' private life.However, in the military, the requirements for his subordinates are very strict.This is just in response to the appetite of junior soldiers and officers, so they all obey Meng Ge.

The war broke out, and the German blitzkrieg stunned the Allies all at once.But when facing Meng Ge's third division, they were abruptly resisted by these people.In the face of the German attack, Meng Ge only gave an order "let the brigade commander in the station resist" in his sleep, and then fell asleep soundly.The staff officer was astonished when he heard this.

After Meng Ge woke up, he even ordered the troops to counterattack. In this counterattack, the Guards Grenadiers and the Royal Northern Ireland Corps performed very well.In an increasingly disturbing situation on the entire Allied battlefield, the Third Division remained motionless like a rock standing in a turbulent torrent.However, due to the exposure of the south flank, Montgomery had to order a retreat and turn towards the Dendre River.Under the cover of the artillery curtain, the whole division was completely out of contact with the enemy.

Here I also want to talk about the level of escape of the British, which is also quite famous.Abandoning all the medicines and supplies, they all fled.At this point, Mungo's [-]rd Division failed to do so, and the food supply situation became difficult during this period, and the entire British Expeditionary Force could only get half its ration.But Montgomery would never let his soldiers go hungry.He ordered the quartermaster to requisition grain and vegetable cattle from the local village chief.Since his divisions marched with cattle, they had a 'live ration' and were never short of meat.He built a slaughterhouse and a bakery, and plundered a train of abandoned medicine carts, so the Third Division was never short of food and supplies.And other troops can only be hungry Meng Ge's troops eat and drink every day.

At this time, there was a big gap in the defense line of the British army covering the retreat.The Germans are likely to break through here, and that will have disastrous consequences.At that time, only Meng Ge's third division was still organized and resisting the Germans on the opposite side.The battlefield commander had no choice but to give Meng Ge an order to leave the front line and plug the gap.If this order had come from a cadet of the Staff College, everyone would have thought him crazy.Because there are also a large number of German troops on the opposite side of the third division. If the third division withdraws, if the Germans take the opportunity to chase and kill them, the third division will probably be in a very dangerous situation, and the third division will have to face off from the two armies It is simply impossible to march 50 miles overnight to cross the front line to the designated location.Everyone didn't think that Meng Ge could do this, and they were all ready to break out after being surrounded.

But miracles always appear around this Meng Ge.In a few hours, Meng Ge not only broke away from the entanglement of the Germans, but also marched 50 kilometers overnight to the gap to block the Germans.By daybreak, even the trenches had been dug.When the headquarters got the news, they all cheered up for Meng Ge excitedly.The British commander at the time wrote in his diary 'I found that he had accomplished an almost impossible task as usual'.

At this time, Meng Ge really entered the eyes of the British upper class, especially the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.So Meng Ge was appointed as the commander of the Second Army, and Meng Ge was still a major general at this time.Meng Ge commanded the troops all the way to cover the main force and retreated to the front of Dunkirk beach.

At this time Churchill's 'dynamo' operation has been fully implemented.Thousands of ships of different sizes, military and civilian, began to retreat to the multinational coalition forces in Dunkirk.And Meng Ge commanded the troops to cover everyone's retreat until the formed troops were withdrawn.Montgomery commanded his troops to board the ship evacuated to England.

Due to Mongol's outstanding performance on the French battlefield, the Ministry of War was dissatisfied.That is also, everyone has lost the battle, and you are the only one showing your face, then it is your fault.So Meng Ge returned to the third division to take up the promising career of division commander.At that time, almost all the heavy weapons of the British were still on the Dunkirk position.The vehicles and supplies that the entire army can gather are just enough to equip a division.So under Churchill's intervention, Meng Ge was first armed.It was also at this time that Meng Ge's relationship with Churchill began to become a little unclear.

Just as Meng Ge was preparing to counterattack France, news of France's surrender came.Meng Ge, who was bent on revenge, was suddenly poured with cold water.However, Churchill did not treat him badly. In just over a year, Meng Ge was promoted from a major general to the commander of the British Southern Military Region, with the rank of general.It is mainly responsible for defending against possible landing defense operations launched by the Germans.

In 1942, the war in North Africa was full of twists and turns. General Rich, who had high hopes from the British War Department, lost his master to the War Department.In the dominant situation, he was defeated by Rommel.Seeing that Cairo was about to be lost, Churchill was anxious at this time. He tore up his face with the officials of the Ministry of War, and directly ordered the removal of the commander of the Near East from the wartime cabinet, and directly transferred Mongol to North Africa to command the Eighth Army. .

But the Ministry of the Army is not a vegetarian, and stubbornly resisted the order to transfer Meng Ge to North Africa.The two sides immediately clashed, and the strength of both sides was not small, so they had to give in in the end.The person who was transferred to the Ministry of the Army chose General 'Gort' as the commander of the Eighth Army.But he let Meng Ge go to the Eighth Army to be responsible for the combat operations to defeat Rommel.