A newly completed bridge is named after Li Mo; the news documentary "General Li Mo in North Africa" ​​is screened in the cinema every night. From the governor to the general, they all sent congratulatory letters to the residence of the Krupp family.

General Strecius, the commander of the nearby garrison, even wrote a letter to Selena under the name of Hitler, saying: "Li Mo's name will be included in the ranks of the greatest military strategists in history!" For a moment, Selena's residence was almost flooded with flowers.

However, just as the whole of Germany was celebrating, Li Mo was sleeping soundly in his command car in the desert of North Africa. Because the continuous combat made him extremely tired, he could not surround the radio with his staff and listen to special radio from Berlin.

At 9:45, Li Mo was suddenly woken up by a staff officer. At this time, there was a loud singing voice in the loudspeaker. After a while, the announcer said excitedly: "The Head of the Head, January 12. The Head of State was promoted to Commander of the African Legion General Li Mo to the Field Marshal." Field Marshal Li Mo! Li Mo was so excited that he immediately wrote to his wife Selena and said: "To me, becoming a Field Marshal is like a dream. The major events that have happened in the past few weeks are like a dream."

Being promoted to Field Marshal is undoubtedly a great honor for a Prussian soldier. Because in Prussia, Field Marshals will never retire or be dismissed, they will hold this position for life and be eligible for secretary, horse or car, full-time driver and other perks. This is a traditional reward for warriors who have conquered a fortress or won a great battle. In addition, in Prussia, once they become a Field Marshal, it means they can be remembered forever.

With Li Mo's victory, British Prime Minister Churchill's life became more and more difficult. In the UK, the failed argument once again enveloped the isolated island country. Early in the morning, Churchill walked into the parliament hall with difficulty, ready to deal with the criticisms of the sharp MPs.

Welsh MP Anllyn Bevan said without hesitation: "Although Prime Minister Churchill won victory again and again in the debate, he failed again and again on the battlefield." Sir John Vadlow Inern asked: "Prime Minister, we have failed one after another in the past two years. How should we explain the root cause of these failures?" Faced with such mean criticism, although Churchill has always been famous for his eloquence, he couldn't help but sweat.

Because. Now, the heroes in newspapers and magazines around the world are the "Desert Tiger" wearing the Oak Leaf Medal, and almost all attribute the responsibility for North Africa's failure to him. Churchill avoided the sad details in his answer and only described the failure of North Africa. He said: "In North Africa, our 8th Army has done its best.

Although we have a certain advantage in terms of personnel equipment and air strength, the opponent's commander is a very bold and proficient in tactics. If we put aside the disaster of war, Li Mo is indeed an outstanding military genius."

In the end, the head of Windsor helped Churchill and fully supported Churchill, who was the main battle, so that Churchill, the British, survived the crisis. The next day, the Berlin Economic News reported in a big title: "Churchill said that the British army's failure in North Africa - the blame for Li Mo!" This was the biggest ridicule of Churchill by the Germans.

The German army slowly approached the Alahman defense line. The reason why Li Mo gently stepped on the brakes when he was advancing at high speed was that his troops had approached the limit of energy when they arrived at Alahman, and many soldiers fell asleep in broad daylight. Another main reason was that the intelligence was inaccurate. When he formulated the offensive plan for January 17, he had no idea that the British Allied Forces' armored troops had been surpassed by his offensive forces when they retreated. His estimate was that the British Allied Forces had been transferred to the south to cover their flanks. According to this estimate, he planned to launch a restraining attack to the south first, and then quickly turn to the north. "Tear" a big hole between Alahman and Babtar.

Li Mo's decision undoubtedly made him miss the opportunity. Because on that morning, the remnants of the British General Armored Brigade were still stationed in the desert south of the coastal highway, and they had no idea that Li Mo's armored troops had rushed past them when they retreated.

It was only because of Li Mo's time-out attack that they had to not fall into the trap before returning to Alahman, which allowed them to escape by chance by being sealed in their pockets. Everyone who is proficient in desert combat knows that the most important thing in fighting in the desert is tanks, so Li Mo's mistake has planted some unfavorable factors in the future.

Just as Li Mo's steel torrent gathered at Alamein ready to launch an attack at any time, the British Allied Forces had two completely different scenes. On the one hand, there were fierce battles in front of the front, tanks clashed with each other, and guns were fired. The destroyed tanks on the battlefield were burning, and thick smoke filled the desert.

In the rear, people were panicked by the news that Li Mo arrived in Alahman, and retreating crowds were everywhere. The British fleet had retreated into the Red Sea, and the chimneys of the Cairo combat command post were blazing into the clouds with light black smoke and dust generated by destroying archives.

Cairo: When people saw all this, they believed that this was a signal that the British Allied Forces were about to escape from Egypt. For a moment, the railway station was crowded with people, and they were all eager to escape from this place of right and wrong. The general failure made people unable to help but attribute the responsibility for the January defeat to command mistakes. In this way, in order to restore morale, replacing senior commanders became an inevitable choice.

Under such circumstances, Churchill decided to replace Alexander as the commander-in-chief of the British Allied Forces in the Middle East, and Gott was the commander of the 8th Army. Gott, who had been commanding an army to fight hard in the desert for three years, and was still fighting hard with Li Mo near Alamein. Perhaps it was destined that on the way back to Cairo from the front line to take office, Gott was hit by a German fighter jet chasing from high altitude, causing the plane to be destroyed and killed. So, Montgomery, who had good luck, was urgently transferred from the UK to fill the vacancy by Churchill.

Britain was also very worried about the candidate for commanders in North Africa. Who could resist Li Mo's fierce attack? In the end, it was the decision made by Elizabeth, the head of state of affairs, who helped Churchill. Because during the days when Windsor and Li Mo thought, he had heard that Li Mo mentioned that among the British army, Montgomery, was a little talented, and the other commanders did not really make Li Mo pay attention to it. Britain, who had suffered a series of defeats, had to send Montgomery, who was not very high in military rank, to preside over the war in North Africa. This was a life-and-death showdown between nearly one million troops.

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