Half a month of adaptive training passed quickly.

It was early May 1942.

At this time, it had been more than a month since Zhong Yi became the commander-in-chief of the West Asia War Zone.

The Allied headquarters began a telegram a day urging Zhong Yi to lead his army to counterattack Egypt and reopen the Suez Canal.

On May 4, Zhong Yi finally convened all major generals and above staff members of the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, the 7th Army of the US Army and the 8th Army of the British Army to hold a military seminar.

In the huge combat room of the headquarters, dozens of combat staff gathered together.

Zhong Yi said in English: "Just just now, the Allied 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 and Asian battlefields."

"So, we are summoning everyone to come today for this matter. What should our combat goal be?"

"Our combat goal is just to expel the German army and retake Egypt. Should we determine a more enterprising goal? I want to listen to everyone's opinions."

As soon as Zhong Yi finished speaking, a British military staff officer said: "Since the counterattack against Egypt is an order from the Allied headquarters, what else is there to discuss? Of course, it must be implemented resolutely!"

A US military adviser immediately retorted: "I don't think so. It's not that the Allied Headquarters issued an order, so we must implement it unconditionally. What if the Allied Headquarters issued an incorrect order?"

"Are you questioning the orders of the Allied Headquarters?" said another British adviser.

"Can the orders from the Allied Headquarters be questioned?" another US military adviser said.

Seeing that the two sides were about to quarrel again, Zhong Yi had to interrupt: "Shut up!"

The US military staff and the British military staff who were preparing to have a big fight were both closed.

Through large-scale fights and the beating of Lis, Zhong Yi's prestige has been initially established.

Perhaps there are still many British soldiers and American generals privately disagree with Zhong Yi's behavior, but on the surface, they absolutely dare not challenge Zhong Yi's authority.

To put it bluntly, no one wants to be driven back to China by Zhong Yi in shame.

As for driving Zhong Yi away, they had no idea at all now.

Even the Prime Minister and the President cannot do anything to Zhong Yi, so it is even more impossible for them to do anything to Zhong Yi.

Even after the argument, Zhong Yi turned his gaze to the US military staff officer just now and asked, "What's your name?"

"Mr. Commander." The US military officer stood at attention and raised his hand to salute, "My name is Matthew Bunker Liqiwei."

Li Qiwei? Zhong Yi held his forehead with his hands, and another ruthless man, but at this time Li Qiwei was just a small colonel, and even a brigade general was not yet.

At that moment, Zhong Yi said: "Col. Li Qiwei, tell me what you think."

"Okay, Commander," Li Qiwei responded and said, "I think counterattacking Egypt is the stupidest choice, because counterattacking Egypt must cross the dry and hot Nevde desert."

"This is a great test for the Allied Army's logistics support capabilities."

"Because there are no roads in the Nevde desert, trucks are out of reach."

"If we really want to counterattack Egypt, there are only two options, either to build a road across the Nevde desert, or to collect enough camels."

"However, I think there may not be enough camels in the entire West Asia to support the logistics support needs of the heavy army group with more than 500,000 people."

"What's more, the heavy equipment including the 155mm howitzer cannot carry it."

"So the counterattack against Egypt is the stupidest choice. The Allied Command issued such an order, which was obviously lacking in consideration."

As soon as he finished speaking, the British staff who had just refuted Li Qiwei said: "The Allied Headquarters only asked us to counterattack Egypt, but did not say that we must cross the Nevde desert."

"We can completely use the power of the navy to cross the Red Sea in the Strait of Mande."

"Then advance along the western coast of the Red Sea towards Egypt, and then fight the final decisive battle with the German army at the border between Sudan and Egypt."

Zhong Yi asked, "What's your name? Major General."

"Slim." said the British military adviser, "His commander."

"Slim?" Zhong Yi nodded slightly, and another famous general.

And he is also one of the few famous generals in the British army who are good at defense.

Zhong Yi asked: "General Slim, do you think the German army would choose to fight the Allies at the junction of Sudan and Egypt?"

"Of course, Commander," Slim said without hesitation, "German coach Rommel is proud and conceited. As long as he finds that he has the opportunity to wipe out the Allies in one fell swoop, he will definitely not miss it."

"This is just your wishful thinking." Li Qiwei said, "Rommeel is not a war chess on the sand table. He will not arrange troops according to your wishes."

Slim said: "Of course Rommel is not a war game, but he cannot violate the laws of war."

Li Qiwei said: "What is the law of war?"

Slim said: "The law of war is to concentrate superior forces and firepower, and eliminate the enemy's biological forces as much as possible. Therefore, as long as the main force of the Allied forces appear on the border between Sudan and Egypt, the German army will definitely come!"

Li Qiwei said: "But what if the German army had a better way to eliminate the Allies?"

"A better way?" Slim said, "I can't think of any better way?"

"That's just because you're stupid." Li Qiwei mocked without hesitation, "Whenever your military vision is above the level, 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 have a better way, and they can almost eliminate more than 500,000 Allies on the battlefield in West Asia without any effort."

"Is that?" Slim was irritated and shouted, "Please tell me what method?"

Li Qiwei drew a long arc on the map, then pointed to the port of Kuwait and said: "The German army only needs to send a side teacher to set out from Syria and follow the Euphrates River to east to occupy the port of Kuwait. The more than 500,000 Allied troops advancing north from the west coast of the Red Sea will soon be in a desperate situation of exhausting ammunition and food."

"This..." Slim was speechless.

Because Kuwait is the fulcrum of the Allied forces in West Asia.

Almost all the Allied military supplies must be distributed and transported through Kuwait.

Once Kuwait is occupied by the German army, it means that the Allied headquarters will be completely cut off. Even if the Allied headquarters temporarily replaces a new transfer station and switches the supply points to Aden or Djibouti, it is probably too late to go in time.

Because when the Allied Headquarters rectified the supply line, the more than 500,000 Allied troops in the West Asian War Zone had already been destroyed due to the exhaustion of ammunition and food.
Chapter completed!