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But if I don't even have the ability to command the theater, what qualifications do I have to command nearly a million elite Allied troops in the North African theater?And why should we defeat the German-Italian coalition forces? "

"Oh, really? General Yang Fan, your determination is so great, I'm really touched."

Rich was still very disdainful, and said sarcastically, "Then I want to see, how did you get the command of the British Empire Army?"

Rich was full of anger and humiliation, and today he made up his mind to fight Yang Fan to the end, in order to maintain his illusory glass self-esteem and the dignity of the British Empire.

"Fack, this idiot is really a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water."

Seeing this, Stilwell was furious, and wished he could immediately ask someone to drag this guy out and shoot him for 3 minutes!

"General Rich, I'm not interested in talking to you, let alone playing child's house games with you."

Seeing this guy playing hooliganism with him, Yang Fan's face also turned cold, and he said coldly:

"Everyone is a soldier and a man, and your British Empire has always advocated gentlemanly demeanor, so let us use a soldier's way, a man's way, and a gentleman's way to determine the ownership of the command, how about it?"

Chapter 1297 Never Expected

"Soldier's way, man's way, gentleman's way?"

When these hats were buttoned, Rich immediately became a little anxious, and quickly snorted coldly pretending to be disdainful: "General Yang Fan, do you want to duel with me?

I'm really sorry, although I'm not afraid to duel with you at all, but as the senior generals of the Allied forces, we represent more than just ourselves.

Therefore, I think it is too childish and hasty to use this personal duel to determine the command of hundreds of thousands of allied forces, and it is not the work of wise men like me. "

As he spoke, Rich's arrogance gradually softened.

The reason is very simple, if Yang Fan really proposes to have a duel with him to determine the ownership of the command, Rich will be very embarrassed.

Although individual duels have long ceased to prevail in the Middle Ages, duels still have a strong market in the West.

Therefore, once Rich refused to duel with Yang Fan, his reputation would inevitably be severely damaged.If he had to bite the bullet and agree, even if Richie thought about it with his feet, he would know that he would definitely lose.

"General Rich, you think too much."

The corner of Yang Fan's mouth curled up slightly, and he said with a smile: "I will not rely on my youth and strength to propose a duel with you, an old man. That is not a gentleman's behavior."

"General Yang Fan, you know a lot!"

Rich heaved a sigh of relief, but said stubbornly: "However, I must tell you very seriously and responsibly that in the duel arena, youth is often not an advantage, but a fatal disadvantage."

"Then I would like to thank General Rich for showing mercy."

Yang Fan didn't want to engage in too many verbal disputes, so he changed the subject immediately: "General Rich also said just now that as the senior commanders of the Allied forces, we bear the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on our shoulders.

What we are now fighting for is the command of the allied forces in the theater, so even if we want to duel, it can only be a duel in terms of command attainments, so our duel field should be a duel on the sand table, not on the lawn. General Qi, what do you think? "

"No problem. As long as you can beat me in the war game, the British 8th Army will accept your command unconditionally, but if you lose, the Chinese Expeditionary Army will accept my command!"

Rich nodded readily, his tone full of confidence.

As a top student who graduated from the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy in the United Kingdom, Rich is still very accomplished in "talking about war on paper". If he is killed, he does not believe that he will lose to a Chinese guy in a war game.

Well, you damn Chinese guy.Does Ni really know what the sand table is for?

"of course."

Yang Fan nodded seriously, then looked at Patton and said, "As long as you can beat me in the war game, the more than 20 soldiers of the Huaxia Expeditionary Army will accept your command unconditionally.

If you lose, you must accept my command unconditionally, General Patton, do you have any objections? "

"I also fully agree with this kind of duel."

Patton responded without thinking: "If you can beat us on the sand table, then the US Seventh Army promises to accept your command unconditionally."

Two high-achieving students from famous military schools confront you, a Chinese bumpkin. If you still can't win, I, Patton, might as well find a piece of tofu and kill you!

Barton was full of confidence, thinking so.

Yang Fan nodded happily and said, "Very well, then it's such a happy decision. We will win or lose in one game!"

"no problem!"

Rich nodded happily, and said with a rare generosity, "General Yang Fan, you choose a topic."

"Okay, then I'm welcome!"

Yang Fan raised his brows lightly, and said directly without talking to them, "Let's choose the battle of Gachala."

"Fake!"

Rich's face turned green immediately, and he stared at Yang Fan extremely angrily: "I was being polite to you just now, why are you so shameless?"

"I buy it!"

Barton, who was opposite Rich, couldn't help but roll his eyes, and kept complaining in his heart: I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people.

The Battle of Gachara has been over for several months, and in this battle, the North African Army led by Rommel played a textbook victory.

It was precisely because of this victory of the German army that Auchinleck had to order the main force to retreat eastward to the Alamein line of defense, leaving only the South African Second Army to defend Tobruk.

Seven days later, 7 Allied troops surrendered to the Axis forces, another major Axis victory since Singapore fell to the Japanese.

The defeat at the Battle of Gachara and the fall of Tobruk resulted in Cunningham and Montgomery being relieved of command and replaced by Ridge and Alexander respectively.

After Rommel's Afrika Korps captured Tobruk, they continued to advance to Egypt, and have launched attacks against the Alamein defense line many times.

The Anglo-American allied forces could only resist desperately, and invested a large amount of technical equipment to play with the German army. If the Rommel Army was not limited by the lack of oil resources, otherwise it would not be the current situation.

Prior to this, Patton, Rich and others had replayed the Battle of Gachara many times when they were idle, but every time they were beaten by the German-Italian coalition forces, they lost the war without any suspense.

So Patton and Rich had no doubts that Yang Fan could win the Gachala battle game without any suspense as long as he followed Rommel's routine.

Auchinleck's complexion also became very ugly. Although he was not the direct battlefield commander for the failure of this battle, it was inseparable from him.At this moment, I really doubt that Yang Fan came to slap him on purpose.

"Tell you to pretend, tell you to pretend, is this the end of the calf? Who is Yang Fan, how can you deal with it?"

Seeing the people in front of him eating differently, Stilwell couldn't help laughing secretly.

However, at this moment, Yang Fan shook his head repeatedly and said: "General Rich, General Patton, I think you have misunderstood!

I said I would choose the Gachara campaign, but I didn't say I would choose the German army. "

Before everyone could react, Yang Fan then said in a very sure tone: "This war game deduction, I choose the Allied Army, and you play the German Army. Isn't that interesting?"

Yang Fan’s choice of this topic was not purely pretentious. One is because he had been plotting for a long time. Before coming here, he had deduced several major battles in the current time and space. Whether it is a tailwind or a headwind, there are enough grasp.

Second, Yang Fan just defeated Li Liqi, Button and others with the most unexpected tricky angle, leaving them completely speechless.

"watt?"

"General Yang Fan, are you serious?"

Rich, Patton and others were really confused. They thought that Yang Fan would choose the German army despicably and shamelessly in order to gain command, and then won without a doubt.

In the end, it never occurred to him that Yang Fan would seek his own death and choose an absolutely weak allied force. He was simply making an international joke!

Chapter 1298 The best defense is offense

"General Yang, are you serious?"

Stilwell was also in a daze. It took him a while to react, and he looked at Yang Fan with worried eyes, really worried that this guy would be fooled if he pretended to be aggressive.

If he loses the command of the Allied Forces because of this, can he still win the German-Italian Allied Forces just by relying on the British guy's urinating nature?

"Of course, there are no jokes in the military, so I am serious."

Facing everyone's eyes with different expressions, Yang Fan nodded affirmatively again: "General Rich, General Patton, if you have no objections, then let's start.

Time is money. Time is life. My time is always precious. I really have no time to waste it with you. "

"OK! OK!"

Thoroughly enraged by Yang Fan's "arrogance", a stern look emerged from the corner of Rich's mouth: "Since you're going to pretend to give away your head, then we won't be polite."

After finishing speaking, Rich immediately turned his head and shouted loudly: "Gentlemen, what are you still doing, why don't you hurry up and prepare the sand table and war games, so that General Yang Fan can know what the real art of war is!"

Although the port is just a temporary and simple office, it does not have a dedicated war room like the headquarters.

But small difficulties are not difficult for these elite officers who graduated from famous military academies in various countries.

In less than half an hour, with the hard work and cooperation of everyone, a simple sand table was freshly baked.

Not only that, but a war game was accurately placed on the sand table, clearly showing the opening situation of the previous Gachara campaign.

"very good!"

Rich nodded in satisfaction, walked to the east of the sand table and looked at it, then turned to ask Yang Fan: "General Yang Fan, do you see any other problems? If there are, please feel free to bring them up."

"I believe in the professionalism of the staff of the British Empire. The sand table in front of me must have perfectly restored the initial stage of the Battle of Alamein."

The sand table in front of him took shape little by little under his nose, and Yang Fan naturally knew it well, it was exactly the same as the sand table he made at home before.

"That is inevitable."

Hearing the praise from his arch-enemy, Rich immediately raised his tail, and snorted proudly: "The staff officers of our British Empire are the most professional and excellent combat staff officers in the world."

"Cough cough cough."

Hearing this, Barton, Sutherland, Stilwell and others all felt uncomfortable.

You have to use different occasions to brag, don't you?

If, as you said, your British combat staff officers are the best and most professional in the world, then you will definitely be able to formulate the most complete and successful combat plan, but why are you British defeated by the German army instead?

Is it because there are not as many troops as the Germans?

Or are the weapons and equipment not as good as the German army?

No, whether in the European battlefield or the North African battlefield, the British army is no worse than the German army in terms of strength and equipment.

But why, from Europe to Africa, as long as there are German troops, your British army will be defeated, and you will lose even your pants?

Even a few months ago, Rommel's army had been strengthened unprecedentedly, and the strength of the British coalition forces did appear to be relatively weak for a certain period of time.

However, the military equipment aided by the United States has increased exponentially because of this, and it has also sent powerful reinforcements to join the North African battlefield in time?

Of course, Barton and the others are all mental activities, at least now they won't raise their eyebrows in person, and they have to get rid of the "enemy of the public" before talking about it.

Yang Fan ignored what Rich and the others were thinking, walked to the sand table with a smile and waved his hands: "General Rich, General Patton, since we are all ready, let's start?"

"OK!"

Rich nodded confidently, then turned on the pretentious mode and said:

"Now you are playing the role of the Allied forces. Although the Allied forces are engaged in defensive operations in the Battle of Gachara, considering the comparison of forces between the two sides in the Battle of Gachara and the actual combat results, we can let you act first as a show of sincerity."

Yang Fan waved his hand resolutely and said: "No, no, I appreciate General Rich's kindness. Since we have chosen the Gachala Battle as the topic, then follow the rules, otherwise what's the point?"

"Okay, then as you wish!"

Rich snorted lightly, and instead of continuing to be polite to Yang Fan, he picked up two tank models and pushed them forward, saying, "The 20th Armored Army and the 90th Armored Division advance 20 kilometers eastward!"

Immediately afterwards, Rich picked up two more soldier models, and then said: "Two infantry divisions protect the two wings respectively."

Rich's choice was actually Rommel's choice. At the beginning, Rommel relied on the right wing assault of two armored divisions to tear through the Allied defenses.

Formally because the German army cut off the logistics channel between the Allied forces and the rear, the more than 30 Allied forces gathered in the Tobruk area eventually collapsed.

Yang Fan smiled slightly, picked up the three tank models and pushed them to the left, saying: "The three armored divisions advance 3 kilometers to the west!"

紧接着，杨帆又拿起四枚兵人模型，往西一推道：“第151、第152步兵旅第151、第152步兵旅、印度第4师、第 51 苏格兰高地联队师跟进。”

"..."

Seeing that Yang Fan actually took the initiative to attack, instead of carrying out a tit-for-tat defense according to what they all thought was the safest way, he sent a heavy army group into the right-wing battlefield and fought a large-scale defensive battle with the German attack group.

Because in the actual war, it was because the British army made a tit-for-tat defense that once frustrated the German attack, and the British army got off to a good start.

"General Yang Zhong, is it possible that you want to cut off the German army's logistics supply line by taking the initiative?"

"I'm afraid you haven't figured out the situation, the German army has already controlled all the roads in the rear, which directly leads to the advancing speed of the attacking group being much lower than the advancing speed of the German army.

According to this marching speed, before your attack group is in place, your logistics supply line will be completely cut off by us. "

Although Yang Fan did not follow the routine, Rich and Barton did not stop because of this. They generally laughed and joked with Yang Fan, while continuing to march and deploy according to Rommel's tactics.

"Thank you for your friendly reminders, but the best defense is offense. Although my advance speed is slower than that of the German army, it does not mean that the German army's logistical supply line cannot be cut off."

Yang Fan didn't panic at all, and continued to push the attack group forward for 20 kilometers, and said with a smile: "The process is not important, the important thing is the result, isn't it?"

"Okay, let's see the final result!"