Under the advice of Zhang Chi and Ramsden, Montgomery agreed not long afterwards to adapt the new division into an armored division.

In fact, Montgomery had no other choice. Although he was a little dissatisfied with the Chinese Expeditionary Force and even compared the British First Armored Division to compare the Chinese Expeditionary Force, he actually knew very well that although the British First Armored Division was an armored division with a long history, it did not have many commendable results.

This is not because of the First Armored Division, but because the British and the Allies used tanks in their tactical thinking, which was seriously wrong. This is also one of the reasons why Germany's "blitzkrieg" was able to sweep across the European continent for a period of time... This is actually a ruthless crushing of the correct tactics over the wrong tactics.

The British First Armored Division is the product of this wrong tactical idea, that is, it is called the Armored Division, but it is actually an infantry division... They slowed down the speed of the tank to serve the infantry, rather than speeding up the speed of the infantry to provide support for the tanks.

Therefore, if you want this army to make achievements on the battlefield, you must face the Italian army and the m13 tanks that are seriously behind in their hands!

In fact, the biggest weakness of the Italian army was not equipment, but self-awareness... They were determined to revive the glory of the Roman Empire, that is, to rebuild the so-called "New Roman Empire", so they led a group of seemingly powerful troops to attack Britain's colonial Egypt.

The reason why it is said "seemingly" here is because its lineup is indeed quite eye-catching, with more than 100,000 people plus more than 500 tanks. At that time, the British troops stationed in Egypt, including colonial troops, had only 50,000.

The problem is that the Italian army can almost be said to be unorganized and untrained militia. They can deal with African indigenous people, but their loose discipline cannot be called an army... This is probably because Italians always like to be exaggerated and romance, and they are good at imagining everything beautifully. To describe it in a Chinese sentence, it is a high-minded person.

Therefore, compared to the defensive functions that military camps should have, such as trenches, mines, and barbed wire, Italian soldiers value the "official club", which allows them to listen to a wonderful music and dance a gorgeous dance, and taste the iced Vlascati white wine in high-end glassware. If possible, Italians even want to play a wonderful football game in the desert.

This made the Italian army's defense line with dozens of kilometers of unattended gaps, but no one noticed them... When Hitler heard about this, he couldn't help but sigh: "How did they do it? A gap of dozens of kilometers?!"

This gap is near the village of Sidibala. The two strongholds of the Italian army are 24 kilometers apart. This 24-kilometer-long area is unguarded or even patrolled. Later, the Commonwealth army broke through the Italian army's defense line from this gap... In fact, this cannot be said to be a "breakthrough" at all, but a marching force.

This may be the most successful "breakthrough" in the history of the British tank warfare with a speed of only more than ten kilometers per hour.

Zhang Chi is now forming an armored division, so of course he cannot use the Italian army as a model. That will only add a few jokes to the battlefield.

At the same time, we cannot learn from the British Armored Division... because the establishment of the British Armored Division itself is a mistake.

In addition, although this armored division uses American equipment, it cannot learn from the US armored division... The US military is better at naval and air combat and amphibious landing warfare. The European battlefield even had to hand over command power to the British army. The reason is that it lacks combat experience and command experience.

It can even be said that a considerable part of the US armored divisions at this time were learning the wrong tactical ideas of the British armored divisions... One armored division only had a medium tank battalion, and the rest were light tanks Stuarts, and there were only 38 anti-tank guns. This organization was obviously not used for tank group operations but for coordinated infantry defense.

(Note: It was not until the end of 1943 that the US Armored Division significantly increased the proportion of medium-sized tanks)

Therefore, Zhang Chi decided most to organize the armored division to use the German armored division as a template.

"You actually plan to use the German Armored Division as a template?" Montgomery was shocked after hearing the news: "You know that is the enemy's organization!"

"What's the problem with the enemy's organization?" Zhang Chi replied: "Practical combat has proved that the German armored division is very suitable for tank group operations. It is precisely for this purpose that we adapted the new first division into an armored division!"

"No, I don't agree!" Montgomery replied: "This may affect the morale of our army, because it means we have already given up on tactical thinking!"

Zhang Chi couldn't help but find it funny. The actual combat has proved this long ago, but the British are still holding on for the sake of face.

From this, Zhang Chi also knew that the British officers were not unaware that there was something wrong with their tank tactics, but that they were unwilling to recognize the decline and weakness of the "British Empire".

"General!" This time Ramsden stood on Zhang Chi's side again: "If it is not organized by the German Armored Division, which country's armored division will be organized by? Britain, the United States, or the Soviet Union?"

When Montgomery heard this, he was stunned. It seemed that it was not suitable. On the contrary, the American "Sheerman" tank was basically the same as the German tank No. 3, with the former speed being 38 kilometers per hour and the latter being 40 kilometers per hour.

"Okay!" Montgomery finally compromised: "I can only let you try, right?"

So the detailed organization of the German armored division was quickly placed on Zhang Chi's desk.

After reading it, Zhang Chi thought that his choice was right... After all, the German army was a veteran of tank group combat in this era. The armored division had air defense, anti-tank, assault, etc., and what impressed Zhang Chi was that there was a supplementary battalion in the German armored division.

This supplementary battalion is simply to supplement the soldiers, but it is a bit different from the supplementary soldiers.

Simply put, the supplementary soldiers coming from behind are first incorporated into the supplementary battalion. Special instructors in the battalion train these supplementary soldiers. Sometimes even veterans who want to supplement the troops must enter the supplementary battalion.

The purpose is very simple, which is to provide necessary training for these soldiers who are going to supplement the troops' combat, so that they can understand the history, combat style and their main responsibilities after entering the troops.

Its function is obvious. It can allow the replenishing troops to have a stage of adaptation and familiarity, so that they will not be able to replenish regular troops for high-intensity combat as soon as they come.

Doing so will not only help the coordination between the soldiers and veterans, but also help the use of the soldiers... The soldiers can survive on the battlefield for a longer time.
Chapter completed!