"What do you think, should we now make sorties of P-80 "Meteor" fighter groups for air battles in Sicily? ”

"Now Patton's troops have been attacked by the Germans suddenly, and there are many casualties!"

"In particular, his artillery unit is the main target of the German army, and even the new missiles of the German army have been launched!"

When Cunningham and Hewitt reported on their current and current battles in Sicily, Admiral Marshall immediately called Eisenhower, who had just returned to his headquarters, to ask again.

"We don't have a lot of reserve flying troops, and even if we have to be transferred from the British mainland, it will take time, and it won't be able to be deployed here to support us in the war for a while!"

"So now we can only dispatch our ace flying team, the P-80 "Meteor" fighter group, but this time we are not very numerous, and we only have three flying groups! ”

Eisenhower was silent for a moment, then replied with the answer he had pondered.

"Hmmm! So how many pilots do we have left in our reserve squadron to fight, and how many carrier-based aircraft do Cunningham have there to fight? ”

When Admiral Marshall heard this, he was also slightly worried.

"There are more than 160 pilots who can fly planes to fight in battle, and as for Cunningham, there are at least more than 600 carrier-based pilots!"

Eisenhower thought about the information he had received and replied.

"Cunningham, they still have so many pilots there?"

"They didn't send carrier-based aircraft to Sicily for air battles and assist our air forces in repelling the German air force?"

Hearing that there were so many reserve pilots there at Cunningham, Marshall's eyes widened and he asked rhetorically with a look of disbelief.

"Because our navy originally had more than 1,000 pilots who served as carrier-based aircraft pilots to conduct air battles, even if they dispatched some carrier-based aircraft to support the air battle in Sicily, they still have many reserve pilots who can be ready for war at any time!"

"This is also our countermeasure in case the Germans suddenly attack us, as they have done in the past!"

"And these carrier-based aircraft pilots I reported to you just now do not include those reserve pilots in the British mainland, as well as the pilots of the undercard flight unit that Hewitt kept in his hand!"

"In short, in order to deal with the unstoppable sneak attack of the German army, and their new fighter group with strong combat effectiveness, so we have prepared a large number of pilots to act as combat backup for the battle of Sicily and Cassino this time!"

"Since our armament does not have the new ones of the German army, then use numerical superiority against them!"

Eisenhower explained truthfully.

"You did a good job this time, I really didn't see the wrong person!"

"If it weren't for the well-prepared pilots you prepared this time, I'm afraid we really don't know where to send a large number of pilots to support Patton in a short period of time this time!"

"But I still don't understand why the Germans were able to hide in Sicily for so long before they suddenly appeared?"

"What did Patton and Montgomery, and Omar Bradley eat, and didn't find any trace of these German troops?"

"And they were suddenly killed by a surprise?"

After hearing this, Admiral Marshall first praised Eisenhower, and then criticized Patton with great dissatisfaction.

"You actually misunderstood Barton!"

"Because after he led his troops to fully land in Sicily, he has been looking for the whereabouts of the German army, and the sudden attack of the German army is because Patton attacked the city where it was possible to hide the German army, thus luring them out, so they fought each other!"

"At least I got this information from our little Roosevelt, and I've also confirmed it with Omar Bradley and Allen!"

"So it shouldn't be a lie!"

Eisenhower, however, smiled wryly and interceded for Patton.

"Is that so?"

"Forget it! No matter what happens, at least we now know in advance that the Germans really have troops deployed in Sicily, and they are always ready for a sneak attack on us! ”

"Attack the P-80 Meteor Fighter Group and assist Cunningham's carrier-based aircraft group to support Patton's forces and fight the Germans! ”

"In addition, let Montgomery's troops immediately go into battle against the Germans, and send me half of my troops to support Patton!"

After hearing this, Admiral Marshall fell into deep thought again, and only after a moment did he give a decisive order.

"Yes! Sir! ”

Eisenhower immediately nodded in agreement.

Although he still commands and decides the war in the entire European theater on the surface, secretly he can only issue various important battle orders after Marshall's consent, because this is the new directive of President Roosevelt and Churchill.

Of course, the main reason is that Eisenhower was defeated and defeated by the Germans in the previous Mediterranean battles, and suffered heavy casualties, so Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to temporarily send Marshall to Algiers as the commander-in-chief behind the scenes.