"No matter who I betrayed our combat operation information, I will make him pay a heavy price!"

"But now I have to know if our airborne troops have successfully parachuted into the town of Cassino and the area around Mount Cassino!"

If we were to sweep through Italy, the Germans would have to capture the whole of Cassino, as well as Sicily, otherwise we would not have been able to enter Italian territory at all! ”

When Admiral Arnold had finished venting his anger, he calmed down and said sternly to all the officers under him.

As a result, many officers and operational staff officers hurriedly gathered all the information he needed in front of him to report.

Soon the five-star Admiral Arnold knew that the British and American airborne troops, after losing a large number of paratroopers, had finally succeeded in landing in the vicinity of the Cassino area, and were engaged in a stubborn battle with the German troops and the fortified strongholds.

However, what General Arnold and all the British and American high-ranking officials did not know was that the reason why the British and American airborne troops were able to have a relatively large number of parachute troops successfully landed was not only because of their good luck, but also because the German military deployment in Cassino had not been completely constructed, or because Chen Yanlong asked the German troops under the command of Kesselring to encircle, suppress, and pursue and outflank them after the British and American troops had successfully landed in the air.

However, even if the British and American airborne troops successfully parachuted, they also had a problem for them, because the successful airborne troops could only use light weapons and equipment to carry out operations, such as armored vehicles, tanks, heavy artillery and other heavy weapons and equipment, and there was no way to be airborne.

Even if the airborne was carried out, no one could obtain it for use, and even gave it to the German army to capture and use it for the supply of German weapons and equipment and various military supplies.

This kind of free funding of the German army was absolutely undesirable for the British and American troops.

Eventually, then, they needed to occupy Sicily if their army, tank and armoured units, as well as mechanized units were to be able to enter the Italian Cassino area.

It is a pity that the current King of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele III, and his high-ranking troops who oppose Mussolini and the German army, such as the Italian royal family and the cabinet members of the Badoglio government, have also been disposed of by Caisselring, and those who pursue continue to pursue, and those who have fled overseas have fled abroad.

Although there were still many anti-German groups and partisan groups in Italy itself, there were not many such groups and partisans in Sicily.

Moreover, the British and American forces were defeated once in Sicily by the German army commanded by Chen Yanlong, so for the British and American high-level leaders who conducted the Second Battle of Sicily, everything was still unknown and there was not much confidence.

But even if you don't know how to win or lose, you must still capture important locations such as Palermo, the capital of Sicily, and the city of the Sea of Messina.

And after occupying Sicily, they also need to occupy Naples and Foggia airports, Rome and other places from the hands of the German army, so as to launch an Italian campaign, sweep away all the German troops in Italy, liberate Italy, or occupy Italy.

Because Naples is the largest port in southern Italy, once you occupy it, you can immediately get a fully functional sea and air base to bomb the interior of Italy.

The Foggia airport and the Roman occupation were also due to the fact that Alexander's goal was to consolidate the Salerno-Bari line after the occupation of Sicily; Then there was the capture of the port of Naples and the airport of Foggia; the capture of Rome with its airports and an important transport hub, Terni; Finally captured the ports of Livorno, Florence and Arezzo......

Everything is prioritized by seizing air supremacy, because the British and American forces have always used their superiority in strength and weapons and air supremacy to boost the morale of the soldiers and defeat the German army with strong individual strength.

When Admiral Arnold became clear about the airborne landing of his airborne troops, he turned his attention to the airborne and naval battles in Sicily.

"This time we must seize Sicily, otherwise all military operations will be a failure, and even the troops that have successfully landed in Cassino will be in great danger!"

The five-star Admiral Arnold muttered sharply as he devoted himself to studying the tactical arrangements for the upcoming battle to be airborne in Sicily.

Around him stood a group of high-ranking air force operational staff officers and officers, who were waiting for the five-star Admiral Arnold to come together to study the airborne and air combat that would talk about how to conduct the Sicilian campaign.

In fact, the current Kesselring is not very relaxed and calm, although Chen Yanlong has already dispatched the Nordic commander General Edward Dieter, and the commander of the 18th Mountain Infantry Corps, Egger, and the commander of the 10th Infantry Corps, General Victor, and the more than 200,000 troops under their command have arrived in Italy one after another to assist in operations and build various defense systems.

But now Kesselring has only 17 divisions in his hands, and he is still mixed with half of the recruits' eggs in it; So Kesselring was really worried about whether his troops would be able to withstand the massive attack of Britain and the United States again.

If Chen Yanlong hadn't sent Rommel and his troops from the English Channel back to Italy and France to garrison them, I'm afraid Kesselring would have been upset by the sudden attack of Britain and the United States.

Therefore, when Admiral Arnold's five-star general had a comprehensive understanding of the airborne situation of his airborne troops, Kesselring was also trying his best to grasp all the fronts in mainland Italy and Sicily, and used it to think about how to adjust and deploy the German troops under his command to fight against the Anglo-American Allied army.

"How's it going in Sicily? Did the British and American forces carry out a sneak attack? ”

When Kesselring had some information about the battle situation, he asked Monica, a staff officer beside him.

"There's not any movement on the Sicilian side yet, but the defenders there are keeping an eye on it!"

Staff Officer Monica reported immediately.

"If the British and American troops really come to attack, then try to lead them to Cassino, Italy, because our main battlefield is Cassino, of course, we must try our best to annihilate some British and American troops in Sicily, and then let them come to Italy!"

Kesselring said.

"Why?"

"Wouldn't it be nice if we drove the Anglo-American troops out of Sicily directly, as we did last time? Why did they go out of their way to fight on Italian soil? ”

Staff Officer Monica looked puzzled.

"Because the Senate will lead all the main forces of the British and American forces to Italy, and the nest will be ended!"

Kesselring replied briefly.

"Yes! I understand! Your Excellency, Marshal! ”

After hearing this, Staff Officer Monica immediately fluctuated, and immediately stopped asking, but immediately gave Kesselring a respectful military salute and replied loudly.

Kesselring smiled slightly, and then asked him to go out and collect more front-line battles to report for him.