And this was just the beginning, when the sea and air battle began, the Goering division also launched the final assault on Syracusa.

The defensive line constructed by the British 15th Infantry Division could not stop the German tanks at all, especially when air supremacy was still in the hands of the Germans...... Dozens of Italian fighters roared and rushed towards the British trenches.

Every dive is carried out with machine guns or bombs in the trenches.

Not to mention the artillery positions placed by the British in the city of Syracusa, which were soon ruthlessly suppressed by German artillery and Italian bombers.

At this time, a word that came to Qin Chuan's mind was "The tiger is not at home, the monkey is the overlord".

The British Air Wing was caught off guard by the Luftwaffe, which led to the transfer of air supremacy in this local area of Syracuse to the Germans, and the Italian Air Force, which had been pressed and beaten by the British army, raised its eyebrows.

On the other hand, the 15th Infantry Division in Syracusea did not expect that they would be bombed and strafed by enemy aircraft...... Air supremacy has always been in the hands of the Allies, and with a strong Mediterranean fleet in the nearby seas, fearing that the enemy's air power is completely superfluous.

As a result, the 15th Infantry Division hardly prepared anti-aircraft weapons, and only a few anti-aircraft guns were removed from the warehouse when they were bombed, but these were not worth mentioning at all under the repeated bombing and strafing of dozens of enemy aircraft.

Montgomery sat slumped in the headquarters and stared at the telegrams he received in front of him, he was accustomed to preparing everything before the battle, and he could not have imagined that this battle would be fought like this.

At this time, De Guengang came up and said to Montgomery with caution: "General, General Eisenhower calls!" ”

Montgomery nodded weakly, took the phone and put the receiver to his ear.

"Monty, you're being attacked by the Germans?" Eisenhower said: "Our reconnaissance planes have spotted a large number of enemy aircraft in Syracuse!" ”

"Yes!" Montgomery replied: "We were attacked by the Germans and suffered heavy losses!" ”

"How much does it weigh?" Eisenhower asked.

"More than a hundred planes were lost!" Montgomery replied: "In addition, two aircraft carriers were seriously damaged, five warships were sunk, seven were slightly damaged, and three transports were sunk......"

Hearing this, Eisenhower couldn't help but gasp: "I'll send reinforcements to Syracuse immediately!" ”

"It's too late!" Montgomery shook his head: "Ike, we lost, all we can do now is to withdraw the troops, the sooner the better, no matter what way it is used, otherwise ......"

Eisenhower couldn't help but be silent.

Montgomery was right.

First, the U.S. forces had no reinforcements on land in Syracuse, and they were unable to defend themselves.

The only thing that the U.S. military can provide to Syracuse is sea and air reinforcements, but the sea reinforcements are no longer of great significance, and the air reinforcements have to take off from Tripoli, and when the reinforcements arrive over Syracuse, the Germans are afraid that they have already broken through the city. And to deal with the German troops that marched into the city...... Air power is not enough, because the armored forces are also easy to hide in the city, unless all the houses are blown up by bombers.

Second, the US air reinforcement may not necessarily be able to seize air supremacy, because there are two German air wings in Italy, and most of the US pilots are still novices at this time, and they cannot be compared with the German pilots at all.

As a result, the loss of Syracuse was almost inevitable.

The loss of Syracuse meant that all the follow-up supplies for the British landing fell into the hands of the Germans, including a large number of bullets, shells, and fuel.

That's the supply of 80,000 British troops...... Without these supplies, the British had to withdraw, or they would have to die trapped in Sicily.

If the British army withdrew, the American army would naturally be alone, so the Allied offensive on Sicily could be said to be a complete failure.

After a long while, Eisenhower nodded and said, "Yes, it's time for us to discuss how to withdraw the troops!" ”

At this time, of course, Qin Chuan didn't need to think about this, all they had to do was to follow the tanks through the rudimentary trenches of the British 15th Infantry Division, and then drive directly into the streets of Syracuse City...... The doors on both sides of the street were shut, and the Italians seemed to be frightened by the heavily armed and murderous German soldiers, and they all hid in their rooms and did not dare to make a sound, even if they knew that the Germans were their allies.

As for the 15th Infantry Division of the British Army...... Originally, Qin Chuan thought that they would fight street battles with the German army, after all, they had the "English Bow and Crossbow" in their hands, although it could not be compared with the bazooka, but it would still cause great trouble to the German army when they fought in the streets.

After driving into the city, Qin Chuan found that he was wrong, the British army had no defense in the city, and even if there was a simple defense line with sandbags in the middle of the street, it was empty. The entire street was empty, with nothing but a few corpses abandoned by the British army and a mess.

"Where did they go?" Werner asked.

Qin Chuan looked at the sky, several Italian fighters were constantly diving and strafing, so he understood.

"Harbor!" Qin Chuan said: "They want to escape!" ”

Bazel quickly understood, and he ran to the back of the tank, grabbed the phone, and shouted into the microphone: "Turn ahead and head towards the port!" ”

The tank "rumbled" forward for more than ten meters, and then turned a corner along the street, perhaps because it was too fast, knocking down a street lamp on the side of the road and making a "sonorous" noise, which frightened a family in the house on the side of the road to scream and cry.

"Hey!" Werner shouted inside: "We are Germans, your allies, and we will not harm you!" ”

As he spoke, he raised his head at Alfredo, meaning to translate the words.

Alfredo hesitated, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, it won't work, they are afraid of the previous behavior of welcoming the allies!" ”

Werner said "oh", then shrugged his shoulders and said, "Mussolini won't do anything to them!" ”

Alfredo thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know!" ”

Qin Chuan knew what Alfredo meant, Mussolini was not an easy person to follow, and a few years ago, Italy launched an attack on Ethiopia under the command of Mussolini.

The result was somewhat surprising, the Italian army was defeated by nearly a third of the Ethiopian army, which was also armed with broadswords and spears...... Yes, the Italian army is so bizarre.

In the end, Mussolini launched a poison gas war against the Ethiopian army and won the war...... The poison gas caused hundreds of thousands of casualties among Egyptian soldiers and civilians, which also made the image of Mussolini's executioner deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.