Things were just as Qin Chuan imagined, and the British and American allies soon united again...... Perhaps it can be said that they have learned a bloody lesson, or perhaps the British and US forces have not been able to bear further defeats, or perhaps for the sake of personal reputation and national interests, no matter what it is, Britain and the United States have no choice but to unite in the face of this fiasco.

Then, the British and American forces quickly regained air supremacy, and the American forces even sent B17 bombers to bomb the German and Italian airfields in Italy...... This was Eisenhower's reward to the German and Italian armies after being deceived.

But this "return" is more symbolic, partly because high-altitude bombers like the B17 are easily detected by radar, so before the B17 flies over Italy, German and Italian fighters have been transferred.

On the other hand, as mentioned earlier, high-altitude bombers do not have much accuracy.

Then, the British and American forces stationed three air wings at the airfields in Malta and Bantarella, and air supremacy was transferred to the Allies.

At the same time, the U.S. military used the C47 to airdrop batches of supplies, including fuel and ammunition, to the British Eighth Army in the Catania Plain...... Even if the British Eighth Army has become a lone army, it will be difficult to encircle it, just as on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the volunteers cut off the supply lines of the US army again and again to encircle them, but again and again let them break out of the encirclement.

Finally, when the British fleet arrived in Catania with transport ships, the U.S. C47 airdropped a large number of lifeboats for the British army, and at the same time, the air was full of British and U.S. reconnaissance planes, and the British Navy's naval guns were also on standby, covering the British army's batch after batch of lifeboats, landing craft, and even fishing boats forcibly requisitioned from the people of Sicily to transport the British soldiers back to the transport ships and then transfer them to Malta.

Because the U.S. military has a port, although it is only a small port with a small throughput, it is still very fast if all the people are transported, and the U.S. military even transports all the tanks that have landed through the port, except for the two "General Grant" that broke down and could not move.

By contrast, the beaches from which the British had evacuated were a vast expanse of burning cars, tanks, armoured vehicles, and surplus supplies.

At the moment when all British and American troops were withdrawn, the whole of Sicily was boiling.

To be exact, the whole of Italy is boiling.

The performance of the Italian soldiers in this battle is really flattering, but the Italian government certainly does not advertise it.

Mussolini's impassioned voice was broadcast on the radio: "I am proud of you, the heroic soldiers of the Italian 6th Army, the great German soldiers, you have witnessed history with your courage, pushed the wheel of history forward with your blood, and defended the beautiful island of Sicily from the invasion of the enemy with your lives, and Italy is proud of you......"

Qin Chuan thought that the Italian soldiers would be ashamed to hear these words, because they had basically made no contribution to the battle, but those Italian soldiers lined up in a neat line and raised their guns and clenched their fists and cheered loudly, putting on a look like the enemy would give them a good look if they dared to come again.

"I'm not mistaken!" Werner leaned back in the car, bored with a stick of grass in his mouth, looked at the Italian and said: "Why do I have the illusion that they won this battle?" ”

"That's not a delusion, Werner!" The baker replied, "This battle was fought by them!" Lo and behold, they were largely not dead, but the British and Americans were defeated! ”

"That's right, Sergeant!" Werner replied: "We seem to have become someone else's tool!" ”

"Captain!" At this time, David walked up to Qin Chuan and the others, saluted everyone, and said, "It's time for me to go back to my own troops!" ”

"Why don't you stay in our troops!" Dominic suggested, "I'm sure the captain will agree if you want to!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and asked Qin Chuan, "Is it, captain?" ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

David was a good soldier, and most importantly he was a fast learner, which may have something to do with the fact that he was a college student.

"I'm sorry, Captain!" David replied, "It's a good feeling to fight with you, but ...... You know, I still have dreams! ”

Qin Chuan nodded, he understood what David meant, the tasks that Qin Chuan's unit carried out were often the most dangerous, such as the last time he pretended to be a British soldier and infiltrated the US army.

So, and David, who still has dreams, of course, knows that it is not a good thing to choose this unit.

Looking at David's back as he left, the baker smiled and said, "He's an interesting lad, and he's smart!" ”

"Oh!" Alfredo said, "I found out that I was the dumbest man in the world!" ”

The soldiers laughed and hugged each other.

In a way, Sicily is a great place to be, because the trees here are always hung with endless oranges and lemons, which are almost unimaginable for soldiers who have been fighting in Africa for a long time...... At first, they didn't even dare to pick the fruit to eat, because they learned one thing in Africa: most fruits are poisonous.

However, this is not the case here, as Alfredo tells the soldiers that they can eat as much as they want, which is obviously a good thing for the soldiers who have not been able to eat fresh fruit for a long time.

Of course, there are also bad things.

Compared to the dry heat of the desert, the climate is obviously very conducive to the growth of mosquitoes, so malaria is very widespread here...... And it's hard to prevent because the disease is spread by mosquito bites.

Qin Chuan's company had only been here for a few days when five of them contracted malaria.

But fortunately, the locals are used to this, and they all know what medicine to take for malaria, so they don't have to worry too much.

In order to prevent the disease or to worry that the large-scale outbreak would affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, and to thank the German soldiers, Mussolini specially transferred 200,000 mosquito nets from Italy to Sicily to give them to the German soldiers...... The German troops stationed in Sicily were only about 100,000 men, and there was still one set of one left, and the rest was used as a backup after damage.

But in fact, there are not many people who actually use mosquito nets, because this is a battlefield, and the usual places of residence are tents and woodlands, and the climate is humid and hot, and the mosquito nets are broken within a few days.

What's more, even if you are not afraid of trouble to hang up the mosquito net, there will still be mosquitoes that penetrate into the mosquito net.

So whether you will get malaria or not is ultimately a matter of fate, just as whether you will be hit by a bullet on the battlefield.