"Report! General Marshall sent an urgent telegram asking the commander to take a look! ”

Just when Eisenhower was a little at a loss, suddenly a staff officer knocked on the door with an anxious face and reported. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he had finished speaking, Eisenhower let him in and showed him Marshall's telegram.

"How's the landing in Sicily going?"

The content of the telegram is very simple, and there is only one sentence above.

After seeing this sentence, he, who was already upset, became even more irritable.

"Do I want the troops to continue the offensive now, or do I better delay the attack?"

After reading the telegram, Eisenhower looked up to the sky and sighed and muttered to himself in deep exhaustion.

The telegraph-delivering staff officer stood nervously and quietly, quietly awaiting Eisenhower's reply.

And when Eisenhower couldn't make up his mind, Cunningham came.

This British Royal Admiral from Scotland is not only capable; And he is also a self-confident and courageous character.

"Why are you so upset? Commander Eisenhower! ”

Looking at Eisenhower, who was as anxious as an ant on a fire nest, Admiral Cunningham smiled slightly.

"Hey! You're finally here! That's it! I'm not just because of the bad weather, I don't know whether it's better to continue the Sicilian landing operation or delay it! Do you have any great ideas? Admiral Cunningham! ”

As soon as he saw that the person who came was Admiral Cunningham, Eisenhower's eyes lit up and he smiled happily as if he had seen a life-saving straw.

"Good idea, I'm an ant too! But I've come here now to bring you Prime Minister Churchill's telegram, which also asks you how the current Sicilian landing operation is going! ”

Admiral Cunningham said with a wry smile.

“……”

Hearing this, Eisenhower suddenly had black lines on his head, and he almost felt the urge to vomit blood.

"But I think you'd better continue the Sicilian landing operation!"

Seeing Eisenhower's expression so wonderful, Admiral Cunningham said in a gentle tone.

"But the weather is very bad right now!"

Eisenhower worried.

"It's okay, the British troops responsible for the landing operation east of Sicily are in leeward, so these storms will have little impact on their landing!"

"And before I came here, I also asked the meteorologists, and this storm comes and goes quickly! So I personally don't think we should worry too much about it! ”

Seeing this, Admiral Cunningham walked into the headquarters and pointed to the wind map on the wall, and said seriously.

"But our American troops are responsible for landing operations on the south coast, and if we don't land successfully, won't you British troops be left in the whole of Sicily? In this case, you will be weak and alone! ”

"And do you think your Patton will stop the landing because of the storm? With his belligerent character, I'm afraid he will never give up and make a successful landing no matter what the cost! ”

Admiral Cunningham shook his head and smiled.

"This ...... You're right! Even if Patton had known that it was President Roosevelt's order to delay the landing operation, he would have urged Hewitt to speed up the landing as if he hadn't heard it! ”

Eisenhower also sighed deeply and said.

In the end, after the two of them chatted for a while, they decided to continue the operation in accordance with the original landing operation plan.

So it didn't take long for both Montgomery and Patton to quickly receive Eisenhower's latest combat orders.

"No matter how bad the weather is, the combat operation continues to be carried out as scheduled, and I wish you great success! May God bless you and hope to hear the good news of your successful landing tomorrow morning! ”

Looking at these new combat orders, both Patton and Montgomery had bright eyes and militant smiles.

At the same time, they had their troops quickly brave the storm to complete the landing, rest on the island of Pantelleria, and await news of their air force attack on Rome, Italy.

Because once the air attack on Rome is successful, their airborne troops will carry out the first night airborne operation of British and American troops since World War II, and only then will their land forces carry out landing operations.

After the British and American armies reached Pantelleria one after another, the sky became dark, and the storm gradually subsided.

But the sky was still dark, without a trace of starlight or moonlight.

Or because of the sudden arrival of the storm, so that not a single German reconnaissance plane appeared.

Otherwise, the Germans would have discovered that at this time, more and more ships and transports were moored in the entire island of Pantelleria.

And the British and American airborne troops in Malta, which are ready to go, are also ready to go.

At this moment, 2,000 British paratroopers, 4,000 American paratroopers, and 1,000 paratroopers from other allied countries were all nervous and nervous in the air base, waiting for the battle order to be issued.

However, while waiting for the order, in order to relax their mood, they each found something to talk about.

As for the C-47 transport aircraft at this moment, and the Albimars aircraft, they are also in the 1st Airborne Division of the British Army; and the airfield where the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army is located, for landing.

At this time, Eisenhower and Admiral Cunningham had already left their headquarters and came to these airfields, nervously observing the airborne troops and the pre-war preparations of the transport planes.

"The storm is almost over! Commander! ”

Just as Eisenhower was fascinated by what he saw, a staff officer came up to him again and reported respectfully.

"Hmmm! Did our bomber group reach the skies over Rome? ”

The staff officer continued.

"It's coming!"

The staff officer continued to report.

"And Vittorio, the king of Italy? Will Emanuele III, and Count Ziano cooperate with us in the anti-Mussolini coup d'état? ”

Eisenhower continued.

"We haven't responded to us with a lot of certainty yet, but our eyes lurking in their eyes have found that they are secretly operating! It seems that once we have succeeded in bombing Rome and taking victory in the landing operation in Sicily! Mussolini's fascist regime will surely be overthrown by them! ”

The staff officer confidently responded.

"Good! That's it! As soon as our aviation units reach the airspace of Italy, let our airborne forces set off to land in Sicily! ”

Eisenhower's eyes were sharp and his tone was firm.