On the evening of July 6, 1943, Patton, who was strong and strong, sat majestically on the flagship of General Hewitt, the "Monrovia", and led 90,000 elite troops to the island of Pantelleria. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Whew! I've finally arrived here, and I'm in a good mood! ”

Patton, dressed in a general's uniform, said with a bright smile as he boarded the motorboat from the flagship and made a quick landing on the shore.

Although it was late in the evening, the weather was still very clear and the sea was calm.

However, in the evening, when the sun sets, the scenery full of red clouds is still indispensable, and I can see it vividly.

It is accompanied by a cool breeze and a faint salty smell of the sea, which makes you feel the joy of nature.

"Take advantage of the weather now! All the soldiers, give me the landing at once, and tonight we must launch the Battle of Sicily! Don't disgrace me, or I'll punish him severely!" ”

After feeling the sea view, Barton immediately gave a stern order to his troops.

As soon as his order was delivered, all the American soldiers of the 7th Army rushed into action.

Because he was well aware of Patton's fiery temper and violent behavior, not half of the soldiers dared to act disobeying orders at this moment.

So whether it's Allen in the 1st Division, or Middleton in the 45th Division, and Lucien in the 3rd Reinforced Division? The three division commanders of Trascott were all supervising their troops with a high degree of seriousness and carrying out the landing.

Even Bradley, the deputy commander of the 2nd Army, was expressionlessly urging the commanders of his divisions and all the high-ranking officers to make the landing.

Watching the rapid landing of Patton's troops, Montgomery and his troops watched intently from the ships still sitting on them.

"Marshal! Patton: Those U.S. troops have already started to land, should we start landing too? ”

Leon Fortai, commander of the 51st Infantry Division of the British Army, said to Montgomery, who was observing the weather.

"Don't be so anxious, now is not a landing in Sicily to fight, and it is not a battle with the Germans! If Barton's stupid guy wants to be in the limelight, let him get out! Anyway, I don't like him at all! ”

Montgomery glanced at Patton's troops, then turned his gaze to the weather.

"Marshal! I heard from our meteorologists tonight that there will be a storm, I wonder if it's true? ”

Looking at Montgomery, who was suddenly focused on the weather conditions, the commander of the 50th Infantry Division of the British Army, Ioniahai, also suddenly interjected.

At the same time, he also looked up to pay attention to the weather, seeing that the commander of the 51st Infantry Division, Leon Fortai, who had just spoken, and the commander of the 5th Infantry Division of the British Army, Gorna Lunga, could not help but look at the weather conditions around them.

Montgomery, on the other hand, did not answer, nor did he pay attention to their actions.

Because at this moment he already felt a strong north wind surging forward, and not long after, the sea was still sparkling, the glow was shining, and the wind was calm; Suddenly, it turned into a rolling wave, roaring and roaring, until the waves were raging.

Moreover, at this time, the clouds in the sky were also white clouds, changing into dark clouds, and at the same time, the sea breeze around them also suddenly soared from the original level 3 to level 7.

"It seems that our weather forecasting experts are still a bit strong, saying that there will be a storm, and there is really a storm coming in the evening!"

As soon as Montgomery saw the sudden arrival of the storm, he instantly smiled bitterly.

"The storm is getting stronger, what do we do now? Marshal! ”

Seeing the sea that was already surging and the waves were rolling endlessly, the division commander Leon Fortai suddenly said anxiously.

"What are you afraid of! We're not in battle now, it's just a little storm! Let's just step up the login! ”

Montgomery smiled calmly as if he hadn't seen the weather getting worse and worse.

"This ...... Be! Marshal! ”

Hearing this, the division commander Leon Fortai was stunned for a moment before agreeing.

Later, in the midst of the fierce wind and waves, Montgomery's troops also hurriedly landed under the command of the division commanders.

As for Patton and his troops at this time, half of the soldiers had already successfully landed, and the remaining half of the soldiers had also stepped up their landing.

Patton, who had landed successfully, stared at Montgomery's troops with a smile.

Seeing Patton's defiant and mocking gaze, Montgomery only sneered, and then ignored the other party.

But at that moment, Montgomery suddenly saw Barton make a thumbs-down gesture to him, indicating that the other party was not his opponent.

Seeing such a blatant provocation on the other side, Montgomery was immediately furious, and he also made a thumbs-down gesture to Barton in retaliation, not to be outdone.

Seeing this, Barton smiled with a sneering expression on his face, and then turned to leave.

"This bastard, he wants to die! Show me, and when I am invincible in the battle of Sicily, you will wait to see how I laugh at you! But I'm not going to let you live in Sicily so smoothly! ”

Looking at Barton's hateful mocking smile, Montgomery held back the great anger in his heart and roared in his heart.

At this time, at the headquarters of the British and American Allied Forces on the island of Malta, Eisenhower was pacing around in his headquarters in a hurry.

"Report! The wind is already over level 5! Commander! ”

"The wind is over force 7! Commander! ”

"Report! The wind is about to reach force 8! Commander! ”

And when he was in a hurry, the weathermen kept running over and giving him the latest reports.

In the face of increasingly bad weather, Eisenhower's originally good mood suddenly changed very badly.

For if his troops were to be allowed to land in Sicily in the face of bad weather, the danger to the soldiers would be much greater, and even the number of casualties would be greatly increased.

And the thing that upset him the most was that if the weather was bad, then their air force would not be able to attack, provide air support, and saturate bombing the Germans.

As for the fact that they still want to continue to implement their airborne troops, to carry out a sneak attack on Sicily; It's even more of a fool's dream, and it's dangerous.

"Oh God! How could you have taken a storm at such a critical time? Is it true that Hitler's gas count is not exhausted? ”

The more he listened to the weather officers, the more annoyed Eisenhower became, and he almost vomited blood.

So worried, he went outside the house and looked at the anemometer outside, while praying sincerely.

In fact, the reason why he was so nervous was because there were as many as 200,000 troops dispatched this time, and there were countless ships and transport ships.

And if there is no way to complete the sneak attack on Sicily, then it indicates that he will have to find a new landing site.

However, if they do, they will waste a lot of time on new deployments, and it is difficult to say whether there will be such a good combat opportunity once they miss the best combat opportunity.

And for Eisenhower, there was an even bigger headache now that their Allied massive bomber and fighter groups had flown in the direction of Rome, Italy, preparing for a surprise air attack to coincide with the launch of the landing operation in Sicily.

"What now! Commander! Should we now continue to carry out the Sicilian landing operation according to the original plan, or should we delay the combat operation? ”

At this time, Eisenhower muttered to himself in a state of confusion.