Montgomery originally thought that this would have little impact on the Allied plans to attack Sicily, because the Allies had a great advantage over the Germans, and the 15th Infantry Division only had to maintain law and order in the port of Syracuse, assist in transportation, protect supplies, etc.

Therefore, it is not only possible to win the war but also to let the 15th Infantry Division go to the battlefield to be tempered, why not.

Unexpectedly, the 15th Infantry Division was about to attack an elite armored division and mechanized infantry division of the German army, not counting the old opponent's First Infantry Corps.

Where would these recruits of the 15th Infantry Division be the opponents of the Germans, and the tanks quickly broke through the defensive lines set up by the British on the road...... The British soldiers hiding on the side of the road were still shooting at the tank, but they were quickly knocked to the ground by bullets fired by German soldiers.

After Qin Chuan killed a British soldier holding an "English crossbow" and aiming at a tank, he shouted: "Be careful, English crossbow!" ”

Before the words fell, the soldiers knew what to do, and one by one they leaned out and locked onto the "English crossbow...... Everyone knows that it is a threat to the tank, and its size is not easy for the tank to observe, especially at night.

The German soldiers did it very successfully, and several British soldiers who wanted to come up and operate the "English Bow Crossbow" were all knocked to the ground, and then Werner leaned out with a bazooka and "boomed" the "English Crossbow" into the sky.

The next second the British army collapsed, and they all got up from their bunkers and fled into the darkness, or directly raised their hands and shouted: "Don't shoot, don't shoot, I surrender!" ”

Several German soldiers went up and seized the guns raised by the British and escorted them to the rear...... One of the reasons why the Germans were generally merciful when dealing with recruits was probably because they posed no threat to the Germans, so they were fighting the battle in an almost "joking" manner.

But then things were a little different.

When the tank turned a corner along the road, it suddenly exploded with a "boom", and the German soldiers who followed behind were shocked away before they could react to what was going on, and Qin Chuan was also one of them.

"What's going on?" Qin Chuan got up from the ground with a disgraced face and asked.

Werner snapped out from behind the wreckage of the tank, and then shrank back...... Immediately, a volley of bullets whizzed past him.

"Captain, it's 'Sherman'!" Timo Werner has seen the situation around the corner.

"They used 'Sherman' to build another line of defense!" Werner added.

Qin Chuan looked at the surrounding terrain and secretly said that these Britons were still a little level...... On the right is the high ground, on the left is a cliff more than ten meters high, only one road turns in the other direction, and a defense line led by the "Sherman" is set up there, which can almost be said to be a one-man affair.

Another tank "rumbled" up, and Qin Chuan hurriedly made a gesture to stop it.

"What happened?" Bazel shouted from behind, "Why don't you move forward?" ”

"'Sherman', Major!" Qin Chuan replied: "Around the corner!" ”

Bazel quickly understood what was going on, he stepped forward and looked around, and then ordered: "One row, climb up!" ”

"No, Major!" Qin Chuan said: "They must be prepared!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, a row of bullets was dropped on the high ground, followed by grenades thrown down.

Qin Chuan and the soldiers hurriedly hid behind the tank.

When Qin Chuan and Bazel were in a dilemma, Alfredo shouted, "I know a mountain road, Captain!" ”

"What?" Because of the sound of gunfire, Qin Chuan didn't hear it very clearly.

"I know a mountain road!" "It leads to the top of the highlands, and you can even go around behind them in twenty minutes," Alfredo said. ”

"Great, Alfredo!" Qin Chuan immediately ordered: "Werner, take your platoon and go around with Alfredo!" Don't forget the bazooka! ”

"Yes, sir!"

Needless to say, Qin Chuan and others used tanks and armored vehicles to stalemate with the British army on the road, and Alfredo suddenly appeared on the high ground garrisoned by the British army with a platoon of soldiers and caught them by surprise, and then went straight to the rear of the road to destroy the "Sherman" with a bazooka.

At this time, Qin Chuan realized that before they started the battle, they should summon some Italian soldiers who were familiar with the terrain to lead the way.

However, there were not many such cases, and most of the German troops advanced smoothly towards Syracusa under the cover of tanks, but there were British troops everywhere along the way, so the speed of the advance was very slow.

"Do you know what the British are up to?" Bazel asked Qin Chuan.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "They want to use this method to buy time!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Bazel looked at his watch and said, "It's going to be dawn soon, I hope you're mentally prepared for it!" ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

This was to be expected, and despite Montgomery's repeated missteps, Syracuse was not within reach.

Montgomery could not defend here with naval guns like the American army because of the difficult terrain of Syracuse...... It's a port, it's a city, it's mountains, roads, etc., which inevitably makes the British line of defense uneven, not like the American army, which is a palm field outside the beachhead.

At the same time, the Germans were advancing along the road, and it was very difficult for the naval guns to hit the road in the dark, and at the same time, it was very easy to be blocked by the high ground and even accidentally injured friendly troops.

Montgomery, however, had the advantage that it was close to dawn when the Germans approached Syracuse.

Qin Chuan looked at his watch, it was already 4:50, and the sun would rise in the east in about half an hour.

This meant that the British could use their air power to bombard the Germans indiscriminately.

In fact, at this time, the British fighters were already taking off one after another on the island of Malta...... It would take them a few minutes to assemble, and then by the time they flew over the port of Syracuse, it would be dark.

Montgomery asked about the take-off of the fighters while watching the staff officers in the headquarters mark the positions of the various parts of the German army, and then nodded and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Montgomery believed that as long as the British air power was engaged in battle, even if the Germans were more numerous than Siracusa and better than the 15th Infantry Division, they would eventually be kept out of the line by the British...... Because, in the face of the British fighters, those tanks on the road even had nowhere to escape.

What Montgomery didn't know was that he had fallen into a trap set for him by Qin Chuan.