An hour later, inside the headquarters of Commander Eisenhower, Admiral Arnold, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, and Admiral Porter in the Air Force; Hewitt, as well as the commander of the Eighth Air Force, Karl? Andrew? Spatz, as well as Eisenhower, were either grim-faced, or unpleasantly frowning deeply and silent. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"This time our action was so big, and we were actually escaped by those German soldiers, what a big loss! How can we account for President Roosevelt? ”

The commander-in-chief of the US Army Air Corps, Admiral Arnold, sighed at the end.

"You can only use the record of the Italian army to replace the first! Of the more than 10,000 Italian troops on the island of Pantelleria, more than 5,000 were killed and killed by us, and another 3,000 were wounded and captured by our troops! ”

Eisenhower said in a reassuring tone.

"The Italian army was originally a very weak unit, a simply vulnerable force; Defeating them is not satisfying at all! And the most important thing for us now is that we have dispatched so many aviation units, and navy and army units this time, but not a single German army has been killed, or captured! ”

"What do you think if President Roosevelt and those members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would view our operation? There will definitely be a lot of opinions! ”

The commander-in-chief, Admiral Arnold, shook his head and voiced his concerns.

"Hmmm! Oh, yes! It's really a headache, and now it's just a matter of opportunity! ”

Eisenhower said with a wry smile.

"So what do we do next?"

At this moment, the commander of the Eighth Air Force, Spatz, returned to his usual calm attitude and asked.

"Let's build the Italian army's military airfield on the island of Pantelleria, and then we will continue to study how the Sicilian campaign will be deployed!"

Eisenhower said he was going to do it.

"I agree too!"

Admiral Arnold nodded in agreement.

"But I have recently heard from our intelligence officer that the German army is in Sicily, and it seems that some troops have been secretly sent to the past for military training and stationing, and as for what the Pan is has not yet been discovered! Because the German defenses on the islands of Sicily were so tightly guarded by scouts that even ordinary Italian residents could not approach their garrisons! ”

"Our informants have tried to dress up as local residents a few times, and have also sold some local residents to lead the way to approach, but they have also been driven out!"

Huster, who had been silent, suddenly interjected.

"Hmmm! Is there such a thing? How did I not know! ”

Eisenhower was surprised.

"Because in the past few days, Weimeidu has focused all his energy on the battle of Pantelleria, so I only received this latest information yesterday! And today we are carrying out a thousand-plane bombing operation, so I haven't had time to report this to you for a while! Commander! ”

Hewitt stared at Eisenhower and explained with a wry smile.

"Alright! Now I know! Then we have to quickly investigate the truth of this matter, because I feel that the recent actions of the German army are very abnormal, and they are very different from their previous style! At least in the matter of retreating, the German army acted very quickly, which was not at all the same as Hitler's usual practice of fighting for every inch of land! ”

Eisenhower said with a puzzled face.

"Yes! Commander! Because I feel the same way as you lately, the current German combat style seems to have completely changed! And I don't know why they suddenly have a lot of planes, as well as new types of anti-aircraft weapons! ”

Hewitt replied solemnly.

"Good! Then I'll leave it to you to send someone to investigate, and I'll give our intelligence department an order for a full and urgent investigation!" Because I want to know as soon as possible what is really going on inside the German army, why is it not the same as usual? If it doesn't affect the Sicily campaign that we're planning right now! ”

Eisenhower immediately nodded in agreement.

Could this have something to do with the Great Purge that Hitler is now underway? I heard you report to President Roosevelt about Hitler's purges before I came! ”

Admiral Arnold interjected.

"It might also be related! However, it will not be possible to determine until the investigation is carried out! ”

Eisenhower responded.

"That's right! Only by finding out can we know the truth of the matter! It seems that our campaign in Sicily is now encountering a new problem, and we must find a way to solve it immediately! ”

Hewitt said with another wry smile.

As soon as the words fell, a telegraph operator hurriedly walked in with an urgent telegram.

And as soon as he received the approval of Commander Eisenhower, he handed a telegram to the other party tremblingly.

Seeing the telegraph operator in front of him with such a gaffe and anxious expression, Commander Eisenhower suddenly had a bad premonition rising in his heart.

It's just that now his emotional control ability is as strong as before, and he controls it very well and doesn't show his mood swings.

But when he had taken a cursory look at the telegram, he was immediately shocked, and his eyes widened in shock; His face was full of disbelief and a little panicked.

"What happened? Who sent the telegram? ”

Commander Eisenhower, who saw such an abnormal performance, Admiral Arnold, who was beside him, hurriedly asked.

"Our NC-68 flotilla was hit hard by a surprise attack by the German aviation units! Now the losses are huge! Only a small number of ships and ships and carrier-based aircraft were able to escape! ”

"In addition, several of our transport fleets were also suddenly attacked by German air raids, and a large number of casualties were also lost; Now they are asking us for help, and they used to worry that the Germans will continue to send pursuers to pursue them and wipe them out! ”

Commander Eisenhower took a deep breath and said as much as he could control his mood swings.

"What! Our convoy was heavily damaged by the German air forces! ”

Hearing this, all the people in the audience were shocked, and screamed in shock. "Yes! That's the way it is! This time I really didn't know how to report such huge bad news to General Marshall and President Roosevelt! ”

Commander Eisenhower also shook his head irritably.

After listening, everyone stared at each other to see if they had any good suggestions.

It's just that they all saw a very helpless and resentful expression in each other's eyes.

Especially the hatred and anger of the surprise attack of the German Air Force, which has been elusive and does not play according to common sense recently.