The reason why so many troops were needed along the way was that the British army relied on the large port of Syracuse to land a large number of troops, equipment and supplies (80,000 men) in a few days, and it would of course take considerable strength to entangle them.

On the other hand, there was only one airborne regiment and one regiment of the 52nd Mechanized Infantry Division against the US Third Division.

The other troops, namely the Goering Panzer Division and the 52nd Mechanized Infantry Division, lacked a regiment, and the First Infantry Corps pursued the Americans straight to the south.

On the other side, Patton was shocked when the 1st Infantry Division's line was broken by the Germans.

"How did it happen?" Barton asked over the phone.

"We've been fooled, General!" Allen said: "You're right, their main force is in Enna, they have a large number of tanks, a whole armored division to be exact. There are at least two more divisions of troops, and we simply can't hold off their attack! ”

Patton hurriedly gave orders to the 45th Infantry Division and the 2nd Panzer Division, which had just landed on the beachhead: "Immediately build fortifications on the beachhead, the Germans will come over, there are three divisions, and one armored division among them!" ”

However, Patton was still not confident in this, because the 60 tanks of the 2nd Panzer Division had already been reinforced to Enna, and now all of them were still alive and dead, and there were only 30 tanks on the entire beachhead, and most of them were "General Grant" tanks.

As soon as the phone was put down, Eisenhower called.

"What's going on, Joe?" Eisenhower was furious on the phone: "The rear of the British army was attacked, and I heard that the line of defense of the 1st Infantry Division was broken through by the enemy......"

"That's what I should ask you, Ike!" Patton was so angry that even though Eisenhower had been his friend for many years, Patton angrily yelled into the phone: "I told you that I had been warning you, and that British 'military genius'...... The main force of the Germans is in Enna, in Enna! But you never took my word for granted! Now, instead you're asking me what's going on? God, what shall I say? ”

"The main force of the Germans is in Enna?"

"Of course!" Patton replied: "They have three divisions, and one of them is an armored division...... They had just broken through the line of defense of the 1st Infantry Division. As I told you, the Germans in Enna were different, not because the 1st Infantry Division was not combat-ready, but because the main German forces were there......"

Before he could finish speaking, Eisenhower on the other end of the phone hung up the phone.

General Patton couldn't help but scold, "Fuck it! Then he slammed the phone onto the dock.

Eisenhower didn't actually mean to hang up on Patton's phone, but he knew that this was not the time to hold him accountable and listen to Patton's complaints, and he immediately found Montgomery as soon as he hung up.

"We've been fooled!" Eisenhower's first words when he met Montgomery were: "The main force of the Germans is in Enna!" ”

Montgomery looked back and replied unhurriedly, "Ike, we discussed this......"

"They've broken through our defenses!" Eisenhower said: "The line of defense of the 1st Infantry Division has already been broken through by them, and they saw the Panzer Division of the Germans with their own eyes!" ”

"What?" Montgomery was so surprised that he couldn't keep his mouth shut for a long time.

"We were fooled, understand?!" Eisenhower clenched his fist and banged on the table: "We were fooled, the Germans' armored division was in Enna, and they had two more divisions, and they had much more troops than we thought!" ”

"No, the picture ......"

"The Germans deliberately showed us that picture!" Eisenhower interrupted Montgomery: "Our first photograph is probably real, the Germans burned a fake tank to confuse us by burning it to cover up this mistake, and we were so easily deceived by them!" ”

When Montgomery heard this, his face turned white.

It is ironic that after MI5 went to great lengths to set up a "minced meat plan" to fool the Germans, the Germans in turn used a plan similar to the "minced meat plan" to fool the British.

Of course, the deceptive plan of the Germans was not the same as the "minced meat plan" in terms of situation, but its essence was very similar:

Britain's "minced meat plan" was a strategic purpose for Britain to disguise its attack on Sicily by attacking Sicily too obviously.

The deceptive plan of the Germans was to cover up the truth about the presence of their main forces in Enna by exposing them too obviously.

Then Montgomery thought a little ...... If what Eisenhower said was true, that the Germans had much more troops than expected, then it is likely that the "minced meat plan" did not succeed from the beginning.

Not only did it not succeed, but even the "minced meat plan" was used by the Germans, which means that this Sicily was a trap from the beginning, a trap for the British and American forces.

Thinking of this, Montgomery couldn't help but look at Eisenhower in surprise, then at the map, and asked, "Do you know where they are now?" ”

"No, of course not!" Eisenhower replied: "All I know is that their main forces are catching up with the 1st Infantry Division!" ”

"Syracuse!" Montgomery stared at the map for a moment and said, "Their target must be Syracuse!" ”

"No, I think their goal is the port of Trapa!" Eisenhower said.

The port of Trappa is a small port that the U.S. military captured and is using.

"Ike!" Montgomery said: "Their target was obviously Syracuse, because there was a lot of stuff there, and that wasn't the case with the port of Trapa!" ”

"Oh, really?" "But I think that's why the port of Trappa will be their main target," Eisenhower said. ”

"Why do you think that?" Montgomery asked.

"Because we're running out of supplies, they could wipe us all out on the beachhead!" Eisenhower said angrily: "And all of this is because of your damn plan, you have allocated us only a small harbor in the plan, and now we have only thirty tanks and only thirty on the Trapa beach...... And they were going to use these thirty tanks to fend off one of the armored divisions of the Germans! ”

"Ike, listen to me......" Montgomery tried to explain, but was interrupted by Eisenhower.

"No!" Eisenhower said: "There is no room for discussion, I am an American, and when the American military is in danger, my first consideration should be the American army!" So ......"

Needless to say.