Chapter 656: The Problem of the 1st Joint US-Canadian Special Service Team
"Commander Eisenhower's combat order this time is to parachute into the northern part of Italy to carry out guerrilla operations, destroy the military facilities and logistics supply points deployed there by the German general Kesselring, and other combat missions, so as to cooperate with the new round of Italian counterattack that our army is about to launch!"
"So today I have summoned you all to come together to discuss and see if there are any good proposals to make our guerrilla war smoother and safer!"
When all the senior officers of the joint U.S.-Canada Special Service Team 1 were assembled, the commander of the 1st Special Service Team, Robert J. Colonel T. Frederick said to Dr. Jeffrey Peck and the others beside him.
"Let's go to Command and discuss! There are a lot of people here, it's not good to be these secret battle plans! ”
Dr. Jeffrey Peck replied lightly as he watched the officers and men of the 1st Joint U.S.-Canada Special Service in the distance, who were undergoing rigorous training under the watchful eye of Major Crown, the commander of the Canadian company.
"Hmmm! All right! We'll talk about that later! ”
After hearing this, Commander of the 1st Special Service Team, wearing a U.S. Army A2 flight jacket, Robert A. T. Frederick also glanced at the officers and soldiers of the Special Operations Team who were conducting intense training projects on the training ground.
"Martial arts coach O'Neal, I'm still serious about teaching those special service members fighting skills! And his fighting skills are very good, I think if I fight him, I will definitely be defeated by him! ”
At this time, the rise of the Canadian executive John J. Lt. Col. G. McQueen also chimed in.
"Of course, he's a combat instructor we've specially selected, and if he's not professional and powerful, then how can we train a strong special service unit to fight the Germans with high individual quality?"
Dr. Jeffrey Peck smiled proudly.
"Let's go ahead now, then, and discuss how we can deploy our guerrilla operations in northern Italy! Dr. Jeffrey Peck! ”
"Because I'm going back to continue training my Airborne Troops, and Commander Eisenhower is still waiting for the results of our meeting!"
As soon as the words fell, William Henry Harrisonburg, the commander of the 501st Parachute Regiment of the US Army, interrupted anxiously.
"Are you really anxious, Commander Eisenhower sent us a combat mission just this morning, and you are so anxious to go to him for a post-meeting report?"
Dr. Jeffrey Peck was not satisfied.
"There is no way, Commander Eisenhower and Admiral Marshall are even more anxious than me about this Italian attack, so I also want to quickly settle our military meeting, and then immediately go back to my paratroop unit for airborne deployment!"
"Otherwise, once the battle plan is destroyed, then I, the commander of the 501st Parachute Regiment, will not have to do it, and I will be ready to roll up and go home!"
The head of the regiment, William Henry Harrisonburg, shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and explained.
Dr. Jeffrey Pike shook his head, then walked silently into the operations room of the command headquarters.
The other high-ranking officers also entered, but the slightly embarrassed regimental commander William Henry Harrison was the last to enter.
"That's it! Now it's just us high-ranking officers, and if any of you have any good combat proposals, you can say it at any time and let everyone discuss it! ”
When everyone entered the room, Commander Robert J. Colonel T. Frederick was still the first to speak.
"I want to say that we are very unclear about the situation in Italy, especially the military deployment of the German army, if we can fully grasp all the military movements and deployments of the German army in Italy, then we will be able to adjust our combat operations and operational deployments according to the deployment of the other side, especially our airborne landing sites!"
Before the other officers could speak, the regimental commander, William Henry Harrison, was the first to stand up and speak.
Because he was one of the Italian airborne troops designated by Commander Eisenhower, he was so nervous about the location of his troops and the security there, especially the deployment of German troops.
"As for your question, it is also the biggest headache for Commander Eisenhower, because we now have a lot of excellent intelligence officers and agents, and we are encountering the German Gestapo and the sixth large-scale purge of the SS, and we have already suffered a lot of casualties!"
"So most of our military intelligence about the German army in Italy is told by partisans from Italy, Italian civilians, and Italian officers and soldiers who resist fascism!"
"Although we still have a lot of unexposed intelligence agents and secret agents who are secretly lurking, spying on the movements of the German army, and secretly passing on information to us; But until now we have not been able to fully grasp all the movements of the German troops stationed in Italy! ”
"In particular, Kesselring, a high-ranking officer of the German army in Italy, did not know what his recent combat ideas were!"
"Recently, however, we have received information from a small Italian guerrilla that Casselring has recently been building a large number of defensive positions and fortifications around Monte Cassino!"
In this regard, Commander Robert M. Colonel T. Frederick immediately told everything he knew.
"Isn't that one of the places where Commander Eisenhower wanted us to be airborne? If the Germans had built a lot of fortifications and fortresses there, then we would not have been miserable! ”
"As soon as we parachute into the German army's defense system, our airborne troops will suffer huge casualties!"
Hearing this, the regimental commander William Henry Harrison immediately became worried about the airborne mission of his 501st Parachute Regiment.
"Yes! Therefore, we are now strengthening communication and contact with the Italian partisans who gave us information, hoping to obtain more information about the military deployment of the German army from them, so that we can have a complete pre-war preparation for the German army! ”
Commander Robert S. Colonel T. Frederick also agreed with a solemn face.
Although the commander of the regiment, William Henry Harrison, and his 501st Parachute Regiment Airborne Force, are not directly subordinate to the 1st Joint US-Canada Special Service Team.
However, the other side's troops were the assistance force of the special operation against Italy this time, and Commander Eisenhower personally named and assigned them to the cooperation team of the 1st Joint US-Canada Special Service Team, so the security of the other side also required Commander Robert J. Bush. Colonel T. Frederick gave some consideration.
Otherwise, if the opposing forces are deprived of the support of the opposing forces, then the commander Robert Bush will be killed. The 1st Joint U.S.-Canada Special Service under the command of Colonel T. Frederick would be left alone in a state of fierce fighting deep into the German defenses in Italy.
If this is the case, then the 1st US-Canada Joint Special Service may be annihilated by the Germans.
Therefore, the matter of mastering the military dynamics of the German army in Italy has now become the first difficult problem to be solved by the 1st Special Service of the United States and Canada.