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Because Britain and the United States had no idea how to advance the war in the future, it began before the Battle of Sicily was over.

At that time the Germans were still holding the Catania line, but even a fool knew that the battle for Sicily was a foregone conclusion...... Britain and the United States are both commercial powers, and businessmen are more likely to see the future, so they are arguing about how to proceed next.

The focus remains on whether to attack from Italy or from the north of France.

Montgomery put it this way: "God, we have taken Sicily, and this island is the perfect base for advance, with several well-equipped ports and airfields large enough to accommodate all our fighters, and the Italians will even keep them in good working order...... I can't imagine that you would want to abandon your plan to use Sicily as a springboard to attack Italy and then attack Germany! ”

"You're telling the truth!" Eisenhower retorted: "But this does not change anything, except to stall for time!" ”

Eisenhower: This is to point out the point, the British are actually trying to stall for time.

What if you attack Italy from Sicily? At this time, Italy had a clear tendency to surrender, and the Allies would surrender or collapse after a while without even having to fight Italy, in this case, attacking Italy was obviously unnecessary, and it might even provoke the Italians to rebel and help the Germans make the Allies suffer.

Therefore, the ultimate goal of the British was to "delay", and Churchill's intention was to make Germany and the Soviet Union lose on the Eastern Front, and then the Allies would strike again.

This seems to be a very clever tactic, because Britain and the Soviet Union belong to different camps, one surname is "capital" and the other surname is "society", and everyone knows that after the war, the Soviet Union will become the main opponent of Western capitalist countries.

But America's interests are not here.

It should be said that this is also in the interests of the United States, because the Soviet Union will also become a strong adversary of the United States in the future.

But the United States has a more important interest...... That is, he hopes that he can replace Britain as the hegemon of this world.

If we want to become a "hegemon" and prove to the world that the United States is the most powerful country in the world, then there is no future in following Britain in the direction of Italy, and doing so is always an obedient little brother who follows Britain's ass.

Therefore, the United States desperately hopes for a battle that it will dominate and that will shock the world and even make the Soviet Union admit it...... This required the German army stationed in the north of France with dozens of divisions.

The British side may also feel the "ambition" of the United States, so it opposes it with various excuses and words, so it is another situation of "the public says that the public is justified and the mother says that the mother-in-law is reasonable".

Therefore, Zhang Chi also felt that he was lucky, if he had participated in such a meeting earlier, it would have meant that he had been tortured for a longer time.

As it is now, Britain and the United States are again arguing in the conference room.

"We don't have enough capacity to organize a large-scale landing campaign!" Montgomery said: "Knowing that the Germans have hundreds of thousands of troops in northern France, and they are all elite troops, how many troops should we commit to defeat them?" There are also warships, warplanes...... That's almost astronomical! ”

"Haven't we proven that we are capable of it?" Eisenhower retorted: "The Battle of Sicily is a good proof of this, we have 400,000 troops landing, and with the experience of the Battle of Sicily, I think we can do better!" ”

"It's different, isn't it?" Montgomery replied: "There are only 40,000 German troops in Sicily, and the rest are Italian troops with little combat strength and will, and we will hardly encounter a strong counterattack when we land in Sicily!" ”

"But at least it proves that we have the ability!" Eisenhower did not give up an inch of land: "Our crossing of the Mediterranean, the successful capture of Sicily, and the defeat of the German-Italian armies, will not be much easier than crossing the English Channel...... We even had a storm! ”

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Because of his previous experience, this time Zhang Chi sat aside and drank coffee without anger, and if there was a newspaper, he would lift Erlang's legs to read it.

Zhang Chi knew that this was just a wrestling between Britain and the United States...... At this time, the United States, because of its excellent performance in the Battle of Sicily and the miserable British army, challenged Britain's dominance in the war, or it can be said to challenge Britain's only remaining hegemony.

Of course, Britain is not willing to admit defeat, but they have already appeared to be a little out of place...... This was, of course, largely influenced by the Battle of Sicily.

All the British know that the British side of the Sicily campaign actually used the dominant power to "cheat" again and again to put the British in a better position from the beginning, but the result was such a big contrast...... This makes them lose the confidence to speak.

Eisenhower was also clever enough to grasp this point and constantly hit the British officers.

"I can understand your judgment!" Eisenhower said: "Because you may have come to this conclusion on the basis of the fighting power of the British army, but I must warn you...... This doesn't necessarily apply to the U.S. military, or to the French army! ”

Saying that, Eisenhower glanced at Zhang Chi, who was sitting on the side, which was the main reason why Eisenhower asked Zhang Chi to attend this meeting...... A victor who had achieved the highest honor in the Battle of Sicily was sitting there and a great pressure on the remnants of the British army.

"Major General, don't you have a little opinion?" Eisenhower said to Zhang Chi: "You have proven your ability again and again on the battlefield, and I believe your opinion is of great reference value to us!" ”

Eisenhower was indeed a politician who would become president of the United States...... Although he did not specify what he said, he did not depart from the Battle of Sicily.

"Let's put it this way!" Zhang Chi said: "It's not impossible to land from Italy, but I don't know if you have thought about it...... What happens when I punch in? ”

"What can happen?" Montgomery replied: "Major General, are you talking about the surrender of Italy?" ”

The British officers burst into laughter.

It was also an excuse for Britain to insist on attacking from Italy, which was like a peach waiting to be picked by the Allies, but the Allies abandoned it.

"No!" Zhang Chi replied: "The Italian government may surrender, but then Italy will be under the control of the German army, do you think the Germans will surrender so easily?" ”