"You mean you have a way to break through the enemy's defenses?" Eisenhower asked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Let me guess!" Patton asked Zhang Chi excitedly: "You are finally going to send the Chinese troops to the battlefield!" ”

This was what Patton had always hoped for, not only because the Chinese army had made a name for itself in Africa, but also because Patton knew that Chinese troops had fought the enemy in the jungles of Burma...... The terrain of Burma is very similar to that of Italy, so if the Chinese army goes into battle and breaks through a little bit, it may be possible to change this stalemate.

"No!" Zhang Chi replied: "For the Chinese army...... I still maintain my previous attitude, I think that we are far more useful in training the army than directly in battle! ”

This is, of course, an excuse for Zhang Chi, but then again, it is obvious that in the long run, it is indeed useful to train the Zoaf Corps with the Chinese army than to go directly to the battlefield.

Patton couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard this, as an American general and commander of the Seventh Army, Patton was very interested in the Chinese army.

Patton wanted to see with his own eyes the combat methods of the Chinese army and find out the reason why the American army was not strong in combat.

Unbeknownst to Patton, the U.S. military would never be able to fight like the Chinese army...... There is nothing special about the Chinese army's combat methods, and even a large part of the combat methods are derived from the United States, after all, the expeditionary force was trained by Stilwell using the American training system.

The biggest difference between the Chinese army and the US military is that the Chinese army came out of China's poor environment, while the American GIs are completely opposite, so the Chinese army's spirit of enduring hardships and standing hard work and fighting tenaciously is incomparable to the US military, and at the same time, this is not something that can be trained.

"So...... What do you mean by that? Eisenhower asked.

Eisenhower was more concerned with victory than Patton was more concerned with military affairs.

"I'm talking about the Italians!" Zhang Chi replied.

Eisenhower was also disappointed at this time, he shook his head, and said: "Major General, you must know that even those British can't make those Italians move, let alone our ......."

"The British may not be able to, but the Germans can!" Zhang Chi replied.

"Germans?" Eisenhower looked at Zhang Chi stunned: "I heard you right, what do you mean...... Will the Germans let the Italians take up guns against them? ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded.

Everyone in the conference room was stunned, if it weren't for the fact that Zhang Chi's prestige had spread throughout the Allied forces, those American officers would definitely have been ridiculed again.

It was a long time before Eisenhower said, "How is that possible?" Major general? The Germans are not fools! ”

"I don't think they're fools!" Zhang Chi replied: "But the suspicion between the Germans and Italians is already deep, it's not a secret, isn't it?" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Eisenhower somewhat understood what Zhang Chi meant.

"First of all, it was the Germans who crossed the German-Italian border and fortified the Alps without telling the Italians!" Zhang Chi said: "The Germans even disarmed some of the disobedient Italian troops, which caused great dissatisfaction on the Italian side!" Secondly, the German side also urgently sent two additional airborne divisions to Rome...... Why in Rome? In this situation, I mean that if it is against the Allies, the airborne division is useless at all! ”

The U.S. generals couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement.

Airborne divisions are special forces and, of course, elite units of Germany...... It is very taboo for this kind of special forces to be used in conventional operations, because it is obviously a waste, and if special forces are used in conventional operations, they often cannot beat ordinary troops of the same strength.

This will be different from film and television works and the image in most people's minds, because most people think that special forces must be much better than conventional forces in terms of quality, and their combat effectiveness is certainly stronger than that of conventional forces.

But this is not the case, special forces are units used to carry out special tasks, and their equipment and equipment are equipped according to these special tasks, for example, the airborne troops are overwhelmingly equipped with light weapons due to airborne needs...... If it is used in conventional warfare, it may not be able to defeat an infantry division equipped with heavy artillery and tanks.

"So obviously!" Zhang Chi said: "These two paratrooper divisions are used by the German army to control or intimidate the Italian army, in case the Italian army cuts off the connection between the two German armies from the middle, especially this will also cut off the supply line of the German army group A!" ”

"But so what?" "Those Italians are cowardly, and they won't raise their guns unless we win against the Germans!" ”

Eisenhower said thoughtfully: "The Major General is right, the Italians and the Germans are suspicious of each other, although they still seem to be allies on the surface, but in fact they may collapse at any time, what we have to do...... That's the first domino that can knock it down! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "That's what I'm going to say, we want to deepen the suspicion of the Germans against the Italians!" ”

"But what can we do?" Eisenhower asked, "Using intelligence officers?" I don't think this can fool the Germans! ”

"No!" Zhang Chi said: "Hold a press conference and tell those reporters...... Italy had already reached an agreement with the Allies and was ready to surrender, so this stalemate on the defensive line would not last long! ”

There was silence in the conference room for a moment, and everyone looked at Zhang Chi in a daze, they didn't expect Zhang Chi to come up with such a bold plan.

"Wow......" After a long while, Barton came back to his senses, "That's a good plan, isn't it?" It doesn't take much effort on our part, I mean...... With just a little money to waste some saliva at a press conference, the Italian army will have to choose an uprising, and at the same time, those talkative reporters will finally be able to do something right! ”

Patton has always been obsessed with the "slap incident" caused by reporters, so of course he will not have a good impression of reporters.

But Eisenhower hesitated, and his eyes glanced at the other officers around him, he wanted to hear what others had to say.

Zhang Chi knew what Eisenhower was hesitating about.

Eisenhower's main task now was to coordinate relations between the United States and Britain and try to unify their views against the Germans, which was the main reason why he had agreed again and again to the harsh plans put forward by the British.

And now, Zhang Chi's plan is clearly detrimental to US-British relations.