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Eisenhower, though still a little uneasy, had no other way now, so he could only say to Alexander when he returned: "Well, my soldiers are tired, if you want the Eighth Army to go up, then do it!" ”

"That's what I want to say!" Alexander waited for Eisenhower's words: "This is a wise choice, General!" ”

So the British army immediately went into action.

The actions mentioned here are not any military preparations, which they made a few days ago.

This action was twofold, on the one hand, to get in touch with the Italian side and to agree that the "axis" would be used as a code word...... and that the "axis" meant that Italy would break away from the Axis powers.

On the other hand, Alexander summoned the journalists of various countries for a press conference, and could not wait to boast in front of the reporters: "It is time for the Eighth Army to perform, gentlemen, believe me, they will be victorious, and it will be a decisive victory!" ”

Then, that night, the British and American troops secretly changed their guards, and the American troops retreated to the second line to rest, while the British troops deployed to confront the German troops on the first line.

The Germans quickly felt this the next day, not only because the British were wearing saucer helmets on their heads, but also because the bullets and shells were much less dense than before...... This is also one of the differences between the British and American armies, the US military can be said to be the local tyrant of the local tyrants, the war did not affect the United States in the slightest, and its domestic industry was produced at full capacity from beginning to end, so the bullets and shells were casually fired as if they didn't need money.

And the British army, many of them are from Britain, which is severely short of blockaded materials, so naturally they dare not let go of the fight.

Of course, there are also reasons why the British army uses bolt rifles while the American army uses semi-automatic rifles, and the American GIs may have never fought recruits who pull the trigger as soon as they are nervous.

It should be said that the British did have some advantages in this kind of mountain confrontation.

After all, most of the British army are veterans from the African battlefield, and their quality is much stronger than those hairy young men in the United States, especially marksmanship...... This may also be due to the fact that the Enfildra bolt rifle had a longer range, and many of the Germans, who had not adapted to it for a while, fell under the cold guns of the British.

Alexander was also very scheming, he thought that it was not appropriate for the British army to win as soon as they came up, and it was too easy to guess that the British were acting behind it, so he let the British army continue to defend the line and attack with small scales.

Three days later, Alexander decided that the time was ripe, so he asked everyone to prepare in the early hours of the morning, including naval guns and hundreds of warplanes, and then Alexander sent a "Axis" message to the Italian side.

To Alexander's surprise, the Italian side did not reply to "secession" as agreed.

So Alexander sent another ......

"It can't be that the radio station is being interfered with by the Germans!" Alexander couldn't help but get a little nervous.

After a long time without receiving a reply, Alexander was in a hurry in the command like an ant on a hot pan.

Finally, a communications soldier shouted at Alexander, who was walking back and forth, "They have replied!" ”

"Decode now!" Alexander jumped up excitedly: "This moment has finally come!" ”

But then he had a sense of foreboding, because there was much more code than he thought, so of course it would not be "disengaged".

Sure enough, when the decoded message reached Alexander, he was almost angry: "Fuck Italy, I knew I couldn't trust them...... What an idiot I would believe them! ”

The message reads: "Dear General, we think that the plan should be postponed, because we are not ready, we need time!" ”

It takes time...... How much time does it take?

No one knows, but it would be better for the Allies and the Germans to split the winners, and then Italy will join the victors with the banner held high.

Alexander didn't have much strategy, but he wasn't too stupid to see it.

But what can he do at this time? You can't use a telegram to scold the shameful Italians and then hope that they will take up their guns against the Germans!

Alexander thought about it, and could only suppress the anger in his heart and call back to the Italian side.

As for what the call back is about...... That's not the point, the point is that Italy will definitely drag the uprising back day by day, but the British army is on the front line day after day.

The casualties of the British army on the front line may have been nothing to Alexander, and there were always deaths in war, but the doubts from the media and the world were unbearable for him and Montgomery.

"General, you said before that the British could quickly break the German lines? But why don't we see a single sign of the imminent victory of the British army! ”

"General, it is said that the American side was opposed to the march into Italy, because they had foreseen the predicament of today, and it was the British who used their command to force the passage of this battle plan......"

"And you have a pact for that? Is it true? ”

"If this bet is real, do you think there is an answer by now?"

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A reporter even asked Alexander directly if he was willing to give up the dominance of the war for the sake of the happiness of all mankind and hand it over to the more competent United States.

This made Alexander and Montgomery disgraced, but they could not do anything about the situation, especially since Montgomery was still a traditional and conservative commander, which determined that he would not make much progress in the face of the German army's defense line using the mountain defenses.

Not only did there be no progress, but even because the equipment and firepower of the British army were inferior to the American army, and they were often attacked by the Germans at night...... The line of defense is still slowly moving south.

At this time, Eisenhower was the happiest, and he laughed on the phone to Zhang Chi: "Major General, you have once again held the artery of the war, and everything seems to be unable to escape your eyes, well done!" We're lucky, aren't we? I didn't expect that it was the cowardice of the Italians who helped us this time! I was even thinking that if I could, I should send a telegram to the Italians to express my gratitude, or send them a medal! ”