Historically, Britain did exactly that, and when it found that it could not defeat the United States, it joined the ranks of the United States and became an ally of the United States, so to speak. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is for this fortuitous reason that for the first time in history, there has been a peaceful transition between an existing power and a new rising power.

After this phone call with Eisenhower, the Allied command was in a state of silence for a long time...... There was no news, there was no battle plan and no intelligence about the front.

This is very strange, because everyone knows that the German army at this time has already built a defensive line in the Alps, and the further it drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for the Allies, so at least there should be a state of active preparation for war like "the mountain rain is coming".

Or, Zhang Chi is thinking...... Is it that the Allied command has blocked all information from the French army, believing that the French army does not need to know further information and prepare accordingly for these situations.

Later, Zhang Chi learned that this was not the case at all, because even the United States, including Eisenhower, did not know what the battle plan was.

The main reason for this was because of Britain's selfishness, because he once again drew up a battle plan that was favorable to the British army, and because he was afraid of the opposition of the United States, he was reluctant to move out.

This is ridiculous, because this is a war, and the slightest carelessness in making a plan can lead to the death of hundreds or thousands of soldiers, or even the failure of the whole plan, and the British still treat it as a child's play as they did in the Battle of Sicily.

From this point of view, the British still failed to learn from the losses in the Battle of Sicily.

But it's not easy to learn the lesson, because everyone thinks about it...... The Battle of Sicily was an accident, and for the sake of immediate interests, it was of course a plan that favored the British rather than treated them fairly.

However, the ugly daughter-in-law eventually had to meet her in-laws, and it was not until more than half a month later that Zhang Chi received another notice to go to Cairo for a meeting.

Before the meeting began, Eisenhower whispered to Zhang Chi: "I have a hunch that the British are going to play tricks again!" ”

Zhang Chi agreed, in fact, even Eisenhower did not know the battle plan...... That's pretty obvious.

After the meeting began, Alexander first talked about the so-called "all countries should unite to deal with fascist countries" and so on, and then picked up a document on the table and raised it, saying: "This is our plan to attack Italy, of course, it is only a preliminary plan, and we need to decide together how to fight it!" ”

When everyone had a copy of the plan, Alexander continued: "Let me briefly state this plan, our landing points are Salerno and Taranto, and our task is to ensure that our troops can indeed occupy a bridgehead in Italy and advance the line to the north, so that our naval forces can freely pass through the Strait of Messina without being intercepted by enemy artillery fire. ”

When Alexander said this, Zhang Chi immediately thought: Salerno must have been arranged for the British army, and Taranto was arranged for the American army.

The reason is simple, Salerno is the closest place to Sicily, Sicilian artillery fire can reach Salerno, and according to the reconnaissance of the German army here there are only two battalions...... The reason was that the space in this area was very narrow, just the tips of the boots, and it was also covered by Sicily firepower, so the Germans did not dare to place too many troops here.

As you can imagine, the British army could easily land and occupy a place after a single artillery fire.

On the other side, Taranto was far away from Sicily and had little room for Allied fire support, and the Germans were relatively more numerous with a regiment.

However, this is not too difficult, in any case, the landing will not be too difficult, because the main purpose of the German army is not to prevent the Allied landing, they know that it is unrealistic to prevent the Allied landing after the Allied occupation of Sicily, they just want to buy more time to build a stronger defense line in the Alps to block the Allied attack.

But what Zhang Chi didn't expect was that this time he guessed wrong, the British were much more shameless than Zhang Chi and Eisenhower imagined.

Alexander continued: "As soon as we have landed, we must immediately consolidate our positions, and the follow-up troops will advance across the line of defense constructed by the landing force......

"Wait!" Eisenhower interrupted Alexander, looking at the papers and asking, "Are you mistaken?" Both landing sites were used by British troops? ”

"No, that's our plan!" Alexander replied.

"What?" Eisenhower couldn't help but be stunned: "Then where do we attack from?" ”

"The U.S. military is the follow-up force!" Alexander replied, "As I said, after we have landed and built a line of defense, you will move forward across our line!" ”

Eisenhower's mouth opened wide in surprise, and it was a long time before he asked, "How can you do this?" ”

"Any questions?" Alexander asked rhetorically, pretending to be confused: "This is a decision we made after careful study, because we think ...... If you have two troops attacking from two positions at the same time, you will have the same coordination problems as in the Battle of Sicily, and if you divide the two forces into two different waves, there will be far fewer coordination problems! ”

Zhang Chi looked at Alexander in disbelief, not only because Alexander could say such a thing, but also because he looked calm and unashamed after he said this...... This is simply cultivating to become an immortal.

Because anyone knew that the main forces of the Germans were not on the shore, and coupled with the fact that the Allies had full control of the sea and air, and the support of Sicily, the landing could hardly be said to be a problem.

The difficult question was how to move forward, because there was no doubt that more and more German troops would be encountered as the advance was made, and the supply lines would become difficult to supply as the advance lengthened...... However, Alexander called the U.S. troops who were tasked with advancing the task as a follow-up force, which meant that the British army had solved the main task, and the U.S. troops only had to move forward.

Eisenhower's face turned gray, he gritted his teeth and said gloomily: "General, then I want to know, why is it not the US military that is on the landing mission?" You know, the US military is more experienced in this, and at the same time we have more landing equipment! ”

"General!" Alexander replied solemnly: "It is precisely because of this that we hope to refine the ability of landing operations. Of course, we would love to see the U.S. military give us some guidance as allies! ”