Chapter 418: Disaster Affects the Pond Fish
By the time David and the others came out to surrender, it was already forty minutes later.
Colonel Slain looked at his watch, and there were only fifty minutes before the counterattack, so he immediately waved his hand to the soldiers, and the soldiers escorted the prisoners to the road.
On the way to the march, Qin Chuan saw a very interesting style of painting, and the soldiers who were taking prisoners were serious and nervous...... It is normal for them to be nervous, after all, this is disguised as a British army into the enemy's defense area, and if the enemy is not careful, it will immediately turn into a scuffle.
In stark contrast to them, the Italians were at ease, and although they held their hands up, they talked and laughed along the way, as if they were being escorted on vacation, and some even asked the "British soldiers" for cigarettes, as if they really regarded the British as allies.
This scene couldn't help but make Colonel Slane secretly curse: "Fuck the Italians! ”
David walked cautiously to the "British soldiers" and looked them up and down, as if trying to distinguish the authenticity of these "British soldiers".
Qin Chuan caught up behind him and pushed him hard, shouting loudly in English: "Keep up, if you want someone to save you, it's wrong!" ”
"Sir!" An Italian who understands English responds: "We don't want anyone to come to our rescue!" ”
As he spoke, Italy spat in the direction of David's men and said, "Especially these Germans! ”
"Oh, really?" Qin Chuan responded casually.
"Of course!" The Italians replied: "They put their guns on us and planted mines behind us!" ”
Qin Chuan couldn't help but glance at David in surprise, it was a good idea to bury mines, which made the Italians who wanted to retreat have to consider whether mines were more dangerous or more dangerous to face the enemy.
"If it weren't for them, we would have surrendered a long time ago!" The Italian continued: "So, you'd better teach them a lesson......"
Before the words were finished, it turned into a miserable scream, because the butt of Qin Chuan's rifle had fallen on the face of the Italian.
"You're not in a position to tell me what to do, Italian!" Qin Chuan said: "You'd better recognize your position, is it clear?" ”
"Yes, sir!"
"Step out of your legs!" Qin Chuan shouted viciously: "Speed up!" ”
The Italians were much more restrained.
Alfredo happened to be beside him, he shook his head helplessly, and whispered to Qin Chuan: "Captain, they are not willing to fight on their own land because they think it will cause serious damage to their hometown!" ”
Qin Chuan nodded in understanding.
This may be a bit unbelievable to Asians, there is a consensus in the Asian cultural circle of "defending the homeland and defending the country", the more the enemy invades their hometown, the more they have to resist, and even end up in a scorched earth.
But there are many people in Europe who don't think so, such as France...... If the Germans could not be stopped and the flames of war were to be burned to the country, it would be better to surrender, so that France would be saved from the flames of war.
Italy is almost the same idea, there is no problem in fighting in North Africa, and the war is burning to Italy...... The whole people panicked, and then Mussolini stepped down to bear the blame, and then secretly contacted the Allies to discuss surrender.
In the end, however, Italy did not escape its fate as a battlefield, as the Germans soon occupied Italy and took advantage of Italy's mountainous and lake-rich terrain to defend itself.
As he was talking, the team came to the British defense area, and several searchlight lampposts hit the team, and when they saw the team's appearance, they were allowed to leave without asking too much, and even a few British soldiers asked on the side of the road: "Is it a prisoner taken by Norad?" ”
"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "We occupied it!" ”
"I knew we heard gunshots. Well done! ”
The team went a few miles deeper, then turned right on the fork in the road, and turned in the direction of the American army.
A few Italian soldiers with a good sense of direction were shouting: "Sir, are we going in the wrong direction?" ”
"Shut your mouth!" Qin Chuan replied impatiently: "Let's go another way, otherwise you guys will make our tank immobilized!" ”
It was a good excuse, as there were a lot of British transports coming and going on that road.
So when the group walked to the front of the U.S. military checkpoint, it was also said the same.
But I didn't expect to be stopped by American GIs.
"No, no, go back!" The American GI waved his hand and said with a straight face: "We have received any order to let the British and Italians through!" ”
"Sergeant!" A "British officer" said to the American GIs, "But the order we received was ......"
"That's your order, not ours!" The American GI impatiently interrupted the words of the "British officer": "Don't tell me this nonsense, go back to your highway!" ”
"What's going on?" Qin Chuan walked up and asked.
"Sir!" The "British officer" reported to Qin Chuan: "The Americans will not let us pass!" ”
"Is there a problem, Sergeant!" Qin Chuan asked the American GI.
"You know, Captain!" The American GI said: "From the very beginning we drew our own lines, the British fought the British and the Americans fought the Americans!" So ......"
As he spoke, the American GI compared his two middle fingers to the team, and swung his crotch a few times obscenely, causing the nearby American GIs to laugh.
So Qin Chuan understood that this was not because the American GIs were suspicious of their team, but because of the "personal grudges" between the Americans and the British...... From the very beginning of this battle, the American GIs were very unhappy with the British, and the so-called "battle plan" drawn up by Montgomery was seriously biased in favor of the British as long as they were not fools.
In fact, Montgomery had even more excessive behavior in this battle in history: an infantry division of the US army had surrounded a German armored division, but Montgomery ordered the US infantry division to disengage from the German army and retreat in order to prevent the US army from establishing meritorious deeds and stealing the limelight of the British army.
This order, too, made Alexander and Montgomery the laughing stock of military historians.
Of course, the media will not tell these ugly things, Britain needs to create a hero to boost the morale of the whole country, so only Montgomery is wise, what kind of victory the British and American forces have achieved in Sicily under his command.
And Qin Chuan and their team ...... It was affected by the pond fish.