Eisenhower was stunned for a long time without speaking, and at this time he no longer knew what to say. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was a long time before Eisenhower said, "Do we have a choice?" ”

"Of course!" Alexander replied: "We are holding this meeting to hear your opinions!" ”

"Then ......," said Eisenhower, "I propose that the British attack Salerno and leave Taranto to the Americans!" ”

"General!" Montgomery interjected: "We should learn enough lessons from the Battle of Sicily, because there is a problem of coordination and intelligence sharing between the British and American armies, which caused the British left flank to be exposed to the enemy's armored forces without knowing anything, which has caused heavy casualties, and we can't let this happen again!" ”

Montgomery's statement sounded reasonable, as the British did not know that the German panzer division had turned in their direction.

The problem is that this is not due to a problem of coordination, but to the blind command of Alexander and Montgomery for the interests of the British army...... Of course, they won't admit it.

What Zhang Chi didn't expect was that the mistakes they made themselves would now be used by them as an excuse to achieve their goals.

"General!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but respond: "I want to say...... Even so, there is still a problem of coordination between the two militaries, isn't it? As long as the British and American armies are on the same battlefield, there will inevitably be problems of coordination, and this cannot be avoided! ”

"But it's much better than two forces attacking at the same time, isn't it?" Montgomery replied, "At least for a while, there will be only British or American troops on the battlefield!" ”

"Quite the opposite!" Zhang Chi replied: "This kind of coordination will lead to more problems, as you said, when the British army lands and builds a position, the American army will cross the British defense line and attack forward." So...... Did the British open a good passage for the American troops to advance, did they arrange the firing points to provide cover for the American troops, and did they have artillery positions...... Should it be American or British? Even the supply lines of the two armies will be intertwined, and the equipment and ammunition of the British army and the American army are different, and no one can figure out whether it is ammunition for the American army or ammunition for the British army when a car comes up, so it will cause all kinds of chaos, I don't know if you have thought about this? These are deadly on the battlefield and can be easily exploited by the enemy! ”

Hearing this, Alexander and Montgomery were speechless.

Indeed, the British Commonwealth Army is still using its own rifles, while the US Army uses the M1, and other equipment such as mortars, etc., all have the problem of different calibers of ammunition in the British and American styles, which will cause great difficulties in supply, which is obviously not in line with the principle of the battlefield.

But where would Alexander and Montgomery care about this at this time, they only wanted to take advantage of it......

"Your suggestion is very good, Major General!" Alexander looked at Montgomery beside him and said, "But we'll take care of it, trust me, General Montgomery is very good at doing this!" ”

Alexander was right, Montgomery may not have been good at fighting, but he was good at arranging everything before the war...... At this point, Montgomery can even use the word "obsessive-compulsive disorder" to describe it, because he even hopes that the tide of battle will develop as he arranged.

Zhang Chi smiled: "Of course the arrangement can be arranged, anything can be arranged and planned." It's just that all of us here know that we should try to avoid trouble before the war, because once the battle starts, there will be more trouble, so we should keep things simple and not so complicated as this plan, so that there are many potential dangers in the whole campaign, right? ”

"We don't think it's dangerous!" Montgomery said confidently: "Major General, I will arrange it, I dare to guarantee that these troubles will not happen, and at the same time, the problem of coordination between the two armies can also be solved!" ”

Zhang Chi turned his gaze to Eisenhower and raised his eyebrows.

Eisenhower didn't understand it at first, but when his relaxed eyes slanted in the direction of the minutes, he suddenly woke up.

"Good!" Eisenhower said, "If that is the case, then it is time for us to make another bet!" ”

With that, Eisenhower got up, took the minutes from the recorder, handed them to Alexander, and said, "Like last time, I still need your signature!" ”

Alexander and Montgomery couldn't help but glance at Zhang Chi, and they suddenly realized that they had unknowingly fallen into a trap that Zhang Chi had set for them.

Now it is the responsibility of the British to organize the logistics and ensure that there is no confusion...... This is no less difficult than fighting a battle at the front, because the American soldiers who transported supplies had even looted supplies in Sicily not long ago, and on the other hand, the American GIs were very dissatisfied with the British, which was caused by repeated "unequal treatment" during the war, and of course the arrogance of the British soldiers.

Then, Zhang Chi can almost imagine that things will not be as easy as Montgomery said at this time.

But Eisenhower had doubts about this.

After the meeting, Eisenhower asked Zhang Chi: "What if the British can't control the chaos of logistics?" You know, that's the ammunition that was delivered to us! The British lost only face, while our soldiers lost their lives on the battlefield because they didn't get enough ammunition! ”

"Whether it will develop into this situation depends on the general!" Zhang Chi replied.

"Me? What can I do? Eisenhower dejected: "All I can do seems to be to promise the next battle plan like shit!" ”

"No, you can do it!" Zhang Chi said: "You must know that the British are most afraid of losing face, just like the last time in the Battle of Sicily, they hoped that their army could capture the big ports and big cities and invite a large group of journalists to cheer them on!" ”

"Oh!" When Eisenhower heard this, he understood: "What do you mean...... We're going to have a whole bunch of journalists here too? ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded: "The more the merrier, reporters from all over the world are invited." Of course, you can't reveal the battle plan beforehand, and you tell them after the battle starts...... Gentlemen, you see, this is the record of a meeting between the British and us, and they say that it will keep our logistics safe and orderly, so that we can fight the enemy at the front with confidence...... We have no problem fighting a bloody battle with the enemy, so we don't know if the British will be able to do a good job of logistics! ”

"Great!" Eisenhower turned from sorrow to joy: "In this way, the British, whether they can do it or not, will become cowards hiding behind us!" ”