Although the British army finally succeeded in blocking the German attack, it suffered heavy losses, with more than 2,000 casualties in the British Fifth Division and more than 1,200 casualties in the Canadian First Division...... The Canadian casualties were smaller, mainly because the Germans were mainly attacking in the direction of the British. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Germans were a wise choice, because they had Rommel's experience with the Afrika Korps fighting the British, and they knew that some of the colonial armies in the British Commonwealth were more difficult to deal with than the British...... Colonial armies were often placed in the most dangerous positions as cannon fodder on the battlefield, but over time, they were more capable of fighting bitter and vicious battles.

In contrast, the British army is always accustomed to hiding behind others to take advantage, although they are well equipped to fight regular warfare, and their combat effectiveness is not weak, but it is they who are more likely to collapse and chaos when encountering emergencies.

Facts also proved that the German army was correct in its analysis, but they failed to seize the opportunity in time.

The next morning, Montgomery's headquarters was almost surrounded by reporters, and Montgomery had to come out to deal with them.

"General! Did you expect that the Germans would launch such a fierce counteroffensive? ”

"General! What do you think about the fact that you were optimistic about the landing before the war, but now there are so many casualties? ”

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"Gentlemen!" Montgomery replied: "I can only tell you that we worked hard, and we took Salerno and Taranto as scheduled and built the defensive line, prepared for further advances, and we achieved our goal, so there is no doubt that it was a victory!" ”

With that, Montgomery walked back to the headquarters in disgrace, and the reporter was stopped outside by the soldiers.

As for Eisenhower, he remained silent and did not say anything, not even mentioning the gambling contract that he had planned to tell reporters.

Eisenhower was clever on this point, because if he made any more unfavorable remarks against the British army at this time, the traces of "falling into the well" would be too obvious. On the contrary, they did not speak, but they made reporters and even the world feel that the Americans were more righteous and made every effort to maintain the unity of the Allies to the outside world.

Of course, Eisenhower, as a future president of the United States, was not a man who was angry when his head was hot...... He didn't say it openly, but secretly let people tell reporters about the gambling contract.

It's easy to do this, any adjutant or staff officer can say it, and it can be done without leaving a trace.

After learning about the gambling contract, the reporters flocked to Montgomery like a swarm of bees for verification, which made Montgomery particularly embarrassed.

In fact, none of this is important, the important thing is that after knowing the bet, everyone is thinking: why does the British side make mistakes again and again? And the United States even reminded Britain before that! Is it really right that Britain is leading the war?

This is the suspicion of British command and dominance.

Of course, many people are still on the sidelines, and it will be up to us to see how things play out.

American and French troops landed in the afternoon of the next day.

The reason for the landing this afternoon was chosen because Montgomery feared that the Germans would launch another counteroffensive after dark...... In fact, this is Montgomery was beaten by the German army to a bit of a psychological shadow, the British army has an absolute advantage in troops, and the artillery and ammunition are very sufficient, as long as you transport more tanks and anti-tank weapons, you don't have to worry about the German attack at all.

However, Montgomery had lost confidence, as had the British army, so they had to land and advance the American army before dark.

This time, the American troops who landed were awesome, and they all mocked the British army condescendingly as victors:

"Hey, Robert (another name for the British), the Germans are not easy to deal with!"

"Don't worry, we'll drive them away, you just stay here and take care of the kitchen (logistics, meaning women do housework)!"

"Tell Montgomery that he'll have to use his brains to arrange easier tasks for you, such as guarding the captives, and there will be no danger!"

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In particular, these American GIs still stood on cars, armored vehicles and tanks and shouted at the British army, not to mention how majestic they were compared to the British army who had just finished the defeat and were disgraced.

Zhang Chi landed with the French army and passed through the British defense line, and when he saw this scene, he could only say: "Poor British!" ”

The British were indeed pitiful, they were not without combat experience, they were not without equipment, and even the determination to fight the enemy...... But on the battlefield, it was beaten again and again by the Germans and suffered heavy casualties.

The reason for this was not that they were not good enough, but that because of the political struggle between Britain and the United States, some decisions that clearly violated the common sense of war were made, and these decisions were originally biased in favor of the British army, but in the end they suffered from them.

Of course, the first French army to land was the First Army...... Although the Fifth and Sixth Armies were also trained to prepare for battle, pursuing the enemy was a technical task, and Zhang Chi did not intend to let the Fifth and Sixth Armies do it as soon as they entered the field, and they needed some time to adapt.

Since the French army was not equipped with tanks, they could only follow the rear of the American army as reinforcements, and Zhang Chi had no problem with this...... It was ridiculous to go on a bicycle to pursue the armored forces of the Germans, who could turn around at any moment and start a massacre.

On the same day, the U.S. military pushed the front forward by five kilometers.

After advancing five kilometers, they did not dare to advance further, because it was getting dark, and the Americans needed time to lay out their defensive lines, and they did not want to be killed by the Germans like the British.

At this time, Montgomery secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and now the war of the British army should be over!

However, at this moment, a staff officer took a telegram to Montgomery and reported: "General, our warship 'War Hate' is seriously injured and has lost its combat effectiveness!" ”

"What?" Montgomery couldn't help but ask, "How did it happen?" ”

It is no wonder that Montgomery wondered how the Allies could have been hit so badly by the fact that the Allies had already mastered sea and air supremacy, and there seemed to be nothing else but submarines.

"No!" The staff officer said: "It's the Germans' plane missile!" ”

"'Airplane missile'?" Montgomery became more and more curious: "Didn't you say it couldn't hit the target accurately?" ”

"We don't know either!" The staff officer replied with a difficult face: "It's a hit!" ”

Just as the saying goes, when you are unlucky, you can drink cold water and stuff your teeth, and the Germans also deployed some "aircraft missiles" in Italy, and when they retreated, they could not take them with them, so they simply launched them all, regardless of whether they could hit the target or not...... As a result, one of the "War Hates" hit the British and seriously injured them.