"General!" Montgomery, who had not spoken, interjected: "While I can't deny some of your statements, is this battle really 'pointless' as you say?" No, we dragged at least two dozen divisions of the Germans, which is hundreds of thousands of German troops, if the Germans were free to throw them on the Eastern Front...... That, as you said, there is a chance that the Soviet army will not be able to withstand it. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info So, isn't that what this battle is all about? It actually shared the pressure on the Eastern Front! ”

"General Montgomery!" Patton retorted: "You know, if we attack in any direction, we will at least share the strength of hundreds of thousands of German troops...... If you say so, we don't need to make any battle plan or attack direction at all, and it makes sense to toss a coin and choose a location for attack, right? ”

"But at the same time, we also put the Italian army on the side of the Allies!"

"Oh, yes!" "They were on our side," said Patton, "but the Germans' supplies passed unhindered by their rifles and artillery!" All they do is catch up after we take a town and say, 'Welcome, my allies, we've been waiting for you for a long time!' ’”

"It's also much better than being on the side of the Axis powers, isn't it?"

"I doubt it!" Patton was-for-tat: "Because it makes no difference before they surrender, and maybe it's better if they don't even surrender...... I mean, then the Germans would send Italy to garrison some high ground or town, and then we would have no trouble finding a breakthrough! ”

……

Britain and the United States are fighting each other and are not willing to give in to each other.

However, it is clear that the British are already at a disadvantage, but this does not prevent Alexander and Montgobarry from continuing to hold on...... They had no choice but to hold on, because to take a step back would be to lose Britain's status as a great power, which they would never allow.

Zhang Chi considered the interests of the expeditionary force, of course, hoping that Britain and the United States would continue to spend time in the quagmire of Italy.

But Zhang Chi knew that this was no longer possible...... The United States wants to wrest dominance from Britain in every possible way, and at the same time needs a war to declare its force to the world, so it will never stay in Italy and mess with the British army again.

For this reason, the United States may even make it conditional on US aid...... Although moving out of this country hurts the peace of Britain and the United States, Britain, which is short of supplies, has to agree if it does not agree.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi said, "Gentlemen, why can't we find a way to get the best of both worlds?" ”

"The best of both worlds?" Alexander replied disdainfully: "Major General, now there is only one choice, to fight or not to fight, we will not give up the land that we have paid so hard and blood!" ”

"Listen to the advice of the major general, general!" Eisenhower said, "At least what he says is true, and what you say is exactly the opposite!" ”

As he spoke, Eisenhower turned his attention to Zhang Chi.

"I don't mean to give up these lands!" Zhang Chi said: "Even we will put more troops in the Italian direction!" ”

"Major General......" Eisenhower couldn't help but look at Zhang Chi suspiciously.

Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said: "If we put more troops in the Italian direction and intensify the offensive, then the Germans will inevitably put in more troops under the pressure of this offensive, and where do these troops come from?" Their forces are already very weak! ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Eisenhower understood what Zhang Chi was talking about.

"That's right!" After thinking about it, Eisenhower nodded and said: "The Germans have to deal with the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, and there will definitely be no extra troops to reinforce Italy, so they can only draw troops from France!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi continued: "As the war deepens, Germany will involuntarily draw more and more troops from France, and the result will be that the French army will be empty...... Then we will suddenly land from the north of France, so that we can take Germany by surprise! ”

Eisenhower nodded, then looked up at Alexander: "You have no opinion!" ”

Alexander was silent for a moment, then replied: "No, we have no opinion!" ”

Zhang Chi is indeed talking about the best of both worlds, and the best of both worlds mentioned here is not only to take into account the strategic objectives of both Britain and the United States...... Britain wanted to continue fighting in Italy, while the United States wanted to land in northern France, and Zhang Chi proposed that both should be done at the same time.

Another significance of this plan was that it changed the strategy of attacking Italy from "pointless" to "meaningful...... As Eisenhower said before, this was almost a senseless sacrifice of thousands of soldiers' lives for the selfishness of the British.

But now, it has become part of the whole grand strategy, that is, to draw as many German reinforcements as possible to make the German troops in France insufficient.

As a result, the embarrassment of Britain was avoided, and it was even necessary to hand over the lead for this.

This is especially the latter, for which the British will hold out until the last minute and even part ways with the United States.

In fact, it is not worth it for the British to cling to this "false name" at all, because they have never understood it...... Who is the boss of the world is by no means based on which country dominates which battles, but by the comparison of power between countries.

What if the whole of World War II was led by the British?

The eyes of the masses are bright, so the soldiers of all countries participating in this war can see clearly that the troops are full of advanced American-style equipment and American aid supplies...... Wouldn't it be a joke if the British army and the British colonial army had to rely on American aid to defeat the enemy, and then they still wanted to compete with the United States for the position of world leader?!

"Good!" Eisenhower said, "Let's make a concrete plan." ”

Eisenhower said this with some disappointment in his eyes, because he had wanted to take advantage of this time to completely defeat the British and let them relinquish the reins of power, but now it was clear that this goal had not been achieved.

But what Eisenhower didn't know was that the dominance of the war was actually quietly shifting to the United States:

The British did not advocate a landing in northern France, and even believed that the Allies were not capable of launching a landing war of this magnitude, so they adopted a passive attitude when formulating the landing plan, and even had the mentality of watching a good show.

So the United States naturally got the power to draw up plans and implement them, and this power ...... In fact, it is the dominance.

And, with the success of the plan, the dominance of the United States will be further consolidated.