The Zoafu Corps marched all the way and finally arrived outside Palermo before the early morning of the third day.

The whole journey is more than 100 kilometers, and the daily itinerary is only thirty kilometers... This seems unfast, but for high and low mountain roads, it can be several times more than thirty kilometers, so the marching speed is still quite amazing.

When he stopped to rest, Zhang Chi convened Cooki and his commander Badal for a short meeting.

"General!" said Badal: "The soldiers have been traveling for a night and are exhausted. I suggest giving them more rest time before attacking!"

"Maybe they can sleep for one or two hours!" Cookie said: "It's better to keep your spirits and attack!"

"No!" Zhang Chi shook his head: "They only have twenty minutes to rest, eat something, drink some water, and be careful not to eat too much!"

"General..."

"Do you know?" Zhang Chi interrupted Badal and said, "Before dawn, the enemy is not prepared at this time. After a rest of one or two hours, we will be replenishing our energy, but the enemy is also ready to get up at the same time. If we want to take Palermo, which is prepared and has a lot more people than us, we will probably have to pay a greater price!"

After thinking about it, Badal and Cookie nodded in agreement.

Zhang Chi is obviously right. The biggest feature of the Zoafu Army this time is that it is a surprise victory, and it is also that when the enemy suddenly appears in front of them and wins when they are unexpected.

Otherwise, the Zoafu Corps, which had neither tanks nor heavy equipment, could it capture Palermo, which was more than 20,000 people defended?

More importantly, the training that the Zoafu Army had received before was all about to fight night battles, but now it was dawn... It was obviously more unfavorable for the Zoafu Army, because it might face enemy planes and cannons.

"Let the soldiers prepare!" Zhang Chi ordered: "Twenty minutes, attack in two directions!"

"yes!"

The reason for the two directions is that Palermo is a port located in the promontory, facing the sea to the north and east, and only the west and south are connected to the land.

Taking advantage of the break, Zhang Chi sent a telegram to the command center.

General Zhu'an's telegram replied almost instantly: "God, you have finally arrived safely, this is really a torment!"

Then General Zhu An said: "The United States already knows it. General Patton asked you to contact him!"

Zhang Chi was not surprised by this, and of course he was not worried, because since the Zoafu army climbed Mount Roy, the division has become like an arrow from the string and no one can take it back.

However, Zhang Chi still sent a telegram to Patton: "Apologize, General! I have to do this for all reasons!"

"I'm glad to see your call back, Major General!" said Patton. "Although I don't agree with your approach, because you not only disobeyed the military order but also kept me in the dark, but I have to say that I like this plan. Go and kick the Italians' butt to get them up!"

Zhang Chi was relieved when he saw Patton's call back like this. He had dealt with Americans and knew that if the other party said this, it means that he would not pursue the matter before.

After finding a stone to sit down, I took the few pieces of bread handed over by Cookie and ate with water. Zhang Chi's eyes turned to the city of Palermo a kilometer away... Some houses could be vaguely seen under the moonlight. This is an ancient city with a history of 800 years. It has been war-torn and has left some distinctive buildings in the city whenever someone invaded. Therefore, buildings of various styles such as Gothic, ancient Roman and Islamic architecture coexisted.

Now, it inevitably suffers from attacks from the Zoafu Army.

However, the arrival of the Zoafu Corps was afraid that it would not be able to leave any building for it. If there were any left, there were only bullet holes and corpses.

"General!" Just as Zhang Chi was feeling something, Cook pointed at Zhang Chi's watch.

Zhang Chi suddenly woke up and realized that the time had come. So he tightened his armed belt and ordered: "Go!"

“Yes, go!”

The First Division was divided into three parts in a regiment unit. The first regiment attacked from the west, the second regiment attacked from the south, and the third regiment was deployed outside the city as a reserve team to prevent the enemy from counterattacking and to be ready to provide reinforcements to the two regiments that were attacking at any time.

Zhang Chi and Cookie took a group to the city from the west along the coastline... There is an advantage to advancing along the coastline, that is, there is no need to worry about the left wing being suddenly attacked by the enemy.

It was just dawn at this time, and there were only a few early fishermen on the shore who were sorting out the fishing fishing and preparing to go out to sea. They turned a blind eye to Zhang Chi's army, or even if they saw it, they just stared at it with curiosity for a while, and then were busy with their own affairs.

This is a common problem for the people who have been in peace for a long time. In their consciousness, they always feel that war is far away from them. They already know that the British and Americans have attacked Sicily.

On the other hand, they thought it was either a German army or an Italian army, otherwise how could such a large team not arouse the alert of the defenders?

So they naturally looked at the wall without paying attention.

So Zhang Chi and his group passed through the suburbs almost unimpeded without any disturbance... After walking a little further, Zhang Chi was surprised to find that he was already standing on the enemy's defense line, because there was an unfinished trench under his feet, and there was even iron wire in front of the trench, but there was not a single defender in front and behind, and there was not even a sentry.

This trench was obviously dug recently, not only because the trench was full of new soil, but also because Zhang Chi did not have this trench in the information obtained from the Italian prisoners.

Zhang Chi even doubted whether this would be a trap for the Italians, so he couldn't help but slow down and let the Zoaf soldiers stay alert.

I realized afterward that this was superfluous.

This is not a trap for the Italians, but the Italians think that the British and American troops are still far from Palermo, and there are Germans in front of them, so they don’t need to worry at all... Zhang Chi can only "hehe" about this. The enemy is only 100 kilometers from Palermo, and no matter what, it is time to build the trenches and fortifications and set up sentinels.
Chapter completed!