Chapter 828 Excuses

"What?" Montgomery couldn't help but scream: "You mean you took the Port of Palermo?"

"Yes!" Patton was very satisfied with Montgomery's reaction.     .

"How is this possible?" Montgomery asked: "Palermo is more than a hundred kilometers away from Gera Bay. How could your troops get lost to occupy Palermo?"

"Yes!" Patton continued to pretend to be confused: "I also think it's strange, these gangsters have completely gotten the wrong direction!"

At first, Montgomery was just a pity that Palermo, the tempting "peach", was snatched away by the Americans. However, although Montgomery was narrow-minded and fame and fortune, she was not a fool. After hearing this news, Montgomery was depressed and angry, and soon thought of a more serious problem: What should the Germans do if Palermo was occupied by the US military?

When Montgomery thought about this, he couldn't help but feel scared in a cold sweat, because after thinking about it, the Germans had only one way to go, which was to turn to war and defend the Port of Messina. At this time, the British army was rushing towards Port of Messina.

Thinking of this, Montgomery could no longer hold it back. He immediately called Patton and said in an orderly tone: "General, I think we must give up Port Palermo!"

"Give up the Port of Palermo?!" Patton didn't expect Montgomery would say such shameless words, so there was no reason to take the initiative to give up the enemy's port.

But Patton knew that the British were dominant at this time, and as a soldier, he did not dare to contradict Montgomery too much. So although he was angry, he still asked calmly: "Why? General! I want to know the reason!"

"We cannot reinforce and defend Palermo!" Montgomery had already thought of an excuse: "Your troops will have no way to die if they stay in Palermo! Moreover, this will disrupt our overall plan!"

"Then..." Patton asked back: "Does my troops have a way out if I give up Palermo?"

Before Montgomery answered, Patton continued: "I think the facts are the opposite, General! Give up Palermo is a dead end, because they can defend Palermo, and we can form a two-sided attack against the German and Italian troops. As long as our offensive is fierce enough, the German and Italian troops will collapse before attacking Palermo. On the contrary, if Palermo is given up, where do you let these troops go? Wouldn't you jump into the sea to survive?"

Patton's words obviously make sense. Palermo is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As mentioned before, it is surrounded by the sea and connected to the land on both sides. The defenders can only defend on both sides. As for the sea surface... Germany and Italian troops basically have no ability to amphibious landing warfare, and they can only bomb it with warships at most.

On the contrary, what Montgomery said about "abandoning Palermo" is the real desire to kill this army.

Of course, Montgomery was not unaware of this military common sense. He said this entirely because he was considering the interests of the British army.

"I said..." Montgomery said: "What's more serious is that this will disrupt our overall plan and cause unexpected dangers to other troops!"

Patton couldn't help but smile, thinking that the "other troops" refer to the British army!

But of course Patton would not say that. He knew that it would not make any sense to argue with Montgomery like this, because the problem of strategy and tactics itself cannot be verified. Just finding an excuse will create a situation where "the man speaks and the woman speaks and the woman speaks and the woman speaks and the woman speaks and the woman speaks and the woman speaks and the woman speaks and the woman speaks and the woman speaks and the woman is right." Just like Montgomery had denied the plan to directly land in Palermo before.

So Patton simply threw the problem to Montgomery.

"Okay!" Barton replied: "I can give this order, but I can't guarantee that those guys are willing to obey my order!"

"What do you mean?" Montgomery said: "How could they not obey your orders?"

"Strictly speaking, they are not my subordinates, general!" Patton replied: "They are French troops!"

"French army? It's actually the French army?" Montgomery was surprised by the answer, because the French army was almost all outside his plan, or it could be said that he did not take the French army seriously at all.

"Yes!" Patton replied: "The First Division of the Third Army of the Zoafu Corps!"

"Then you can give orders to General Juan!" said Montgomery.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid General Zhu An won't play any role?"

"What? Why?!" Montgomery asked almost gritted his teeth, because he believed that Patton, General Juan and others intentionally disobeyed the order.

"Because..." Patton replied: "The person who commanded this division was actually the major general of that country. You know, he would not obey anyone's orders!"

Hearing this, Montgomery couldn't help but open his mouth for a long time and couldn't close it. After a while, he threw the microphone hard and scolded: "Fuck it, it's that Zhang Chi again!"

No matter how much he scolded, Montgomery had to calm himself down and analyze the current situation.

First of all, he confirmed one thing, that was that things were indeed as Patton said, and it was impossible to withdraw the French division that attacked Palermo... This was not only because Montgomery knew that this was a "conspiracy" planned by the United States and France, but also because he had been with Zhang Chi and knew Zhang Chi's personality.

On the other hand, Montgomery knew in his heart that the order to give up Palermo was too much, so that others could eat the duck and spit it out again.

So Montgomery could only hope that the Germans would not move the front, otherwise it would undoubtedly be a nightmare for the British army.

Zhang Chi led the French army to suddenly seize Palermo, which can be said to be "a stone that caused a thousand waves."

Keselin, the commander-in-chief of the German Army in Sicily, was stunned when he heard the news.

Then Kesselin cursed: "These damn Italians and German soldiers fought bravely on the front line, but they gave our rear supply base and retreat to the enemy! Even if they just stick to it for a day, just one day... We can send a force from Italy to reinforce, a German force, so that we can undoubtedly defend Palermo, and our air force can also provide reinforcements! But these stupid pigs... more than 20,000 people surrendered in just twenty minutes in less than half of the number of enemies! I can't imagine!"

"Marson!" asked the staff officer: "What should we do now?"

This is the question that Keselin needs to think about, and it is urgent.

Because the fighter jets were fleeting, any hesitation at this time was fatal to the German army, because the ports that were available for the German army to withdraw were about to fall into the hands of the enemy.
Chapter completed!