"Major General!" Patton said in the telegram: "I regret to tell you that we have to postpone the attack!"

"I know, General!" Zhang Chi replied: "General Zhu An told me!"

After waiting for a while, Patton saw that there was nothing to say, he couldn't help but ask in confusion: "That's it?"

"Otherwise, what else?" Zhang Chi asked back.

"I thought you would be angry and object!"

"Of course I'm angry and oppose this inexplicable order!" Zhang Chi replied: "But at the same time, I also know that any anger and opposition are meaningless!"

"Well!" Barton thought for a while and said, "If you agree, we will send a submarine... You know, Palermo is a port!"

Zhang Chi knew what Patton meant, and the submarine could pick up Zhang Chi and the Chinese consultant located in the First Division.

But Zhang Chi refused without thinking.

"No, I can't leave them and leave alone with the Chinese soldiers!" Zhang Chi called back.

The telegrams were all the correspondents of the First Division of the Zoafu Corps. When they saw these telegrams and Zhang Chi's answers, they couldn't help but look at Zhang Chi with admiration and touching eyes.

Afterwards, Cookie also knew about this. He made a special trip back to the command center from the front line, hugged Zhang Chi enthusiastically, and said, "General, I don't know what to say. My subordinates and I are very grateful to you, and the Chinese who share the joys and sorrows with us. Thank you... No matter what the final result of this battle is, we think it is worth it!"

Of course, this also caused a lot of sensation in the Zoafu Corps, because this verifies the saying: "True love is seen in times of adversity!"

At this last moment, the Chinese team had the opportunity to withdraw but did not do so. This is enough to prove that the Chinese can trust... and this forms a strong contrast with the legal officials.

There were still some legal officials in the First Division who served as consultants. This was the last straw that General Giro had monitored the Zoafu Corps for control or, it could also be said to be the last straw for General Giro. This consulting group had more than 300 people, led by Colonel Jacques.

When Colonel Jacques heard about this, he came to Zhang Chi with a pale face and asked, "General, if you don't want to go back, then... can you leave the opportunity to us?"

Zhang Chi doesn't know how to answer.

French officials are not important in the eyes of Americans. If they knew they were here to pick up these French officials... Americans would not be willing to let their submarines venture into the Port of Palermo to pick up people.

"Don't worry, Colonel!" Zhang Chi patted Colonel Jacques on the shoulder: "We will be fine!"

"General...I mean, our mission here has been completed, and it's time to go back..."

Zhang Chi shook his head and replied in an unquestionable tone: "No one can leave the army at this time, no one can do it, otherwise they will be dealt with as deserters!"

Cookiez said happily: "Oh, Colonel Jacques, you know how we set up deserters..."

As he said that, he looked at Colonel Jacques with a smile, as if he couldn't wait to wait for Jacques to be a deserter.

When Colonel Jacques saw that the situation was not good, he did not dare to mention the withdrawal. He hurriedly found an excuse to escape in shame.

With the contrast of the behavior of the statute officials, Yu Fa seemed to be taller than the statute officials, so it was natural that the relationship between the soldiers of the Expeditionary Army and the soldiers of the Zoafu furthered.

If it was "comrades" and "comrades-in-arms" in the past, then now it has developed to the level of "brothers", and the soldiers of Zoaf have regarded Chinese consultants as their own people and talked about everything.

"So, what are your plans, Major General?" asked Patton, "Tell me your plan, and I will do my best to send air force to support you!"

This can be said to be a kind of act of atonement by Patton, or rather, to make up for some of the owed things from the Zhong** team and the Zoafu Corps.

To be honest, it is already quite good that Patton can do this.

"I plan to stick to Palermo!" Zhang Chi replied.

"What?" Patton was surprised by this answer. He thought that Zhang Chi would ask for support from US ships and fighter jets to cover the retreat of Zoafu's army.

If it was a retreat, Zhang Chi and Zoafu Corps were not without opportunities. After all, the Germans wanted Palermo. At the same time, after getting Palermo, the Germans would be anxious to establish a line of defense that Palermo extended to the Port of Messina. They had no extra troops and were not interested in pursuing Zoafu Corps.

Therefore, at most, the Italian troops were pursuing Zoafu's army, and the soldiers of the Italian army... It was not impossible to escape back.

But now, Zhang Chi still has to stick to Palermo.

"Maybe you don't understand, Major General!" Patton couldn't help but feel angry: "The purpose of the British is to make us give up Palermo. In other words, as long as Palermo is still in your hands, we will most likely not get the order to advance! And you are facing two German divisions, and elite troops!"

"I know, general!" Zhang Chi replied.

"Then why do you do this?" asked Patton. "I mean, you still want to stick to Palermo, I can't see what the meaning of this!"

"It's very simple!" Zhang Chi replied: "Because I think we can defeat these two German divisions!"

"You..." Patton couldn't help but speak.

At the same time, he couldn't help but curse: "This arrogant guy actually wants to defeat two elite German teachers with a French teacher! Did he regard himself as God?"

Of course, Patton would not send these words to the telegram.

In fact, Zhang Chi lied to Patton at this time, and he did not want to defeat these two German divisions...

First of all, as Patton thought, it is difficult for the Zoaf Corps to defend Palermo in this case, unless Zhang Chi is God.

Because Palermo has to face not only two German divisions, but also countless Italian troops around, as well as the sea and air forces of the German and Italian troops... Not to mention anything else, even with shells, Palermo can be flattened.

Secondly, Zhang Chi was reluctant to defeat these two German divisions.

Just kidding, this is the "trouble" that Zhang Chi intends to transfer to the British. How could it be defeated like this... It's not too cheap for those British people.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile:

The British were playing with fire, and Montgomery was blinded by selfishness. Otherwise, a person as cautious as him would not make such mistakes. On the battlefield, everything should be dominated by defeating the enemy, and not create various contradictions within and inexplicably give the enemy opportunities again and again.

In the end, the British will find that if they play like this, the fire will burn on their own heads.r
Chapter completed!