Zhang Chi’s guess was right, but in fact he could also say that he was wrong.

Because Britain and the United States should advance the war in the future, it began before the Battle of Sicily ended.

At that time, the Germans were still guarding the Catania line, but even fools knew that the battle of Sicily was a foregone conclusion... Britain and the United States were both business powers, and the characteristic of businessmen was that they looked far, so at this time they argued endlessly about how to move forward to the next step.

The focus is still whether to attack from Italy or from northern France.

Montgomery said this: "God, we have seized Sicily, this island is the perfect base for advancement. It has several well-equipped ports and airports that are large enough to accommodate all of our fighters. The Italians will even keep them in good operation... I can't imagine you actually want to give up your plan to use Sicily as a springboard to attack Italy and then attack Germany!"

"You are telling the truth!" Eisenhower retorted: "But doing so will not change anything, except delaying time!"

Eisenhower pointed out the key point, the British actually just wanted to delay time.

What if it happens even if it attacks Italy from Sicily? At this time, Italy has a very obvious tendency to surrender. The Allies will surrender or collapse after a while without having to fight Italy. In this case, it is obviously unnecessary to attack Italy, and may even arouse the rebellious emotions of the Italians and help the Germans to make the Allies suffer.

Therefore, the ultimate goal of the British was to "delay". Churchill's intention was to make Germany and the Soviet Union defeat both sides on the Eastern Front, and then the Allies took action.

This seems to be a very clever method, because Britain and the Soviet Union belong to different camps, one with a surname of "capital" and the other with a surname of "society". Everyone knows that the Soviet Union will become the main opponent of Western capitalist countries after the war.

But the interests of the United States are not here.

It should be said that this is also in the interests of the United States, because the Soviet Union will also become a strong opponent of the United States in the future.

But the United States has a more important interest... that is, it hopes that he can replace Britain and become the overlord of the world.

If you want to become the "hegemon" to prove to the world that the United States is the most powerful country in the world, then following the United Kingdom in Italy will not have a future. You will always follow the obedient younger brother behind the British.

Therefore, the United States urgently hopes to have a battle led by itself and that is enough to shock the world and even be recognized by the Soviet Union... This requires the attack of the German army stationed in northern France.

The British side may also feel the "ambitions" of the United States, so they objected with various excuses, so they were in a situation where "the husband said the husband was right and the mother said the mother was right."

Therefore, Zhang Chi also felt that he was lucky. If he attended such a meeting earlier, it would mean that he would have been tortured for a longer time.

Just like now, Britain and the United States are quarreling in the conference room again.

"We do not have enough ability to organize a large-scale landing battle!" Montgomery said: "You must know that the Germans have hundreds of thousands of people in northern France, and they are all elite troops. How many troops should we invest to defeat them? There are also warships, fighter jets... This is almost an astronomical number!"

"Hasn't we proved that we have this ability?" Eisenhower retorted: "The Battle of Sicily is a good proof. We have 400,000 troops landed and have the experience of this Battle of Sicily. I think we can do better!"

"The situation is different, isn't it?" Montgomery replied: "Sicily only has 40,000 German troops, and the others are Italian troops with weak combat effectiveness and will. When we land on Sicily, we will hardly encounter a strong counterattack!"

"But this at least proves that we have this ability!" Eisenhower refused to give in: "We crossed the Mediterranean and successfully captured Sicily and defeated Germany and Italy. This is not much easier than crossing the English Channel... We even encountered a storm!"

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Because of his previous experience, Zhang Chi sat aside and drank coffee this time without anger. If he had a newspaper, he would cross his legs and read it.

Zhang Chi knew that this was just a fight between Britain and the United States... At this time, the United States, due to its excellent performance in the Battle of Sicily, challenged Britain's war dominance, or it could be said to challenge Britain's only remaining hegemony.

Of course, Britain was unwilling to admit defeat, but they seemed to be a little invasive... Of course, a large part of this was affected by the Battle of Sicily.

All British people know that the Battle of Sicily was actually using their dominance to "cheat" again and again to make Britain stand in a more favorable position from the beginning, but the result was such a big contrast... This made them lose the confidence to speak.

Eisenhower was also very clever to grasp this and kept hitting British officers.

"I can understand your judgment!" Eisenhower said: "Because you may have come to such a conclusion based on the combat effectiveness of the British army, but I have to remind you... this does not necessarily apply to the US military, or the French military!"

As he said that, Eisenhower glanced at Zhang Chi who was sitting aside. This was the main reason why Eisenhower asked Zhang Chi to attend this meeting... A victor who won the highest honor in the Battle of Sicily, sitting there was a great pressure on the defeated British soldiers.

"Major General, don't you express any opinions?" Eisenhower said to Zhang Chi: "You have proved your abilities again and again on the battlefield. I believe your opinions are of great reference value to us!"

Eisenhower is indeed a politician who will become the president of the United States in the future... Although he did not point out what he said, every sentence is inseparable from the Battle of Sicily.

"So that!" Zhang Chi said: "It's not impossible to log in from Italy, but I wonder if you have ever thought about what will happen after you enter?"

"What can happen?" Montgomery replied: "Major General, are you talking about Italy's surrender?"

The British officers couldn't help but laugh.

This is also an excuse for Britain to insist on attacking from Italy. Italy is like a peach waiting for the Allies to pick, but the Allies abandon it.
Chapter completed!