It was only after the meeting that the Allies in Sicily began to prepare for the offensive.

In fact, most of the people who entered the intense preparations were the US military because they knew that they were likely to face the main force of the German Army, which was the troops commanded by Kesselin when they landed in Italy.

The US military is very familiar with this force, because they are almost all troops withdrawn from Sicily... the elite German armored troops, mechanized troops and airborne troops.

The US military had fought with them on Sicily, so they knew the combat effectiveness of these Germans, so they did not dare to neglect and actively prepare for the war. Although they kept complaining about the British while preparing for the war, they seemed to have become accustomed to things like this. Some American officers were so happy about their soldiers:

"Young guys, isn't it useless to complain? What's more, the British did not take advantage of us in the Battle of Sicily, but what's the result?"

The American soldiers burst into laughter, and then they quickly felt relieved.

Soon after, this sentence spread throughout the Seventh Army of the United States... American officers were also happy to see such words spread in the army, because on the one hand, it could help American soldiers, and on the other hand, the British army would definitely hear such words, and invisibly gave themselves a breath.

As for the British Eighth Army, they had almost no preparation.

Because the task given to them seemed too simple... In Salerno and Taranto landed, one had only two battalions of German troops, and the other had only one regiment.

You should know that the British Eighth Army had 200,000 people, as well as a large number of warships, fighter jets, artillery and tanks, so this was simply a joking target. So much so that after receiving the order, the grassroots British officers couldn't believe that this was true.

"This is the battlefield where the most powerful difference in the military strength I have experienced!" A British officer commented: "But I like it because we are the dominant side!"

This is of course good news for the soldiers who are going to the battlefield, so they are a little lazy in preparation. There are even many British officers and soldiers who think they can't even see the shadow of the Germans, and they just need to land on a boat and build fortifications.

However, Montgomery has always been cautious, so he made sufficient preparations from a strategic perspective: he concentrated nearly 600 artillery pieces and laid them across from Salerno.

The British officers felt a little incredible: "Are our commander crazy? Six hundred artillery aimed at enemy positions with only two battalions of defense!"

It is conceivable that these artillery can fire thousands of shells from the coast of Sicily to strike across the narrow Strait of Messina to form an overwhelming barrage to cover the British landing.

Even in order to concentrate these artillery and reserve enough shells, Montgomery delayed the date of launching the attack for several days... Montgomery's cautiousness almost reached a point of paranoidness.

However, afterwards, Montgomery's this was right, because the landing war was not as easy as the British army thought, and even Montgomery himself did not expect this.

In fact, the UK has another preparation to not tell the US side.

This is very important in the eyes of the British, that is, they have met with Italy and reached an agreement. They just waited for the British army to send a signal and the Italian army turned their guns and pointed them at the German army.

This move was prepared by Montgomery to win the bet.

After signing the bet in the last meeting, Alexander was worried about not having sex.

"How can we solve this problem?" Alexander asked Montgomery.

"What?" Montgomery asked back.

"Please, Monty!" Alexander said: "We all know that the Chinese major general was right, and even the Germans had built defense lines in the Alps! If we were blocked by the Germans in the Alps as the Chinese major general said and could not move forward... do you know what would happen?!"

"I don't think we need to worry about it!" Montgomery said.

"Don't need to worry about this?" Alexander expressed doubts: "God, this is what I worry about the most!"

"Didn't the Italians keep asking us for negotiations?" Montgomery said.

"you mean……"

"The condition of negotiation is to cooperate with us!" Montgomery said: "At that time, attacking the Germans inside and outside the German army, do you think the Germans can still defend the Alps?"

Upon hearing this, Alexander nodded. Even if the Italian army had no combat power, it was an army of millions, and the German army had only more than 100,000. What's more important is that the Italian army launched an attack on the German army from within... Thinking of this, Alexander couldn't help but feel relieved.

So Alexander immediately sent someone to contact the Italian side secretly and negotiate.

The negotiations went smoothly, and Italy could even say that it was not "surrender" but joined the Allied side. So the two sides hit it off and quickly reached a consensus.

Montgomery's plan is simple:

The first wave of easy-to-fight battles is the landing war, and the pursuit mission is the US military... After that, when the United States and Germany are almost on the same battle and it is the British turn to join the British, the Italian army will be allowed to cooperate with the British army.

Therefore, the US military had a very difficult battle, but the British army won the victory as soon as they stepped up. This was the effect Montgomery hoped. He needed to use this battle to avenge the previous shame and change the image of the British army in the eyes of the world, especially the great humiliation suffered in the Battle of Sicily.

At the same time, Montgomery also knew that he could not fail again. If he failed again... it would not only be a problem of his personal reputation being affected, but also a problem of Britain losing command and dominance.

Therefore, Montgomery could only be careful about this battle, and he even hoped to arrange the location of each car in advance.

But what Montgomery didn't know was that war was never arranged in advance.

The enemy is not a fool, especially opponents like the German army. They will not sit still and wait for death, so they will try every means to change their disadvantages and strive for the initiative.

This determines that the battlefield will continue to change. An excellent commander should be able to grasp the battlefield situation at all times to adapt to changes, rather than hoping to arrange everything before the war.

In fact, Montgomery was smart enough, but he couldn't escape this vicious circle, so he kept making a move.
Chapter completed!