"Avalanche Battle" means that under the attack of the Allies, the German defense will collapse like an avalanche...Facts have proved that Alexander's idea is very ridiculous, because the actual situation is completely opposite to the meaning of the naming.

Then came the assembly of the Allied Navy, including the fleets of the British, American and French.

These fleets were divided into two parts, partly the French Toulon fleet, who were responsible for providing fire cover and maritime support to the British troops attacking Salerno.

The other part is the British and American fleets, who are responsible for providing cover and support to the British troops landing in Taranto.

The reason why the French army was assigned to Salerno was that the attack on Salerno had six hundred artillery arrangements in Sicily, so only a small number of warships were needed.

In the direction of Taranto, dozens of warships had a total of 160 guns put into battle.

The battle was undoubtedly started with the sound of cannons. Regardless of whether there were people or no one on the opposite side, the British cannons bombed Salerno, and warships and fighter planes joined the bombing ranks.

For a moment, the sound of cannons was everywhere over Sicily. Through the Strait of Messina, I saw radiant smoke and dust blowing up on the other side. Soon, even these were gone, because the smoke and dust in the sky had covered everything.

Montgomery's order was: "We are going to blow up everything opposite, roadblocks, mines, and enemies!"

In this regard, the US military's evaluation of Montgomery's arrangement is "to kill a chicken with a slaughter."

But this is actually incorrect, because login combat is used, but there is no chicken to kill...

After an hour of bombing, the two divisions that were carrying out the assault mission... the British Fifth Division and the Canadian First Division took Higgins ships toward the other side like fish.

This looks a bit ridiculous in Zhang Chi's eyes, because these Higgins ships are provided by the United States... What the British are doing now is to use American reinforcements to compare the United States on the battlefield.

The result of the landing was completely unsurprising. The beach was empty, not even mines or barbed wire... They were not bombed by British shells, but had not been before this, because no one saw the wreckage of barbed wire.

A Canadian soldier joked: "The most intense resistance that day was a puma that escaped from the Lezo Zoo, and our brigade commander seemed to be interested in him!"

Then the British army advanced as planned... They had to push forward five kilometers and then build a line of defense.

This distance was even carefully studied and discussed... The British army received information before the war, and the defense lines of the two German battalions were ten kilometers away from the coastline.

Therefore, Montgomery used all his intelligence to avoid fighting against enemies or to cheat his allies.

The British army's entire battle results on this day were that they captured five stranded German troops and 3,000 Italian people. These Italian people were even very happy with the arrival of the British army and took the initiative to help the British army unload the supplies on the transport ship.

The war in Taranto's direction was similar. The two German regiments withdrew before the Allies wanted to launch an attack... They knew that the two regiments were powerless to resist, so of course they would not make unnecessary sacrifices.

Therefore, it can be said that the tens of thousands of shells poured into these two places by the British and American troops were a waste, a complete waste.

Montgomery was very satisfied with the results of the day.

"As I said!" Montgomery concluded: "As long as we are properly deployed, we can seize the position at the lowest cost!"

What he said about "proper deployment" is of course referring to himself.

Then, Zhang Chi received a call from Patton: "Are you ready? Our login time is five in the morning tomorrow!"

"Are you sure?" Zhang Chi asked back.

"Of course!" Patton asked in confusion: "What do you mean by asking this?"

"I'm not sure I can log in early tomorrow morning!" Zhang Chi said: "Because this is an opportunity for the Germans!"

"You mean... the Germans will fight back?"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "Maybe the Germans did not intend to counterattack, because they did not know whether the US or British troops were landing. For the US military... their counterattack has been proven to be invalid because the US military can quickly transport heavy equipment to the other shore, especially tanks!"

The tank that Zhang Chi mentioned refers to the "Donald Duck". Although the "Donald Duck" is very slow in the sea, it not only saves extremely precious space on the transport ship, but also saves extremely difficult loading and unloading processes.

"You know!" Zhang Chi said: "Tanks can build a steel line in front of the defense line. With the cover of artillery fire, such a line of defense is difficult to break through, and even if it breaks through, it will cost a lot!"

"Yes!" Patton agreed.

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why the US military has poor quality and discipline, but its combat effectiveness is not weak.

"But the British army is different!" Zhang Chi said: "They did not unload many tanks today!"

"They originally planned to transport fifty tanks!" Patton replied: "But because the port was destroyed, they only successfully brought twenty tanks to the shore!"

"That's what I said!" Zhang Chi said: "The night is the opportunity for the Germans, and the British are their defeated men...unless their troops have retreated!"

"Hmm!" said Patton, "Then let's wait and see, you won't tell the British, aren't you?"

"What do you tell me?" Zhang Chi replied: "I don't know anything!"

Zhang Chi was right. In fact, Kesseling was very surprised that all the troops landed were British, especially the intelligence he received was that only more than twenty tanks of the British were landing.

"What are the British doing?" said Kesseling.

"Maybe..." the staff guessed: "The British thought their artillery was enough to provide cover for them, and they also had air and sea control!"

"But these things don't work much at night, right?" Kesselin said: "Especially when I just landed and didn't know the exact location of friendly troops!"

Kesseling was wrong about the latter point. Montgomery asked the British troops to report the detailed locations in each part of the first time, and even did a test-firing work for artillery... Montgomery was also worried that the Germans would launch a counterattack.
Chapter completed!