At this moment, the combat troops of the French Expeditionary Force led by Juan are the 1st March Progress Infantry Division commanded by Blosse, the 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division commanded by Dodi, the Algerian Infantry Division commanded by Monsabel, the 4th Moroccan Mountain Division commanded by Sevez, and the Moroccan combat group commanded by Ji Xiaomu.

These troops are also airlifting to the Casino area for airborne operations with the Polish 2nd Army, the British 13th Army and the US 2nd Army.

The weather on this day was relatively clear, there was no rain or rain, no blizzards, and the road was relatively dry, there was no mud or covered with thick snow.

However, since winter has already arrived on the earth, the air around is still extremely cold, which has caused many British, American and French troops to wear thick winter uniforms.

Liechwei replaced the often defeated general Mark Wayne Clark to command the 5th Army of the US Army, while Lieutenant General Oliver Less took over Montgomery to command the 8th Army of the British Army.

Because Montgomery was transferred to serve as commander-in-chief of the 21st Army Group, Mark Wayne Clark was temporarily dispatched to the rear as the US High Commissioner in Europe, and engaged in diplomatic affairs for the alliances of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, France and other countries.

Alexander served as commander of the 15th Army Group and was promoted to general.

The commander of the 15th Army Group, formed by the British 8th Army and the US 5th Army, wanted to continue to follow the orders of Harold Alexander to fight.

In addition to some of the elite forces of the British Eighth Army, Montgomery's 21st Army Group also belongs to the Ninth Army of Simpson, Lieutenant General Alexander Patch's US Seventh Army and the French First Army.

Therefore, the troops formed by the 21st Army Group at this moment are different from the original history.

Moreover, in the original history, British and American troops relied on their military strength advantages, fierce firepower advantages, crushing logistical advantages, and powerful equipment advantages, they took less than six months to capture Sicily, sweep Italy, blocked the Italian fleet in Malta, and occupied one-third of the Italian land, including Naples and Foggia Airport.

However, when Chen Yanlong appeared, the British and American troops won brilliant victories in 1943, except for the North African Battle and the Tunisian Battle, all of them were defeated and fled in a panic.

Even the general uprising organized by the Northern Italian National Liberation Committee and the Italian Communist Party did not liberate northern Italy and the cities of Milan, Turin, Genoa and other cities according to the original historical trend, and defeated the German garrison there and captured the disarmed prisoners.

In addition, all the important members of the Badolgolio government and the Italian king also fled Italy in a submarine and arrived in Algiers, where Eisenhower was located, and demanded asylum.

When the French Expeditionary Force and British troops were preparing to complete the first round of airborne troops and the United States-Canadian joint 1st Special Service Team, then carry out the second round of airborne operations.

At this time, Montgomery had already met Eisenhower in Algiers, Bidel Smith, Eisenhower's chief of staff, and the Italian King, and returned to the 21st Army Group where he was, preparing to carry out amphibious landing operations and attack Sicily again.

Although he was still the commander of the 7th Army of the United States, he did not cooperate with General Montgomery's 8th Army of the landing in Sicily, Italy and conduct the combat mission of capturing Palemo under the command of General Alexander, as in history.

Because this time he assisted Montgomery's 21st Army Group to carry out the second amphibious landing operation and airborne operation in Sicily.

However, when Patton continued to serve as the 7th Army, Eisenhower was rebuilding the Third US Army and preparing to build the size of this army group that participated in World War I into one of the largest US troops in history with more than 7 armies and 52 divisions (32 infantry divisions, 18 armored divisions and 3 airborne divisions, with a population of more than 400,000.

Of course, Eisenhower's idea was not very smooth, because since the Battle of Casino and the Second Amphibious Landing in Sicily are underway, he lacks officers and soldiers to form them.

But even so, he was still building it on a small scale and as fast as possible.

Because behind him are President Roosevelt, General Marshall, and Prime Minister Churchill, who are strongly supporting them.

Because their targets were still planned to follow the combat route of occupying and liberating France until the attack to Berlin occupying Germany's mainland.

But such a combat route does not seem to be as easy as they imagined.
Chapter completed!