Therefore, the alliance between Britain and the United States is not a monolithic one. Although Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, was ordered to coordinate the relationship between Britain and the United States... Objectively speaking, Eisenhower's previous actions were not a problem. If we want to coordinate the relationship between the two militaries and make them stand on the same front, it will inevitably make the British army take advantage of the US military and suffer losses.

Only if the US military takes a step back can both sides reach a unified opinion at a certain point, otherwise the two sides will not give in to each other, and in the end, the British and American militaries will have to fight first.

Therefore, even if Eisenhower was called a "traitor" by the US military, he would have to withstand the pressure.

However, this kind of unification that relies on the US to compromise to achieve the interests of the UK has a bottom line, that is, on the basis that the fundamental interests of the US military are not violated... that is, when the US military is basically in danger and can achieve victory, it is acceptable to have more difficult landing conditions for the US military and get less benefits.

Before that, the situation was indeed like this.

Eisenhower believed that the German army on the island had only one armored division and three infantry divisions, and this armored division was very likely to be in Messina, the main attack direction of the British army, while the US army itself had three infantry divisions. In addition, the British army also had strong naval and air power, so this landing battle was basically sure to win.

But now the situation has changed suddenly. Eisenhower suddenly discovered that the German army was not as weak as expected, and the German army of three divisions ran out of the direction of Enna.

A US infantry division was deeply trapped in the mountains in Palermo. An infantry division was defeated by the German army in Enna and suffered heavy casualties. There was only one 45th Infantry Division with weak combat effectiveness and tanks on the beach, and most of the losses were still the 2nd Armored Division, which had no time to unload the tanks.

There is a saying that "husband and wife are birds in the same forest, but they fly away when the disaster strikes."

Britain and the United States are "Tonglin Birds" tied together because of their interests. If they win a battle, it's okay, but if they lose a battle, they can't even protect themselves, so how can they help the British defend themselves?

If this is done, Eisenhower will not be just a "traitor", but can almost be called "traitor".

Therefore, Eisenhower ordered the special mixed fleet used by the United States to assist in landing and even all American air forces to suspend all missions.

The special-mix fleet, which was originally used to patrol the Tunisian Strait to prevent the German fleet from suddenly passing through the strait, returned to Trapa Port, and completed the test-fire of the naval guns and was ready to provide fire cover for the beachhead troops at any time.

The 10th Air Brigade of the US, which was originally used for bombing and providing fire cover for various units, except for part of the US continued to provide air firepower for the 3rd Infantry Division, all the rest returned to Banterella Island or Malta Island, and long-range bombers far away in Tripoli and even Benghazi were ready to attack.

Of course, these are the results of Eisenhower's discussion with Patton... At this time, Eisenhower had abandoned Montgomery and chose to work with Patton to formulate a combat plan.

As Eisenhower said: "Since the war began, we have been led by the British with the interests of Britain. Now, it is time to consider the interests of the United States!"

The plan of Elinhower and Patton was obvious, that is, once the German army launched an attack on the US beachhead, they would use the sea and the air force to blow up the places outside the US beachhead into a sea of ​​fire to stop the German army from advancing.

This plan is completely feasible... It is not a problem for the US military to achieve this. The reason why the landing troops lack ammunition and equipment is not that the US military has insufficient ammunition, but that the port is too small to transport a large amount of equipment and supplies to ashore in a short period of time.

In fact, the US military in history did this in the Battle of Sicily... When the US military first landed, the German Goring Division launched a counterattack on the US beachhead. The US military, which was also under-equipped, almost drove the US military out of the sea.

However, the US military used sea and air forces to blockade firepower two kilometers before the beachhead position, and the Gorene Armored Division suffered heavy losses and had to retreat.

This time, Elin Howell also used this tactic to set up a formation and wait for Germany.

It was 9:50 p.m.

That is, fifty minutes after the counterattack was launched, a tank company of the Goring Armored Division accidentally broke into the artillery position of the US 25th Artillery Regiment.

It should be said that the US military escaped very quickly, thanks to their high degree of mechanization, with cars and jeep everywhere, and because of the excellent communication equipment, the retreat order was issued. The US military of the 1st Infantry Division fled across the board like a tide, leaving the German army with a bunch of ammunition and supplies that were almost useless, as well as some US troops stationed on the high ground and had no time to retreat.

However, the 25th Artillery Regiment of the US Army obviously did not receive the order to retreat, and because their artillery positions were built in the woods... The US military developed equipment, bulldozers pushed the jungle casually, and one flat and secret artillery positions came out one by one.

However, because of this, the retreating US troops and the 25th Artillery Regiment did not notice each other.

Until a German tank company of 21 tanks wanted to encircle the US troops from the flank and drove into the fork, he was shocked to find a howitzer standing in front of him.

When the American soldiers saw tanks driving into the position and headlights on, they shouted: "Hey, you're on the wrong path, this is the artillery position!"

The American soldiers did not see the tank clearly under the light of the headlights, and took it for granted that it was their own tank.

The German soldiers answered them: "Fire!"

"Boom Boom" tanks shot a row of shells at a cannon in front of them. Several shells hit the car full of ammunition, causing a big explosion in an instant.

Before the American soldiers could react, the tank fired rows of machine gun bullets, and the bullets flew around in the dark with bright lines, causing the American soldiers who escaped from the tent to fall down in a pile.

Then, with the commander's order, the tanks rumbled and broke in, and used machine guns to harvest the lives of US soldiers while advancing... These US soldiers were artillery soldiers, and were long-range howitzers and artillery soldiers. Their professionalism was to fire according to the various elements provided by their superiors, and they were almost the same as those of untrained people in close combat in close combat.

In other words, even ordinary infantry can easily defeat this artillery, let alone a tank company that breaks in.
Chapter completed!