Montgomery knew very well that once the Germans entered Catania, the British would fall into a very embarrassing situation.

This embarrassment comes from two aspects.

On the one hand, it was public opinion... After the liberation of Catania, the British actively provided assistance to Catania in various aspects, such as medical care and rescue for injured people, and relief for food for the people, and also brought administrative officials into Catania to carry out management.

This measure was first implemented by the US military. In order to enhance its international image and to gain more support from local people, the United States recruited industrial, economic, transportation and other management talents in the army. After they captured a certain city, they could use these talents to manage the city reasonably so that the city could restore normal order as early as possible.

This is also one of the reasons why Montgomery intends to allow the US military to capture the nameless town... In terms of the interests of the UK, of course, the image of the US cannot be greatly improved and then surpassed that of the UK.

So, Montgomery followed the example of the United States and recruited some management talents to govern Catania.

Of course, publicity work must also be kept up, and even war correspondents from various countries followed up in Catania.

If Catania was occupied by the German army, even journalists fell into the hands of the German army, how can I explain it in public opinion?

On the other hand, it is the military aspect.

If the German army occupied Catania, would it be better to fight or not?

When fighting, bombing is bound to be indispensable, and the target of bombing must be private houses.

If you don’t fight, you have to let the German army stop the transportation line!

By then, the British army may have only one choice, that is, to drive the troops into the city to engage in street battles with the enemy.

But Montgomery certainly knows what that means.

"Order the Australian 6th Infantry Division to reinforce Catania!" Montgomery ordered.

The 6th Australian Infantry Division had great street combat experience when in North Africa, and it was most appropriate for them to perform this mission.

"Yes, General!" Degangan responded and conveyed the order.

But things didn't go smoothly. Twenty minutes later, De Gungang took a telegram to Montgomery and reported: "General, Major General Joshua's telegram, the Australian 6th Infantry Division was blocked and could not be withdrawn for the time being!"

"What blocking?" asked Montgomery: "We have occupied all the important places along the way!"

"But we did not occupy every tunnel, General!" De Gangan replied: "There are also jungles, many Germanys hiding in it! Until now they have come out to bury mines, bomb bridges, and sneak attacks on our troops on the high ground. Some of the high grounds have even been taken back by the Germans!"

"It's another tunnel!" Montgomery couldn't help but gritted his teeth.

He had already suffered a loss in the Gabes defense line. He thought that because of the success of the "meat filling plan", the Germans in Sicily were not prepared for this. Unexpectedly, this thing that made Montgomery's headache appear again.

Of course, because the German army lacked troops on the front line of Mount Etna, the British army did not fail to get down, but the speed would be delayed.

However, this is the purpose of the German army... delaying the British reinforcements of Catania, and then the German troops can take the lead in occupying Catania.

"Parasite Brigade!" Then Montgomery ordered: "Send the Paratrooper Brigade now!"

The two brigades of the 1st British Airborne Division were dispatched only one brigade, and one brigade was on standby in Malta as a reserve.

"But, General!" said Degangan, "It's night!"

De Gangan would say this because the previous airborne of Sicily was not smooth... In fact, it should be said that it was a very failure.

"Catania is a plain!" Montgomery said: "With the parachute, there will be no problem with the plane landing!"

"Yes, General!"

So, a parachute and a plane landing group took off from Malta Airport one after another.

This time, Montgomery, the British and American fleets greeted each other, saying that a transport aircraft fleet would fly by around 10 o'clock... Montgomery was already scared by the accidental injury of the fleet by the warship last time, or it could be said that he had learned lessons.

On the other hand, Montgomery also contacted the defenders of Catania and told them not to accidentally hurt their friendly forces.

However, what Montgomery did not expect was that his actions helped the Germans a little favor.

Coincidentally, the Italian "Lightning Division" that took off from Tunisia also happened to fly over the US fleet during this period... The US fleet took it for granted that it was what Montgomery said to be the British airborne troops who went to reinforce a certain place, so they did not shoot.

Then the "Lightning Division" transport plane flew over Catania again. The Kattanian garrison also thought it was the British 1st Airborne Division. Not only did it not use anti-aircraft guns to counterattack, nor did it make any defense against the Italian army that directly parachuteed the city of Catanis.

Colonel Will, the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 70th Infantry Division in Catania, just complained when he saw parachutes in the sky: "Didn't they say they were parachutes outside the city? Why did they land in the city instead? Don't they know that this is dangerous?!"

Colonel Will is right. There are many buildings in the city that are fatal to paratroopers, such as pointed roofs, ropes for drying clothes, bamboos that stand up to the sky, etc. Even a tall house may be dangerous because it will directly hit the wall when the paratrooper descends.

In addition, it is not convenient for the troops to assemble in the city, especially now it is still at night.

Therefore, the correct way to parachute reinforcement should be to parachute in open areas outside the city, and then march to the city after assembly.

Direct airborne in the city is usually only used when raiding the enemy, because that will catch the enemy off guard. If there are troops outside the city, you can attack inside and outside.

The staff officer replied to Colonel Will: "College, you must know that at night now, and we didn't turn on the lights, it is difficult for them to distinguish where they are inside and outside the city!"

Colonel Will nodded with a "Oh" and then ordered: "Prepare the car and let the car soldiers pick them up. It seems they will be in a little trouble!"

Colonel Will was thinking about the "British paratroopers" who might be injured. Colonel Will even asked someone to call the medical staff to prepare.

But soon, Colonel Will discovered something was wrong, because gunfire sounded in Catania shortly after the paratroopers landed.

"What's going on?" Colonel Will asked, "Why did you shoot?"
Chapter completed!