"General Patton is no good! Montgomery's troops are already in the beach position, evacuating! It won't be long before they'll be able to evacuate! ”

When Montgomery's troops on the beachhead were about to face an attack by the German tank group, Bradley, the deputy commander of the 2nd Army, also reported to Patton in a hurry.

"Montgomery, coward! The speed of the retreat is really fast! Two days ago, he was in a hurry to occupy Messina! What a deceptive and fearful of evil! ”

After listening, Barton said very unhappily.

"So what do we do now? We're still a long way from the beachhead landing site! And now the German attacks are becoming more and more ferocious, especially their bomber groups! ”

Deputy Commander Bradley worried.

"Whew! What can we do now? You can only evacuate as soon as possible! The German bomber group was handed over to our aviation units that rushed over! ”

"Now you send Allen's 1st Division to the front line to fend off those German troops! The rest of the troops retreated as fast as they could to the beachhead where we first landed, ready to land on the ship, and evacuate as soon as possible! ”

Patton looked at the American troops in the distance who were desperately resisting the Germans and attacking menacingly, and his heart ached.

Because he was watching his own people, his men were constantly suffering casualties, and they were retreating.

"But there was more than one division of the elite SS of the German army! I'm worried that Commander Allen's 1st Division won't be able to withstand their crazy attacks! Shall we send more troops over to assist in the war? ”

Bradley, however, was worried.

"Then send the 45th Division over as well! The rest of the divisions must give me the fastest speed to retreat! Don't let the heavy casualties of these elite troops be sacrificed in vain! ”

Barton made up his mind.

"At the same time, let our field artillery group and naval artillery group immediately carry out a fierce artillery counterattack against the Germans who are attacking the positions held by the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Division, and even if we are going to die, we will pull a few more Germans to bury us! There is absolutely no way to let these German victories be so easy! ”

Then Barton added in a deafening voice.

"Yes! General Patton! ”

Bradley hurriedly agreed.

"Remember, no matter what the cost, give me the 10th Infantry Division, the 1st Armored Division, as well as the two Airborne Divisions, and the 3 separate brigades, all evacuate to the beach in the shortest possible time, and board the ship and leave immediately!"

"In short, we have a total of 13 divisions, and the rest of the troops who have not been evacuated have given me the best to resist the German attack here! Death will give me a vigorous death! Don't disgrace our 7th Army Group! Otherwise, I won't let him go first! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Barton roared loudly again.

"Yes! General Patton! ”

Bradley straightened up and replied loudly again.

"By the way, haven't all of our rescue ships and ships already arrived at our evacuation beach?"

Seeing this, Barton nodded in satisfaction and asked again.

"Yes! More than 30 ships and more than 20 transport ships have already arrived! Moreover, the British aircraft carriers "Invincible" and "Dreadnought", as well as the 6 battleships and other large battleships behind them, also arrived together, and are about to cover for our withdrawal! ”

Bradley replied truthfully.

"Alright! You should evacuate with those troops immediately! I'll fight with Allen and the rest of the troops who stayed behind to fend off those damn Germans! ”

Patton patted Bradley on the shoulder with great satisfaction and responded.

"What! How can this be! You're our commander! The current situation is very unfavorable for us, and if you don't evacuate immediately, Commander, it will be dangerous to stay here, and if something happens to you, how can I explain and explain to Commander Eisenhower? ”

When Bradley heard this, he immediately retorted disagree.

"Don't worry about me, I'm a battle-hardened general, and now I am surrounded by the most elite troops of my 7th Army Group, which is more than enough to deal with the Germans!"

"If it weren't for Commander Eisenhower's evacuation order and Montgomery's faster guy than anyone else, our landing force would have been more than 400,000 troops. There is no need to be afraid of these German troops! ”

"Although I don't know how many troops they have ambushed here, judging from the current battle situation, their total strength is definitely satisfied with ours!"

Barton said reluctantly and angrily.

"I think so too, but now our air supremacy and sea power are also big problems, and the German army in this Sicilian battle has completely exceeded our expectations! If we don't take advantage of the massive casualties and evacuate immediately, if there is any big change in the situation of the battle, then our losses may be even greater! ”

Bradley voiced his worries.

"Hmmm! It is also very likely that you are worried, because the methods of these German troops have been very cunning recently, and they are very different from the methods of German warfare that we have known before! ”

Ratton did not become angry at Bradley's concern, but nodded calmly in agreement.

"Yes! I always feel that Hitler has changed, and he has changed more and more cunningly, more cunningly! ”

Bradley also replied with a solemn expression.

"Alright, let's go! I will continue to command the troops to fight, and the German offensive is much stronger than just now! ”

Patton looked at the increasingly unoptimistic battlefield and suddenly urged Bradley to retreat.

Hearing this, Bradley also stared deeply at the battle-torn battlefield, then nodded, and hurriedly commanded the troops designated by Patton to evacuate, and accelerated the pace of emergency evacuation.

At this time, in addition to the fierce attack of the elite units of the German SS, Guderian also sent the four main divisions of the Italian defenders, namely the 4th "Livorno" motorized infantry division, the 26th "Assietta" mountain infantry division, the 28th "Aosta" infantry division and the 54th "Naples" infantry division, to the front line position and desperately attacked Patton's troops.

In addition to minimizing the casualties of his armored forces and the elite SS troops, Guderian also wanted to gradually bring his troops on par with the strength of Patton's 7th Army Group, so that the strength advantage of the American forces would be weakened, so that their attacks would be more effective.

Of course, there is another reason to try to hit these evacuated American troops as hard as possible, and it is better to be able to wipe them all out. 8)