The situation on the side of the 2nd Regiment was similar, and the reason why it was said to be similar was that the 2nd Regiment encountered about a platoon of Italian troops...... The only reason why they stayed on the line was because of a bonfire on the seashore, for which the Italian troops in this platoon even called a few dancers to sing and dance and drink all night. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

I don't know if it was because of the bonfire or because the dozens of Italians were already a little unconscious, but they didn't even notice it when the soldiers of the Zoaf Corps surrounded them, and even invited the Zoaf soldiers to have a drink with their glasses.

As you can imagine, they soon became prisoners of the Zoaf soldiers.

Zhang Chi led the troops to continue walking, and soon entered the streets of the ancient city.

The troops were planned to be scattered in several parts to occupy the commanding heights of the streets...... Everything went so smoothly that it could almost be said that the Italian troops in the barracks after the capture of the entire city were asleep before they even knew it.

It wasn't until Zhang Chi led his troops into the barracks that he was discovered by several Italian soldiers who got up to relieve themselves.

"British!" Several Italian soldiers shouted, and then subconsciously touched the gun.

But the Zoaf soldiers did not allow them to move, and after a few shots, they were knocked to the ground.

The sound of gunfire soon alarmed the rest of the Italian army, and the Italian soldiers who woke up from their sleep hurriedly dressed and looked for guns...... However, because the training was too lax in normal times, and there was a mess in the panic and darkness, it was impossible to organize effective resistance at all.

Then the Zoaf soldiers went straight into the barracks like heavenly soldiers, wielding Arab scimitars and slashing and killing without saying a word...... At this time, the scimitar is definitely more useful than the spear, and when close and in a narrow space, the spear can easily run into obstacles or even be snatched by the enemy, and there is also the problem of changing ammunition.

But with the scimitar in hand, it can open and close as if entering a no-man's land, and only kill the Italian army with a ghostly crying wolf howl.

The battle lasted only twenty minutes.

Because the Italian army had surrendered in twenty minutes, the Zoaf soldiers captured three barracks in Palermo almost without much effort...... In fact, there were only about 10,000 Italian soldiers in these three barracks, because a considerable part of the Italian army did not spend the night in the barracks, some in taverns, some in brothels, and some in their own homes...... Most of the officers had their own residences, which may have been one of the reasons why the Italian army was unable to organize its defenses.

But later, these Italian troops scattered among the civilians later took the initiative to come and surrender, and they still came in unison, and almost none of them were left behind when they clicked on the list.

What made Zhang Chi feel even more unbelievable was that the commander of the Italian army, Marshal Azo, even complained that the soldiers had killed too many people.

"You don't really have to!" Marshal Azo said, "Why do you want to sneak attack? And killed so many people, if you told us in advance, we could solve it through negotiations! ”

The implication of this is that as soon as the Zoaf soldiers fire a few shots outside the city, the Italians will come out with their hands raised and surrender.

Of course, this is just the statement after the capture of Palermo.

Zhang Chi believed that with the character of the Italians, if he knew that he could hold Palermo, he would still be ashamed to show off his might in front of the Allies.

As a result, Zhang Chi suddenly had more than 20,000 prisoners of war.

Here's what the British said when playing against the Italian army: "When facing the Italian army, you need to worry not about the bullets coming from the opposite side, but about being trampled to death by the rushing crowd of captives!" ”

Now it seems that this sentence is really a fucking wise saying.

Unsurprisingly, Zhang Chi reaped the spoils of this victory...... When the warehouse was opened, it was filled with mines, guns, ammunition, and even many tanks.

Zhang Chi knew in advance that Palermo must have a lot of loot, because it was a port, and the German and Italian troops had to use Palermo or Messina as a transit point for supplies to send reinforcements to Africa, but like the two elite divisions of the German army, they were stranded in Sicily.

However, Zhang Chi did not expect that there would be so many trophies, and even found the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks of the German army in the tank.

After asking Marshal Azo, I learned that these tanks were just transported from Italy by the Germans yesterday in order to deal with the Allied landing in Sicily, but they were captured by the Zoaf Corps before they could be transported to the Germans.

Now I've found a treasure.

Zhang Chi asked people to count it, and there were a total of 60 German tanks and more than 100 Italian tanks.

Of course, most of the tanks of the Italian army were useless, and they were almost the target of the enemy's anti-tank weapons, and Zhang Chi did not intend to bother to use them.

After finishing it, Zhang Chi sent a telegram to the command: "We have successfully occupied Palermo, and we have suffered thirty-one casualties!" ”

General Juan took the telegram with a puzzled face, and then called back suspiciously: "Are you sure you occupy Palermo?" Not in the wrong place? ”

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied: "This is indeed Palermo, there is no doubt that I have asked the captives!" ”

"But...... There are 20,000 defenders there! ”

"They're already our captives!"

"God!" General Juan couldn't believe it was true.

Patton laughed when he heard the news: "Major General, you have once again performed a miracle, and it only took twenty minutes to capture a city, a city of 20,000 garrisons, a city that everyone dreams of!" Now, the Germans are finished! ”

Patton was not entirely right, because the Germans were not going to end up with the loss of Palermo.

Because Palermo was not the only port from which the Germans relied or could retreat.

Patton, of course, knew this, but he was reluctant to say something too explicit: "The Germans are retreating, and the British plan is finished!" ”

And Montgomery didn't even know the news at this time.

After thinking about it, Patton sent a telegram to Montgomery: "General Montgomery, I am sorry to tell you that one of our troops has lost its way, and they have accidentally captured one of the enemy's cities, which is beyond our plans!" ”

"Oh!" Montgomery didn't take it too seriously, and replied, "It's a good thing, and we should celebrate and reward this valiant troop for it!" ”

"Really? Then I'm relieved! Barton couldn't help but laugh as he watched Montgomery's callback.

After a while, Montgomery asked again, "By the way, I want to know which city this accidental occupation is?" ”

Barton replied with three words: "Palermo!" ”