The march was much more difficult than one might think. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The route of the march was heard from the Italian prisoners...... The Allies captured hundreds of thousands of Italians in Africa, some of whom lived in Sicily, and it didn't take much effort for Zhang Chi to get to the unvisited mountain roads and trails of Sicily.

The road that the Zoaf Corps now walked, the mountain road used by the merchants' mules and horses before the construction of the road and railway on the island, was barely wide enough for jeeps to pass, but it had been unwalked and untended for decades, so the road was in poor condition, and in some places it was even covered with shrubs.

This forced Zhang Chi to send a team of sappers to open the way ahead.

But that's not the point, the most troublesome thing is the bikes of the Zoaf Corps......

This made Zhang Chi a little surprised, because in Zhang Chi's opinion, if he could even walk a jeep, then the bicycle should not be a problem.

But the fact is that the soldiers of the Zoaf Corps repeatedly fell into the deep ditches along the mountain road, and many of them were injured or their bicycles were damaged.

"Is it because it's dark?" Zhang Chi asked Kukyi.

In order to conceal the march, the Zoaf regiment moved forward by moonlight, and even the jeep was illuminated by a flashlight covered with a black cloth.

"No, General!" Cook replied: "The moonlight is bright tonight, and if they can't see it, they can slow it down!" ”

"And why?" Zhang Chi asked.

"They're used to it!"

"Habit?"

"Yes!" Cook nodded helplessly: "They have been living in the desert before this, and the terrain of the desert is ......"

Zhang Chi couldn't help but let out an "oh" when he heard this, the road conditions in the desert were almost casual and there was no need to avoid danger or anything, which developed the habit of the Zoaf soldiers riding bicycles at will, and now they suddenly got them on this mountain road and it was still at night...... So they were all very "brave" to drill into the ditch.

In fact, there is another reason, that is, most of the Zoaf soldiers did not fall asleep during the day, and the result of not falling asleep was that the sleeping insects came up at night, especially when they were marching on a car, looking at it with their eyes on their feet, but their heads had begun to fall drowsy, and some even asked in a daze after falling: "What's the matter?" Where am I? ”

Zhang Chi had no choice but to tell the Zoaf soldiers over and over again to be careful.

Speaking of which, it's also to blame for not taking this into account in the previous training. But who would have thought that this would happen?

As a result, after marching all night, before dawn the next day, more than 100 people were wounded, and one person fell into a deep ditch and lost his life.

Not to mention the damage to the bicycles, some of which had problems with the tires, and some of the wheels were completely deformed, and more than 300 of them were unusable in one night.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Zoaf Corps usually have their own hands on the maintenance of bicycles, so they disassembled this one and put it on that, plus they also carried some parts, so the integration can also be improvised.

The march on the second night was much better than on the first night, and perhaps because of experience, the number of wounded was quickly reduced to more than thirty.

Zhang Chi maintained radio silence all the way to the march, that is, he did not contact the command or even General Zhu An from beginning to end.

The U.S. side would not have known about this, after all, there were still two divisions of the Zoaf Corps carrying supplies to the U.S. military.

As for the jeeps, which are missing a few dozen, there is still some equipment and supplies...... The American army was busy dealing with the German offensive and would certainly not realize it.

Until Patton made a phone call to General Juan.

"General!" "You know, the Germans are attacking fiercely, the supply situation on the front is getting worse and worse, many soldiers are not getting enough ammunition and food, and I hope you can send a division over to deliver supplies to the 1st Infantry Division!" ”

The 1st Infantry Division should be said to be one of the few units in the US military that can fight and fight tough battles.

However, what ordinary people can't imagine is that the 1st Infantry Division is also an unorganized and undisciplined unit, and they have even mutiny before that...... The reason is the same as the previous US special forces in Burma who wanted to assassinate Stilwell, because they had been fighting outside for too long, and they were still allowed to go to the battlefield when it was supposed to be the time to rotate.

Therefore, Eisenhower also wanted to replace the 1st Infantry Division with the 36th Infantry Division, which had never fought before, because Eisenhower did not think it was appropriate to put such a force into battle.

As soon as Patton heard of this decision, he immediately burst into Eisenhower's office and protested loudly: "I want those bitches, although I don't like them either, because they are always against me." But I wouldn't do it without them! ”

Patton proved to be right, there are soldiers who have fought and soldiers who have not fought are different, although there will be some emotions before the war, but at the critical moment these soldiers are still reliable, Patton is relying on the 1st Infantry Division to block the German armored division.

It's just that the ammunition consumption of the 1st Infantry Division while fighting is quite alarming, while the ammunition consumption of the 45th Division is much less, so Patton wants to transfer a division of the French army to serve the 1st Infantry Division.

Hearing this order, General Zhu An couldn't help but be stunned.

Because he only has two divisions in his hands, and these two divisions are only capable of completing the task at hand...... The task of transportation is not as simple as imagined, especially when American soldiers fight wars, they still shoot and shoot without caring about anything, and the consumption of ammunition is amazing.

And now Patton has to transfer another division......

General Zhu An couldn't help but hesitate to reply: "General, if another division is transferred, it will be difficult for us to guarantee the supply of the 45th Division!" ”

"How is that possible?" Patton said, "You have three divisions!" ”

"Uh......," replied General Juan, "maybe it's because my men aren't very efficient, you know, they're all Algerians, and they're not very motivated!" ”

General Juan found a great excuse.

Patton reluctantly accepted this statement at first, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong, he had allocated a lot of transport ships and amphibious transports to the French army, and these things were constantly running back and forth, so how could it be said that he was "not highly motivated"?

Without saying a word, Patton took people to inspect the Zoaf Corps, and he wanted to know what the Frenchmen were doing.

The results of the inspection surprised him, and the Zoaf corps was missing a whole division.

"Where have they gone?" Patton, knowing the result, asked, "Could it be the surrender of the Germans?" ”