"Guys!" Zhang Chi held a bullhorn and shouted to the American troops of the 45th Division: "Do you see these guys with knives in front of you? Let me introduce you, they are Algerians, they don't understand you, and they certainly can't tell if you are American or German, they only know to obey my orders. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSo, you guys know what to do next? Don't force me to order them to use force, you'll regret it!" ”

The U.S. troops in the 45th Division were so disciplined that they looted supplies on the battlefield, and many of these supplies were the personal belongings of their comrades...... They were not interested in military supplies, but the supplies included the personal packages of the soldiers of the 45th Division, which inevitably included things like dollars, pounds and even gold ornaments, which were the targets of their looting.

Naturally, there will be no cohesion in such a unit, and its typical characteristic is to bully the weak and fear the hard, so they put down their packages one by one and put away their rifles.

"That's not enough!" Zhang Chi said: "I can ignore what you hide on your body, because it is not mine, but you must line up to pick up your guns, and then roll back to the line of defense you should hold, do you understand?" ”

"Yes, sir!" The U.S. officers and soldiers replied vaguely.

"Now, get moving!" Zhang Chi shouted, "If I see you on the beach again, I promise to throw you into the sea to feed the fish!" ”

The U.S. officers and men hurriedly advanced forward in a disorganized line with guns raised.

In the end, they became the shortest advance of any U.S. unit, and they advanced only 3 kilometers.

However, Barton was already very satisfied with the result, so he also made a special call to Zhang Chi:

"Major General, thank you for restoring order to the 45th Division!" Barton said, "These bunnies, I'm going to clean them up someday!" ”

Zhang Chi did not express an opinion on this, because there is a saying that "the law does not hold the public accountable", and mass incidents like this are often difficult to deal with, especially during this war years...... If you want to punish them, I am afraid that it will easily cause another group incident, and this is still a time when there is a shortage of soldiers, doesn't punishing them mean driving them off the battlefield?

So in the end, it's a symbolic punishment for them, and then it's gone.

But none of this is Zhang Chi's concern.

Zhang Chi was concerned about the supplies that the Zoaf Corps was responsible for......

Since the previous mission of the Zoaf Corps was only to assist the U.S. military in clearing out the remnants of the enemy, the U.S. military could not provide much supplies and equipment to the Zoaf Corps, and they only allocated a few dozen "duck" amphibious landing vehicles to the Zoaf Corps for transporting ammunition.

It is indeed very convenient for the "duck" to transport supplies, and this amphibious vehicle can sail with thrusters at sea, and there is no need to carry out the process of unloading and loading after going ashore, and it can directly use wheels to drive into the interior to transport supplies to the front-line troops, which undoubtedly saves a lot of time and trouble for landing and transporting supplies and equipment.

However, there were only a few dozen "ducks" of more than 30,000 people in the Zoaf Corps...... That's a drop in the bucket.

Zhang Chi made a comment to Barton on this point.

Patton's reply was: "Major General, the French army is advancing behind the American army, they are not on the front line combat mission, and the equipment with them can almost meet the requirements." I have to do my best to put all my resources to where they are needed most! ”

In a way, Barton was right, because he didn't know that Zhang Chi had other plans.

Zhang Chi originally planned to take one step at a time, he believed that there would be a chance for the Zoaf Corps to perform on the battlefield, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly and effortlessly......

The Zoaf Corps then took on the task of supplying and transporting the US 45th Division.

In the U.S. military, the transportation of supplies is not carried by lifting, it is all mechanized transportation, such as jeeps, cars, duck "amphibious transporters", and even M3 half-track armored vehicles, etc., which were soon handed over to the Zoaf Corps in batches.

"We still have time!" Zhang Chi said to General Zhu An in front of the map: "But it must be fast! ”

"What?" General Zhu An didn't understand what Zhang Chi meant.

Zhang Chi explained while gesturing on the map: "The two German divisions are here and here...... Like we said before, they are mechanized troops and will soon be in this area! ”

"Yes!" General Juan said: "They will want to take advantage of the fact that the Americans are not firmly established to drive them into the sea!" ”

After a pause, General Zhu An said with some uncertainty: "Major General, are you ...... Want to ambush the Germans? No, no, I don't agree with you doing this, you know, we don't have heavy equipment and we don't have many anti-tank weapons! ”

Although General Juan wanted the French army to stand out on the battlefield, all he wanted in his mind was to assist the American army in one or two beautiful battles to impress the Allies.

As for fighting independently with the Germans, and also with armored divisions, that was something he had never thought about.

"Of course not!" Zhang Chi replied: "I'm not that stupid! ”

General Zhu An couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this.

But Zhang Chi's next words couldn't help but make General Zhu An stunned.

Zhang Chi pointed to a point on the map and said, "I want to take a division to Palermo!" ”

"What?" General Rao is General Zhu An is a battle-hardened general, and his face changed greatly when he heard Zhang Chi say this: "Interspersed with Palermo? You're crazy, this can't be successful! ”

"Of course it's possible!" Zhang Chi replied: "First of all, we are a very inconspicuous force on the battlefield, and our mission is to deliver supplies and clear the enemy, even if a division suddenly disappears, no one will care or feel that there is anything wrong, including the enemy!" ”

"I agree with that, but ......"

"At the same time we have jeeps and half-track armored vehicles!" Zhang Chi continued: "In addition, there are tens of thousands of bicycles on our ship...... They are our means of transport, and they are perfect for off-road and even mountain trails! ”

Bicycles were a feature of the "mechanized infantry" of the French army, which, as previously stated, followed the tanks with their bicycles.

It was General Zhu An who understood why Zhang Chi had to bring a bicycle, and it seemed that Zhang Chi had planned it a long time ago.

"But, that's hundreds of kilometers!" General Juan said: "And the target is still Palermo, where there are more than 20,000 defenders, and we cannot succeed!" ”

"Most of these defenders are Italians!" Zhang Chi said: "The Germans are attracted here by the US military!" So, that's our chance, isn't it? ”