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To put it simply, the United States wants to land in northern France and use France as a base, while Britain wants to land in southern Italy and use Italy as a base.

Compared with the two options, the British proposal was indeed more tempting and easier, given the heavy German army in northern France.

Eisenhower disagreed, and the arguments were so bitter that General Juan even joined in, clearly favoring Alexander's plan.

This psychology is understandable, and General Juan at this time was anxious to fight to increase the prestige of the Algiers government, or rather, it could be said that this was what the entire Algiers government wanted.

Then, if it was to land from northern France, then there would be nothing to do with the Algiers government, and it would be impossible for the Allies to transport the French army all the way to England and then land in northern France, and in the eyes of the Allied generals, any unit of the British Commonwealth Army was more valuable than the French army.

But if it is a landing in southern Italy, Algeria and Tunisia are the closest places to southern Italy, and it is clear that the Algiers government will have an extremely important role to play.

Only Zhang Chi sat in the conference room without saying a word.

"Major General!" Eisenhower asked Zhang Chi, "Aren't you going to say something?" ”

"General!" Zhang Chi said: "Can what I say change anything?" ”

Eisenhower was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded, he also knew that there was no point in arguing like this, and it was the British who played a leading role in the North African battlefield, and the British decided to do ...... Even the United States is powerless to change.

"Major General!" Alexander objected: "What do you mean by that?" If what you say makes sense, of course we'll consider it too! ”

Zhang Chi has always had no good impression of Alexander, not only did he not have a good impression but was even very disgusted, because it was he who deceived and used the Chinese Expeditionary Force again and again on the battlefield in Burma, causing countless soldiers of the Bloody Expeditionary Force to die on the battlefield in vain...... This blood feud cannot be said to be in the past.

"I mean!" Zhang Chi replied: "If Britain is thinking about its own interests, then will it still consider the thoughts and feelings of its allies?" ”

Zhang Chi is related to this sentence, not only about the present, but also about the past of Myanmar.

Of course, Alexander knew what Zhang Chi meant, and he couldn't help but blush.

But Jiang is worthy of being an old spicy, he quickly spread his hands with a calm expression, and said: "I didn't understand what you mean, Major General, we are planning to march into Italy, which is the interest of the entire Allied army, and you say that this is the interest of Britain......"

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied: "If you attack Italy and then attack further north, you can score an Allied wedge separating Europe from the Soviet Union, won't you?" ”

Eisenhower couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then looked at the map again, and sure enough, it was just as Zhang Chi said...... If Italy were to be taken and then used as a base to attack Germany, the Soviet Union's power would be completely blocked, that is, whether it was France or other countries under German influence or occupation, they would have to surrender to the Allies.

In other words, the strategy proposed by Britain was actually in consideration of the possibility of dividing up more interests after the war.

At the same time, the landing operation from southern Italy did not need to face too many German troops, and the British entered the battlefield with the British Commonwealth army as the main body...... This is completely using others to fight for yourself!

Seeing that Zhang Chi was broken, Alexander said a little unnaturally: "Oh, yes? Major General, if it weren't for you to remind...... I hadn't thought of that yet. However, you can't deny that this is also a good plan, can you? Southern Italy was a soft ...... for the Axis powers"

"General!" Zhang Chi interrupted Alexander's words and asked, "I just want to ask, what is our ultimate goal?" ”

"Needless to say!" Alexander replied: "Of course, to crush the Germans and force them to surrender, so that we can end this damned battlefield!" ”

"That's right!" Zhang Chi said: "So what do you think...... Would this have been possible if the Allies had landed in Italy? Or could the Allies avoid the 44 German divisions massed in northern France? ”

Alexander's mouth couldn't help but open wide.

Eisenhower nodded and said, "Yes, we will not be able to avoid these 44 German divisions in the end." It is conceivable that if the Germans still had these 44 divisions, they would obviously not have surrendered, and today we would have met them on other battlefields, if not when they landed in northern France! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi said: "Therefore, there is no such thing as 'giving up the easy to take the difficult' or 'giving up the difficult to take the easy' when landing from southern Italy, the so-called 'easy' is just the 'easy' in front of you, and even this 'easy' is a kind of 'difficult' way of playing, because the offensive line will obviously be much longer, the time will be longer, and the number of deaths will be more...... Even because it gave the Germans a chance to breathe, it added many variables, and it could affect the entire war situation! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Chi concluded: "Gentlemen, do you all understand? This is dirty politics, just like in Burma, where the British have once again trampled the interests of their allies under their feet, and I would like to ask General Alexander...... Do you really not feel guilty about letting so many innocent people lose their lives for the sake of your so-called interests? ”

"This is!" Alexander said: "What you say is groundless, so why should you assert that such a fight will not save more lives?" ”

"yes!" Zhang Chi smiled: "It's like you 'saved' many lives in Myanmar!" ”

With that, he stood up and walked out of the venue, he never wanted to see Alexander, the brazen so-called general, again.

Eisenhower chased after him from behind, shouting, "...... Zhang."

"General!" Zhang Chi said: "In the future, I won't participate in such a meeting, so as not to be unhappy with each other!" ”

Eisenhower smiled and said, "On the contrary, you should have participated more, because if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known that we were being used by the cunning British again!" ”

"But that doesn't change anything, does it?" Zhang Chi said.

Eisenhower nodded: "Yes, nothing will change." They will still choose to attack southern Italy. However, I finally know what the problem is! ”

Of course, Zhang Chi knew, because this was the historical battle against Italian Sicily, a battle with little strategic significance.