"Major General!" In the telegram, Patton said: "I am sorry to tell you that we have to hold off on the offensive!" ”

"I know, General!" Zhang Chi replied: "General Zhu An told me!" ”

After waiting for a while, Barton saw that there was no answer, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "That's it?" ”

"What else?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I thought you would be angry and opposed!"

"Of course I'm angry, and I'm against this inexplicable order!" Zhang Chi replied: "But at the same time, I also know that any anger and opposition is meaningless!" ”

"Hmm!" Patton thought for a moment and said, "If you agree, we'll send submarines...... You know, Palermo is a port! ”

Zhang Chi knew what Patton meant, and the submarine could pick up Zhang Chi and the Chinese advisers in the 1st Division.

But Zhang Chi refused without thinking about it.

"No, I can't leave them alone with the Chinese soldiers!" Tension and recall.

The people who were in charge of receiving and receiving telegrams were all signal soldiers of the 1st Division of the Zoaf Corps, and when they saw these telegrams and Zhang Chi's answers, they couldn't help but cast admiration and moving glances at Zhang Chi.

Afterwards, Ku Keyi also knew about this, he made a special trip back to the command headquarters from the front line, hugged Zhang Chi warmly, and said: "General, I don't know what to say, my subordinates and I are very grateful to you, and the Chinese who shared weal and woe with us, thank you...... Regardless of the final outcome of this battle, we think it will be worth it! ”

Of course, this also caused a lot of sensation in the Zoaf Corps, because it verified the saying: "Hardship sees the truth!" ”

At this last moment, the fact that the Chinese army had the opportunity to withdraw but did not do so is enough to prove that Chinese can be trusted...... And this in turn formed a strong contrast with the French officers.

There were still some French officers in the 1st Division who acted as advisers, and this was the last straw for General Giraud to control, or rather monitor, the regiment of advisers, which numbered more than 300 men and was led by Colonel Jacques.

When Colonel Jacques heard about this, he came to Zhang Chi with a pale face and asked, "General, if you don't want to go back, then ...... Is it possible to leave the opportunity to us? ”

Zhang Chi didn't know how to answer.

French officers are not important at all in the eyes of the Americans, if they know that they are here to pick up these French officers...... The Americans would not be willing to let their submarines risk sneaking into the port of Palermo to pick up people.

"Don't worry, Colonel!" Zhang Chi patted Colonel Jacques on the shoulder: "We'll be fine!" ”

"General...... I mean, our mission here is accomplished, and it's time to go back......"

Zhang Chi shook his head and replied in an unquestioning tone: "No one can break away from the army at this time, not a single one, otherwise they will all be treated as deserters!" ”

Cook said happily, "Oh, Colonel Jacques, you know how we ...... deserters."

As he spoke, he looked at Colonel Jacques with a smile, as if he couldn't wait for Jacques to become a deserter.

Colonel Jacques saw that the situation was not good, and he dared to mention the withdrawal again, so he hurriedly found an excuse and fled back.

With the contrast of this behavior of the French officer, Yu Fa appeared to be tall as a Chinese officer, so it was natural that the relationship between the soldiers of the expeditionary force and the soldiers of Zoaf was further advanced.

If in the past it was a "comrade" and a "comrade-in-arms", now it has developed to the level of a "brother", and the Zoaf soldiers have already treated the Chinese advisers as their own and have nothing to talk about.

"So, what are your plans, Major General?" Patton asked, "Tell me your plan, and I'll do my best to send air power to support you!" ”

This can be said to be an act of atonement on the part of Patton, more precisely to make up for the owe of something to the Chinese army and the Zoaf Corps.

Truth be told, it's pretty good that Barton can do that.

"I'm going to stick to Palermo!" Zhang Chi replied.

"What?" Patton was surprised by this answer, and he had expected that Zhang Chi would ask for the support of American warships and warplanes to cover the retreat of the Zoaf Corps.

If it was a retreat, Zhang Chi and the Zoaf Corps were not without a chance, after all, the Germans wanted Palermo, and at the same time, the Germans would be in a hurry to establish a defense line extending from Palermo to the port of Messina after they got Palermo, and they had no spare troops and no interest in pursuing the Zoaf Corps.

Therefore, the pursuit of the Zoaf corps was at most some Italian troops, soldiers of the Italian army...... It's not impossible to escape.

But now, Zhang Chi still has to hold on to Palermo.

"Maybe you don't understand, Major General!" Patton couldn't help but be angry at this time: "The purpose of the British is to make us give up Palermo, in other words, as long as Palermo is still in your hands, then we will probably not get the order to advance!" And you, you have to face two divisions of the Germans, and they are elite troops! ”

"I know, General!" Zhang Chi replied.

"Then why are you doing this?" "I mean, you still want to hold on to Palermo, I don't see any point!" Barton asked. ”

"It's easy!" Zhang Chi replied: "Because I think we can defeat these two German divisions!" ”

"You ......," Barton couldn't help but say.

At the same time, he couldn't help but scold: "This arrogant guy actually wants to defeat two elite German divisions with one French division!" Did he think of himself as God? ”

Of course, Barton would not have sent these words to the telegram.

In fact, Zhang Chi lied to Patton at this time, he didn't want to defeat these two German divisions......

First of all, it is true that as Patton thought, it would be difficult for the Zoaf Corps to hold Palermo in this situation, unless Zhang Chi was God.

Because Palermo had to face not only two German divisions, but also countless Italian troops around it, as well as the naval and air forces of the German and Italian armies...... Not to mention the rest, even with shells can blow Palermo flat.

Secondly, Zhang Chi was reluctant to defeat these two German divisions.

Just kidding, this is the "trouble" that Zhang Chi is going to use to transfer to the British, how can it be broken like this...... It's not too cheap for those Brits.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile slightly:

The British are playing with fire, Montgomery is blinded by selfishness, otherwise a cautious person like him would not make such a mistake, and everything on the battlefield should be focused on defeating the enemy, and not creating all kinds of internal contradictions and inexplicably giving the enemy a chance again and again.

In the end, the British will find out that if they play like this, the fire will burn on their heads.