From this point of view, Montgomery also underestimated the US military. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this world war, most of his eyes were confined to Africa, and he despised Japan very much, believing that the United States could win the war in the Pacific theater entirely because Japan, an opponent, was too weak, so he did not take the American military seriously...... Especially before that, when several elite US troops landed in Africa to participate in the war, the poor performance confirmed this even more.

Therefore, Montgomery was bent on seeing the American army make a fool of himself in the Battle of Sicily, but the final result was that he was surprised by the pretty good results of the American army.

Zhang Chi didn't make any other preparations, he still trained the Zoaf Corps as usual, that is, refining the night combat ability of the Zoaf Corps...... During this time, the biological clock of the Zoaf Corps was completely reversed, and they all slept during the day and trained at night, and they practiced until the sky was bright.

If anything, it has increased the intensity of training, such as a 20-kilometer march with weights......

Despite the hardships of the Zoaf Corps, the intensity of the training still made them cry out that they could not bear it.

Some officers even complained: "It's better to just let me go to the battlefield and kill an enemy and die, than to suffer from this kind of training!" ”

At this time, Kukyi will shout at them: "What nonsense! Don't you know that if we lose the battle, the French will probably take back their command? ”

As soon as they heard this, the soldiers of the Zoaf Corps gritted their teeth and endured it.

Because, in fact, this is not only a question of command, but also a question of freedom and independence.

The Zoaf Corps could not afford to lose, especially the Third Army, which had delegated command...... They can't afford to lose.

And the Third Army at this time is actually not the previous Third Army.

Zhang Chi adopted the method of survival of the fittest, kicking out all those who could not withstand the test in training, and then selecting qualified candidates from other units to supplement them, and at the same time, a considerable part of the soldiers from the civilian sector were also ...... The Zoaf Corps was previously regarded as a puppet unit of the French army, so the Algerians did not have much enthusiasm to join the army, and the Third Army at this time was under their own command, and it was still fighting for the independence of Algeria, so it was natural that many enthusiastic young people enthusiastically signed up.

Zhang Chi selected those with a higher level of education or special talents, such as one of them, a middle-aged man named Sodani, who is said to be an Arab sword master...... Zhang Chi had seen him try it with a few swordsmanship, and the scimitar was really like a magic in his hand, and in less than a moment, the opponents were knocked down by him one after another.

So needless to say, he used it as a swordsmanship instructor for the army.

Zhang Chi also talked to him about this issue.

"Master!" Zhang Chi showed him respect in terms of title: "How long do you plan to train the soldiers in swordsmanship!" ”

After thinking about it, Sodani replied, "Sir, I know what you mean, they are about to go to war, and you want to be able to do it quickly...... However, it is difficult to achieve success in swordsmanship without a few years! ”

"How many years?" Zhang Chi shook his head.

"At least a few months!" Sodani said.

Zhang Chi shook his head again: "You only have a few days!" ”

"It can't be!" Sodani replied, "A few days...... No one can do it! ”

"No, you can!" Zhang Chi said.

Sodani looked at Zhang Chi with a puzzled face, he didn't know what Zhang Chi meant.

"Maybe you don't know!" Zhang Chi explained: "The decision on the battlefield is often between minutes and seconds, and we mainly practice night battles, and the enemy is often in front of us in night battles, and there is only a chance to make a few knives, if these knives can't kill the other party, then maybe we have to ......wait for death."

"Oh!" Sodani couldn't help but nod his head when he heard this: "I see what you mean!" ”

Sodani did understand that when he taught the swordsmanship of the Zoaf Corps, he only had three moves, one block, one block, and then a horizontal split.

Don't look at this as just three simple moves, but it is completely designed for the enemy and the enemy with a bayonet: the bayonet is the same as the stab, the disadvantage of the scimitar is that it is not as long as the bayonet, of course, it cannot be stabbed against the enemy, so it is often the rear hand.

In the case of the rear hand, parry the bayonet and slash the ......

If there is a second chance, the opponent is only afraid that he will no longer dare to use the knife easily when facing the scimitar, but there is often no second chance on the battlefield, and by the time the opponent realizes his mistake, it is too late.

At this time, Zhang Chi received a letter, which was brought by an American officer.

At this time, Africa was still very weak, and they did not even have a mail network, which is why Rommel wrote to his wife and had to ask the soldiers returning to Germany to take it.

Needless to say, the letter was sent by Paige.

At the beginning, of course, he said something missing, and he also said that he was proud that Zhang Chi could achieve such a victory......

For some reason, when Zhang Chi touched the letter and looked at the words on it, he unconsciously felt a warmth in his heart, at least he knew that in this world or time and space, there was still someone who cared about him.

Then Zhang Chi knew the reason why Page couldn't come to see him:

"You don't know how much I want to fly to Algiers to meet you, I even have this opportunity because I can go to Algiers to do interviews.

But I can't do that.

Henry was wounded, a bullet went through his arm, he was almost amputated, and he was in a coma for several days, but fortunately the operation was successful and he is now fine.

You know, I have to be there for him to take care of him...... He kept asking me to thank you on his behalf, and of course, he heard about me begging you.

He said that if it weren't for you, he might have been lying on the battlefield forever, you don't know how bad it was, and there was hardly anyone around him to turn to, but all of a sudden, the enemy retreated, and he saved his life.

He thought it was God forbid, but after listening to what I told him, he realized that it was all because of you, because you and your Chinese army had landed in Algiers and forced the Germans to retreat.

All is well, dear, and you don't worry about us.

The only bad thing is that Henry has become a nagging ghost, telling patients about us all day long. In fact, when he sees someone, he says his sister is your girlfriend......"

Seeing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help laughing.

The point of this letter is that Zhang Chi knew that Henry would not land in Sicily with the 1st Panzer Division.