"Mr. Bernarno, I was so surprised, I must inform the upper echelons of this news as soon as possible." Jensen said excitedly.

Jiang Hao nodded, "I think our cooperation will be very pleasant." ”

"Yes, I think so too."

In May 1943, the United States and Britain achieved a complete victory in the North African theater, Germany was defeated, and in order to protect the rear, a large number of German troops retreated to Sicily, and Sicily became the center of the world battlefield at this time.

On this island, which is only 26,000 square kilometers, about 260,000 Italian troops and about 40,000 German troops were gathered.

On the opposite side, Tunisia, the Allied forces have gathered a total of 478,000 troops, more than 4,000 combat aircraft, and about 3,200 combat ships and auxiliary vessels.

The code name of this landing battle has been chosen, called "Operation Husky", the name of the second one, but this landing battle is one of the largest landing operations in the history of World War II, and it is one of the three major landing operations in World War II along with the Normandy landings and the Okinawa landings.

However, the Allies in Normandy lost 124,000 people, the Germans lost 114,000, the Okinawa landing battle Allies lost 75,000 people, and the Japanese army lost 110,000 people.

The clouds of war over Sicily were in full swing, and everyone was terrified, and Allied planes would come every now and then to bomb the German positions on the island.

Almost all the people hid in their homes, shivering.

Jensen came again and saw Jiang Hao in the study.

"Your Excellency Bernano, the time for the landing battle has basically been decided, in early July, during this time we have to collect more intelligence and sort out a map of the German and Italian army's defense, this time I came over and brought 300 intelligence officers, thank you Mr. Luca for providing the passage for us to get here smoothly."

"Next, we will carry out reconnaissance activities in Sicily, and we hope to have your support, and it is best to send someone who is familiar with the local situation to cover and lead the way for us, so that we can collect the information we need."

It is important to lead the way.

"No problem, I'll arrange for smart people to help you, Davi, Luca, Sakado, and the three of you will be responsible for the specific deployment of personnel." Jiang Hao commanded.

Three of his men immediately stood up.

It only took half a day for the mafia to deploy enough manpower to cooperate with American spies to start operating on the island.

With their cooperation, these spies are like fish in the sea and birds in the dense forest, and it is not too easy to gather intelligence, which may be the most comfortable mission they have ever carried out.

It only took a dozen days for the Allies to collect enough information.

Originally, according to the previous practice, the survival rate of spies was about 50%~35%, but in Sicily, it reached an astonishing 100%.

The Allied generals were amazed and changed their plans to keep the agents here and continue to gather information until the war began.

What is energy, this is energy,

As the head of the secret service, Jensen has the most personal experience during this time, although Jensen serves the country and is very knowledgeable, but a small mafia has so much energy, it is still shocking.

In late May, the Allies sent a fleet of surface ships and 12 submarines to cover the campaign, completely gaining control of the Tunis Strait.

In early June, the Allies occupied the island of Pantelleria and received an advance airfield for fighter jets.

Beginning on July 4, the United States and Britain allied forces set sail from various ports in North Africa and the Middle East and assembled in the direction of Sicily.

The Allies prepared to begin the landing operation, with Montgomery's British 8th Army landing southeast of Sicily and Patton's American 7th Army landing southwest of Sicily.

Before the landing operation, the U.S. military informed the British army of the intelligence on the island, and pointed out that the local mafia could lead the way, Montgomery had long heard of that group of mafia elements, and for them, Montgomery was very disdainful.

"I don't need the help of a group of gangsters, my army will crush and take Messina as quickly as possible."

Messina is the third largest city in Sicily, after Palermo and Catania, it is close to the Italian mainland, separated only by a very narrow strait, as long as it controls Messina, it is equivalent to cutting off Sicily from the Italian mainland, completely controlling the whole of Sicily.

In the end, the American and British coalition forces really did it, and many Italian soldiers couldn't run at all, which is why with 20,000 dead and wounded, the other side lost 230,000, no way, and finally they were all trapped on the island and couldn't run, and the Italian army surrendered very happily.

On the evening of July 9,

Air raid sirens sounded throughout Sicily, and after a series of heavy bombardments that lasted for several hours, the Allies began to force their way to the island at about 3 a.m.

Before landing on the island, the mafia took American agents to work, and at this time, the Italian army personnel were depressed, and many of them fled directly, so when the Americans landed on the island, they did not encounter much resistance.

The Americans quickly seized control of the southwest coast, but the British army under Montgomery was not so smooth, and the British army advancing north along the east coast of Sicily was met with fierce resistance from the ** German troops stationed there, and suffered heavy casualties.

Barton wore his three-star steel helmet, with binoculars around his neck, and a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, "Montgomery didn't trust our intelligence, and this time he suffered a big loss, and this time I really want to thank our mafia friends for allowing us to win the first battle so easily and smoothly." ”

"By the way, have the leaders already come?" General Patton asked.

"Yes, Your Excellency General, they have sent thousands of people to be with our intelligence officers, they are all local gangsters, they are very familiar with the local environment, and even many of them are very familiar with the local Italian defenders." The subordinate reported.

Patton smiled and said, "Take advantage of our advantages, attack quickly to the west and north, and I will occupy the northern part of the island as quickly as possible." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"By the way, after the war, I want to meet the mafia leader, if I have time." Barton said suddenly.

"Okay general, I've made a note of it."

At this time, Jiang Hao was in the manor on the outskirts of Palermo, and the matter had been arranged for his subordinates to do, and his 5 team leaders, 20 team leaders, thousands of members and peripheral personnel were now busy with this matter, which could be described as pouring out.

Now is the biggest business.

Of course, Jiang Hao will not risk his life, but also protect Marlena's safety.

In the manor, he left behind Sakadu and two team leaders and a hundred of the most heartfelt guards, all of whom were heavily armed and guarded around the manor.

Set a small goal first, such as 1 second to remember: Book Keju mobile version reading website: