Zhang Chi actually didn't tell the truth to Eisenhower. In fact, he already had a way to deal with the situation in front of him, but he didn't want to put it into practice too early because he wanted the British to make some ugly things.

Although Eisenhower was still a little worried, there was no other way now, so he could only say to Alexander after he returned: "Okay, my soldiers are already very tired. If you want the Eighth Army to go up, then take action!"

"That's what I want to say!" Alexander waited for Eisenhower's words: "This is a wise choice, General!"

So the British army immediately took action.

The actions mentioned here are not about military preparations. They had done military preparations a few days ago.

This action includes two aspects. On the one hand, it is to contact Italy and agree to initiate the incident with the "axis" as the secret code... "axis" means Italy's separation from the Axis power.

On the other hand, Alexander convened a press conference from various countries and couldn't wait to boast about Haikou in front of the reporters: "Now is the time for the Eighth Army to perform. Gentlemen, believe me, they will definitely win, and it is a decisive victory!"

Then, that night, the British and American troops secretly changed defenses, and the US troops retreated to the second line to rest, while the British troops were deployed to confront the German troops on the front line.

Regarding this, the German army soon felt this the next day, not only because the British army wore disc-shaped helmets, but also because the density of bullets and shells was much smaller than before... This is also one of the differences between the British and American armies. The US army can be said to be a tyrant among the local tyrants. The war did not affect the United States at all. The domestic industry was fully produced from beginning to end, so the bullets and shells were fired casually like they didn't have money.

Many of the British troops, many of them were from Britain, which was under severe shortage of blockade materials, so naturally they did not dare to let go of the fight.

Of course, there are reasons why the British army used bolt-pull-type rifles while the US army used semi-automatic rifles, and the US soldiers who probably had never fought wars pulled the trigger hard when they were nervous.

It should be said that the British did have some advantages in this mountain standoff.

After all, most of the British soldiers fought from the African battlefield, and their quality is much better than those young men in the United States, especially the marksmanship... This may also be because the Enfieldra bolt rifle has a longer range. The Germans who were not adapted for the time being felled many people under the British cold guns.

Alexander was also very scheming. He believed that it was not suitable for the British army to win as soon as he came up. It was too easy for people to guess that the British were tampering with the British army behind the scenes, so he allowed the British army to continue to defend on the defense line and a small-scale attack.

Three days later, Alexander thought the time was ripe, so he asked everyone to prepare in the early morning, including naval guns and hundreds of fighter jets. Then Alexander sent a telegram to Italy on the "axis".

To Alexander's surprise, Italy did not reply to "departure" as agreed.

So Alexander sent another...

"It's not that the radio station was disturbed by the Germans!" Alexander couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

After a long time, Alexander was anxious at the command center like an ant on a hot pan fidgeted.

Finally, a communication soldier shouted at Alexander who was walking back and forth: "They are replying!"

"Decode now!" Alexander jumped up excitedly: "This moment is finally here!"

But then he had an ominous premonition, because there were much more codes than imagined, so of course it would not be "departure".

Sure enough, when the decoded message was handed to Alexander, he was almost furious: "Fuck Italy, I knew I couldn't believe them... I'm such an idiot, I actually believe them!"

The telegram reads: "Dear General, we think the plan should be postponed because we are not ready yet and we need time!"

It takes time…how much time does it take?

No one knows, it is best if the Allies and the Germans decide the winner and then Italy holds up the banner and joins the winner.

Although Alexander didn't have much strategy, he was not so stupid that he couldn't see this.

But what can he do at this time? You can't use a telegram to scold the shameful Italians, and then hope that they will pick up their guns to fight against the Germans!

After thinking about it, Alexander could only suppress the anger in his heart and call Italy back.

As for what the call is back... that's not the point. The point is that Italy will definitely delay the uprising time day by day, but the British army is consuming it day by day on the front line.

The casualties of British troops on the front line may not be anything to Alexander. Wars will always be dead, but doubts from the media and around the world have made him and Montgomery unbearable.

"General, you said before, can the British army quickly defeat the German defense line? But why can't we see any signs of the British army coming to victory!"

"General, it is said that the United States opposes entering Italy because they have long foresaw the dilemma of today. It was Britain who used its command to forcibly pass this combat plan..."

"And you have a bet on this? Is it true?"

"If this bet is real, do you think there is an answer now?"

...

Some reporters even asked Alexander directly whether he was willing to consider the happiness of all mankind, give up the dominance of war, and hand it over to the more competent United States.

This time, Alexander and Montgomery were ruined, but they had no choice but to do anything about this situation, especially Montgomery was a traditional and conservative commander, which determined that he would not make any progress in the German defense line using mountain defense.

Not only did there be no progress, but the British army's equipment and firepower were not as good as the US army, and they were often attacked by the German army at night... the defense line was still slowly moving south.
Chapter completed!