The decisive battle against the Third Reich

And this was just the beginning. When the sea and air battle began, Göring's division also launched its final attack on Syracuse.

The defense line constructed by the British 15th Infantry Division could not stop the German tanks at all, especially at this time, air superiority was still in the hands of the Germans... Dozens of Italian fighter planes roared towards the British trenches one after another.

Every time they dive, machine guns or bombs will be used to cause a bloody storm in the trenches.

Not to mention the artillery positions deployed by the British army in the city of Syracuse. They were soon ruthlessly suppressed by German artillery and Italian bombers.

At this time, the word that came to Qin Chuan's mind was "the tiger is not at home, the monkey dominates".

The British Air Force was caught off guard by the German Air Force, which resulted in the air superiority in the local area of ​​Syracuse being transferred to the German army. The Italian Air Force, which was originally suppressed by the British army, became proud and proud.

On the other hand, the 15th Infantry Division in Syracuse never expected that they would be bombed and strafed by enemy aircraft... Air supremacy has always been in the hands of the Allies, and they also have an overwhelming advantage. In addition, there is another A powerful Mediterranean fleet is in the nearby waters, and it is completely unnecessary to worry about enemy air power.

As a result, the 15th Infantry Division prepared almost no anti-aircraft weapons. It was not until they were bombed that they moved a few anti-aircraft guns from the warehouse. However, these were not worth mentioning under the repeated bombing and strafing by dozens of enemy aircraft.

Montgomery sat slumped in the headquarters and stared at the telegrams he received in front of him. He was used to preparing everything before the war, but he never imagined that the battle would end like this.

At this time, De Guangang walked up and said to Montgomery cautiously: "General, General Eisenhower's phone number!"

Montgomery nodded weakly, took the phone and put the receiver to his ear.

"Monty, are you being attacked by the Germans?" Eisenhower said: "Our reconnaissance planes discovered a large number of enemy aircraft in Syracuse!"

"Yes!" Montgomery replied: "We were attacked by the Germans and suffered heavy losses!"

"How much does it weigh?" Eisenhower asked.

"More than a hundred aircraft were lost!" Montgomery replied: "In addition, two aircraft carriers were seriously damaged, five warships were sunk, seven were slightly damaged, and three transport ships were sunk..."

Hearing this, Eisenhower couldn't help but gasped: "I will send reinforcements to Syracuse immediately!"

"It's too late!" Montgomery shook his head: "Ike, we lost. All we can do now is to withdraw the troops, the sooner the better, no matter what method is used, otherwise..."

Eisenhower couldn't help but fell silent.

Montgomery is right.

First of all, the US military has no troops on land to reinforce Syracuse, and they can't even protect themselves.

All the U.S. military can provide for Syracuse is sea and air reinforcements, but sea reinforcements are no longer of great significance. Air reinforcements have to take off from Tripoli. By the time the reinforcements arrive over Syracuse, the German army may have already broken through. Entered the city. And to deal with the German troops entering the city... air power was not enough, because the armored troops were easily hidden in the city unless bombers were used to blow up all the houses.

Secondly, U.S. air reinforcements may not necessarily be able to gain air supremacy. The reason is that there are two German aviation wings in Italy, and most of the U.S. pilots are still novices at this time and cannot compete with the German pilots.

As a result, the loss of Syracuse was almost inevitable.

The loss of Syracuse meant that all subsequent supplies for the British landing would fall into the hands of the Germans, including large quantities of bullets, artillery shells, and fuel.

This is supplies for 80,000 British troops... Without these supplies, the British troops would have to withdraw, otherwise they would even be trapped and die in Sicily.

If the British army withdraws, the US military will naturally be left alone, so the Allied offensive against Sicily can be said to be a complete failure.

After a while, Eisenhower nodded and said, "Yes, it's time for us to discuss how to withdraw the troops!"

Qin Chuan certainly didn't need to think about this at this time. All they had to do was follow the tanks through the simple trenches of the British 15th Infantry Division, and then drive directly into the streets of Syracuse... on both sides of the street. The doors of the rooms were closed tightly. The Italians seemed to be frightened by these German soldiers who were fully armed and full of murderous intent. They all hid in the rooms and did not dare to make a sound, even if they knew that the Germans were their allies. .

As for the British 15th Infantry Division... Qinchuan originally thought they would fight in street battles with the Germans. After all, they had the "English Crossbow" in their hands. Although it couldn't compare with the rocket launcher, it would still give the Germans a hard time in street fighting. Cause a lot of trouble.

After driving into the city, Qin Chuan realized that he was wrong. The British army had no defense in the city. Even if there was a simple defense line built with sandbags in the middle of the street, it was empty. The whole street was empty, with nothing but a few corpses abandoned by the British army and a mess.

"Where have they gone?" Werner couldn't help but ask.

Qin Chuan looked at the sky and saw several Italian fighter planes swooping and shooting, so he understood.

"Port!" Qin Chuan said, "They want to escape!"

Bazell soon understood. He ran behind the tank, grabbed the phone and shouted into the receiver: "Turn at the intersection ahead and head towards the port!"

The tank "rumbled" forward for more than ten meters, and then turned a corner along the street. Perhaps it was too fast and knocked over a street lamp on the side of the road. One of the people in the room screamed and cried.

"Hey!" Werner shouted inside: "We are Germans, your allies, and we will not harm you!"

As he spoke, he raised his head towards Alfredo, meaning to translate these words.

Alfredo hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, it won't work. They are afraid of their previous behavior in welcoming the Allies!"

Werner said "Oh", then shrugged and said, "Mussolini won't do anything to them!"

Alfredo thought for a moment and replied: "I don't know!"

Qin Chuan knew what Alfredo meant. Mussolini was not an easy person to deal with. Italy launched an attack on Ethiopia under Mussolini's command a few years ago.

The result was somewhat unexpected. The Italian army was actually defeated by nearly one-third of the Ethiopian army who were equipped with swords and spears... Yes, the Italian army is so weird.

In the end, Mussolini launched a poison gas war against the Ethiopian army and won the war... The poison gas caused hundreds of thousands of casualties among Ethiopian soldiers and civilians, which also made Mussolini's image of an executioner deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.