"You mean, you have a way to break through the enemy's defense?" Eisenhower asked.

"Let me guess!" Patton asked Zhang Chi excitedly: "You are finally going to send the Chinese troops to the battlefield!"

This is what Patton has always hoped for. This is not only because the Chinese army has made a great reputation in Africa, but also because Patton knows that Chinese troops have fought with the enemy in the jungles of Myanmar... The terrain of Myanmar is very similar to that of Italy, so if the Chinese army is allowed to go into battle and make a little breakthrough, it may be able to change this stalemate.

"No!" Zhang Chi replied: "For the Chinese military... I still maintain my previous attitude. I think it is much more useful for us to train the military than to fight directly on the battlefield!"

This is of course an excuse for Zhang Chi, but then again, in the long run, it is obvious that using the Chinese army to train the Zoafu Corps is indeed more useful than going directly to the battlefield.

Patton was a little disappointed when he heard this. As a US general and commander of the Seventh Army, Patton was very interested in the Chinese army.

There is also a meaning of comparison or stealing the division. Patton wants to see the Chinese army's combat methods with his own eyes and find out the reasons why the US military is not strong in combat.

Patton didn't know that the US military could never fight like the Chinese army... The Chinese army's combat methods were nothing special, and even a large part of the combat methods were derived from the United States. After all, the Expeditionary Force was trained by Stilwell using the American training system.

The biggest difference between the Chinese military and the US military is that the Chinese military emerges from the poor environment of China, while the US military is completely the opposite. Therefore, the Chinese military's spirit of hard work and tenacious fighting is incomparable to the US military, and it is not something that can be trained.

"So...what do you mean?" Eisenhower asked.

Compared to Patton's concern for military affairs, Eisenhower is more concerned with victory.

"I'm talking about Italians!" Zhang Chi replied.

Eisenhower was also disappointed. He shook his head and said, "Major General, you have to know that even those British people can't let those Italians do anything, let alone us..."

"The British may not be able to do it, but the Germans can!" Zhang Chi replied.

"German?" Eisenhower looked at Zhang Chi blankly: "I heard it right, you mean... the Germans will let the Italians pick up guns to fight them?"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded.

Everyone in the conference room was stunned. If Zhang Chi's reputation had spread throughout the Allied forces, the American officers would have had another mockery.

After a while, Eisenhower said, "How is it possible? Major General? The Germans are not fools!"

"I don't think they are fools!" Zhang Chi replied: "But the suspicion between the Germans and the Italians is already deep. This is not a secret, isn't it?"

"Oh!" Hearing this, Eisenhower understood Zhang Chi's meaning.

"First of all, the Germans crossed Germany without telling the Italians, and fortified the Italian border and fortified in the Alps!" Zhang Chi said: "The Germans even disarmed a part of the disobedient Italian troops, which aroused great dissatisfaction from the Italian side! Secondly, the German side urgently sent two airborne divisions to Rome... Why was it in Rome? In this situation, I mean that if it was against the Allies, the airborne division would have no place to use its power!"

The US military generals couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

The Airborne Division is a special forces, and of course it is also an elite German force... This kind of special forces are very taboo to use for conventional operations, because it is obviously a waste, and if the special forces are used for conventional operations, they often cannot defeat ordinary troops of the same force.

This is different from film and television works and the impression in most people's minds, because most people think that special forces are definitely much better than conventional troops in terms of quality, and of course, the combat effectiveness is stronger than conventional troops.

But this is not the case. Special forces are troops used to perform special tasks, and their equipment is equipped according to these special tasks. For example, airborne troops are mostly equipped with light weapons due to the needs of airborne... If they are used for conventional operations, they may not be able to fire an infantry division equipped with heavy artillery and tanks.

"So it's obvious!" Zhang Chi said: "These two paratrooper divisions were used by the German army to control or capture the Italian army, in order to prevent the Italian army from cutting off the connection between the two German armies from the middle, especially this will cut off the supply line of the German army!"

"But what can that do?" Patton said: "The Italians are as timid as mice, and unless we beat the Germans, they will not raise their guns!"

Eisenhower said thoughtfully: "The Major General is right. The Italians and the Germans are suspicious of each other. Although they seem to be allies on the surface, they may collapse at any time. What we have to do... is to knock down the first domino that can make them collapse!"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "This is what I want to say. We must deepen the German suspicion of Italians!"

"But what can we do?" Eisenhower asked: "Using intelligence personnel? I don't think this can deceive the Germans!"

"No!" Zhang Chi said: "Convene a press conference and tell those reporters... Italy has reached an agreement with the Allies and is ready to surrender, so this deadlock on the defense line will not last long!"

The conference room was silent for a moment, and everyone was staring at Zhang Chi in a daze. They all didn't expect Zhang Chi to come up with such a bold plan.

"Wow..." After a while, Patton came to his senses: "This is a good plan, isn't it? We don't need to spend much effort. I mean... Just spend some money to waste some saliva at the press conference, and the Italian army can choose to revolt. At the same time, those verbal reporters can finally do the right thing!"

Patton has always been resentful of the "slap incident" caused by reporters, so of course he will not have any good feelings for reporters.

But at this time Eisenhower hesitated and glanced at the other officers around him. He wanted to hear the other people's statements.

Zhang Chi knew what Eisenhower was hesitating about.

Eisenhower's main task now is to coordinate the relationship between the United States and Britain and try to make the United States and Britain unified their opinions and deal with the Germans together, which is also the main reason why he agreed to the harsh plans proposed by Britain again and again.
Chapter completed!