Eisenhower did not speak because he was not suitable to express his objection directly at this time, otherwise he would be regarded as a "traitor" again. He hoped that someone would tell him the problem.

Eisenhower was lucky. A US military officer said, "But...will this have an impact on the entire strategy? I mean, we don't know the British plan. We may lead to a strategic disaster like this..."

"Colin!" Patton interrupted the officer and said, "This is exactly what we are going to say to the British. The British did not tell us their plans, so we didn't know, because we didn't know... so we did it! Didn't we?"

What Patton said is that the British even secretly negotiated with the Italians, and did not tell the United States about such a big thing. Why did the United States just hold a press conference and tell the United Kingdom?!

"Is there really no problem with this?"

"What's the problem?" said Patton. "We're just saying a few words. Even if the Germans don't fall for Italy, we won't lose anything, right?"

As he said that, Patton looked at Eisenhower, and this matter would eventually be agreed by Eisenhower.

Eisenhower weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and then said, "Major General, I have a problem!"

"Please say, General!"

"In our bet with the British, we bet that the Allies will fall into the quagmire!" Eisenhower said: "But now, if you use your method to force the Italians to revolt, which will eventually lead to the great collapse of the German army... then doesn't that mean we lost the bet?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but laugh: "General, you respect the Italian army too much! Even if we do this, the benefits we can get are limited, and we will eventually be blocked by the German army... No matter how bad the Germans will control the Alps, right?"

Eisenhower fell into deep thought again... If we look at his mission, he might not have agreed, but the plan in front of him was too tempting for him. As Patton said, the US military could have gained great benefits at almost no cost, and this was not only a matter of victory, but also a matter of comparing the British army again.

More importantly, if even such a plan that is obviously beneficial to the US military is opposed... Eisenhower would not know what hat the US military officers and soldiers would put on him again.

Thinking of this, Eisenhower stopped hesitating: "It's great, just do it like that! And, let me leave this task, and I will tell the reporter this 'good news' at the right time!"

There was a burst of cheers in the conference room immediately, and then many US military officers came up to hug Zhang Chi and shook hands:

"What an impressive idea, Major General!"

"I think this plan will definitely be successful!"

"It will change the stalemate on the battlefield and save the lives of many soldiers. I thank you for my soldiers!"

...

Then the plan was carried out step by step. In fact, this plan was so simple that there was no need to prepare at all. It just allowed the US military to strengthen defense on the front line to continue to confront the German army for a few days... The reason for the confrontation was to give the soldiers a time to adapt and better enter the state of war.

On the evening of the third day, Eisenhower held a press conference as scheduled.

The reason I chose in the evening was because Zhang Chi believed that night was more likely to cause chaos... First of all, there was a long time for the night to spread news, and the Italian army had time to prepare and make decisions. Secondly, the two airborne divisions used by the German army to control Italy would be greatly restricted when operating at night.

Eisenhower didn't say much, and he stood on the stage and said word by word: "Gentlemen, the reason why we call you here at this time is because we have important news to announce... Our negotiations with Italy have made breakthrough progress. In fact, the Italian government has agreed to surrender to the Allies, and there is only one condition, that is, to become a member of the Allies and join our team. Therefore, there is another strong ally in our camp, which also indicates that the failure of the fascist Axis powers will surely come!"

As soon as Eisenhower finished speaking, the venue became chaotic, and then the reporter asked Eisenhower questions.

Eisenhower pretended to be mysterious and sent the reporter with the omnipotent saying "No one can tell you for the time being".

Before Eisenhower could get off the podium, a staff officer walked over to Eisenhower and whispered to Eisenhower: "General Alexander is online!"

This was long as Eisenhower expected. He nodded, left the reporter and walked to the lounge behind. The communications soldier immediately handed the phone to him.

"I'm Eisenhower!"

"General!" Alexander's roar came from the phone: "How can you do this?"

"What did I do?" Eisenhower pretended to be confused.

"You just told reporters about Italy's surrender!" Alexander shouted: "Don't you know this is a military secret?"

"God!" Eisenhower said: "You mean... is it true that Italy wants to surrender? But why don't I know?"

"What?" Alexander was confused by Eisenhower: "If you don't know, how could you say that to the reporter?!"

"General!" Eisenhower explained: "This is one of our strategies, which is to distract Germany and the Italian army... The purpose of forcing Italy to revolt, and we do not know that Italy really wants to surrender... unless the United Kingdom has contacted Italy without hiding the United States!"

Alexander was speechless immediately... all the words of questioning that were originally high-sounding, were stuffed back into his stomach.

"General!" Eisenhower then began to teach Alexander a lesson: "I have to emphasize again the importance of information sharing. If we, as allies, cannot do this, we will only have the current situation again and again... So, is the problem serious now? I mean, have you told the Italians when to revolt? I will definitely catch them off guard if I do this!"

"No, no..." Alexander could only answer: "I didn't agree on a time, not what you thought. In fact, we were just having a preliminary contact. You know, Italy has always had a desire to surrender. I was preparing to tell you in a step of negotiation. As for whether the Italians were caught off guard... I don't know, there should be no problem, it might be a good thing!"
Chapter completed!