"General!" Montgomery, who had not spoken, interrupted: "Although I cannot deny some of your remarks, is this battle really 'meaningless' as you said? No, we have at least dragged down more than 20 German divisions, which are hundreds of thousands of German troops. If the Germans take action to put them on the Eastern Front... It is like you said, the Soviet army may not be able to bear it. So, isn't this the meaning of this battle? It actually shares the pressure on the Eastern Front!"

"General Montgomery!" Patton retorted: "You know that when we attack in any direction, we will at least share the strength of hundreds of thousands of German troops... If you say that, we don't need to formulate any combat plan or attack direction at all. It is also meaningful to choose an attack location by throwing a coin, right?"

"But at the same time we also put the Italian army on the side of the Allied!"

"Oh, yes!" said Patton. "They did stand on our side, but the German supplies passed without any obstacles under their rifles and cannons! They did just to meet up after we captured a town, and then said, 'Welcome, my allies, we have been waiting for you for a long time!'"

"It's much better than being on the side of the Axis, right?"

"I doubt this!" Patton said tit-for-tat: "Because there was no difference before they surrender, and it might be better if they didn't surrender... I mean, then the Germans would send Italy to a high ground or town, so we could find a breakthrough without any effort!"

...

Britain and the United States fought red and refused to give in.

But it is obvious that the UK is already at a disadvantage, but this does not affect Alexander and Mongobali continuing to hold on... They can only hold on, because if they take a step back, they will lose their status as a great power, which is something they will never allow.

Zhang Chi considers the interests of the expeditionary force, of course, hopes that Britain and the United States will continue to waste their time in the quagmire of Italy.

But Zhang Chi knew that this was impossible... The United States tried every means to seize dominance from Britain, and at the same time it also needed to use a war to declare his force to the world, so it would never stay in Italy and mingle with the British army.

For this reason, the United States may even use US aid as a condition... Although it hurts the harmony between Britain and the United States, Britain, which is in short supply of materials, has to agree.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi said, "Gentlemen, why can't we find a way to have the best of both worlds?"

"The best of both worlds?" Alexander responded disdainfully: "Major General, now there is only one choice, whether to fight or not, we will not give up the land we have obtained through such hard work and blood!"

"Listen to the advice of the Major General, General!" Eisenhower said: "At least what he said has become a reality, but what you said is exactly the opposite of reality!"

As he said that, Eisenhower turned his attention to Zhang Chi.

"I don't mean to give up these lands!" Zhang Chi said: "We will even invest more troops in the direction of Italy!"

"Major General..." Eisenhower couldn't help but look at Zhang Chi in confusion.

Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said, "If we invest more troops in the direction of Italy and strengthen the offensive, then the Germans will inevitably invest more troops under the pressure of this offensive. Where do these troops come from? Their strength is already very weak!"

"Oh!" Eisenhower understood what Zhang Chi was talking about after hearing this.

"It's right!" After thinking about it, Eisenhower nodded and said, "The Germans had to deal with the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, and there was definitely no extra force to reinforce Italy, so they had to draw troops from France!"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi continued: "As the war deepened, Germany would inevitably draw more and more troops from France, and this result would make France's troops empty... Then we suddenly landed from northern France, so that we could catch Germany off guard!"

Eisenhower couldn't help but nodded, then looked up at Alexander: "You have no objection!"

Alexander was silent for a moment and replied, "No, we have no objection!"

What Zhang Chi said is indeed a method of the best of both worlds. The best of both worlds here is not just taking into account the strategic goals of both Britain and the United States... Britain wants to continue fighting in Italy, while the United States wants to land in northern France, and what Zhang Chi proposed is that both are carried out at the same time.

Another significance of this plan is that it turns the strategy of attacking Italy from "meaningless" to "meaningful"... As Eisenhower said before, this is almost meaninglessly sacrificing the lives of thousands of soldiers for the selfishness of the British.

But now, it has become part of the overall grand strategy, that is, to draw as many German reinforcements as possible to prevent the German troops stationed in France from sufficient strength.

This avoids the embarrassment of Britain and even wants to give up dominance for it.

Among them, especially the latter, the British will persist until the last moment and even part ways with the United States.

In fact, it is not worth the British to stick to this "fair reputation" so much, because they never understand... Who the world leader is definitely not about which country is dominant in which battles, but about the strength comparison between countries.

What if the entire World War II was dominated by Britain?

The eyes of the masses are all sharp, so the soldiers of all countries participating in this war can see clearly that the troops are filled with advanced American equipment and U.S. aid supplies... If the British army and the British colonial army have to rely on U.S. aid to defeat the enemy, and then want to compete with the United States for the leader of the world, wouldn't that be a joke?!

"Very good!" Eisenhower said: "Then let's make a specific plan!"

Eisenhower's eyes were a little disappointed when he said this, because he wanted to completely defeat the British at this time and let them hand over their dominance, but now it is obviously not achieved this goal.

But what Eisenhower didn't know was that the dominance of the war was actually quietly shifting to the United States:

Britain did not advocate landing from northern France, and they even believed that the Allies did not have the ability to launch a landing war of such a large scale, so they adopted a negative attitude when formulating the landing plan, and even had a mentality of watching the show.

So the United States naturally obtained the power to formulate plans and implement them, and this power... is actually dominance.
Chapter completed!