In the manor villa in Algiers, Eisenhower did not hold a bridge party as usual, nor did he go to the library to play swear balls, or sing old songs from West Point in the music room to relax.

Because he was in this villa, he summoned some high-level officers he had particularly trusted to hold a secret meeting.

These officers were General Alexander, four-star general Mark Wayne Clark, and Chief of Staff of the Fifth Army Major General Alfred Maximilan Glenser, Chief of Strategic Intelligence William Donovan, and General Kent Hewitt. At this moment, these people were standing quietly without saying a word.

However, their eyes would occasionally stare at the 1:50,000-scale combat map on the wall, or occasionally stare at the expression of Eisenhower's Air Force Commander and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Ted.

Because this time he represented all the commanders of the US air force and came here to attend the secret meeting, which means that his every move, every word and action today will represent the opinions of all the US air force.

As for the representatives of the British air force, they were not invited, and even the two generals, Montgomery and Patton, were not invited to attend the meeting.

"President Roosevelt's call came. Because we suffered huge losses in the air raid that bombed Berlin by a thousand aircraft, President Roosevelt and the Joint Staff both gave us heavy punishments, transferred us all back to the country, and temporarily became a logistics officer."

"But while accepting the punishment, they will give us another chance to make up for the merits, that is, we must win the battle of Sicily, occupy Sicily, open the door for us to attack Italy and Europe!"

After a long period of silence, Eisenhower suddenly turned around and looked around all the officers and said seriously.

"We will not lose to those Germans anymore!"

Upon hearing this, General Alexander clenched his fists without thinking, and was the first to stand up and express his determination with a firm will.

"So too!"

Seeing this, all the high-level officers present responded loudly in unison.

"I have the momentum! But in my last meeting, I asked you to investigate clearly where the German army's new weapons and equipment were developed and produced, and what their combat performance were? Have you all investigated it for me?"

After hearing everyone's emotional expression, Eisenhower continued to say without expression.

Regarding this issue, everyone's attention was immediately focused on William Donovan, Director of Strategic Intelligence.

"The information we have investigated now shows that most of the new German weapons and equipment were transferred from Berlin to other battlefields using transport planes and helicopters!"

"However, their research base and production plant have not yet been investigated. We hiding in Berlin and the German army's spies, after careful investigation, have contacted many German generals but have not been able to find the results!"

Seeing everyone staring at themselves with a scorching gaze, showing their expectant eyes, William Donovan, Director of Strategic Intelligence, took a deep breath and replied.

"Why?"

Eisenhower frowned deeply and asked in confusion.

"Because of these new weapons and equipment, only Hitler himself knew where to develop and produce them in the entire German army! Moreover, he had to personally issue a certificate to reach the secret storage location designated by Hitler and take all the goods."

"Otherwise, no one can get these weapons and equipment, or know that there are these weapons and equipment!"

Director of Strategic Intelligence William Donovan comprehensively reported on the intelligence data he collected.

"Check! No matter what the price you have to pay, you must find out where Hitler's new weapons and equipment are being developed and produced! Otherwise, we will continue to be caught off guard by them!"

After hearing this, Eisenhower said loudly in a low mood.

"Yes! Commander!"

Director of Strategic Intelligence William Donovan nodded and agreed.

"By the way, then when we find out what these weapons and equipment are, what is their destructive power? Is there any way we can make such weapons and equipment to counterattack?"

Eisenhower continued to ask.

"Now I only know that all the opponents are bombs with very terrifying explosion power, as well as some very advanced rockets, as well as self-propelled artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, tanks, aircraft, etc."

"And some of the wreckage we seized on the battlefield were handed over to our local weapons companies and scientists for research!"

William Donovan, Director of Strategic Intelligence, replied.

"Then how long will we have to wait before we can get detailed information about these new weapons and equipment from Hitler?"

Eisenhower said irritably.

"This can only be answered by our local scientists, but President Roosevelt personally inspected and supervised this research incident. I think it will be a result soon!"

Director of Strategic Intelligence William Donovan responded in an encouraging tone.

"I am least happy to see President Roosevelt, because in this way, it proves that our ability is very poor!"

After hearing this, Eisenhowerton felt powerless and sighed helplessly.

"What should we do in the current battle of Sicily?"

At this time, the deputy commander of the Alexander Allied Army suddenly interrupted.

"Use air supremacy to suppress the Germans' use of aircraft to drop these new bombs!"

Eisenhower sighed.

"But the German army also have those missiles with powerful attacks! In the Berlin bombing, many of the planes were destroyed by their missiles, and even the pilots sacrificed a lot! Because they didn't even have time to jump!"

Deputy Commander Alexander reminded.

"Then let's discuss how to deal with these German missile problems now! If we can't solve it, we may be very difficult to win this time in the Battle of Sicily!"

Upon hearing this, Eisenhower had no good way to refute for a moment, so he could only sigh in annoyance.

“How many aircraft do we have to use to fight now?”

Deputy Commander Alexander suddenly stared at the Air Force Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Ted who had never spoken before and said anxiously.

"There are about 5,000 aircraft left! These are the numbers that President Roosevelt has added to us! Otherwise, after the Berlin Air Raid, our number of aircraft would not even be 4,000!"

Air Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Ted replied cautiously.

"The current deployment of the German army on Sicily, and who are their generals? And the weapons and equipment they use have been investigated clearly? In particular, the number of their air fleets and the number of new weapons and equipment have been detected?"
Chapter completed!