"We can only hand over the hope for the intelligence team to Commander Eisenhower; if not, then we will airborne and have an in-depth understanding with the Italian guerrillas!"

"Although this is much more risky, in order to complete our Italian counterattack mission, we have to overcome many difficulties and face them!"

When Commander Colonel Robert T. Frederick saw that the meeting was about to be in an embarrassing moment in intelligence reconnaissance, he immediately made a decisive decision.

Later, he shifted the discussion topics of the meeting to the updates of weapons and equipment, storage, and airdrops.

Of course, there are also airdrop locations and how to allow aircraft carrier forces to support airdrops.

After the meeting, the regiment commander William Henry Harrison and commander Colonel Robert T. Frederick were immediately called to his command room by Commander Eisenhower to report on the content of the combat meeting and to immediately remove the two squadrons of airborne troops, preparing to take airdrops the night after tomorrow. The destination was in the area near the Gustav Line in central Italy, and contacted the Italian guerrillas there to collect more German military deployment operations.

Because the British and American troops were preparing to cross Messina, they were preparing to divide their troops into three groups to carry out an encirclement war on the Italian local area.

Moreover, the Italian guerrillas are not as cowardly as they are often overlooked in later records.

In some historical materials in later generations and books on World War II, it is recorded that the Italian anti-fascist guerrillas were gradually formed from 1943 to 1945. They restrained and forced at least 9 German divisions to help the British and American alliances liberate most of Italy's major cities.

Moreover, these Italian guerrillas also secretly conducted in-depth intelligence transactions with the British Fifth and Sixth Special Operations Offices, as well as the US Strategic Intelligence Agency and other allied intelligence agencies.

These secret transactions include the development of excellent intelligence officers, airdropping weapons and equipment, as well as military supplies, medicines and other supplies, and the provision of intelligence; dispatching instructors and other means to support guerrillas in fighting against the German army. These Italian guerrillas also attacked, raided and besieged a large number of German troops through intelligence work, and provided strong cooperation for the British and American allies to defeat the German army.

So when the intelligence sect of the British and American franchise was carried out on a large-scale cleaning of the Sixth Division by Himmler's Gestapo and SS, Commander Eisenhower immediately thought of contacting the Italian guerrillas to collect the German military deployment operations in Italy; preparing to collect sufficient information for his Italian attacks and fight, and make new military deployments.

After receiving the order, the regiment commander Harrison and commander Colonel Frederick also left Commander Eisenhower's command center in a nervous mood and returned to their own troops to select airborne troops.

While the two of them chose their team members to carry out Commander Eisenhower's airdrop order, the newly formed First Airborne Division of the German army was also gathering.

The air division's troops are under the command of the 1st Airborne Machine Gun Battalion, Commander Major Werner Schmitt; the 1st Airborne Armored Destroyer Battalion, Commander Major Gerhard Bruckner, First Airborne Reconnaissance Battalion, First Airborne Engineer Battalion, First, Third, and Fourth Airborne Assault Regiments, commanders are Colonel Carr, Colonel Helmann, and Colonel Erich.

There are also the First Artillery Regiment, Commander Lieutenant Colonel Schram, First Communications Battalion, Commander Captain Graff, First Medical Battalion, Commander Dr. Adolph Eben, and finally the Divisional Supply Battalion, Commander Captain Bosch, and the First Field Training Supply Battalion, and the Commander is also Captain Hoffman.

As for the commander of the First Airborne Division, Richard Heidrich, who served as the commander of the reserve of the 11th Air Force of the Army Group D from Flair near Caen in southern France, and was transferred back to the German Seventh Air Division, which is now reorganized by Chen Yanlong into the First Airborne Division.

Of course, the airborne division that has been reorganized by Chen Yanlong is not the 1st Paratrooper Division in the original history.

Because their weapons and equipment are all the latest, and they do not need to parachute, but take helicopters and conduct airborne combat operations with advanced transport aircraft.

Therefore, they are superior to the 1st Paratrooper Division in the original history in terms of new weapons, equipment, supplies, and treatment.

The reason why Chen Yanlong chose Richard Heidrich as the commander of the newly formed First Airborne Division was because the other party not only had rich combat experience in World War I and World War II, but also participated in the Battle of Sicily and the Battle of Gustav’s Line of Defense with Casino as the center; especially the famous "Casino Mountain Battle" in the history of World War II.

So in the end, the 1st German Paratrooper Division led by him also won the title of "Casino's Green Devil" because of his outstanding performance in the battle of Casino.

At the same time, the 1st Airborne Division and their Heidrich Division Commander also entered the Defense Forces Bulletin on June 29, 1944.

Of course, this history happened in later generations, so Chen Yanlong chose him to take on the "Casino Mountain Battle" and "Gustav Line of Defense" battles that may appear again this time.

When all the troops under the 1st Airborne Division gathered together, the division commander Chad Hyderry immediately stood on the podium and looked at the troops gathering in the audience.

"The Head of State will give us new combat missions tonight, asking us to take a transport plane to Foggia Airport tomorrow for pre-war preparations for British and American troops to raid Sicily, or central and northern Italy, or even southern Italy!"

"After arriving at Foggia Airport, your main task is to get familiar with the latest weapons and equipment assigned to you by the Head of State as soon as possible; especially the new armored vehicles and wheeled tank destroyers!"

Commander Heidrich, who had a thin face, said seriously and honestly in his military uniform.

Upon hearing this, all the officers and soldiers of the 1st Airborne Division were excited and discussed what new weapons and equipment the head of state would equip them with, especially the wheeled tank destroyer, which made them have a hot discussion...

"In addition, the Head of State also asked me to draw an airborne force from you, arrive in central and northern Italy to annihilate the Italian guerrillas, and conduct practical training for a week!"

"The reason is that our Intelligence Department detects that they are conducting intelligence transactions with the intelligence departments of the British and American franchise forces, and leaks the military operations we deployed in Italy!"

"So the Head of State asked us to attack these Italian guerrillas and let them restrain themselves!"

"Anyone participating in this airborne combat operation against the Italian guerrillas, who have excellent combat missions can receive promotions from the head of state, and can also receive the most advanced weapons and equipment of the empire, as well as high bonuses for rewards!"

Then the commander Chad Hyderry continued.
Chapter completed!