Chapter 442 Executioner

And this was just the beginning. When the sea and air war unfolded, the Goering Division also launched the final attack on Syracuse.

The defense line built by the 15th Infantry Division of the British Army could not stop the German tanks at all, especially when the air supremacy was still in the hands of the German army... Dozens of Italian fighter planes roared towards the British trenches in batches.

Every dive would bring a bloody storm in the trenches with machine guns or bombs.

Needless to say, the British artillery positions deployed in the city of Syracuse were soon ruthlessly suppressed by the German artillery and Italian bombers.

At this time, the word that Qin Chuan thought of in his mind was "When the tiger is away, the monkey is the king."

The British Air Force was caught off guard by the German Air Force, resulting in the transfer of air supremacy in the local area of ​​Syracuse to the German army. The Italian Air Force, which was originally suppressed by the British army, was proud.

On the other hand, the 15th Infantry Division in Syracuse did not expect that they would be bombed and strafed by enemy aircraft... The air supremacy has always been in the hands of the Allies, and they have an overwhelming advantage. In addition, there is a powerful Mediterranean fleet in the nearby waters, so it is completely unnecessary to worry about the enemy's air force.

Therefore, the 15th Infantry Division almost did not prepare anti-aircraft weapons. It was not until it was bombed that it moved a few anti-aircraft guns from the warehouse, but these were not worth mentioning under the bombing and strafing of dozens of enemy aircraft.

Montgomery sat in the command post in a daze at the telegrams he received in front of him. He was used to preparing everything before the war, and he never thought that this battle would be fought like this.

At this time, Deguingan came up and said to Montgomery carefully: "General, General Eisenhower is calling!"

Montgomery nodded weakly, took the phone and put the receiver to his ear.

"Monty, you were attacked by the Germans?" Eisenhower said, "Our reconnaissance planes found a large number of enemy planes in Syracuse!"

"Yes!" Montgomery replied, "We were attacked by the Germans and suffered heavy losses!"

"How heavy?" Eisenhower asked.

"More than a hundred planes were lost!" Montgomery replied, "In addition, two aircraft carriers were seriously damaged, five warships were sunk, seven were slightly damaged, and three transport ships were sunk..."

Eisenhower couldn't help but take a breath of cold air when he heard this: "I will send reinforcements to Syracuse immediately!"

"Too late!" Montgomery shook his head: "Ike, we lost. All we can do now is to withdraw the troops, the sooner the better, no matter what method, otherwise..."

Eisenhower was silent.

Montgomery was right.

First of all, the US military had no troops on land to reinforce Syracuse, and they could not even protect themselves.

The U.S. military could only provide Syracuse with sea and air reinforcements, but sea reinforcements were no longer of great significance. Air reinforcements had to take off from Tripoli. By the time the reinforcements arrived over Syracuse, the Germans would have probably already broken into the city. As for the Germans entering the city, the air force was not strong enough, because armored units could easily hide in the city, unless bombers were used to blow up all the houses.

Secondly, the U.S. air reinforcements might not necessarily gain air superiority, because there were two German air wings in Italy, and most of the U.S. pilots were still novices at this time, and could not compete with the German pilots at all.

Therefore, the loss of Syracuse was almost inevitable.

Once Syracuse was lost, it meant that all the subsequent supplies for the British landing fell into the hands of the Germans, including a large number of bullets, shells, and fuel.

This was the supply for 80,000 British troops... Without these supplies, the British army had to withdraw, otherwise they would even be trapped to death in Sicily.

If the British army withdraws, the US army will naturally be alone, so the Allied offensive against Sicily can be said to be a complete failure.

After a long while, Eisenhower nodded and said, "Yes, it's time for us to discuss how to withdraw the troops!"

At this time, Qin Chuan certainly didn't need to think about these. All they had to do was to follow the tanks and roll over the simple trenches of the British 15th Infantry Division, and then drive directly into the streets of Syracuse... The doors on both sides of the street were closed. The Italians seemed to be frightened by these fully armed and murderous German soldiers. They all hid in the room and dared not make a sound, even though they knew that the German army was their ally.

As for the British 15th Infantry Division... Qin Chuan originally thought that they would fight street battles with the German army. After all, they had the "English crossbow" in their hands. Although it couldn't compare with the rocket launcher, it would still cause great trouble to the German army in street battles.

After driving into the city, Qin Chuan found out that he was wrong. The British army had no defense in the city. Even if there was a simple defense line made of sandbags in the middle of the street, it was empty. The whole street was empty, with nothing but a few bodies abandoned by the British army and a mess.

"Where did they go?" Werner asked.

Qin Chuan looked at the sky and saw several Italian fighter planes constantly diving and strafing, so he understood.

"Port!" Qin Chuan said, "They want to escape!"

Bazel quickly understood. He ran behind the tank, grabbed the phone and shouted into the microphone: "Turn at the intersection ahead and head towards the port!"

The tank rumbled forward for more than ten meters, then turned a corner along the street. Perhaps because it was too fast, it knocked down a street lamp on the side of the road, making a "clang clang clang" sound, which scared a family in a house on the side of the road and made them scream and cry.

"Hey!" Werner shouted inside: "We are Germans, your allies, and we won't hurt you!"

He raised his head to Alfredo, meaning to translate this.

Alfredo hesitated, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, it won't work. They are afraid of their previous behavior of welcoming the Allies!"

Werner said "Oh", then shrugged and said: "Mussolini won't do anything to them!"

Alfredo thought about it and replied: "I don't know!"

Qin Chuan knew what Alfredo meant. Mussolini was not an easy person to deal with. A few years ago, under Mussolini's command, Italy launched an attack on Ethiopia.

The result was somewhat unexpected. The Italian army was defeated by the Ethiopian army, nearly one-third of which was equipped with swords and spears... Yes, the Italian army was so weird.

Finally, Mussolini launched a poison gas war against the Ethiopian army and won the war... The poison gas caused hundreds of thousands of casualties among the Ethiopian army and civilians, which also made Mussolini's image as an executioner deeply rooted in people's hearts.