This is also one of the reasons why Palermo has never been attacked by the enemy since he was occupied by Zhang Chi.

In fact, there were two Italian troops about ten kilometers away from Palermo, but they turned a blind eye to Palermo's loss... Some Italian officers even ordered Italian soldiers not to shoot at the Allies.

From this we can also see what the Italian people want.

So, when the third regiment outside the city lined up into the city at dawn, the road was crowded with Italians, waving flags and shouting the slogan "Down with Mussolini! Long live the French!"... This slogan surprised and sarcastic.

The accident was because he did not expect that the Italian people would welcome them as liberators.

The irony is that there are not many French people in this team.

Then the people threw a lot of flowers on the way the soldiers of Zoaf passed by, just like the Roman soldiers who welcomed the triumphant return, and brought out a lot of lemons and watermelons... Sicily produces these fruits.

If Mussolini saw this scene, he would definitely be so angry that he vomited blood.

Because Mussolini dreams of getting such honor, that is, to revive the glory of the Roman Empire and rebuild the so-called "New Roman Empire", but now the Italian people use such honor to welcome Italian enemies, those "invaders" whom Mussolini thinks are enemies.

Since the Italian people and prisoners were allocated very well, Zhang Chi's preparations in Palermo went smoothly.

The main task is to establish a complete defense system in the city, and the people consciously gave up the houses for the Zoaf soldiers to build fortifications and fortresses... The Italian people are very smart because they know that if they are not "conscious", the Zoaf soldiers will use coercive means in the next step.

The war will not take too much care of the people's feelings, especially Italy is an enemy of the Allied forces. It is not an exaggeration for the soldiers of Zoaf to do some coercive measures in Palermo.

Then there was a landmine outside the city... There were a large number of unsealed mines in Palermo's warehouse. They were originally used for the defense of the German and Italian troops, but now they were used by Zhang Chi in Palermo.

Soon, starting from Palermo City and extending to ten miles away. Thunders were buried on both the main roads and the small roads. Some dangerous places even buried explosives. Just when the Germans came, they made a "boom" sound...

So this journey has been enough for the Germans to struggle for a while.

A considerable part of these mineburying work was even completed by Italian prisoners of war.

The Italian commander Marshal Azo said to Zhang Chi: "We are very willing to do this because the Germans always lay mines behind us. Now it's time for them to taste this taste!"

"The Germans lay mines behind you?" Zhang Chi was puzzled by this.

"Yes!" Marshal Azo replied: "In order not to let our troops escape, it is also out of a kind of intimidation!"

"Oh!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but realize.

At this time, Zhang Chi felt a little sympathetic to the Germans... The Germans were definitely not willing to do this, but the Italians were too likely to collapse and run away. If they didn't do this, they were afraid that no one would fight on the front line at all!

"General!" Cookie looked at the map worriedly and said, "Although we made these preparations, I don't think this is enough to block the Germans!"

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied.

Cookie is right, those are two elite divisions of the German army. If they could block their pace by just burying mines and street fighting, the Germans would not have been on the battlefield.

"Then..." Cookie couldn't understand this.

Cookie was not afraid of death, but that he looked at Zhang Chi's expression, and he didn't seem to fight to the death with the German army. He was like Patton, and he couldn't think of any other choice or "way to survive", so he was puzzled by Zhang Chi.

"What we need to do is to defeat the German psychology, do you understand?"

"Psychological?" Cookie became more and more confused.

"Yes, it's psychology!" Zhang Chi nodded, then pointed to the map and said: "The Germans reinforced two divisions to build defense lines in the Messina area, with the purpose of ensuring there is a port for retreat, right!"

"Of course!" Cooky nodded.

"And on this basis..." Zhang Chi said: "They were thinking about whether they could recover Palermo, but they actually had no great hope for recovering Palermo, right!"

"Yes!" Cookie agreed: "Because, in fact, they didn't have much hope, as long as the Americans can follow the Germans' two divisions all the way... But the Americans have now broken off from the Germans, and the situation has changed. The Germans are now likely to recover Palermo!"

"We know the reason!" Zhang Chi smiled: "From our standpoint, we know very well that the reason why the US team did not do this is because they were obstructed by the British. But the Germans do not know the reason, and even the Americans do not know the reason..."

The American soldiers did not know the reason because it was a military secret. Therefore, many American officials were puzzled by this order.

"Oh!" Cookie understood Zhang Chi's meaning after hearing this: "So, the Germans would guess whether this was a trap set by the Allies for them?"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded: "So, although these two elite German troops... seem to be very powerful, they are actually frightened birds. As long as there is a slight disturbance, they will give up Palermo and turn to the Port of Messina. Because there is a place where they can ensure that they will withdraw from Sicily and not be encircled and annihilated!"

Zhang Chi was right. At this time, Kesseling was puzzled by the US military's behavior of not chasing the German army... This is an act that violates military common sense. Didn't the US military give Palermo to the German army by doing this?

But sometimes people are like this. The easier things they get, the more they can't believe they are true. Kesseling's current situation is like this. He thought over and over again, "Why did the Allies do this? What are their intentions? What kind of dangers will the Germans encounter?"

Therefore, the German mechanized troops actually took only one day to reach the periphery of Palermo, but they just dared not attack Palermo easily.

Finally, Zhang Chi concluded: "What we want is to give this 'suspended bird' a little 'moment'!"

"The wind and the situation are stirring?" Cook looked at Zhang Chi in confusion.
Chapter completed!