Although the British army finally successfully blocked the German attack, they suffered heavy losses. The British Fifth Division suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and the Canadian First Division suffered more than 1,200 casualties... Canada suffered less casualties, mainly because the German army's main attack direction was the British.

The German army's choice was wise because they had the experience of Rommel's African Legion fighting the British army. They knew that some colonial armies in the Commonwealth Army were more difficult to deal with than the British army... The colonial armies were often placed in the most dangerous position on the battlefield as cannon fodder, but over time they were cultivated to fight hard and fierce wars.

In contrast, the British army is always used to hiding behind others to take advantage of the situation. Although their equipment is easy to fight formal battles, they are not weak in combat, but they are more likely to collapse when encountering emergencies. They are the ones who are confused.

The facts also proved that the German army's analysis was correct, but they failed to seize the opportunity in time.

The next morning, Montgomery's command was almost surrounded by reporters, and Montgomery had to come out to deal with the reporters.

"General! Did you think the German army would launch such a fierce counterattack?"

"General! You were optimistic about landing before the war, but now there are such great casualties. What do you think about this?"

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"Gentlemen!" Montgomery replied: "I can only tell you that we worked hard, and took Salerno and Taranto as scheduled and built a defense line, prepared for further advancement, and we achieved our goal, so there is no doubt that this is a victory!"

As he said that, Montgomery walked back to the command center in a dirt, and the reporter was stopped outside by the soldiers.

As for Eisenhower, he remained silent and said nothing, and he didn't even mention anything about the bet to reporters.

Eisenhower was very smart at this point because if he made words that were unfavorable to the British army at this time, the traces of "striking the wrongs" would be too obvious. Instead, he did not speak, but made journalists and even the world feel that Americans were more loyal and made every effort to maintain the unity of the Allies to the outside world.

Of course, Eisenhower, as a future president of the United States, is not a person who is loyal when he is angry... He didn't say it openly, but secretly let people expose the bet to reporters.

It is easy to do this. Any adjutant or the staff member can just let it go, and it can also be done without leaving any trace.

After knowing about the bet, the reporters rushed to Montgomery like a group of bees to verify, which made Montgomery particularly embarrassed.

Actually, none of these matters. What is important is that after knowing the bet, everyone is wondering: Why did the UK make mistakes again and again? And the United States even reminded the UK before this! Is this war really correct to be dominated by Britain?

This is the doubt about British command and dominance.

Of course, many people still maintain a wait-and-see attitude, and the next step is to see how things will develop.

The US and French troops landed the next afternoon.

The reason why he chose to land that afternoon was because Montgomery was worried that the German army would launch a counterattack again after dark... In fact, this was because Montgomery was beaten by the German army and had an absolute advantage in military strength. The British army was very sufficient in artillery and ammunition. As long as they transport more tanks and anti-tank weapons, they would not have to worry about the German attack.

However, Montgomery had lost confidence, and the British army also lost confidence, so they wanted the US and US troops to land before dark and advance forward.

This way, the US troops that landed were awesome. They all laughed at the British army with condescending attitude as victorious:

"Hey, Robert (any name for British people), it's hard for Germans to deal with!"

"Don't worry, we will drive them away, so stay here to manage the kitchen (logistics, meaning women do housework)!"

"Tell Montgomery that he has to use his brain to arrange easier work for you, such as guarding prisoners, and that will be no danger!"

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Especially these American soldiers were still standing on cars, armored vehicles and tanks and shouting at the British army. Compared with the British army who had just lost the battle, they were so majestic.

Zhang Chi landed with the French army and passed through the British defense line and saw this scene, he could only say: "Poor British!"

The British were indeed pitiful. They were not without combat experience or equipment. They even had the determination to fight against the enemy... But on the battlefield, they were beaten by the German army again and again to suffer heavy casualties.

The reason is not because they are not outstanding enough, but because of the political struggle between Britain and the United States, some decisions that obviously violate the common sense of war. These decisions were originally favored by the British army, but ultimately caused them to suffer.

Of course, the first French army landed in the first army... Although the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army were also trained to prepare for combat, pursuing the enemy was a technical task. Zhang Chi did not intend to let the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army do it as soon as they came on the field. They would take some time to adapt.

Since the French army was not equipped with tanks, they could only follow the US army as reinforcements. Zhang Chi had no objection to this... It was ridiculous to ride a bicycle to pursue the German armored troops. The Germans could launch a massacre at any time when they turned around.

On that day, the US military pushed the front five kilometers.

If you advance five kilometers, you dare not move forward again, because the sky is getting darker and the US military needs time to set up defense lines. They do not want to be killed by the Germans like the British.

At this time, Montgomery secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now the British army's war should have come to an end!

However, at this moment, a staff officer took a telegram to Montgomery and reported: "General, our warship "War Hate" was seriously injured and lost its combat effectiveness!"

"What?" Montgomery asked in surprise: "How did it happen?"

No wonder Montgomery was surprised that the Allies had already controlled the sea and air supremacy, so how could warships have suffered such a severe blow? There seemed to be nothing else except submarines.

"No!" said the staff officer: "It was the German 'aircraft missile'!"

"'Airplane missile'?" Montgomery became more and more strange: "Didn't you say it can't hit the target accurately?"

"We don't know either!" The staff member replied in a difficult manner: "It's a hit!"
Chapter completed!