0p0 Third Reich Episode 410
Third Reich Episode 410
With one arrest, all Ciano's wings were removed, and a lot of power was taken back in an instant.King Vittorio Emanuele III showed his mastery in front of all Italians!
"Do you think we should support His Majesty the King?" Rossi joked knowingly.
"Of course not!" Jonas yelled pretending to be surprised: "In that case, wouldn't all our previous efforts be in vain?"
Rossi was also very satisfied, and repeated: "It is said, we have done so much, and at this point, of course we have to reject His Majesty's request."
"Besides," Rossi said with a gloomy face, "I hate this kind of practice of throwing away people when they are used up. He reminds me of what Mussolini did to me back then."
Indeed, what King Vittorio Emanuele III did to Ciano today is almost exactly the same as what Mussolini did to Rossi when he crossed the river and demolished the bridge.And this time, Ciano essentially volunteered for the benefit of the king, but in the end he became a scapegoat sent to his door.
King Vittorio Emanuele III's approach was even more ruthless than that of Mussolini at that time.
Every Gestapo present could read an emotion from Rossi's eyes—disgust, extreme disgust, disgust to anger!
Standing up from behind the desk, Rossi patted the hem of the clothes symbolically, as easily as patting the dust on the hem of the clothes.
"Let's go, let's follow the king's actions and clean up the last dust for Italy. Our country should have swept away the king and royal family like the German Third Reich, and let the leaders elected by the people and the country lead " Rossi said with a relaxed smile.
In this world, there are always some idiots who think they are smart.
Some people think they have seized the opportunity, but they don't know that they have bitten the bait cast by others.
Some people think that they use bait to use others as pawns, but they don't know that they themselves have become other people's pawns.
No one can control everything as he wants, unless that person is called Reinhardt!
Judging from Rossi's experience over the years, he just repeatedly proved one thing with his own experience - no matter how the various factions in Italy fought, they were actually calculated to death by the German head of state from the very beginning. ending.
Only Reinhardt is the ultimate shepherd who really predicted everything, understood everything, and controlled everything through Rossi.
Whether it's Mussolini, or Rossi, or even the whole of Italy, in Reinhardt's place, they are nothing more than sheep in the pen that are unanimously controlled by captivity!
Especially recently, there are countless Italian politicians and military officers watching the excitement, standing and talking without back pain, accusing the German head of state of making mistakes, which led to the Soviet Union's sneak attack on his back, and so on.
Rossi basically didn't bother to talk to these fools on paper.
Many people ridiculed the German generals for their shortsightedness.I don't know how to take down the easy-to-beat Soviet Union, which borders Germany, and then go back and concentrate on cleaning up the United Kingdom.
Some politicians even predicted that after the German army conquered the Soviet Union, the British government would surrender without landing in the UK at all.
In short, the views of the officials are the same, and they all decide that the German army should first fight the Soviet army, rather than cross the English Channel and land on the British Isles.
Only people like Rossi are the most sensible to keep silent.Although I don't know why Reinhardt didn't order the war with the Soviet Union first, but Rossi believes that if Reinhardt doesn't do something, there must be a reason why he absolutely shouldn't do it!
And what Reinhardt did...was a stroke of genius!
Rossi who is far away doesn't know, but in Italy, Rossi knows that he is now willing to be a pawn of the Germans, and as a seed that Reinhardt planted more than ten years ago, take root and sprout, and then control the whole of Italy!
After this round of power transfer, the future Italy will be completely tied to Germany.Under the simultaneous control of the only co-leader Reinhardt, Germany and Italy will soon be closely related as one country... like a merger!
Body 6 Chapter Nineteen The War Is Still Going On
Greenwich, England.
It has become the front line of the war between the German, French and Norwegian Allied Forces and the British Army.
In some sense, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms that won Greenwich had already half-stepped into the British capital, which is the territory of London.
In later generations, Greenwich was already part of the Greater London area in 1965.In other words, after 25 years, if the Allied forces of the three countries enter Greenwich, they can actually claim that they have invaded London.
And now, Greenwich, located 8 kilometers southeast of central London, is struggling under the artillery fire of the three-nation coalition.
Due to its dangerous terrain and beautiful scenery, Greenwich has built palaces, forts and watchtowers as early as the 15th century, and a large area of mountains, forests and grasslands were used by the royal family as a royal garden for raising deer, releasing eagles and hunting.Later, although the watchtower here was converted into the Royal Greenwich Observatory, it still has certain defensive functions.
Taking advantage of the geographical advantages here, a total of nearly 7 National Guards established a line of defense in Greenwich, forming a decent group of positions.The ancient forts and watchtowers were also renovated and became the fulcrum for the transformation of the National Self-Defense Forces for defense.
Relying on the excellent terrain and the temporarily rebuilt towers, the 7 National Self-Defense Forces can be regarded as initially possessing a certain degree of defensive capabilities.
As for the two British Army armored battalions deployed in Greenwich and the two new British Army divisions expanded from the original two infantry regiments, they were not placed on the line of defense as consumables, but were kept on the line of defense as treasures. Inside, reserved as a reserve to fill the gap.
Although such a reserve team is still limited in strength, it is at least all the power that the British government can use in Greenwich.
If it weren't for the fact that there was no way to retreat, if it wasn't for the fact that once the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms captured Greenwich, London, the capital of the British Empire, would fall within the range of the enemy's shelling, and even this little reserve team would not be possible.
Immediately, this precious reserve team will also have to be thrown into the war of attrition on the front line.
"The loss of the National Guard is too great. In just one day, they suffered nearly 8 casualties, and all of these were consumed by the French army. Once the German army is dispatched, the casualty rate will immediately increase. getting bigger..."
In the headquarters in London, a staff officer with the rank of colonel was anxiously reporting to Lord Gort.
Operation Greenwich has been directly included in the management of the London Command.In other words, the British themselves recognized the important connection between the defense of Greenwich and the defense of London.
It's a pity that the National Guardsmen in Greenwich have no combat experience, and they don't have enough weapons and ammunition. Their so-called organized regiments may even be easily defeated by a battalion of the French army.
What's more terrible is that the National Self-Defense Force, which is essentially a militia, has to garrison important lines of defense, because in the British mainland army sequence, there are simply not enough regular military areas to guard every line of defense.
The consequence of using a large number of National Guards to garrison key points is that a battalion of the French army in the front can defeat a regiment of their troops.And if there is an airborne German army behind them, perhaps the size of a company will make them extremely panic and may even collapse.
For Gott, commanding at this time is a hundred times more difficult than commanding operations in Dunkirk.
At that time, all he commanded was the elite of the British Army, and the most elite troops he commanded were beaten up and wiped out. Now let him command a group of troops who don't know when things will go wrong. The difficulty factor is It has multiplied even more.
"Greenwich's 3rd new division was expanded from the East England Regiment, right?" Lord Gott walked to the sand table model and asked, dragging his chin.
"Yes. In addition to the 3rd Division, there is another new 4th Division stationed in Greenwich, which was expanded from the previous Tinnitis Regiment. Both divisions were large-scale regiments before, so the decline in combat effectiveness after the expansion did not mean that Not obvious." The staff officer immediately answered Commander Gott's question.
Sure enough, after listening to the response from the staff officer, Gott nodded thoughtfully, dragged his chin and raised his right hand: "Then transfer the 3rd Division to the fortified Hestermonsu Castle in the south of Greenwich. area. The commander of the French army is the famous general Weygand, he will not fail to see the importance of the ancient castle of Herst Monsour. Once the French army achieves a breakthrough, they will immediately attack Herst Monsour in the Greenwich area The ancient castle is carrying out the attack operation."
"No matter which side it is for both sides, the battle for the ancient castle of Herst Monsou will determine the final ownership of Greenwich!" Lord Gort swore to analyze.
"Report!" A theater liaison officer between London and Greenwich suddenly reported urgently: "The French army suddenly launched a large-scale shelling in the middle of the south of Greenwich, defeated the National Guard there, and penetrated a 2-kilometer breach!"
The southern middle line of defense, isn't that the shortest route to Hestmonsou Castle? !
"Immediately order the 3rd Division to send troops to counterattack!" Lord Gott quickly ordered: "The French army must not be allowed to break through the defense line so quickly!"
According to Lord Gort's vision, no matter how low the combat effectiveness of the National Self-Defense Forces is, the defense line constructed by the 7 Self-Defense Forces using the favorable terrain should at least hold for 3 days.Then, after a large-scale gap appeared in the defense line, the street fighting was used to persist for about a week.
Although Gott admitted that Greenwich was still unable to hold on after all.But at least, as London's city defense commander, he must try his best to use Greenwich as the last barrier to strive for a better follow-up combat environment for London and reduce pressure.
But on the second day, a gap was opened in the Greenwich defense line, which is absolutely unacceptable to Gott!
"The two infantry regiments of the National Self-Defense Forces deployed between Herst Monsourg Castle and the Greenwich border defense line lost contact with the headquarters at the same time!" The liaison officer continued to report the funeral.
Since the speed is so fast!Gott couldn't help but praise General Weygand who commanded the French army in his heart.The opponent is worthy of being a generation of famous generals, his command skills are sophisticated and vicious, and his strikes are precise.
Facing this commander who was able to form a complete "Weigand Line" in desperation, Gott suddenly broke into a cold sweat.