The Third Reich in Desperation

Third Reich Episode 345

"I just sent a telegram to the leader, saying that we are going deep into Libya and are about to recover the entire territory of Libya..." Garibaldi covered his face and said painfully: "The result is that we have been prepared for a long time. Here comes the British armored division of the main force."

It has to be said that Garibaldi was a bit unlucky. From his initial proposal of the strategy of attacking on two lines from the east to the north, to the fact that he preserved his strength and moved forward after the defeat, and joined forces with the Algerian French army. All this shows that he is not an incompetent sack.

However, God's will tricks people, his soldiers are indeed not the opponents of Wavell's soldiers.

In addition, he left an armored division (serious shortage of tanks) and two infantry divisions needed by the German-Italian African Group Army in Algeria, waiting for Rommel's reorganization, and transferred a division of a disobedient major general. Support the German and French allied forces.At this moment, the troops in Garibaldi's hands not only did not have an advantage in combat effectiveness, but also lost their advantage in the number of troops.

There is no doubt that you will lose!This is the ending Garibaldi is [-]% sure of.

"Let the leading regiment deploy defenses on the spot, and order the 37th Division to transfer another regiment to stick behind the leading regiment to defend the second blocking position..."

Speaking of this, Garibaldi finally gritted his teeth because of a moment, and ordered: "The rest of the divisions and regiments, together with our general headquarters, quickly retreat to the west by 45 degrees to the north, and consider the German-French coalition forces there."

"Yes." The staff leader's voice was a little trembling.

Not only this staff officer, but every officer here is very clear that when the British army has the upper hand, withdraw the large troops, leaving the vanguard regiment lacking anti-tank weapons and a regiment of the 37th Infantry Division. The regiment built two blocking positions to block the advance of the British Matilda tanks, which is tantamount to ordering the officers and soldiers of the two regiments to commit suicide!

Obviously, Garibaldi, this is to sacrifice the lizard's tail in exchange for the time for the large army to escape.

A strong man breaks his wrist, this is Garibaldi's tactic!

Despite their horror, none of the officers within the command raised any objections to Garibaldi's deployment.Everyone understands that this is already the best way to deal with it.Garibaldi, even though he was defeated, was still left in the command position of the African Army by Mussolini, not by coincidence or luck.

But he is better at fighting than most generals in Italy!

Amidst the dust, the main force of the Italian army, following Garibaldi's command, quickly left the battlefield.

It's a pity...they didn't escape their cruel fate.

In a crisis, Garibaldi fully demonstrated his ability.

Surviving with a broken arm, he gave the order very decisively.

However, the leaders of the two Italian infantry regiments who were cut off were more decisive than Garibaldi... They surrendered decisively to the British army!

It only delayed the British tanks for 10 minutes, or even less.The vanguard of the Italian army, whose formation had not been completely dispersed, chose to surrender.

With a precedent, the regiment deployed behind simply surrendered together.

However, they also held back the British army for a while.

Because after the surrender, they, as captives...blocked the pursuit of the British [-]th Armored Division.

After the British cleared the road and arranged for the prisoners, Garibaldi's main force had slipped away for a long distance.

Body 5 Thirty Chapters Regaining Mussolini

After Garibaldi failed again at Sedles, according to Reinhardt's request, Rommel reported to him the performance of the Italians on the battlefield based on what he knew and the information he received from the French. .

Rommel said in the report: "This is really an appalling force. I can't imagine how they fought until now!"

Of course, this is not a compliment to the Italian army, but a mockery.Reinhardt has heard about the combat effectiveness of the Italian army for a long time, not only now, but also in the era before he crossed. The Italian army can always find some fun for the two armies on the battlefield.

After reading the report given to him by General Rommel, the corners of Reinhardt's mouth rose slightly, and a bad idea came to his mind - to give the Italian leader a small gift to motivate him.

And this little gift is not some expensive physical gift, but an Italian gift that can make Mussolini furious and go to war after seeing it.

After all, Mussolini has always been known for his thick skin. If he is not given a little bit of suffering and his memory is not allowed to grow, he may really think that the victory in the battle at the southern tip of Algeria is inseparable from the participation of the Italian army. relationship.

He may even be immersed in the dream of reshaping the New Roman Empire just around the corner.

In order to make the Italian leader sober, Reinhardt immediately sent people to contact the major German newspapers, preparing to send this "malicious ridicule" to the Italians in the newspapers.

In order to carefully prepare this small gift, Reinhardt also specially sent someone to find the famous German writer Hermann Hesse to write the content of this article - mocking the original report of the Italian army.

The next day, this report was published on the headlines of major mainstream newspapers in Germany, led by the Social Worker, and the content of the reports in different newspapers was mostly the same, only minor details in the article were modified. After all, this article It was written by everyone, and there are very few places that need to be revised. The title, introduction, illustration, and text of the report are all available.

The title of this report is "Even shooting can't stop the Italians from continuing to surrender". Picture of the British commander smiling and talking next to the Italian captives.

It has to be said that every part of the report is chosen very incisively and reasonably, and each directly pokes at the fragile hearts of the Italians.

Soon, this news report, with its humorous and satirical language, and a large number of funny battlefield stories of Italian soldiers, won a lot of praise and reprinted, and even spread to all countries in the world—except, of course, Italian newspapers.

The German Social Worker once had a dispute with the American Washington Post over copyright issues.

But the dispute is a dispute, and newspapers from various countries continued to reprint it one after another. Later, almost all the official newspapers of major countries in the European and American continents put this report on the front page.

The Washington Post commented: The Italian army is an interesting army.

The London Metropolis Daily said: The Italian army is the army that I have seen the most on the battlefield.

The reason why the London Metropolis Daily said this is because Germany gave an example in the report: Sir Forbes of the United Kingdom decided to imitate Germany's "Rainbow Operation" and deliberately scuttled the Ark Royal aircraft carrier in the hands of the Italian army. With the help of Otto, Sir Forbes' conspiracy was thwarted...

The first half of the report undoubtedly demonstrates the reliability of the German army. It is undoubtedly a very ambitious propaganda for a German captain to defeat the conspiracy of a high-level British fleet.

And the second half of the report is purely demeaning the allies to set off the height of the German army.

It mentioned that Sir Forbes thought he was going to be executed after the incident was revealed, and received a luxurious Last Supper.As a result, he discovered afterwards that it was the Italians' compensation for Forbes' noble status, in order to allow him to enjoy better treatment than ordinary soldiers and captives!

In addition, the official reason for the surrender of the Italian fortress Tobruk was that the crowbar for the ammunition box could not be found.

When Wavell's subordinates reported the results of the battle again, they announced that they had captured officers from 5 acres of land and soldiers from 200 acres of land. (Although this is to contrast Rommel, who led the French army with two battalions and defeated two divisions of the British army, it still defeated the Italian army.)

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All kinds of, with or without, the hilarious Italian army black material, have all been listed one by one.

In fact, Mussolini saw the newspaper report maliciously ridiculed by Reinhardt through the intelligence personnel scattered in Italy at the first time.

At first he endured it, but later when more and more countries reposted and commented on this report, he couldn't sit still!

He didn't want the Italian army to become an inferior army in the eyes of the world.

After all, Italy will establish a new Roman Empire in the future, and have an important place in this world, how can it not lose face? !

Mussolini quickly found the Reinhardt theory. In the call with Reinhardt, he strongly condemned Reinhardt's malicious slander of the Italian army. It can be seen from the tone that Mussolini is Really angry.

But who knows that Reinhardt not only did not apologize, but also asked Mussolini with a smile: "Leader, do you need to add more material to the report so that your generals will feel ashamed, and then work hard to change the status quo? Woolen cloth?"

Actually, Reinhardt meant it when he said it.He did feel the need to prod the Italians further in order to wake up the sleeping "lion".To put it bluntly, I want the leader Mussolini and the Italian generals to realize their shame and be brave.

But... What Reinhardt didn't expect was that Mussolini, who was known for his thick skin in his mind, fell down extremely fragile this time.

"Shouldn't it?" Listening to the sound of Mussolini falling to the ground on the other end of the phone, as well as his secretary's panicked screams, Reinhardt fell into deep thought.

This Mussolini, he had already found in this world, his face is second only to his own master.

Even he can't stand the excitement? !