0p0 Third Reich Episode 331
Third Reich Episode 331
"Italian warriors fought in Libya, in Algeria.
The British invading army is rushing towards Valdera, rushing towards Guerdaille, trying to occupy the land of the great Italy and his ally France at all costs!
The British colonists have made no secret of trying to seize the oil resources and mineral resources there.
Now, we have lost our geographical advantage, and we have also lost the advantage of material reserves.
Continuing to retreat does not mean suicide, it means surrender!
And the great Italian people never knew how to submit!
The Roman Empire doesn't need cowards either!
We retreat again and again, what are we missing?
What we lack is to establish iron order and discipline in all troops!
This is our current Achilles' heel.If we want to restore the situation and defend justice in North Africa, we must establish strict order and iron discipline in the army!
In this crisis of life and death, I, Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, decided to issue the highest order of the Kingdom!
Anyone who panics and is timid and afraid of death will be shot on the spot!
From now on, every officer, soldier, and late-stage personnel should abide by this iron discipline: no step back without the order of the Italian Supreme Commander in North Africa! "
In fact, after hearing Mussolini's speech, the first person to applaud him was Reinhardt in Berlin.
It was rare to see Mussolini's eloquence so good. Reinhard couldn't help but feel that his "friend" had improved and applauded from the bottom of his heart.
As for the Italian officers and soldiers in Africa who thought they could hide behind the French army and enjoy peace, after listening to the leader's speech, it was even more uncomfortable to eat shit.
Wouldn't it be nice to stand behind the French and sit back and enjoy the success?To drive us to war again.
If you are timid and afraid of death, you have to be shot on the spot... that's too cruel!
The most important thing is that the Italian officers and soldiers in Africa soon discovered that the person Mussolini had found for them to carry out the execution order was the French War Supervisor.
That's all right, you don't show mercy when you kill people.
As the saying goes, the child picked up is kicked as a ball.
The French army came to supervise the battle, wouldn't that mean that the Italian army could be kicked as a ball?
According to the instructions sent by his old superior Petain, Berente really sent more than a dozen war supervisors to each Italian battalion, using their reputation to help the Italians fight.
Of course, Petain's order was also in accordance with Mussolini's request.
As for why Mussolini asked the French to do it, because he decided that he would not feel guilty.
Moreover, Mussolini, who was accustomed to issuing similar orders, did not decide that there was nothing wrong with such orders.
In his eyes, he just wanted to teach those Italian cowards on the front line a lesson, but he didn't expect that his order was misunderstood, and it was quite wise to give it.
In fact, it only needs to be compared to find that the leaders of various countries in the world have their own set of command styles.
Stalin in the Soviet Union liked to issue dead orders such as "no step back".Not to mention, this kind of order often sounds quite morale-boosting.
But if it were Algeria's Berente, he wouldn't be able to make such an order.Of course, Petain was not good at giving such orders.
As for Mussolini, he liked to issue another order: "Victory, or death?"
It's a pity that Mussolini's Italian officers have been unable to implement it in place.
After all, they can't really die.
To make an interesting analogy, it is similar to the fact that Italy wants to play a football match with the Chinese national football team. Mussolini clearly requested that the Italian team must win the championship: "This is a multiple-choice question. Either win the championship or die."
As a result, his generals would tell him: "If the Chinese national football team is really good and plays better than us on the field, then we should be satisfied with being the runner-up with peace of mind."
It's ironic, but that's what Mussolini faced.
In contrast, Petain, who Mussolini teamed up with, is very good at giving some clear orders. Of course, none of them are orders by means of threatening soldiers.
But Mussolini is different. He likes to give orders that make him feel good, so he can think of any weird orders.
Under normal circumstances, the Italian army has never bought these nonsense orders from Mussolini.Their attitude is often that if they can't execute it, they won't execute it. If you insist on us executing it, you can't rely on me if you lose, right?
But this time, Mussolini recruited Berente's people to help him supervise the execution, which should have increased the execution ability of the Italian army a lot.
In fact, I just heard that when Mussolini was looking for the executive inspection team, Reinhardt wanted to send Rommel's people to be the inspection team.
How nice it is to stand behind and supervise the battle, and to ensure the safety of this group of troops.
It's a pity that Rommel couldn't accept it life and death. He felt that this kind of behavior was detrimental to the honor of soldiers, and the officers of the German Afrika Korps generally felt the same. Reinhardt gave up this time. ,
In fact, even if Berente found Mussolini's supervising team, most of them were basically a white soldier with a dozen black soldiers recruited from Algeria, and he would not say that he would take his elite troops For supervising battles.
And after he died of the desire to supervise the war, Reinhardt also changed what he was going to discuss with Mussolini and asked him to use the Italian fleet to escort Rommel's troops to Africa and be in charge of the logistics of the German African Army Materials, that is, to help the German army support these people.
Of course, it wasn't for nothing, it was sent by Germany to help Italy fight the war, and Mussolini was not stupid, of course he won with all his mouth.
Anyway, the conditions of the Germans are not too much. Reinhardt personally agreed that in the territory that the German army fought back for Italy, he only needs to take part of the land in Libya.
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"Isn't this Lyon? Since your people are here, it seems that the division headquarters will also be on the transport fleet this time."
Because he had fought side by side in the Polish campaign, Hoffman, who was already the commander of the main battalion of the main regiment of the 30th Infantry Division, was no stranger to Lyon, the battalion commander of the Guard Battalion of the 30th Infantry Division. .
Both were promoted from former lieutenants to current captains, but Hoffman was still fighting on the front lines, while Lyon had become the battalion commander of the guard battalion under Lieutenant General Hans, staying behind to protect the safety of the division headquarters.
Yes, Hans, the commander of the 30th Infantry Division, was also promoted. He became the commander of the lieutenant general and concurrently served as the commander of the 30th Infantry Division of the German Army.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Rommel, who was sent by Reinhardt to Africa, had two generals under his command.
The first general that Rommel got was not well-known. His name was Neumann Silko. He was a major general of the German armored forces. He had a deep understanding of tank warfare and was a very good executor.
Although Major General Newman may not be so bold in commanding troops to fight, but he will definitely be faithful when performing military tasks assigned by his superiors.
And Rommel himself happened to be a bold and adventurous armored commander. The 15th Armored Division of the Wehrmacht Reinhardt sent to this general was originally a unit for him to use as a team.
As for Major General Newman, it was just Reinhardt's deputy that Rommel found. The 15th Armored Division in Newman's hands, after all, had to be dispatched by Rommel himself most of the time.
And Newman's task is to implement Rommel's orders and requirements.
As for the other general, he is well-known, and it can even be said that his fame does not have to be much less than Rommel's.
That's right, this general was in the Polish campaign, with the strength of a division, he fought hard against the French officer corps Berente, a Polish army attacked continuously for 72 hours, and when the large troops arrived, they led insufficient troops. The remnant of a thousand people launched a joint counterattack, and cooperated with the army inside and outside to annihilate Hans von Furman Reid of the 20 Polish Army-level Corps.