0p0 Third Reich Episode 310
Third Reich Episode 310
And the first thing he said when he woke up was: "Give me, remove all of Graziani's military positions. Call him, tell him to come back and raise my horses!"
After this, Garibaldi's homage to Mussolini just now has been completely lost.It turned out that his leader was just slow to respond, not as calm as he imagined.
Garibaldi, who couldn't stand it anymore, couldn't help reminding Mussolini: "Leader, in fact, although the British army won a small victory in North Africa, our army can still quickly regain the initiative. After all, the British army There is an Achilles' heel on the African battlefield."
"Achilles heel! What is it? Tell me about it." As soon as he heard that the British army had an achilles heel, Mussolini immediately became interested.
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"Although the British won a small victory in North Africa, the scarcity of troops has always been their weakness. According to the intelligence we have collected together with our German allies, the British army in North Africa only has 3 people. Army, their total strength does not exceed 10. And our army, in North Africa alone, has 26 people, if you count the army in East Africa, it will add up to more than 50 troops!"
Garibaldi's analysis was clear and logical, and even Mussolini, who had always been conceited, nodded and praised frequently.
It has to be said that Garibaldi can indeed be regarded as a rare general in Italy.
"If we let the 30 troops in East Africa go north immediately to attack the British army in Egypt, and the British army staying in Egypt alone will definitely not be able to resist the defense."
Garibaldi saw it very clearly, not to mention that the 23 Italian troops in North Africa were only defeated, not destroyed.Even without the 23 troops, the strength of Italy in East Africa alone is three times higher than the total strength of the British army in Africa.
Against such an army it would be impossible for the British commander to do so without using the whole of his little force.
"And if the British commander has any brains, he must transfer the front-line troops back to defend Egypt. In this way, we can not only lift the siege of Benghazi, but also take the opportunity to wipe out all the British troops in Africa, thereby occupying the Egypt, control the Suez Canal, and then control the entire Mediterranean region!"
General Garibaldi's analysis is quite like Zhuge Lianglong's general feeling, and he has already made a three-pointer before he came out of the mountain.
This is a conspiracy!
If the British army does not withdraw their troops, after the Italian army in East Africa takes down the whole of Egypt, they will have no way out and will eventually fail.
And if the British army withdraws its troops from Benghazi and returns to aid, then the North African Italian army, which is already at the end of its path, will get a chance to breathe, and in turn bite the retreating British army and regain its advantage in strength.
Regardless of withdrawing or not withdrawing, the British army is doomed to be defeated by the enemy!
Mussolini appreciated Garibaldi's analysis very much, and General Garibaldi also had a lot of research on military warfare and made many military exploits.
Therefore, Mussolini simply said to General Garibaldi without doing anything else: "Well, from today onwards, you will be the third governor of Libya and the commander-in-chief of the African Army. From now on, you will be responsible for the Italian army in Africa." Responsible."
Unexpectedly, after listening to Garibaldi, instead of being grateful, he showed a little panic.
He thought to himself: "What?! I have analyzed the situation in Africa for you here, and I have become the third governor of Africa? I just want to make you feel at ease. Did I make a mistake in my analysis? You threw me in the What does it mean to go to that place in Africa where the birds don’t shit?”
Although Garibaldi has a thorough understanding of the war situation in Africa, he also thinks that his conspiracy will be successful.However, this does not mean that he likes to go to Africa to implement this strategy.
The reason is simple, because Garibaldi really has no interest in war other than eating pasta.
Garibaldi quickly evaded: "Leader, my qualifications are still young, I am afraid I am not qualified for this position."
Mussolini replied with a smile: "Why are you so young? I personally promoted and appointed you. Believe me, other generals won't have anything to say. Do it well!"
General Garibaldi smiled awkwardly, but it was really hard to say anything, after all, it was Mussolini's new strategy.
So he had no choice but to bite the bullet and take on this task.
Then, Mussolini continued: "I will send a report to the East African troops now, telling them all to obey your orders for the time being and fully cooperate with your operational deployment."
"Okay, thank you for the trust of the leader!" General Garibaldi reluctantly expressed his gratitude to Mussolini, although he himself did not want to accept this damn task.
"General Garibaldi, you should fly to take up your post tomorrow. I think you will leave early tomorrow morning and reach Tripoli in the afternoon, which is less than 500 kilometers away from Benghazi. If you hurry up, you may be able to reach the front line of Benghazi in the evening. ’ Mussolini babbled to Garibaldi.
It can be seen that he really wants General Garibaldi to take office immediately to save Africa from its decline.
"No, no, leader, I don't care if I look at the plane. I'd better take a submarine. I'm used to the submarine, but I'm not used to the plane." Garibaldi remembered what happened to Marshal Balbo, the first governor of North Africa, and couldn't help but developed a fear of flying to Africa.
Otherwise, where in the world are there people who are used to riding submarines but not flying?
"It's up to you, but I have to remind you to take office as soon as possible. The soldiers in North Africa and even the whole of Africa are waiting for you to lead them." Mussolini seemed to see his worries, and made a rare compromise.
Immediately, Garibaldi, who was a submarine and did not take an airplane, left Mussolini's ward and went to take his submarine.
To be honest, Mussolini can be regarded as a conscientious and qualified leader, excluding other personality factors.
As soon as Garibaldi left, he called his assistant again, and verbally narrated to the assistant the original telegram he was about to send to the Italian garrisons in Africa: "Because Marshal Graziani was not good at leading the troops, the Italian army in North Africa led several The strength of the enemy was twice that of the enemy, but he was defeated by the British army. Therefore, his two positions as governor of Libya and commander-in-chief of the African Army were dismissed. After General No. [-] took office, he fully cooperated with his troops in combat and launched attacks on Somalia and Egypt."
According to Garibaldi's detailed request, Mussolini copied Garibaldi's original words and ordered the troops of General Oster in East Africa to start from Ethiopia and Eritre, attack Sudan, Kenya and British Somalia, and then reach North Africa The Sudanese region joined forces with Garibaldi in North Africa, and finally jointly attacked Egypt. It aimed to completely drive the British troops out of North Africa, thereby gaining control of the Suez Canal and the entire Mediterranean Sea.
In fact, Egypt and the Mediterranean were the linchpins of Mussolini's "New Roman Empire."Its strategic position is extremely important. It controls the Suez Canal, which is the throat from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean through the Mediterranean Sea. It is the "lifeline" of the British Empire.
In a sense, Churchill also regarded Egypt as more important than his own country, because he understood that once he lost Egypt and lost control of the Suez Canal, then he would lose the entire Mediterranean, and control the Mediterranean and maintain Suez The smooth flow of the canal is not only a matter of life and death to the British Empire, but it can also directly affect the fact that the French African colonies continue to fight against Germany with Britain.
Therefore, the British Prime Minister Churchill, like the Italian Prime Minister Mussolini, attached great importance to the defense of the Mediterranean and Egypt.
Although the British mainland was always threatened by the invasion of Reinhardt's troops, he still did not transfer back to the H fleet in the Mediterranean. .
Churchill also transferred a small number of tanks that had just been produced locally to Egypt, and he quickly transferred a Commonwealth army composed of Indians, Australians, and New Zealanders to East and North Africa.
Encouraged by the great victory in North Africa, Churchill also hoped to fight Mussolini in this region and completely eradicate the Allies in Africa.Because after this, Churchill was able to attack Berente, who was guarding Algeria, and cut off the largest overseas oil import route of the Third Reich.
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On a submarine in the Mediterranean, Garibaldi is deep in thought.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the submarine to float up, he came to the upper deck of the submarine to breathe.
Compared with the airplane, the stale air in the submarine is not pleasant, at least Garibaldi can't bear it a little bit.
Facing the endless Mediterranean Sea, he closed his eyes and enjoyed the feeling of the sea breeze blowing against his cheeks.For a moment, he felt that he was about to ascend to heaven, to a paradise where he would be carefree and not be disturbed by all kinds of trivial matters in the world.
Gradually, when he woke up from the dream, he found that the reality was not so beautiful, and he still had to face all kinds of unpleasantness.
He still wants to breathe the extremely turbid carbon dioxide in the submarine, and he still wants to take up the post of the damn governor of North Africa in North Africa.
Although he was forced by his parents to go to the military academy since he was a child, and he learned the military knowledge as soon as he was young, and he was admitted to their military academy, and he entered the top ranks of the Italian army as soon as he graduated.
But who knows that this seemingly promising Italian commander actually doesn't like fighting in his heart, but just likes to eat pasta in peace?
Therefore, Italy is not actually short of general talents, but lacks an environment to create general talents.
In Italy, too many people have wasted their lives on flashy "art".They like architecture, art, music, but few people like military affairs.
It is precisely because of this that Rommel regarded the Italians as stupid and frivolous fools, and thought that the Italians spent most of their energy in life on flashy things.
But Garibaldi would not have imagined, and neither would Rommel, that the two of them, with completely different personalities, would soon become long-term partners...
Body 4: Chapter [-]: The British's Followers
North African battlefield.
A day later, General Garibaldi in a submarine finally arrived at the front line of Benghazi on the Libyan battlefield in North Africa.