Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2356
Leonard Capet rarely appeared in public during this time. He undertook a secret mission to get in touch with powerful figures in the Kingdom of Italy.

The Kingdom of Italy is not monolithic. As the Prime Minister of Italy with a fat and bald head, there are many opponents in Italy. The real leader of the Kingdom of Italy is King Victor Emmanuel III. At the legal level, the King still has the right to remove the Prime Minister, and even The power to dissolve the cabinet.

Here you can see how thieves European countries are.

You said that the French bet on both sides, and the Italians went too far. They were speculators from top to bottom. When the Axis powers swept across Europe, Italy, as a member of the Axis powers, could participate in the feast of dividing up Europe.

Once the situation is unfavorable, the king can set things right, lead Italy to join the Allies, and return to the right path. It is a winner anyway.

Compared with the king, the fat and bald head is like a naive child in politics, and he doesn't understand the dangers of politics at all.

It was Victor Emmanuel III's personal adviser, Duke of Aquilona, ​​the court minister, who secretly contacted Leonard Capet, and the secret meeting place between the two parties was St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Although St. Peter's Basilica is in Rome, it is not the territory of the Kingdom of Italy, but belongs to the Vatican City State.

The Vatican City State is the smallest and least populous country in the world, with a land area of ​​only 0.44 square kilometers. It is the "state within a state" of Italy.

Regardless of the small size of the Vatican City State, it still holds a high status in the eyes of Christians all over the world. Southern Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and France all have embassies and consulates in the Vatican, of which there are still two in France, the Free France and the Vikings. Greece and France have them, and the Vatican is where the nostrils are big. The staff of the two embassies and consulates look down and see each other, and it is amazing that they can get along peacefully.

The relationship between Leonard Capet and Duke Aquilona has twists and turns, and the Italian Husky attributes are fully reflected in this process.

After the Greek campaign, Leonard Capet made attempts to make contact with the Italians.

At this time the situation is not clear enough, the Italians are not enthusiastic.

After the North African campaign, the enthusiasm of the Italians rose sharply, but the conditions put forward were too harsh to be accepted at all.

In the North African campaign, Italy lost all its colonies in North Africa.

The personal representative of the Duke of Aquilona made a request to Frank Tilly, Minister of Free France to the Vatican, that after Italy withdrew from the war, the Allies could return the Italian colonies in North Africa to the Kingdom of Italy.

Not to mention Roque, Leonard Capet could not accept this result. In order to occupy Tripoli and Cyrenaica, the Allied Forces suffered 10 casualties and spent tens of billions of dollars. Now the Kingdom of Italy wants to go back in one word. Think beautifully.

The Italians don't feel too much.

After all, Italy did not ask for the Abyssinian Empire, which is already very face-saving.

The attitude of the Kingdom of Italy changed rapidly after the US-British military operations in Sicily began.

This time the Kingdom of Italy finally did not ask for the North African colonies, but the Kingdom of Italy hoped to join the Allies and obtain the protection of the Allies to avoid being invaded by Germany.

This request is normal. When the French navy sank in Toulon, the German army pushed southward without hesitation, and Vichy France had in fact perished.

The same is true for Italy, if Italy joins the Allies, then Mustache will definitely send German troops to occupy Italy to prevent Italy from joining the Allies and attacking Germany from the flank.

Frank Tilly had wanted to have a good talk with the Italian.

But the clumsy performance of the British and American coalition forces in Sicily gave the Italians another chance to bargain.

If we only look at the process of the Battle of Sicily, Patton and Montgomery are not famous generals at all, they are a pair of idiots.

Both Patton and Montgomery were Army generals who had never commanded paratroopers before the Husky program began.

Just before the launch of the Sicily landing campaign, the US staff submitted another version of the combat plan, upgrading the "Avalanche" plan to "Husky", which can also be translated into "Husky".

Both Patton and Montgomery erred in the use of paratroopers in the Husky program.

It is not terrible to make mistakes, but what is terrible is not learning from them and continuing to make mistakes.

When using paratroopers, Patton and Montgomery each made two mistakes. It is outrageous that the way they made the mistakes was exactly the same, which caused heavy losses to the British and American paratroopers.

In addition, the ground forces were also unable to move an inch because of the stubborn resistance of the Italian army and the German armored forces.

This gave the Italians an illusion that they could still save it.

"Lord Gironi, I have to remind you that the southern African army did not participate in the landing operations in Sicily. If the southern African army also joins in, do you have any chance?" Facing the capriciousness of the Italians, Frank said, No matter how good your temper is, there is a limit.

"The problem is that the southern African army hasn't joined yet. We shouldn't discuss things that haven't happened yet." Duke Aquilona's aide, Baron Gironi, seemed confident. Judging from the performance of the frontline troops, Gained a lot of confidence.

Before the launch of the Sicily landing battle, Marshal Kesselring, the commander-in-chief of the German Southern Front, realized that Sicily was in danger of being attacked, and transferred the Green Armored Division and the 15th Armored Infantry Division to Sicily in advance.

After the battle broke out, Kesselring sent the 29th Armored Division and the 11th Airborne Division stationed in France to Sicily. In this way, the defensive force of Sicily increased to four German divisions and 9 Italian divisions. The force exceeds 30, and the commander is the Italian general Guzzoni.

The Allied forces participated in the battle with a total of 15 troops. They were already at a disadvantage in terms of strength. The stupid operation of Patton and Montgomery caused heavy losses to the paratroopers. Now the battle in Sicily is in a stalemate. Eisenhower And Alexander is considering asking for Southern African intervention.

If the southern African army participated in the war, the victory of the British and American troops would be much inferior.

But if the campaign ends in failure, the adverse effects will be even greater.

"It will be soon, I can only say that there is not much time left for you." Frank's eyes were filled with sarcasm and pity.

Winston did not speak sufficiently of the Italians, who not only had a good appetite and rotten teeth, but were also ignorant and arrogant.

"What do you know?" Gironi had a premonition that something was wrong.

Frank laughed silently.

On the same day, bombers from southern Africa bombed the Rome railway station, and about 60 locomotives and hundreds of carriages, as well as a large amount of supplies stored in the railway station were burned.

It killed the Italians.

Italy also does not shed tears without seeing the coffin.

As the capital of Italy, Rome had never been bombed by the Allies before.

Before the outbreak of the Battle of Sicily, the Allied forces organized a three-week strategic bombing of Sicily, which did not reach Rome, so the members of Congress in Rome and the princes and nobles of the kingdom were safe.

Now that the false security is broken, the Southern African Air Force can bomb the railway station today, and the palace or the Capitol tomorrow. When the threat became imminent, Victor Emmanuel III finally made the right decision.

In the confessional of St. Peter's Basilica, Frank and Gironi meet again in secret.

The choice of this location is very meaningful. If you want to surrender, you must first repent, otherwise you will not have enough sincerity.

"There is only one way for the Kingdom of Italy to withdraw from the war, and that is to accept the decision of the Casablanca Conference and surrender unconditionally." Frank's demands are getting tougher, and the Kingdom of Italy has missed the best opportunity.

"No, no, the Kingdom of Italy doesn't want to withdraw from the war. We hope to join the Allies and fight for justice!" Gironi looked serious, like a judge in a court.

"Hey——" Frank laughed dumbly. Who is this for? God?

"His Majesty the King has decided to take back the power of the Prime Minister. Considering that the Prime Minister has a large number of supporters in the country, the Prime Minister will not be tried for the time being. After the war is over, we will hold the Prime Minister accountable according to law." Gironi still fought Ambush, the person responsible in Italy is not just fat and bald.

Gironi made it very clear that the power of the fat and bald head was granted by the king of Italy, so the king can withdraw the power of the fat and bald head at any time.

Then Italy's joining the Axis powers was decided by the fat and bald head. I am afraid that the king also has a lot of responsibility in this process.

"No, you must hand over Prime Minister Benito and accept the trial of the allied courts. At the very least, the allied forces must be in charge." Frank insisted on handing over the fat bald head. The trial is a trivial matter, and the key is the interrogation.

Fat and bald heads are still of great value, and there must be interrogations, and maybe a lot of them can be pulled out.

"No, no, even if Mr. Prime Minister's power is withdrawn, he was once the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, a part of the Kingdom of Italy." Gironi also insisted that in a sense, the fat and bald head represents the dignity of the Kingdom of Italy.

"Then we have nothing to say. The southern African military is formulating a combat plan to attack the Italian mainland. It will not exceed July at the latest. The southern African army will join the battle." Anyway, the French have never expected much from the British and Americans, and southern Africa is the real thigh.

After Giraud, the commander-in-chief of the Free French Army, was dismissed from his post, Charles de Gaulle had withdrawn the frontline troops to North Africa to rest on the pretext that the Free French Army involved in the Sicily landing operation suffered heavy casualties.

As a result, Patton and Montgomery had to invest ground troops in advance to participate in the battle. At present, the US Seventh Army under the command of Patton has landed in the southwest of Sicily, and the British Eighth Army under the command of Montgomery has landed in the southeast of Sicily.

It is said that Patton and Montgomery made a bet to see who could first take Messina, the largest city of the Axis forces in Sicily.

In this case, both Patton and Montgomery will go all out, and the British army and the American army will start a race——

Uh, no, it's not that easy. Lieutenant General Guzzoni of Italy will not give up easily. German armored soldiers are hard bones, and they are not so easy to chew.

"Then we will set the time (Italy) to withdraw from the war at the moment when the southern African army lands. As long as the southern African army lands, the Kingdom of Italy will withdraw from the war." Gironi is very cunning. If the southern African army does not land, Italy will Just surrender, that would be too embarrassing.

"Does it make sense?" Frank was speechless, the Italian definitely did it on purpose.

The original France also surrendered just before Paris was captured.

Now that the Italians are doing this, they are obviously pulling France into the water. What is the status of Free France among the allies, Italy must be the same.

The benefits of free France must also be enjoyed by Italy.

"Yes!" Gironi said seriously.

When Frank and Gironi were in secret contact, the fat bald head took a plane to Germany to meet Mustache and discuss the next phase of the battle plan with Mustache face to face.

"Some people in the Kingdom of Italy are in secret contact with our enemies, do you know about this situation?" Mustache asked face to face, he was very worried about Fat Bald's control over Italy.

Mustache has always been worried about Italy, and was deeply impressed by Italy's mutiny in the last world war.

At every critical moment, the Italians are always unexpected, and the mustache knows as much about Italy as the fat bald head.

"It's just some marginalized guys who are unwilling to lose power and are tossing about. There is no need to worry." The fat and bald head is very confident, without the slightest sense of crisis.

Mustache frowned, this guy is abnormal.

The political talent of the mustache is much better than that of the fat and bald head.

The fat bald head joined the Italian Socialist Party in his early years, was later expelled from the Socialist Party, and later organized the National Party, but now the National Party has become a tool for Mustache to control Italy.

Look at the process of Moustache's fortune. When he joined the Workers' Party, the Workers' Party had only 96 members. Moustache was neither the initiator nor the core.

Only six months later, Mustache became the leader of the German Workers' Party.

Compared with a mustache and a fat bald head, it's obviously scum.

"Don't underestimate anyone, or you will regret it—" Mustache is also very helpless to this ally, even knowing that the fat and bald head is a waste, Mustache can't give up easily: "—Do you need me to send troops to help you, You should make Italy a purer country."

"Of course, the Kingdom of Italy is being invaded by the enemy. We need the help of the German army to defeat our enemy." Fat bald's understanding of "help" is completely different from that of the mustache.

"No, no, you didn't understand, your biggest enemy in Italy is not abroad, but at home—" Mustache suddenly became irritable, losing control of his emotions, as if suffering from a disease.

In the past year, his condition has become more and more serious.

(End of this chapter)