Age of Rebirth

On the North American battlefield, all the Italian soldiers have become synonymous with trouble and unreliability. Apart from laziness and lax military discipline, those young Italian soldiers spend most of their time chasing women and bragging , Even the tasks that ordinary militiamen can do, such as guarding logistics warehouses and maintaining transportation lines, are a mess.

What made Marshal Rommel most speechless was that in Hot Springs on the south bank of the Arkansas River, there was a large military warehouse of the No.40 Ninth Army, which stocked a large number of weapons, equipment, ammunition, and military supplies. The 136th "Fascist Youth of the Italian Army" "The motorized infantry division, guarded by a whole regiment of troops, has all kinds of tanks and cannons, and it is far from the rear of the battlefield, with a distance of more than 300 kilometers.

Even the smell of gunpowder smoke on the battlefield could not be wafted here by the wind. In the end, something happened. The Americans only sent a small team of about fifty people, sneaked into the warehouse in broad daylight, and quickly defeated Italy. A motorized regiment of the Japanese, after burning all the military supplies, kicked the Italian soldier's buttocks, beat them hard, and then retreated from the whole body and left gracefully.

When Marshal Rommel received the report, he was so angry that he had a headache for a long time. Many times, he really realized that commanding the Italian army is not as easy as commanding the Mexican army. Now, the Italians finally get out and hit the rocks , I can't tell the whole body is relaxed.

After smiling for a while, Rommel saw that the sunshine in North America in January was brighter than usual, and ordered the adjutant, "Send a telegram to the General Staff immediately. The Italian troops on the battlefield in North America are fully dispatched. Go to Japan in Asia and help Japan." People have gone to fight against Tang Qiuli's troops. Regarding this, what attitude should the South American Army Group adopt? Please give a clear order from the General Staff Headquarters?"

Of course Rommel knew what attitude His Excellency the Führer would have. Otherwise, he would not have dared to make his own decisions, and agreed to Feisald's request and sent a telegram, which was nothing more than routine.Your Excellency the Führer should be very happy to see this result.

On January [-], [-], General Feisald, the commander of the Italian Asia Expeditionary Force, led the Italian troops that had been on the North American battlefield, and marched out in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Newport and other places on the west coast of the United States. Board the ship at the port, and sail to Japan with high spirits.

Japanese reinforcements under the command of Admiral Faisald included the 136th Motorized Rifle Division "Fascist Youth", the 52nd "Turin" Motorized Rifle Division, and the 17th "Pavia" Rifle Division.25th "Bologna" Infantry Division, 27th "Brescia" Infantry Division, 134th "Arrow" Armored Division, 23rd "Blade" Motorized Infantry Division.The 64th "Taranto" Infantry Division, and the 124th Artillery Brigade, the 18th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade and other units.A total of about 12 troops.

In addition, there are more than 1 large and small warships collected.The escort fleet and an air wing have about [-] combat aircraft.This is the entire lineup that Mussolini wanted to carry the beams for the Japanese. The troops left on the North American battlefield were no more than [-] people, guarding the stalls that had already been obtained.

Don't look at the Italian armies, the names are loud and majestic. Most of the divisions are named after ancient Roman gods and mythical heroes, but the actual combat effectiveness is only known to God, and Mussolini certainly does not know it. Admiral Feisald, who was full of troops leading the expedition, was also unclear.

As for the 10,000+ Italian officers and soldiers, I don’t even know. They only know that the Asian Chinese who are still fighting with rifles are going to fight this time, so there will be no pressure or fear. What they think of is probably once. A relaxing trip to Asia?

In Hitler's office in the Fuehrer's office in Berlin, the Chief of the German General Staff, Field Marshal Struns, handed Rommel's telegram to Hitler. After reading it, Hitler smiled wryly, and then a strange look appeared on his face. But he said nothing.

Strongs couldn't see through the expression of His Excellency the Head of State, what it meant, he emphasized: "Marshal Rommel is waiting for your next order from the Head of State!"

Hitler didn't follow this topic, but shook his head again and again and said, "Dear Strong, I really can't understand why my old friend Mussolini would do such a stupid thing?"

"My head of state, do you need Germany to come forward and remind the Italians? After all, they are our allies!" Strongs suggested.

"No, no, no!" Hitler denied without hesitation, "This is a matter decided by the Italians themselves. My old friend has been fainted by Li Lingzhi. The fact that he needs blood, let him wake up!"

"Besides, the Italian army staying in the North American battlefield has given us not help, but trouble. I don't want the German army to allocate part of its energy to take care of them. The stalemate in the North American war has already put pressure on Germany. , Telegram back to Rommel, my attitude towards this matter is to ignore it!"

Strong smiled knowingly. He knew the intention of His Excellency the Führer, and it would be good to let the Italians suffer. He was about to leave when Hitler stopped him again and said with a strange expression: "Dear Strong , your general staff should report this matter to my old Chinese friend Tang Qiuli immediately, and the content should be detailed!"

Strong hesitated for a moment, wanting something, but in the end he didn't speak. Instead, he gave a Nazi military salute silently, turned and left. Hitler walked to the window and looked at the cold wind howling Berlin under the January sky. On the street, I said to myself: "Ignorance or fearlessness, greed or self-confidence?"

Busan, the southernmost part of the Korean peninsula, is the location of the Independent Division Division. Major General Chen Feng, the director of the division's communications department, walked into Tang Qiuli's office with a chill in his body. He took out a telegram from the file folder and said: " Commander, I just received a routine war report from the German General Staff, but today's report is related to the Italians!" Then he handed the telegram to Tang Qiuli.

"Italian?" Tang Qiuli couldn't help frowning slightly, with a bad premonition in his heart. After reading the telegram, his face was filled with anger, with an expression of extreme contempt, he picked up the phone, "Yuhe, come to my place!"

A few minutes later, the division chief of staff Zhao Yu and the lieutenant general hurried in, glanced at Chen Feng, and asked, "Teacher, what's the matter?"

"Look at this telegram!" With that said, Tang Qiuli handed the telegram to Zhao Yuhe.

Zhao Yuhe quickly browsed through the telegram, with a strange expression on his face, and said, "Master, I can't think of any reason for the Italian army to help the Japanese?"

"Reason!" Tang Qiuli sneered, and said, "That Mussolini doesn't need a reason, as long as the Japanese give him enough benefits, he will go through this muddy water. If he wants to help the Japanese, he has to look at it." Do you have the capital! The Italians are courting their own death!"

"Yuhe, where is the Southern Fleet now? Can it reach the waters around the Aleutian Islands within five days?"

Zhao Yuhe immediately understood the division commander's intentions, and wanted to change the mission of the Southern Fleet, and destroy the lifeless Italian escort fleet and troop transport fleet in the waters around the Aleutian Islands!

Zhao Yuhe shook his head and replied: "Master, Commander Tang's Southern Fleet is currently located in the waters north of the Marshall Islands. There are still at least seven days' voyage from the waters of the Ogasawara Islands that were originally planned to attack. If they arrive at the Aleutian Islands In the sea area, it will take about three weeks at the fastest, and at present, we cannot prevent the Italian army from entering the Japanese mainland!"

"Forget it! The Southern Fleet will not change the established mission!" Tang Qiuli did not mean to be disappointed, and said: "The Italian army with 10,000+ people can't change the fate of the Japanese. One is fighting, and the other is beating. Just waste more ammunition and take more prisoners!"

If the 10,000+ reinforcements in Japan were German soldiers, Tang Qiuli would definitely not be as relaxed and careless as he is now. The performance of the Italian army on the battlefield during World War II in history is enough to be summed up in the word "wonderful".

In the Libyan battlefield in North Africa, during the Battle of Tobruk, the Allied forces used an armored division and an infantry division, but a force of more than 4 people, to attack the city of Tobruk, which was defended by more than 5000 Italian soldiers. The result of the battle was , Relying on the fortifications, the Italian army was defeated. More than 208 people were killed, nearly 87 were captured, and [-] large-caliber artillery pieces and [-] intact tanks were left to the Allied forces.

The price paid by the Allied Forces for this was a total of more than [-] casualties. Therefore, Tang Qiuli did not have the slightest pressure on the Italian army, the famous pig teammate on the battlefield of World War II in history. He was just surprised that Italian Prime Minister Mussory Ni, what kind of guts do you have to meddle in the current war? It can only be explained by "the ignorant is fearless!"!

Tang Qiuli, who has been a man for two generations, understands the virtues of the Italian army, so of course he will not feel any pressure, but Zhao Yuhe doesn't know that the 10,000+ Italian reinforcements are enough to make him feel heavy and under great pressure.

Seeing that the commander didn't care, Zhao Yuhe hurriedly reminded: "Master, the Italian army should not be underestimated. On the Australian battlefield, one can infer that the Italian weapons equipped by the Japanese army are very powerful!"

"Now, the Italians are helping the Japanese to fight against us, which means that the troops must be the most elite. The situation on the battlefield has changed. Should the division guide be adjusted? The battle plan for attacking the Japanese mainland, this new opponent , we must pay attention!"

"No need!" Tang Qiuli shook his head contemptuously and said, "With the participation of the Italian army in the Japanese homeland defense war, they can only fail faster. Teammates like pigs, hehe! This time, the Japanese are their own Make trouble, don't ask me why, just watch the result!"

Tang Qiuli didn't plan to tell Zhao Yuhe the reason, and he wouldn't believe it, so it's better to keep it in suspense.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)