Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Seeing that Beniamino agreed, Gao Hongwei got up and sent Beniamino away, and then went to see Lin Yuan to report the situation. Lin Yuan did not speak during the whole report process, but was thinking quietly.

Gao Hongwei said helplessly after the report: "Shuai Lin, I don't understand one thing. The national strength of the Kingdom of Italy is not enough to fight against us. Why is the Kingdom of Italy so arrogant? You haven't seen the appearance of the Italian special envoy, his appearance , as if the Mediterranean campaign were all our fault."

Lin Yuan laughed, "The Kingdom of Italy will die by itself, don't think so much."

Gao Hongwei nodded slightly, and Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I think the Kingdom of Greece is still very well-behaved, so you don't need to be taught a lesson, but the Kingdom of Italy, children are disobedient, so they should be spanked."

Hearing what Lin Yuan said, Gao Hongwei knew that Lin Yuan had a military operation, so he didn't ask any further questions, but stood up and said, "Shuai Lin, if you have nothing else to do, I'll take my leave first."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly, and got up to send Gao Hongwei out. Gao Hongwei was so excited that he almost cried when he saw Lin Yuan standing up to see him off in person.

Lin Yuan sent Gao Hongwei out, returned to the table, picked up the phone, and directly called Shen Xin, commander of the Siberia theater, and asked, "How is our army in Libya?"

"Report to Commander Lin. His morale is high and his fighting spirit is in full swing. He wants to attack the Kingdom of Italy and avenge his brothers who died in the Mediterranean battle."

"Very well, I order you to complete the preparations for attacking the Kingdom of Italy in one day. The location of the attack is to choose Sicily in southern Italy."

Sicily is the largest island in southern Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean, with an area of ​​2.57 square kilometers. This island is the gateway to the southern part of the Kingdom of Italy. If you want to attack the Kingdom of Italy, you must first attack and take Sicily. During the Second World War in Lin Yuan's era, the Allied forces landed on this island and then invaded the mainland of Italy.

When Shen Xin heard Lin Yuan ordering him to attack Sicily, his voice was filled with excitement: "Marshal Lin, can we use the landing route of the Allied forces during World War II as our marching route?"

"Of course, the landing route of the Allied forces was determined after repeated consideration. Of course we can use it."

"Understood, but landing in Sicily, our landing force will face a considerable difficulty."

"Oh? What difficulty?"

"Our army lacks landing ships. This army was originally going to attack Gibraltar. Gibraltar is small in size and its coast defenses are not tight. It can land without a special landing ship, but Sicily can't. If we don't have a landing ship Assisting in the beach grab, I am afraid that it will be massacred by the speedboats and coastal defense firepower of the Kingdom of Italy."

Lin Yuan's heart sank. What Shen Xin said was true. The troops in Tripoli did not have large landing ships and beach landing craft, which meant that the army had to use small boats to get close to the coast. In this situation, the landing time is greatly extended, and the probability of being killed by the enemy is also greatly increased.

But now it is too late to mobilize landing equipment such as star-class landing ships and air-cushion landing crafts for the troops in Tripoli, Lin Yuan thought for a while, "Then you should do a good job of air-ground coordination, and I will assign the blue sea carrier battle group to your command. "

"Understood!" Shen Xin agreed and started preparations.

Lin Yuan immediately mobilized the battle group of blue sea ships and aircraft carriers to leave Gibraltar. Of course, Lin Yuan did not dare to transfer all the warships away. The Wang Jian and Lian Po ships stayed behind, and the navy on Wang Jian and Lian Po also stayed. Marines, but the number of these marines is only more than 400, not enough to control Gibraltar.

In order to arrange enough troops in Gibraltar, Lin Yuan sent a request to France for help, asking France to send troops to assist China in defending Gibraltar.

Don't look at the fact that France never helps China, but it is very active in this matter. As soon as the French government received Lin Yuan's request for help, it immediately sent [-] French troops to station in Gibraltar. If France has any ideas about Gibraltar Well, China's four hundred marines are not enough for the French army.

A few days later, Beniamino, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Italy, came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again to meet with Gao Hongwei. This time, Beniamino's attitude changed somewhat. He said in a deep voice: "We admit that the Mediterranean incident was our deliberate attack. However, we will not agree to your country's truce conditions, your country's truce conditions are clearly boiling frogs in warm water, and we want to boil our Italian kingdom until the skin is scorched and the meat is tender."

Gao Hongwei smiled helplessly, "Mr. Beniamino, I really don't understand, what kind of ability does your Kingdom of Italy have to dare to confront us and China."

Beniamino was also frank, "Mr. Gao Hongwei, I don't know how much you know about military affairs?"

"I don't know much about military affairs."

"Then I don't need to say anything more to you. What I want to tell you is that if your country wants to attack our Kingdom of Italy, it will inevitably pay a huge price."

Before Beniamino finished speaking, the door of the conference room suddenly opened. Beniamino and Gao Hongwei looked at the door involuntarily. This door will never be opened during the negotiation period. People outside want to come in. , You need to go through the small door on one side. This is a common diplomatic practice in the world. I don’t know who the person who came in broke this practice.

The person who came in was a handsome young man. Although he looked young, the faint wrinkles at the corners of his eyes told others that he was already in his 30s.

Gao Hongwei exclaimed in surprise, "Shuai Lin, why are you here?"

Beniamino also met Lin Yuan, recognized Lin Yuan in an instant, and was stunned. Lin Yuan walked up to Beniamino with a smile, and said with a smile: "My Gao Hongwei doesn't understand military affairs, but I Understood, Mr. Beniamino, do you want to say that our army in Tripoli does not have advanced landing combat equipment, and will be hit hard by your firepower when we land on the beach, right?"

Lin Yuan hit the point, Beniamino nodded awkwardly, Lin Yuan laughed loudly, "Mr. Beniamino, don't worry, our army, even with swimming rings, can swim to Sicily I will now officially notify the Kingdom of Italy that I will soon send troops to attack Sicily. If the Kingdom of Italy does not agree to our conditions, we will take down Naples, Rome, Florence, and Milan." (Sorry, this chapter is updated late, welcome everyone to join the Canghai Reader Group - 142216023)