At an intersection of a major Italian highway, there is a tall old tree that can be used to cool off. Under the old tree, in the knee high grass, there is a hidden "SD" equipped by the vanguard of the j group army of the German national defense force. kfz。 222 armored reconnaissance vehicle. The main task of this car now is not to detect the movement of the Italian garrison, but to channel the traffic for the main forces passing through here.
"The carriages on the left! Too many things to pull, too slow! Get the infantry off the road! Let the tanks and armored cars go through here first A conductor with a traffic sign standing at the intersection lost his helmet on the reconnaissance car because of the hot weather.
With their own equipment and luggage on their backs, German infantry on their way complained loudly and began to jump off the road. The road became a little looser. A German equipped leopard tank roared past the two slow moving carriages parked on the side of the road because of too much luggage.
The base number of German active forces is too large. It is impossible to realize the mechanization of this force. So after the German army was equipped with tens of thousands of tanks and tens of thousands of cars, they still used a large number of horses. These mules and horses played a very important labor role in the second line troops.
The j group army is obviously not the most important elite force of the German army. Although it has been fighting against the guerrillas for many years, it has rich combat experience, but it still can not change the fate of its serious shortage of equipment. Apart from the elite 8th armored army and the 10th armored division of the SS, most of the infantry still rely on horses as their mobile vehicles.
"The town of Ronnie in front of us started fighting. It's said that it was the main force of Italy, an armored force, which crashed into the vanguard of the eighth armored force and the defense area of two armored battalions." An infantry commander, who was riding on a high horse, introduced the news he had just heard to the adjutant who was also riding on a horse: "the battle was very fierce. This time, the Italians really fought a battle."
Italy, as recorded in history, is indeed not very good at fighting. At least it has been dragging the Germans behind when it was not ready for war. The Balkans and North Africa are typical examples of Italy losing and then pulling Germany into the water. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Italian army is really not strong.
But no matter how weak the troops are, there are still powerful forces that can fight. Are the troops of the Southern Song Dynasty very popular? But still in the fishing city to block the booming Menghu for 30 years. In fact, there is nothing to be surprised about the emergence of some Italian troops who dare to fight the first World War.
In front of Ronnie Town, an Italian armored brigade madly attacked the German army. After losing more than 20 tanks, the army gave up the attack and was forced to retreat. But their efforts were not ineffective. At least they killed the first German soldier since the German army crossed the Italian border.
The battle of Ronnie town was not large in scale. After only one truck was lost, eight German tanks launched a counterattack and repulsed the Italians. As time went on, four hours later, the Italian group army deployed in this direction announced that it would lay down its arms and continue to cooperate with the four divisions of German J group army.
"I said that it is not easy for us to get to Rome depending on our speed of propulsion. The head of state will certainly not mobilize only one of our troops. What about other troops? Or what about our reinforcements? " In the rickety armored command vehicle, general Holt's adjutant asked his boss, "now that the operation has begun, isn't it a secret?"
"Yes, it's no secret..." general Hote answered the question raised by his subordinates with a smile: "in fact, we have never been the main force of Italy. Our real identity is actually the reinforcement force."
After saying that, general Hote pointed to his head and said to his adjutant triumphantly, "the vanguard who entered Italy this time is not our j group army, but them... Those soldiers who are faster than our armored forces!"
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Inside the rickety, dark cabin, German soldiers with painted faces sat in two rows, one by one, armed with mp-44 assault rifles and G43 semi-automatic rifles. Maybe because they haven't appeared for a long time, they are a little afraid that the world will forget them, so this time they are ready to use a new victory to remind their opponents that some things must not be forgotten.
"We are about to arrive at the designated landing site, gentlemen! Check your parachutes and weapons, I need everyone to play 120000 spirit, pay attention to your feet and around! Shoot all the targets that look threatening Borol got up from the last line of soldiers and walked past his men one by one. This time, he still led the battalion's soldiers to parachute into the field, seize the airport and control all the Italian military facilities around.
Inside the dim cabin, the red warning light finally went out, and the green prompt light for parachute permission came on in time. The weather was very good, so the vision was very good. The pilots soon found the terrain signs they needed to find, so they immediately lit the green parachute indicator.
"All right! Gentlemen! Jump! Jump! Jump! Let's go down and tell the Italians that they are completely wrong this time! " Borol pushed open the cabin door of the plane, and then yelled to his men, "jump! One by one! Stretch your body! Come on! Come on! Come on The German Paratroopers jumped out of the plane one by one in the trembling plane. The parachute rope hanging in the plane opened the parachutes of these soldiers, and the sky immediately burst out a small white flower. These little flowers soon connected into a piece, like dandelions in general, drifting with the wind. Looking at his men all jumped out of the plane, borol finally jumped out of his plane, the familiar wind blowing on his cheek, let him feel the sense of belonging again“ Damanhur He yelled out this phrase in the sky, which inspired tens of thousands of German Paratroopers. This is the pride of German Paratroopers and the proof of their invincibility. Every time he jumped out of the plane, he would think of the place full of gunpowder, the North African battlefield, because they are known all over the world“ My God! a german! German Paratroopers An Italian soldier on guard, looking at the flying German Paratroopers, screamed in horror: "what's the matter? Sir! Sir... German! Here comes the German He quickly jumped off his guard and ran towards the officer's office in the camp. A group of Italian soldiers who had just got up were shaving and washing by the pool. Watching the Sentinels flurried past, they also noticed the descending German Paratroopers in the distant sky. An Italian soldier was so scared that he swallowed all the toothpaste in his mouth. They just received an order this morning to strengthen their guard against possible German invasion. However, this order was ignored as a joke. After all, the alliance with Germany and the slack combat readiness made these Italian defenders have no intention of preparing for war. Unfortunately, the appearance of this scene now makes their final fantasy come to nothing. The Germans really fight over it, and once it appears, it is such a shocking scene falling from the sky“ What about the anti-aircraft gun position? Why not fire? " In the office, the duty officer who got the news called angrily to question the permanent anti-aircraft gun fortification beside the airport, where there were 20 anti-aircraft guns, but none of them fired at the German army in the sky“ What do you mean you didn't get the order to fire? The Germans have invaded! Are you blind? Fire back The Italian officer holding the phone heard the words of prevarication from the opposite side and yelled angrily. Unfortunately, his roar had no effect at all, because there was obviously another person on the other side of the phone. A gentle voice sounded, but it was in German: "sorry, we have taken over here. If you understand what I said, please give up unnecessary resistance." Then the phone over there was hung up, and in the minds of the Italian officers, there was only a blank. Boroll was not idle. He hung up his phone and then took people to attack the airport. The battle lasted for just a few minutes. After several Italian defenders were hit by bullets and died wailing, the Italian garrison commander of the airport wisely announced his decision to give up resistance. The German Paratroopers all over the sky were like steel knives that pierced into the heart of the Italian garrison. In this chaotic situation, they had an unparalleled effect. Soon all the important towns in northern Italy were reduced to German occupied areas. Turin, Milan, Brescia, borzano and Venice changed their flag one after another and became German controlled cities. The poor border line, which claimed to block the German army for three to seven days, was ironically left behind by the German Paratroopers. Compared with the brutal Eastern battlefield, this war between Germany and Italy is like a military exercise, with no smoke at all.