My Italian Chapter 229

Following Carlo's strict orders and various urging orders from Rome, all parties in the kingdom had to speed up the progress, the most notable of which was the Italian Army in Albania.

The headquarters is located in the headquarters of the Balkan Army in Tirana, and General Cadorna, the chief of the general staff as the commander of the army, has just dropped a telegram.

This was from Admiral Saragate, Secretary of State for War. The content was mainly the request of King Carlo, and he also asked what else he needed.

In the face of this obviously urging telegram from the Minister of War, Admiral Cadorna couldn't help but rubbed his somewhat swollen temples and showed a wry smile.

Originally thought this location was a beautiful job, but only after arriving in Tirana did I realize that it was a hard job.

As the War Minister said, the Ottoman defenders relied on the dangerous terrain of the Dinara Mountains to defend stubbornly. Due to the limitations of the mountains, the heavy firepower of the Italian army could not enter the mountains at all, and could only attack it with light artillery.

However, although the number of Italian light artillery has an advantage, the limitations of mountain operations cannot suppress the opponent's artillery like the plain terrain.

Therefore, in the absence of artillery suppression, Italian officers and soldiers fought particularly hard.

Basically, it is a competition with the hilltops of the Ottoman defenders, and it takes a lot of effort just to climb the hill.

But when they managed to capture the top of the mountain and drive away the enemy, it turned out that there were more fortifications to contend for, which made many officers and soldiers feel really discouraged.

Moreover, the Ottoman defenders were not made of wood. What kind of night attack, cold guns and cold guns would come to the Italian officers and soldiers from time to time, which made everyone nervous.

Therefore, the attack speed is not fast at all, and can only be advanced steadily and gradually at a speed of one or two kilometers per day.

But this time, the urging telegram sent from Rome made Admiral Cadorna feel great pressure. He felt he couldn't go on like this anymore.

At this time, the previous suggestion of Lieutenant General Simone, the commander of the Third Army, immediately came to his mind.

Cadorna, also a decisive man, picked up the phone immediately. "Send someone immediately to get Lieutenant General Simeone, and say I have something to look for him."

Fortunately, in the past two days, the Third Army had just retreated, which enabled him to find Simone quickly.

After about an hour or so, Lieutenant General Simeone hurried to the headquarters. After a briefing, he finally came to General Cadorna. However, Your Excellency Admiral has a lot of things, and there are still people reporting.

Sitting on the bench outside the office, Simone faintly heard the sound coming from the door.

"You are too slow, you must transport the heavy artillery to Emmeniti as soon as possible."

"I don't want to listen to your explanation or your reasons. You only have two days. If you can't get it, I will send you to a military court in person."

General Simeone was very surprised when he heard Admiral Menne Cadorna's energetic voice penetrate the door. This chief of staff rarely got angry, let alone so angry.

But despite hearing these angry voices, Simeone was not worried about himself at all. You must know that his third army is the best group on the entire front, even if it is a board game, it will not be his turn.

After a while, a general wearing the rank of major general walked out of the office with a frustrated expression on his face.

Simone knew him. This was Major General Gardner, the brigade commander of the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade. Although he was in charge of only dozens of artillery pieces, the minimum caliber was above 150 mm. However, due to the restrictions on heavy artillery in the mountains, Let it have little chance in this war.

Of course, according to what he just heard, it seems that Admiral Cadorna will forcibly drag the heavy artillery into the mountain.

After greeting the nodding planner, Simeone was invited into the office.

"Simeone, here you are."

Admiral Cadorna, who was the commander, smiled when he saw Simone come in, and he couldn't see that he had made such a big fire just now.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, here I come."

In the face of the friendly greetings from the Chief of General Staff, what else can Simeone do, naturally it is the same friendly attitude.

After waiting for both of them to sit down, Admiral Cadorna continued to speak. "Simeone, the plan you proposed last time, after some consideration, I think it is feasible."

After hearing that the Chief of General Staff said that he would consider his own plan, Simeone didn't say anything on the surface, but he was excited for a while. In fact, it has been almost a week since he made the proposal.

"So when will the program start?"

Simeone's inquiry was not a problem for Admiral Cadorna, he took out a plan and said. "Start tomorrow. This is my slightly modified plan based on your plan, you can take a look first."

Simeone took the plan and read it seriously without saying a word. In the face of serious Simone, Admiral Cadorna didn't bother him, and for a while there were only the sound of pendulums and flipping books in the office.

This plan is really done according to Simonyi's previous proposal, focusing on the current four Italian mountain brigades in Albania, as well as his third army, to form a strong attacking force, and then the independent second heavy artillery brigade will also be in two days. Join in, with the assembly of superior troops supplemented by powerful artillery, forcibly break through the heavy troops laid down by the enemy's Kichivo Mountain Pass, and enter the Macedonia region.

The Kichevo Pass is the closest pass from Tirana to the important town of Prilep in Macedonia. From Albania to Macedonia, there are currently five such passes~www.mtlnovel.com~ But the most important three are, leading to the future The Kux pass in Pristina, Kosovo region, the Gostivar pass to Skopje, the core city of Macedonia, and the Kichevo pass to Prilep.

The reason why Admiral Cadorna chose the Kichevo Pass is that the position of Prilep is very important, it can not only threaten Skopje through the flank here, but also continue to threaten Macedonia's largest port Thessaloniki to the west. Convergence of Bulgarian troops.

Of course, this is just the general outline of the plan. In addition, it is about troop assembly, subdivision of attack direction, artillery configuration, etc. There are twenty or thirty pages of such content, and it takes at least an hour to read. Watched for an hour and a half.

During this period, Admiral Cadorna sat in his office, waiting for him to finish the plan.

Admiral Cadorner asked only after he had put down the plan. "How about it?"

"It's much more complete than I thought before. I feel that according to the plan, we can definitely break through the enemy's interception within five days."

After hearing Simeone's words, Admiral Cadorna stretched out three fingers. "Only three days."

This made Simeone stunned for a moment, and the time is too tight.

Seeing Simeone's expression, Admiral Cadorna still couldn't understand, he directly told the five days given by Carlo.

Since this is an order from the king, it seems that there is no room for negotiation in terms of time, and Simeone is also very straightforward, "That's okay, but I still need some supplies and equipment."

After hearing Simeone's words, Cadorna smiled. "Whatever you want, as long as it is available in Albania, I will find it for you."

While the two of them were discussing the next battle plan, in the warm Aegean Sea, a large fleet was sailing towards Thessalonica.

Chapter end