My Italian Chapter 670

When Borgo in northern Corsica was attacked by the Italians, it was also attacked on the south side of the island.

Propriano is the fourth largest city in Corsica and the third largest port in Corsica. It is only 30 kilometers away from Ajaccio, the largest port city in Corsica.

But at this time in the city hall of Propriano, Lieutenant General Brasso, commander of the 16th Army under the Sixth Army, was receiving the surrender letter from the mayor of Propriano.

"General Brazo, on behalf of all the residents of the city of Propriano, I declare my surrender to you."

Lieutenant General Brazo said after receiving the letter of surrender from the mayor. "Please rest assured, Your Excellency, our army is here to return Corsica to the embrace of Italy. As long as there is no danger to our army, we will protect you from harm."

Facing Lieutenant General Brasso's assurance, the mayor was relieved, and he also explained to the citizens of the city.

Speaking of which, the surrender of the city of Propriano was thanks to the help of the island's independent organization. The mayor of Propriano's secretary is a member of an independent group. Under this persuasion, the mayor, who had no confidence in holding Corsica, also surrendered to Italy under his persuasion.

Of course, the mayor alone is not enough. The independent organization also instigated the rebellion of the two militia regiments stationed in Propriano. These militias were formed by the local and nearby militias in Propria. Under the propaganda of the independent organization, these people were somewhat resistant to the Italian army's operations. After some discussions, they chose anyway after getting good conditions.

As for why the Corsica Independent Organization is willing to help Italy, the reason is very simple. Apart from its cultural and language bias towards Italy, it is also because Italy promised to provide development funds for Corsica after the war.

In addition, the rapid development of Italy in recent years has also been seen by Corsicans. Compared with the situation in France where I belonged to my grandma and uncle and didn't love me, changing my affiliation would not be worse than before, right?

As for why not directly choose independence, these independent organizations are not stupid. At this time, they choose independence during the world war, not to mention whether the Italians will do it or not. In order to ensure the ownership of Corsica, France may have to implement an expedient policy. up.

The surrender of the city of Propriano allowed the Italian army to have a port in Corsica. Although this port cannot berth larger ships, and the port facilities are relatively backward, there are still small and medium-sized ships and sufficient manpower. It became a supply port for the Italian army in the south.

The next task of the 16th Army is to rely on the port to attack Ajaccio.

The news of Propriano's surrender without a fight naturally reached the ears of Lieutenant General Fofana, the highest commander of the French army in Corsica and the commander of the 37th Army.

"These **** traitors, they betrayed France, they made deals with the enemy, they deserve hell."

After seeing the news, Lieutenant General Fofana became furious and cursed those who surrendered with his most vicious words. What made him so angry was that apart from his anger at Propriano's surrender, he also worried about the future of the officers and soldiers of his 37th Army.

For the attack on Corsica, France has long been psychologically prepared. As early as 1910, the French General Staff formulated the Italian Army's attack plan on Corsica, and in the following years, the French General Staff gradually perfected the plan.

According to the plan of the French General Staff, the French troops in Corsica should defend the landing sites where they are easy to land with heavy troops. (The terrain of Corsica has led to very few locations on the island that can perform landing tasks.)

Seeing this, some people may ask, is that all?

Don't worry there are more.

After the plan was unable to resist the forced landing of the Italian army, the French army on the island was required to resist steadily and then retreat to the mountains on the island, and then rely on the vast mountains to launch an attack on the Italian army on the island. Relying on more than ten supply warehouses in the mountains, 40,000 French troops can live in the mountains for a year and a half.

After the French army launched a counterattack, the French army fighting guerrillas on the island could cooperate with the outside world to help the landing French army take back Corsica.

Hey, this plan is not suitable for the French army's attack-oriented style at all, and it has turned to guerrilla tactics.

The French army is not an idiot, the huge gap between the two navies can be seen by the blind. With such a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy's and our navies, it is no wonder that the person who made this plan is not a spy to place a large number of troops on Corsica.

Therefore, the French army can also formulate plans according to local conditions. Of course, this is due to the fact that the strength gap between the two parties is too great.

And Lieutenant General Fofana, who was cursing in the Ajaccio headquarters, was also venting at this time, and was about to think of a solution. At this time, the chief of staff, Major General LeBlanc, rushed in.

"Commander, what is it that deserves your anger?"

Facing the inquiry from the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Fofana handed him the telegram. "Look, this is news from Propriano."

After quickly browsing the content of the telegram, Major General LeBron frowned. "This is indeed a big problem. For us, Propriano's behavior will have a big disadvantage in the next battle."

Major General LeBron could see the impact on them at a glance, but then his voice changed. "Haven't we already made various contingency plans? I remember that we have four different contingency plans just because the local people no longer welcome us."

As the commander of the army, Fofana certainly knew what his chief of staff meant. At this moment, the commander couldn't calm down, how could he reassure others.

"I lost my temper. Bordeaux rejected the request for additional supplies before, and I received news that Propriano had defected to the enemy. I couldn't restrain myself."

Lieutenant General Fofana was persuaded by these words, and LeBron would naturally not continue to say anything. No matter what he said at this time, it would easily have a bad effect.

Just when Major General LeBron was about to say something, a communications officer suddenly walked in.

"Report!"

"Come in."

"This is a telegram from Major General Bex."

Major General Bex is the commander of the 52nd Division stationed in Borgo. What news will his telegram send?

At this time, Lieutenant General Fofana and Major General LeBron both had a bad feeling.

Then Lieutenant General Fofana took the telegram and read it. The content of the telegram was very short but the content was very disturbing.

"Let's take a look, Chief of Staff."

Lieutenant General Fofana, who was trying to calm down, passed the telegram to the chief of staff.

Major General LeBron also felt dizzy when he saw it, because the telegram sent by Major General Bex was all bad news.

First of all, the 52nd Division suffered heavy losses. During the three-day Borgo defensive battle, it lost more than 6,000 people and lost the ability to continue fighting. (A division has only six or seven thousand first-line infantry. Without these anti-line infantry, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com will lose its combat effectiveness)

In addition, in view of the current situation in Borgo, Major General Bex requested to evacuate here.

"Send a telegram to Major General Bex, and I agree to his request to retreat."

After thinking for a while, Lieutenant General Fofana agreed to the other party's request.

After the staff officer left, Lieutenant General Fofana spoke to his chief of staff with a wry smile. "Now I have lost confidence in the ability to implement the plan formulated by the General Staff."

Although Major General LeBron wanted to persuade his army commander, he couldn't speak when the words came to his lips. Because he knew that it would be against his will to say it now, so he had no choice but to say it in the end.

"For France, we can only persevere."

"Yes, for France."

There is no need to question the French army in World War I. It really blocked the German attack with blood.

(end of this chapter)

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