My Italian Chapter 678

The defeated army at Buluo Mountain Pass went up the mountain. Although they avoided being annihilated, this also gave way and cleared an obstacle for the 11th Army.

Of course, the 11th Army would miss this opportunity. After getting through the Colin Bridge, its forward 24th Division caught up with the retreating 71st Division in the valley five kilometers away from Les Calaine.

Speaking of it, the 71st Division was also unlucky. It wanted to meet the defeated army at the Buluo Pass, but it failed for a long time at the Kelin Bridge. Then the target who was going to meet told himself that there was no need to wait for them, they had to take the mountain road to leave.

This made the commander of the 71st Division vomit blood angrily. He lost a lot of troops in order to ask for help, and now he left with a word, leaving them messy in the wind.

As a result, he was caught up by the 24th Division because he moved slowly with a large amount of heavy equipment.

At this time, facing the pursuit of the 24th Division, the 71st Division had no choice but to stop and prepare to counterattack. As for leaving the troops to cut their tails to survive, this is simply impossible. If this is to survive by docking the tail, the commander of the 71st Division can only be ordered to retire.

Of course, the 71st Division also knew that it would be difficult to block the enemy's 24th Division with its own troops that had suffered a lot of losses, so it immediately asked the 23rd Division that had just arrived for help.

Facing the request for help from the 71st Division, Major General Costa, who was the first-line commander of Les Calenas, immediately sent a brigade for reinforcements.

At this time, in the face of the increase in the enemy's strength, Major General Odorovan, the commander of the 24th Division, performed very well. He first sent the vanguard to hold back the enemy, and then deployed two regiments to insert obliquely into the mountains on both sides, assuming a posture of encircling and annihilating the 71st Division.

Although this was blocked by two regiments sent by the 71st Division, it fell into the trap of Master Odorovan. The mountains are not easy to walk, and it is not easy to retreat. Especially for the Italian army with mortar bonuses, mountain warfare is a compulsory course.

In the previous battles, it was shown that the performance of the French officers and soldiers in the mountain battle was far inferior to that of the Italian officers and soldiers. At this time, letting the two regiments guard the two enemy regiments is a bargaining chip for the 24th Division. If the enemy retreats, the two regiments up the mountain will be lost.

Of course, the 24th Division also paid a price for this. The 71st Division, which was reinforced by the French 23rd Division, tried to repel the 24th Division, but the 24th Division did not take a step back despite the huge casualties.

The actions of the 24th Division proved to be not in vain. One day later, the 17th Division arrived, and more importantly, various heavy weapons also arrived. At this time, the 17th Division, which was reinforced, had no time to retreat.

When the enemy is under heavy pressure, it is actually not a good choice for the disadvantaged party to retreat, because it can easily lead to a rout. At this time, Duran, the commander of the 71st Division, made a serious wrong decision. Seeing that the enemy's troops were increasing, he wanted to use the cover of night to gradually withdraw his troops from the position.

This was discovered by the vigilant enemy, so under the fierce attack of the enemy, the position of the major general who was short of troops was quickly broken through, and a defeat was inevitable. Of course, the officers and soldiers of the 11th Army will not miss the opportunity to beat the dog in the water.

As a result, under the pursuit of the officers and soldiers of the 11th Army, these routs became bigger and bigger. Driven by the rout, a large number of French officers and soldiers also fled.

The offensive force composed of the 17th and 23rd divisions even used the help of the routs to attack Les Carrens in one fell swoop. Driven by these routs, how could the low morale of the French army in Les Carrens resist the ferocity? The officers and soldiers of the 11th Army. Even Major General Costa, who is the commander of Lescalen, has repeatedly encouraged his soldiers, but seeing the steady stream of routs, how can the soldiers calm down and fight.

As for these broken soldiers, Major General Costa also wanted to gather them, but it was useless in front of these panicked broken soldiers. It sent a gendarmerie and two companies of soldiers who were directly dispersed by it, and dozens of gendarmerie were killed for this.

Now these defeated soldiers have no morale and only want to escape. Anyone who wants to stop him is his enemy. The failure to gather the rout made Major General Costa feel that something was wrong, but now facing the approach of the 11th Army, he was helpless and could only ask Lieutenant General Fast for help.

Facing Major General Costa's request for help, which had been given high hopes, Lieutenant General Fast must have read it with mixed feelings. The person who was given high hopes failed to fulfill his entrustment. Although the main responsibility for this was the commander of the 71st Division, how could Major General Costa, as the commander, have no responsibility.

His biggest responsibility is that he failed to hold the key point of Les Calaine, which was captured by the 11th Army in only 18 hours. The reinforcements sent by Lieutenant General Fast could only retreat to Stuart together with the defeated troops of Lescalen.

Here is a fork, where a stream flows into the Parno River. In addition, it is also the junction of the road from Les Calènes to Nice and the road from Coalaz to Nice, and it is also one of the most important points in the northeast of Nice.

Using the terrain to dig fortifications is the basic skill of the army. As long as they are given three days, a well-equipped field fortification can be built. But it's a pity that Lieutenant General Cavillia didn't give them a chance at all.

In the early morning of the next day, the officers and soldiers of the 17th Division first appeared in front of them, and the fierce battle began.

In the next two days, the 11th Army has also arrived. With superior force and firepower, it took only three days to conquer Turt. Stewart was able to be breached so quickly, in addition to the ferocious offensive of the officers and soldiers of the 11th Army and the powerful firepower, it was also because Lieutenant General Fast did not send reinforcements.

As for why he didn't send reinforcements, it was because the reserves in his hands had been sent to more important places. Is there anything more important than Stewart?

That is the small town of Eze, a small town buried on a coastal mountain. It is not only located on the top of the mountain, but also only 7 kilometers away from Nice in a straight line. It can be said to be the main point of the gateway to Nice. The capture of this place has a far stronger impact on Nice than Stewart, because the large-caliber artillery of the Southern Army can directly bombard the city of Nice.

From this point alone, it can be seen who is more important, not to mention that the Southern Army Group is the main force of the heavy troops. The 11th Army is just a partial division. Although it can fight, its importance is far less than that of the Southern Army.

Of course, Lieutenant General Fast paid enough attention to the Southern Army. Two-thirds of the troops in his hands were defending the opponent, but his equipment was too good and his personnel were much higher than his own. Under the dual advantages of firepower and manpower, solid positions and fortresses were conquered one by one.

The Southern Group Army has nothing to say about conquering these defensive facilities such as fortresses. It just gnaws at it step by step, using firepower and depleting its troops.

In this more than a week, the Southern Army has consumed 200,000 tons of ammunition, which has already caught up with the consumption of the previous border battles. Such a large ammunition consumption even aroused the vigilance of Admiral Simeone, and he sent a telegram to Admiral Baxter to inquire about the situation.

For this reason, Admiral Baxter immediately sent the details to the head of the army. After seeing that most of these shells were consumed by attacking various strong and permanent fortifications, Admiral Simeone later warned to pay attention to the consumption of ammunition.

The fact that the head of the army attaches so much importance to the consumption of ammunition is also the reason why ammunition reserves are constantly being consumed rapidly. Before the war, the Italian military stockpiled 1.35 million tons of ammunition, but now there are only 650,000 tons of ammunition reserves left.

Although the Italian military industry can produce 3 million rounds of ammunition per month at this time, it is still not enough for the military to consume. The bulk of the consumption is the army, and in the army, the battle on the Italian-French border consumes the most. This is normal. The continuous mountains on the Italian-French border determine that the effective damage effect of its shells is far inferior to other terrains.

In addition, the Ministry of the Army is already preparing for the Egyptian campaign at this time~www.mtlnovel.com~ In order to prepare various materials, the Ministry of the Army is very busy, and it must be extremely sensitive to the key materials such as ammunition. Therefore, Admiral Simeone sent a telegram to inquire, which is also what he should have meant.

With the breakthrough of the two-line Italian army, the situation in the Nice area is favorable to Italy. Taking advantage of the favorable situation, it is natural to strike while the iron is hot, so the 11th Army has started to do things.

At this time, the 17th and 31st divisions that had just broken through Conte, led by Lieutenant General Cavillia, rushed along the road to Levan in the west. They had to climb over two mountains and cross a long valley to reach Lewang. Wang, the whole journey is 37 kilometers. To know that the straight-line distance from Lewang to Conte is only 9 kilometers, one can imagine the complexity of the terrain.

This also allows many dangerous places along the way, which are very suitable for the enemy to fight against.

But it is not without good news. According to intelligence, the road from Conte to Levant is basically a militia, and there is only one regiment of French troops in Levant.

For the 11th Army, this good news is enough to defeat all the changing news.

(end of this chapter)

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