My Italian Chapter 683

Chapter 685 Liberation of Nice

Admiral Robeck was as steady as a mountain and has not moved, which disappointed the Italian Navy Ministry.

Yes, this is indeed a trap.

No, this is a conspiracy. The battle cruise formation led by Lieutenant General Gomes also took risks. If it was surrounded, it would be a disastrous defeat.

Is it worth taking such a big risk to draw out the combined fleet of the Allied Powers?

Italian high-ups will tell you it's worth it.

Because if the combined fleet of the Allied Powers is resolved in the Mediterranean, then the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, and the Far East will have no opponents that can match themselves.

This will also allow the Italian army to use troops in Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia and other places under the protection of warships. This is simply a good situation that cannot be better. This will allow Italy to destroy the colonial rule of Britain and France and accelerate the possibility of its surrender.

If this can be achieved with the loss of five battlecruisers, Rome will wake up laughing from sleep.

However, the British and French sides did not take risks, and apart from making some mistakes on the Italian side, they could only arrange the Egyptian campaign step by step. The task of the navy is to suppress the enemy fleet, which is not an easy job.

However, if the Egyptian campaign wants to start, it needs the cooperation of other campaigns. After all, only if the fighting in other places stops can the Egyptian campaign have enough supplies.

At present, the Tunisian campaign is over, and even the Eighth Army has been transferred to the front line of Benghazi.

As for the battle in Corsica, it has now entered the stage of security warfare. The Italian army that landed has completed the occupation of the main town, and there are still more than 9,000 French troops retreating to the mountainous area in the center of the island to fight guerrillas.

At present, the 21st Army has dispatched two divisions to carry out encirclement and suppression. However, in view of the complex terrain of the mountainous area, as long as the enemy does not have a short-circuited mind, it is impossible to succeed in the encirclement and suppression in a short time. They can only work slowly and carefully.

In addition to the 21st Army, Rome also sent two mobilization divisions to Corsica. The price was that in addition to the 21st Army, the 16th Army, the Army Headquarters, and the Second Marine Division all evacuated from Corsica.

Two of the three battles have ended, so the most important battle of Nice has also come to an end.

At this time, the 11th Army, which was the flank, performed amazingly. Lieutenant General Cavillia first mobilized more than 3,000 elite troops, discarding everything except weapons and a day's rations, and then led them over the ridge, bypassing the French defensive position, and suddenly attacked Levan .

It quickly defeated Levan's few defenders. At this time, a regiment of French troops and a regiment of militiamen were caught blind, and they were blocked in the valley. Then under attack from both sides, except for a few who escaped over the mountain, most of the others were taken captive.

And this is just the beginning of Lieutenant General Cavillia's wonderful performance.

After capturing Levant, Lieutenant General Kavilia boldly divided his forces. The 31st Division was sent to attack the upper reaches of the Wa River.

The Wa River turned a large bay westward 6 kilometers north of Levant, and the 31st Division thoroughly implemented Lieutenant General Kavilia's instructions, and successively conquered Marcelon and Pigetene along the Wa River. , St. Benoit, etc. In three days, it has attacked all the way to the Luyin Pass, 4 kilometers south of Arno Town.

And as long as they continue to attack, they can go to the upper reaches of the Ferdon River and continue to attack along the river, then they can fight all the way to Perti, 40 kilometers north of Marseille. Although this is impossible, who can guarantee that the Italian army that continues to occupy this place will not be attacked from north to south in the future?

In addition, the move of the 31st Division does not matter. It directly cut off the 38-kilometer French army guarding the Alps east of Colmar, and directly cut off the back road. There is only an army of more than 30,000 people here, and it is impossible for a division to block the French army attacking from Riez and the French army coming down from the mountain.

So after receiving the telegram for help from the 31st Division, Lieutenant General Cavillia lamented that the 31st Division was really brave, and immediately sent the telegram for help to General Baxter.

And Admiral Baxter immediately sent a telegram to Turin, asking him to immediately organize an airship to transfer a division of the reserve team to the 31st Division, and also requested that it be completed within two days.

This blow made Turin seem to have been whipped up and down, and he immediately kept his feet off the ground. Of course, in the evening, 46 airships of various types were organized to transport an infantry regiment for the 31st Division.

On the second day, under the cover of various aircraft, 167 airships were organized to transport the troops of the 42nd Division for the 31st Division. Except that more than a dozen cannons and some emergency equipment were not delivered, Admiral Baxter's order was satisfactorily completed. Later, more than 4,000 troops were transported for the 31st Division, and more than 2,000 wounded were transported.

It was also by virtue of the reinforcements brought in in a short period of time that the 31st and 42nd Divisions withstood the enemy's two-sided attack, not only allowing their own side to facilitate the encirclement and annihilation of the 30,000 French troops in the Alps, but also to insert in the Haute-Provence area. A fantastic location.

The 31st Division turned the enemy upside down, and Lieutenant General Kavilia's performance with the 17th Division was equally equal.

The 17th Division first captured Saint-Martin-du-Var, then Castagnier, and attacked all the way to Gatière, which is only 9 kilometers away from the retreat of the French army in Nice. This is the most uncomfortable thing for the defenders of Nice.

As for why, you directly occupy the back road, which is forcing the defenders of Nice to find you desperately. However, Lieutenant General Cavillia only has one division in his hands. If there are three divisions, he will not choose to directly occupy his retreat route, but will advance to a distance of two kilometers. The enemy can pass, but the casualties are definitely not small. In addition, because they did not block the road, the French soldiers lost their desperate thoughts. In addition, it can also use its panic psychology, which may cause the opponent to be defeated, which is a surprise.

The 11th Army made a huge fuss on the flank, which really surprised General Baxter. He didn't expect the 11th Army to achieve such outstanding results.

But since the flank troops can fight so well, he will take Nice to complete the campaign goal.

Although the three armies, the main force of the Southern Group Army, can't play any tricks in the offensive in the coastal narrow strip, they still have the ability to gnaw at them step by step (for the 11th Army to fight, they can only gnaw slowly).

Although the enemy has many bunkers, tunnels, and permanent fortifications, the Southern Group Army has already gained experience. First, they used heavy artillery to destroy the strong and obvious fortifications, and then used smoke bombs. The commandos armed with light machine guns, submachine guns, shotguns, Dynamite rushed up, and occasionally there was a new flamethrower.

After the commando first disrupted the enemy, the infantry behind also rushed up. Then there is the fight on the battlefield, whoever is stronger wins. Of course, this tactic has had its successes and its failures. However, the army is still very satisfied with the tactics that have been explored. Except for some useless elite soldiers and smoke bombs, everything else is very good.

And under the gnawing step by step, the Southern Army finally fought from Eze to the top of the East Margue in Nice. It is only 2 kilometers away from the city of Nice, and any artillery can hit the city of Nice.

At this time, facing the situation where there were enemies in front and behind, Lieutenant General Fast wanted to withdraw.

Although there were not many enemy troops behind him, he was a little afraid that the enemy airship would come to transport him by air. Speaking of it, he is also a waste of people who design fighter jets, UU reading www. Otherwise, uukanshu.com would not let Italian and German fighter jets swagger over their heads.

I heard that a new type of fighter jet with a machine gun on the nose is already in production, but it is a pity that it has been put into Paris. As for the Sixth Army defending the Italian-French border, none were captured. On the one hand, the production of aircraft is small, and on the other hand, the Battle of Paris has entered the last five minutes, and even if the shoulders are crushed, they must bear it.

Facing the telegram that Lieutenant General Fast wanted to withdraw, Admiral Ebert replied directly after thinking about it. Nice must have fight.

Well, Lieutenant General Fast understands.

Lieutenant General Fast then gradually withdrew his troops from all positions, leaving only one regiment of troops to defend Nice, and ordered them to defend for a day, and then led his troops to retreat to Sadre, which was regarded as the first withdrawal. Nice area. In the face of the retreat of the French army, except for a little fight from the 17th Division, they all retreated successfully.

As for why Italy let go of the 100,000 French troops in the Nice area, it doesn't want to smash Nice in a word.

On October 17, Nice returned to the embrace of Italy.

Make up for the chapter that was missing yesterday

(end of this chapter)

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