Imperial Overlord

"What else can we do? We can only acquiesce to the Germans entering the Balkans." In Rome, Italy, Mussolini sat helplessly in his seat and said to his generals and marshals.

He once made a smug decision to attack the Balkans, and in order to stabilize Germany, he took part of the interests of Libyan oil fields.

Now it seems that the most idiotic thing is what he did before! The invasion of the Balkans has once again exposed Italy's weak combat power to the whole world; and paying the price to ask the Germans not to intervene, it seems even more stupid now.

So far, Mussolini had to give the Germans another favor, so that after Germany entered the Balkans, it would give Italy a share of the power...

"We can only wait for the Germans to go south and open up the situation to see how much benefit we can get." Mussolini mentioned these things, and he was not angry.

He deliberately plotted the Balkans, but in the end he could only get part of the interests of the Balkans under the wings of the Germans - this was seriously inconsistent with his plans for the restoration of the Roman Empire...

In Mussolini's impression, the mighty Roman Empire was a country that swept the barbarians to dominate the world. But now his Italy, let alone sweeping the opponent, has not given Mussolini even a decent victory.

Pitiful! sad! Sobbing! Sigh! Mussolini now wants to use various arias to express the desolation and pain in his heart.

There were not many choices before Mussolini. He would either come up with the conditions that the Germans were interested in, and once again delay the time for the Germans to intervene.

Either they can only abide by the previous agreement and promise the Germans to enter Yugoslavia from the north and cross there to attack Greece.

Looking at the generals who were sitting in front of him, who said nothing, Mussolini suddenly felt that it was more realistic to follow Germany and drink soup than to rely on these idiots and the army they commanded. ...

After thinking about all this, Mussolini suddenly realized in anguish that if he had seen it earlier, at least he would have saved a lot of time and money.

The most painful thing in the world is that after paying the cash for shopping and paying the bill, the sign that says 50% off by swiping the card is on the top of the head...

"Since everyone has no opinion, then I will inform Count Ciano and let him tell the Germans of our decision..." Finally, Mussolini said this.

In front of him, the Italian generals and marshals remained silent. Joke, what to say at this time, it's not their style at all, okay?

In the hearts of these generals and marshals, they have long been determined to carry out the soy sauce to the end. If you want to be a good actor, you must have the persistence of the extras - if you don't have lines, you don't have lines, and you don't give much lunch, so why do you work hard?

Looking helplessly at the men in front of him who didn't even look directly at him, Mussolini finally sighed and announced the end of the meeting.

Then these mud bodhisattva-like marshals and generals came back to life at once, and walked out of the conference room in groups of three or five, leaving behind a lonely leader like Mussolini, looking at the clean table at the conference table. Ashtray stay.

If it wasn't for the fact that smoking in front of the leaders was too disrespectful, maybe these generals would really fill these beautiful ashtrays made of glass with cigarette butts?

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"Yes! I understand! The attack will start within 2 hours!" In the combat headquarters of the 12th Army, Marshal Liszt held the telephone receiver in his hand and assured Yuan there.

He was ordered to execute the plan of action to invade the Balkans, and the Germans would attack within 2 hours. His troops have an absolute advantage, and their opponents are pitifully weak.

The 12th Army has assembled hundreds of bombers and corresponding fighter escorts. These aircraft ensured absolute German air supremacy in the Balkans.

And the number of artillery and tanks, the Germans also have a complete advantage. Liszt's troops could easily cross the border and enter Yugoslavia.

In the forward position, the 12th Army also has a plan in mind. Stretching from Hungary to Bulgaria, Germany surrounded Yugoslavia from three directions, and the other side could not concentrate its defense at all.

In such a situation, Liszt's 12th Army and the German 2nd Army commanded by Weicks, who ensured the safety of his army's flanks, could easily tear apart the opponent's defense line.

After putting down the phone call from Yuan, Liszt grabbed the phone dedicated to giving orders and said his order: "Let the troops cross the border and enter Yugoslavia within two hours!"

It didn't take two hours, because the preparations were very good. After an hour, the German infantry pushed aside the temporary roadblocks covering the border road.

German soldiers carrying Mauser 98k rifles, commanded trucks and motorcycles to cross the border and headed deep and fast towards Yugoslavia. The reporters accompanying the army recorded the "heroic" posture of these soldiers with the cameras in their hands.

In fact, in the border areas, the vast majority of German troops encountered no resistance. The sporadic line of defense was quickly broken through by the powerful German army, and villages and cities were occupied by the German troops of high advance.

Because in the past, Yugoslavia was a pro-German regime, and because of the Italian attack, the relationship between the two sides suddenly became tense.

Now, the arrival of the Germans is seen by many as a liberation. They crossed the street to welcome the arrival of the German army, leaving the German commanders overwhelmed.

For example, in Croatia, there are many Germans, and the rest are more pro-German. The German army was warmly welcomed here, and there were even children following the German cars, cheering and begging for candy.

Although there may be countless troublesome partisans born here, at least for now, the Germans are still very popular.

Marshals Liszt and Weicks, the two armies under their command went hand in hand, advancing 50 kilometers in one day.

No one thought that Germany would fight this war so smoothly. Even Marshal Brauchitch of the 6th Army Headquarters was shocked by this.

Yuan seems to have predicted it right again. After Italy invaded the Balkans, he took down a third of Yugoslavia almost without a single shot!

What is even more gratifying is that it seems that depending on the situation, they will also take the other two-thirds of the Yugoslav territory at the same price.

Liszt's headquarters was in chaos, because the troops were advancing too fast, and his plans were almost turned into waste.

"Hello? Command? Yes! My infantry division has advanced over 3o kilometers... The flanks are very dangerous, yes! I have to stop advancing!" On the phone, an infantry division commander introduced the situation. road.

In another phone call, the armored unit of the 12th Army encountered a traffic jam and was stuck on the road, and asked the engineer unit to rush over to help...

The air force's reconnaissance to search for the enemy's position seems a bit redundant. Hundreds of planes taking off are in the sky.

, but did not find any worthy attack targets.

Liszt and his lieutenants and the commanders of the 12th Army were busy. They have to move their headquarters forward to keep up with the advance of the troops.

As a result, before he could leave his office, the area occupied by the front-line reconnaissance troops advanced another 5 kilometers.

The German command was thrown into chaos because it was advancing too fast, and the Greek garrison command was also thrown into chaos because the German army suddenly attacked.

In the command headquarters, which was already a mess, the phone seemed to never stop ringing. No one cares because all the phones are ringing.

There are reports that Germany has entered Yugoslavia, and there are reports that German aircraft appear on the border.

There were also calls from the garrison command on the northern front, calls for reinforcements, or for more ammunition.

The news came from all directions, causing a headache for those who heard it. The entire northern line of defense is like a fishing net, with holes everywhere and air leaks on all sides.

It is impossible to stop the enemy's attack by relying on such a line of defense, so everyone is desperately dispatching troops, hoping to strengthen the defense force there...

Regrettably, this deployment, due to the lack of its own weapons and the shortage of the number of troops, has no effect at all.

Greece now has a basic strength of only 15 infantry divisions, all of which are now on the front lines against Italy.

As for the northern region~www.wuxiaspot.com~Greece deploys temporary troops. Not to mention the low combat effectiveness, even weapons and equipment are scarce.

The combat effectiveness of the two sides is not at the same level at all: the German army has had 1ooo aircraft, while the Greek and British expeditionary forces combined, only 4oo aircraft can fight.

Of course, if the mass gap between the planes is counted, the power balance will be further expanded.

Who could have predicted that the German attack started so suddenly and directly threatened the flank of the Greek defenders?

The British side was still busy withdrawing its own troops. The Greek defenders, who lacked ammunition, had only a pitiful number of troops on the northern defense line.

The current situation is very bad for Greece, and it is also bad for British and American plans to use Crete.

The 12th and 2nd German armies in Yugoslavia were attacking too fast and had seriously threatened the security of Crete.

The British troops who were ordered to guard the safety of Crete had to quickly withdraw from the Albania region against Italy and move towards the northern line of defense.

Their strength is very small, which is negligible compared to the hundreds of thousands of German troops. But these British troops could only obey orders, rushed to the defense zone, and fought ten times as many enemies to the end.

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