Vol 4 Chapter 100: Raiders in Italy

On July 16, 1916, the Allies simultaneously launched a landing operation in three ports of Civitavecchia, Lido Diostia, and Latina, which opened the prelude to the battle of the Apennine Peninsula.
On July 25, in the Allied Coalition Command, Lieutenant General Walicot was holding a military conference. Although the landing operation has begun, the frontline warfare was somewhat unexpected, and the Italians were more prepared than they expected.
It's normal to think about it. After all, it involves the security of the capital. Coupled with the geographical location of the Italians, after the loss of sea power, their coasts will no longer be safe.
The allied forces participating in this battle include:
Bulgaria: 5 infantry divisions (approximately 17,000 infantry divisions), 2 heavy artillery brigades (approximately 3,800 per heavy artillery brigade, with 108 types of artillery), 5 bombing brigades (each with 36 Bombers) and 6 fighter brigades (each with 48 aircraft), with a total strength of about 100,000;
Britons: 2 Canadian divisions (approximately 15,000 each), 2 Australian divisions (approximately 14,700), 1 New Zealand division (approximately 13,600), 10 Indian divisions ( Each division has about 153,000 people), 4 heavy artillery regiments, with a total strength of about 230,000 people;
French: 5 African divisions (about 14,000 each), 1 heavy artillery regiment, with a total strength of about 72,000.
On the surface, the Allies have 25 infantry divisions with a total of 400,000 troops. It seems that it is really possible to split Italy into two, and you can choose your landing point!
But in fact, the only combat force is only the five main divisions of Bulgaria. The other British and French colonial forces are far from weaponry and combat will!
From the perspective of Lieutenant General Walicot, all five Bulgarian divisions could sweep through the twenty colonial divisions. This is not an exaggeration!
Many of the soldiers here have just joined the army, and after only a few months of short-term training, they were sent to the battlefield!
Those who are really willing to die for Britain and France are estimated to be less than one fifth, or even less! Most people are forced to join the army because of their livelihood, or they are forced into the army directly by the colonial government. What is the morale?
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After the landing operation began, Lieutenant General Walekot was naturally reluctant to let the main forces go to mines. There was no doubt that the assaults were British Indian divisions and French African divisions, even the British's five autonomous territories. The white divisions are all staying behind.
Originally according to the original plan of the Allies, landing in Italy was an assault. The main strategic purpose was to force the Italians to redeploy their troops from the front to return to Rome, and create combat opportunities for the British and French coalition forces on the western front.
After all, the Italians can become a member of the great powers, and they also rely on their own strength. Britain and France have never thought about it, and this Italian division alone can defeat the Italians.
This is too unrealistic. If all the colonial forces are replaced by their main forces, there may still be a slight possibility of realization.
If it is only to achieve this strategic goal, it is not too difficult. Now the Italians are almost unable to persevere. If they continue to fight, they will have to consider drawing troops from the front line.
What the Allies lost was the cannon fodder. Neither the British nor the French cared about their lives. They were not worth it anyway.
But the Italians couldn't do it. All who died were their own citizens. What's more important is that the current war loss ratio is a special pit of 2.2: 1. On average, it takes 2.2 casualties of Italian soldiers to complete a cannon fodder. This business is very cost-effective for the Allies.
No way, who told the Italians to lose both air and sea power at the same time? There are aircraft bombing in the sky, and warship bombing at sea. Their casualties are not that big!
But now it's different. Ferdinand ordered Lieutenant General Walicott to complete the landing operation as soon as possible. The soldiers approached Rome and even occupied Rome, forcing the Italians to withdraw from the war. This difficulty factor has grown exponentially!
Lieutenant General Walicter said cautiously, "Generals, I call everyone here today, because with the change of the form on the battlefield, we have to change the battle plan we made earlier.
As you can see, these are the intelligence we have collected recently. The Italians are mobilizing nationwide. Based on their population base, it is estimated that the Italians can mobilize more than 2.2 million troops.
And the Germans also recently provided a batch of weapons and equipment to the Italians, which will reach the hands of the Italians next month. At that time, at least hundreds of thousands of Italians will be armed, and our mission will fail!
Not only can't force the Italians to withdraw from the Western Front, but also give them the ability to continue to send troops to the Western Front. I don't think everyone wants to see such a result. "
Everyone carefully read the information. There is no doubt that the information is true, but some irrelevant content has been deleted. For example, the strategic materials of the Italians have been unable to keep up with the consumption, and the Italian people have begun to resist joining the army. .
Therefore, the more people look the more ugly, especially the French! The combat effectiveness of the Italian army is not good, but even if it is no matter how wasteful, suddenly adding millions of Italian troops can still change the battle situation!
Major General James took the lead in asking: "His Commander is right, the strength of the enemy is increasing, we must modify the battle plan, we must not let the Italians complete military mobilization!
But what do we do now? With the strength we have now, it is almost impossible to defeat the Italians? "
The world war just broke out. Everyone thinks this is just an ordinary war. It can end at most a year and a half, and the preparations are not very good.
The only countries that completed industrial mobilization from the beginning of the war were Germany and Bulgaria.
When the war entered 1916, the French also began industrial mobilization, followed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the British Empire, and finally the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy.
As for the other participating countries, industry can be ignored and industrial mobilization cannot be ignored. Of course, Belgium is an exception. It was over from the beginning of the war and there was no opportunity for industrial mobilization.
Before the outbreak of war, no one thought that after industrial mobilization, the war would continue, because the manpower and material resources that both sides can devote to the war have greatly increased, and the time required to divide the victory and defeat has also become more Grow up!
Fighting requires soldiers, soldiers need weapons and food, and production of weapons and food requires workers and peasants, and workers and peasants are recruited into the army to fight.
When the unprecedented huge human resources were directly invested in the battlefield, at the rear, the manpower required for the production of the war also increased to an unprecedented level.
In the past, wars only required the active participation of soldiers and some artisans, and most people were just spectators. Gone are the days when most people served the war directly or indirectly.
At present, the industrial mobilization of the Italians has not been completed, and their comprehensive national strength has not yet fully erupted. Once they have been mobilized, the French disaster will come!
As a French major general, James naturally wants to avoid all this. As long as he can achieve this goal, he doesn't care if the entire army is annihilated now!
Well, Walicott knew that the reason he was looking for was not sufficient. As long as he calmed down and thought, he would find that it was almost impossible for the Italians to complete the full mobilization.
The Italian granaries are in the south and Sicily. Now that Sicily has been occupied, the south is not less frequented by the navies of the Allies.
At least now, a large part of the food supply of the landing forces of the Allies is the selfless contribution of the Italians!
In order to alleviate the food crisis, a large-scale land reclamation campaign has begun in Italy. The corner areas that were previously inconspicuous have now been developed.
In this context, how is it possible to continue to mobilize? Now the ally cannot provide so much food to support them!
The authorities are amazed by the spectators. For Major General James, he can no longer calm down and analyze, even if there is only a slight possibility, he cannot take risks!
After all, no one can guarantee that the Italians will come to the rescue once and for all, betting desperately, as long as they break the French defense, their food problem will be solved!
Now that the French are so cooperative, Lieutenant General Walicot will naturally not explain any extraneous issues. When he saw it, he said, "It's very simple. Continue to attack the other two routes, and gather troops to attack Civitavecchia!
At present, the Italian army has five divisions in the port of Civitavecchia, with a total strength of less than 70,000. As long as we attack with all our strength, they can't stop it!
And Lido Diostia, because it is closest to Rome, now the Italians have deployed ten divisions there, with a total strength of about 130,000.
Latina is almost the same as Civitavecchia. The Italians also deployed five divisions. If they land from here, it is also possible, but it is not conducive to our subsequent operations.
The Italians still have 15 divisions in Rome, and although most of them are Uzbek, we are still not sure to defeat Italian reinforcements before they arrive.
Therefore, in addition to attacking Rome, we have another option-to cut off the north and south arteries of the Italians!
After we occupy Civitavecchia, we can choose to attack Rome south or northeast to pick up the railway. Before the main Italian troops arrive, we can blow up at least hundreds of kilometers of railway!
In this way, in the next few months, the transportation between the Italians and the north will only be carried by horses. If their troops on the western line do not retreat, they will probably be hungry! "
Wallicot still did not say, and now killed the Italians, which is also related to the right to speak.
It is not necessary to fight for the dominant power of the British and French, but to defeat the Italians and let them surrender their military dominance, they will definitely jump out to compete. After all, this relates to the distribution of post-war interests and the distribution of the right to speak in the future Mediterranean seas problem.
Once the Italians are defeated under Bulgaria's dominance, Bulgaria will have an advantage in the future distribution of the benefits of the Allies in the Kingdom of Italy.
This is definitely not what they want for Britain and France. Perhaps France now has no ability to draw a large number of troops from the country for the sake of local security. It can choose not to fight, but John Bull will definitely jump out.
After all, the British have n’t exploded yet. They still have the strength to mobilize another 200,000 to 300,000 troops from the country. This is not a problem at all!
Now that everyone is eyeing the Kingdom of Italy, it is logical that Lieutenant General Walicault chose to hide his purpose.
Anyway, no one now believes that 100,000 Bulgarian troops and 300,000 colonial troops can let the Italians surrender. As long as Wallicot has caused the established facts, Britain and France cannot ignore their accounts.
Although I don't know what medicines are sold in Walcott's gourds, with the intuition of the soldiers, Major General Winston felt wrong. When did the Bulgarians become so selfless?
Major General Winston questioned: "Her commander, may we have some inadequacy? Once the Italians have responded, we may not be able to resist their counterattack?"
Wallicot said with a smile: "General Winston, you worry! Don't forget that our mission is only to arrest the Italians and force them to draw troops from the front to return to the country!
Anyway, as long as the landing is successful, everyone's first task is to destroy it. This is not our homeland. What is there to worry about?
I firmly believe that destruction is far easier than construction. In just a few days, we can cause a serious blow to the Italians!
I do n’t think it is necessary to stick to Rome unless we are lucky enough to conquer Rome. Let the Italians want to regain their lost ground and let them do it!
The big city that caught them in the back and continued to attack can still achieve our strategic purpose! "
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After exhausting all efforts, Walrickt finally reluctantly persuaded everyone to agree with his plan. As long as the first step is successful ~ EbookFREE.me ~ it's easy to do later!
Walcott believes that as long as they see the hope of conquering Rome, even if it is for their own benefit, they will cooperate with themselves later!
It is believed that few people can resist the temptation, which is enough for everyone to be promoted collectively. Even if there are some exceptions, it will not change the overall situation!
The British and French officers assigned to the colonial forces are not very well mixed in the country. Now they have the opportunity to make great achievements and turn around. If anyone dares to do damage, they are against them!
After all, many things cannot be said on the table, these are hidden rules! Even most of the middle and lower ranks and soldiers did not even know that this would happen!
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