Vol 4 Chapter 108: Heroic Italian soldier

Luigi Cardolna is in a good mood now. Since the outbreak of the World War, his morale of the Fifth Army has never been higher.
Regarding the recapture of Rome, Lieutenant General Luigi Cardorna believed that the victory was in his grasp. He had already figured out the deployment of the Allied Powers in the city, five Bulgarian infantry divisions plus five French colonial divisions, and some artillery units.
And these ten infantry divisions all came all the way. Before they could make up for the losses, they were all dissatisfied. The total strength would not exceed 150,000.
The Italian army, which was besieged by the city, had more than 800,000 and was fighting locally. It attacked the enemies of the labor division expedition with a strength of 5.3 times. Naturally, there was no reason for failure.
At the same time, Luigi Cardorna also secretly despised some of his colleagues, and more than 200,000 Italian troops defended Rome. He didn't persist for a day, it was just a shame to his uncle's house.
He completely ignored that after the Italian government announced its withdrawal from the war, the government immediately held a celebration to lose Rome's "drunk culprit"!
After Italy announced its withdrawal from the war, the Italian garrison in Rome began to take a holiday. How could a romantic Italian lose wine?
It's been more than a year, and it's rare to have the opportunity to indulge. Of course, officers will go to the ball, and the soldiers will be drunk.
Then there was no more. The Italians did not respond, and the enemy entered the city. In a panic, the government was busy running away, giving Rome to its enemies!
Of course, these things cannot be said. Naturally, the proper history of the government must be hidden. So everyone can condemn the shameful behavior of the Allies. It is not necessary to hold accountable!
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Luigi Cardolna, who is familiar with the Roman city, is familiar. Even the weak points of the city defense, he has roughly known.
The chief of staff said solemnly: "His Commander, the Army has already issued a combat mission and ordered us to launch our attack on time on September 16 at 7:20!"
Luigi Cardorna thought for a moment, and said with anger: "September 16 is tomorrow, and we will launch the attack on time when we call the Army!"
After more than a year of hard work on the Western Front, he didn't get any decent results. Now it's his turn to raise his eyebrows and exhale.
Restoring Rome is not the same as attacking France. Now the Italian soldiers have a much stronger will to fight, and he no longer has to worry about the soldiers playing soy sauce.
It must be known that the Italian army made a lot of jokes on the western front. For example, in order to avoid the attack, it was shorted opposite, and it also lied to the military that the French had attacked.
Or suddenly there was a food poisoning in the army, and the diarrhea started to be collective, and it was still diarrhea. The bitterness measures were used very realistically!
More often, when the offensive was launched, a scrambled rushed out and found a feng shui treasure. They were killed in a row. Basically, they were killed and wounded in minutes, two were killed in hours, and two divisions were killed in the morning. Little idea, I don't know if all the French people on the opposite side thought they were sharpshooters?
When retreating, one by one, resurrected with blood, climbed up from the ground and returned to the original road. In short, with their efforts, the casualties of the Italian army were reduced to the lowest point.
In accordance with the principle of blame for the law, Luigi Cardolner also took them for granted, and officers who dared to punish soldiers on this ground were mostly killed by stray bullets on the battlefield.
Now Luigi-Cadorna no longer has to worry about this problem, at least he has not heard the soldiers exchange life-saving stunts on the battlefield recently, but is cursing the shame of the Allies, or discussing the enemies in the city.
This is a good start. As long as the soldier has the courage to fight, he believes that the fighting force of the Italian army will not be worse than any other country!
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At 7:20 on September 16, as the flare burst into the sky, the Italian army began to attack.
At this moment, the genius just started to shine. Under the cover of the artillery, the brave and fearless Italian soldiers took their life's courage to launch the charge, and then ushered in a shot, the Italian soldiers began to fall one after another in the charge. On the way.
Of course, this did not attract anyone's attention. For Italian officers, this is a small scene, and it is not worth mentioning at all.
When they were on the Western Front, they had seen one or two divisions killed in less than an hour, and after a few hours, they ordered a retreat, and then suddenly died and resurrected.
How many people have been killed now? It's been more than an hour, and there were less than one regiment in the battle.
Anyway, under the cover of gunfire, they could not hear the screams of the soldiers. It was really a real death or a fake death. There was no way to tell whether the attack was still going on.
Over time, the enemy's defense remained as stable as Tarzan, but Luigi Cardolner didn't worry about it at all, this is just the beginning.
Luigi Cardorna calmly said, "Send someone to ask, what is going on with the artillery? Didn't eat anything, why is the shooting rate so low today?"
A young staffer said, "General, I think I should know the answer!"
Luigi Cardorna asked with a little surprise: "Oh, why?"
The staff member responded confidently: "General, opposite Rome!"
Luigi Cardorna spit out two words in distress: "Hell!"
The reason "opposite is Rome" is so powerful that he was too afraid to order the artillery to increase the accuracy rate. There are too many buildings that cannot be attacked.
In the event of damage to a particularly important building, whoever orders it bears responsibility! This is also a matter of no means. How can one's capital be fired unscrupulously?
No wonder the enemy immediately gave up the remote suburbs to fight street fights in the urban area at the beginning of the battle. This is expected to make them afraid.
Luigi-Cadorna frowned, thinking, if there is no way to use heavy artillery, what can I do to get in?
A staff officer suggested: "General, maybe we are more appropriate to attack at night. Now our soldiers are exposed to the enemy's line of sight, and the casualties will be too great!"
Luigi Cadorna thought for a moment and said, "Well, it's almost time for lunch now, and the idiots on the front line are probably tired, so signal them to come back!"
"Yes!" A commanding staff officer replied, and after exiting the command, he passed the command.
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In the afternoon, the chief of staff came over and said, "Luigi's situation is very bad. We are in great trouble!"
Luigi Cadorna, who was taking a lunch break, rubbed his eyes and asked, depressed, "What's the matter? Could you make our Chief of Staff so fuss?"
The staff member frowned and said, "This is the number of today's casualties, and our Fifth Army alone has injured more than 5,000 people!"
Luigi Cardorna said incredibly: "This is impossible! Do you think our army is a stupid Englishman? In the morning, more than 5,000 people were injured or injured. It must be that the people below were careless and wrong. Hundreds of casualties are against the sky!
You go check it again, I guess they may have written a decimal point! "
It's no wonder that Luigi Cardolna was incredible. He saw so many scenes when fighting on the western front.
Unless the French take the initiative to fight, as long as it is an initiative of the Italian army, the casualties can usually be well controlled within three digits.
The famous British Field Marshal Haig is the object they despise, and can actually set a record of 60,000 casualties a day. If replaced by the Italian army, the casualties could definitely be controlled within 600 people.
The chief of staff smiled bitterly and said, "I also think this is wrong. Unfortunately, I have checked this casualty report three times. I also went to a battlefield hospital in person. Most of them were full of bullets. Hurt!
Our soldiers were too heroic. Some people rushed to the enemy's position this time, and many of the wounded were brought back one hundred and eighty meters away from the enemy! "
Luigi Cardorna was dumbfounded, when did the Italian soldiers become so brave?
You should know that during the battle on the western front, a French regiment blocked the Fifth Army's offensive for three days, waiting for reinforcements to bring them back.
In the end, Luigi Cardorna nodded with a bitter smile. The Italian soldiers did become brave, and he was not used to it.
If the Italian soldiers have been so brave all the time ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Perhaps they are now in the military parade in Paris, after all, at the beginning of the war, their allies still have a great advantage.
Unfortunately, it's too late! Seeing the number of casualties this time, Luigi Cardorna was really unhappy. The Fifth Army had injured more than 5,000 people in one morning. What about several other groups? If the two divisions are not good enough, they have already played!
Luigi Cardorna thought for a while, and sighed, "We can no longer launch an attack like this blindly. The situation is not the same as before, and the casualties will be severe!"
The chief of staff also nodded in cooperation, and he suddenly found that the soldiers became too brave, which may not be a good thing, at least until they changed the existing tactics.
The chief of staff thought for a while and said, "Let's remind our comrades, in case they are negligent, the loss will be great!"
Luigi Cadorna smiled bitterly and said, "Well, remind them! By the way, the staff can count the situation and report it directly to the Army, telling them that the Fifth Army has done its best!"
The chief of staff reluctantly said, "Okay!" (Https: //)