Imperial Overlord

"Matro is so close, they even said that they won't attack if they don't attack! They don't take me as a leader in their eyes?" The leader's voice roared in Mussolini's office in Rome, the capital of Italy. 【No pop-up novel network】

Troops on the Italian North African front stopped and froze in a very embarrassing position.

They were only less than 20 kilometers away from Matrouh, and these 20 kilometers had turned into a distance that seemed to be endless.

Their tanks lacked fuel, they lacked offensive ammunition, and even the food and fresh water needed to stay here.

The Italian army is not without combat effectiveness, they do have some combat effectiveness - but they lack a reason to fight to the death.

They don't have the quality of fighting to the last moment for the head of state, nor the quality of professional combat soldiers like the Germans.

At the same time, they don't have the madness of the Japanese army who want to die for His Majesty the Emperor and stay in a cave for 30 years...

Therefore, it was a tragedy for the Italians - the armies of the Axis countries were fighting more with less, but they all won, which made Italy, who fought with more and less, look like a melon.

Of course, it's not a shame to play more and less, but the key is to lose more and lose, that's enough shame.

"Mr. Leader! They were forced to stop there..." A general stood in front of Mussolini's desk and explained to Mussolini helplessly.

"I didn't send them enough supplies? In order to let them continue to attack, I even postponed the plan to attack Greece! Delayed!" The leader Mussolini did not buy his account, and was still furious.

Indeed, in order to support the operations in North Africa as much as possible, the Italian army's top officials have assembled their few supplies.

In the end, because of the Libyan oil fields, they decided to suspend the attack on the Balkans and attack the British in North Africa first!

I have to say that this plan is very correct, and concentrating materials is also a relatively correct approach, which is much better than the situation in which Italy sent troops to restrain each other in real history.

After all, they were too hasty and too optimistic about their disastrous logistical capabilities.

They did gather their own materials, but these gathered materials were not so rich and sufficient.

In Libya, they can barely fight a defensive battle, but these arms are obviously not enough to capture the distant Matrouh, or even Alexander behind Matrouh.

On the other hand, the poor logistical supply in Italy has become the main reason for restricting the delivery of Italian materials to the front.

Now, in Benghazi and Tobruk, the supplies of Italian materials are piled high, but the ones that can be delivered to the front line in time to the hands of Italian soldiers are really pitiful.

In this state, Marshal Graziani naturally chose the safe method of stopping the advance, and even he began to frantically suggest that the Italian headquarters "adopt a more conservative combat deployment".

He really didn't have the guts to suggest "retreat" to Mussolini, but all he had in mind was to retreat because he felt his troops were in danger.

As if timid animals have an instinctive sense of danger, Graziani has a similar ability.

He tends to be stable on weekdays. When things get out of his control, he will instinctively choose to bring everything back into his control.

Of course, this kind of effect displayed in such a good situation of victory is to be timid and timid like a mouse.

"Leader! In Libya, our 10th Army's transportation capacity is too poor, which affects their operations." Another general hurriedly spoke and continued to explain for Mussolini, who had little understanding of the military.

In the eyes of all the generals, their supreme commander is always an idiot who doesn't understand military command, and he needs to obey their arrangements to be truly wise.

Does it sound familiar? This is the same way that the civil officials in the Ming Dynasty evaluated their emperors: those who listened to the words of the civil officials were all Mingjun, and vice versa was a typical example of ignorance!

This method of judging one's own boss has been passed down from generation to generation, and it is still popular in modern times: leaders are always ignorant and stupid...

"Actually, I can't blame Marshal Graziani... Our preparations in Libya are really bad..." The Italian general who was the first to speak followed up with a panacea.

When Mussolini heard this explanation, he was immediately furious - the most recent statement he heard was the phrase "Italy is not ready".

The Italian industrial system is not ready for war, and now Italian production is in such a mess that it is impossible to even manage it uniformly.

The Navy used a "big victory" to create a gold medal for avoiding death for themselves. Now they are not willing to take another step except patrolling within Malta.

As a leader, Mussolini couldn't tell them yet - anyway the navy fought a naval battle of Oran and won, and the army's performance was really bad. How could he criticize the navy?

Mussolini himself was well aware of the situation in the army. They were really unprepared, and could even be said to be a complete mess.

"I told Hitler that we won't be ready for a full-scale war until 43 years! But he couldn't wait to start the war last year!" Thinking of the useless appearance of his army, Mussolini was not angry. come.

Theoretically, the blame should go to Germany, which is eager to start the war, so the Italian army is also happy to throw this blame on the German head of state.

At least after throwing the blame, Mussolini has no way to trace and reprimand. Because facing the head of state in Germany, the Italian leader has some lack of confidence.

Especially after seeing the German army swept through France, I saw the intelligence strength of the Führer - although the intelligence was given by the fake Führer, Mussolini did not know it.

"But if you let the soldiers on the front line hold on a little longer and attack Matrouh, the situation will improve, won't it?" Mussolini, who was unwilling to give up, asked his generals again.

Matrouh is too important for the current situation, at least in Mussolini's view, after taking Matrouh, many things will improve.

If Matrouh is captured, there is a city to rely on and a port to exploit.

Although due to the blockade of the British navy, the transportation of materials from the sea suffered a great loss, but because of the sufficient quantity, even if the loss was recognized, the materials reaching the front line would be much more.

This is an important reason for Mussolini's eagerness to get Matrouh, and another reason has to do with politics.

The German foreign service, under Ribbentrop's command, jumped up and down to enter North Africa to reinforce Italy, much to Mussolini's distress.

North Africa has always been Italy's traditional sphere of influence, and Mussolini certainly didn't want to let the Germans reach out like that.

However, because of the negotiation relationship between the Libyan oil field, the Germans have actually reached out to North Africa, which has put a lot of pressure on the Italian top management.

As the leader of Italy, Mussolini desperately hoped that his army could attack and occupy Egypt alone - thus avoiding another consequence.

The consequence of this is that after the Germans controlled most of the production capacity of the Libyan oil fields, they seized the throat of the Suez Canal...

If the Germans hold the Libyan oil field in one hand, the Suez Canal in the other, and then stare at the Middle East - then Mussolini is still thinking about the "Mediterranean inner lake".

To build a new Roman Empire and turn the Mediterranean into its own lake again is the dream of the Italians, and of course the ideal of Mussolini.

It is not impossible for him to give a discount to this ideal and to govern the Mediterranean with the Germans, but it must be dominated by Italy.

But if you wait for Germany to enter North Africa, control a lot of land, and seize a lot of ruling power, wouldn't it be clear at a glance who is in charge?

"It is tolerable and unbearable!" In Mussolini's view, capturing Matrouh became a crucial political pawn.

Only before the Germans reached the front line, seized the port of Matrouh and stabilized the front line-he could justifiably reject the "good intentions" of the Fuhrer.

This is one of his short-term dreams. The thing he most wants to do every day is to pick up the phone in front of him and proudly reject the Yuan Xiansheng with a moustache: "The Italian army's offensive in Egypt will not be a problem. I need your support! Thank you for your concern!"

But now the result is less than ideal: his army stopped at the city of Matrouh, and it seemed that the victory was lost.

"You don't know yet? Just now, in Benghazi, a German team received their supplies, brought enough fresh water and oil ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and drove in the direction of Tobruk!" This It was the news that Mussolini had just received, the news that made him even more unhappy.

"Leader, it's just a few thousand troops, so what?" an Italian general persuaded.

He also got the news, but not counting the Italian army along the way, the 10th Army on the front line has more than 100,000 troops - the German army has only a few thousand people, how big a wave can it make?

"I think it's obvious that the Germans have gone mad for taking credit, and they haven't recognized a basic situation!" The Italian officer said triumphantly to Mussolini.

He paused, and confidently gave his point of view: "They don't know, even if they beat France, in North Africa, it's still the world of our Italians!"

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