The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

"Commander, the 26th Armored Division sent a telegram saying that the city has sent an envoy hoping to negotiate."In the armored command vehicle, the communications staff quickly said, holding a telegram.

"Negotiation? No negotiation. Tell them that there is only unconditional surrender. If they don't surrender in five minutes, we will attack the city immediately."Rommel smiled contemptuously.

Soon, five minutes were up, and there was still no intention of surrender in the city. Rommel was not surprised and immediately ordered:"Attack!"

With the order, the self-propelled artillery opened fire first, followed by the 100mm main gun on the Type 54 tank.

The rain of artillery fire began to bombard the city. Hundreds of tanks launched attacks from three sides, and the main guns of the tanks destroyed the positions along the way.

As for the self-propelled artillery, it fired 50,000 shells in half an hour, consuming most of the ammunition it carried.

At this time, the positions outside the city of Rome had been blown beyond recognition, with corpses everywhere and black smoke billowing, and it was impossible to see the original appearance at all.

It gave people a visual shock and impact!

Seeing that the bombing was almost done, Major General Orlendorf waved his hand and said:"Order all troops to attack immediately and annihilate all resistance elements without leaving a single one."

"Including the king?" the staff officer asked.

"It depends on his luck."Olendorf sneered.

The empire was at a critical moment, and this damn old king actually caused them trouble at this time, which was simply unforgivable.

As the order was issued, tanks began to charge forward.

At the same time, more than 30 Stuka bombers that had just arrived began to bomb the artillery positions in the city in turn.

Seeing the 26th Armored Division rushing towards them, the defenders showed fear on their faces, and they were terrified. They had heard countless legends about the German army.

Now seeing the Type 54 tanks rushing towards them, they were so scared that they couldn't hold their guns.

""Captain, what should we do now? We can't stop them at all. Should we surrender or continue to fight?"

Seeing the army rushing over aggressively, a lieutenant officer looked at the major battalion commander beside him and asked

"I, I don’t know either. My superiors ordered me to fight back. The major was so frightened that he didn’t know what to do.

"Let's surrender. We have no fighting power now. We are allies with them. We are just soldiers. Mutiny has nothing to do with us."

The major officer quickly came to his senses and said

"But, we resisted fiercely just now, will they let us go? Will they accept our surrender?"The lieutenant said with some concern.

"This is asking God, but I think resistance will be even worse, so I'd better surrender."The major replied with a wry smile.

"Surrender, prepare the white flag."

Following the major's order, the soldiers holding rifles breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, they didn't want to fight the other side.

"Fortunately, we surrendered. If we had fought back, we would have died miserably."An old soldier said with fear.

"Are they that scary?" the new recruit asked curiously.

"Horrible? No, they are simply demons from hell, too horrible, I have seen a platoon dare to charge a battalion."The old soldier seemed to remember something and said yearningly

"My God, so brave? A platoon actually dared to charge a battalion? Too awesome."The recruit said with admiration.

Since he joined the army, he has been taught that only when the forces are equal, company against company, battalion against battalion, can an attack be launched. Otherwise, attacking is a suicidal act.

And there must be artillery and air force support, otherwise you must not attack. If the enemy launches a charge, you must retreat and not fight with the enemy who is ready to die.

It is these things that make them called the Noodle Army, which breaks at the slightest touch and can't fight at all, even worse than France.

"What's even more powerful is that their tanks are so powerful that they can destroy enemy tanks at a distance of one thousand meters. Positions like ours can be destroyed by one shot at most. If we continued to fight back just now, we would definitely be hit by one shot."The old soldier obviously understood it very well and explained it clearly.

The soldiers surrounding him were so scared that their faces turned pale and they looked terrified.

At this time, homemade white flags appeared on the positions of the Noodle Army.

"Commander, the enemy has surrendered."

In the armored command vehicle, while commanding the regiments to fight, Orlendorf received a call from the communications staff.

"Have the high-ranking officials of the Kingdom of Italy been caught?" Orlendorf asked.

"We didn't catch them, they ran away." The operations staff said hurriedly

"Bastard, they actually let them run away."Olendorf was a little unwilling. If they were caught, it would definitely be a great achievement.

"What about those who surrendered? The combat staff asked again.

"Allow them to surrender. Besides, killing them is useless. Send someone to ask where those high-ranking officials have fled to. If anyone is willing to tell their whereabouts, they can be rewarded."Major General Orlendorf said coldly.

"Yes, division commander!"The operations staff nodded quickly in response

"In addition, report the situation here to the commander and request the next step of action."Major General Orlendorf thought for a moment and immediately said

"Yes!"

Soon, Marshal Rommel in the rear received a telegram from Aulendorff, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth after reading the content.

"You run so fast, I thought you really have the courage to fight to the end."

After the taunting, Rommel began to have a headache again. According to the order of the Supreme Command, he will become the commander of the Southern Theater, but the reinforcements are very few, that is to say, he now has only five divisions, and the rest of the troops are Italian troops.

He did not have a very good impression of these Italian troops, especially in North Africa, where he was almost deceived and exploded on the spot, but there was no good solution at the moment.

At most, some future offensive battles would not be handed over to them, and they could be stationed in local areas, which would not be a big problem. After thinking about it, Rommel ordered again:"From now on, order the entire army not to oppress women and children, and those who dare to trample on them will be killed without mercy."

"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison

"Order: Aulendorf leads the 26th Armored Division to continue southwards and strive to annihilate the rebel leaders."

""Yes!"

Yes, from now on Elie III was defined as a rebel, and the Italian army represented by Benito was the regular army, and he would become the uncrowned king of Italy.

But he didn't care about these. He was now focused on rescuing the German troops trapped in Tunisia. With this new force, his counterattack plan could be implemented.

Otherwise, relying on the five divisions in his hands, it would be a fool's dream to want to defeat the Allied forces in North Africa.

"Send a telegram to the troops in Tunisia. Reinforcements will arrive in a week at most. Hope they can hold on."Rommel said again

"yes!"