The Italian Air Force is actually very brave, but Mussolini, the leader, has never paid attention to it.
However, the fact that the Reinhardt Air Force is able to develop so rapidly is ultimately due to Reinhardt, the German head of state who "values" the friendship between allies.
As early as in the air battles during the Spanish Civil War, Reinhardt discovered an important problem. At that time, the German Air Force had just started, and the number of fighters sent to Spain was also very limited.
As a result, the Germans treated their fighter planes and pilots as treasures, and Italy, which went to support the Spanish National Army, was still happily killing people with a 300-speed biplane!
No matter how rich you are, you can't play like this?! What's more, where can Italy be considered rich?
It's just like playing League of Legends or King of Glory. Although your team already has the advantage, your teammates are constantly running to kill people to boost the morale of the opponent. Anyone who looks at it would be anxious and scolding.
Therefore, Reinhardt, who really couldn't stand the thought of his ally sacrificing his life, had already started a joint development project between the German and Italian Air Forces, preparing to give his brother a hand.
As a result, Italy's "great" leader was unwilling to accept the favor. He took it for granted that accepting the favor would make Italy lower its head in front of Germany. How could this work?
What the Kingdom of Italy wants is to be on an equal footing with Germany, not to be Germany's follower and participate in international competitions as its younger brother.
As a result, the joint development project was delayed again and again. It was not until a few days ago that Mussolini contacted Reinhardt for tank drawings that the Air Force cooperation project was restarted.
Of course, Reinhard was not a good man without careful thoughts. In the cooperation with Italy as an ally, he deliberately held back a hand and did not deliver the tank drawings to Italy. Instead, he selectively only cooperated with Italy in the air force and navy.
Serious cooperation was carried out.
After all, Italy is a neighbor that has betrayed Germany twice in history. Giving this neighbor a strong army is not all good for Germany, and may even do more harm than good.
Who knows if one day Italy, which owns Leopard tanks, will want to rebel again and launch an armored assault to blitz southern Germany. In that case, it would be really nerve-wracking.
Don't let your neighbor's army be too strong. This is an issue that any politician should consider. Even cooperation between allies cannot touch such core interests!
"The Army begins preparations, and the Air Force begins dispatching immediately." Mussolini ordered in a non-negotiable tone: "The Navy has seized a British cruise ship and sunk a British cruise ship cruising in the Mediterranean.
Destroyer. In other words, the war has begun and there is no turning back!"
There is no need to rush. Others, Reinhardt, have almost finished fighting, but Mussolini, who considers himself the most ambitious, has yet to make any move.
His heart is as high as the sky and his life is as thin as paper. This describes Mussolini's current situation.
In fact, when Mussolini ordered to join the war, he did not forget to send Reinhard a list as promised.
In the list, Mussolini stated his view that in terms of Italy's future armistice conditions for France, France must hand over its southern territories, Corsica, Tunisia, and French Somani, to
To the Kingdom of Italy.
Reinhardt's reply was also very polite: "Everyone who is defeated belongs to you. The leaders who are not defeated will talk to the French themselves. I believe they will not dare to refuse."
In Reinhardt's reply, the German head of state suggested that Mussolini should first fight a war according to Italy's strategy and then see what the French could do to reject Italy's demands after inflicting pain on France.
.
Mussolini thought about it and felt that Reinhardt's words were reasonable, so he was ready to beat up the French first and then talk.
Although France had been basically defeated by Germany at this time, the "cautious" Mussolini still invested a full 32 divisions of heavy troops and launched a multi-line offensive on a front of more than 200 kilometers from Mont Blanc to the Mediterranean.
However, before the Italian army could achieve results, the ships that were sailing at sea or docked at foreign ports were quickly seized by the British before they had time to recall them. In other words, before the war started, Italy had already lost
One-third of the merchant fleet.
This kind of mistake would never be made by other countries. But it was the Kingdom of Italy that made such a big mistake. As a result, its merchant ships failed to receive timely warning and were detained, which caused extremely serious adverse effects.
........
"It seems that the leader of Italy finally couldn't help but take action." After learning that Italy did not even carry out mobilization and did not recall its merchant ships, it declared war in a confused manner. Reinhardt, who always talked a lot,
I was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to evaluate it.
Looking at Reinhardt with a smirk on his face, Ross next to him asked with a puzzled face: "What? Head of State, don't you think the Italians should take action now?"
Although he didn't know much about military affairs, Ross also understood that if Italy dispatched 35 elite divisions to deal with the remaining defeated troops in southern France, the chances of victory were theoretically very high.
Maybe Italy doesn't need to mobilize at all?
As for the merchant ships that should not be seized, hasn't the Italian leader already explained it? After the victory, the surrendered France will naturally release some merchant ships to compensate the Kingdom of Italy.
"Not only should Italy not take action now, they should never take action." Reinhardt commented to Ross with a smile: "Even from the perspective of our alliance, Italy should launch an attack in East Africa, and
They did not come to France to snatch the fruits of victory from us. Since they are neither willing to discuss long-term strategy with Germany nor listen to our suggestions, then they are just waiting to make a fool of themselves!"
Although Reinhardt suggested in his letter that Mussolini give France a good beating so that France would surrender
Allies, learn a lesson. Let them know that Germany's victory was not picked up, but was forcibly won. If they want to negotiate terms with Germany in the future, they'd better weigh their own weight first!
"Just wait and see, France only needs to deploy three more divisions to the Alps, and the Italians will go back to where they came from." Reinhard predicted without doubt.
Of course, in fact, France did dispatch an additional army to deal with Italy's surrender. The leader was none other than France's new famous general, Lieutenant General Berante!
