Reinhard leaned on the leather chair behind his desk and repeatedly read the battle report in his hand.
"As expected, Mussolini finally lost the Italian colonies in Africa." Reinhard said to himself with some gloating.
Reinhard was actually not surprised that the Italian army would be defeated on the African battlefield. On the contrary, it would be incredible if he received news that the Italians had unified Britain's African colonies.
Throwing the expected report of Italy's defeat on the table, Reinhard stood up, stretched, and walked to the conference room.
Italy's huge failure in Africa also meant that the German army should soon show off its capabilities in Africa.
Based on Reinhard's understanding of Mussolini, when he almost lost his capital, it was time for him to move in reinforcements.
Although Reinhardt made Mussolini so angry last time that he fainted and sent him to the hospital. For this, Reinhardt still regretted it for three seconds.
But this time, he was really prepared to give Mussolini a real German aid as aid to help him win back dominance in Africa.
It was not because Reinhard had discovered his conscience and was determined to compensate Mussolini. The reason why he planned to let Rommel take people to Africa to help Mussolini clean up the mess was largely because of the layout of Germany's war against Britain.
can proceed smoothly.
Maybe others don't know it yet, but in Reinhard's view, although the Kingdom of Italy is a traditional military power in Southern Europe, this power is just that there are no tigers in the mountains and monkeys dominate. When it comes to combat effectiveness, Italy
Not only can it not be compared with superpowers such as Germany, the United States and the Soviet Union, but within the Allied Powers formed by Reinhardt, its ranking is still behind Vichy France and the Kingdom of Spain, and only higher than third-rate countries such as Romania and Norway.
That's all.
If the last large group of Italian troops in Africa is really allowed to be eaten up by Wavell, then it is hoped that Italy, a "powerful country", can help Germany hold back the large group of British troops in Africa in the future and prevent them from returning to support the homeland.
, is simply equivalent to a fantasy!
The best way to prevent the increasingly large British African Corps from being transferred back to the mainland is not to expect the Italians to turn defeat into victory, but to have the German African Corps go to Africa and support the Italians to deal with the British African Corps.
However, when Reinhard walked into the conference room, he realized that he still missed something.
Mussolini was probably upset because he was angry last time, so this time he bypassed Berlin, went to Vichy, and went directly to Pétain to ask for troops.
What made Reinhard even more unexpected was that according to Ribbentrop's report in the conference room, he heard that Mussolini arrogantly went to France to order Pétain, asking the French president to send Bélante's French Algerian Legion.
Counterattack nearby Libya, regain lost territory for Italy, and respond to Garibaldi's defeated Italian troops.
"So, Mussolini was slapped in the face by Pétain, and had no choice but to surrender in despair. He changed his mind and said that as long as the French took over the defeated Italian troops and preserved the flesh and blood of the Italian army," Reinhardt finished understanding the matter.
Later, he smiled bitterly.
"That's right." Ribbentrop nodded, took out a diplomatic document sent by Vichy France and read: "President Pétain informed us that at the request of the Italian Prime Minister, France decided to help host African immigrants.
army and provide military protection. However, France will not intervene in the war between Italy and Britain."
This is a classic example of how neither party wants to offend.
Obviously, after the last failure, Pétain was now unwilling to make a premature bet and fully devote himself to the Steel Allies advocated by Germany and Italy, but he also wanted to show some favor to Reinhardt's forces, so he chose
This road took in the defeated Italian troops.
Pétain was unwilling to join the war between Italy and the British because he was worried that if the British won in the future, France would suffer a second loss and be defeated again.
"It's not up to them whether we fight or not!" Reinhardt said unfazed by Pétain's speculative approach: "I discovered the largest oil field in Africa for the French and let them use this money.
Mortgage of oil for war reparations is not a good deed."
Under the surprised eyes of a group of officials, Reinhardt slowly revealed the secret to everyone: "The British will not sit back and watch the Third Reich continuously obtain oil from France, and Churchill will not allow the Third Reich's tanks
Aircraft and warships have inexhaustible oil."
"Everyone think carefully, what did the British do to prevent us from getting the French fleet?" Reinhard reminded his men with a sneer.
"They will destroy the French oil fields! Just like they destroyed the French fleet." Although he did not understand military affairs, Ribbentrop quickly guessed the British's next move from the perspective of interest politics.
"Yes, even if the French are unwilling to fight, Churchill will let his troops come to the door." Reinhard smiled happily at Ribbentrop and nodded in approval.
With the approval of the head of state, Ribbentrop continued to speculate more confidently: "The oil field matter has not yet been resolved. Now that the French are helping Italy to recover its defeated troops, it will create a feeling for Churchill that France has surrendered to us."
The influence of the Central Powers. For a country that has joined the enemy camp, it is even more impossible for Britain to leave it alone."
Perhaps Pétain wanted to remain a facilitator for a while, but Churchill had always been quick and decisive.
Given Fatty Qiu's character, from the moment Pétain decided to let Berante take in the defeated Italian troops, war between Britain and France was inevitable.
What's more, in order to understand the siege of Africa, Churchill has recently mobilized almost all the troops collected from the Commonwealth countries to Africa. He even separated all the products so far from the already stretched domestic tank production and sent them to Africa.
Go and use it for Wavell.
These troops and tanks were the key to Wavell's defeat of Garibaldi, and were also the fundamental reason why the British army defeated more with less.
Now, the defeat of the Italian army has been determined, but the British African Corps, which has become increasingly large, is still intact. Just sending this army back to the country would feel less cost-effective than Churchill.
With Churchill's urinary temperament, he would definitely look for French traitors, incite Algeria's indigenous people to rebel, and then use African British troops to launch an invasion.
The British army did not even need to occupy France's Algerian colony. They only needed to destroy the oil fields that Vichy France regarded as its hope for revival and eliminate the source of Germany's large-scale imported oil. This would be considered a strategic goal.
As for the relationship between Britain and France, it is not the first time that the French have been offended anyway. It is better to simply offend them to the end and end it once and for all!
If the British Empire finally wins this battle, then when writing history, the pen of history is in its own hands, and it can beautify it however it wants. If it loses, there is no need to beautify history. The winner will naturally
If you throw dirty water at me, there will be one or two disgusting things!
In the final analysis, history is just a little girl who can be dressed up by others. One kind of history is written in books, and the other is passed down by people's mouths. Both of the above two kinds of history are inseparable from the influence of the winner.
