There is no way not to shock Edel, because Romania already has a lot of supplies to assist the Italian army, and Italy's economy is much better than in history.
Let him think that after Italy has been strengthened, it is better not to say where to conquer, but at least not to block the enemy. It is just that Italy's strength has increased a lot, but Mussolini is ambitious. He wants to capture both Egypt and Tunisia.
idea, so the more than 400,000 troops in Libya were divided into two groups, attacking Egypt and Tunisia.
Nearly 200,000 Italian troops led by Graziani attacked Egypt. After occupying the Dubai Rani area, they encountered 60,000 British troops commanded by General Wavell, the commander-in-chief of the British Army in the Middle East. The Italian troops were
The cracks in front of the British army were revealed. Nearly 100,000 people were annihilated, and only more than 60,000 people returned to Libya.
I heard that Britain is gathering at the border, planning to invade Libya and seize the oil-producing areas.
In fact, this was not too bad. It was even worse when the Italian army attacked Tunisia. Under the leadership of the old Marshal Badoglio, they attacked Tunisia. However, they were attacked by 80,000 French troops. These French troops were
Under the leadership of General George Cattrull, he successfully annihilated nearly 100,000 Italian troops, leaving only Badoglio to retreat with more than 20,000 Italian troops.
However, the French army did not have the worries of the British army. After they annihilated most of the Italian army, they immediately rushed into Libya. The peak of the troops was almost arriving in Tripoli. If the Italian navy had not blocked the artillery bombardment in time, the French army would have known how powerful it was.
Maybe the French army will invade Tripoli directly.
The two defeats of the Italian army in Libya made Mussolini furious. He did not expect that his general would bring him such a result, so he wanted to fly to Libya and shoot these two guys. But
After calming down, he knew that he could not do this because the support from the army was the key to making him the prime minister.
And he couldn't even transfer it to reserve force, he could only transfer it to other areas. But now is not the time to complain about the disastrous defeat of his army, because the French army has entered Libya, which made Mussolini worried about the safety of this colony.
Particularly concerned, he immediately mobilized eight divisions of nearly 100,000 troops from the mainland to immediately reinforce them.
Of course, these troops alone cannot give him the confidence to repel the British and French armies. However, Italy's existing troops are either defending the coastline or deployed on the border with France. These eight divisions were originally prepared for Malta. Now in the country
There are no more combat-effective troops. When mobilized, there are still many troops and they are not even equipped with enough guns. Where will the combat effectiveness come from?
Now if he does not want Libya to be lost, there is only one way in front of him, and that is rescue.
There was basically no consideration as to who to ask for help. Asking for help from Romania was the only choice. Because Romania had a good relationship with Italy, and Romania had just conquered Greece and had the troops to support itself.
As for Germany, in addition to the fact that its forces are basically concentrated on the front line in France, it is not in Italy's interest to allow it to have a foothold in North Africa. Therefore, this telegram naturally came to Edel.
Faced with Mussolini's request for help, Edel was not only surprised, but also had a headache. This was not because he did not intend to ignore Mussolini's request for help. The moment the telegram reached his hands, he had already decided to reinforce Italy.
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However, there must be methods for rescue. First of all, the command must not fall into the hands of the Italians. Such a record made Edel not trust the Italian generals at all.
Secondly, the number of troops to be dispatched also depends on the skill. First of all, the troops to be dispatched cannot affect the subsequent battle in Romania, and can just repel the enemy. Secondly, the choice of commander is also very important, and one needs to have the ability to fight independently.
Experienced generals must understand the true meaning of this battle.
Of course, these are a few points that Edel briefly summarized in a short time. Everything needs to wait for the military to make a decision.
Thinking of this, Edel took another look at the telegram and called a guard and said to him. "Call General Ferreit, General Lomodan and General Ankdra immediately and tell them that I have
See them if you have an emergency."
Although the guards didn't know what was going on, when they heard His Majesty calling so many military bosses over, they knew that the matter must not be simple, so they quickly answered and left in a hurry.
Edel could only wait for the military to arrive before discussing this issue.
Without letting Edel wait any longer, the three admirals arrived at the palace in less than an hour.
When the three generals arrived, looking at them who looked unaware, Edel was not polite and directly gave them Italy's request for help telegram.
Regarding this telegram asking for help, the three generals had different expressions, but they were all shocked by it. They did not expect Italy to fight so poorly.
"Okay, now let's talk about how we can rescue the Italians."
Faced with Eder's words, Admiral Romodan was the first to speak. The Navy Minister said, "Your Majesty, our Navy can provide ship transportation for reinforcements at any time, and can also provide warship escort."
The Navy has the most confidence to say this, because currently the Navy is the only one in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the entire route from Romania to Libya is under its own waters, so there is no need to worry about being attacked.
Of course, we still have to worry about British submarines, and Malta is still in the hands of the British. Lomodan is not panic at all, because Romania has enough small warships, and it is still possible to provide anti-submarine escort for them.
As for the island of Malta, I believe Italy can suppress the aircraft on the island so that they cannot take off. It has been almost two months since the war began, and Italy has not yet captured the island of Malta. This is a sign of dereliction of duty. Or on the other hand,
, Italy’s preparations are not yet complete.
Unlike the Navy, the Air Force Minister, Admiral Ankedra, said, "Your Majesty, our Air Force currently has many tasks. If we form a force to reinforce Italy, we can only provide a maximum of about 300 fighter planes for two wings in the early stage.
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The Minister of the Air Force is right. Among the three armed forces, the Air Force has the heaviest combat mission. The Air Force is present in every battle. Therefore, despite the fact that the Air Force currently has more than 4,000 fighter aircraft of various types, it can only be mobilized at present.
Supported by more than 300 fighter planes.
Edel did not care about Admiral Ankdra's words, because the air force did what he said. After both the navy and air force expressed their stance, only Admiral Freit was left.
The old general said this when he said, "Your Majesty, what is the purpose of the reinforcements?"
"Drive the British and French troops out of Libya and protect the safety of the oil fields."
Edel said what he thought without hesitation.
After hearing the goal mentioned by Eder, Ferreit thought for a while and said, "Then we can deploy a fast mobile force mainly composed of armored division motorized troops to help Italy achieve this goal. In terms of scale,
Considering that our country needs a lot of fighting in the future, it is best to have a scale of 80,000 to 90,000."
It seems that Admiral Freit was still worried about the British and French troops and gave such a large scale.
Edel did not know about this, but since General Freit announced the scale of the troop dispatch, he continued, "Then you want to make a plan."
After sending the three generals away, he called Costel. "Now send a message to Italy and tell them that they want rescue from our country, but we need command authority. If we can't do that, we can't safely send out the troops."
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"As you command, Your Majesty."
After seeing off the Foreign Minister, Edel looked at the sky outside the window and couldn't help but sigh. "Italians, what on earth are you doing?"
