The landing operation went smoothly, and Taranto, as the base camp of the Italian Navy, was naturally responsible for the defense work of the Navy.

Disputes between sea and land exist in every country, and Italy is no exception, not to mention that Italy is still a country dominated by the navy, how can the safety of the navy's nest be entrusted to the army's horse manure?

It had always been the rear of Italy, and Taranto had not experienced war for decades, and the defenders had not only been subordinate to the naval garrison, but also had a militia that had been temporarily recruited.

Undoubtedly, all scum with a combat strength of less than five, the unlucky Major General Georgif Messer became the commander again.

No way, who called Georgiv-Messer when he was on duty, and happened to encounter a sneak attack by the Bulgarian Air Force?

He had to carry the pot, and the "experts" would certainly find a series of evidence afterwards that it was his command mistakes that caused the navy's heavy losses.

If you can repel the enemy, it's good to be guilty of meritorious service; Otherwise, he will be crowned the new stupidest general in Italy!

The previous record holder was the guy who was defeated in Ethiopia. Georgef Messer is expected to go toe-to-toe with him, an army and a navy just in the right pair.

But it doesn't matter, records are meant to be broken, and the Italian Army has done a good job in this regard, he doesn't have to worry about being lonely!

Georgef Messer didn't have any bottom in his heart about defending Taranto, mainly because the guys in the sky were too annoying, and he could only be beaten and couldn't fight back.

In order to deal with the Bulgarian planes, Georgiv-Messer also tried his best to carry out air defense, but unfortunately because of the lack of anti-aircraft weapons, all he could do was to organize soldiers to fight the planes with rifles.

Of course, so far he has achieved zero! However, it was not without gains, at least when they fired, the enemy also had to increase the flight altitude.

In order to hide from enemy air raids, Georgiv-Messer placed the headquarters in an old-fashioned anti-artillery hole.

Obviously, Georgef Messer was not willing to let his military career end there, and he was thinking about countermeasures within the command.

Now the senior generals in the navy have retreated strategically, leaving only a few "young and promising" young officers to stay behind and command the defense of Taranto with him.

"Oh no, General!" A young officer exclaimed

Georgef Messer pretended to be calm and said: "Calus said slowly, what's the bad news?" Could it be that the Bulgarians have already landed? ”

"Yes, General! You're amazing, just now the Bulgarians landed successfully at the pier, and now they are attacking the port! Calus said with admiration on his face as Major General Georgef Messer looked

Georgef Messer wanted to cry at this time, of course it would be a good thing if he was like a god in normal times, but now? This is the crow's mouth!

"How many troops do we have now?" Georgef Messer asked with some trembling

After thinking about it, Calus said uncertainly, "There are about thirteen thousand more!" But you know, this also includes more than 2,000 of our naval officers and men, more than 5,000 garrisons, and the rest of us are a group of militia recruited on the improvised. ”

After thinking about it, Georgef Messer said with a wry smile: "Order all troops, resist step by step, withdraw into the city in an orderly manner, use the buildings in the city as covers, and fight a street battle with the enemy!" ”

Corruption is always the worst enemy of an army, and as the base camp of the navy, the garrison on the shore is undoubtedly the lowest in status, and naturally cannot escape the clutches of some people.

It is common to deduct a little military salary and eat a few empty sounds. To make matters worse, their daily training was also done under the command of naval officers.

Is the combat power of the gods? It's hard to be reassuring. In comparison, it is estimated that the combat effectiveness of more than 2,000 naval officers and men may be more reassuring!

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As it turned out, Georgef-Messer was right, and the Italian defenders on the frontal battlefield were no match for the Bulgarian marines at all.

The best option is to retreat into the city and use buildings as fortifications to fight street battles, delaying time and waiting for reinforcements. Anyway, this is the mainland of Italy, and as long as it takes a few days, reinforcements will arrive one after another.

It's a pity that he overestimated the execution ability of his subordinates, and as soon as the retreat order was given, the Italian army began to rush back. As for the resistance, I'm sorry that this rabble doesn't have such a high level of military literacy!

The strategic retreat that was said to be good turned into a rout. There is no doubt that the first to run away was the newly recruited militia, who ran backwards when they heard the retreat, and then caused a flock effect, and the whole line collapsed.

The 1st Marine Regiment, which had just landed, had not yet figured out what was going on, and the enemy ran away in an uproar. Although it is not known whether the Italians have any conspiracy, it does not prevent them from following behind to receive positions.

After the completion of the landing, Christo Ivanov did not immediately launch a siege battle, and immediately after seizing the port, he ordered to take control of the warships left by the Italians.

I don't know what Italy thinks, it didn't blow up these warships, although they were all seriously injured, do they think that Bulgaria is not capable of repairing these warships?

While Christo Ivanov was complaining, Georgef Messer in the city also knew that it was over, but not for the sake of these warships, but because the defenders were already discouraged.

As for these warships, in his opinion, they were all seriously wounded cargo, and there was no way to go to sea at all, and when the reinforcements arrived to recover Taranto, they naturally returned to Italy.

Christo Ivanov was worried that the Italians would blow up the warship, and Georgoff Messer was also worried that he would blow up the warship?

Now that the warship has arrived, the task of the Marine Corps has been completed, as for how to get it back and repair it? That's Major General Pelle's concern, anyway, simply repair it, as long as it doesn't sink, take it back and slowly repair it.

Major General Christo Ivanov ordered in high spirits: "A mass is repaired on the spot.

The second regiment went to seize the shipyard, don't let them destroy the machinery and equipment, remember to find out all the engineers inside for me, and their families should also pack and take away as much as possible!

The third regiment went to seize the warehouses near the port, and counted all the valuable things for me, which were our trophies, and waited for the domestic ships to come and receive them.

The four regiments are staring at the enemies in the city, and if they dare to take the lead, they will beat me back!

The garrison regiment cleaned up the battlefield for me, cleared out the remnants of the enemy, and by the way, cleaned up the factories in the suburbs! ”

It's clear that they're here to rob, as for the siege? Let's wait for domestic orders!

With just over 10,000 marines, and they have to storm the city, control the port, and face a steady stream of Italian reinforcements, how can they be busy?

Even if the air force has been blown up, the enemy's roads, railways, and bridges can be delayed for a few days at most, even if the losses are great, for the sake of political influence, the Italian government must rescue Taranto!

Seeing the unscrupulous robbery of the Bulgarian army, the French Major General Winster was envious, but it is a pity that this war was fought by others!

If he wants to grab the spoils, unless he is now attacking the city with the French army, this is obviously impossible! Use naval officers and soldiers as army and use them to fight siege warfare, unless his brain is in the water!

"General Pert, aren't you going to participate?" Winster asked, puzzled

As the commander of this naval battle, he didn't bring anyone to participate in the robbery, which made Winster very puzzled. What's more important is that the Bulgarian navy did not get off the ship to snatch the spoils of war, so it is even more impossible for them to go, and France can't afford to lose this person!

Pell smiled and said, "This is the job of their Marine Corps, they are professionally trained in this area, and they are better than us!"

By the way, General Winster, what is the result of your siege of the Italian Navy? ”

In order to ease the atmosphere, Peert chose to change the topic, he knew that the Italians retreated, they would definitely not be able to hide from the eyes of the French, and this time the French beat the water dogs, and there would definitely be something to gain.

At the mention of this topic, Winster's interest suddenly increased, as one of the heroes of this war, he was about to become the captain of a dreadnought.

"It's not as good as you, it's just that you killed two cruisers and a destroyer and captured one battleship!" Winster said in high spirits

After receiving this news, Pert's good mood disappeared at once, and they fought desperately to the death, and finally made a wedding dress for France.

The Italians broke through this time with a total of only four battleships, except for one former dreadnought, the rest were dreadnoughts, and there is no doubt that the French should pay attention to dreadnoughts.

What Peert didn't know was that if it weren't for the fact that the Italians' battleships were all faster, they would have been wiped out by now.

In order to contain the Italians, the French Navy has exploded this time, and now France has more than double-digit warships in need of overhaul.

It was to block the Italians, who drove at full capacity, even overloaded, and now most of the power systems of these warships are scrapped and need to be replaced!

In a short period of time, many warships in the French Navy lost their combat effectiveness, and some warships were even entrusted back to their home operations.

But compared to the results, it's all worth it! Their biggest enemy in the Mediterranean, the Italian Navy, will not dare to come out and operate for a long time to come.

Although Pell was a little unwilling in his heart, he still said with an unchanged face: "Then congratulations, it is Andre Dolly who has captured it, right?" ”

Winster nodded awkwardly, acquiescing. Obviously, this time the French Navy picked up a bargain, and he was embarrassed to continue to show off.

The two ended the conversation, and Peltt quickly reported the news back home.

Compared to the depression of others, Ferdinand's mood was much better, and the importance of dreadnoughts was still great. When the world war is over, all countries will have to recover, and there are too many things to keep it, and it is a question whether they can afford it?

Now there are five dreadnoughts in Bulgaria, and if you add the repairable dreadnoughts in Italian ports, that's six. You can't do it all over the world, but it's enough in the Mediterranean!

Ferdinand thought for a moment and said, "The War Department immediately transferred two infantry divisions over to reinforce Taranto, and the Logistics Department organized ships to bring back all our trophies as soon as possible.

The Air Force left a bombing regiment and a fighter brigade, and the rest were transferred back and ready to carry out the next plan! ”

In fact, the war has reached the point where Taranto has basically decided the big picture. As for the Italians cowering in the city, there is no need to worry.

Anyway, Ferdinand didn't really plan to occupy Taranto, this is the home of the Italians, if Bulgaria occupies this place, be ready to fight them to the end!

Since Taranto cannot be turned into a proper, there is no point in long-term occupation. It's better to snatch everything you can now, leaving a ruin for the Italians.

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