Lieutenant General Valikot, the command of the Allied forces in Sicily, is holding a security management meeting to prepare for a crackdown on destabilizing elements in the occupied territories.

Recently, the mafia in Sicily has become a little restless again, secretly conspiring with something, which is obviously intolerable to the occupying forces, and Lieutenant General Valikot has decided to strike first.

As for whether it will be mistaken? He didn't have time to analyze the intentions of the Italians, anyway, if there was any change to suppress it, they would only be unlucky if they were wronged!

Suddenly, a staff officer ran in and said, "General, domestic telegram." ”

After a few moments, Lieutenant General Valikot read the contents of the telegram and said: "The domestic order is that we occupy Sardinia within two months, and that the decision to land on the Italian mainland has been made, and that the Entente has coordinated within itself, and I will continue to be the commander-in-chief of this operation."

Major General James and Major General Winston are also participating in this operation, and the order will be conveyed to you later, is there any problem? ”

"Nope!" The two replied almost in unison

In the Battle of Sicily, everyone had already cooperated and got along quite well. Although they represent Britain and France respectively, it is a pity that the troops under their command are all colonial divisions, and the status of the cannon fodder troops is naturally not high, and it is impossible to compete for command.

Valikot nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, let's go according to the plan, and before attacking Sardinia, let's clean Sicily first." ”

The Entente had already drawn up a number of battle plans, and how to implement them would need to be decided according to the actual situation. The Italian navy is now recovering a bit, but it is still cowering in the harbor.

To launch a landing operation, it is indispensable to need the cooperation of the French navy, and the specific actions need to be communicated down.

Of course, Valicot was not worried about the French cooperation, and the French had always been the most positive in the fight against Italy.

After all, as long as war broke out on Italian soil, the Italians would have to draw troops from the front, which would reduce the military pressure on mainland France.

The trouble was the attitude of the British, John Bull also wanted to wear down the strength of the French, and was not active in the battle plan to land in Italy, but now the main military forces of the Entente in the Mediterranean region were the two countries, as long as the two countries agreed, they could act.

As for the combat effectiveness of the Italians, this does not need to be considered, even if it is impossible to occupy Rome, as long as it can force the Italians to transfer back the troops on the front, it has already been strategically successful.

If the Western Front did not have a million-strong army of Italians, the Germans would have to send their own troops to fill the vacancy, and at this gap stage, they would have created a favorable opportunity for the Anglo-French forces.

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Time passed in a hurry, and in the palace of Sofia, Ferdinand was handing over his sons to practice calligraphy. There's no way around it, and he won't do anything else!

In order to preserve his great image in the minds of the children, he could only teach them to practice calligraphy in addition to teaching them "Imperial Thick Black Studies", although Bulgarian does not have high requirements for writing!

Foreign Minister Metyev hurriedly ran over from outside and said: "Your Majesty, something big is happening on the Eastern Front, the Russian Northern Front has not been able to block the German attack, it has broken through the defensive line, and now it has been cut off by the Germans lazily!"

If nothing else, in this battle on the Eastern Front, the Russians have already lost. The tsarist government has just sent us a telegram asking for help, and the Russians can't hold it anymore! ”

Ferdinand shuddered slightly, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?" Didn't we already provide them with a batch of ammunition? How can the Russians hold out for another month or two? ”

Metyev said in a tone of hatred: "The Russians' terrible logistics management system, when this batch of ammunition has not been able to be completely distributed to all units, especially the Northern Front, which is the farthest away, this batch of ammunition has only reached their general headquarters, and has not had time to be distributed to the soldiers on the front line!" ”

Ferdinand was a little speechless, if it was a normal time, it was understandable that weapons and ammunition would be distributed from top to bottom, and if the troops on the front line had enough ammunition, it would not be a big deal.

But now it's a time of war, and ammunition is in short supply at the front, so why not just send it to the troops? In times of war, every minute of time is precious, and one less transit means less logistics and transportation than a hundred miles to travel!

I don't know what the Russians think, according to the deduction of the Bulgarian staff, they should have distributed all the ammunition to the units a week ago, and now they are fighting with the German-Austrian forces.

As a result, most of the troops of the Northern Front have not received ammunition, and it is no wonder that they will not be able to stop the German attack, how to fight with burning sticks in their hands?

In fact, the performance of the Russians this time has already exceeded the level, at least the Southwestern Front and the Western Front have basically sent out ammunition, and according to their previous speed, they may not be able to achieve the current point in a few months.

Ferdinand thought for a moment and said: "Tell the Russians to let them hold on, and we will end the war on the Asia Minor Peninsula as soon as possible and launch an attack on Austria-Hungary." ”

Mejev was slightly stunned, isn't this a blank check? God knows how long the war will last in Asia Minor?

After hesitating, Metyev said again: "Your Majesty, isn't this a little too unkind, after all, everyone has always been allies?" ”

Ferdinand nodded kindly, and then said, "Well, you really can't say that!" So, tell Russia that we will launch an attack on the Western Front with Britain and France, force the Germans to withdraw their troops from the Eastern Front, and at the same time launch an offensive in the Balkans! ”

It's Metev's turn to be surprised, this is not His Majesty's style at all? If it was really so selfless, Austria-Hungary would have been finished long ago, and the Russians would have chased the Germans!

Metyev said a little nervously: "Your Majesty, if we want to change our established strategy, should we discuss it with the military?" ”

He was really afraid that Ferdinand would go to help Russia fill the hole as soon as his mind was hot, after all, it was not in Bulgaria's interests to attack Austria-Hungary now.

Ferdinand laughed and explained, "You have a lot of thoughts! When did I say I was going to change my strategy?

Don't we have an army on the Western Front? It's good to launch a feint against the Germans with Britain and France, you don't think that now Britain and France will really launch a full-scale attack on the Germans, right?

Anyway, as soon as we attack the Italian mainland, the Italian army will definitely retreat, and these lines will need to be defended by the Germans. These troops, who were supposed to reinforce the Eastern Front, were not pinned down.

As for us, let the front-line troops launch a feint, the air force will be sent to bomb the enemy's positions, and by the way, support the Russian army in Romania and help them gain air supremacy.

The cannon also sounded for me, and the momentum was built for the Russians to see, and we really did our best. ”

Ferdinand's ability to pit people was reinforced, and once the Russians believed it, the results would speak for themselves.

The most important thing is that even if they are pitted, the Russians don't know! After all, on the surface, Bulgaria has really done its best.

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