In the original historical time and space, Egypt and the Suez Canal were not attacked by the Germans; That's because Mussolini and Italy's top brass at the time were worried that the German army would gain more colonial interests in North Africa, and that Hitler's main war target at that time was not the Middle East at all, but the European theater and the Eastern Front.

Of course, the Germans suffered a lot of casualties because they encountered a stubborn counterattack by the British when they launched the seizure of Crete; At the same time, the Strait of Gibraltar was not attacked by the Germans because Franco did not allow the German army to enter Spain, so Malta and the Strait of Gibraltar were not attacked by the Germans.

As for the role of the Italian Navy here, it is minimal, not worth mentioning at all.

Because Hitler did not take the Italian Navy in his eyes and heart at all, and did not attach any importance to it.

If the Italian Navy had known that Hitler had despised their Italian Navy so much, I am afraid that Mussolini and the Italian Navy would have been so angry that they would have gritted their teeth.

But Hitler's defeat was that he had to fight Britain and suddenly attack the Soviet army, and when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hitler immediately launched a declaration of challenge to the United States.

In short, Hitler did a series of terrible things to find death, so that not only did the German army fall into the east and west fronts, but also fell into the road of defeat and destruction.

When Hitler chose to fight on two fronts, Admiral Raeder and Air Marshal Goering, two sworn enemies, were of the same opinion for the first time, shaking hands and persuading Hitler to fight on two fronts.

The end result was that Hitler did not listen to anyone's advice, insisted on deploying his Mediterranean strategy, and finally fell into the abyss of fighting on two fronts, east and west.

Therefore, whenever Chen Yanlong remembered these things that Hitler had done that had no strategic value, he was depressed, and he still needed to find ways to make up for Hitler's mistakes.

Therefore, when Zhukov hurried to the headquarters in Stalingrad to discuss with Marshal Rokossovsky the deployment of the Leningrad-Novgorod campaign, Chen Yanlong had already arrived at the garrison in Kesselring, Italy, on an AH-1 "Cobra" helicopter.

At this moment, Kesselring also led a group of German officers to personally greet Chen Yanlong at the temporary airfield of the heavily guarded garrison position.

"Hey! Hitler! ”

When Chen Yanlong slowly walked out of the AH-1 "Cobra" helicopter that had been stopped; Kesselring put on a clean and neat marshal's uniform, walked in front of Chen Yanlong and saluted a Nazi salute and said loudly.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Marshal Kesselring!"

Chen Yanlong also happily replied with a salute.

"Me too! Monarch! ”

Kesselring also said with a big smile.

"Gustav Line! How are the defensive fronts around Cassino being built? ”

After Chen Yanlong smiled slightly, he immediately got straight to the point.

"Work is underway, and it is estimated that it will take almost a month to complete the defensive front you need for the Führer!"

Kesselring said frankly.

"Can we add more men and prisoners of war to rush to work?"

"Even those Jews can, and I hope to be able to complete all the defensive fronts around our Cassino in two weeks!"

"Because I feel that the British and American forces may carry out a sneak attack on our Cassino area in the near future!"

"And the intelligence collected by our intelligence agencies is gradually showing that my intuition is right!"

"It's just a pity that I don't know the exact time and place of their attack, as well as their troops and weapons!"

Chen Yanlong said.

"As long as you can give me a large number of prisoners and Jews to help build a defensive front, then I can complete your assignment as soon as possible!"

Kesselring nodded in response.

"Good! I'll let Himmler send the captives and Jews to you!" ”

"There are not many in our concentration camps, just these Jews and prisoners!"

"So you don't have to worry about labor, but don't kill and torture these captives and Jews casually!"

"Because I want the whole world to know that Germany is not only a country that treats prisoners well, but also a civilized country full of chivalry!"

As soon as the words fell, Chen Yanlong said with satisfaction.

Then the two of them talked about other things, and then went to an Italian castle occupied by Caisselring, where they rested and continued to discuss other military matters.

At this time, Zhukov had already met with Marshal Rokossovsky and entered Zhukov's command to discuss.