Returning to Munich from Berlin, Li Ling knew that the battle plan against the Soviet Union had basically been set, and the final plan was to adopt a direct attack on the Caucasus through Turkey. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In terms of timing, according to the results of the joint discussions between Heydrich and Li Ling and several marshals, the attack was to be launched in the spring of 1941, and no later than mid-May.

It was only half a year before the expected start of the war, and after Li Ling returned to the Huaxia First Division, he became even busier every day, and time was passing in a hurry. Perhaps for Li Ling, his life has been almost unchanged since the day he returned to Munich, but this is not the case in this world.

At the beginning of November, the Italian army invaded Greece with little defeat, and at the same time, Italy suddenly declared war on Egypt, sending hundreds of thousands of troops from Libya to Egypt!

The eyes of the world have finally been attracted by what the Italians have done, is Italy about to start its own expansion? It looks like they'll be as unstoppable as Germany!

But then, in just three days, the Italian army was dealt an unprecedented blow!

First, in a battle in Greece, 20,000 Italian troops were captured by less than 1,000 Greek troops, and then on the Egyptian battlefield, hundreds of thousands of Italian troops were losing except for a few battles won on the first day of the war.

But it was at this time that the German government suddenly stepped forward, and Ribbentrop went back and forth between Italy and Greece in an attempt to mediate the war between the two countries.

In the eyes of the Greeks, what Ribbentrop did may really be for the sake of Greece, after all, Greece has only been fighting for less than half a month, and the territory has already lost a lot, and the timely appearance of the Germans at this time is obviously to solve Greece's urgent needs.

However, I am afraid that the specific situation that Ribbentrop talked about with the Greek government is not known to outsiders, but one thing can be confirmed, that is, Greece, which did not have a very good relationship with Germany at first, suddenly seemed to be so good with Germany that it wore a pair of pants.

Then, on November 11th, a more energetic . The news caused an uproar all over the world!

The Italian government suddenly issued an emergency announcement, Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini died of a heart attack, and Italian Foreign Minister Ziano announced that he would succeed the prime minister, and at the same time announced that some previous mistakes in decision-making had led to unnecessary wars between Italy and Greece and Egypt.

Now that Mussolini is dead, the Italian government, headed by Mussolini's son-in-law and former Italian foreign minister, Ciano, immediately decided to withdraw its troops from Egypt and Greece, declaring that Italy would not launch any further aggression against the outside world, but at the same time would not abandon its alliance with Germany.

On the 12th, as Italy's steel ally, German Führer Heydrich made a public speech, first expressing his sorrow over Mussolini's sudden illness and violent death, and at the same time making a statement to the outside world that no matter what kind of commitments Italy makes in the future, it will be the most solid ally of the Germans, and the Germans will always stand behind the Italians!

However, on the same day, in the corner of a newspaper in Berlin, which did not have a very high circulation, another announcement was prominently published: Germany and Greece had formally signed an alliance, and Germany would be obliged to serve the cause of Greek defense, so Germany would immediately send 20 divisions to Greece to defend the security of Greece.

What happened in the past few days has made many political observers a little unable to turn around, but almost the vast majority of people believe that it was Germany that was unlucky in the end, obviously, Mussolini could never be a simple sudden illness, this was definitely a coup d'état, which was the direct reason for the withdrawal of Italian troops from Greece!

The new Italian government now says that it will never launch any aggressive action against the outside world, and to put it bluntly, it intends to cut ties with Germany, but it says that it will not abandon its alliance with Germany only for fear of angering Germany.

This is the interpretation of politicians, but Li Ling, who heard the news, didn't think so at all, he smiled instead, smiled very brightly, and on this day he even opened a bottle of red wine from Bordeaux, France, and drank it with great interest.

Li Ling didn't expect Heydrich's methods to be so powerful, you must know that Ziano is Mussolini's son-in-law, Li Ling initially thought that he was looking for someone who had an enmity with Mussolini or had political disagreements, but he didn't expect Heydrich to make the coup d'état Ziano!

Moreover, now the military has decided to send 20 divisions to Greece, to put it bluntly, things on the Greek side have also been successful, and the German army is already planning to move in!

However, the choice of the position of this garrison is very knowledgeable!

The German ** team has a full 20 divisions, since it is to defend Greece, then it must be stationed in various strategic points in Greece, so that the role of these troops can really be played, but the German army did not do this at all, but piled up all the troops only a few dozen kilometers away from the border between Greece and Turkey, obviously, they have a purpose!

After renewing their equipment in Germany, the 20 divisions quietly changed from second-rate troops to first-class mountain and armored divisions, and then set out on their journey to Greece on December 1.

The transfer of a full 20 divisions obviously could not escape the vision of an ambitious extraterritorial superpower like the United States, and the United States began to speculate about the intentions of the Germans, but most of them were thinking about whether Germany planned to attack Turkey next, and then attack the Middle East.

Under Roosevelt's training, the United States has a lot of ambitions than before, but unfortunately at this time, most of their minds are just to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but Roosevelt is viciously planning to create trouble, and he absolutely cannot allow the Germans to fight in the East!

However, just as Roosevelt was about to make a move, Ribbentrop suddenly came to Washington in person and came to Roosevelt, and he sent Roosevelt only one sentence: "We will not do anything to Turkey, but we hope that the Turkish government will not be controlled by some foreign countries." ”

Ribbentrop's words relieved Roosevelt's heart, and he thought that the reason why the Germans had gathered heavy troops there was to put pressure on Turkey to prevent Turkey from being controlled by the United States and then using chrome ore as a trick to blackmail Germany.

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(To be continued.) )