In addition, the remnants of the Italian army surrendered at the Battle of Bidav Gate, and within one week, the British army that had captured Tobruk advanced almost non-stop to Benghazi, and routed the Italian 10th Army, capturing more than 13,000 prisoners in the battle.

In the face of the British offensive, General Garibaldi adopted the tactic of holding on without a fight, intending to drag down the British army, waiting for the good news of the Italian army in East Africa.

He knew very well that as long as the Italian army in East Africa could advance into Egypt, then the British army in front of him would be able to retreat without a fight.

When the time comes, he will lead the Italian army in North Africa to launch a counteroffensive, and maybe he will have a chance to retake the fortress of Tobruk and restore the situation to the previous situation.

That being said, the defeat was a defeat after all, and the news soon reached Rome, Italy.

Mussolini's assistant got the battle report, and before he could tell Mussolini, he secretly looked at the contents of the report.

Sure enough, it's still the law, and the leader will have an accident when he hums a little tune!

No, the defeat is here again. Maybe this time the leader will faint again.

Thinking about it, the assistant tiptoed into Mussolini's hospital room and greeted his leader with a smiling face.

In fact, he was observing Mussolini's mental state to see if he could withstand the blow of defeat again from his hospital bed.

After some observation, the assistant decided to speak.

He cautiously said to Mussolini: "Leader, the battle report has just come from the front, why don't I read it to you now?" ”

"What did you say? Definitely read it to me! I'm the Prime Minister of Italy, who will you read it to me? Mussolini replied angrily, thinking that the assistant was getting more and more brain-dead, and he didn't know what medicine he had taken recently.

"Alright, leader, you must hold on, I will read you the battle report now." The assistant swallowed his saliva and said cautiously.

"Our army suffered successive defeats in the North African theater, and within one week, it was advanced to Benghazi by the British army, and was routed by the British army to our 10th Army, and more than 13,000 Italian soldiers were captured."

With a heavy heart, the assistant read Mussolini's battle report for the day, and then secretly glanced at Mussolini's face.

Unexpectedly, Mussolini was calm and relaxed, and did not mean to be angry at all.

"Is that all?" Mussolini asked lightly.

"Yes, that's all."

At this time, the assistant thought to himself: "Could it be that the leader is already angry and can't speak?" Or was he slow to react, otherwise why didn't he react angrily at all? ”

Just when the assistant was puzzled, Mussolini spoke: "I believe in General Garibaldi, he must also have his own ideas, a defeat can not represent anything, I want the result, as long as the final victory process or anything is not important." ”

It turned out that Mussolini, who was rarely enlightened, had full trust in Garibaldi.

He believed that Garibaldi simply needed time, and after a series of military defeats, Garibaldi was the first general to give Mussolini hope.

While North Africa is still losing, East Africa is already winning.

The defeat of the North African Army has indirectly proved the importance of the East African Army operation, and the more urgent the British offensive in North Africa is, the more critical the situation facing the British Army in East Africa.

At least not both ways to lose together!

One loss and one win, this at least reached Mussolini's psychological bottom line.

And it was Garibaldi who gave this advice and created this situation.

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Libya, Benghazi front.

Although the British surrounded Benghazi, the Italian army was more numerous.

The Italians relied on the fortifications they had built here for their last two governors, and it was not too difficult to hold back the British offensive.

Moreover, now it is Garibaldi who is leading the Italian army, not a rice bucket general who was casually found!

Garibaldi understood that he could afford to drag it out, and until the East African Corps reached the assault, he won!

But the commander of the British army, Admiral Wavell, could not sit still at this time.

On the battlefield in East Africa, the British army was losing ground and seeing that the Italians were about to penetrate Somalia and invade Egypt. What Wavell wants now is to wipe out the Italian army in North Africa as soon as possible, so that he can withdraw his hand to support the East African battlefield.

However, Garibaldi just cowered behind the Benghazi line to avoid a fight, and accompanied him in a war of attrition.

How else to say that there are infinite possibilities in the human brain.

In desperation, Wavell heeded the advice of his subordinates and mobilized transport planes to drop thousands of leaflets over Benghazi in a vain attempt to anger the Italian defenders in Benghazi and force them to come out in a decisive battle with the British army.

The leaflet reads as follows: "Italy and England belong to the same European nation, but they do not belong to the same blood, and the Italians are of inferior blood to the British, so the Italians are now huddled in positions and do not dare to fight the British." ”

This is a typical method of agitation, and I have to say that the Europeans are indeed not as skilled as the Asian military masters in using the method of agitation.

It is even more unfortunate that Wavell's trick may have been really useful against the Germans, but it is ...... to provoke the Italians with agitation

When these leaflets were picked up by the Italian soldiers in the forward guard positions, these soldiers all looked at the planes in the sky in confusion and thought: "The British have a convulsion, don't throw bombs and waste paper?" ”

As for the insult and contempt for the Italian officers and soldiers revealed in the leaflets, the Italian officers saw it.

They were not very angry, let alone angrily asked Commander Garibaldi to fight for shame. Originally, in this army, many people signed up for the army just to get a bite to eat and get a military salary.

If they don't fight, it's too late for them to be happy, who would be stupid enough to fight for death.

The British scolded and scolded, anyway, the Italians thought that their superiority was reflected in the elegant art of painting, architecture, and literature, and in the aspect of rough war without any sense of beauty, you British people looked down on it, it didn't matter.

Of course, there were still a few angry young men in a large army, and the few Italian officers managed to be provoked by the British, and ran to Garibaldi to discuss the matter.

But when they met Garibaldi, they found that the commander had already obtained the British leaflets.

However, Garibaldi, the relieved commander, was enjoying his favorite pasta, served with a meat sauce specially prepared for him by the chef.

And the paper that Garibaldi padded under the noodle bowl to prevent the soup from spilling on the table was the British leaflet.