"Matroux is so close that they even said that if they don't attack, they won't attack! Do you still take me as a leader seriously? In Rome, the capital of Italy, in Mussolini's office, the leader's voice roared. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The troops of the Italian North African front stopped, stuck in a very awkward position.

They were only less than 20 kilometers away from Matru, and these 20 kilometers became a distance that seemed to never end.

Their tanks were short of fuel, they lacked offensive ammunition, and they didn't even need enough food or fresh water to stay here.

The Italian army was not ineffective, they did have some fighting - but they lacked a reason to fight to the death.

They did not have the qualities to fight until the last moment for the Führer, and they did not have the qualities of professional combat soldiers like the German soldiers.

At the same time, they did not have the madness of the Japanese army who sacrificed their lives for His Majesty the Emperor and held out in a cave for 30 years......

Therefore, the Italians were tragic - the armies of the Axis countries were fighting more with less, but they all won anyway, which made Italy look like it was fighting more and fighting less.

Of course, it's not a shame to play more and play less, but the key is to play more and lose less, which is shameful enough.

"Mr. Leader! They were forced to stop there......" a general explained to Mussolini helplessly, standing in front of Mussolini's desk.

"How much am I sending them enough? I postponed my plan to attack Greece in order to keep them on the offensive! Postponed! The leader Mussolini did not buy his account, but was still furious.

Indeed, the top brass of the Italian army amassed the few supplies they had in order to support the North African war as much as possible.

In the end, because of the Libyan oil fields, they decided to postpone the attack on the Balkans and attack and defeat the British in North Africa first!

I have to say that this plan is very correct, and the concentration of supplies is also a relatively correct approach, which is much better than the situation in real history when Italy sent troops from two ways to hinder each other.

However, they were too hasty and too optimistic about their disastrous logistical supply capabilities.

They did concentrate their own materials, but these concentrated materials were not very abundant and sufficient.

In Libya they were indeed able to barely fight a defensive battle, but it was clearly not enough for these arms to capture distant Matrou, or even Alexandria behind Matrou.

On the other hand, Italy's poor logistical supply became the main reason for restricting the delivery of Italian supplies to the front.

Now, there is still Tobruk in Benghazi, and the Italian supplies are piling up, but the ones that can be delivered to the front line in time are really pitiful.

In this state, Marshal Graziani naturally chose the prudent method of halting the advance, and even began to frantically suggest that the Italian headquarters "adopt a more conservative operational disposition."

He really didn't have the guts to suggest a "retreat" to Mussolini, but he had in mind that he wanted to retreat, because he sensed that his troops were in danger.

As if a timid animal had an instinctive premonition of danger, Graziani had a similar ability.

He tends to be safe on weekdays, and when things are out of his control, he will instinctively choose to let everything return to his control.

Of course, the effect of this kind of victory is that of a timid rat cowering.

"Leader! On the Libyan side, our 10th Army Corps was too poor in transport capacity, which affected their operations. Another general hastened to speak and continued to explain to Mussolini, who knew little about military affairs.

In the eyes of all the generals, their supreme commander is always a fool who does not understand military command, and he needs to obey their arrangements to be truly wise and powerful.

Sound familiar? This is the same way that those civil officials in the Ming Dynasty evaluated their emperors: those who listen to civil officials are Ming Jun, and on the contrary, they are typical of mediocrity!

This way of judging one's boss has been passed down from generation to generation, and it is still popular in modern times: leaders are always stupid and cute who don't understand problems......

"Actually, Marshal Graziani cannot be blamed for this...... Our preparations in Libya were so poor...... "The Italian general, who was the first to speak, followed suit.

When Mussolini heard this explanation, he immediately became furious – the phrase he had heard the most recently was that "Italy was not ready."

The Italian industrial system was not prepared for war, and now Italian production was simply in disarray, and even unified management could not be done.

The navy has created a gold medal for themselves with a "big victory", and they are now reluctant to go one more step than patrol the Maltese range.

As a leader, Mussolini couldn't say anything about them - the Navy fought and won the Battle of Oran, and the Army's performance was really bad, so how could he criticize the Navy?

Mussolini himself knew the situation in the army. They were really unprepared, and one could even say a complete mess.

"I told Hitler that we will not be ready for total war until 43! He couldn't wait for the war to start last year! Thinking of the scumbag of his army, Mussolini was angry.

This pot is theoretically to be borne by Germany, which is in a hurry to start a war, so the Italian army is also happy to throw this pot on the German Führer.

At least after throwing this pot, Mussolini will have no way to track down and reprimand. Because in the face of the German Führer, the Italian leader and Mr. Leader were somewhat lacking in confidence.

In particular, after seeing the German Army sweeping through France, he also saw the intelligence strength of the Führer, although the information was given by the false Führer, but Mussolini did not know it.

"But if the soldiers on the front line hold out a little longer and attack Matrou, the situation will be improved, won't it?" Mussolini, unwilling to give up, asked his generals again.

Matroux was so important to the situation at hand, at least in Mussolini's view, that a lot of things would improve after taking Matrul.

If Matru is captured, there is a city to rely on and at the same time a port to take advantage of.

Although due to the blockade of the British Navy, there was a great loss of materials transported from the sea, but because of the sufficient amount, even if the loss was admitted, the materials that reached the front line would be much more.

This is an important reason why Mussolini was anxious to get Matru, and the other reason has to do with politics.

The German diplomatic service, under the command of Ribbentrop, jumped up and down to enter North Africa to reinforce Italy, much to Mussolini's distress.

North Africa had always been Italy's traditional sphere of influence, and Mussolini was certainly reluctant to let the Germans just put their hands on it.

However, because of the negotiations in the Libyan oil fields, the Germans have actually reached into North Africa, which puts a lot of pressure on the Italian leadership.

As the leader of Italy, Mussolini was anxious that his army would attack and occupy Egypt on its own – so that another consequence could be avoided.

The consequence of this was that the Germans, having taken control of most of the Libyan oil fields, seized the Suez Canal......

If the Germans hold the Libyan oil fields in one hand and the Suez Canal in the other, and their eyes are fixed on the Middle East - then Mussolini still thinks about the "inner lakes of the Mediterranean".

It was the dream of the Italians to build a new Roman Empire and to turn the Mediterranean Sea into their own inner lake once again, and of course Mussolini's ideal.

It is not impossible for him to make a discount on this ideal and become a co-ruler of the Mediterranean with the Germans, but it must be dominated by Italy as the core.

But if we wait for Germany to enter North Africa, control a large amount of land, and seize a lot of ruling power, wouldn't it be clear who is in charge?

"Is it tolerable or unbearable!" In Mussolini's view, the capture of Matrux became a crucial political pawn.

Only before the Germans reached the front line, taking the port of Matroux and stabilizing the front line - could he justifiably reject the Führer's "good intentions".

This is a dream of his in the short term, and what he hopes to do most every day now is to pick up the phone in front of him and proudly refuse to the mustachioed Yuan: "The Italian army is attacking on the Egyptian side, and it doesn't need your support!" Thank you for your concern! ”

But now the result was not so good: his army came to a halt under the city of Matru, and seemed to be about to lose the victory he had won.

"You don't know yet, do you? Just now, in Benghazi, a German army received their supplies, brought enough fresh water and oil, and marched in the direction of Tobruk! This was the news that Mussolini had just gotten and that made him even more unhappy.

"Leader, it's just a few thousand troops, what can it do?" An Italian general spoke.

He also got the news, but not counting the Italian troops along the way, the 10th Army Corps on the front line had more than 100,000 troops - the German army was only a few thousand, how big a wave could it make?

"I think it's obvious that the Germans are taking credit and going crazy, and they haven't recognized a basic situation yet!" The Italian officer spoke triumphantly to Mussolini.

He paused and confidently gave his opinion: "They don't know, even if they defeat France, in North Africa it is the world of us Italians!" ”

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