Eisenhower was so happy that Alexander suffered a dumb loss. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

More importantly, Eisenhower's move also made Britain untrustworthy...... It was clear that the exact time of the uprising was still being discussed with Italy in a telegram, and that Italy had promised to keep the matter secret so that the Italian army could prepare, but now it was suddenly announced to the whole world.

Alexander soon received a telegram from the Italians: "Is this your sincerity and resourcefulness? Making our plans public to the world? ”

"No, no......" Alexander hurriedly explained: "It was the Americans who announced it, not us!" ”

But Alexander's explanation is obviously weak, because both the Americans and the British are allies...... The Italians only cared if the Allies leaked the news, and then put the account on the British.

However, even so, the Italians can't do much, and they can even say ...... Now they are cornered, because the Italian army at this time seems to have no way out.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the situation between Germany and Italy with the phrase "one stone stirs up a thousand waves".

The Germans quickly moved into action, and two airborne divisions surrounded Rome as fast as they could...... They had to do this, the airborne troops could not carry out the airborne landing at night, so the two airborne divisions could only control the administrative center of Italy nearby, and the Italian government and high-ranking officials were here anyway.

Kesselring then immediately asked to meet with Italian Prime Minister Badoglio.

Badogglio was almost stunned, but he eventually calmed down, realizing that the only way to survive was to gain the trust of the Germans.

In fact, it's not just Badoglio who is furious in his heart, but Kesselring is also up and down...... You must know that the German army has only two airborne divisions in an area of several hundred kilometers in central Italy, and the rest are some logistics troops and units to maintain order.

Then Badoglio stood in front of Kesselline.

"General!" Badoglio acted confident, and without waiting for Caissellin to ask, he took the initiative to say: "I know why you came, it must be rumors that we are going to surrender!" ”

"Rumors?" Kesselring looked at Badoglio, his eyes shining.

"Yes, of course!" Badoglio replied: "Please, this is just a small trick by the Allies, if we really have negotiated surrender with them, as they advertised...... Will they still tell it on the radio? ”

Kesselring still believed this, because he didn't understand why the Allies would make the news public, it would only prepare the German army, wouldn't it?!

"So!" Badoglio spread his hands: "This just proves that we are innocent, in fact...... Italy is our homeland, and we will do everything we can to protect our country from foreign enemies! ”

Then Badoglio talked a lot about the upcoming battle between the Italian army and the Allies, and even talked about the details of the joint operation of the Italian army and the German army...... It was these details that mattered, and they almost convinced Kesselring that the Italians were really going to fight the Allies, otherwise the Italians would not have thought of them.

What Kesselring didn't know was that these details were precisely what Badoglio used to add credibility to his lies, and that the Italians' fighting might not have come to this point if they had been as good as their acting skills.

At this time, Kesselring did not dare to act rashly, because the German army at this time was alone, and in the event of a direct conflict with the Italian army...... No one knows what the consequences will be.

So after thinking about it for a long time, Kesselring chose to believe in Badoglio for the time being.

Of course, this is only "temporary".

But it didn't take long for Caisselring to regret it, because Badoglio took advantage of this "temporary" to slip away......

The surrender of the Italian army soon became a reality.

This was not something that the Germans could control, or even the Italian government.

The reason for this was the tendency of many of the Italian people and army to surrender and join the Allied forces, a tendency that began even with the African campaign and has now reached its peak.

It is no exaggeration to say that the enthusiasm of the Italians to surrender is like magma under a volcano, ready to erupt at any time...... And Eisenhower's words to reporters undoubtedly lit this fuse.

Many Italian officers cheered when they heard the news: "Our government has finally done one thing right!" ”

So regardless of whether the superiors had orders or not, he and his subordinates couldn't wait to announce that they had drawn a line with the German army.

For one person there would be another, and soon a raging "revolutionary" fire was burning in Italy.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Kesselring immediately ordered a surprise attack to capture the Italian army headquarters and government.

Of course, this decision was correct, because the German army had a big gap in strength compared to the Italian army, and they could only choose to capture the thief and capture the king first.

But it was too late.

Although they managed to capture 30 generals and 150 officers, the others had already fled...... Those who fled included the King, the Prime Minister and the Chief of Staff.

They did not know where to go, and the lack of whereabouts meant that they could command troops anywhere, and this was Italy, and the few German troops could not find them.

The situation spiraled out of control for a while, and the Germans were soon attacked by Italian troops from all sides.

But that's just the attack...... The Italian army was fully capable of devouring these two German airborne divisions, and then cooperating with the Allies to flank Kesselring's Army Group A from the rear, so that there was no doubt that Kesselring's troops would be annihilated.

However, with the kind of urine of the Italian army, they would only hide in the shadows and shoot cold guns or fire a few shots at the German lines...... Even as long as the Germans did not attack them, they did not fight back, and the Italian army hoped to hold on until the arrival of the Allies.

But even this could be said to be a great change for the German troops on the southern line, because their fate was no longer in their own hands, and the Italians could annihilate them all on this land if they wanted to, or if they only needed a little courage.

Naturally, Army Group A began to panic, and even Kesselring lost confidence and ordered Army Group A to begin to retreat...... Kesselring hoped to shorten the distance with Rommel's Army Group B.