Italy, located in Rome's Palazzo Venice, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, His Holiness Mussolini, convened an important military council.

Five years ago, on the eve of Italy's attack on Ethiopia, Mussolini was induced by Reinhardt to sign a "German-Italian Treaty of Friendship and Alliance" in order to gain German international support. At that time, the alliance treaty was written in black and white, and if one side was involved in the war, the other side would provide military assistance by land, sea and air.

However, when Reinhardt secretly sent a notice that Germany was about to go to war with Poland, Mussolini was timid.

Mussolini, the self-proclaimed leader of Italy who is the contemporary Caesar, chose to explain his difficulties to Reinhardt in a "sincere" handwritten letter.

In the letter, Mussolini said that Poland's allies, Britain and France, would declare war on Germany if Germany attacked Poland, but Italy, as an ally of Germany, was not ready for war with Britain and France. So he hoped that Reinhardt would not be in a hurry, after all, Italy did not even have enough necessary military supplies now. If Reinhardt insisted that Italy enter the war, Italy would also abide by the treaty, but the Germans would have to immediately provide Italy with all the military supplies necessary for the expeditionary force.

In the second half of the letter, Mussolini actually went to great lengths to prescribe a long list of 500,000 tons of oil for motor vehicles, 200,000 German neuuks for military expenses, 2 million rounds of ammunition, 3,000 artillery pieces, and all the rations for the Italian expeditionary force.

Italy's own foreign minister, Ciano, admitted after reading the list that it was "enough to infuriate a cow if it could read."

To use so much German supplies on the Italian army, where would Reinhardt agree, he immediately waved his hand, the Italian allies did not need to send troops, Germany could do it himself.

Later, Italy really didn't come out with peace of mind!

Mussolini, however, left himself alone, instructing Italian Foreign Minister Ziano to stand in solidarity with Germany by opposing Britain and France at a meeting of the League of Nations. In this way, Italy fulfils its obligation under the Treaty of Amity and Alliance between Germany and Italy to provide political and diplomatic support to one of the contracting parties if the vital interests of the other party are threatened.

In this way, Italy did not go militarily to the opposite side of Britain and France, leaving room for future negotiations, and diplomatically sold Germany a favor by using its lips. More importantly, the Kingdom of Italy agreed to send troops to help Germany, and it was the Germans themselves who were reluctant to provide supplies that rejected the kindness of their Italian allies.

Afterwards, Mussolini was proud more than once, and he was a genius to lead Italy to avoid risks in such troubled times!

To everyone's surprise, less than 10 days after the start of the war between Germany and Poland, the war situation was one-sided. The Polish army on the border collapsed at the first touch, the German ** team was like a bamboo, air supremacy fell into the hands of the Luftwaffe at the beginning of the war, and the border defense line on which Poland had high hopes collapsed in less than a week. Where does this look like there is a slight risk?

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the German army was about to reach Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and end the battle with the speed of the wind sweeping away the leaves. At that time, Italy, which has not yet come out, will not be able to reap the slightest benefit!

Mussolini's eyes began to turn red, and he regretted why he had not symbolically sent a few divisions to follow the Germans to enjoy such a glorious victory. The defeat of Poland by the German-Italian army and the defeat of the Polish army by the German army were very different in the eyes of Mussolini, a leader who loved vanity and greedy for fame!

Defeating a million-strong Polish army and defeating Poland, the fifth most powerful country in Europe, was the glory that he, the "re-builder of the new Roman Empire," deserved.

It's a pity that it's too late to say anything.

Italy did not have a border with Poland in the first place, and if it wanted to send troops to Poland, it would have to pass through German territory, and even if it wanted to take advantage of the fire, it would not have that opportunity. Just when Mussolini was troubled by this time, an important piece of information was handed to him.

"France Chen soldiers on the border of the Saar region of Germany, and the vanguard has appeared in the territory of Saarland!"

Putting aside this information, sent by Italian Deputy Prime Minister Ross, who had been instructed by Reinhardt and bribed by the Gestapo, Mussolini lingered in the halls of his Venetian Palace for a long time, still unable to make up his mind.

Mussolini read this information very carefully, almost to the point of reading it word for word. For a moment, he suddenly felt that the grand strategy he had been planning for a long time seemed to be ushering in an opportunity to be realized.

Ten minutes later, German Führer Reinhardt personally called and earnestly asked Mussolini to send troops to the Alps and restrain the hands and feet of the French army.

However, Mussolini did not give Reinhardt a definite answer after listening to the call, and he responded to the seemingly eager Reinhardt with a few high-sounding clichés. I thought that the other party would chase after me and ask why, but unexpectedly, Reinhardt on the other end of the phone didn't even listen to him, and hung up the phone with a snap!

Tricks! Mussolini was very surprised that at such a critical crisis juncture, the other party, as the head of state, dared to act casually, and hung up on the phone. It's him begging himself, why is he so arrogant! Is he not afraid that the French army will take this opportunity to launch a large-scale assault?

It can be said that when the German Führer first ascended to the throne of power a few years ago, he still had great respect for Mussolini. But as Germany has made a lot of money in recent years, it has become less and less concerned with Mussolini, the Italian predecessor.

On the surface, Mussolini and Reinhardt also praised each other as a generation of heroes. Behind their backs, they each acted as their own generals, but they all laughed at each other as a greedy and stupid careerist.

When he thought of the German Führer, who was nearly a generation younger than himself, Mussolini could not help but show contempt. In the end, it is a young man, who does not understand the bending and stretching of the advance and retreat.

But....... Mussolini lit a cigar and swallowed his saliva after lingering two steps in front of the generals who had already assembled....... Let's put aside the German Führer, who is not very brainy. Isn't now the best chance to regain the glory of the Roman Empire?!

With the strength of the German army in the previous Spanish battlefield and the current Polish battlefield, even if the French invaded German territory, sooner or later they would have a bloody fight with the counterattacking German army. By that time, apart from the British Empire on the other side of the English Channel, the most powerful thing on the European continent would not be Italy, which had been standing still and watching the tiger fight....... No, it's the Roman Empire!

"Marshal Graziani, I have a task for you." Thinking of this, a conceited smile appeared on Mussolini's face, and he looked meaningfully at Graziani, the commander of the Italian Home Army who had been raised by himself.