Chapter 163: I Forgot the Weather Forecast (Supplement 1)
Athens, the capital of Greece.
It is an ancient cultural city, with a history of more than 3,000 years, once the oldest slave city-state, and now, in this turbulent era, Athens is just an ordinary city.
After entering the modern society, Greece was left behind, and one of the biggest facts is that Greece does not have a modern industry, especially a military industry, and all the weapons of Greece are bought. (Baidu arrived, I don't know if it's right.) )
Now, it is early in the morning, and the first rays of the sun are shining softly on this historic ancient city, and the Balkan Peninsula has always been such a soft picture, and the Mediterranean climate makes it warm all year round.
And now, in the building of the Greek government, the atmosphere is somewhat oppressive.
"On behalf of the Italian government, I formally submit to you an ultimatum, there are only three hours left, and if you do not accede to our request to allow our troops to enter Greek territory, then we will declare war on Greece!" The Italian ambassador, Gardhas Erunyumar, spoke proudly to the Greek government officials.
The other party was also extremely angry at this time: "The last three hours? A war report has been sent to our borders, and the Italian army has crossed our borders! What's the difference between you and the island nation's attack on Pearl Harbor? ”
The Italian army, it is so untrustworthy, it has not yet reached the deadline, and it can't wait!
To be exact, before dawn, the Italian army had already set off!
All the troops, fully loaded, Visconti's men, there are 85,000 men! He has long been impatient, and today is the greatest day in Italy, and he will send good news to Rome on this day!
The P26 tank, as the most powerful tank in the whole army, walked at the forefront of the entire army, with a roar of gasoline engines in the tail and a 47-mm barrel towering high, and this model produced in Italy was replaced with the Italians' own 47-mm guns instead of the original 50-mm tank guns.
At least from the outside, it is no different from the German Panther 2 tank, this kind of powerful tank, now the annual output is less than 80 units, and the 131st Armored Division has more than 30 units on hand, an absolute ace unit!
Just now, the tanks only firing a few symbolic shots, destroying the posts and lines of the Greek army on the border, they drove straight into the Greek mountains of Epirus, and the spearhead was directed at the Bandus Mountains near the city of Ioannina, as long as they crossed the mountains, the next thing was a flat river, a huge army, which could rush directly to the Peloponnese coast!
Behind the Panzer Division were the 23rd and 51st Infantry Divisions, and Visconti was in the middle of the ranks with the 23rd Infantry Division.
The Greek army is like a layer of paper, which can be pierced open by one's own fingers!
"General, we have received a report from the Littoral Combat Brigade that they are heading south along the Adriatic coastline and that the journey is going very well." The adjutant reported to him.
The main force of the attack was the 25th Army under Visconti, while the Littoral Combat Brigade protected their right flank, while the 3rd Alpine Division was ordered to attack from the direction of the Bandus, preparing to detour behind the Greek 8th Division and occupy Metsoon to separate the Greek army assembled at Epirus from the second line of troops.
Completely divide the encirclement, then annihilate them!
Now Visconti is most afraid that the Italian army will run away and collapse without a fight.
Now, all the situation was very favorable, and he triumphantly said to his lieutenant: "Send a telegram to Rome saying that all our Italian troops, full of bravery and dedication, are rushing to Ioannina in the race. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a chill.
As the commander-in-chief of the army, he sat in an open-top command car, the temperature here was still very high, and his wind and discipline were all untied, but now, this little cool breeze blew, making him feel cold all over.
What's going on?
Hey? The sky seems to be darkening too? He couldn't help but raise his head, and suddenly his face changed, and on the mountain over there, a large dark cloud floated over! The black is pressing, and it is shrouded in this way!
That's the rhythm of the rain!
When he saw the sky overhead, Visconti already had a bad feeling. He shouted to his men: "Quick, give the order, find high ground to hide from the rain!" ”
Although Visconti is a little arrogant, but the basic common sense is still there, this is a valley, low-lying land, once it rains, flash floods can break out at any time, no matter how strong you are, in front of nature, you are extremely weak.
Visconti was very anxious, and his soldiers were also very anxious, because there were bare mountains all around, there was no place to hide from the rain, and they could not get their equipment on it.
So, they could only find a piece of tarpaulin, draped in it, and ran towards the hillside, only to run halfway up the hill, and they could not see their fingers, and the day turned into night.
"Click!" There was a thunderous explosion, and the dark sky suddenly shone brightly, and it fell with the raindrops the size of beans.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." The rain was one after the other, and under the blowing of the wind, the raindrops got into the clothes of the Italian soldiers, even if they were draped in a tarpaulin, it did not work, the wind would lift the tarpaulin, and the raindrops would smash over like crazy as if they didn't want money.
On the ground, a small stream soon gathered, and this stream continued to converge and grow larger.
"Quick, climb to the top of the mountain, be quick!" In my ears, there are constantly people shouting, and experienced people know that the flash flood is coming!
Everybody, Visconti was running up the hill with his legs open, the rain drenching his precious gold-trimmed uniform, and he felt like he was drenched all over his body, and he was so cold that he went from his body to his heart.
Before leaving, I didn't look at the weather forecast, which was really a miscalculation!
It's a pity that it's useless to say anything now.
The torrential rain was still falling, and in the valley in the distance, there was an earth-shattering sound, and all the Italian soldiers opened their eyes wide and looked at the place where the noise came from, as if a demon was about to appear.
At this time, the sky is not so dark, hazy, and a huge flood can be seen in the distance, surging!
The flood rolled and flowed forward, taking everything along with it, and the huge stones, like a leaf in the wind, were swept away by the flood.