Gandino's guerrillas became the largest bandits in the vicinity, plundering farmers and wealthy merchants in the surrounding towns under the guise of punishing traitors who collaborated with Germany.

The looting allowed him to quickly amass a large number of supplies, and at the same time, he also made a reputation for being a strong man, and some young people who did not know the truth regarded him as a hero.

Gandino's men and horses snowballed and soon reached the point of development, and in order to obtain more food and supplies to feed the troops, the former army sergeant led people to wash a mountain village with blood.

He led his men to kill all the Albanian immigrants in the village, and even cut off the head of the village chief with a knife, and stuck the white-haired head on the side of the road at the entrance of the village with a wooden stick, and a wooden board was hung underneath, on which was written in the blood of the victims, "This is the shameful end of betraying the motherland."

Gandino also quibbled eloquently, this village took in Albanians, and now Albania is helping the Germans in the war, how can the Italians who are kind to the Albanians not be traitors. So Bill. In the mountains near Maniago, Gandino quickly became a role for parents to stop their children's cries.

For well-known reasons, the Italian government lost control of the area, and the local German garrison did not care much about these armed groups, they only cared about the security of the supply lines, and as long as the partisans did not come to harass them, the Germans tacitly agreed not to take the initiative to clear them.

For a time, guerrillas like Gandino sprung up in the Alps, in the Italian provinces of Trentino Alta Adige and Veneto, and near the Yugoslav border. These self-proclaimed guerrillas were in fact bandit gangs, ranging from a dozen to as many as five or six hundred, and the size of the gang depended on the resources at the disposal of the chief. At this time, as long as someone can get money, food, guns and ammunition, they can immediately pull up a team in the north.

The German army did not use force to forcibly suppress such armed groups in the areas under its control, as others expected, but on the contrary, deliberately added fuel to the fire and secretly promoted the development of certain forces.

The German garrison made deals with some right-wing gangs, exchanging various supplies for the other side to ensure local law and order. So the partisans of different factions began to attack each other, dividing their spheres of influence out of corpses, they were extremely keen on killing each other, and then used the heads of the partisans of the opposing factions to exchange food and guns and ammunition from the Germans.

To outsiders, the complex mountainous region seems to be unmanageable. But professionals will see that there is a delicate balance between these gangs, and the weight of this balance has always been in the hands of the Wehrmacht.

"There's a guerrilla warfare expert in the middle of this group, and I can smell the stench he emits." Sergeant Famm knelt on one leg by the extinguished campfire, using a charred branch to stir the gray-black embers.

"Fifteen men, two horses, eight mules, all the right numbers." Sergeant Stocker used the heel of his boot to flick the still wet horse manure on the ground.

"They walked for less than an hour, and the mules carried a lot of heavy cargo, and it was impossible to go too fast." Sergeant Meyer slung his sniper rifle to his arm and looked through the telescope at the wooded ridges around him.

"Bill. Gandino, a cunning beast. Major Connig slipped the silver cigarette case back into his pocket, pulled out his lighter, and lit his Astra cigarette with a gold filter.

"Sir, how quickly do you predict we will catch up with them?" A captain officer took a picture of a circle around the campfire with a camera.

"I'm not a wizard, Pete, and can't make prophecies." Conig laughed and dusted off the hem of his mountain camouflage jacket.

"You stay still, I'll take a picture of you." Captain Pete pointed the camera at the Major and quickly adjusted the aperture.

"You should leave some film for the soldiers, Captain." The Major continued to smile, deliberately lowering the brim of the Mountain Combat Cap.

"This is the last sheet of this volume." The captain quickly turned the reel of the camera and walked in front of the Major.

"They say you've been personally received by the Führer." Pete took the finished film from his camera.

"Why did you think of asking this question, you should have seen my file before you joined, Captain Pete." Koenig let out a puff of smoke.

"It's a well-known fact that paper and real people are two different things. I'm actually interested in His Excellency the Führer, whether he is as powerful and handsome as he appears in the photo. ”

"Yes, that feeling when I saw him... I was indescribable, like I was facing a god. He personally put the Iron Cross on me and shook hands with me cordially. Koenig said with reverence on his face, an experience he had seen as the glory of his life.

"The Führer is as approachable as the rumors, what did he say to you." Pete's face was full of envy and curiosity.

"He said, you have done a very good job, Captain Conig, your family will be proud of your deeds, and I am sincerely glad that the Third Reich has such a good soldier as you." Conig said in Xu Jun's tone.

"Then he pinned this to my chest." The major wiped the Iron Cross of the 1st degree on his chest with his fingers.

"It's so enviable, Major." Pete's eyes sparkled at the medallion.

"You'll have a chance, too, Captain." Conig smiled and patted the captain on the arm.

He knew that the captain was an investigator of the Eye of Odin, and that officers of this status rarely appeared directly on the front lines, unless they were rumored to be members of the Einsatzgruppen. Conig had been involved in the Eye of Odin several times and knew more about the department than the average person.

"Thank you, Major, I'll do my best." Pete rolled up the camera's belt and tucked it into the grummy bag at the back of his waist. He didn't join this squad to take pictures, he needed to record everything he saw during the operation in detail, and these materials would be compiled into the latest army textbooks compiled by the High Command.

Mountain guerrilla warfare and counter-guerrilla warfare were important subjects being studied by the German army, which tried to find a more efficient set of tactics in the process of eliminating the Italian partisans.

Seeing that Germany and Italy are about to sign a terminal agreement, it is time for the most lively drama to end. Gandino's gang has been expanding too fast during this time, and it is likely that it will not be able to grow any further, and this scourge must be completely eliminated before he can get out of control.

Fortunately, this Sicilian did not change his greedy and brutal nature, and caused anger and resentment in this area, and the German army just used the head of this beast to brush up on the hearts of the Italian people.

The character of Gandino's men is similar to that of this leader, and they only need a suitable price, and they are willing to sell anyone. The Germans had by this time taken full control of the beast's whereabouts from the mouths of his most trusted assistants.

Don't look at how brutal and iron-blooded Gandino exterminates humanity on weekdays, no one would have thought that this guy is an extremely cowardly person who is afraid of death in his bones. But think about it, if it weren't for that, he wouldn't have been a deserter back then.

Gandino never stray too far from his main force, always with his most trusted henchmen, and with the large number of gangs and the wide range of activities, it is difficult to catch them all unless they send troops of regimental level and above. However, given the cost of completing this task, this is obviously a bit unrealistic.

How to execute Gandino became a subject of interest to the Eye of Odin, and this time the team led by Major Conig was organized to test the decapitation tactics proposed by the Führer.

At that time, the Führer only put forward some amazing tactical concepts at the meeting, and as for how to operate them, he asked the military to explore them themselves and fill in the gaps with actual combat experience. (To be continued.) )