The flood came to the road, and the 20-ton P26 tank, driven by the flood, shook its hull twice, and then it was pushed away!

Even the P26 tanks were not spared, not to mention other vehicles, medium tanks, trucks, all under the ravages of the flood, staggered, fluttered, washed away ...

One by one, the Italian soldiers who were drenched in soup chicken, watching their vehicles disappear like this, all of them were dumbfounded, what should I do? What to do?

The torrential rain came and went quickly, and in half an hour, the rain stopped, and on the road below, there was actually thirty centimeters of silt!

Looking at these mud, Visconti couldn't help but want to scold his mother.

What to do?

"General, a bridge in front of you has been washed away by a flood!"

"General, our car has been found, but it can't be started anymore!"

"General, we've lost most of our ammunition!"

Bad news, Visconti knows that the best plan for him now is to withdraw his troops and go back to regroup, but he also knows that as long as he goes back, then his career will be over.

What day is it? It is the anniversary of the victory of the revolution, and on this day there is only good news and no bad news! He had just reported to Mussolini that his army was marching towards the heart of the Greeks, and now it had been repulsed by a rainstorm, and he had not even seen the faces of the Greeks?

If this news returns, the angry Mussolini will definitely remove him from his post immediately.

Can't be withdrawn!

"Get a few guides, let's go on foot, over the mountains, it's time to show the resilience of our Italian army!" Visconti said: "Anyone who dares to retreat secretly will be dealt with by military law!" Shoot on the spot! ”

When the war passed, German military observers once made an evaluation of the Italian army's operation, not looking at the weather forecast, just one of the small reasons, the climate in the mountains is already complicated, the meteorological forecast of this era is still quite primitive, it is impossible to predict all the situations, the main reason for the defeat of the Italian army, or the people who formulated the battle plan are full of in their heads, didn't they see that those bridges, in fact, were not washed away by the flood at all, Was it destroyed in advance?

It's just that the impact of the flood has covered up the traces of man-made destruction, and the current Italian army is unsuspecting, step by step, towards the trap carefully designed by the other side.

Strategically despise each other, tactically attach importance to each other, although the opponent's defenders are not many, but they occupy the right time and place!

Time, four days have passed.

If they were in a car, they could get out of this damn mountain in one day, but hiking is different.

This is definitely not just looking at the straight-line distance on the map, obviously the two mountains are less than 20 kilometers, but walking over, it has to detour for hundreds of miles, under the impact of the flash flood, many roads have been destroyed, and they have to detour more roads.

How far have they traveled in these four days? It's only 30 kilometers from the border line!

The soldiers of Italy, who had never traveled so much, wore the blood blisters on their feet in military boots, and the shoulders on which they carried their weapons were also red and swollen, and they were exhausted.

The driving force that supports them to move forward is military law, whoever dares to lag behind will be shot, so they have to move forward slowly.

Ahead, on the banks of the Kalamas River! After crossing the river, it was a flat river, and Visconti, exhausted, stood on a small hillside and looked forward with his telescope.

In the past two days, he has climbed one mountain after another with the troops, and the military uniform on his body has long been invisible, it is full of dirt, and he still persists, he believes that after this battle, he will be famous in Italy for his perseverance and courage.

"The Littoral Combat Brigade on our right flank, which was greatly troubled, was constantly harassed by Greek partisans along the way." The adjutant said, "Now, only our mountain division is progressing smoothly. ”

Of all the armies, only the 3rd Alpine Division was successful, because they were a professional mountain force that had nothing to rely on, they relied on two feet, and even climbed rocks or something, and they were the real elite of Italy.

"We must win this battle." Visconti said, continuing to look into the distance.

At the time of the initial advance, the 131st Panzer Division was at the front, but after becoming infantry in the mountains, the Panzer Division lagged behind, and now at the forefront was the 23rd Infantry Division, which was listlessly lined up in a long line and was advancing.

From the banks of the Kalamas River, getting closer and closer.

At this time, on the banks of the river, the Greek troops, who were waiting for work, were also looking at them.

Major General Casimitros stood in a bunker behind a bush on the riverside, looking at the group of Italian soldiers across from him with a telescope, his face full of smiles.

Yes, he doesn't have many troops, no heavy weapons, and no weapons that can effectively restrain tanks, but even God is on his side, and he has given them a cold rain, and now, he is waiting for his own work, just in time to kill them!

"Order the troops, open fire, and take out the Italians!" He gave the order with aplomb.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Several small-caliber howitzers opened fire first, accurately shelling the units of the Italians.

In an instant, the Italian army was in a panic, and there was an ambush ahead!

While they were panicking, on the slopes on both sides, countless Greeks, armed with their rifles with bayonets, rushed up!

They boldly interspersed, entered the Italian army, divided an Italian infantry division with a long serpentine formation, and then ate them!

"Quick, call for air support, quick!" Visconti shouted loudly, when he saw the sudden appearance of the Greeks, he already had a foreboding, his tired infantry division, it is impossible to have much combat strength, he must rely on air support to be able to stop the Greeks' attack.

The whole battlefield was chaotic.

………

While the Italians were still fighting hard in Greece, in Germany, two specialized Junkers-390 passenger planes, escorted by more than a dozen fighters, flew towards the east, and Ciric's trip to the Soviet Union slowly kicked off.

In the case of many confrontations between the two countries, the German head of state personally went to Moscow to participate in this Moscow military parade, which is of great significance, which means that although the two countries have disputes, they still care more about each other's interests, and this visit by Chiric will further enhance the friendship between the two countries!