"The miracle of war that belongs to us is coming soon!" In Rome, the party leader, Benito Mussolini, excitedly announced to his party.

Originally, it was Mussolini who single-handedly created the FXS party, which blossomed all over Europe, and when Mussolini became the ruler of Italy in Rome, the German students next door had not yet staged a beer hall coup!

As the mentor of the revolution, Mussolini would have been very glamorous, but now, in the whole of Europe, who remembers Mussolini? Even Hitler is rarely mentioned, and the hottest is Ciric!

Under Cirek, Germany launched a war of revenge, and now, the whole of Europe is German, what did Italy do in comparison?

As a country of prestige, as a member of the Axis, Mussolini certainly wanted to do something wonderful.

Now that Italy has occupied Albania, using Albania as a springboard, Greece can be quickly conquered!

In this way, Italy could form a horn with Libya, a colony on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, and consolidate Italy's "great power status". Now that the whole Middle East is German, Italy has to grab something!

"Party leader, Italy actually does not agree to our demands, ceding their territory in exchange for peace, I think, we will simply send troops directly and occupy Greece!" Lieutenant General Visconti Bolaska said.

Now, Visconti is the commander of the 25th Italian Army in Albania, and he looks at Greece opposite every day, and he can't help it for a long time, and moreover, he hopes to accumulate merit through a military victory, obtain the post of chief of the General Staff, and oust the old guy Badoglio!

"Party leader, the combat effectiveness of the Greek army is very poor, we only need 3 Italian divisions to enter the hinterland of Greece, in less than two weeks, the Greek government will bow its knees and surrender, ancient Rome conquered Greece through four wars, we must have done a better job than our ancestors." Visconti swore underneath.

Visconti is definitely the main battle faction, and after the occupation of Albania, he has long been impatient, and every day he looks at Greece from afar.

And now, Greece has rejected Italy's demands, then, then, the only way to solve it is by war!

Hearing Visconti's words, Mussolini's heart was even more happy: "Yes, relying on our powerful Italian army, we can definitely solve Greece as soon as possible and expand our territory!" ”

Then Mussolini turned his head to look at Marshal Badoglio, the chief of the General Staff next to him, and said, "Well, the time is set for October 28, how about it?" ”

October 28 was of great significance to Mussolini, as it coincided with the anniversary of the 1922 seizure of supreme power in Italy by leading the fascists.

Now, 18 years have passed, and it is really wonderful that in this incomparable few years, the Italian army occupied Greece and defeated this world enemy as a tribute to Mussolini.

However, hearing Mussolini's words, Marshal Badoglio, on the side, shook his head like a rattle: "No, party leader, our army is not ready, time is too tight, I don't think that with our 25th division of the Albanian Army, we will be able to defeat Greece." ”

Marshal Badoglio is quite dissatisfied with Visconti, this guy doesn't have this ability at all, but he has to pat his chest and say big things!

"Greece is not the same as Albania, Greece has enough strength, I think, we need to mobilize at least 20 divisions to have an overwhelming advantage, but now, as many as 500,000 soldiers in our army have been allowed to be temporarily demobilized and returned to the countryside to help the autumn harvest. I suggest that we can postpone the offensive until December, and wait until our troops are remobilized before attacking Greece. ”

Hearing Badogrio's words, Mussolini's face suddenly sank, and the last thing he wanted to hear was such words.

Looking at Mussolini's face, Visconti's heart was even more happy, and he continued to fan the flames: "Your Excellency, Marshal, you are so old and short-sighted that you can't see the true strength of our army, and we are no longer the same army that we used to be. After reorganization, we already have the same combat effectiveness as the German army, especially our 131st Panzer Division, which is very advanced in equipment. ”

Now, unlike history, Italian tanks are no longer the CV33, and the Italian company Fiat, which received technical assistance from the German side a year ago, has rebuilt its own production line.

In parallel with the production of the updated M13 medium tank, they are also producing the P26 heavy tank.

This tank model has also appeared in history, but now, this Italian tank is completely different from the historical model, this is a new tank produced according to the drawings of the German Panther 2 tank.

Yes, the 20-ton Panther 2 tank, by German standards, is at most a medium tank, but here in Italy, it becomes a heavy tank.

In particular, the technicians of the Fiat company, after training in Germany, can finally weld the hull and turret, due to the fragile military industry, the previous tanks in Italy, were directly bolted to fix the armor, when the armor was hit, the bolt or rivet flew out, causing terrible lethality, and now, finally adopted the welding method.

This gives them more confidence.

Of the three divisions under Visconti, there is an armored division, and this armored division is already equipped with 30 such P26 tanks, and the rest are M13.

That's why he's confident.

"There is still a certain gap between our equipment and that of the Germans, but even if we bring the equipment of the Germans, we will not be able to fight the same war as the Germans, because our soldiers lack the morale of the Germans." Marshal Badoglio saw it clearly: "Unless, as we did in North Africa, we put our army under the command of the Germans and fight side by side with the Germans." ”

Hearing this, Mussolini was even more unhappy, he was now most tired of others saying in front of his eyes how brave the German army was, how incompetent his own army was, he wanted to fight Greece, that is, he wanted to show the Germans that the Italian army was also combative!

So, with a gloomy face, he said to Visconti: "Visconti, now, I order you to prepare for battle and attack on October 28!" We must conquer Greece! Create a military miracle that belongs to our Italy! ”

All the Italian officers present immediately looked at each other, only Visconti looked excited: "Yes, I will definitely complete the task." ”