Chapter 403: The Donghua Empire shows its sharp fangs!

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The Donghua Empire was built step by step by Cheng Gong from scratch and from scratch. No matter how big Cheng Gong's nerves are and how capricious he is, it is impossible to really abandon the big empire and leave it alone, just trying to be free, relaxed, and happy.

With GPS capabilities built into cars, pagers and mobile phones, Cheng Gong can locate any of his officers at any time.

If anyone makes a treasonous move, Cheng Gong only needs to use the unmanned attack aircraft at the base, plus GPS positioning guidance, and no one can escape his Wuzhi Mountain!

Now that the Pentagon, the CIA, the Military Command, and other relevant departments have sounded the clarion call for war, Cheng Gong is also happy to watch these former generals of the former country and the army under him cross the sea on the broad platform he provided for them, and each of them shows their magical powers.

July 19, 1942, 8 a.m.

The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly held a press conference, claiming that in order to steal the scientific and technological intelligence of the Donghua Empire, the Italian intelligence department did not hesitate to use the Italian "Remus" special forces to launch an attack on a Donghua ocean-going freighter. Not only did the Italian army brutally murder 35 Chinese New Zealanders on board, but they also sank the ocean-going freighter in an attempt to cover up their heinous crimes.

The patrol fleet of the Royal Navy of Donghua discovered this appalling crime jointly committed by the Italian intelligence services and the military in time, and captured a German submarine on the spot that provided for the evacuation of the Italian "Remus" special forces.

In view of the fact that the Italian intelligence services and the military brutally slaughtered the merchants and citizens of our Great Donghua Empire, which has seriously hurt the feelings and personal and property rights and interests of the people of our Great Donghua Empire, in order to protect the dignity of our Great Donghua Empire from anyone, any organization, and any national government, with the grace of the Emperor, the deliberation of the Imperial Cabinet, and the unanimous approval of the Congress, our Great Donghua Empire officially declared war on the Italian Government!

The Donghua Empire declares war on Italy!

This news is like a thunderclap on the ground, and it has thundered all the governments of the world.

As the world-renowned East-Italy War unfolded in North Africa, all the countries that did not participate in the war were deeply shocked by the thunderous and sharp offensive of the Donghua Empire and the army.

Compared with the German lightning attacks on Poland and the Soviet Union, the methods of war of the Donghua Empire were even more unguardable.

This time, all countries in the world have profoundly realized what it means to be a strategic air strike before the ground forces attack!

At the same time, military strategists and military experts from various countries have finally come to know what a terrible war killer they are after rocket artillery and rockets solve the technical problem of precision-guided hit rate!

The first three days of the East-Italy War were the stage of strategic air raids. Nearly 3,000 sorties of various aircraft and about 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles bombed air defense positions and radar systems in Italy, Sudan and Libya, military and civilian airports, the headquarters of the Italian Afrika Korps, the headquarters of various army groups, the organs of the heads of colonial governments, communication hubs, poison gas bomb production bases, and other military strategic targets.

In the following week, it switched to tactical bombing, focusing on air strikes against targets such as the ground forces deployed by the Afrika Korps in Ethiopia and Sudan, as well as the logistical supply lines of the frontline troops, in order to weaken Italy's military strength in the Ethiopian and Sudanese theaters and clear the way for decisive ground battles.

The Donghua Empire suddenly declared war and launched a fierce attack on the Italian Afrika Korps, and the Anglo-American allies, who were cowering behind the El Alamein Line in Egypt, certainly did not miss the great opportunity to shoot down the water dogs.

Nearly 300,000 Anglo-American Allied troops launched a strategic counteroffensive against the German-Italian forces deployed in the El Alamein area.

Under the command of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Naval Air Force, the Allied forces led by the East China Empire carried out air raids against Italian and German armies in North Africa for 15 days.

According to the war reports published by Donghua and the British and American allies, the air raids basically rendered the German and Italian air forces and navies incapacitated, and the German and Italian army units also weakened to a minimum the attack capability of weapons of mass destruction, such as multiple rocket launchers and heavy self-propelled artillery.

The command and control system of the German-Italian Afrika Korps was destroyed by three-quarters. The communication and liaison between the German-Italian front-line troops in North Africa were seriously disrupted, and the logistical supply lines of the Italian combat units in Ethiopia and Sudan were basically cut off, thus severely damaging Italy's combat effectiveness in the Ethiopian and Sudanese occupied areas.

In response to the wanton and indiscriminate bombing of the Allied forces led by Donghua, the German-Italian North African Corps, in addition to constantly asking the European mainland to strengthen anti-aircraft weapons and combat aircraft, also waged a desperate struggle with the British and American allies in the El Alamein area.

Rommel was urgently transferred to the North African theater to command the German-Italian forces, and a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were mobilized from southern Africa to strengthen the armor of the El Alamein theater.

Rommel's tactical intentions were very obvious, hoping to end the war between the Axis and the Allies in North Africa with dignity through the victory at the Battle of El Alamein.

I don't know how the Pentagon thought about it, after Rommel took over the command of the German-Italian Corps in North Africa, the air raids of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Naval Air Force on the battlefield of El Alamein gradually weakened, and the reason given to the British and American allies was to concentrate on the Italian army in Ethiopia and Sudan with ground forces.

In this regard, General Mountbatten, commander-in-chief of the British army in Egypt, and General Patton, commander-in-chief of the US army, could only express their helplessness.

Churchill and Hoover also saw at this time that if the British and American allies could not rely on their own strength to win the Battle of El Alamein, once the Donghua army was stationed in Egypt and Libya, after the victory of the war, it would be more difficult to get the Donghua army to withdraw from Egypt and Libya.

On July 29, nearly 70,000 Donghua Royal Marines and Royal Army units, led 300,000 Ethiopian People's Liberation Army and guerrillas, began ground operations against Italian troops assembled in the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia.

Before the large-scale attack by the ground forces, the Donghua Expeditionary Force had already made full preparations for the ground offensive. The Royal Air Force of Donghua and the Royal Naval Air Corps, using bombshells such as air bombs, opened many passages from the minefields of the Italian front-line troops. Royal Navy Task Force 7 conducts large-scale minesweeping in the waters of Tajira Bay. Air raids and artillery bombardment destroyed many of the Italian frontline defensive positions with large numbers of tanks, artillery and shore defense guns.

On the second day of the ground offensive, the Donghua army further strengthened its preparations for war. The Royal Donghua Air Force used a large number of solidification/****** to destroy the oil storage trenches at the front of the Italian positions, and then dispatched special military engineering vehicles such as large bulldozers and excavators to open breaches in the Italian forward positions, and at the same time intensified air strikes and artillery bombardments on the positions of the Italian defense lines in Ethiopia.

From July 27 to 28, the Royal Tung Wah Air Force flew B47 heavy bombers every day, the highest number of sorties since the start of the war. Carpet bombing of Italian positions in the direction of attack of the ground forces in Donghua.

The 1st Air Cavalry Division of the Royal Marines of Donghua devoted all its helicopter gunships and attack aircraft to carry out saturation attacks on the offensive direction of the ground forces. To inflict maximum casualties on the various defensive positions of the Italian positions, in order to minimize casualties caused by the sudden advance of the ground forces.

This is a typical asymmetric war! The troops and firepower invested by the Donghua army were even more terrifying than in the previous landing operation in Mombasa!

The day after the start of the East-Italy War, Mussolini finally understood why the Japanese government was so happy to hand over Hong Kong Island to the Donghua Empire, and did not even dare to let out one more fart.

(To be continued.) )